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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE —o—o The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FBIDAY. 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. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. mMOUT THE PULMETTO STATE GAFFNEY, 8. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1905. $1.50 A YEAR. DINED THEIR EX-SLAVES. of ! I The Idea of an Ex-Confederate Blacksburg. Blacksburg, Jan. 19.—In Blacks burg a few days ago an event took place which was unique in its con ception and character in this sec- ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING t|on and so far as your correspondent knows, within the State. It was a A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE. OUR LAW MAKERS AT THE CAPITAL, EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. The big barn of Mr. M. V. McGee, 10^4 miles from Anderson in Hail township, was destroyed by fire about j l:3rt o’clock Thursday morning. Two! Kroes, from 50 years and over, who dinner given by the white citizens of Blacksburg to the ex-slaves of the en tire township. The idea originated with Mr. J. M. Allison, a Confederate veteran, and the project was heartily endorsed and liberally helped by all the whites who were asked to contribute. No tice of the “dinner” was given out two weeks before the time, and when the day arrived all of the old ne- as much in eight months as any fair man could expect. While other offi cials come to their offices at 9 o’clock in the morning and leave at 2 o’clock— some are not the e that 1c ng—Mr .Wat. son can be found at hi desk until late at night. The correspondence of his office is tremendous, fie has in- MOVEMENT8 0* THE PEOPLE OF THE HOUSE DID STEADY WORK j quiries about South Carolina from all portions of the globe, and be is ever LAST WEEK valuable horses and three mules were burned, together with corn, hay, for age. etc., to the value of about $1,700. Mr. McGee carried insurance to the amount of $500 on the barn. The Good Roads Convention met in Columbia in the court house at noon Thursday. There were about seventy-five delegates present at the opening of the convention, but oth ers were expected, who were delayed owing to late trains. Governor Hey ward, who was down for a speech, could not ho present owing to a slight indisposition. “The Grocery Company,” of An derson, capitalized at $20,000 has applied for a commission to do gener al wholesale grocery bus!' -s in An derson. giving that city three strict ly wholesale grocery firms. The cor porators a' e J. F. McClure .Ir., E. N. j Masters, J. J. Norris, Walter Dob bins, F. J. Rody and others. Mr. Mc Clure will probably be preddent and treasurer. A large modern brick building will bo erected at once. Nearly all of the stock has been sub scribed. The railroad commission, accom panied by Supt. H. A. Williams, of the Southern Railway, visited Wards Thursday for the purpose of looking Into the matter of building a new passenger station at that place. Plans were agreed upon and it was stated by Mr. Williams that the work would commence at an early date. It is learned from a very reliable railroad official that the contract for building the railroad from Wards to Saluda has been given out and work will begin on the grading within 60 days. Wednesday morning a burly negro, Stuart Pearman, was seen under the residence of N. J. Elgin, two miles from Donalds, by Mr. Elgin’s daugh ter, a young lady. Miss Elgin was alone in the house and heard a noise. She looked under the house and saw the negro. She ran to a neighbor’s house and gave the alarm. The cit izens responded promptly, and in about an hour the negro had been captured. He was carried before Miss Elgin who identified him, and then he admitted to being under the house. He was given twenty-five lashes in place of a trial. There was an explosion in the fur nace room of the State Capitol in Columbia Thursday morning which came near wrecking the entire plant. The accident happened in a very pe culiar manner and was tin* result of tampering with the water gauge and boilers. When the engineer in charge went to the engine room to fire up that morning he found that the gauges registered the usual quan