Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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me UnUHIIKI) TUKBDA^ UY Ed. IT. DkCami*. Tjik Lcdoeb \a not responsible for tbv views of correspondents. Oorrospondents who do not contri bute regular nows letters must fur nish their uau.e, not for publication, but for iaentification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. Canls of thanks wil* bo published at one cent a word. Obituaries will K pubinlised at five cents a line. Reading notices will ne published at t<en cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. IIOMK AND IM.KASI'KK SKEItfeo. It is the season again for summer excursions $nd summer vacations, and with the season comes the reign of summer tourists and of all-round pleasure seekers. The people of the seaboard will go in crowds to the mountains and the people of moun tain regions will go in like crowds to the seashore; the trains ;will be crowded, and the hotels at the water ing places will all be full of people with no particular object in mind except to find a change of some sort and to conform to what has become a fashion. Some few in these crowds have been closely confined and hardly worked for tho past ten months, and actually need a period of change, rest, and recreation; but the vast majority of them are people of com parative leisure, for whom life is not intense enough to be interesting and entertaining, ana they are seeking change of environment in the vain hope of finding something that will satisfy their hungry cravings. According to our observation the most miserable people in the world are the habitual, professional pleas ure seekers. They go from place to place in restless haste or in languid indifference; they lounge on the sofas of the hotel parlors or on the seats in tho parks, perhaps reading in a perfunctory and absent-minded way some sensational novel; they are fastidious and hard to please at their meals; and their whole demeanor be trays a state of restless misery. It has never occurred to them that hap piness is born within and works its way* outwards and that no combina tion of extraneous circumstances can send it into a heart already satiated with ease and incapable of feeling tho inspiring thrill of noble aspira tions and of unselfish, heroic effort. The goddess of pleasure is exceed ingly shy and elusive to those who seek her favors. Like many so-called Jriends in human “bape she reveals self to those who are in a measure indent of her aid and^ indiffer- r smiles. She blesses those forget her, lavishes hirtr affections upon the true, the faithful, and the brave, and often re%/rves her choicest rewards for the lowly and obscure, for the heroes and heroines of trial and misfortune. We are not condemning, summer recreations and pleasures. They are becoming a part of oar civilization, and as the strain of modern life be comes more and more intense, per haps they become more and more necessary. But we do say that if home is not the most pleasant place to the average man and woman of our part of the country, then it ought to be, and the chances are that its in mates will seek pleasure elsewhere in vain. A little care now and then through the busy season bestowed upon comforts for the home; a little of the money spent on summer ex cursions, applied to making it at tractive ;a little cultivation of domes tic affection; and a little conscientious study of the subject of domestic happiness—these will mpke heme happy and restful, and there will be little need to seek a better plate for recreation, for such a place can no where be found. i ♦ ♦ ♦ s our observation extends, the fruit crop in this region is disap pointing, and good healthy fruit will be scarce. The most of that we have noticed is rotting and falling'off be fore maturing. Possibly the lute frosts in the spring permanently in jured it, or it may be that insects are more destructive than common. For some reason, it is much harder to raise good fruit in this country than it once waq. New species of pestiferous insects are making their appearance almost every year and multiplying with alarming rapidity, and farmers, horticulturists, and fruit growers must sooner or later learn how to contend with them or the productions of the country will be seriously curtailed. