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xwiifK, • - A * • t * •MiA ' fTC' - 'T'* ■f^STT-F^ -»n.jaipu » , ' . , ; > L • . ? .• y - ;.v-v' THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger SEMI-WEEKL'i —PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND fEIDAY. WE GUARANTEE RELIABILITY of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ▼ . »■ tSykBLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1905. $1.50 A YEAR. rHROUSW T THE PALMltTO STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. Tallohassee. Fla., Jan. 4. 1905. Editor Gaffney Ledger.—I am per haps. almost a stranger to you; but any of my friends. Prof. McArthur, Dudley Jones, Hilliard Smith, Jim Scruggs, Cousin Ann Waters—nearly anybody can tell you more of me should you desire to know. Some years back I was much in , Gaffney—felt much of it as I would I of an adopted home—broke bread and tarried over night with many kind friends, both in the town and through out the county. For two years or more I have been absent and out of touch or communication with any one rmong you, having been as an advertis ing agent for Wa Hoo Remedy Co.— ( tie year in lower South Carolina, this . oar in Florida, “the land of gaiters.” This was for a pastime and pleasure to myself, going from town to town A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE. OUR LAW MAKERS NOW IN COLUMBIA MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF BOTH LOWER CHEROKEE. HOUSES CONVENED MONDAY. ON All the brick work of the Carnegie library building at I’nion has been completed, and the contractors are ^ ....... ....... now at work preparing to put on lb e '.; n( j staying from four to six w r eeks at roof. The building will present Quite ,, u .], | have jotted down something a handsome appearance, as it is ot 0 f ^j ie (]if[ erence j n places, people and cream and brown pressed brick with | ( Us p )nis between our Carolina every- stone trimmings. ; ,i a y iif e ^ tonight, am mailing first A car of cotton on a through freight | to ‘' Ir - Nicholson, of The train going north from Glenwood, Mis sissippi, was switched off at West mins- ter Tuesday morning about six o’clock | on fire. The fire is supposed to have ; ignited from a spark from the engine.; The car and contents of 45 bales of cot ton were destroyed. Th< mated at about $2,000. h-ogress, Union, S. C. He, like your- elf, is, personally, almost a stranger; hu as Union, like Gaffney, has so nany of my old time friends, it is nainly for them to hear from me and (hat my new life’s environments are ioss is esti- - iat 1 • see ^ < medium of “printer's nk.” I am willing either for you to > 'opy my letters from The Progress or Two large suits, one for $:]2,000 and' ivide time with both, the other for $30,000, were filed in I think what I have seen since Janu- Charleston Tuesday against the Allan-. .ry, now a year ago, in Florida, start- tic Coast Line in behalf of the com- ng at Fcrnandina, taking Jacksonville, plainants .1. R. Sturgess nnd nolds respoetiv ly. •illeging and injuries in both o.u s ; of the negligenve o r tin railroad, while they the coal chute of Charleston. u. Augustine, Palatka, Ocala, Green 'ove Springs, Silver Springs, Gains- iilo, Lake City, Live Oak. Madison, n. l Tallehassee, would interest tend- « ’-fe't at least. If they yawn and grow sleepy over |'his lay-out, I can quit at any time. I i desired, and appreciated, I can add After an exciting chase fuesday, ., a side notes of Batnbridge, Thomas- dispensary constables in Charleston np. and Valdosta, in South Georgia, captured a horse and wagon containing | ‘hrowing in the “tenderfeet” eight a barrel with 300 half-pints of liquor i a y S a f {be St. Louis Fair. I hope by M. Roy- ibilitios ?s a.' a result agents of the were at work at the company in which were confiscated while the horse and wagon were returned to the owner, said to be I. Blank. The con stables were assisted in making the capture by the horse shying fn m a trolly car which carried the wagon into a tree box and stopped the runaway. A great deal of excitement was created Monday by the finding of a new horn baby in a pair of old trous ers, under a house at Newry, a mill town, four miles from Seneca. The baby was perfectly formed in every way. A family by the name of Tench moved out of the house several days before and a young girl connected with the family Is suspected. It seems these people only lived in Newry about one month. Robert Clay, of Spartanburg, charg ed with assault and battery with in- lent to kill was released on bond Mon day afternoon by Magistrate Kirby, of that city, in the sum of $500. Clay is charged with assaulting John Cooper, a young white man, on Christmas eve night, beating him in the head with a rock. It was feared that Cooper would die from the effects of the wounds he received. Monday he was pronounced to be cut of danger and Magistrate Kirby allowed Clay to give bail. care and boiling down, my friends will endure, if not be glad, to read this article. Respectfully, W. T. McClelion. The School Law. Ed. Gaffney Ledger:—The school at the Robbs school house began again on Monday, January 2nd. We endorse “Trustee’s” position in regad to county graded schools. The education of our children