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' , ' '■ i' ' . ■ -H. 1»—o- -o—O—0—o ■"WE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. fcv£RY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger. SEMI WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AN? I RIDA Y. : •Wfl WE GUARANTEE RELIABILITY of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. —o-o—o—o—o—o A Newspaper In All that tha Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1904. •1.00 A YEAR. IPGUGaOUT THE PALMETTO STATE Af -MS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. H-ppenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely ToM to Ledger Readers. Monday night a negro named Parks shot and killed another negro named Turnbull, on the place of Mrs. Laura Stoddard, two miles west of Rapley. The killing occurred at a house occu- SHROT LOCAL ITEMS. pied by Arch Eady. culars were lacking. Further parti- The contractors who built the hand some Gibbs Art Institute in Charles ton will he paid their money in a few days, the court having passed favor ably on the matter, but the formal opening of the building will not take place for some time. It is proposed to open the institute with a loan exhi bition, which it will take some time to arrange for. The citizens of Port Royal have been for some tim<* greatly inconven ienced by lack of proper access to the water front of that town and recently determined to test the right ’if the rail way company to obstruct t 1 ' streets leading to deep water. Counsel was engaged to bring the mat i r before the court. A meeting of the officials of the road, ‘members of tl. R. M. Jolly took charge of the coun ty chain gang as superintendent on Saturday, the 24th. Services at the Presbyterian church next Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 4 p. m. Preaching by the pastor. Strangers and visitors an; cordially invited. The services at Buford St. Metho dist church Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. will he appropriate to the New Year occasion. Strangers always welcome. The shipments of whiskey received at the express office have decreased considerably within the past few days, until now they have dwindled down to only a few gallons. The directors of the Gaffney library association will meet Saturday (to morrow) at five o’clock at the library. Business of importance will be trans- acteu. A full meeting is desired. The Wilkins-Bristow Clothing Co. have sold their stock to Mr. M. R. Campbell, of Columbia. Stock has been taken and Mr. Campbell will con tinue the business at the same stand. Probably the handsomest present tecelved by anyone in Gaffney this Christmas, was a silver service set of twelve pieces, which was sent to Mrs. L. U. Campbell by some of Mr. Campbell’s friends in the monazite business. A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE, MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. Trade With Local Merchants. ‘ Just now when there is much oney in the hands of farmers adroit ••pits will be on the road. They will tow n I have the best and only clocks, sewing council of Port Royal and it - attorney j machines, steel ranges, improved met at Port Royal, and it is now prob-1 churns and other useful articles, all able that the matter will be arranged | of which can be bought at home. The so as to sought. give the town the relief A killing is reported from the Ehrhardt section of Bamberg county. Saturday night at a negro hot supper on Mr. J. F. Copeland's plantation, a negro hoy named Lewis Smith was shot through the heart and instantly killed. Ulysses Kinard, a negro, is said to have done the shooting, but there was considerable promiscuous shooting going on, so it is not known definitely who killed him. Kinard was arrested and lodged in jail Mon day. There is said to have been no had feeling between Kinard and Smith. Advices were received in Charles ton Tuesday that Assoociate Justice Pope had issued an order restraining the city authorities from proceeding with the closing of Butcher T. L. Grant’s place for the non-payment of the'special inspection tax. The butch ers and the city authorities have been constantly in litigation for a year. The city seems to have had the best of the case the whole way through, hut injunctions have prevented the writer saw two negroes a few r days ago who had just finished the last in- stailment on $('>() sewing machines which could have been bought for $20 >r less. These agents make an igno rant man feel that the last chance has come to secure the article they have for sale, and then by giving two or three years time they deceive the pur chaser completely. They have chattel mortgages which are iron-clad, and once signed there is no w^ r of evad ing payment. Those agen® generally demand the cost of the article the first payment. Never sign any papers of that sort. The prices asked by these igents are generally three times as much as your local dealer ■will ask. Those mortgages printed in such small type that the ordinary farmer cannot read them, are dangerous ami decep tive.” The above is from The Progressive Farmer