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ We invite special attention to a communication from Blacksburg, S. 0., which will be found in another column of this paper. The letter was written by a gentleman thorough- y acquainted with the facts and whose veracity cannot be questioned. The state of things he portrays de mands immediate investigation, and the carelessness, connivancy, and in efficiency of the South Carolina reve nue officers should be adequately and unhesitatingly rebuked. We should like to Know of what use are revenue officers in this state if our people have to go to North Carolina to get officers to enforce the revenue laws within our borders. We had as well turn over the whole business to the North Carolina officers, and acknowledge that we have no men with nerve and integrity enough to enforce the laws. We do not know that our dispensary constables are empowered to act in United States matters, but it looks like in such a case as this reported from Blacksburg they might have done something. The whole whisky business, however, is in a muddle. NOTKS AND COMMKNTK. The blind tigers in Charleston at st are having trouble. A double rce of constables has been let loose >on them and it looks like they will 1 be dragged from tbeir dens and terminated without the benefit of ergy. The tigers complain that ley were promised better treatment )out the time of the last State elec- oos, and they think it hard on tern that those promises are not diilled. They should remember tat the time for another election is )proeching and that ail is fair in jlitics as in war. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ There wasn't enough glory ip the panlsh war to go around after all. dmiral Crownlnshleld now rises to jelare that he wrote the order for ewey to proceed to Manila and to ipture or destroy the Spanish fleet, ut with that generosity which al ays belongs to the brave, he is will- ig to admit that Secretary J^ong gued it and passed It on to th* resident who also signed it, or ap- roved It in some way. It is to be iped that the country, and espe- ally the historian, will not forget dmiral Crownir shield. It’s a pity A NARROW ESCAPE. REVENUE RAID NEAR RUCESBURG. Blockade Stills Destroyed by North Carolina Officers. “DARK CORNER” RIVALED Home Kun» Away With a ItuKKy aud Throw k lt» OccupantH Out. What might have been a serious accident was narrowly averted at Limestone Saturday afternoon, and a pile of ashes softened a fall which, otherwise, might have resulted in se rious injury to life or limb—or both, Saturday afternoon about 4 o’clock Dr. J. N. Nesbott drove down to Limestone, and on the way Mr. Dock Lavender got in the buggy with h<m. Just as they were crossing a little bridge near tho trestle on the dummy line, opposite Prof. Griffith’s resi dence, one of the bolts that held the shafts in place dropped out, thus causing the shafts to fall down on one side and the buggy to swerve round in its course The buggy was already going at a lively gate, as Dr. Nesbitt’s horse Is so trained that the tighter the lines are pulled the faster the animal will go. The gentlemen in the buggy perhaps forgot that fact as they both began tugging at the lines as soon as the shafts fell. The horse got faster, and finally the buggy went into a ditch beside the dummy track, both men went out, nor did they choose a spot on which to fall, and the horse continued on in its mad flight, the other side of the shafts having become detached from the buggy. The buggy had a top to it it, which prevented Messrs. Nes bitt and Lavendur from getting out in good order before the final catas trophe; and when they were thrown out it turned over on them, but they were partially protected by the sides of the ditch. Fortunately for the two men they landed in an ash pile, which broke the force of their fall to a considerable extent. On each side of the ash pile there were piles of rocks all along the track, and had they have fallen two feet on either side, they might have been injured for life. As it was they escaped with only a few bruises. The horse ran a considerable dis tance with the shafts still banging to him, and he, too, was considerably cut and bruised, and next day was too stiff to be driven. He was caught by some boys and brought back to the scene of the wreck. The two "Docks” certainly had a narrow es cape. llro wnlng-Will tinker. On Sunday night at 10 o’clock, at the residence of Rev. W. S. B. Ford of the Cherokee Avenue Baptist church, Mr. Will G, Browning and Miss Julia Whittaker, both of this city, were united in marriage, Rev Mr. Ford performing the ceremony These are worthy young people and deserve the good things of life Mr. Browning is an employee of the Carpet Mill and is well liked by everybody who knows him. His bride is an attractive and accomp lished young landy and popular with her associates. They have our best wishes for a happy and prosperous life. School at HwofTonD. We are requested to announce that Miss Alma Linder will open school at the Hwofford school-house, in this county, on the 22nd, Inst. Miss Linder Is now attending the Btate summer school in Bpartan- burg. • StepiMHl Into |,||re tJO»l«. "When a child I burned my foot frightfully,” writes W. H. Eads, of Jonesville, Ya., "which caused hor rible leg sore* for HU years, but Buok- len’s Arnica Halve wholly cured me after everything else failed.” In fallible for Burns, Hcalds, Cuts, Mores, Bruises and Piles. Hold by Cherokee Drug Co. There is ncthlpg to (qua! a good opera for sharpening the feminine