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\ For Sale women’s neglect THE ANCIKNT (jJIEK K O SUFFERINGTHESUREPENALTY 'HEY WERE M/'STE'r; IN SCIENCE OF GOV: RNMENT. THE k Tim < quire bu> iuo- s o f the Acme 1 uruiture c ine] tiding the stoc kof W. Y r . 11 uni| •luies & Go., " ill be e’ )S ed < nit ; it the earliert date pos 1 - il >le. Ai i v one wishing to engirt je in bu sines- of this kind xvi 11 fin d t his a splendid 1 oppoi’t u uity • lloxv- ever, wt > xv ill lose no ( line xvait- ing for • i pdrcluv- e :• of tin* kind, Health Thus Lost Is Restored by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Flow many women do you know who are perfectly well and strong? We hear every day the same story over and over again. “ I do not feel well; 1 am so tired all the time 1 ” but will once save 'X'OHl i > w i s iMH'V ill closing out at your tmi' j to mav not )OU have a lik ■ opportunity again soon. All par :ies oxving bills are requested to call and settle promptly. Yours truly, JPliss Kate McDonald] More than likely you speak the same Acme Furniti'ie Co. The Builders Supply Co. £ Successors to L. Baker. Will furnish you Building Material of the best that the markets afford and at the lowest living prices. No. i heart pine Shingles and Laths, and Devo’s cele brated Paints—guaranteed to go further and last longer than any other in the market. When in need of anything in the building line, call and see us; we’ll treat you courteously and ma^e your es timates for nothing. spe words yourself, and no doubt you feel far from well. The cause may be easily traced to some derangement of the fe male organs which manifests itself in depression of spirits, reluctance to go anywhere or do anything, backache, bearing-down pains, flatulency, nerv ousness, sleeplessness, leueorrhoca. These symptoms are but warnings that there is danger ahead, and unless heeded a life of suffering or a serious operation is the inevitable result. The never-failing remedy for all these symptoms is Lydia E. I’inkham’s Veg etable Compound. Miss Kate McDonald; of Woodbridge, N J., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: “ I think that a woman naturally dislikes to make her troubles known to the public, but restonsl health has meant so much to me that I cannot heht from telling mine for the sake of other suffering women. “ For a long time I suffered untold agrrtly with a uterine trouble and irregularities, which made me a physical wreck, and no one thought I wduld recover, but Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound has entirely cured me, and made me well ami strong, and I feel it my duty to teU other suffering women what a splendid medicine it is.” If you are ill, don’t hesitate to get a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound at once, and write to Mrs Pinkham, Lynn. Mass., for special advice—it is free and always helpful- 15 a k MANAGER. Do You Want Your Piano or Organ Tuned or repaired with satisfaction guar anteed, or do you want to buy a Piano or Organ ? I’ll sell for cash or on time and give you the Worlb of Your Money. W, L. Johnson, Atjohn^ns-sio,.. Or. S. I Griffith, PHYSICAN - SURGEON - OCULIST. Former pupil of the celebra ted Oculist, D*" Julian J. Chisolm, ot Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad uate course in the Kve, Ear, Our \ Ladies' Patent Tip Nose and Throat H<>: Baltimore. pilal of Vici Glasses Fitted Accurately and Scientifically. H«9^*Odice in Cherokee Drug Co.. B'ld> . Bluciier at $2.00 * Is quality is Size? 3 to 8 of Hosiery a beauty and the all right. All kinds for Men, Ladies and Children. Come to see us and we will please you. Notice! Don’t forget, call on us when you want something nice in fresh Meats and Country Produce. Our meat cutter has fifteen years ex- perience and can cut your meat to suit you Give us a trial order and see for yourself. Our prices: All Steak straight ioc lb. Pork ioc, t2j4c and 15c, fat off. Yours for business, Thank you, Dempsey & Hawkins, Opposite Star Theatre. Everything ^ Christmas, Apples, Oranges, Bananas, Can dies, Raisins, Nuts, and every thing necessary for the Christ mas festivities— j* All Fresh and Nice. ^ My stock is complete, and was selected especially for the holi days. C41II in and see what 1 have. £. B. Hamlin. 