and Cotton Plant, to which the Greenville Mountaineer adds: It may be that this advice or warn ing is not needed any more by farm ers than any other class of citizens, if is good advice. Not all agents are SOUTHERN MEN. They Are the Ones Who Teach the Nation How to Farm. [By Frank Waldo, Ph. D.] We have been so long accustomed to look to northern writers for our best educational books that it is de cidedly a cause for satisfaction to have our own authors sought for by publishers of schoolbooks. But the recent book lists do show that south ern authors are contributing more and more to the broad national education al literature. A late addition to the schoolbooks which are the product of southern Itrains is a volume on agriculture by Professors Burkett, Stevens and Hill, of the North Carolina College of Agri culture and Mechanical Arts. It may THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE BLACKSBURG BUDGET. RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE NORTH CAROLINA, IN are particularly suited to its climate and soil, should be called uj>on to in struct the whole nation, including the great northern he it with it* much vaunted diversified farming. But the excellence of southern farming Is more j widely recognized than we have re Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Itema of General Interest. Wilkinsvllle, Dec. 27.—Owing to the inclement weather and the small turn out at Elbethel last Sabbath, It was decided to postpone the Sunday School Convention exercises until the next regular appointment—4th Sabbath in March, when (D. V.) the same pro gramme will be carried out. Mr. George B. Estes and daughter, Mary Bee, of Texas, Mr. Bascom Os- ment, of Arkansas, and Mr. Davis Mc Culloch, of Texas, are all visiting friends and relatives In this county. Mr. and Mrs. R. Foster and children are visiting Mrs. Foster’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Estes. The schools have suspended a week for the Christmas holidays. The muddy roads have made travel difficult and unpleasant. We are having a warm spell of weather for the recently killed meat. Though there is' as yet none of it spoiled. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McDaniel, of Hickory Grove, with their children, attended the Christmas tree at Salem yesterday and spent the night on this side of the river last night I lie roads are in had condition from mini and some of the gully bridges are badly needing repairs. A happy new year to all. J. L. S. Has Learned a Great Deal. [Laurens Advertiser.] Senator A. C. Latimer has learned a great deal in the last few years. It was about the 9th of December, 1800, that a Laurens man happened to spend * ian, l s - h e > to °. will find it mighty in- a night in Ocala, Fla. The National teresting reading. The practical farm- Farmers’ Allinace was In session in er who has ‘ ,ono som e deep thinking of Items of Interest Concerning Out Neighbors in the Old North State Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers Major Luther S. Tucker, aged 53, was found dead in bed at his home in Greensboro, Tuesday morning. He seem remarkable to some that the j WHS Southern manager for the Pitts- south, which is supposed to know how ! hu ^ , plat0 Glass Company, and was to produce hut a few staple crops, that wo11 known anfl highly regarded. He | J 1 ^ ‘ ,u w^s G ’ nt of GasTonia’ are narticularlv sulterl to Hlmato I leaves a widow and a first child two , ^ ’ ^ ’ weeks old. The interment was in the ! were happily married last night at the People Going and Coming Beyond the Broad. Blacksburg, Dec. 25.—Mr. Clarence Borders, of King’s Creek, was in town Saturday on business. Miss Edna Davis is in town visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Davis. Mr. Davis Quickie, of Cherokee, passed through here Sunday on his way to Gastonia, N. C. Miss Lucy Knox left Saturday morn ing for a few days stay with friends In Chaileston. Mr. James B. Dickson, of Yorkville, was in town Sunday afternoon. Miss Bessie Greenslade, of Saluda, Is in town for the holidays. W. E. Montgomery went over to Cowpens Friday afternoon on busi ness. Miss Annie Parker, of King’s Moun- cemetery at Greensboro, was from appoplexy. His death The local lodge of Elks in Asheville | gave a Christmas tree to the poor children of that city Tuesday after- ,. ... . ,. „ i • i had—some of them are reliable and authorities at the several points when | valuable Airies for sal( , at a | fnir price—but the agent who wants you to sign a paper that you do not favorable decisions were secured! and the legal battles were renewed as often as the fight was thought to he at an end. Johnston was visited Tuesday at 3 o’clock by another fire, which destroy ed the residence on the northwest corner of Mims avenue and Church street belonging to the Wright estate, and which was one of the most com modious residence buildings in the place. The fire seemed to have origi nated in the ceiling of the second story, but how is a mystery. The flames were almost extinguished soon after it was discovered, a hand fire ex tinguisher having been used at the scuttle hole, but only one of these was at hand and the fire soon gained more headway and was quickly be yond control. The house was occupied by the families of Mr. A. F. Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hatcher and Mr. J. B. Budwell. Practically all of the household effects were saved. There was no insurance on the building. The loss Is estimated at about $.",5Q0. On Saturday night while Mr. Willie Hall and Ids brother were driving! along the road near Lucknow, in the j upper part of Lee county, some one | fired a load of shot at the men in i their buggy. Both men were painfully > woundeed in the face and shoulders. understand is to be shunned. Now that the cotton growers are getting a good price for their pro duct and have a little spare money, It is well enough to put by some of ir in additional conveniences and com forts for the home, hut these can be procured at reasonable rates from lo- • il dealers with established reput,a- Mons for probity and square dealing It is a good policy, anyway, to spend your money with local* people—with norehants and dealers who have es- nblished themselves firmly in busi ness and who mean to stay in the ■ommunity. but fatally injured. Every effort is being made t, ascertain the identity o f the would .e a in. On the same night in t e Sprimr Hill section of the coun ty, ’ enry Garter, was shot and per- hap , fatally wounded by Colie Rogers, hot i colored. Rogers was immediate ly :'-rested and lodged in jail by Ma gistrate Munnerlyn. Rogers claims thm he met Carter at a party and they we e together as friends; that Carter had a pistol and he (Rogers) was look ing at it, having been told by Carter that there were no balls in It. While he was examining the pistol it went off and the ball entered the abdomen of Carter, and it is thought that he cannot recover. While taking a revolver from his rooom-raate and cousin, W. G. Mor row. at Biddle University Monday af ternoon. J. J. Donnell, a student at I. that Institution, accidentally shot him self, dying almost instantly. The two hoys were in their room at the time of the accident and Morrow had the pistol, which belonged to Donnell, in his hand. He asked If it were loaded. Donnell answered playfully that it was not, stating at the same time to take It. While in this act the pistol was fired, the bullet taking effect In the breast of the deceased. Physi cians were hastily summoned, hut Donnell had expired when they arriv ed^ Donnell was a native of Greens bon) and his body was shipped to his parents at that place Tuesday morn ing. W What is “Eg Nog?” Try It. What We Object To. [Manning Farmer.] The New York World says that one >f the influences that contributed to | Mr. Roosevelt’s victory was “the abuse ! hat Southern politicians and news- ' aapers heaped upon him for entertain- I Ing Booker T. Washington at the j White House.” and goes on to say that ‘the American people will never ac- ?ent the dictum that a negro scholai s the inferior of a white ignoramus, hat a negro gentleman is the inferior >f a white blackguard.” The Southern reliticians and newspapers—the Southern people—do not care a rap Ocala at the time; Polk, McCune and a,Jout the how and the results all the crowd were there. So was * Senator Latimer—then not even a member of the lower house of con gress but mighty in the alliance. Col Talbert was there as well. The con vention adopted the “Ocala platform,” a platform not wholly unlike that which Tom Watson of Georgia is run ning on now. Recently Senator Latimer spoke in Broadway New \ork, in behalf of Parker and Davis, sound money Democrats and favorites of the business men of New York We congratulate Senator Latimer that he has made such good use of the last 14 years, that he has learned so much and that he has been able to eat so alized. It was not very long ago that! a northern farming expert was heard to remark that the best farm journal in the country, both in matter and appearance, is published in the south and its contributors are southern men. We do not know how It was that Ginn and Company, the Boston school book publishers, came to select these North Carolina professors to write this new hook on agriculture, hut it is admitted on all sides, north, south, east and west, that they have suc ceeded in giving the main principles of agriculture in a nutshell. They have given such a combination of scientific and practical knowledge of agriculture as has never before been brought within such a small compass. The book is called “Agriculture for Beginners,” and while simple enough for a youth to comprehend, yet it is packed full of information of value to the practical farmer. Every boy on a farm or plantation should read the book; and If his big brother, or fa ther, or uncle gets the copy into his been perfected, loan money to the farmers on cotton. The farmer will ho furnished store room in a Concord warehouse and charged the low rate of insurance the warehouse is entitled to and the hank will advance the own- Baptist church, Rev. J. D. Bailey, of ficiating. Mr. J. B. Shiver and brother spent Sunday in town with