The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, July 22, 1904, Image 1
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^ ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING
EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Clay Products Co., the large kaolin
concern recently established in Aiken.
A 28-room hoarding house and tool
house situated three and one-half
miles from the town of Aiken were
consumed, and also the dwelling of
Mr. J. M. Richardson, the manager of
the works, which is situated one-half
mile plant from the plant.
OFF FOR COLUMBIA.
Happenings All Over the State Taken
from Our Exchanges and Tersely
Told to Ledger Readers.
The old Charleston hotel, in Charles
ton, was sold Tuesday with fixtures
included, under the order of the court,
for the sum of $34,000, the purchaser
being Samuel Wilson.
In the case of Dr. T. B. Meacham,
of Fort Mill, for the alleged violation
of the dispensary law in the sale of
Pabst malt, the grand jury on Thurs
day returned no bill. The fact that
the defendant was selling the malt
was not denied.
Thos. J. Lyon, magistrate in Hibler
township, Greenwood county, had a
difficulty with his son-in-law, Ed Stev
ens, on Hard Labor creek Tuesday
afternoon. It was renewed at Stev
ens’s home at Dornsville, when Lyon
shot him five times, killing him.
Governor Heyward has appointed
Mr. W. B. Willims, Jr., county audi
tor of York to fill out the unexpired
term of his father, the late W. B. Wil
liams, Sr., deceased. The appointment
was made on the recommendation of
the York county delegation in the gen
eral assembly.
Mrs. W. H. Rogers, of Bishopville,
was found dead in her bed Monday
morning about 4 o’clock by her hus
band. Mr. Rogers was aroused by the
crying of the infant about five weeks
old. He called Mrs. Rogers who was
in an adjoining room and getting no
answer he went to the bed, where
Mrs. Rogers lay dead. Heart failure
is supposed to have caused her death.
s While standing in the doorway of
their cottage home in the Glenwood
mill village at Easley Saturday after
noon at 2 o’clock, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Hudson were struck by lightning
and instantly killed. They were look
ing at the dark clouds, which were
gathering over the town, when there
was a Hash, followed by a deafening
roar of thunder, and the man and wife
were seen to fall.
Louisia Stevens was committed to
jail Tuesday afternoon charged with
the killing of Rebecca Washington,
who was stabbed Tuesday night at a
colored picnic at Grant park in the
suburbs of Charleston, and who died
during the night. The fight was in
progress when a policeman came up
on the negro belligerents, but before
he had placed his hands upon them
the Stevens woman had succeeded in
getting her knife into the other wo
man’s neck.
Viney Ivy, a much respected old
colored woman of Rock Hill, fell un
conscious to the ground Sunday while
laboring under excitement occasioned
by Officers Partlow and Eubanks mak
ing some arrests in her neighborhood.
She never recovered consciousness,
but lingered until that night, when she
died, presumably of heart trouble.
She was a splendid old woman and
was in no way interested in the ar
rests that the policemen had been
called to make.
The Belton Power company was
granted a charter Monday by Secre
tary of State Gantt. The capital stock
is $100,000, and the company will build
a cotton mill, a power plant and oper
ate company stores, etc. J. B. Adger
is the president and R. A. Lewis the
secretary and treasurer. A commis
sion was also issued to the United
States Guarantee and Annuity compa
ny of Spartanburg, capitalized at
$1,000. The corporators are G. W.
Nichols, T. R. Trimmier, J. B. Ramsey
ad nothers.
The body of Joseph E. Milligan, who
was drowned in Wando river, near
Charleston, Saturday afternoon, had
not been recovered Tuesday, notwith
standing the efforts which were made
Sunday and Monday to find it. The
drowning occurred in the presence of
Milligan’s wife and child who were in
the sail boat out of which he was
knocked by a swinging boom. The
family were depenednt upon the labor
of Milligan and are now practically
destitute. Their immediate wants will
doubtless be relieved by charitable as
sociations of Charleston.