8 Lipscomb a WANTED! All youi clothes that need brightening up. bring them to us. We will make them look fresh ami new. All work done I y expert tailors. See us and Join our pressing club. msoil»JOKES, Tailors. Over W. U. Telegraph Office. Phone No. 43. Tinny Sturdy tlunltties lien the TI11I- tltnde, hut (he lti«li>;d 11 1 Cniild \o( S^und ProepcrM > —One l lrllliant i:\eei>(Ioii to (he Itule. The stut pi's and literary master pieces of Hellas, whose themes were mainly legendary, arc responsible fot the impression that the ancient Greek was cast in the heroic mold. The he roic Greek was a turbulent, master ful, egotistic demigod. He had uo counterpart in any historical figure ex cept Alexander the Great, who deem ed himself .a descendant of Achilles, the sea nymph’s son, and acted very much like him. The Greek of history was an uncom monly consistent republican. In the tolerance he gave to individualism and the capacity lie showed—Inside his city state—for collective action he carried the science of government and of po litical self control in some respects to a height from which all subsequent history is a descending slope. While maintaining democratic standards, he did not enforce nor bow to that tyran nous and narrowing public opinion which in our own time threatens to cast all men in much the same mold, lie found a place in his scheme of things for diversities of natural bent— for the effeminate dress of Alcibiades, the tub of Diogenes, the railings of Cleon, the austerities of Aristides, the satire of Aristophanes, the arrogance of Phocion. The democracy of Athens was never the democracy of the dead level. It meant opportunity, not a steam roller. As creditable a story is told on the side of collective action. Greek politics implied, as Mahaffy has observed, “the reasonable discussion of the public, the tinal decision of the majority, the sub mission of magistrates and rulers to the will of the people.” The Greek “multitude” was tolernut. patient, loy al to its leaders and capable, as it showed in t*he Peloponnesian war, of oiak! t exemplary sacrifices and of in itiating and maintaining a course of action for a protracted period. The whole population of Athens, for iu- stance, abandoned the country and took to their ships, leaving the enemy to destroy their city and their posses sions while they sought him and finally conquered him on the sea. For that fortitude it would be Impossible to find a modern parallel. The civic qualities are uppermost in the great period of Greek history—a keen appreciation of humor that acted us a safety valve to the turbulence of assemblies, an aptitude at public speaking which was useful in battle ns In council. Every free Greek was at once a legislator, an orator, a potential 1 admiral or general. There was one capital defect In the Hellenic character. The individual Greek could not stand prosperity As Grote put it, “The effects of a copious draft of glory on the temperament of {in enterprising and ambitious Greek were perfectly maddening.” He was a good loser, but nearly always a bad winner. Almost every conspicuous Greek of history became at the end a 1 corruptionist or a traitor. Miltiades, victor of Marathon, became a pirate and died in imprisonment. Themislo- : eles was negotiating to betray the Gre cian armament to the great king the day before he destroyed the Persian fleet at Salainis. Alcibiades betrayed in turn the Athenians, tin* Spartans I and the Persians. Demosthenes was banished for embezzlement. The Syra cusan leaders became tyrants when ; they could. Of all Greeks only Timo- i leon, the Corinthian who freed Syra cuse, was at once honorable, fortunate | and acclaimed. Although the Hellenic world fringed ! the Mediterranean and the Black seas , from end to end, the significant politi cal history of Greece Is almost nlto- 1 gether the history of Athens and Spar- | ta. The grest places of heroic legend. Ithaca and Pylos and Phthia and Ar- ; cadla and Argos and Corcyra, “the j Phaeakes’ lend,” figure but faintly in the historical period. Ithaca was only 1 a barren rock. Arcadia a recruiting ground for rustic mercenaries and Ar- j gos and Corcyra and such states as Ae- tolia, Messena, Thessaly and the Achae an League ancient prototpyes of the rude and turbulent Balkan states of to- ; day. The transitory pre-eminence of Thebes was the pre-eminence of its one great soldier. Epuminondas. Between them Spartans and Atheni ans wrote the great story of political Greece. The Spartans were more a military brotherhood than a state, the men dining in barracks and visiting their families by stealth and all free men despising wealth and any toil ex cept that of the gymnasium, the drill ground and the battlefield. They were a proud, shy, self contained, home keeping people, so ill at ease and un practiced in public speech that the word “laconic” has become a proverb. Their cautious political sense, their military discipline, their long lived dy nasty and their unbroken maintenance of one form of government secured them the Instinctive deference of other j Greeks. . What the Spartan* were not the Athenians in their best period were-- eager wanderers over the earth, traf fickers, impelhdl-is. orators, scholars I and artists. They were always “get- | ting forward." As the slower Pelopon- nedans complained, every acquisition o/is made by them the basis of a new venture, and when they meas- l tired arms with the complainants they dioued that they could be as constant 11 misfortune and ns elastic in rising from crushing disaster as they were tc: re slve in pro-ling an advantage.