relatives. We are having a season of rainy weather now which is quite a disap- noon in the county court house. Over , pointment to the school children, as 1.200 children attended, and in addi tion several hundred adults, each of whom received appropriate and ser- clceable presents, including clothing, etc. This was the largest charity Christmas tree ever given in Ashe ville. The convicts in the penitentiary in Raleigh had quite a jolly Christmas, an extra good dinner both on Sunday and Monday. Monday afternoon Mr. John C. Pullen, who is so greatly be loved by convicts in that and other States', for whom he has long publish ed a monthly paper, made a personal distribution of candy to all those in the penitentiary, including those in the hospital, who are always quite numerous. Tuesday a number of the convicts were sent south to cut wood under a contract. The Concord National Bank will, un der an arrangement which has just they can’t get out much to enjoy the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hughes, of Atlan ta, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Davis. many foolish words that he uttered in the early days of his career. Senator Latimer is not a failure as a senator; he is industrious and attentive to the interests of his constituents and he has learned how to change from an Oealaite” into a .sound money Demo crat. By the way, the Hon. Isaac McCalla. somewhat disfigured by the recent farming will find on every page of this handbook explanations of the why. In reading this little book the old farmer will exclaim time and again: “Well, that explains it. I never knew just how it was before.” This hook will interest every farm er’s hoy in his work, and will give him new ideas enough to last him a life time. It will start the young farmer to thinking for himself, and offers sprouts of information, which, if fol lowed up, will grow into trees of knowledge. Not only is the reading matter clear, concise, and explanatory, but the beau tiful illustrations are so apt and sug gestive that there is not much to hope for in the country boy, or man either, who fails to receive inspiration from them. * This hook tells first about soils,— the various kinds, how they originat ed, and how they may be improved. Next is taken up the relation of the soil to the plant and how the former supplies food to the plant roots. Then primary but still top o’ ground, used j follows a description of the action of to he a mighty man in the alliance. ! ’’te plant above ground and its rela- The alliance was formerly a deadly 1 t: on to its environment, enemy to wall street, especially to This includes the manner in which that end of it which runs the cotton l^ants feed on air, how the sap flows, futures business. They do say that ani * how plants are propagated. Mr.s McCalla raked down large sums i ,T nder the subjects of fruit trees, of money in cotton futures last year. | grafting, budding, planting, and pnm- * < tin's the same McCalla that was \ in 8 are fully treated, most strenuous in the vigorous day of But perhaps the most interestingly the alliance? j useful sections are those treating of —— the diseases of plants, and insects that A Dispensary Indication. are found in the orchard, garden, and [Anderson Mail.] i field. Farm Crops, Domestic Animals, er of the cotton 5 cents a pound. H' 1 is not charged storage at all and can sell his cotton when and to whom he choose. The plan offers the farmer of the county a safe plan for the hold ing of his cotton, at a very small c s' and gives him a cash advancement where he needs the money at once, giving him the option of handling his staple to the very best ad van‘age. Bernard Harris, a negro boy, not quite 14 years cf age, was arrested in Blacksburg, Dec. 29.—Miss Matiie Gaston spent Tuesday In Rock Hll. Mr. and Mrs. Ware, of King’s Moun tain. spent a few days this week with Mrs. Albert Whisonant. Miss Corine Smith, of Forest City, is the guest of Miss Mayme Blalock for the holidays. F. G. Lanvender, of Furman Univer sity. is in town for a few days. Mrs. Earnest Gunthorp and little daughter, of Rock Hill, are In town visiting relatives. Mrs. J. B. Shiver left Tuesday morn ing for a few days’ stay in Rock Hill. R. C .Garland, of Gaffney, was in town Tuesday on business Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Rippy, of Earl, N. C., are in town visiting rel atives. Misses Edna and Gladys Bridges re turned Tuesday from a pleasant visit to friends in King’s Mountain. Mr.. John Good and family left Mon day for a few days visit in Rutherford. N. C. Mrs. Frank Moore spent Tuesday in Yorkville. . x Furman and Walter Belue are In town for the holidays. Miss Davenport Entertains. Miss Winnie Davenport entertained the B. B. Club Wednesday afternoon. Her home was decorated with holly and ferns; the color motif of green and red being carried out in every de- Charlotte Monday night at his home ’ tal1 - The souvenir cards were paint- near Biddk bv Officers Youngblood' ln holl y leaves and red berries, and Asbu.y, end is locked up in the! Aft -r music and games a dainty little repast was