Mr. John A. McLean, of Blythe-
wood, who was killed Sunday in the
wreck of a melon train, was for some
tim<‘ a resident of Rock Hill, being
night operator at the Southern depot
at that place. Mr. McLean at the time
of his death was running as flagman
on the Southern’s through fruit train
from Florida to New York. When
near Edmunds, a small station ten
miles south of Columbia, the tender
of the engine Jumped the track,
wrecking ten cars. Mr. McLean was
standing in the cab at the time and
was thrown a great distance from the
track, death resulting instantly. The
other members of the crew escaped
serious injury.
Gov. Heyward offered two rewards
Monday for incendiaries, one of the
conflagrations having occurred in
Richland. This was the burning of
the barn, two mules, a horse, 12 hogs,
wagon and a quantity of feed, all
the property of Mr. 8. J. Dwight, who
is the owner of the Goodwill planta
tion. The reward offered for the cap
ture of the incendiaries is $100 This
Are occurred on July 9th, A similar
reward is offered for the parties who
•et fire to the property of the Pope
A HEWSY LETTER
FROM ETTA JANE.
CONVERSE CLIPPINGS.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF
LOWER CHEROKEE.
Limestone Guards Leave for State
Encampment.
The Limestone Guards to the num
ber of forty-eight, rank and file, leave
for the State encampment at Colum
bia this morning. The company is in
splendid shape considering its age.
Capt. Otts says that there will doubt
less be better drilled companies at the
encampment but that none can keep
any more sober or behave better or
try harder to improve than his men;
and he expects to bring back a com
pany of which the town and county
may justly be proud. The camp will
be in the strictest sense military. The
boys leave on No. 39, and from the
time they board the cars the strictest
discipline will be maintained until the
return. Capt. Otts is especially pleased
to note the hearty co-operation of the
mill authorities and other employers
in granting leaves of absence for the
encampment. Gen. Frost has selected
the Limestone Guards as one of the
commands to go to Manassas.
We congratulate the officers and
men of the Limestone Guards on their
fine appearance and Gaffney on hav
ing such a fine body of militiamen
that she can boast of as her own.
We trust that the Guards will return
with new laurels after they have per
formed their duties at the encamp
ment.
Below we give a roster of the names
of those who go to the encampment
at Columbia -
Capt. J. C. Otts, 1st. Lieut. S.
Mauney, 2nd. Lieut. D. A. Young, 1st.
Sergt. P. L. Wilson, 2nd. Sergt. J H.
Bright, 3rd. Sergt. Clyde Northey, 4th.
Sergt. P. F. Wall, 5th. Sergt. C. W.
Etters. Commissary Sergt. C. T. Brid
ges, 1st Corp, S. J. Rodgers, 2nd. Corp.
C. A. Mauney, 3rd. Corp. G. R. Cooper,
4th. Corp. Tillman Turner; Privates,
W. F. H. Blanton, W ,F. Bright, J. B.
Bright, Chas, Byers, C. J. Bostic, Zone
Blackwell, J. W. Bogan, B. C. Coyle,
Goings Clary, Sam W. Clary, L. C.
Camp, Sam Elders, Wade H. Gibson,
Jas. Green J. C. Hall, Rufus
Hames, J. B. Jones, J. C. Jenkins,
Chas. Kitchens, P. C. Knight, Pinkney
Lackey, W. H. Lowry, Jos. Northey,
Lewis Painter, R. A. Proctor, Roscoe
Ramsey, Wm. Spencer, R. L. Spencer.
T. F. Turner, N. H. Thomas. Felix
Thomas, John Thomas, C. C. Teague,
John Teague and J. T. Vassey.
South Carolinians in the West.
We clip the following from The
Bonham, Texas, Evening News, of the
12th inst.:
“J. S. Crawford, of E. 3rd Street, and
his brother-in-law - , John J. Littlejohn,
of Jonesville, S. C., arrived home last
night from New Orleans. Mr. Craw
ford went to that city to have the
growth on his lower jaw-bone diag
nosed and treated. The physicians
of that city, as did those of St. Louis,
told Mr. Crawford that the medical
profession could do nothing for him.