tity of water for the four boilers, and - accordingly the fires were started at once. As soon as the pipes became sufficiently heated there was an ex plosion in one of the boilers that comoletely wrecked the pipes and came near tearing out the whole.end were able to come, were promptly on hand. A bountiful meal of bread, chicken, boiled ham, roast beef, pies, cakes, coffee, etc., was spread on a long ta ble in the building formerly occupied by the dispensary and about 75 of the old-time negroes gathered around it. A “blessing” was asked by “Uncle” Henry Strother, the oldest one pres ent, and before they began to eat each one was “treated” to a wineglass of North Carolina whiskey. It was a genuine pleasure to see them enjoy, not only the dinner, but the privilege and honor of the occa sion. The best of order and great good humor prevailed, and when all had eaten heartily of "one of the best dinners they ever had,” some of the older guests, not forgetting their i ante-bellum training, returned thanks LOWER CHEROKEE. — Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of General Interest. Wilkinsville. Jan. 20.—Comrade J. ready to assist any section of the State to secure investors and settlers. J. H. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. Inaugural Ceremonies and Elections Will Interrupt Business This Week —A Number of Bills Introduced. Columbia, Jan. 23.—Despite the in- MR. WATSON KILLS HIMSELF. One of the Most Highly Esteemed Cit izens of Yorkville. Yorkville, Jan. 2ft—Mr. James A. W. Mullinax, of Troy, is the first to temiption of the holiday for Gen ^ atson - <)TU ‘ of ,,H ’ m °st highly es- send his camp dues of fifteen cents to | T „ . .. . . . . . ' I teemed citizens of Yorkville, com- Camp Jefferies U. C. Veterans, for i / , 10 _ legislature hasj in p( P( j SU j c i ( ] e a t ^ o'clock this morn- ing by shooting himself in the head with a muzzle-loading shotgun. After breakfast lie walked out into ! the yard and a shot was heard but 1 Items of Interest Concerning Out Neighbors in the Old North State Culled Expressly for Ledger Reader* The Wilmington Star told of the se rious injury of Mr. Charles D. Wil son, who travels for the Hargrove Biscuit Company, in that city. Mr. Wilson is slightly deaf and was cross ing the tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line when he was struck by a car which was being shifted. He had two ribs broken and was badly bruised about the body. He was removed to the home of a brother, where he was .. » , been doing steady work this last week, Min e-ca >ear rwnoe arul tht ‘ Prospect is for substantial re- Representative Verner of Oconee v deliberations that bo- county, has introduced a bill in the . , legislature to ''and 1 There will, however, be two inter-1 nothing was thought of it. An hour back speller S i g ‘ f | rU pt.ions to the regular business of ’ l iter he was found dead in the roar navies arnnm u • T ' thi making laws and refusing to make of his garden with the gun between, <t l1 , nhveif-im school books in this state To v,s this lawg Qn Wednesday the governor, his legs and a stick lying near with j aUended b5 a 1,h}s,c,an ’ "/ matters and with diligence on the! aml other State officers will he inau- which he pulled the trigger. ! joe Perry, a well-known negro of Louisburg, while on his way across the country to Henderson to visit his sick wife, was waylaid and his skull badly fractured by unknown place and Hen- very serious _ j XIC WitS first discovered i nrm- thnrnnehlv Not one in ton can ; election P ros P cts - , , | death leaves only one survivor | by some one passing in a buggy, lying 1 continpo tnte?lisrihlv The art’ Some ,,f our 0,(1 legislative friends j of that company here. Mr. A. Cody. in an unconscious condition. He was rf <- fnfjfr fJ nr^Hoaitv Inst si<Mit of have P ut in their appearance promi-, Mr. Watson was an elder and super- carried to the nearest house and medi- ot spelling 1 P’ ,l ' n a • ‘ ” nontly this last week. There is never: jntendent of the Presbyterian church; cal aid summoned. At last accounts in many instances „ a session when a bill is not introduced devoted most of his time since the he was still unconscious and unable ,s R ? is too hard for the beginner. | ^ repeal the lien