served: the table being al most covered with centerpieces of liolly, and around this, gold candelabra with red tapers and shades Misses Ruth and Sue Anderson, of N >rth Carolina, assisted in receiving. Those present were: Misses Jessie Lipscomb, Ruth Sarratt, Stella Hamil- on, Millie Wilkins. Lucy Carpenter, Lula and Freeman Garrett, Clara Sar- ratt, Wilma Gaffney. Louise Shell, Pearl Crawley and Aurelia Lodge police station on a charge of shooting Jim Pharr, another negro boy, 12 years old. The shooting took place Monday afternoon in the yard of the parents of ’Harris, and the other boy, who receivt 1 the bullet from a 22-cali bre rifle in his right side, is lying in a critical condition at his parents’ home in th > Biddle section. The young prisoner in his cell at the atu tion told an Observer man that he and another hoy were shooting the rifle when Jim Pharr and another hoy came through the yard. Some words were .passed, none of them quarrel- j some, the young prisoner said, and then Jim passed on. The prisoner continued. “He went clean on ’round de house, an’ If 1 hit him, de bullet must’ve currved corner of de house. Anyway, de shot wuz an accident.” it is understood that neither is many “negro scholars” and ne* ;ro gentlemen'’ Mr. Roosevelt or any )th“r Northern man chooses to enter- L in at his private hoard hut we do object, and do not hesitate to say that we object, to the president's official ap proval of race equality. The “white ignoramus ” and “white blackguard” ire not up for consideration in this connection. There is no propoganda in the South seeking to secure for them social recognition at the hands of anybody, official or otherwise. The white people of the South are more truly American people than are the residents of any other section of the United States, and they certainly will not accept the dictum of Northern negrophilists when it comes to purly social regulations, and we will never sell our birthright for a mess of pre sidential pottage. Revolution Imminent. A sure sign of approaching revolt and serious trouble In your system is nervousness, sleeplessness, or stom ach upsets. Electric Bitters will quickly dismember the troublesome causes. It never fails to tone the stomach, regulate the Kidneys and Bowels, stimulate the Liver, and clarl fy the blood. Run down systems ben efit particularly and all the usual attending aches vanish under its searching and thorough effectiveness. Electric Bitters is only 50c, and that is returned if It don’t give perfect satisfaction. Guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co. Druggists What it “Eg Nog?” Try it. A serious affray occured in the p >st house section of Asheville Monday night about 11 o’clock and was par ticipated in by Joe and Monroe McCar- son and Ed anil Tom Bishop. During Can it be that the hoard of control Farm Dairying, and the general life in »l' the State dispensary is beginning country complete the hook, wuich to sec- the handwriting on the wall | all in all is the most charming volume j flX Tom Bishop ‘the’fatheV‘wa^ and b ^ inni "« "> Profit thereby? j tha | has appeared on agriculture, and l^ruekin the head with anax^whiD I withal it is authoriative and up to date in Its information and methods. It may be even so. Heretofore it has been the rule, if not the law, that when a dispensary was established in a community there as no way under high heaven to get -i removed. In more than one in- ■t nice have the people of a community »etitinned and begged and entreated that the dispensary in their midst 1 - closed, but always, in every case. Mo- hoard of control turned a deaf ear. . But now cometh a change. Some weeks ago some of the people in and around the town of Eiioree pett- tloned that the dispensary at that place he abolished. The petition was signed by more than a majority of the people, hut a very considerable minor ity petitioned that the dispensary he retained. They made a vigorous fight and heretofore they would have won out in a walk. But a change has come over the hoard. The hoard, by a vote of two to one, voted to close up the Elloree dispensary. Messrs. Towill and Boy kin voted for closing it, and Mr. H. H. Evans, the chairman of the hoard voted to retain it. The Elloree dis pensary will he closed. What does this mean? It is so plain that he who runs may read, and a wayfaring man, even though the most rabid advocate of the dispensary, may not err therein. feince.the Cherokee election and some other recent developments we are going to have a new deal in some things, or at least it appears so now. A Costly Mistake. Blunders are sometimes very expen sive. Occasionally life Itself Is the price of a mistake, but you’ll never be wrong if you take Dr. King’s New Life Pills for Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Head ache, Liver or Bowel troubles. They are gentle yet thorough. 