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/HE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newepuplr in the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANC* THE SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AHD THEDAY. Tlx National Bank si Baffner, S. C. State, County and City Depository. Everything of a basking nature en trusted to our care receives our very best attention. We would be glad to have your business. Bank Closes Every Day at 3 P. M. Except Saturday, 5 P. M. ESTABLISHED FEB. t NEWSY LETT® FROM WlUfflWU*' MOVEMENTS Of*** PE0PLE 0F LOWES — A Newspaper In All that the Word Impllea and Devoted to the Beet Intereeta of the People of Cherokee County./ 1 GAFFNEY, 8. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1905. $1.50 A YEAR. Personal Pi ular Ps«* Genen* Concerning Pop- Short Items of a matter over which I have no control 1 referred them to General Talia ferro.” Mr. C. F. Inman’s family have the measles. Not one of his family has had it. This is the case with others families we hear of. J. L. S* PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. FHROUGHOIIT THE PALMETTO STATE OUR UW MAKERS AT THE CAPITAL le. Feb. 10.—In our letter inst. we inadvertently state that Mr. John George in the sick list of his 's family. He has been dan- fsly ill but we are glad to learn he is now improving. The sym- fhies of this entire community go to the distressed family in their Fgreat affliction. The fifteenth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans will be held in Ixinisville. Ky., on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 14th, 15th and 16th, 1905. It’s needless to say that the city is making preparations to make this the greatest and best re union the Confederate veterans have ever had.* The almost incessant rains during the reunion there in 1900 made the perfect arrangements there a com parative failure at that time. Since then the city has been wishing for another opportunity to show the Confederate veterans what they wish to do for them. While we look upon and often speak of Kentucky as being practically out- ■side the Confederacy yet wo must con sider that she gave to the Confederate cause Jefferson Davis, Albert Sidney Johnson. Dick Taylor, John H. Mor gan, John C. Breckenridge, John Bell ‘ Hood, Simon B. Buckner, Humphrey Marshall, George B. Crittenden and a )f others whose names and ser- [will never be forgotten or over- Her w’omen, too,— the of their Southern sisters zealous in the cause for jpendence and no less liration. and J. F. Estes went Hill this week and We v •'uldn’t be sup- tas s« ne other at- locality than to look ’s a Ledgerite and a taite. iy tight the sleet began Last vAesdlTgnund is covered with fall ami theV al people can do to 3e so that it’sVl fires, get wood and kee^ complaining wit] Several people ^ colds and grippe, ^ut no serhhi^iSes that we know of. \ We. object to th* whipping post as ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. £ V a punishment for wife beaters because it is not severe enough. Recently we heard of a Judge who fined a man $10 for beat<|g his wife and on the same day he fined anothvr $25 for heating his horse. If that is the estimate put on wives it’s poor. Our R. F. D. mail failed to make the round last Wednesday and we were disappointed in not getting the legis lature and congressional reports. Since Cherokee county has been thrown into a new jui\icial district we think our neighborii^ counties— Spartanburg and Union—iannot object seriously to its getting lie solicitor- ship as they have been honored with a judgeship. If people who have contagious dis eases would stay at homo humanity would suffer less. But some people, it seems, take a pride in spreading them. Our legislature ought to lake in hand such laws as will disallow the sale of dour when it does not come up to the weight represented. It’s a mat ter well understood that the twenty- five pound sack put up for commercial purposes does not usually <ontain that amount. They are bought by our merchants and sold for tweriy-five pounds when they rarely ever exceed twentv pounds in weight. I he mer chant isn’t to blame, but the milln is, and a stop to such an imposition ought to be made. The