law, one to/eguiate I war to Reaching in the higher schools j to tell how it happened. — —• - ;* T lgurated and the ceremonies, while j He was on the streets yesterday part of teachers a better class of e* lu ‘| s } m pi e w lil take up the day. The fol- tail ing pleasantly with friends, cated children will he the result. Dm , ] QW j n g’ ( ^ a y elections will be held The coroner’s verdict was that he oboservation is that since the re ir f ^ an( j aS these requrie a roll call on each ! caused his own death. I uociureu • raent of these books, especially S ballot the time consumed is consider- Mr .Watson was a gallant Confed-] parties, between that pis blue-hack spelling hook, the majority j a) ^ e even j n t he case where there are j crate soldier, a lieutenant in Company | derson. He is now in a of the children have got only a aniat-1 contests There is nothing new in Twelfth South Carolina regiment, j condition. He was firs tering idea of what they ought to , for themselves and the others for this generous exhibition by the whites of their respect and good will to wards those old, true and tried ne groes, who showed their loyalty and devotion to their former masters, while the latter were in the army fighting for their rights and country, by feeding and protecting their wives and children at home. They were proud of their record, referring to it with pleasure and satisfaction, an 1 one of them declared that he had nev er heard of a lynching before or dur ing the war, and the reason of it was that there was never any cause for one. Continuing, they advised the young er generation of negroes that this was the white man’s country, for which he had fought and bled, and gained by right of conquest and in heritance, and he (the white man) was going to govern it. That the wisest course for the negro to pur sue, they said, was to attend to his own affairs, to he sober and indus trious and to live in peace with the white people, for the Southern white man was the best friend he had To those old negroes in the town who were not able to attend the din ner meals were sent, and the only re gret expressed by one of them was that she “didn’t get a drink of dat town liquor.” It is a remarkable fact .and one for which both races should be thank ful. that there has been no serious disturbance in this community be tween the white and blacks since the suppression of the Union League and Ku-Klux organization thirty years ago, and this manifestation on the part of the white citizens will, no doubt, exert a healthy and beneficent intiuence upon the races. This is a mistake, if the teacher will do his duty. Wo have already ventured the as sertion that the present legislature, as a whole, is far above the average of late years in intelligence and law making ability., and we shall look for Verner’s hill to get a liberal support in that body. Last Tuesday the News and Cour ier, of Charleston, issued its special edition devoted to the women of the Confederacy during the war. These historical sketches fill about ninety columns of that paper and afe a su perb collection of heretofore unwrit ten history. A copy of the paper will be sent on receipt of five cents by Gen’l. C. Irvine Walker, 85 Broad St.. Charleston. S. C. The proceeds of these sales will be used to build a monument to the women of the South. To the readers of these sketches we wish to say that it was at “The Cra ter.” or “blow up,” July 3ft, 1804, in stead of Clay’s farm, where Lieut. Wm. L. Goudelock, Company F, 18 S. C .Regiment, was wounded. The mistake is not the fault of the editor or printers, but of the writer, who mistook the time and place of his wounding. Lieut. Goudelock, who was not aware that his name was to appear in this edition, makes this cor rection. Mr. Goudelock is still living the sale of seed cotton and one to change the law as to trespass. These can he counted on just as certainly as the dozen or more to amend the dis pensary, and usually there are more | of Capt. J. B. Bell, of this city.) than one on each of these subjects. and colleges. His death has created a great gloom and sadness over the community. (Mr. Watson was a brother-in-law Mr. W. H. Yeldell, of Greenwood, “Pony” Yeldell, had a hill to make the law as to the sale