25c, at Chero kee Drug Co. Gus Miller, who was endeavoring t > separate the combatants received a severe wound In the head from a roc' thrown by one of the MeCarsons. It was at first thought that the ax wound in Bishop’s head would pnwe Trade at Home. [Anderson Daily Mail.] The Spartanburg Journal Is advising u 4 > __ the people of Spartanburg to do all! f a t a i ijut investigation next morning j and rest, plenty of time to keep my their trading at home. 1 he advice revealed the fact that the skuir wa-jhou se in order, plenty of time to in- the Journal gives is sound, and is just; ,1,,^ fractured and that tiif Injured dulge myself, besides going about my “I Give Them Myself.” # [Life and Faith | * Said a mother to me one day: ‘When my children were young I thought the very best tiling 1 could do for them was to give them myself. So I spared no pains to talk to them, to read to them, to he a loving com panion and friend to my children. „ “I had to negk-ct iny house often. I had no time to indulge myself in many things, in which I should -have liked to do. I \va: so busy adorning their minds and cultivating tl:ei“ heart’s best affection that I could not adorn their bodies in line clothes, though I kept them neat and comfort able at all times. “I have my reward now. My sons are ministers of tin* gospel; my grown up daughter is a ChrLtian woman. I have plenty of time now to sit down as applicable to Anderson as to Spar- tanhurg. It says; “Our citizens, and especially our wo men, ought to buy everything they can in Spartanburg instead of sending off for it. Do not assume without invej tigating that you cannot get what yon want here. We have no doubt that many a dollar has been sent to the great cities to make purchases when the identical articles could have been bought at a Spartanburg store for the same or less money, also saving the express charges. Money sent away from here never comes hack and the community Is Impoverished Just to that extent. If you spend your money In Spartanburg you may have a chance to make It back the next day.” It is easier to shut a boiler factory down than it is to shut a woman up. It Is best to do your lying in bed. A Frightened Horse, Running like mad down the street dumping the occupants, or a hundred other accidents, are every day occur rences. It behooves everybody to have a reliable Salve handy and there’s none as good as Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. Burns, Cuts, Sores, Eczema and Piles, disappear quickly under Its soothing effect. 25c, at Cherokee Drug Co. What is “Eg Nog?” Try It. —Ask for “Eg Nog” anywhere In town. Dealers have all got It. man will probably .recover. After th< fight the MeCarsons left and had not been captured up to Tuesday aft -r noon, although both the police offic-r* and Sheriff Reed’s force of deputies were on the lookout for them. W. H. Bird, formerly sanitary in spector of Asheville, who is there spending the holidays, tells of the ac cldental death of his nephew, Carliss Bird, near Old Fort last week. It seems that young Carliss Bird and his uncle, C. L. Bird, who is well known in Asheville, had planned for a hunt in the Old Fort vicinity. The elder Mr. Bird left there Thursday morning for Old Fort and was met at the train by his nephew. The two accompanied by aother friend started a-field and while engaged in the hunt the gun of C. L. Bird In some manner was acci dentally discharged, the contents en terlng the abdomen of his nephew, causing death four hours afterwards. The untimely and tragic death of Car- liss Bird was a severe shock to th 0 people of Old Fort. He was only 18 years of age, and had many friends all ofer McDowell county. Bilious Colic Prevented. Take a double dose of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as soon as the first Indication of the disease appears and a treatened at tack may be warded off. Hundreds of people use the remdy in this way with perfect, success. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison, Cow- pens. Master’s business wherever He has need of me. I have a thousand mem ories of their childhood to comfort me. Now that they have gone out in to the world, I have the sweet con sciousness of having done all I could to make them ready for whatever work God calls them to do.” Tweleve cars overturned as the re sult of a flange breaking on a wheel of one of the cars of the first section of No. 50, a second-class train on the Southern railway Tuesday morning about 6 o’clock. The wreck occurred about four miles west of Campobello and about one mile east of Landrum. The track was torn up very badly and there were no trains running over that part for a day or so. It was some what a difficult matter to repair the torn np track as readily as it would have been at some other time, as most of the extra force was off for the holi days. Fortunately no one was hurt, and no great damage was done save the wreckage of the cars, which were all loaded with coal. Sulphur’s Ready Aid. Hancock’s L'quid Sulphur, Nature’s Greatest Germicide, cures Itch, pim ples, pricklv heat, .burns, scalds, can ker r.nd soreness of scalp, eyelids, mouth, nose and throat The right remedy to have always in the medi cine cabinet. At leading druggists. Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co., Balti more, Md.. sends descriptive booklet. What Is “Eg Nog?” Try it.