They could remove the entire lower
jawbone, but they had fears that he
would not survive the operation. The
many friends in this city of the af
flicted gentleman regret very much
to learn this. But as long as there is
life there is hope, and Mr. Crawford
should not become discouraged and
give up the battle as lost, nothwith-
standing he was told by the physicians
that he could not hope to live over a
few months at most. The family has
the sympathy of this entire town, for
there are no better citizens among us
than J. S. Crawford.
“Capt. F. M. Farr, of Union, S. C.,
half-brother of the above gentleman,
and Mr. Littlejohn left for their re
spective homes today.”
Mr. Crawford once lived in Gaffney
1 and thought of going into business in
! this city, but decided in favor of
Texas. Mr. T. J. Jenkins, of this city,
j is a half brother of Mr. Crawford, and
the other friend of Mr. Crawford in
Gaffney will be pained to learn of his
I serious illness.
The Carpenter’s Union.
At a meeting of the local Carpen
ter's Union Monday night it was de
cided to give a reception at their hall
over the National Bank, next Monday
night. All carpenters and woodwork
ers are invited to attend. A suitable
program has been arranged for the oc
casion and light refreshments will be
* served.
The Carpenter’s Union is the only
labor organization in Gaffney. It has
met with a cordial reception and is
but the forerunner of other organiza
tions of a like nature.
Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop
ular People and Short Items of
General Interest
Etta Jane, July 20.—Mr. D. L. Vas
sey, one of the candidates for county
supervisor, is in this section this week
looking after his fences.
Mr. and Mrs. James N. Strain went
to Gaffney yesterday on business.
The sand at Howell’s ferry is bank
ed up so that the flat cant’ be run
at times.
Yesterday was the warmest day of
the season, we think. The thermome
ter stood at 104 degrees at 2:30
o’clock p. m.
Messrs. Kendrick and Inman have
threshed about 1,000 bushels of wheat
this season, so we understand.
Mr. J. F. Wright is at Grover, N. C.,
having his cancer treated by Miss
Dora Joyner, a specialist working un
der Dr. Daniel, of Richmond, Va. He
went up there last week and will stay
a while for treatment.
The string band gave us some mu
sic last night.
Mr. R. Gregg Alexander one of the
progressive business men of Birming
ham, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Capt.
W. D. Alexander, of Lawn.
In our last letter the types make us
spell Goliath without the “t”—Goliah.
It's 1,000 instead of 100 acres Mr.
W. R. Walker has in pasturage for his
cattle.
Our bad writing has got us into an
other trouble. Here’s what one of ouq
correspondents in a neighboring city
says in part, verbatim et literatim:
“Sorry to tell you that I can’t read
your letter except a few words of the
first Part and I have carryed it several
Good scollars and they can’t read it
for me. Mr. , of the , book
keeper, he could make out that you
wanted to know something about some
Drug Store.” What in the world do
we want to know about a drug store
in another town when we have plenty
in our own, together with a dispensary
and all the blind tigers that can ven
ture out?
Mrs. Betsy Hartford, whose afflic
tion has been frequently mentioned in
this correspondence, is still living and
for one of her age and condition en
joys life surprisingly.
“Tillet,” her son, is one of the most
loyal children we ever knew. Surely
the blessing promised in the Fifth Com
mandment is his portion and will fol
low him all the days of his life. The
child who is loyal to his parents will
do to trust anywhere with anything.
We are needing rain badly. Crops
are burning up. Cotton is withering
and upland corn is firing up to the
shoot.
Some people a r e making hay.
There has been an abundant crop
of blackberries this year.
Of the contributions reported last
Sabbath for the storm sufferers in
the upper part of this county we are
sorry to state that Salem is in the
blank column. We are sorry to make
this report but hope to say otherwise
next week.
The Ledger readers should ponder
well over what Rev. T. H. Law, D. D.,
says in Tuesday’s paper about the
American Bible Society. In this work
the secular papers are giving help
that is indispensihle and that can’t be
had anywhere else.
Those who attendc l Abingdon Creek
church last Saturday on the Child
ren’s Day occasion, report an enjoy
able time notwithstanding the pres
ence of "Johnny Barlecorn” and his
devotees. It’s a lamentable fact that
whiskey drinkers 'vill obtrude them
selves into the presence of good peo
ple and in a measure offset the
feeling and pleasure such occasions
are designed to give them and the
children.