legislature has wisely put a stop to short weights, etc., in meal and it ought to do something for the flour, too. We have had the hardest sleet that has fallen since February, 1859. As a public educator nothing can take the place of the secular newspa per, when it undertakes that work, and it ought to be helped and encour aged by all. We have taken occasion to refer to the amiable traits of Gen'l. Robert E. Lee, and in order to show how mag nificent was his character under the most exciting circumstances we quote from a letter written by him to his wife during the time he was in charge Of the military during the suppression of the John Brown insurrection and Just on the eve of his execution. H^re It is: ‘‘Harpers Ferry, Dec. 1. 1859. •‘I arrived here, dearest Mary, yes terday about noon, with four compa nies from Fort Monroe, and was busy all evening and night getting accom modations for the men, etc., and post ing sentinels and piquets to insure timely notice of the approach of the enemy. The feelings of the commun ity seem to be calmed down, and I have been received with every kind ness. etc., etc., etc.. I presume we are fixed here till after the 16th. To^ morrow will probably be the last of Captain Brown. There will be less interes. for the others, but stiM I think the troops w ill i ot be with- <J r *wn till they are similarly disposed of. ’'.1# morning I was introduced to Mrs BflW. w k°> a ^ rs ryn * dal? andT^d Mrs. McKim, all from Philadelphl ir'U« me . to ^ aV l H a , t ?! interview ith herTtut^imd. A b it Is Bucket Hammett, of Lawn, was in city Friday and Saturday with cotton. Isaac Patrick, of the Wilkinsville section, was in the city Friday on busi ness. Miss Melissa Green, of Cowpens, ar rived in the city Friday afternoop to visit her anut, Mrs. W. A. Harvey. Miss Estell Grant* who is in charge of the Swofford school, spent Satur day and Sunday in the city with her sister, Mrs. T. W. Kirby. Isaac Turner, a prominent merchant of Converse, wms in the city Saturday on business. Will Burgess and his sister, Miss Virgie. of Lando, returned home Fri day after spending several days with relatives in the city. T. F. McDow, Esq., of Yorkville spent Saturday in the city on profes sional business. Hon. W. D. Kirby went back to Co lumbia last Friday. He was prevent ed from returning earlier on account of sickness in his family, was in the city Saturday. Miss Minnie Garvin, teacher of the Hickory Grove school in the Grassy Pond section, was in the city Saturday shopping. J. M. Roberts, of Wilkinsville, was in the city Saturday on business. John Ballock. superintendent of the finishing plant, spent Saturday in Charlotte. Joseph Mintz and his son, Herschell, of the Buffalo section, were in the city Saturday. B. F. Jolly, of Boiling Springs, N. C., spent Sunday night in the city with his cousin, Mrs. R. M. Jolly. Capt. J. J. Magness, of Grassy Pond, was In the city Saturday on his way to Spartanburg to visit his daughter. W. B. Gettys, of Lattimore, N. C., was in the city Saturday. Dock Jolly, of Gastonia, N. C., spent Sunday in the city on his way home from Boiling Springs, N. C. He fomerly lived in Gaffney and is well known here. M. J. Smith, of Greenville, was in the city yesterday. Samuel D. Hope, of Spartanburg, was in the city Saturday T. H. Buxton, of Charlotte, was in the city Friday. L. W. Davis, of Enoree, was 1 city Saturday. Mrs. Joseph A. ^ rlhur o( lied about ten days ago on account of the illness of her little granddaughter, who is the child of Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith. The child is recovering and Mrs. McArthur is expected in the city this week. F. W. Hahn, of Aiken, spent Sun day in the city. Mrs. John W. Bridges, of Spartan burg came up Saturday to see her mother, Mrs. R. M. Jolly, who was quite ill. Mrs. Bridges was accom panied by her‘two children. T. J. Lipscomb, a popular traveling man from Columbia, was in the city Friday. A. L. Crutchfield, of Spartanburg, was here Friday on business. William Goldsmith, a prominent in surance man of Greenville, spent Y ri day in the city. A. Schumpert, of Columbia, w-as among the visitors in the city Friday Herbert Rhyne, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday on business. W. E. Ray, of the State Line sec tion, was in the city yesterday. J. E. Sepoch, of Grover, N. C., was a caller at The Ledger office Friday. He renewed his subscription. W. J. McGill, a successful planter and substantial citizen of King's Creek, paid The Ledger a short visit LAST WEEK THE MOST IMPOR TANT OF THE SESSION. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. The State press association will meet at White Stone Springs July 11 and may afterwards take a trip to the Portland, Ore., exposition. Sheriff D. B. Douglas, who had just entered his fifth term as sheriff, died at his home at Chesterfield Wednes day. Mr. Douglas was about sixty years old. Midshipmen Hayne and Glover, ol! the navy, whose homes are in Green ville, have been given assignments on the battleships Kearsarge and Ken tucky respectively. E. L. Dikes, colored, charged with the murder of Henry Cummings, in January, was ordered sent to the in sane asylum, physicians testifying that he was hardly in mental condi tion at this time to answer to the in dictment. The burned dispensary at Pendle ton will probably be reopened in a few (fays. The dispensary at Pickens remains closed on account of the ill ness of the dispenser, who will prob ably remain so, so the board can elect a new man. For some reason not generally known, the dispensary at Pickens was closed again last Tuesday afternoon, to remain so until Monday, when the county board met for t <: purpose of electing a dispenser. Dispenser Ba ker remains very ill and will likely resign. It is said that the position will not go begging, as there are quite a number of prospective applicants. In fact, there will likely be a warm contest over the election. The Appropriation Bill Passed Without Much Division—New Judicial Cir cuits Arranged. A collision occurred between the Southern’s southbound passenger train No. 33, and a switching engine with several cars at the northern entrance to the railroad yards at the old Char lotte, Columbia -A Augusta depot in _ v before 3 olumbia a few minutes A . -« w p T ,ty. o’clock Thursday afternoop. f° ur persons were slightly injured, trt ftovtefrtke must seriously huit being G. P. Harris, fireman on the switching en gine. All of the injured passengers were able to continue on their way a few hours later in the afternoon. Henry E. Swain, alias Wheeler Big- gar, a young white man, was commit ted’to jail Friday morning by United States Commissioner McGowan, of Spartanburg, to await an examination on Monday for selling a large number of two-cent postage stamps. Swain was arrested Thursday afternoon by Policeman Hall at the instigation of Postoffice Inspector Pulsifer, who worked up the case against the young man. Several days ago Swain dis posed of seventy-five two-cent stamps to E. C. Ballenger, on North Church street for 75 cents. It is understood that he sold stamps to other parties but this Swain denies, though he ad mits having sold stamps to Mr. Bal lenger. Henry Green, colored, confined in the Oconee jail, has been making dis coveries during his spare time, of which he has twenty-four hours seven days of each week. Last Saturday he handed to Sheriff Kay a hack saw, which ho said he found concealed in Columbia, Feb. 13.—Last week was the most important week of the legis lature session, a number of very im portant bills being disposed of by both houses. In addition to the consider ation of the routine bills, as the ap propriation and supply bills, the legis lature determined its policy in regard to such matters as the judicial system, the colleges, the dispensary and the immigration department. The appropriation bill, th^ most im portant of all, was passed by the house without serious division on any of the items. This is evidence of the careful work done on the bill by the ways and means committee, of which Mr. Altamont Moses, of Sumter, is the very efficient chairman. The bill fixes the appropriations the same as for the year just closed. There was an at tempt on the part of Josh Ashley to knock out the appropUation for the immigration department and to reduce the appropriation of the South Caro lina College but both propositions were rejected. It is impossible in the space of this letter to give the amounts provided