appetite. ESocjtte Your Bowels With Caacarets, •’ndf Cathartic, cure constipation forevsf. II0.0.C, fell, druggists refund aumrr OHIchtls of tlie HUite Asked to Stop the Illicit Truffle, hut Ignored Bequest — North Carolina Revenues Appealed to and Stills are Destroyed. (Correspondence of The Ledger-) Bla^ksbuku, July 15—Deputy Collectors C. F. Blalock and D. A. Kanipe made another successful raid about nine miles southeast of this place last Friday morning, destroying an other blockade distillery and captur ing one of the men working in it. The owner of the outfit, however, es caped. It was one of the most com plete affairs of the kind ever seen. The section of country in which this moonshine outfit was found is as above stated, about nine miles to the southeast of this place and in a wild) rugged country, just adapted to such a business. While some of the resi dents are good, law-abiding people, there are some who have never done anything else but blockade, and will continue to do so, if permitted. The best element may have long desired to stop this illicit manufacture and sale of liquor, but have been deterred from giving any information that jpould lead to the destruction of these outfits by a fear that if they were not bushwhacked, their houses would be set on fire or shot into at night. The like has been done, and only recently, one who had nothing to do with giving the officers infor mation, but who was suspected by the moonshiners as being the inform ant, was nearly killed. With no in tention of reflecting on the progres sive county of Greenville, this section of country referred to, has been and is still a "Dark Corner,” equal to, if not surpassing that noted corner of that county. It appears that some of the people here, as well as of the surrounding country, feeling the evil effects of this illicit manufacture and sale of whiskey, time and time again appeal ed to the Collector of Internal Reve nue at Columbia and to the United States Marshall, at Charleston, but all in vain. It is said that these offi cials very courteously replied that the matter should be referred to some one else, or treated the com plaints with silent contempt—indi cating that such illicit concerns there existed, was an absurd claim. Deputy collectors would come here, but it would always be known in ad vance when they were coming, and when they left—just when they would return, and anyone desiring informa tion, if in doubt, could always find out from a government distiller, op erating near the North Carolina line, who has money "to burn,” and whose reputation for attempting to defraud the government is too well known to be more than simply men tioned in passing. Furthermore, it is claimed that Deputy Marshals have been strangely passive. The one of this county, who lives in Spar tanburg county, has been seen to drift in here once or twice and denart as he came, while the one in York county has not been seen in this sec tion for a year or two. Some say, that so far as the one who is sup posed to be in charge in this county having seen a blockader of this sec tion, he has never seen one—except when brought to this place by the raiding ofiicera and turned over to him. But that is not all. It is said that on one occasion, one of these moonshiners when brought here, was forced to remain in the town lockup as long as three days because no deputy marshal could be gotten hereto transport him to the county jail at Gaffney, though tele graphed for. It Is also asserted that warrants, after being issued, are sel dom heard of again, except perhaps, where sufficient time has elapsed for the witnesses to die or move away. Therefore, a short time ago the people, in desperation, appealed to the revenue officials in North Caro lina. As a result they destroyed two moonshine distilleries on the morn ing of May 21st, came back and de stroyed two more in the immediate vicinity on the morning of May 2fitb. Not yet satisfied, they destroyed an other in the same locality on the morning of June 28th. It seems that these officers never come here until after a raid. This place has a telephone system that ia not confined to the town limits and besides, these moonshiners have some friends here. It is said that there are instances where revenue agents have gotten off the trdn at this point before the government dis tiller before referred to, was notified either by phone or courier, and the blockaders in ‘turn, got the word These North Carolina officers, when they first came down here, were on to the racket, hence, as above stated, have never been here until after a raid, which, besides their being ap parently men peculiarly fitted for the business, has bad a great d«al to do with their raid being successful. The people here and in the sur- rouudlng country naturally feel grateful to these ^orth Carolina offi cers. By their prompt attention to business, they have vindicated them in their complaints, as