A wholesome prosecution of all
such offences would have a salutary
effect upon society where this state of
affairs exists. The law ought to be
rigidly enforced regardless of whom
it effects.
We have all the legal machinery we
need to put a stop to this ugly and
degrading practice. All we want is
men with backbone to put it in mo
tion. J. L. S.
People and Affairs Around the Three
Cliftons.
Converse, July 20.—It is the un
animous decision of the leading farm
ers of this section that the crop pros
pect is far in excess of any previous
i year in almost a decade. With good
crops and a fair price for all farm
| products and a resumption of all idle
I manufacturing industries, we may
| confidently expect a return of pros
perity. This will enable the farmers
j to meet their obligations and have a
balance in cash to their credit.
Mess. T. C. Thompson & Bro. and
B. H. Hardaway & Co., who have the
contract for building the power house
and dam at No. 3 mill, are moving
along with the work as fast as time
will admit. It is their intention to
have the work completed by the time
the machinery is installed,
j The angel of death visited the home
! of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Tinsley last
| Saturday morning and claimed for its
victim their youngest son, L. A. Tin
sley, aged thirty years. He leaves a
wife and one child. He was confined
to his room only a short time before
| his death. That dread disease, con-
| sumption, did its work before his fam
ily were aware of his real condition,
j He was buried by the Odd Fellows
, and Red Men.
Miss Ava Allen is spending this
week with her sister, Mrs. Ola Cooper,
in Greenville.
Burton Stewart, an experienced
painter, after spending two months
in Birmingham, Ala., on business, re
turned today.
We are glad to note the improved
condition of S. M. Langly, who has
been confined to his room for the
past ten days. He is able to resume
his duties as overseer of the carpenter
force.
Owing to a scarcity of water No. 1
and No. 2 mills are not running on
full time. It is hoped, however, when
the No. 3 dam is completed they will
resume their usual hours.
Miss Laura Hammett, who has
charge of the millinery department of
the Bee Hive, at Spartanburg, is
spending her vacation with her
mother, Mrs. L. V. Hammett, on Rail-
, road street.
Capt. Jno. W. Kidd, the popular
j superintendent of the Gastonia mill,
spent Saturday and Sunday with his
family.
The popular and accomplished Miss
Effie Henderson, of Glendale station,
spent Sunday with Misses Mattie and
Belva Allen.
B. S. Johnson, of Easley, spent a
i few days with relatives and friends
last week. Mr. Johnson, it will be re
membered, was in the Clifton flood
and was carried to Pacolet Mills on
a raft. His family of five were all
drowned.
Dr. W. K. Gunter, of your city, is
visiting his brother, Dr. S. M. Gunter,
and attending the State Dental Asso
ciation at White Stone Springs this
; week.
The first melons of the season were
seen on our streets Monday. They
were fine and commanded a good
price. W. C. A.
THROUGHOUT THE
TARHEEL STATE
RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
Miss Ross Sings.
The following is from the Gastonia
News of Tuesday, 19th inst:
Miss Eva Ross, of Gaffney, sang a
solo “The Good Shepherd” at the
First Presbyterian church Sunday
uigth. Miss Ross has a sweet, clear
voice and sings with much effect.
She is one of Gaffney’s most charming
young ladles, and is a favorite in Gas
tonia. Miss Ross and sister, Miss
Ethel Ross, of Gaffney, and Misses
Mattie Caldwell and Bessie Adams
are a pretty group of young ladies,
I the guests of Miss Pansy Trawick.
Will Leave for China.
Mrs. H. A. Etheridge, of Atlanta,
who has been spending some time
with her parents, Capt. and Mrs. W.
H. Richardson, left Monday for An
niston, Ala., where she will spend two
weeks before returning to Atlanta.
From Atlanta she and Mr. Etheridge
will go to Ixjs Angeles, Cali., and af
ter spending two months in that city,
they will sail for Tientsien, China,
where they will make their future
home. Mr. and Mrs. Etheridge go to
China as missionaries, and the best
wishes of their numerous friends here,
and elsewhere, will ever cluster
around them in their far away home.