for every purpose of State government. The “supply bill” is the bill which fixes the rate of taxation for the State and the separate counties. This has also passed the house. It raises the State levy by one-half mill, making it 6% mills. This is done in order to get the State on a cash basis. For the last few years the appropriations have beqn greater than the amount raised by the levy of 5 bills conse quently the State has been running behind every year. It is estimated that by raising the levy one-half mill enough can be raised to pay off some of the outstanding indebtness as well as the current expenses of the govern ment. It requires one mill to raise the amount of $200,000 appropriated for pensions, so that the levy for general purposes is really 4% mills. In addi tion there is the levy of three mills fixed for school purposes by the con- department of immigration was called up Friday night firid by decisive vote the house refus^ to pass the bill. The vote was ^fxty-seven to thirty-six in favor of the motion to indefinitely postpone the bill. Those who voted against ttm motion and therefore in favor ot, abolishing the department, were: Messrs. Arnold, Ashley, Boyd, Bradham, Earhardt, Epting, E. J. Eth ridge, Gause, W. J. Gibson Graham, Gray, B. L. Green, Wm. Green Hall, Higgins, Hutto, Irby, Kershaw, Kirby, Lester, Little, Lomax, T. J. Mauldin, Morrison, Nance, Otts, Pittman, Pol lock, Reeves, Sellers, Sheldon, Taylor. M. \V. Walker and Whatley. The house has killed the bill intro duced by Mr. Toole, of Aiken, to limit the hours of work in factories to ten hours a day, the present law being eleven hours. There was a very warm discussion of this question but the house put itself on record as favoring no interference at present with the labor laws. By a very large majority the house has passed the bill to establish a re formatory for youthful criminals, pro viding an appropriation of $5,000 for that purpose, but the bill has not been acted upon in the senate. The senate has before it a bill by Senator Mauldin, of Greenville, to abolish beer dispensaries and hotel privileges and from the preliminary vote it appears that this bill will pass the senate by small majority. The session will end on Saturday night. While a great many matters have been considered this means that a large number of bills will be left on the calendar without having been takn up. If their authors desire to do so they can be considered next year, bnt it is usually the rule that a bill which goes over is never considered. J. H. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. Cotton Growers Meet. The farmers and citizens of this community met in the court house Saturday, February 11th, to take steps for the perfection of the cotton grow ers association in this county. Mr. R. C. Sarratt. being called to the chair, explained the object of the meeting. : ^ On motion of Mr. W. J. Jones n^wa* agreed that a dommittee be appointed to secure the names of all who would pledge themselves for a reduction of the cotton acreage, guano, etc. Mess. M. A. Sarratt, W. W. Thom as, W. F. McArthur, R. C. Sarratt, K. O. Huskey, S. A. McCraw. Jas. Pet tit, Joe Jolly. T. W. Williamson. W. I Jones, J. R. Jones, C. Camp, J. C. Phil lips, Brooks Carter, T. L. Clary, Jas. Gordon, Samuel Allison, Jas. Mason. R. A. Hawkins, W. Roundtree and J. terns of Interest Concerning Ouf Neighbors in the Old North Stato Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers The two-year-old child of Mr. Robert Liske, of Concord, fell in the fire Tues day and received burns from the ef fects of which it died Wednesday. Coroner A. E. Lentz, of Concord, held an inquest over the body of Charles Evans, a negro, who was found dead in his buggy Tuesday morning in No. 3 township. It seems that Evans and another negro were in Ahe buggy drunk. The other negro unhitched the mule and rode home, and left Evans in the buggy by the roadside, and he froze to death that night. The Queen City Drug Stoje, in Charlotte, owned by W. H. Vick, col ored, has been closed because of finan cial troubles. The institution has been in a bad way for several months. It has liabilities amounting to $3,000 or more, with perhaps less than $1,000 assets. Mr. R. J. Cochrane, owner