of seed cotton uni form all over the State and this ex cited not a little debate, as some coun ties want one thing and others an other. The hill was finally passed to third reading. It provides that the MOVES TO GAFFNEY. Mr. W. B. Bruton Becomes Superin tendent of Big Cotton Mill. [Charlotte Observer.] Mr. W. B. Bruton, who was recent- The jury in the case of Charles Coleman, of Charlotte, vs. the South ern Railway, returned a verdict Fri day in favor of the defendant compa ny. Coleman was suing for $l.95ft damages for injury to his health, al leged to have been caused by a long wait while ill in the depot at Harris burg, because an agent of the rail road company refused to sell him a ticket. He was represented by Mr. A. B. Justice, while Col. W. B. Rod- man and Mr. D. K. Pope, the rail- ly engaged as superintendent of the ^ ^ Mr u ^ rope ine raU . license shall be from $1.0ft to $5.ftft. Gaffney Manufacturing (ompany. ■ r()a( j attorneys, appeared for the de- The stealing of cotton from the fields I oda r hl \J am ‘ ly / rom 0 Ch f ar ; . fendants. Is a nuisance which bothers the farm- ; 0 ,a ^ ne y- tr - 1 niton was or ^ ers considerably and it is to prevent merl y employed as overseer of the i The case of Samuel Hayes colored, and punish this that the hill is p ro . | weave room of the Orient Miil, in this , vs the Southern Railway, in which I Citv. but moro reopntiv has Wn nn. I the pi a i nt jff s „ e d for damages in the sum of $10,ftft0, ended in a non-suit at Superior Court in Charlotte Thurs day morning. At the completion of the testimony, Judge Allen remarked on the case to the effect that he would charge the jury that the failure of the defendant company to supply a. switch engine for the crew of which the plaintiff w^as a member when he sustained the injury was no evidence of negligence. The counsel for the plaintiff accepted a non-suit, and gave notice of appeal to the Supreme Court. posed. The attempt to amend the lien law- failed, as usual. The bill under dis cussion sought to prohibit the taking of liens on crops raised on the lands of a third party, without the consent of the owner. The bill relating to trespass was vigorously debated but finally re ceived a large majority of the votes in the house. It provides “that any person entering on the lands of anoth er for the purpose of hunting, fishing, or trapping, or gathering fruit, vege tables or heiiis without the consent of the owner of the land shall be guilty r. oruuueioviv is sun living i ,, • , _ ... , , . and is one of Cherokee county’s most I a m j lsdem ^ f,aor -and the punishment . , „ u . „„ t T a shal be a fine of from $5 to $2ft, or esteemed citizens, J. L. S. ! , mprisonment of from 10 * to 30 * days The bill to create the new county of Calhoun lias been introduced, the law as to the election having com plied with to the satisfaction of the proper authorities. Mr. B. A. Morgan, of Greenville, one Waited for Lover. [Columbia State.] Winchester. Va., Jan. 14.—Baxter Moore, a prominent young man of Chester. S. C.. arrived in Winchester this -afternoon, after making a trip as j fast as steam could bring him. to he present at a surgical operation per formed for appendicitis at Memorial of the more conservative members of the house, has a hill to regulate the speed of automobiles and it has re ceived the favorable consideration of city, hut more recently has been en gaged in starting tin the new blanket mill at Lando, S. C. He goes to Gaffney to take the po sition formerly held by Mr. J. B. Boyd, who is the n*>w supeHntendent of the Henrietta Mills. For several years Mr. Boyd was superintendent of the Louise Mills and is well known to a great many people in Charlotte. No Abatement for Storm Sufferers. Columbia, Jan. 21st, 19ft5. Ed. Ledger: — I desire to say that I have several requests to abate taxes of those tax payers in certain sections of Chero kee county, whose crops were dis- troyed by hail. etc. Such requests have come from several sections of the State, notably York and Marlboro counties A fire, which started in Hamlet about 12 o’clock Saturday night, threatened to wipe out a large portion of the town. Some of the buildings (hat succumbed to the fi r e are Hin- Blacksburg Budget. Blacksburg, Jan. 23.