Kings Creek Items.
Kings Creek, July 18.—The little
| daughter of Mr. H. K. McSwain, aged
i fifteen months, has been sick for some
1 time and we are sorry to say it is not
any better. The child was stung
nearly to death by bees sometime ago
and has not been well since.
The picnic at Piedmont Springs last
Saturday, arranged and attended by
by the people of Antioch neighbor
hood, was greatly enjoyed by all who
i attended. It was by far the greatest
success, from a pleasure standpoint,
of anything of the kind we have had
this season. The occasion will long
be remembered by everyone who at-
; tended.
The people of Antioch have arrang
ed for a picnic at Antioch church on
August the 17th, at which all of the
; candidates for the various offices will
be present and entertain the crowd
with speeches. Everybody at large,
who will come and behave and bring
well filled baskets, is cordially invited.
Next Saturday all who are interested
in the dead buried at Antioch are
kindly asked to be there and help
clean the graveyard.
Owing to the association that will
commence at Antioch on August 25th,
the latter part of the fall, or first part
the latter part of he fall, or first part
of the winter.
Mr. Thos. Hamrick and family, of
Lattimoer, N. C., is visiting his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Rev. L. H. Mc
Swain. in this section. They will
probably spend several days here vis
iting their many friends and relatives.
The farmers of this section are glad
that one of their most favorite arti
cles of food, “roasting ears," has
come in sufficient quantities to supply
their long felt wants.
The telephone central office at
Grover, N. C., has changed managers,
and many of the people are having
their phones put in again. Mr. Turner,
the manager, has determined to make
ibe business a serviceable one.
Young Sport.
Cherokee Lumber Co.
The Cherokee Lumber Company is
the na emoafnewHATONIILl?PIilwaud
the name of a new industry in the
city, with yards at Walker’s old stand,
near the old 8. C. & G. E. depot. Mr.
K. A. Jones and Mr. W. L Morgan are
the promoters, with Mr Morgan as
manager See their ad in this issue.
The doctor trust is getting about as
many obnoxious laws passed as the
other trusts.
Ten Thousand Churches Painted
With L. & M.
There Is not much money lost in
buying one pint of ready mixed paint,
but when a quantity is needed, then
it’s big loss to buy any ready mixed
paint. The Longman & Martinez L.
6 M. Paint is semi-mixed, and quickly
made ready for use as follows: to
four gallons of the L. & M. at $1.65
per gallon, add 3 gallons of Linseed
Oil at 60 cts. per gallon, thus making
7 gallons of paint for $3.10 or $1.16
per gallon. Wears and covers like
gold. Sold by Smith Hdw. Co., Gaff
ney; Blacksburg Drug Co., Blacks
burg.
First Baptist Church Notes.
Dr. Simms will fill his pulpit next
Sabbath morning, and Rev. Amos
Clary will preach at night.
The visitors to the city and strang-
i ers are cordially invited to worship
! with the congregation.
| Mrs. Byers hopes to bo at her post
next Sabbath.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
No Pity Shown.
“For years fate was after me con
tinuously,” writes F. A. Gulledge,
Verbena, Ala. “I had a terrible case
| of Piles, causing 24 tumors. When
all failed Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
cured me.” Equally good for Burns
and all aches and pains. Only 25c
at Cherokee Drug Co.'s drug store.
Saints are not made out of mud.
Items of Interest Concerning Our
Neighbors in the Old North State
Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers
Mrs. Starke Batchellor died Wed
nesday at her home in Raleigh. She
was the eldest daughter of Judge and
Mrs. Thomas R Purnell, aged 30.
Her illness was very brief and her
death was unexpected.
About two o’clock Monday morning
the following stores in Shelby were
destroyed by fire: T. W. Hamrick’s
dry good store, Spangle’s grocery
store, and Gillespie’s music store. All
were wooden buildings.
At 9:30 o’clock Tuesday night the
Rt. Rev. A. A. Watson, of Wilming
ton, bishop of the east Carolina dio
cese of the Episcopal church, who suf
fered a second stroke of paralysis
Monday morning, was reported to be
sinking. It was hardly expected that
he could last tb"ough the night.