of the store room, 227 East Trade street, closed the store for back rent. Seven prisoners confined in the de tention cell in the county court house in Asheville awaiting trial, came near effecting their escape Wednesday af ternoon by picking the lock of the heavy door. The men were all charged with larceny and were discover**- by a deputy sheriff just as they were leaving the cell. They were captured and placed in Jail with little difficulty. ^tution, making the tc'^J^te levy Jitltt 1 UllBL sr »aia a levy almost as high, Greenville's be ing 6% mills, Spartanburg’s 7 mills and Saluda’s 7 mills. Anderson, how ever, has only a four mill levy for county purposes. There was considerable difference between the house and senate on the bill to create two additional judicial circuits and the senate in the end had its way. The bill has now been agreed to and the arrangement of the circuits is as folows: First—Berkeley, George town, Dorchester and Orangeburg; Second—Hampton, Aiken, Bamberg and Barnwell: Third—Clarendon, Florence, Lee, Sumter and Williams burg: Fourth—Chesterfield, Darling ton, Horry, Marion and Marlboro: Fifth—Kershaw, Richland, Lexington and Edgefield: Sixth—Chester, Fair- field, Lancaster and York; Seventh-- Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union and Laurens; Eighth—Abbeville, Green wood, Saluda and Newberry; Tenth— Anderson, Greenville. Pickens, and Oconee; Ninth—Charleston, Colleton and Beaufort. The elections for the two places as judge and solicitor created by this bill will be held this week. It is considered certain that as Judge of the now ninth circuit Mr. R. Withers Memminger, of Charleston, will be elected. The other judgeship while in the city on busi- the mattress of his jail bunk. Sun day morning he produced saw No. 2 | j s f or the tenth, and the candidates and turned it over to Sheriff Kay. On j are Representatives Prince, of Ander son, and Cothran, of Greenville, and Solicitor Boggs, of Pickens. A solici tor for the eighth and one for the committee. Mess. M. J. -Saratt, W. W. Thomas and W. F. McArthur were appointed delegates to represent Gaffney pre cinct at the county association on Sat urday, 18th inst. It was agreed that another meeting be held next Saturday at 1 o’clock p. m. A “Gibson Party.” One of the most delightful of this season’s entertainments among the younger set, was the “Gibson Party’’ on Friday evening, given by Misses Ruth and Flory Sarratt complimentary to their club. The idea was prettily carried out by the score cards. In the center of each was a picture of a hand-painted Gibson head, and the reception hall and parlors were beautifully decorated with Gibson pictures used abundantly with lovely effect. After music and games salads and delicious ice cream and cakes were served. Those who enjoyed the charming hospitality of the Misses Sarratt were: Misses Jessie Lipscomb, Winnie Davenport. Lucy Carpenter, Loula and Freeman Garrett, Pearl Crawley, Wil- mer Gaffney, Stella Hamilton and Clara Sarratt. Postmaster Walter B. Steele died at his home at High Point just before the noon hour Thursday morning, of pneu monia. He was apopinted postmaster of the High Point office about three years ago, and by his push and energy had made the service there almost perfect. Had he lived he would most probably have been .re-appointed. He leaves a wife and daughter to mourn their loss. The deoi||Nyl was a man “well off” in this world’s goods. Ramsey’s Confederate Battery, an organization which distinguished itself at the great battle of Gettysburg and other conflicts of the civil war, has fnvttbft"PFesTdem *Roosevel116 attend a reunion of the battery, which is to be held in North Carolina next. May. The invitation was tendered the pres- dent Wednesday by Representative Kluttz, of North Carolina. The Presi dent expressed his pleasure at receiv ing the invitation, but expressed doubt whether at that time he would be able to be present. Monday morning, however, he beat the record, showing that he had not been idle during Sunday night, and exhibited a collection of three saws, which he obtained from the same charged that the bill was so amended j gans are weak, the food does not di source. All five were handed over to ' j n