— v ew York Mull. \ SNOWSL1DES Tliey V re Fenrful of •'<( it M.'tnrnif?r«*n( v >• • Sti swsiidcs are ni< i ; • steep mountains that have .! . eavy snowfall. With a b !<>wy t . in of snow dust boiling out holdm! ov<t turning or crushing ai i cv.vy,: iim before they make an awful and mau uilicent spectacle. Their s; . is smee times so great that trees ni >r< do are overturned by the swamping fune of the air which the slide lias violently disturbed. There are many well authenticated Instances where miners have Been caught® n the surface of a slide and by dexterous use of their skees have kept on top of the engulfing surface of the slide and come out uninjured. John Muir once rode down from the high Sierra on a snowslide. He was swish ed hack down in a minute over a dis tance that had taken all day to elhnb. One day while climbing up a steep snowy slope a slide started beneath me. and for a time l was on the sur face of its upper edge, where the snow was about two feet deep. Wading a torrent will give some idea of the sweep of the coasting snow. The snow dust steamed and boiled up around me, and each time 1 struggled to my feet the rushing snow simply jerked my feet from beneath me. At last, almost smothered, 1 was dropped off the back end upon bare ground.—Enos A. Mills In Harper’s Weekly. WEAPONS DECLINED. MUCH COTTON IN MISSISSIPPI. Messrs. J. It. and n. A. Tal bert, ol Hardy btatlon, Mis*., say: “On two acres of land, In continuous cultivation for 60 years, we put one ton of Vlr- Kinla-Caroliua Fertilizer, aud, notwithstanding drouth from March to July, we gathered cotton which ginned two bales weighing 600 lbs. each. This land, without fertilizing, usu ally made one bale on two acres, which clearly shows a good proat la favor of fertili zer.” Inarmamod Wealth of Florida Farmor a. Mr. J. W. Kimbrough, of the Kimbrough Hardware Co., ot Webster, Fla., writes: “ We never. In our lives. ):,•,<] anything that gave us as niui satisfaction and pleasure r . the Virgin ia-b’arollna Fortp zers. They ha ve made us th< friends, and have gotten o - county In better condition, fi nancially, than ever before In Its history, and it is w ith tl«> greatest pleasure that we re commend these fertilizers to the whole world.” PROSPERITY IN GEORGIA. Messrs. 8. B. & J. T. Trawlck, Of Linton, Ua., say: ** " r e have been using Vlr- glnia-Carolina Fertilizers for 6 years, with flue results. We began with a two-horse farm, using 200 pounds per acre. We now have 20 plows, and use from 600 to 1,000 pounds of the fertilizer per acre. Our expe rience Is, the more fertilizer you use the greater the profit. We are well pleased with these g oods. They give us entire aat- faction.” Doubled Yield of Texas Cotton. Mr. J. M. Little, of Hender son, Texas, savs: “ I used virglnia-Carohna Fertilizers on my cotton, unci they doubled the yleid of my crop. I would not make an other crop without the use of these fertilizers.” Insist on your denier furnish ing your crops with Vlrg.nia- Carolina Fertilizers. Yen will be more prosp rous. Write ua for information. VTROINIA-CA POLINA CHEMICAL COM PA N Y Richmond. Va. Atlanta, G:». Norfolk, Va. Savannah, Oa. Durham, N. C. Montgi.nirri, Ala. Charleston, 8. C. Memj.hi:,, Tente Virchow** Odd Proponltlon When Chnllcnged hy IliMiunrck. Dr. Virchow, the eminent man of sci ence, had been sharply criticising Prince Bismarck, who was then chan cellor. At the end of a particularly severe attack Bismarck felt himself personal ly affronted and sent seconds to Vir- 1 chow with a challenge to fight a duel. The man of science was found in Ids laboratory, hard at work at experi ments which had for their object the discovery of a means of destroying trichinae, which were making great ravages in Germany. “Ah,” said the doctor, "a challenge from Prince Bismarck, eh! Well, well! As I am the challenged party, l sup- ; pose I have the choice of weapons. ! Here they are!” He held up two large sausages, which seemed to be exactly alike. “One of these sausages.” he said, "is filled with trichinae; it is deadly. The other is perfectly wholesome. Exter nally they can’t be told apart. Let his i excellency do me the honor to choose whichever of these he wishes and eat It, and I will eat the other!” Though the proposition was as rea sonable as any dueling proposition could be. Prince Bismarck’s represent atives refused it. No duel was fought, I and no one accused Virchow of cow ardice. ALSI 11 G \"u ;tre looking for bargains, u<!i r SI.it - 1: - r .'j: 1 DO to $5.00. fa-. -r fi*.