A negro named Council Joyner, v ho
was wanted at Oxford for cutting an
other negro there with a razor, was
captured in Mount Olive Tuesday and
was taken to Goldsboro Wednesday
night by Officer Smith, of Oxford.
Joyner was placed in jail for safe
keeping. Sheriff Smith left next
morning with his prisoner.
Burton Hicks, colored, was dragged
to death on a farm near Raleigh,
where he had ben employed for fif
teen years. He was riding a mule to
the stable. The mule jumped and
threw him. Hicks was tangled in the
harness. His body was dragged all
o\er the plantation an,! his head was
nearly torn off.
A commodious infirmary is to be
erected at once at Wake Forest Col
lege, the money being donated by Rev.
John Mitchell and other liberal friends
of the institution. Mr. Mitchell, who
has made large donations for the
Thomasville Orphanage and other
Baptist institutions, donates $1,100 to
ward the infirmary. Indications are
for the largest enrollment in the his
tory of the college this fall.
Johnnie Lee, an eight-year-old col
ored boy, was shot through the mouth
Monday afternoon with a 22 calibre
pistol in the hands of Cary Moore, a
six-year-old companion, in a neigh
bor’s house on Tater’s row in Char
lotte. The bullet went in at the
mouth of the child and ranged down
ward, passing out at the left of the
neck. The boy was in a serious condi
tion Tuesday night, but was resting
better next day.
Tuesday morning Bob Lewis, a ne
gro convict on the Cabarrus chain-
gang, in attempting to escape was
shot and instantly killed by Sidney
Earnhardt, one of the guards. He
was about 40 or 50 yards from the
guard, in the road, runnnig with
chains on when shot. He was hit
with a load of buckshot, which enter
ed near his shoulder. The gang was
working about three miles w r est of
Concord. The negro was ordered to
stop but he kept going, when the
guard killed him.
At Jamestown Sunday afternoon,
Fred Brown, aged nine, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Pinckney Brown, while try
ing to draw a bucket of water from a
new, uncurbed 50-fot rock-lined well,
caught hold of the rope to the bucket
just as it reached the water 40 feet
below, and w-as plunged headlong
down the well. The alarm was given
by his seven-year-old sister who was
with him, and in fifteen minutes the
: lifeless body of the little fellow was
drawn up from the well. He had evi
dently been killed by striking the
rocks in his descent, as his neck was
broken and his head terribly gashed,
the skull being fractured in three
places.
It is reported in Goldsboro that a
serious cutting affray occurred on the
Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad
Saturday afternoon between that place
and LaGrange. A prominent young
white man, McDonald by name, t
LaGrange, had been to Goldsboro on
business and in returning home be
came Involved In a fuss with a colored
brakeman. They had a few angry
words when the negro pulled out his
knife and quickly stabbed young Mc
Donald. It is not thought the young
man was badly hurt. It seems that
the negro, Lewis Blount, has a record.
It was only a few - years ago that he
came very near killing Officer Den
ning, of Goldsboro, who was trying
to arrest Blount for violation of city
laws.
The Osborne hotel at Oxford, one of
the oldest hotels in the State*, w'as to
tally destroyed by fire Tuesday morn
ing at 3 o’clock. The origin of the fire
is not known, though it is thought the
building caught from a defective stove
flue. All the Inmates escaped without
injury and a small part of the furni
ture was saved. The loss Is estimated
at about $6,000, with $2,500 insurance.
Mrs. Sidney Albert, of Kernersville,
1 was burned to death Tuesday by the
explosion of a can of kerosene oil. It
is the same old story of starting a fire
with oil. Her body was a crisp of
burned flesh and her sufferings were
fearful to her friends, who did all they
could until 12 o’clock next day, when
she died. Mrs. Albert had only been |
married a few months, leaving a young
husband to mourn her sad fate.
The Night-Blooming Cereus.
One evening a short time ago, aa
the shadows began to gather about
our home, a Night-blooming Cereus,
which my wife had watched and nur
tured for years, began to give indica
tions that the purpose of its life was
about to be unfolded to human eyes.
It was an event which we did not wish
to enjoy alone, and we sent for Dr.