should be uppermost in our accumulative ambitions, by combining two or more schools with three or three and half mills additional tax, to each district we could continue our school eight or ten months each year. With such conditions existing in each district we could command the best citizenship the country affords, as well as the best teachers. We are in favor of an amendment to the present school law. The law as it now is requires trustees to appropri ate five per cent of their apportion ments for the purpose of buying books for those who cannot buy them. It does seem to us that we seriously need a compulsory law to force parents to send their children to school. With everything furnished, parents who do not should be compelled to give their children such benefits. _ . .. We do hope that our members of President J. B. Cleveland, of the t]{ e House and Senate will see to it that water works company in SpaitanPuig, some remedy be used to correct the is figuring v. .th a civil a pneer tel- j )n >v a jijng j n (Hff erence anion g so man y ativc to establishing an o,,viii a ry nlant people. for the wate’* works, to be located at B dlin! 1 - Springs, about eight or ten miles above that city. Ti.is .. ,.t n- al source of supply will (l....i‘. ~i ae spocuiaiiuii as to another v. a.er fa in : no. such a; Spartanburg ^rienced during last summer An adequate sup ply of excellent water for drinking and cc (king purposes can he /b.ax o augment the or'-.r*. of t v "' Chinquepin S''opl v •'"d fSo t-yotom " ill !*»* well filt er 'd As soon as the plans ami lecorts a r { » submitted it 's probable that Mr. Ci tvcland v ill order th • ,v. • ’ ‘ > >- gi”i. Mr. J. F. Palmer, of August:t. a regu lariy e.,i Vi ;• e 1 w.f -it f ’ 0 ’’’th em Co.t t Ci! c t if “ mricvsly in hired at the M’.-n ' v ' nr'l about Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Gettys spent sev eral days during Christmas with rela tives near Sunshine, N. C. Mr. T. J. Patrick and family, of Gaffney, have moved into our commu nity. We welcome them to our midst. Mr. James L. Wood, of Mashulaville, Miss., returned to his western home Monday. January 2nd. after spending aaoiit six weeks with relatives in this county. Another Turstee. A Branch in Blacksburg. Mr. W. J. Moorehead, a prominent merchant of Hickory Grove, will open ip a brunch es. ibiishment in Blacks burg next week, with a full stock of renera 1 merohandi: e. Mr. Moorehead is a succor ful busi- :i'-ss man, and will make a valuable a l- -burg’s li t of morcan- 8 o’clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Pal mer has for the past wee!, her n ma 1 ing ^ some repairs to the machinery at the j fRo houses. mill, and while placing a belt, his coat I was caught in another belt and before KILLS GERMS OF CATARRH. the machinery could he stopped he was dashed violently to the floor, sustain- Hyomei Goes to the Root of the Dis ing serious injuries to his head and body. Mr. Palmer was rendered un conscious and the physicians are un able to state the exact extent of his injuries. Mr. Palmer has been remov ed to the residence of Mr. A. R. Pease, superintendent of the Aiken Oil mill, where every attention is being given him. His family in Augusta have been notified of the accident and he will he removed to his home as soon as prac ticable. The board of commissioners of elec tion for Edgefield county met in Edge- field Tuesday morning to canvass the votes cast in the part cut off for the formation of Calhoun county. A peti tion signed by Bettis Cantelou, M. De- Loach and R. L. Holston for them- ease and Makes Astonishing Cures. Catarrh cannot bo cured by the use of pills, liquid medicines and so-called system tonics. Under such treatment the germs of the disease will still live in the air passages and increase and multiply. Hyomei is the only scientific and thorough way to cure catarrh. Kill ing the germs in the air passages, it enters the blood with the oxygen, de stroys the microbes in the blood and effectually drives from the system all traces of catarrhal poison. Thousands of testimonials have been given as to the astonishing cures made by this remedy. Mrs. Le Rendu, 70 Western Avenue, Cleveland. Ohio, writes; “1 believe selves and other citizens of the county ] Hyomei saved my life. I am better was served on the board through their ; now than I have been in thirty years. France, treated me for catarrh, but I was not cured until I used Hyomei.” attorneys, Messrs • O. Sheppard and S. Morgan Smith for the purpose of \, protest and contest concerning the le gality o* the election. After lengthy rgunUKs by Messrs. Sheppard and uiithmr the petitioners and Messrs, mderson, contra, a majority for tho board declared the election illegal and subject to those flndinKs proceeded to count tho votes by agreement. Messrs. Henderson will appeal to the Statae hoard of commissioners of election. Greatly in Demand. Nothing is more In.demand than a ^^fnedicine which meets modern require- WYmcnts for a blood and system cleanser, such as Dr. King’s New Life Pills. They are Just what you need to euro stomach and liver troubles. Try them. At Cherokee Drug Co. 25c, guaranteed. Probably the strongest evidence that can be offered as to the powers of Hyomei to cure catarrh is the fact that The Gaffney Drug Co. will agree to refund (lie money if you say Hyo mei has not cured you. The complete Hyomei outfit costs but $1.00, consisting of an Inhaler, dropped and sufficient Hyomei to last several weeks. This will effect a ctire and deep-seated cases of catarrh, longer use may be necessary, and then extra bottles of Hyomei can be obtained for 50c. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of General Interest. Wilkinsville, Jan. 10.—This year opened on the first day of the week. The last time it did so was in 1899, and the next time will be In 1911. Since the holidays we have been having some right cold weather, but nothing like we have had. Wheat, of which we unfortunately have but little sown, is being frozen out in some places. Owing to the extremely rough weather no one from this section at tended the meeting at Gaffney last Saturday. If the weather and roads will permit there may be a full turn out next Saturday. As a delegate to the New Orleans convention the name of Mr. “Tillet” Hartford is mentioned as a suitable delegate to send from this county. He’s a good one, too. The young people of this community have had a general good time with parties, big din tors, etc. But taken all in all our Cherokee contingent have been running a dry ticket. We have heard of some tipsyness in certain quar ters that is » >t necessary for us to give any additioi al prominence or notori ety. It doesn't concern our county affairs. Now tha the law makers are in session we may look for such legisla tion as is >est calculated to carry out the will c a majority of the voters. The expre 4 office has been the princi pal sourc of supply for the thirsty. We t)e!ie\ e our representatives and senators are equal to the emergency. We await their action with interest. Our schools are very well attended. The 2 l A mills extra tax paid for their support is no longer the bugaboo it once was. The fall in the price of cotton has put cotton holders to studying. Yet they will plant all they can possibly work this year, even if it goes lower. This they always do. If the farmers would stick together they might do something. This they have never done heretofore. A union of the farming class cemented with a few merchants, lawyers, bankers, doctors, editors, and other influential agencies may have a good effect, which we trust it will. Miss Ethel Strain and Mrs. Mary E. Hill, who have been visiting in Ches ter county, are expected to return this week. Those interested In the graveyard at Salem are expected to meet there this week and put up the iron fence around It. Some of our neighbors have been killing hogs this week. Mrs. J. Farrow Wright is visiting her daughter, Mrs. John Ponder, at Pat terson Springs, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Giles Sanders, of Mt. Joy. Union county, visited friends and relatives in this section last week. The fox hunters returned from De- Kali) last week. They didn’t succeed in getting up many raees down there. Tho public roads in places are well- nigh impassable in many places on account of mud and defective gully bridges. Our thanks are due Congressman D. | E. Finley for congressional records, i Mr. Geo. B. Estes and daughter, M.i'-y Bee, of Texas, are spending a ]Unv dav with their uncles. Messrs, i E. G. McCulloch. John D. McCulloch i and Wm. L. Goudelock. They will start home in about a week. Levi Wood, colored, has renewed his subscription to The Ledger..- Levi is our nimrod. The News and Courier has sent us : :i hand book of instruction to corres- tondents, which is an invaluable guide to newspaper writers. Th. ■ battle between the “Bulls” and "Bears”—the cotton producers and spinners, is on in all Its fury, and much vild speculation and gratuitious ad vice is afloat. In defense of the agri cultural reports we recommend the speech of Hon. Thetus W. Sims, of Tennessee, delivered in the house of representatives last Thursday, Janu ary fi. It clears up some of the de lusions under which the farmers have ; been laboring to their own hurt. If the young people who spend so much of their time in foolish plays end frolics would spend it In reading clubs and literary societies where good books and papers were used a better informed and more intelligent class of citizens would he the result. It's a sad commentary on this pro gressive age to see what an immense amount of ignorance prevails amongst those who might do better. A few years ago a lady from one of the Northern states who visited this section said to another lady: “Your ■vomen are such poor conversational ists. They know nothing else to talk about and they talk about one an other.” How far this is true each reader must judge for himself or herself. J. L. S. but before the end of next week there will be enough measures before the two houses to keep them busy nearly all the session. J. H. BETTER TEACHERS. —Ask for "Eg Nog” anywhere in town Dealers have all got it. What is “Eg Nog?” Try it. Sickening Shivering Fits of Ague and Malaria, can be relieved and cured with Electric Bitters. This is a pure, tonic medicine; of especial benefit in malaria for it exists a true curative Influence on the disease, driv ing It entirely out of the system. It is much to he preferred to Quinine, hav ing none of this drug's bad after- ef fects. E. S. Monday, of Henrietta, Tex., writes: “My brother was very low with malarial fever and jaundice, till he took Electric Bitters, which saved his life. Ate Cherokee DtUg Co*; price 50c, guaranteed. The Opening This Year Was Without Incident—A Business-Like Beginning With Little Oratory or Display. Columbia, Jan. 12.