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WHO IS SHE? ■ A = ■ . Solid Gold Watch WALTHAM MOVEMENT ABSOLUTELY FREE To the Prettiest and Most Popu lar Lady in Cherokee County, Married or Single. Every one of Coupon 'No. 1 cut from The Ledger and sent in to tiiis ottiee 'entitles you to a vote for the lady of your choice. It matters not bow many you can jret Just so they are cut ftom this paper as they appear between now and New Year’s Day, 1905. COUPON NO. 1 THE LEDGER. Gaffney, S. C. Genti.emek: I vote for M P. O I believe she is the prettiest and most popular lady in Cherokee County. Signed P. O No votes will l>o,accepted after the last day of this year. All votes must reach this oflBce on or i»efore the last day of December, 1!K)1. The lady receivint; the largest num ber of votes cast will receive the watch. It will be ready for delivery to her at Tlie Ledger office January 1st, Should there be a tie in the vote between two or more the tie shall be settled between the winners themselves. The names of the ladies and the number of votes they receive will be printed in The Ledger every week. The watch is a pood one, solid pold, and can be seen at Thos. H. Westrope’s jewelry store. Mr. Westrope guarantees the watch to be solid gold and the works to be of the best. How to Get Coupons. There are many ways of getting coupons. you are a subscriber you will get coupon No. 1 every week up to issue of December JOth, unless your subscription expires and your paper is stopped. If you can get papers from your friends containing coupon No. 1, that will be all right, you will be allowed to fill It out and each one will count a vote when sent into this office. Papers will be on sale at this office all the time, as many as you want at 5 cents per copy, 50 cents per dozen, or $4.00 per one hundred. If you subscribe for The Ledger or renew your subscription to the amount of cents you will be entitled to 5 votes: 50 cents, 10 votes; 75 cents, 15 votes; $1.00, 20 votes. Every 5 cents paid on subscription to The Leager entitles you to a vote. It matters not how much you pay on your subscrip tion. You can pay as much or little as you like at a time and as often as you like, but in case of subscriptions you must always use coupon No. 2 below: COUPON No. 2 THE LEDGER, Gaffney, S. 0. Gentlemen: Enclosed find $ for months subscription to THE LEDGER and. votes In the voting contest for the prettiest and most popular lady in Cherokee County. I cast my votes forM P. O Signed P. O There will be no restrictions to the voting other than laid down here. You may subscribe for The Ledger for a friend and vote for the lady of your choice. You may induce a friend to subscribe and vote for the lady of his choice. The contest will be conducted with the strictest regard for fairness and Impartiality. Those living out of town (or in town, either, for that matter) need not send In their coupons No. 1 each week unless they like. They can wait a few weeks and get a batch of them and send all at once, A strict and accurate account will be kept of all the votes, and each coupon will be filed for reference should any dispute arise. After the contest is over the winner and the two next closest to her will be requested to furnish The Ledger a photograph U) publish the following week after the winner is announced. Remember, no entries will be made without coupons properly signed and sent in. Address all letters to W E feel very grateful to the citizens of Cherokee County for favoring us with their trade during the years 1902, 1903 and 1904; also we have every reason to believe that they are all well pleased with the Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines that they bought from us, as they are beginning now to see that quality figures more than a few dollars in the purchase of an article that is to be used for a long period of time, if not for a lifetime. To those who have not yet bought Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines from us, we invite you to come and see our goods and get our prices, which will be very low during the next 30 days. We are are at all times able and willing to make every promise true and every guarantee good. So come and see our many different styles of Organs and New Home Sewing Machines at our store on Limestone St. Abbott Bros. The Gaffney Cify Land and Imprnveinenf Co. * Offers for sale Building Lots In this flourishing town, Gaffney; also Farms ne by and In reach of the Bchools of Limestone Springs and of this place, in lots of 50 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lauds to rent for Farm purposes For full particulars apply to J. V. SARRATT, Agent. N. B.