—Mr. Clarence Borders, of the Kings Creek section, was in town Saturday on business. Mr. Nick Me Dill stopped here Sat urday afternoon on his way to lus home in Hickory Grove. Mr. John Byars and Mr. Fronehurg- er, of Cherokee Falls, were in town Sunday afternoon sporting . Mr. Broadtis- Moss and Mr. Claude Hospital on his fiance. Miss Mary | house after being amended so as Picton Lewis of Clarke county. j apply to the streets of towns and As soon as Mr. Moore was informed cities as well as to country roads. This ». he dangerous illness of his sweet-j is not a demagogic measure hut a | would hc^very glad to abate taxes of j from $25,ftftft to $5ft.'ftftft‘' _ - ** X- ».* * X X*SX- Mr. McColl, of Marlboro,! son’s stables. Armor’s saloon. Lack- introduced such a bill, hut it is unan- j ey’s saloon, McLeod’s saloon. Spaight’s imously agreed by the committee hav-1 grocery store, Mrs. Stull’s boarding ing the matter In charge that such j tiouse, Thomas’ beef market. Thomas’ legislation is unconstitutional, and j restaurant and J. D. Goodwin’s store, would he null and void if adopted. j Nothing hut heaps of ashes are left So let it he understood that there j of the buildings, which were sub- will he no abatement, and I hope it will lie called to our people’s atten- dantial frame sructures. The flames were confined to the buildings de- r. 1 tt t-re comineu to me nmiamgs de- tion and that they will govern them- .scribed above as being destroyed. The selves accordingly. Personally 11 total loss is variously estimated at iji- - * ■* * * heart he threw down his business and j regulation that is deemed wise in ran for the first train out of Chester, arriving here at noon, and was the first, passenger to alight from the train here. D>\ Robert H. Wylie, a noted New York specialist, came yesterday to perform the operation, hut it wa view of the increasing use of auto mobiles in this State. The judiciary committee has pro-1 posed a bill to create two additional! circuits, the claim being made that | the eight circuits which have been es tablished for a quarter of a century arc storm sufferers, but it cannot he done and all such attempts will ho failures. Very truly yours, J. C. Otts. Representative from Cherokee. Habeas corpus proceedings before of the boiler. Investigation showed Webber spent Sundav at Earl, N. C. that the accident was due to no de- Mr . A A McFadden went hack to feet In the plant, hut to the inefli- Charleston Monday, after a few days cient attention of those in charge of; j n town. * I Miss Mattie Leach, of Hickory The finding of two bodies in an old , Grove, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Dr. box in a dense stretch of woods on Whitesides . the lands of Col. A. G. Floyd, near - v G*s Osborne spent Sunday with her Spartanburg, beyond Drayton cotton ! sister, Mrs. Newton, mill, created something of a sensa-1 Mr. J. L. Plax’co, of King's Creek, tion Friday afternoon and night. The stopped here Monday on his way I 1 „ deferred arrived. until Miss Lewis’ lover j not sufficient to transact the business j of the courts. This proposition has .... . 5h e y 1 ®* 1 * (been advanced before, but for various I far heels at Charlotte. Can it be nos W inchester \ a.. Jan. 17.—In the reasons has always been rejected | "ible that a threat of a ‘tax on baehe- presence of Baxter .loore, a promi- j Some believe the present court ma-1 lors” has affrighted him 9 nont young man of Chester, S. C., to j olPnery Is ample and that delays are! Judge W. B. Council, at Hickory, were Wednesday argued by Solicitor N. Wk j Harshaw, and J. S. Black and W. L. Lambert, of Bakersville. attorneys for Jeff and Robert Garland and Leonard Buchanan, who are held .or the mur- An esteemed editor has fled from der of young Hunnicutt. which occur- our midst and taken refuge among the red Christmas day at Garland s home, on Reams’ ere“k, in Mitchell county. Fleeing from “Bachelor’s Taxes.” (Columbia State.) Vtv/ix x. a * • — — — ) n o gruesome- find was made by a negro , h ° Misses May and LilIie Westbrooks who was passing through the woods, j when he came upon an old box and attended service at the Baptist church removing the lid he saw two headless | Sunday . bodies, one being that of a man, and -Hr. Crawford