The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, April 18, 1905, Image 7
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PATENT AND PROPRIETARY
MEDICINES.
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I^or fc?^«ilo
From my prize-winners, R. I. Reds,
Rose and Single Comb. Kggs 15
for #1.50; White Plymouth Rocks,
U. R. Fishei’s strain of prize-win
ners, eggs ^1.50 for 15; Barred Ply
mouth Rocks, H iwkins’strain, eggs
#1.00 for 15. All my stock is fine se-
f lected and show birds My Rhode
^Island Reds are the best that I could
buy in Massachusetts and Rhode Is
land. Send us your orders and we
will give you good fresh eggs.
Cherokee Poultry Yards
E. R. CASH, Prop.
GAFFNEY,
S. C.
A Reply to Mr. Bok.
CABBAGE PLANTS FROM THE
BEST TESTED SEEDS.
Now ready for shipment. Large
strong, healthy. These plants were
grown in the open air and will stand
severe freeze without injury. Early
Jersey. Wakefield, Large Type or
Charleston Wakefield, which are the
best known varieties of early cabbage.
Also Henderson’s Succession, the
best large, late and sure header. Au
gusta Early Trucker, also a fine type
of late variety. Neatly packed in
light baskets, £1.50 per thousand; for
5,000 or over, $1.25 per thousand, F.
O. B. express office. Special prices
made on large lots.
,CHAS. M. GIBSON,
Dec-i6-4mo Youngs Island, S. C.
irsam. .v* •• .. . •;
For Sale at a 1
A
Bargain.
1 olfer for sale several
cottages
close gin.
All
modern improvements,
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shade trees, water con-
nection, etc., at a bar
gain.
Also several va
cant lots ; good as in
vestment or for resi
dence. See me before ^
buying. : : : :
Z. A. Robertson.'
Come to Headquarters
FOR
Fresh Groceries
Fresh Shad Fridays and Saturdays
Fresh Bicycles
Fresh Talking Machines
The talking and singing is absolute
ly free to one and all. Como to
W. J. MANESS
THE MEAT MAN.
I am not a maker of patent medi
cines nor have I any interest in the
sale of them. 1 am simply a user, like
the rest of you.
Patent medicines are friends of my
| youth, and friends of my family. They
| have hepled me when I needed help;
and if they need help now I feel like
j defending them. It is only fair reci
procity.
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The fact is that the term “patept”
medicines,” as applied to advertised
| remedies, is a misnomer. Very few
; of the remedies advertised to the laity
j are patented. The real patent medi
cines are advertised to physicians
alone. They are brought into use al
most solely through physicians’ pre
scriptions.
Practically all the snythetic chemi
cals produced in late years are pro-
j tected by patents. The most valuable
| products used by modern physicians
j are patented. The coal tar prepara
tions which are most widely used, and
j the most effective germicides, are
! among them. All physicians prescribe
I these remedies, yet they know that
| their owners control a monopoly.
The largest pharmaceutical houses
| are not those which make remedies
: advertised in the newspapers. They
! make the remedies which are adver
tised to physicians alone, and they
control those remedies absolutely by
a patent or trademark. If the medi
cal profession ceased to use these pat
ented remedies, half the prescriptions
which are written would need to be
altered.
This does not hear out Mr. Bok’s
theory that the discoverer of a rem
edy of real value gives it freely to the
world. The custom with those who
invent them and control them just as
does the man who invents a new ma
chine. And the medical profession rec
ognize and approve the method, for
every modern physician prescribes
patented remedies more frequently
than any others. And enormous en
terprises are built solely on this fact.
The mere fact, therefore, that a
man controls a remedy, either by a
patent or trademark, does not argue
against it. It is rather evidence that
the man has something which he con
siders worth controlling.
If the man, in addition, spends
large sums in advertising, whether to
physicians or to the laity, it forms to
mo further evidence of value. Nothing
is more certain than the fact that a
worthless article cannot be advertised
profitably.