#, 1 will ( !b r. i,nt: 1 H<» (I - ot my entire line of Ladies’ and .Licki-t* nml L:iuii >’ i'nat Suits at greatly reduced prices. Lop’t ;nil to m <• t Ladio* ’ l ii<!< All styl< - in Lulilx is im L. n. Ladies and Misses, A few Mi l; s Yoi ilis mkI Im \V Overcoats left which will be closed out ;:t biogjiiii pi mi-. I can lii :i!l i-ize- ii Clothing, both in quality and price. Men’s all Wool Sw« jitcrs $1.00, Blankets DO cent- p* r pair up. Quilts from $1.00 to $2.00 each. Shoes to lit ever>!>ody honi the wee tot to a 13 size for Men. Corload Barbed Wire and Nails at away down price. See me for anything usually kept m a first-class general store and 1 will do your pocket book good. Thanking all my friends ami customers for the very liberal pjitronage bestowed upon me ami wishing all a happy ami prosperous New Year. I am yours for more business, J. I. INDEXING BOOKS. De- The CumUmii Im an Olil One That velnped Hadier Slowly. The custom of indexing books devel oped gradually. Cicero used the word “index,” but in the sense of a table of contents. Seneca provided some works which he scut to a friend with notes of particular passages, “so that he who only aimed at the useful might he spared the trouble of examining them entire.” This was at least a partial “index” in the modern sense. Anno tated, or at least explanatory, tables of contents seem to have preceded the in dex proper. Such tables followed the order of ap- ■peurance of the subjects in the book itself. Alphabetical arrangement, which xvas the beginning of the real In dex, appears not to have been thought of until the invention of printing, and even then it spread but slowly. Eras mus was one of the first to provide his works with alphabetical indexes. The custom did not become universal un til well Into thl sixteenth century. The first index to an English book Is said to be that printed in Folydore Vergil's “Angllae Historiae,” In 1540. An edition of this work published ten years later has an index of thirty-seven pages. L+-C I—*-*--*- - A - * f ' M M * A • A-A. A. A- a » m a. a a a a *k a a*a a*a w * * I ♦ V • * 'V >; k A Steady Growth Business invest ments often afford opportunities for rap idly increasing your wealth. But they in volve a lat’ixe :• The Hanicarlan Crown. The Hungarian crown worn at their accession by the emperors of Austria as kings of Hungary is the identical one made for Stephen and used at his coronation over 800 years ago. The whole is of pure gold, except the set tings. and weighs nine marks six ounces, almost exactly fourteen pounds. The settings above alluded to consist of 53 sapphires, 50 rubies, 1 em erald and 338 pearls. It will be noticed that there are no diamonds among these precious adornments. This is ac counted for by the oft quoted story of Stephen’s aversion to such gems be cause he considered them "unlucky.” ArKUs Eyed and Hydra Headed. The term " Argus eyed" means watch ful. According to the Grecian fable, Argus had 100 eyes, and Juno set him to watch all of whom she was jealous. When Argus was slain she transplant ed his eyes into the tail of the pea cock. "Hydra headed” is n term de rived from the fable of Hercules and the hydra. The hydra had nine heads, and Hercules was seat to kill it. As soon as he struck off one of Its heads two shot up In its place. Mi M f: 'M ([♦j. ■fi l': : M o ... Element of Risk ... if:: Nut -u wiih your money if deposited in the Gaffney ’•'••x mg- Bank. It is ttbsolu 4 *.ly removed from all the uncert a intie- of ether investments, it draws interest ;tt the rate of ‘1 pt r c* nt. rom the day you deposit, increase- in amount without ary effort on your part and is always safe and tit hand. The Gaffney Savings Bank. Ofiice in the National Bank of Gaffney. Bank Closes 3 P. M. Every Day Except Saturday, 5 P. M. i4I*l Rural Mail Boxes. •n * ? eL Go to R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co. for your Engine and Steam Fittings; Gandy, Rubber and Leather Belting, Cane Mills and P!vapora- & tors; Wagons aud Buggies; Barb Wire, Wire and Cut Nails. Don’t fail to see us before you buy your hardware—We want your business. $ R. M* Wilkins Hardware Co. % ♦ The Intereat In It. Fipson—I wonder what there was in the paper today about Masters? Grimes —Didn’t know there was anyUilng. Plp- son—Oh, there must have been He was saying to me that today’s Issue was usually Interesting. Happiness and misery are two ex Hemes, the utmost bounds whereof we know not.—Locke. TF-LK always contains all the latest local and foreign news. Subscribe now Sl-SO a Y e :r.