jjj e senate that should be placed in j gest, and there is a sour, slimy, fer- ] h ' s . , f I Sheriff Kay, who now has them in his j circuit with Newberry, Abbeville j rnenting mass, making it an ideal spot • . , ’ a ! ,roni " possession. He says they are “hum-; an j Greenwood in order that Senator for the disease germs to multiply, ot Columbia, was in ; mers,’’ too, for they g > through steel p: U ge ne S. Blease, of Saluda, might be The only way to protect yourself Saturday ness. Cicero Barnett and family have moved from the Gaffney cotton mill to the mill at Converse. Col. J. G. Wardlaw came over from Charlotte Saturday to spend Sunday with his family. W tect 1I1C1 latter part of last week on business an ordinary saw through wood, in his line. Jasper Shepard, a negro lad about Frozen Schedules. 1C years old, was shot and killed on “The passenger trains on the Tuesday morning in the woods, a mile Southern ” remarked the Gaffney Led- 1 or two from St. George, by another ger joyfully the other day, “have negro. Henry'Summers. A jury of in- about gotten back to their regular quest was empanelled by Coroner schedules.” And just as the observa-! Kizen and a verdict was rendered tion got printed why it went, and that he was killed by Summers, with- snowed and froze the schedules all out saying whether accidentally or in ninth will also be elected, and it is PROTECT YOURSELF GERMS AGAINST People With Weak Stomachs Most Liable to Catch Disease. When the stomach and digestive or- Wednesday, at the Planters’ Ware house at Statesville, Messrs. V. H. Lackey and Ollie Hines, of Alexan der county, realized $225 for a lot of tobacco raised on three acres, and one of the gentlemen remarked, as he pocketed the check, that the cotton he raised last year on two acres brought just $34. Mr. R. B. Dobson, of Sharpsburg township, Iredell coun ty. put six acres in tobacco last year. For what he has sold at Statesville he has gotten over $100, and he is confi dent of realizing $250 for the amount still on hand, making an average of more than $100 to the acre. Deputy Sheriff Andrews has brought to Fayetteville John Watson. Alic Watson, G. McPherson and Frazier Gilchrist, charged with complicity in the homicide of Abe Dolliver, at a ne gro festival near Raeford, a short time ago. They were arraigned before Magistrate C. P. Overby and commit ted to Jail. Dolliver. just before he died, stated that Alex. Graham, who escaped, fired the fatal shot, but it was in evidence at the coroner’s in quest that there were four negrocj who went to the festival with their guns; that they were quarrelsome tmd disorderly, and that more than one shot was fired. up again.—Gastonia Gazette, The Ledger man who was “rejoic ing” over the observation that the Southern’s trains (especially the northbound!) had about resumed tentionally. Wm. War that Shepa ting wood The testimony of ' Mr, an eye-witness, was a candidate for solicitor, this charge being made in debate in the hou c e. The house, as mentioned before in this correspondence, has passed the Toole bill, which is almost Identical with the famous Brice bill, permitting, counties having dispensaries to close them on majorit vote. But the house has done more than that. It has re jected by an overwhelming majority the bill patched up in the senate that was ostensibly intended to prevent . J , corruption in the buying of liquor by [and Summers were cut-, t jj e g^ a j e board of directors. These >r him; that they had i two vo t eg s how that the house is by been joking each other all the moru- their regular schedules, was all am ] that Summers picked up soon to be reminded of the fallacy of his Inspiration, and of the mutability of things in the railroad world; for his “joy” was taken from him a few nights later when he was forced to spend seven long, weary, sleepless hours on “35” in the yards at Charlotte, Shepard’s gun from a log, where it was lying, and that it was discharges, the load lodging In Shepard’s face, In flicting a wound, of which he died in fifteen minutes. Two negroes who were present, and Summers himself. bi'T^r^r 1 " 8 d,,wn w “ “ rins " dI,s Misses jackets at | know the gun was loaded. From the testimony It would appear that the —Ladies and cut