—All person , are forbidden to enter on, walk or ride through or over the lands of this onupapy, cutting and removing timber or fishing, hunting, under penalty of law. Career of 'Poisoner \xjuful Crimes of French- tvoman of Seven teenth Century. Disclosures 'Regarding Court Life Jn "Records of Investigations by “Police—Incredible Infamy. The inadequacy of postmortem ex aminations and chemical analysis in the seventeenth century offered pro fessional' and amateur poisoners op portunities which developed into a de structive social plnffue. Thousands of men and women in all walks of life BX TJSK OF A MIRROR A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVIL WAS CARRIED ON. fell victims to a toxic epidemic which may be said to have come to an end not so much through penal retribution as through a change of fashion. Peo ple practically became tired of this form of killing and left mortality to the ordinary course of nature. Medical science in those days was restricted to its test of the toxic effect of a drug—literally, to “trying it on the dog”—says the Chicago Tribune. If the animal survived, the drug was con sidered innocuous; if it died, the drug was pronounced poisonous, and the person suspected of administering it was usually put to the torture and confession obtained or denied accord ing to the sensitiveness or stoicism of the accused. The toxics usually em ployed were corrosive sublimate and arsenic. The legends current then and since of persons dying from the use of poisoned gloves or flowers or hand kerchiefs have no foundation in fact. All deaths from poison were due to a drug taken into the stomach and were usually of a most violent or painful character. This epidemic of poisoning prevailed during the administration of La Rey- nle; therefore, we have in the archives of the police of the time the most mi nute and voluminous reports of the rise and progress of the mania, and of those most conspicuously connected with it. Discarding the Marquise de Brinvilliers, who may be classed ouly as a distinguished amateur, the most accomplished and notorious profession al practitioner was La Volsin. She was not only a poisoner, but a “sor ceress,” fortune teller and a dealer in “love philters” and “talismans.” La Reyuie, In u multitude of folios of sworu testimony and reports of .gents of police, reveals every step of this woman’s career until the final one where he personally records his super vision of her execution, one of ex traordinary horror. Whether he believed or not many of the incredible reports of this woman’s “supernatural" power, he accepted them to the extent that they placed In his hands information concerning the turpitudes and crimes of royal per sonages, the nobility, prelates, priests, and the bourgeoisie, so monstrous that evenTiis stoical indifference to the per- fidlousness of man and woman was rutiled. There was hardly a person of distinction at court, except the king, who at some time or other bad not had relations with La Voisln in some one of her professional capacities. It wa£ this knowledge which caused La Rey- nie to urge Louis XIV. to create a spe cial court, called “la chambre ar- ilente," to probe these matters and put on trial the most Infamous of the dis tinguished criminals. Tills tribunal was in session for u long time. It whs brought to an abrupt conclusion when La Reynie presented evidence against Mme. de Montospan of a character so inexpressibly shocking that Louis XIV. was obliged to dissolve the court per manently to prevent its presentation. In the voluminous reports relating to La Voisln made by the police almost every great name in France of that pe riod is besmirched or made ridiculous or Infamous. The Duke of Orleans (brother <>f L'vil c . XIV.) was one of La Voisln’s most profitable clients. It was lupposed that the drug with which his first wife, Henrietta of England, was poisoned was procured from this wo man. There is record of the sums he paid her at various periods: Five hun dred half louis d’or, -I.ooo pistoles, a large diamond worth twlre this amount and two strings of pearls valued at 12,000 francs. The