—The opening of the legislature this year was without incident; it was a business-like begin ning, there being little oratory or dis play. Both houses convened at noon on Monday. The senate was called to or der by the lieutenant governor, Col. John T. Sloan, and the house by the clerk. Col. T. C. Hamer. It took the best part of the day in the house for the members to he sworn in and then the permanent organization was per fected. Speaker M. E. Smith, of Ker shaw, was reelected without opposi tion and the following executive offi cers: T. C. Hamer, clerk; J. S. Wil son, sergeant-at-arms; J. S. Withers, reading clerk; and Rev. F. N. Pratt, chaplain. The allotment of seats con sumed a large portion of the remain ing hours session. In the senate the lieutenant gover nor made one of the eloquent and pa triotic speeches for which he is famous in calling the body to order. The clerk Gen. R. R. Hemphill, was reelected without opposition, having held the position for ten years. As president pro tern Senator R. I. Manning, of Sumter, was elected, succeeding ex- Gov. Sheppard, who declined reelection to the senate. The sergeant-at-arms, Mr. J. Fred Schumport, of Newberry, was reelected without opposition, as was the reading clerk, Mr. W. H. Stew art, of York. Rev. Walter I. Herbert was reelected chaplain. In the senate Mr. C. L. Blease, of Newberry, introduced a concurrent resolution calling for an investigation of the dispensary. This provides for the selection of a committee of two senators and three representatives who shall have power to summon witness es, employ stenographers and have ac cess to the books of the dispensary, and the proposed committee is direct ed to pay especial attention to the fol lowing: (a) Whether or not it is a fact that houses represented by agents who are near relatives of the members of the hoard of directors receive large orders at each purchase. (h) is it a fact that members of the board of directors are or have been agents for certain wholesale houses from which large purchases are made? (c) Is it a fact that parties to whom large orders are given are not whole sale dealers, but brokers, and that the orders are filled by third persons, thus making the State pay the com missions of the middlemen? (di Was it necessary to purchase the large quantity of liquors ordered in December, 1904, to fill demands, and especially the new and fancy goods purchased which are unknown to the trade? (e) Are the extraordinary purchases made necessary to the best business interests of the dispensary system? if) Wli^t is the financial standing of the business, and is it run on the best principles for the interest of the law as originally passed and amended? (g) Is it a fact that i he State, through the dispensaries, is violating the con stitution of T895, in that it is selling whiskey in less quantities than one- half of one pint? (h) Is it a fact that the State is sell ing fifths in case goods to its cus tomers and charging them for one quart ? (i) Is it a fact that certain agents ar<‘ traveling over the State and of fering special inducements to county dispensers to “push” certain brands of liquors, and. if so, is it a fact known 'o the members of the State hoard of directors? fj) Is it a fact that certain require ments of the law are dispensed with by the county dispensers by order of or by the consent of the members of the State hoard of directors? (k) Has the whiskey which lias been recently purchased been ordered out from the dealer, or is it held in reserve for future delivery? (l) What is the indebtedness of the dispensary for liquors which have been bought but not delivered? The resolution proposes that the committee should lie empowered to call on any officer or employee of the dis pensary, and to have witnesses at the regular rate of pay for witnesses in Richland county. It is also empowered with power to commit for contempt of court. The committee Is. if possible, to make a report before February 1 and the expenses shall be charged to the dispensary, to be paid by the com missioner. Senator Raysor, of Orangeburg, has introduced a compulsory education bill, requiring the attendance on school of children under twelve years of age for a given period each year. A simi lar measure has been Introduced In tho house, and in his message the governor strongly urged the enact ment of such a law. Tho message was read in the sen ate on the first day of the session and in the house on the following day. It is generally regarded as a very con servative but creditable paper. The governor’s recommendation as to changes In the management of the dis- pensary will Involve a direct reversal of the present system of management and If the recommendations are pre sented in the form of a bill It will excite considerable opposition. Very few new bills have been In troduced so far, the new members not having located themselves, as It were. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE "Pete’s” Views on the Matter of Schools in Cherokee. State Line. Jan. 9.—1 am off in the upper part of the county, but as I take both of our county papers I can see and hear what is going on in all parts ol the same. Sometime ago I tried as best I could to give my views on the school ques tion in Cherokee ocunty. I am still of the same opinion, but “as I noticed in the last issue of The Ledger an arti cle written by "Teacher,” on the same subject, or more especially about a graded school and its location for the Grassy Pond and Pleasant Grove schools. I have no fight to make against Mr. "Teacher’s” letter. I think it a very good one. 1 believe he is sin cere in what he writes, i have no fight to make either against the peo ple of Grassy Pond wanting a better school than they now have. 1 am satis fied they need a better one; but Pleas ant Grove is the school I attended and when 1 was just a ‘tot,” and where I learned what few lessons I got; and when anyone writes about doing away with it, I thin,k it my own duty to speak out against it. Now, we need better schools; we ought to have better schools; and we are going to have better schools; but as to whether we need graded schools in the county, or not, I am unable to say. We need more money; we must have more money before we can go forward in the work; we need the “special tax” levied on our property before we can get the money that we will have to have. Mr. “Teacher” is of the opinion that we need to do away with Pleasant Grove school or bring the Grassy Pond school down nearer to it and put them together and have a graded school somewhere near Mr. Whelchel’s. Now, I think that is too much territory for only two schools. There are six large schools in that territory, or four large ones and two small ones, which would make a total enrollment of five hun dred pupils; and out of that number there would he quitte a number of lit- te children that would have to walk too far. I think the best plan for the county schools is to get the special districts and levy the three or four mills tax on our property, and have about seven months In the year for schools, and better houses and more ami better teachers. Now, if I understand, the trouble with the people of Pleasant Grove is, the location; it does seem to me that men like our people could come to gether on that point and work together as they should. I say let’s move the Providence and Pleasant Grove schools nearer together and make one school out of the two. As to location, put it in the center of the district. The peo ple of the Providence school are just as good as those of Pleasant Grove and they are not one whit better, either. The Hickory Grove school that was built on the North Carolina line has never given satisfaction and should be brought back to the Grassy Pond school. Put those two together and the Pleasant Grove and Providence schools together; build a nice, com- fortabl" house for eacit of them and get a good man teacher as principal for each of the schools, and as many assistant teachers as will be needed. Probably he will need two, part of the time through the winter and summer months, and through the busy season he will not need any. If we had a good, nice schoolhotise at each of the places mentioned and the kind of teachers that we ought to have, so that we could keep our girls and boys at home that are now off in other high schools, we would enroll a hundred and fifty at each place. Give us a good male teach er and pay him well to teach the ad vanced pupils and to keep good order, and we can got plenty of lady teach- ecs to instruct the little ones. We have plenty of them and good ones, too; ladies who can manage little children as no man teacher can. That is my model of a country school. Now comes th< “high school” for the girls and hoys that are free and want to go to a better school and are not able to go off to college, where it will cost them two hundred and fifty dollars a year to do so. Cherokee county needs a good mili tary school, and the place for it is at Gaffney. We can’t afford to have so many “high schools.” hut we can sup port one of that kind. These are. only my views on the question; let them be right or wrong. I am glad the people are becoming stirred up on the subject in the country. I think they ought to become so in the town, too. The farmers have made good crops; the merchants are all doing well; the lawyers have all they can do; and the bankers are pros pering as they have never prospered before; and we owe it all to His Om nipotence. Readers, have you ever thought how few people (and boys, especially) there are in Gaffney and In Cherokee county that have a first-class educa tion? I’ll venture the assertion that there are not one dozen hoys who are “full graduates” in the county. If we were to get the schools that wo want we would have to go out of our own county to get our teachers. We want the best of teachers. Better teachers are the things that are most needed. "Pete.” RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. Items of Interest Concerning Out Neighbors in the Old North State Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers The State has chartered the Bank of Pamlico at Bayboro, with a capital stock of $15,000. Sherman Lewis, lunatic, died in jail at Marion Monday night. Application had been made some three or four weeks ago to get him in the hospital at Morganton, but there was no room for him and as he became vlo^nt he had to be confined in the county jail. | He had been in the hospital once be fore. Governor Aycock sent in a message to the legislature regarding the report ot the special committee appointed by the last, legislature as to the enlarge ment of the capitol at Raleigh. This the governor opposes. Northampton citizens petitioned for tax on all dogs, Bills were introduced in the senate to prevent fradulent trading. The suit of Mrs. Blanche Barklev against the Charlotte Electric Rail way, Light and Power Company was settled satisfactorily Tuesday morning, and the plaintiff will take a non-suit at the next term of court. Mrs. Bark ley was injured while leaving an elec tric car at the corner of Graham and Seventh streets. Christmas (lay of 1903, and brought suit against the company through her attorneys, McCall & Nix on, to recover $10,000 damages. The Cape Fear Manufacturing Com pany’s plant at Greensboro, engaged in the manufacture of builders’ material, was completely destroyed by fire Mon day night. Loss $30,000, insurance $6,000. The fire was discovered over the boiler at 11 o’clock and the build ing, which was a frame structure, was entirely destroyed in an hour. J, Frank Hodgin, of Roanoke, Va., is pres ident of the company and J..A. Hodgin,. of Greensboro, secretary and treas urer. Recently Sam Scott was shot and perhaps seriously wounded in the low er edge of Scotland county by Alex Chavis. It seems that Sam went with* a friend of his .to see a girl, and dur ing the general row that followed he was knocked down and shot, while the others escaped. Scott was shot in the neck, the load of shot going nearly through his body. There is hut little hope of his recovery. In the house In Raleigh the memo rial urging the repeal of all recent di vorce laws which was sent by Western North Carolina Methodist Conference was presented. Bills were introduced making sixty-three hours instead of sixty-six a week for labor in factories; to pension veterans who lost a leg or arm in the service, although worth more than $5i)ft. The senate hill to refund to Treausrer Lacy $375Jost by Clerk Martin was discussed and re- ferred. A hill was introduced to allow the appointment of women as notaries public. Tuesday afternoon two thousand per sons attended the laying of the corner stone of the $50,000 agricultural build ing at the Agricultural College, in Ra leigh, including State officers, legisla- t'lre, masons and the faculty and corps of cadets, 400 strong, Grand Master Walter S. Liddell, officiating with full ceremonies by the (j^and Lodge of Masons. The programme was; "Amer ica,” by cadet band; Masonic cere monies; reading of original poem, "The Man With the Hoe." by Henry Jerome Stockard, of Peace Institute, Raleigh, being a reply to Edwin Mark ham’s poem: oration by Governor Ay- cock; Dixie and Star Spangled Banner by the hand. Monday niirht at the Southern pas senger station in Charlotte Officer Pikes discovered a man wandering around the depot, glancing half-fear- fully into the crowded waiting room, who stated that he was a Pole, on his way from Columbia. S. C., to New York, and had slept out in the cold for the last three nights. In reply to the reporter’s questions, the man stated that his name was Madderdon Re- gardo; at least that was what it sound ed like. He evidently did not know English very well and understood very few questions that were put to him. From his broken jargon the reporter understood that he came to this coun try two years ago and went down to Columbia with many others from New York. He did not like it there and was trying to get hack to New York. He was almost famished and quickly de molished the food which good-hearted Officer Sikes procured for him. Judg ing by his name, the man was probably an Italian and must have been one of the crowds of Italians recently Import ed Into South Carolina by an Immi grant- bureau. Spoiled Her Beauty. • Harriet Howard, of 209 W. 34th St. New York, at one time had her beauty spoiled with skin trouble. She writes: “I had Salt Rheum or Eczema for years, but nothing would cure It, un til I used Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.” A quick and sure healer for cuts, burns and sores. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co, What it “Cg Nog?” Try It. Cured His Mother of Rheumatism. “My mother has been a sufferer for many years from rheumatism.” says W. H. Howard, of Husband, Pennsyl vania. “\t times she was unable to move at all. while at all times walking was painful. 1 presented her with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and after a few applications she decided It was the most wonderful pain rollover she had ever tried. In fact, she Is never without it now and is at alt times able to walk. An occasional application of Pain Balm keeps away the pain that she was formerly troubled with.” For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. vi >t i What la “Ifl Nog?” Try it.