prices, at J. I. Sarratt’s. killing was entirely accidental, no rarmii a quarrel or threats appearing. Under Byers’^new Store Wednesday, FebrJ- ^e verdict however, the coroner was y 7 tr> commit Summer# for ary 15th. —Carload of new goods at Carroll & Byers’ new store, new Dress Goods, new Waist Goods, new Linens, new Silks and new Shoes. —Don’t fail to see the beautiful window at Carroll & Byers’ new store. compelled to trial, and he is now in Jail. —Don’t forget the date of Carroll 4 Byers’ opening sale. no means a dispensary house. The stralghtout opponents of the dispen sary opposed the senate bill on the ground that they did not w’ant to im prove the dispensary as long as there is the chance to kill it and with the aid of those who are friendly to the board as now constituted the anti dis pensary members were able to prevent the passage of this bill, which provid ed for the purchase of whiskey through sealed secret bids to be sent through the State treasurer. Those who voted for the bill, the minority, were: Speaker Smith, Representa tives Bradham, Brantley, Clifton, Fos ter, Gaston, Gauge, B. L. Green Wm. Green, Giles D. O. Herbert, Laney, Mc- Fadden, Otts Plttmtn, Pollock, Poston, Rawllnson, Richards, Stoll and What ley. There sere seventy-eight who voted against the bill. Against the objections of Its author, against disease germs is to strengthen the stomach and digestive organs, and Mi-o-na is the only agent, so far as is known, that will accomplish this. The ordinary medicine that is taken for indigestion and stomach troubles is advertised to act upon the food alone, and hence can give no more than temporary relief. Mi-o-na is a certain cure in all casee of stomach troubles, excepting cancer, because it enables the stomach and digestive or gans to act in the way Nature internL ed they should. Drugs cannot digest the food; they simply decompose it. If you suffer with distress after eat ing, pains in the head, chest, sides and back, belching of gases and undigested food, bad taste in the mouth, dizziness, or vertige, heartburn, variable appe tlte, sick headaches, spots before the eyes, and have a general feeling of de spondency, weakness, and debility you should at once strengthen the atom ach and digestive system by the use of Mi-o-na. There is no liquid, no alcohol, no spoonful doses with Mi-o- na. Just otie simple tablet out of a fifty cent box before eating, and your stomach will soon become so strong and healthy that you will be germ proof. Ask The Gaffney Drug Co. to show you the guarantee under which they sell Mi-o-na; costs nothing un less it cures. —Carroll 4 Byers keep groceries, staple and fancy, at their new store _ . .. and the old National Bank building. | Josh Ashlsjr, the bill to Abolish the -410,000 worth of Muslin Under^ wsar at undsr pales at Carroll 4 Byers’ February 15th. William B. Ellis, of Freehold, N. J., was drowned off the coast, one mile south of Topsail Inlet, near Wilming ton, Saturday. Ellis, with Steve Boe, of Norway, his engineer, had started from Topsail to Wilmington in a gaso line launch, when the machinery in the launch gave way about a mile to sea. The weather was rough and in tensely cold, and the two men started ashore in a skiff, when the smaller boat capsized. The Norwelgan swam ashore for assistance at a great risk of his own life, leaving Ellis clinging to the skiff. Before assistance could reach him, Ellis drowned and his body washed ashore under the capsized boat. The remains were sent to Free hold, N. J., for interment. J. B. Duke, president of the Ameri can Tobacco Company, accompanied by his bride, reached Durham Friday morning and is on a visit to Washing ton Duke, the aged father of Mr. Duke. When Mr. Washington Duke fell re cently and broke the bone in his hip, the son and his bride were on a tour of Europe, having crossed the Atlan tic immediately after the quiet mar riage in New Jersey. The cablegram telling of his father’s injury cut short the bridal trip, and the bride and groom turned back towards their country, and then came direct to Dur ham. It is reported that Mr. W. Duke Is getting along as well as could expected for a man of his years, who is suffering from a broken leg , j . m 'U' CVmY Jgs . ■- *4 Cm •> P