’J’hose who know advertising know
that the cost of selling a bottle or
package to a new user is several times
the profit made on it. The only hope
of profit comes through continued use;
and without merit continued use can
not be expected. When a man has
made a success in advertising a medi
cine it. is to me the best evidence pos
sible that he has something good.
A physician may put up a presccrip-
tion for some individual case without
givinu; much thought to it. But if that
physician is going to spend a fortune
on advertising, with no possibility of
getting his money back unless he sat
isfies millions of users, he is naturally
going to put up the best prescription
he can mal e. If he is wise he will
get the best prescriptions for his pur
pose that any man can make.
Then there is the question of alco
hol which Mr. Bok seems to consider
such a perilous one. All the fluid ex
tracts and tinctures used in medicine
must employ alcohol as a solvent and
preservative. Prohibit a physician
from using alcohol in his prescriptions
and you would make the practice of
medicine impossible. If a physician
must use alcohol in certain prescrip-
tions, shall we complain that a ready
made medicine employs it for the same
purpose?
If we are going to avoid the use of
alcohol we must banish the extracts
and essences used in our kitchens.
Fluid extracts, whether they are medi
cinal or culinary, cannot be made or
preserved without alcohol.
The use of alcohol in medicine is
approved by the pharmacopoeias of
all nations. It is in accord with the
practice of all medical authorities in
the world.
The abuse of alcohol is another
matter, but the cost alone is enough
to prevent abuse. Alcohol costs about
$2.fi0 per gallon. It is too expensive
for any medicine maker to use more
than he needs of it. And he cannot
hope that people are going to take
the medicine because of the alcohol
when good whiskey can be purchased
for one-fifth as much.
A dose of medicine which contains
even 20 per cent, of alcohol does not
seem to me a very dangerous mat
ter. That means one-fifth of a tea
spoonful of alcohol at a time. Physi
cians do not hesitate to give brandy
to a child in teaspoonful doses, and
brandy is half alcohol. When one
compares medicine with wine or beer,
he should also compare the dosage.
One takes more alcohol in a glass of
wine than he takes in a great many
doses of medicine.
Mr. Bok is also most unfair in his
reference to poisons used In proprie
tary medicines. It is true that some
medicines contain poisons in small
percentages, but the use is not nearly
as general as in physicians’ prescrip
tions. A great many drugs which are
recognized by every physician as help
ful in small doses are poisonous when
taken in excess.
An elderly druggist told me a few
days ago that he had personally exam
ined more thah 100,000 physicians’
prescriptions, and, by actual count 70
per cent, of them contained an opiate.
Yet analysis shows not, a trace of opi
ate in the largest sellers among the
proprietary remedies.
Strychnine is another dangerous
drug largely prescribed by physicians.
It is used as a tonic and stimulant.
Yet this is a drug rarely found in
proprietaries.
The maker of a proprietary medi
cine must be more careful about the
use of any poison than the physican.
The physician is in a position to direct
his doses and to watch the results.
He is able to take chances which no
maker of a general remedy will take,
for fear that the directions on the
bottle will not be adhered to.
There are thousands of physicians
whose interests are opposed to pro
prietary remedies. They are ready to
denounce a ready made remedy at the
slightest evidence of harm from It.
Yet how seldom we hear of any harm
from proprietaries. I have myself
never heard of a single authenticated
case.
It is the lack of poison, rather than
its presence, which forms the real ob
jection to proprietaries. It Is by using
a poison which the medicine maker
avoids that the physician often se
cures a greater effect. The maker of
a remedy has too much at stake to
use anything which will result in oc
casional harm. And this caution
leads him often to omit ingredients
which he knows to he valuable.
Proprietary remedies are used not
alone by the poor who cannot afford
to call a physician. They are em
ployed by those to whom expense is
of no importancce. And in ordinary
ailments, when a physician is called,
he prescribes a ready made remedy.
Proprietary remedies are at some
time taken by all of us. They are
found in nearly every home.
And I know of ntf business whqre
fraud has less chance of success than
in medicine . A worthless remedy is
very quickly found out.. A sick per
son will not long continue a remedy
which does not help. The lack of
merit in a food may remain long un
discovered, but if a medicine lacks
virtue the fact is at once apparent.