last were given to secure an Interview with the “devil.” The duke was desirous of obtaining a ring which would Insure him absolute control of the king. Through use of a mirror, dexterous sleight of hand In transmission of the ring and a conver sation with the devil, carried on by a priest gifted with ventriloqull power, the satisfaction of the duke was made complete. The Duke of Luxembourg, inspired by the success of the Duke of Orleans, arranged also with La Voisln, upon payment of a large sum of money, for an introduction to the devil. The ap parition was so realistic and the duke so overcome with fear that reflex ac tion of a humiliating character affected him to the extent of disturbing the gravity of the proceedings. The details were in some way made public. These excited such hilarity at court and made the duke so ridiculous as to put La Reynie on the alert and cause him to exercise closer surveillance over the "sorceress.” He could do no more at that time on account of the powerful coterie which protected her. The young Count de S., disguised us a woman, called upon La Voisln to procure poisou to kill, as he pretended, three horses which he had won on a wager from his brother-in-law and who refused to deliver them up. La Voisln understood the allegory. She divined that the drug was wanted for the kill ing of the Marquis de S., his father; the Baron de S., his elder brother, and the Marquise de M., his sister, iu order that the count might become sole in heritor of his father’s estate. The poison was administered with fatal ef fect. It was a nightly procession of the highest nobility of France to the resi dence of La Voisln, discreetly hidden in extensive grounds. Under cover of darkness her clients came iu sedan chairs closely curtained to seek means to kill or to satisfy some superstitious or amorous impulse. Her feminine cli entele was the more numerous. The queen bought love philters to adminis ter to the king that he might be in spired with greater affection for her. The Countess de Suissuus, alarmed at the waning passion of his majesty, sought a talisman that would revivify it aud restore her to favor. In this in tention she gave for the construction of a “love doll” some of the king's hair, nail clippings, two shirts, several stockings and a collar. Incidentally she purchased poison with which to kill her husband. In this she was suc cessful. She wished to get rid of him that she might marry her lover, the Duke de Vendome. This scandal was brought officially to the attention of the king.- He could hardly be induced to sign an order of arrest against the woman he had loved. He notified her ▲ NIGHTLY PROCESSION OF THE HIGHEST NOBILITY. of the impending peril and withheld bis signature so as to give her time to escape by flight. The mother of her husband came to protest to the king against the favor shown the murderess of her sou. He was coutent to say: “Madame, it is my wish that the Count ess de Solssous shall escape. Perhaps I shall be answerable tpr it to God and my people.” La Reynie was often im pressed by the frequency of coinci dences. His agents would report the visits of such aud such women of title to La Voisln. These were almost in variably followed in a day or two by the sudden death of a father, mother, husband or lover. Many of these fe male degenerates were recruited from among the wives of magistrates who presided at the civil and criminal courts. Their War- “I suppose all your neighbors were out to see you the first time you went whizzing through the street in your new automobile?" “No, they were all busy getting their work done ahead of time so they could be out watching the next even- lag when I hod to have the blamed thing towed home behind an express wagon.”