Rippy, of Ehrl, N. C., other a woman. The negro lost no v vas in town Saturday, time in getting over ground and the Mr. Govan Cline, after spending a horrible find was left in the distance, while in our town, returned to his The case was reported to the coro- home in Greenville Saturday, ner. Sheriff Nicholls and others and M. S. late Friday afternoon a party in- i vested the woods and made an in- The Secret of Success, vestigation. It was revealed that the Forty million bottles of August bodies were those used in that city Flower sold in the United States alone about three years ago at the annual since its introduction' An.i thu de- I j * lx ~ + M1 (XUOUL LI11 Vdi o u.c VX4V/ . meeting of the State undertakers as-1 mand for it is still growing. Isn’t sociation for demonstrating purpos-j that a fine showing of success? Don’t ea. One of the bodies was shipped it prove that August Flower has had there from Columbia, the othe* from unfailing success in the cure of Indl- Augusta. After the undertakers had gestion and dyspepsia—the two great- finished dissecting the bodies they est enemies of health and happiness? were placed into a box and orders Does it not afford tha best evidence given that both corpses he taken in-; that August Flower is a sure specific to the woods and buried. The burial for all stomach and intestinal dlsor- did not take place hut instead the ders?—that it has proved itself the box containing the bodies was best of all liver regulators? August dumped into a thick clump of woods Flower has a matchless record of over 1 45.s*iiv-in<r o ilincv several miles from the city. thirty-five years in curing the ailing millions of these distressing com- A man can go on loving a great plaints—a success that is becoming deal longer than ho can go on making wider in its scope every day, at home love. and abroad, as the fame of August Flower spreads. Trial bottles, 25c; Charity covers a multitude of sins! regular size, 75c. For sale by Chero- £Jien It begins at home. j kee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison, i Cowpens. ^ —The Big Sale at The Battery is still going on. —The Big Sale at The Battery is still going on. What is “Eg Nog?” Try it. Half the things people say are re gretted later. —Ladies Coat Suits at greatly re duced prices, at J. I. Sarratt’s. What is “Eg Nog?” Try It. whom she was to be married soon,) caused by the failure of lawyers to and with members of her family near. • have their cases ready for trial; others Miss Mary Picton Lewis died sudden- are interested in the maintenance qf ly at Memorial Hospital today from | the system as at present because of an operation performed for appendi- j the apprehension that some of the so- citis Saturday by a New York special- Heitors and judges might he disturbed 1st. Young Moore arrived a few in the arrangement. Some of this hours before the surgical operation.; comes out in debate and some of it after a race from Chester, having does not. However, the plan as pre hoarded the first train immediately! sented by the committee is as fol- upon receiving news that his sweet- lows: heart was ill. He is prostrated to- ( First circuit—Charleston, Colleton night. Miss Lewis was a dauzhieror and . Beaufort; Second—Berkeley, Dangerfield Lewis, owner of “And-1 Georgetown. Dorchester and Orange- ley," a famous estate in Clarke coun- burg; Third—Hampton, Aiken, Bam WINTER MEAT EATING. The Poor Stomach's Tale of Woe.— Just Now Mi-o-na is Needed. near the place where the Garland, Pritchard and Blalock fight took place several years ago. Robert Garland and Leonard Buchanan were released ' on $1,000 bond each, but Jeff Garland, who is said to be the principal in the tragedy, was returned to jail at Ba- ersville to await the May term of At this season of the year thous ands of people are already showing' Superior Court. Including the attor- ty, and was related to many noted Virginia and southern families. Hm mother, Mrs. Carter Penn Lewis, three sisters and three brothers, sur vive. She was a beautiful young wo man, twenty-one years old, and popu lar in fashionable society. Prepara tions were being made for her mar riage to Mr. Moore and the event was to have been the leading social event in Clarke county. Record’s Gain In