When I need a remedy for any or
dinary ailment, my choice goes to a
remedy so good that it made its
maker rich. A Defender.
MARRIED AT BLACKSBURG.
Arrival of Trains.
For the convenience of the people
og Gaffney and vicinity, we publish
below a correct schedule of the ar-
rival at. Gaffney of the passenger
trains on the Southern railroad:
GOING SOUTH
No. 39 arrives at 9:10 A. M.
No. 157 arrives at 10:57 A. M
No. 11 arrives at 2:52 P. M.
No. 97 arrives at 6:43 P. M.
No. 35 arrives at 11:50 P. M.
GOING NORTH
No. 36 arrives at 7:22 A. M.
No. 12 arrives at 4:40 P. M.
No. 38 arrives at 6:43 P. M.
No. 40 arrives at 8:30 P. M.
No. 97 is a mail train only, and Nos.
37 and 38 are “the vestibules;” and
none of the three stops at Gaffney.
All the others make regular stops.
Mail is sent, from Gaffney on all
trains! except Nos. 97, 39 and 40, and
is received from all except Nos. 39
and 40. The mails close at. the nost-
ofliee thirty minutes before each train
is due to arrive.
—Don’t fail to see the Woods Sis
ters at the Star Theatre next Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday nights.
—My ice cream is made from pure
Jrseey cream and milk. Visit my par
lor and try it. C. C. Humphries.
Mr. R. P. Rippy and Miss May Shiver
Joined for Life.
Blacksburg, April 15.—Mr. R. P.
Rippy and Miss May Shiver were
married at the Baptist church last
Sunday night by Rev. I. T. Newton.
The ceremony w:is perfomed imme
diately after the usual prayermeeting
services were concluded. Notwith
standing the fact that it was the in
tention of those most concerned that
the affair should be qujet and free
from any great display or publicity,
the church was about full. Mr. Newton
stated that he would feel greatly en
couraged at the unusual large atten
dance present at prayermeeting were
he pastor of the church. However,
it is not to be presumed that all pres
ent came altogether for the purnose
of enjoying the first part of the ex
excises. Mr. Newton performed the
ceremony in his usual interesting
manner, and it is the sincere desire
of the many friends of the couple that
their wedded life may be equally as
interesting, and that, their lives may
be blessed with health, happiness and
much usefulness.
Miss Shiver was one of Blacksburg’s
most charming young ladies, and while
Mr. Rippy is an unusually nice fellow
and a prominent young business man,
he is to be congratulated for being so
fortunate as to win such a prize. Mr.
and Mrs. Rippy will make their home
at this place.
Mr. A. J. Crow, who was reported
some time ago as being so unfortu
nate as to get his leg broken in sev
eral places, we are glad to state is
improving. He is now able to walk
around some by vising crutches.
A case was tried before Magistrate
B. J. Gould the 12th instant which
has resulted in considerable comment
at this place. D. D. Gaston, plaintiff,
brought suit against the Southern
Railway company for faiulre to place
spittoons in the car, as the act nro-
vides. The plaintiff was represented
by Attorney N. W. Hardin, of this
place, and the railway company was
represented by Atorney W. S. Hall,
of Gaffney. The jury made a mistrial.
The jury was composed of young
men and they were teased for not
coming to a decision. The following
day the case was continued. A new
jury was formed and after sitting till
some time in the night they agreed
to disagree. These were older and
wiser (?) heads. It is not known at
present what the ultimate outcome
Will be.
The mill at this place, which has
been stopped for a little more than two
weeks, is now about ready to start up
again. The temporary closing down
of the mill was due to an accident in
the engine room. The operatives, as
well as the stockholders, are rejoiced
to know that the new cylinder has ar
rived and they hope to he able to re
turn to their work the first of the
week.
Blacksburg, April 17.—Mr. W. W.
Hoard and family spent Sunday in
town with Mrs. J. B. Blalock.
Mr. Grover Baber, who has been
attending school in Charleston, has
returned home for a few weeks visit.