- Chicago Record-Herald. Only Makes a Bad Matter Worse. Perhaps you have never thought of! It, but the fact must be apparent to every one that constipation is caused by a lack of water In the system, and the use of drastic cathartics like the old fashioned pills only makes a bad matter worse. Chamberlain’s Stom ach and Liver Tablets are much more mild and gentle in their effect, and when the proper dose is taken their action is so natural that one can hard ly realize it is the effect of a medi cine. Try a 25 cent bottle of them. For salg by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaff ney; L. D. Allison, Cowpens. It is easier for a man to give a party than for a woman; getting some thing to drink requires less labor and thought than getting something to eat. An Old Time Remedy. Murray’s Horehound Mullein and Tar has in it the purest of drugs. All of which were used by our parents and grandparents. It is a combina tion so put together that it cures a cough right off. Nothing is better for babies. It is a most reliable cure for all cases of coughs. Ask your drug gists for it. They ail have it. Get a bottle now and have it ready. Costs only 25c a bottle—extra large bottles -regular 50c size. Remember to ask for “Murray’s” and take no other. A parvenu is one of those people who spend money that we haven’t got in a way that we couldn’t spend it. Church Notes. The finest city and village Churches are painted with the Longman & Mar tinez Paints, and we want every Church to accept our donation when ever they paint. 8 & 6 make 14, therefore when you want fourteen gallons of paint, buy only eight of L. & M. and mix six gal lons of pure Linseed Oil with it, mak ing actual cost of paint about $1.20 per gallon. Don’t pay $1.50 a gallon for Linseed Oil (worth 00 cents) which you do when you buy other paints in a can with a paint label on it. Many houses are well painted with four gallons of L. & M. and three gal lons of Linseed Oil mixed therewith. Wears and covers like gold. These Celebrated Paints are sold by Smith Hardware Co. When a mother favors early mar riage it is one indication that she has an unmmaried son. A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud ing Piles. Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case, no matter of how long standing, in G to 14 days. First application gives ease and rest. 50c. If your druggist hasn’t it send 50c in stamps and it will be forwarded post-paid by Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo. During a leap year it isn’t fair to arrest a man for bigamy. There is no cough medicine so po pular as Foley’s Honey and Tar. It contains no opiates or poisons and never fails to cure. Cherokee Drug Co. FOR ALL COUNTY NEWS, IM PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE AND EVENTS OF INTEREST IN FOREIGN LANDS, TAKE AND READ THE LEDGER. WANTED! “All youi clothes that need briuhtenlnff up, bring them to us. We will make them look fresh and new. All work done by expert tailors. See us^and join our pressing club. ROBINSON & JONES, Tailors. Over »V. D. Telegraph Office. Phone No. 43. ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN to best bicycles as well as to the best reginated families. But the bike acci dents are not irreparable, for we can make your wheel as good as new. There is nothing that can happen TO A BICYCLE that we cannot repair. We can take an old, broken wheel and fix it up so it will look like new. We don’t slight a small job, either. No matter how little your wheel needs fixing, let us do it for you. You will get a first class job at a cost which will surprise you by its moderate ness. Hurry- up jobs a specialty. Racket Cycle Shop, E. H. DURHAM, Prop. Wedding Presents. The “marrying season” is on now, and of course that means “present time.” I have just received a hand some lot of Rich Cut Class any piece of which would delight the heart of a “blushing bride." Come aud inspect my line of Wedding Presents. Thos, R. . Full Line of Jewelry. {Repairing of all Kinds. CLERK'S SALE. State of South Carolina, Cherokee County, Lizzie Davis, in her own right, and as Administratrx of the Estate of P. C. Davis, deceased, Plantiff, against Roy Davis, Piedmont Savings and In vestment Company and John S. Black, Defendants. In obedience to a decree in the with in case for partition and foreclosure, dated the 10th day of November, 1904, I will sell at Gaffney, S. C., before the court house door, to the highest bid ders, during the legal hours for sales, salesday, December 5th, 1904, the fol lowing described real estate, to-wit: First lot, lying and being In Gaff ney, Cherokee county, State of South Carolina, beginning on a stake on West Frederick street (formerly known as Sage street) and running with said street N. 72% W. 1.21 2-5 chains to stake on corner of lot No. 3; thence N. 17 E. 3.23 chains to stake on line of lot No. 5; thence S. G7% E. 1.22% chains to stake on line of lot No. 5; thence S. 17 W. 3.13 chains to beginning corner, containing 38-100 of an acre, more or less, being