well as put out of the way, for a time at least, ■omp of these concerns ancf the mpu who operated them. Local Cotton Report The following are the prices paid for cotton in Gaffney today: Good Middling 7} Middling 74 Oni.iTMBim, Oa., Auk. 24. IKK. Ur. 0. .1. MorrKTT U«-Iir Doctor: \V« kiivd your TKKTIIINA (T<*et IiIiik I’owricr*) to our little Kruodclillri with the huiipicM n-*ults. The effect* were ulnmst munlnil, Hint rrrtnin- ly more huIIhIiidory tluiii from itnylhltiK wo fiyer u# il, four* yery truly, JOftKIUl H. KKy. fhijjtqrof St. rfhurJb (Now Bluliop Southern Church, For *itle by Cherokee Drug Co, * W Mr. John Dr One of the mos' ing occurrences that ha pired within the borders of city was tho awful fate which over took Me. John Driscai last Friday af ternoon while at work iu Mr. R. 8. Lipscomb’s well on Frederick street. News of the awful happening spread rapidly over the city and in a very short while a large crowd had gather ed at the spot to view the remains of the unfortunate man who bad met death so suddenly and in such a ter rible manner. Mr. Driscai, who was one of the best well diggers in this section of the country, had been engaged by Mr. Lipscomb to clean out his well, which is under the rear piazza of his residence on Frederick street. In company with two colored men. Louis Byars and Bill Thompson, who worked the windlass, Mr. Driscai was at work in the well. He filled the bucket or tub at the bottom and it was drawn to the top aod emptied by the two colored men. Not long after they began work the rope attached to the tub broke just as it left the bot tom of the well. Mr. Driscai then tied the two ends and sent the tub on up. After it had made two or three trips in this way the rope broke again. This time the tub, loaded with mud, was near the top of the well, and it went down with terrible velocity, striking Mr. Driscai on the head and crushing bis skull like paper. He exclaimed, "Oh! Lordy,” when the tub struck him, and groan ed a few times afterwards; but aside from that he gave no other sign of life and was dead by the time he was brought to the top. This was ac complished as soon as possible after it was found Mr. Driscai was hurt. Louis Byars, one of the colored help ers, went down in the well and placed a rope under the arms of the dead man, and he was thus pulled out and laid on the floor of the piazza near the opening of the well, where the body was viewed by many curi ous, yet sympathetic, eyes. No inquest was held over the body, as it was not deemed necessary— there being several witnesses to the manner in which the man came to his death. The body was finally moved to the home of the deceased, where it was prepared for burial; and on Saturday it was laid away in Oakland cemetery. Mr. Driscai was about fifty-eight years old at the time of his death. He was born near this place and has resided in and around Gaffney all bis life. He leaves a wife and two chil dren to mourn for him—the latter, a son and daughter, are both grown and married. He was an industrious, hard-working man, quiet and sober and always endeavored to attend strictly to his own business. He carried a small amount of insurance on his life, which will be quite a help to the lone woman he has left be hind. We deeply sympathize with her in her distress, and with the son and daughter who have so suddenly been deprived of a father’s love and coun sel. AMELIA. ut it Sweet F’ower ut the lluuiu R’rof. mill Air*. Uriffltli. very long ago it was our sad uty to chronicle the death of Mrs. molla Downey, the beloved wife of Dr. James H. Downey, of Pacolet Mills, ami seco-nd daughter of Prof, and Mrs. H. P. Griffith, of Lime stone. It now falls to our lot to re port the death of the sweet little baby that she left behind, and which passed away Friday afternoon at the home of its grandparents, Prof, and Mrs. Griffith. Deprived of a mother’s tender love and care while it was only three months old, the little baby has been nursed and cared for by its grand mother, Mrs. Griffith, and by Mrs. Victor Montgomery, of Gainesville, Ga., who kept it awhile shortly after the death of her sister—the child's mother. Little Amelia had never been well since her mother was taken away, bnt she had made a strong fight for life and had continued to grow and thrive until hopes of taising the little struggler had become strong in the bosoms of thos) who loved her with a devotion akin to worship, She had just reached the age so delight ful to the hearts of all mothers when the little lips would spread in smiles in answer to affectionate words and utter the babyish "coos” that are the sweetest sounds which ever gladdened a mother’s ear. If nothing else were needed to make her an object of the deepest affections of those who had her in charge, her very helplessne&s would have appealed to their sympathies so strongly that they could not have done otherwise than love her; but as she was all they