Mr. L. G. Wylie, of Hickory Grove,
has accepted a position as clerk in
Mr. W. J. Moorehead’s store, at this
place.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rippy have re
turned home after a week’s visit with
friends and relatives in Earl, N. C.
Mr. .1. A. Maxwell and family left
Saturday for their new home in Char
leston.
Miss Bessie Smith, one of Blacks
burg’s most charming young ladies,
spent Sunday in Spartanburg with her
sister.
Mr. J. L. Thomson, who has been
attending the dental college in At
lanta, is at home on a vacation.
Mrs. W. E. Anderson and little
daughter. Rnjh, left this morning for
Elberton, Ga.. where they will spend
a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Belue went to
Charlotte on business recently.
Mr. Broadus Moss spent Sunday
with his parents in Earls.
Mr. C. A. Stewart, of Prosperity,
is in town for a few days.
Mrs. Earnest Gunthorpe, of Rock
Hill. Is visiting her mother, Mrs. C. S.
Whisonant.
Mrs. Bomar Whisnant, of Rock Hill,
is visiting friends and relatives In
town. F. B.
HAS OPENED
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^ with a large and complete line of
Hardware, Cutlery, Farming Imple-
\ ments, Harness, etc. Your patronage
^ ^solicited. : : : : :
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jEVERYTHING NEW
i LIMESTONE STREET.
The Dixie
IS STILL IN THE LEAD FOR LOW PRICES.
I HAVE FULL LINE OF
Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Hard
in ware, Tinware, Flour, Oats, Corn, Hay, Salt,
Sugar, Coffee, Meat and Lard. In fact,
Everything Needed in the Home or on the Farm.
BE SURE TO GIVE ME A CALL.
AM GLAD TO SHOW GOODS.
SUMTER LITTLEJOHN.
^-.Tust what the doctor ordered—
the Woods Sisters at the Star Thea
tre next Monday night.
—Nelson, the Star Clothier, is pre
paring to run a special sale soon. See
his ad. in another column.
—Extra good Clothing for Boys at
Carroll & Byers’.
Subscribe for The Ledger, only $1.00
WANT EIDI!
All you I clothes Unit need brightening up,
bring them to us. We will nntke them ^look
fresh iind new. . ''fW
All work done by expert tailors.”
See us and Join our pressing elub.1
W. H. [ROBINSON, Tailor! |
Over W. D. Telegraph Office.
Phone No. 43.
Within Reach
is the money to your credit in
the Gaffney Savings Bank.
But remember that it is your
reach only that it is within;
your written order is neceasary
to obtain it. Burglars and
thieves have no chance to
get it.
The Gaffney Savings Bank
would like to open an account with you. One dollar
will do for a start, your own pride will make
it grow. We pay four per cent, inter-
.•. est on all deposits.
The Gaffney Savings Bank.
Office in The NationakBank of Gaffney.
EASTERTIDE
T^HE HAND OF ART is displayed in the selection of our Spring line of Milli-
* n ery, vying with Nature in all her beauties, as shown in foliage and Mowers as
she puts on her new Spring dress for Easter. Our Miss Codd is an artist in her
line, and in the selection and making of shapes, blending of colors, neatness in trim
surpasses anything we have yet seen in the Millinery line.
This is not mere talk; to see it is to appreciate it.
In our Spring and Summer line of Dress Goods there is beauty; that which
pleases the eye and satisfies the soul, so far as dress materials go.
Dainty patterns in Wash Materials that can’t ho described on paper. Wo want
you to see them, as the goods furnish the best argument in their favor.
Here are some of them : Silk Novelties, Trevise Cords, Crepes, Etamiues, Soi-
sette, Cordenia, Batistes, Organdies, Mohair, Luster, Southern Nickers, Southern
Silks, etc., remind you of the gentle, cooling breezes of Spring.
Seasonable Footwear for Ladies, Misses and Children, and wo don’t forget the
Men and Boys in this line. Our sales have been very satisfactory on Spring foot
wear. Wo combine both quality and style in this lino.
WILKINS
GAFFNEY. S. C.
CO..