the same lot conveyed by A. N. Wood to F. G. Stacy by deed dated the 28th of Sep tember, 1895, and recorded in the clerk’s office in Vol. E. page 451, and the same conveyed by F. G. Stacy to P. C. Davis by deed dated July 11th, 1903, and recorded in said office in Deed Book H., page 20. Second lot, ly.ng in same town and county, fronting North on W. Freder ick street (formerly known as Sage street) and near its intersection with Mills Gap road: Beginning on iron pin (corner of lot No. 2) and running thence North 72% W. 1.33% chains to iron pin (eight feet into front of lot No. 4); thence through said lot No. 4 N. 25-23 E. to iron pin on divid ing line of Nos. 3 and 4; thence with said divding line N. 20% E. 189 1-6 chains to iron pin (corner of lots 3, 4 and 5); thence with line of No. 5 S. G7% E. 1.00 chains to iron pin, cor ner of lot No. 2; thence with line of No. 2 S. 17% W. 3.23 chains to iron pin. beginning corner, containing 366-1000 of an acre, more or less, and being known as lot No. 3 and a small part of lot No. 4 on plat made for A. N. Wood by R. O. Sams, surveyor, March 11th, 1895, and being the same lot conveyed by T. J. Alexander to P. C. Davis by deed dated the 11th day of August, 1902, and recorded in clerk’s office in Vol. E., page 521. Third lot, situate in the N. W. part of the said tow-n of Gaffney, be ginning at iron pin on Mills Gap road, corner of 40 foot street; thence S. 62% W. 5.33 with said street to iron pin corner, on another 40 foot street; thence with said street N. 35% W. 2.24 chains to iron pin, corner of lot No. 4; thence with lot N. 4 N. 62% E. 5.79 chains to iron pin on Mills Gap road; thence with said Mills Gap road S. 22 E. 2.19 chains to the begin ning corner, containing about one and one-fifth (11-5) acres, more or less. Said tract of land being known as the front part of lot No. 3, on plat made by R. O. Sams, surveyor, in the divis ion of the estate lands of Mrs. M. M. Scruggs, deceased, and the front part of same having been deeded to plain tiff by her mother, Mary M. Scruggs. For a more particular description of same, see plat recorded in office of clerk of court for this county, in judgment Book No. 1, page 375. Fourth, fifth and sixth lots of land lying In the N. W. part of the town of Gaffney, S. C., designated as lots Nos. 17, 18 and 24 on plat made by R. O. Sams, surveyor, of the L. R. Austell, deceased, estate lands, in the partition suit of J. J. Scruggs, et al, against John C. Mills, et al, in Octo ber, 1901. Lots Nos. 17 and 18 front ing ninety-one (91) feet each on ex tension of Buford street, and running hack one hundred and sixty (160) feet to an alley, and contains 14,560 square feet each; and lot No. 24 fronts on a new forty foot street, not named, 91 feet, and runs back 160 feet to an alley, and contains 14,560 square feet. For a better description of the afore said lots, see plat of same recorded in the clerk’s office for Cherokee county, in Deed Book “F.” pages 16 and 17, and the same being a part of Judgment Roll No. 280; and said lots conveyed to P. C. Davis, deceased, by J. Eh. Jefferies, as clerk of said court by deed dated the 12th day of November, 1901, and recorded in the office of said clerk, in Deed Book Vol. “D,” page 137. Terms of sale cash, purchaser to pay for all papers. J. Eb. Jefferies, Cl’k. C. C. Pi’s. J. E. Webster, Plaintiff’s Attorney. Pub. Nov. 18-25 and Dec. 2nd, 1904. FOR SALE. On salesday in December we will offer before the courthouse door in Gaffney, to the highest bidder, the Robbs’ place in Morgan township, containing 283 acres. The land is well timbered and a large portion under cultivation. The property will be sold in two lots, plats to be seen on day of sale. Terms: One-half cash, balance 12 months, with interest from day of sale; purchaser to have the privilege of paying all cash. Purchaser to pay for all papers. Mrs. L. E. Stroup, Mrs. Vic Lavender, Mrs. Minnie Cox. ll-18-3t. NOTICE OF SALE. Notice is hereby given that we will se’l to highest bidder all the property belonging to the late Lester Ray and ourselves, consisting of 100 bushels corn, 2,000 bundles fodder, 1 red mule, 1 gray mare, 9 years old, 1 cow with young calf, Farming tools, 1 two-horse wagon, 1 buggy. The place of sale will be at the late Frank Ray’s old place at State Line, on Saturday, Nov. 26th, 1904. Terms of sale: Cash. Aurelia Ray, 11-8-18-25 Ellis Ray.