had left of a beloved wife, daughter and sister, sue had a double claim upon the warmest and most sacred love of their hearts, and they all loved her with all the tender ness and holy devotion that her own mother could have lavished upon her. Such was the spell she had woven around them. But the spell is broken ; the cradle song has been changed to a dirge and wretchedness of heart is the portion of the devoted and dou bly-bereaved father, o' the grand mother who almost worshiped the little baby and who had devoted her entire time to raising it, and of the others to whom it had become so dear. On Saturday the remains were laid by the side of the mother in Oakland cemetery. Rev. Arch. C. Cree held a short song and prayer service at the grave. Wo deeply sympathize with the af flicted father and the grief-stricken relatives in this their second great loss in such a short time. Sorrow’s arrows have flown thick and fast for them and tbeir wounds are deep. And yet while they are sorrowful be cause a sweet treasure has been taken from them, they should rejoice be cause the sweet jewel glitters in the diadem of the redeemed. AT FIRST BAPTIST, Cu»i|>* Cron* RomiIh. (Correauonden™ of The I^dfer.) Camps (’Hois Road a, July 11:’ Several of the boys around here wen to Charlotte last Saturday. P. L. Humphries, colored, dh Sunday eve. Pryor was a faith old dar! ey. Miss Maud Thompson, of Gaffney^ spent Saturday night with Miss Ara Stacy. Misses Edna P^lmore and Minnie Stacy are spending this week with their brother. C. C. Stacy,in Gaffney. Mrs. Fletcher Smith and Mrs. Mike Montgomery were visiting friends in this neighborhood Tuesday Miss Daisy Stacy is spending this week with her uncle. Capt. J. C. Petty is running his thresher rapidly while he does run. Though he is broke down now, he hrpes to be ready to go out again soon. Mr, Potter Sink. Rev. Wm. R. Potter, pastor of Limestone Presbyterian church, is confined to bis home. Mr. Potter resided in lower Tennessee before coming to Gaffney. The district waa affiicted with malaria, and while Mrs. Potter and the little boy suffered a great deal from the malaria Mr. Pot ter had the good fortune to escape any immediate effects, but since coming to Gaffney the malaria has developed, and while it will take some little time to get it out of his system, still there is no cause for immediate alarm. He expects to be able to get about and attend to bis duties in the course of a few weeks. On account of Mr. Potter's illness thert were no services at his church Sunday morning. In the evening, however, the pulpit was occupied by Rev. W. H. Hodges, pastor of the Buford Street Methodist church, who preached a very instructive and entertaining sermon. TIis Daughter’* of the King. Last Thursday afternoon pursuant to a call of the pastor, Rev. Arch 0. Cree, a large number of the young ladies of the First Baptist church, met and organized themselves into a society to be known as the Daughter*! of the Ring. Mrs. Virgie Copeland was chosen president, Miss Annie Brown, secretary, Miss Leila Morgan, treasurer. The purpose of the society is quite elastic, being mis sionary, church-aid, charitable and social. Ire Cream Sociable. The Daughter’s of the King will give an ice cream sociable next Fri> day night from 7:00 to 10:00 o’clock at the City Hall Park. The proceeds will go to help pay for the organ of the First Baptist church. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend. Green’s Fruit Grower, Rochester, N. Y., eays: Some housewives wash the shirts with the regular washing, others save them for three or four weeks and wash them separately. When the latter method is adopted, put them in a tub the night before they are to be washed, with plenty of clear, cold water to cover them, and let them soak. In the morning pass the clother through the wringer into the second tub, and when the water has heated poor it over them. Wash them through this and put them in a boiler containing a hot suds made by dissolving Gold Dust Washing Powder ia water, and let them boil ten min utes. Do not crowd them, for they should hr ve plenty of room and water to obtain the best results. When they are done take them out into a tub, add enough water to make them cool enough to handle, rub them through this and rinse through two waters, one oleaf, the other just blue enough to mgke them look ole»r. ‘Scott’ la the best help/* But you must continue Its use even In hot wetihar. If you hare not tried It, send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemist* 409^415 Pearl Street, New York, 90c and J1.00; all druggist. BEST FOR THE . BOWELS If yon htran't • reguUr. SssKhjr morMosat of tho bow* s •Tt.rjr dy.i or wIlTlo. Keep your — kMI, sua be well. Force, In the shape of vlo- lo or pill poison, U dangerou*. Tho tmontb 'ele’an'u’uTtaka'*** ° 7 k ** p,,, « “ ie bu ”«b OANDY OATHARTIO CANDY CATHARTIC 434 All ,aak Uruggl-t for 1 iMH in Bed and , d with blue ribbon. - • dangerous aulMitl. Buy of your Dnucclst, or Particulars. Teall- f for I^mIIcm.'