Lodge and his family that they might
enjoy with us the gorgeous display of
beauty.
A few days afterwards the gifted
president of Limestone College sent
Mrs. Griffith the exquisite little poem
printed below. In por ! c conception
and noble imagery, inspired by com
mon objects, it surpasses Holmes’s
Chambered Nautilus, Moore’s Flying
Fish, and Mrs. Hemans’s Div^ r. We
want others to enjoy this po< t with
us as we wanted others to en.ov the
flower—and more, for the • wer
withered in a night, while the fli #ers
of thought and sentiment contained
in the poem are immortal.
H. P. Griffith.
A Serious Thought.
‘Tis the hour of devotion, the nig din-
gale sings
Her prayer in the dusk to the dread
King of Kings;
E’en ocean, his grey locks threa
back from his brow.
Adoration is chanting with each bil
low now,
And a reverent nun seems the evening
star,
As she mingles her treble with the
bass of the bar.
In a bower of love by the edge of th >
sea.
For the nonce from all dread and all
doubting set free,
Let us read from the Bible of nature
our psalm.
While we melt into evening’s sweet,
holy calm.
Our “lesson” we find in the beauteous
flow'er
On the stalk of the Cereus that opens
this hour.
Lorg years has the lady that tended
the plant,
In spite of our eyes that would oft
look askant.
Seen this vision of loveliness now just
disclosed,
Like the dream of a sculptor by gen
ius posed.
The stalk is in truth both ungainly
and hare,
But the blossom is such as an empress
might wear.
Not fairer the star flowers in Night’s
bosom seem,
i Not fairer the flowers that we dream
that we dream,
Than the exquisite, radiant, delicate
gem
That hangs from this mis-shapen, con
torted stem.
The lilies and roses awake with the
lark,
But the Cereus pours out her light on
the dark.
See you not that the symbol is plain,
as we talk?
This body of ours is naught but the
stalk,
| The soul is the flower, the parable
salth,
i That shall bloom into beauty in the
dark we call death.
—
For Mrs. Griffith, with the compli
ments of the poet aster.
Excursion to Charleston.
The Southern will run a daylight
excursion train on Tuesday the 2Gth
inst. from Gaffney, Blacksburg and in
termediate points, via. Rock Hill and
Camden, to Charleston and the Isle
of Palms and return. The fare will
be $3.00 from Gaffney and Blacks
burg, with privilege to return on any
train to and including Thursday the
28th.
This excursion train offers a good
opportunity to the people of the coun
ty to visit the seashore at an unpre
cedented small expense, and persons
wishing to make such a visit may rest
assured that the best of order will be
had on the train while in transit, and
that everything will be done by the
Southern people to make the trip an
enjoyable one.
The train will leave Gaffney at
Iff a. m. and Blacksburg at 6:50, on the
20th inst.
COSTS NOTHING tMESS CURED
A Fair Offer Made by Gaffney Drug
Co. to All Sufferers from Catarrh.
The Gaffney Drug Co. is selling Hy-
omei on a plan that has caused con
siderable talk amongst its custom-
i ers.
The plan is different from that fol
lowed by other remedies, but the rem-
j edy itself is different also. This treat
ment for the cure of catarrh has such
an unusual record of cures to Its
credit that tin* Gaffney Drug Co. of
fer to refund the money if it does
not give the desired benefit. This is
certainly one of the fairest offers that
can be made and any one who has
catarrh and does not take advantage
of it is doing himself or herself an
injustice.
Do not suffer any longer with tick
ling, smarting, burning, eye-watering
troubles that afflict those who have
catarrh. Hyomel will cure you. but if
you should not find it adapted to yi.ur
case, the Gaffney Drug Co. will return
your money.
When a woman is too angry to talf
her husband is in luck.
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy.
This remedy la certain to be need
ed in almost every home before the
summer is over. It can always bo
depended upon even In the most se
vere and dangerous cases It is es
pecially valuable for summer disor
ders in children. It is pleasant to
take and never fails to give prompt
relief. Why not buy it now? It may
aave life. For sale by Cherokee Drug
Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison, Cowpens.
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