Want Advertising. In 1903 the Philadelphia Record printed 5.05644 columns of want adver tising. In 1904 the total was 6,129% columns, showing a net gain of 1,072 columns. Estimated on a basis of 295 aeate lines to the column, the gain In lines is 316,525, or nearly a th6usand lines a day. The ga^n is due to the Record’s won derful circulation as well as Its many unique ways of encouraging the small merchant and helping him get results —writing the “right kind of copy” for many classfled advertisers who “did not know how." —Special prices on^Quilts and Blan kets, at J. I. Sarratt’s. What Is “Eg Nog?” Try It. berg, Barnwell and Edgefield; Fourth —Clarendon, Florence, Lee, Sumter and Williamsburg: Fifth—Chester field, Darlington, Horry, Marlon and Marlboro; Sixth—Kershaw, Lexing ton. Richland and Saluda; Seventh— Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster and York; Eighth—Cherokee, Spartan burg and Union: Ninth—Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens and Newberry; Tenth—Anderson, Greenville, Pick ens and Oconee. A matter which will bring out some thing of a fight is the bill introduced *by the justly celebrated Jdsh Ashley to abolish the department of agricul ture and immigration. To the surprise of many the bill has been reported favorably by the committee on agri culture and the department is undoubt edly in danger. Commissioner Wat son has worked very hard to make his department a success and as he has not yet been in office quite a year many who opposed the establishment of the department think it only fair to give it a chance to prove its value or its uselessness, as the case may be. While this correspondence avoids editorializing, it is but the statement of a fact to say that Mr. Watson has worked harder than any other State official and that he has accomplished the ill symptoms that are sure to re suit from the usual winter diet. In door life, meat-eating, healthy food, lack of exercise, overwork, and poor ventilation spell ’sickness.” an.d poor health. If the stomach cannot do its work neys, bondsmen, wRnesses, sheriff and his deputies/ who accompanied the prisoners, there were about forty in number. One of the boldest robberies ever committed at Fayettville occurred Wed nesday night or early Thursday morn- nroperly. ill health is sure to follow. j n g when burglars entered Huske’s ra- cutlery, pncke f knives and silverware. The thieves effected their entrance through a window by means of brick-bats, completely de- ov..^ k, jnR when burglars entered Husl Mi-o-na is the one medicine that as-, hardware house, securing pistols, sures a natura. digestion, tha , zor< t a ble cutlery, packet kni strengthens the stomach, that soothes and heals all irritation, congestion and inflammation in the stomach or bowels. It is this that makes it a ; m nHshing the heavy plate gla-s. The certain and guaranteed cure for al' r0 bbery was not discovered until stomach troubles. , Thursday morning about 7 o’c'ock. If the digestion is impaired, the, „ rKor , _ 1- blood is impoverished and becomes filled with poisonous impurities, de ranging the whole system and caus ing sickness and suffering. Mi-o-na, acts upon the stomach .nervous troubles, headaches, backaches, and general weakness and debility. If you are weak and ailing the chances are that it is due to a dis eased stomach, but you can be cured by usirg Mi-o-na. Ask Gaffney Drug Co., the reliable drug firm, to show you the strong guarantee under which Mi-o-na is sold. Mi-o-na costs but 50c a 1k>x. If it does not help you, the price is absolutely nothing. when one of the proprietors opened the store. The Huske hardware house is one of the biggest business houses in that city. Major B. R. Huske and Mr. R. H. McDuff being the proprie tors. It is located on the principal business street of the town—Hay street—and it Is difficult to see how so daring a burglary could have been so badly committed with such easy success. The exact amount of the loss has not yet been ascertained, the stock being large and the thieves con fining their depredations to small ar ticles easily carried off. So far thet-e is no clue. —See us for Blankets J. R. Tolleson & Co. and Quilts. —Ladies and Misses Jackets cut prices, at J. I. Sarratt’s. . ikieS