* in Uttrr, . ,000 Testimonial*, bold by TciTBR CHEMICAL CO. »n Mquare, PHIL.A., PA. Meatle* thl* papar. Notice! The Gaffney Pressing Club will do all your cleaning, pressing and repairing for $1.00 per month. Will clean hats ami skirts. TOM ESKRIDGE. Next toGreen’a GhII» ry. over Curry's afore. e-28-lin lOe, Me. tOt. 1 ■■■■lISEIlSMI I ■ Draft lata. Genuine stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell “something just os good.” EAT Pleasant, PatauHe, Potent. ¥tnt* flood. Do Good. Hr rat htdkeft. Weaken, or v.rlp«, U>, *4. and M rente twino*- Write for free naiupi*. unit booklet on OealUi. kddreee ad ITkKUBU MMKDT COiralT, I NI* 400 *r MW TOHS. KEEP YOUR BLOOD GLEAN Best Ter The South. Wood’s Wood's Setils arc grown a ml selected with special refer ence to their adaptability to our Southern soil and ci.'uiate and give the best results and sa ti st'nction everywhere. Jf your mer chant does not sell Wood’s Seeds write for Special Price-list, Circular giving prioos and informa tion about Turnip Seeds, Crimson Clover, Late Seed Potatoes, German nillet, Buckwheat mill all He&gonable Soeds, mailed on request. T. W. WOOD & SONS, .Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. WOOD'S FALL CATALOGUE Issued iii August, tells nil about Crimson Clover, Winter Vetches, Rape, Rust Proof and Winter Oats, Seed Wheats, Grasses, and Clover Seeds. Vegetable Seeds for Fall Planting. Hyacinths, Tulips, etc. Catalogue mailed free. Write for it. PILES! PILES! PILES! Ur. Williams’ Indian Pile (Hutment will cure Blind. Bleeding, Uloerutod und Itehimr Piles. |t nhHorbs the tumors, ill lays the itching ut ouuo. nets ns u poultice, gives In stant relief. Ur, Williams’ Indlau Pile Oint ment is prepared only for Piles mid Itching cif the private parts, and nothing else. Kvery box is guaranteed. Sold by druggists, sent by mull, for bOc. mid |1.00 per Ikix. Wit.LIAMS M'F'U. CO., Prop’s., Cleveland, Ohio. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Anna Katharine , Green Keeps Her Readers Guessing from start to finish in the stories that have made her famous. She wrote “The Leav enworth Case” and “Lost Man’s "Lane,” acknowl-* edged everywhere to be the greatest detective stories ever penned. The Mystery of Agatha Webb is. her latest. It will be printed in this paper. The first chapters will appear soon. If you en joy a thoroughly artistic, fascinating, even en thralling, story don’t miss it. ????>>???? ——* •••••••• • ..... nj This story will be commenced next; Friday. * Splendid Sermon Sunday Morning and Bap- tisiu at Night. Sunday morning at the First Bap tist Church Pastor Cree preached a splendid sermon to a large and ap preciative congregation. It was pro- oounced by many who heard it to be a magnificent one and the best that Mr. Cree has delivered since he came to our city. Those of the members who did not attend the morning service missed a spiritual feast which we feel sure they will long regret. Sunday night there was no sermon. The ordinance of baptism was ad ministered to the remaining eighteen who had joined the church during the revival and this was preluded by a short service. Those who were baptized were: Misses Nina Rogers, Cornelia Lavender, Louise Richard son, Leila Bonner, Irish Littlejohn, Cleo Little, Cynthia McCraw, Mamie Sue McCraw, Stel.'a Sarratt, Mrs. N. S. Thackston, Messrs. Wofford Lip scomb, Edgar Parker, M. B. Sams, Victor Lipscomb, Ray Campbell, Earle Carpenter and Gus Gilmer. Umbrella Wanted. It the person who was seen to take an umbrella from the front of the poatoffico Sunday afternoon will bring or send eame to The Ledger office, be will be rewarded and heart ily thanked, and no questions w;Ji be asked. We will he very much obliged, too, if the person who fo'iud a brass key at the postofflea some time ago, will leave game at this office. DOCTORS say "Consumption can be cured." Nature alone won’t do It. It needs help. Doctors say At Cost! For one week we will sell Jewelry, made and guaranteed by W. F. Main & Co., at wholesale cost. Don’t let this opportu nity pass without getting what jewelry you need. J. R. Meson & Go. NOTE HEADS, 1000 FOR . . . $1.50 u it 2000 “ . . . $2.50 ti u 5000 “ . . . $5.00 ENVELOPES, 1000 “ . . . $1.75 II 2000 “ . . . $3.00 u 5000 “ . . . $6.25 LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, STATEMENTS, AND EYERLKIND OF PRINTING AT LOW PRICES. ORDERS BY MAIL PROMPTLY FILLED. THE LEDGES, GAFFNEY, S. C. A N. Wood. Umstdi nt. n. n, hhown. Vice-l’rr*ldent ]VXerclia.ntB sancl 1 Mini tern Ifemlc OF OAFKNKV. 8. V. oapixaIu esno.ooo. State and County Depository. .a...I am. We aollclt the buntnuns of peoule of all C. IU WLN.ilTil. Oaohitr. wiaiu a..V4 v _ . Does a general Bunking and F.xchaiige bUHlne**, t* well Sited up with Fire Proof Vault and Burglnr Prupf 8afe, with Automatic) Time Lock. occupations.