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it.-.. 1 THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. EVCRY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE. The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. GUARANTEE THE 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 Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1904. GAFFNEY, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1905. $1.00 A YEAR. W- THROUGHOUT THF. PALMETTO STATE MR. CHRISTENSEN AND MR. LYON. r No Cause for Alarm as to Their Sus pected Gubernatorial Aspirations. In an editorial in the Beaufort Ga zette, the editor, Senator Niels Chris tensen, Jr., says in regard to the pur- ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING l )()ses of Mr - Lyon aml himself 80 far as regards the dispensary investiga- EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. lon; No Cause for Alarm. , “Some level headed newspapers are Happenings AM Over the State Taken seming , y agitate(1 over a matter about from Our Exchanges and Tersely which we can reassure them. Says the Dillon Herald: A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVIILE, BIG NEW LOCOMOTIVES. the Heavy Engines to be Used on Southern. The following from the Greenville, S. ('., News will be read with interest: Division Superintendent P. L. Me- MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF Manus spent yesterday in Greenville. LOWER CHEROKEE. Told F The po niice and store of Emanuel A Bruce, it Mallory, were broken open and rohh* d Sunday night. Stamps, dry ^iK)us ind a small amount of cash were talo n. The sale was hauled a shoM ill- 'iucj from the store, but the Luigi , s lied to crack it. Vigorous efforts will be made to capture the robbers, wno evidently were not ex perts. •“We doubt very nn.c , > if .1. Eraser Lyon, of Abbeville, or Senator Niels Christensen. Jr., of Beaufort, the two young gentlemen lately come into some prominence through the dispen sary investigations, have ever expect ’d my reward for the work they are do- flbert. watchman at the - iops in Abbeville, was shot 'rs Monday evening, and W. L. Seaboard in the his 4trm paralyzed. He attempted to arrest a negro who had stolen a should* r rule on the slid bert’s :• The ne now 0 a •reigbt train which reaclie -do] Iro trail. Lpe.'i negro wrested Oil- kim ami shot him. The ponce are a ■ v< if th< who fa 1 i shot bohi* woun 1. the worn, of her su have done is said tii : iles, . t ! S '.ip. ’y n\- >n used in ind \. om in on the , - e >, was :, a gun ing, and it is exceedingly unfortunate that the Greenville News should rise un just at this time-and nominate them for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively. As we understand U this work is purely nonpolitical. * * * If v .'.-.papers and persons insist on pitt ing M"-srs. Lyon and Christensen in ;he light of prosecutors or persecutors of the dispensary or begin to boom Them for State offices it will certainly have an adverse effect on the work which the\ seem to have begun so well, and which, so far, they have conducted -o fairly and impartially. * * * How ever, if Mr. Lyon or Mr, Christensen or any other member of the committee ' >es something particularly commen- He is much interested in the new lo comotives which are being broken in on the division between this city and Atlanta. The big freight engines are known as the “700 class” because their numbers begin with 700 and do not reach 800. On the other nan 1 the “trailers,” or passenger engines, are of the ”1200 class” for the same reason. Speaking of the locomotives and the interest the men took in them, the THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE NORTH CAROLINA. CRAZED BY WHISKEY. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of General Interest. Wilkinsville, Aug 22.—Just as we said they would do, some of the fox- hunters that went to the low country wees, before last, nave decided to bu. i “Engine 122<>, the Paciflc tvpe of land in that section. Whether with a passenger locomotive which has been No. 28 which has grown too heavy for] view of moving to it at once or for hunting or pasture we are unable just now to say. Uev. V. 1). Hammett preached at Abingdon Creek church last Sabbath. He will begin the protracted meeting there the third Sabbath of September, the present engines r.nd expects Lev. Mr. Taylor to assist, “Engines 1228, J227 and 12:.’:* ■ him for a week. I now being broken in between Atlanta The hoys returned from their fox . and Greenville and these with engine hunt last Saturday. They were gone; 1220 will handle trains 2S. 2J. JO an: about fen days and caught three foxes.] 27. Six more of the Pacific tvoe n- The rainy weather was against them, i gines are on route from the loc »:in)- n i they cmiid not do much part of :ive works at Richmond, the time. - ! “Fourteen of the 7'ib class of en- Ye/tcrdav Mr. and Mrs. Ben McCul- gines for service bet mm (L-eenville Heyward Alderman Saved From an Awful Crime. Aiken, Atig. 22.—What came n^ar proving to be a horrible homicide was narrowly averted here yesterday after* noon by the pluck and prompt action IN of a nervy young woman. Mr. Heyward Alderman, son of ex-Sheriff Alderman, ha.s -been on a drinking spree for sev eral days past and late yesterday after noon he became suddenly and unac- Items of Interest Concerning Our cm >ntably enraged with his ymjng wife at their home on the edge tn the city Ne._'-b. rs in t!-,e Old Nortiy State j and atV'mpted to shoot her. Mrs. Al- ^ , r , . I rt ’rman was formerly Miss Gwendon- Cubed Expressly for Leoger Readers. M vn Hayes> a daughter of ex-Council- O. H. Miner, bookkeeper for the I ol , Au § usta - Pilot t'otion Mills of Raleigh, died from tlie effects of a mosquPo bite an. - ' v buried Monday afternoon. He was bitten ten lavs ago and blood poison .. ^ - S.,t in. The I ire was on the upp-r Up.! 5 U e t- 1 "' 11 is u saUl ' an . d J um P ln S U P ! from his seat he ran into the next a rigid i room s aying. “I’ll fix you now.” Mrs. esterday afternoon they were talk- mg with members of the family when udd rnily Mr. Alderman becaTne angry with his wife because she tried to ‘breaking in,’ went south on No. 29 io- i day, and if she reached Atlanta in j Newbern lias established _ . good shape will come out on 28 Tues-j quarantine against all vessels hailing | AI<lerman followed him and grappled day. The railroad people are anxious i from fever-stricken ports. Yellow iv*-; with him when she saw him making to s<*o what this eng'.se w'.il !o \ it ' j vi'i - raged in Xewbern during the civil | ^ <)I n ' s pistol on the dresser. Then en- war. The Federal cemetery there i« I •ucd a most terrific struggle—the craz- rilled, it is i:d. wiili victims of th"! 6 .^ man trying to gain possession of f' arfu! scon: ge. loch, vviio were spending tdie day with ■ brother, Mr. Jeff I). Hughes, re- reivod a message that one of theii Feeling to the e: - with the c to visito’ Hon. Job i him to \ i-i ■ !■ it eve, aed deprived her ;t from it. She claims to t’ae sl'ooting herself, but it her ini'-band shot her. Vo -h treatment extended tie the people will recognize it, and .'ii ii conies io the distribution of I grand-children, the child of Mrs. Tom tingt'ae bon us they will noi go away emptv j Sanders, was very bad off, and they atend handed.’ 1 returned home immediately. •Tiic Yorhv Lie Enquirer i xpresse Mrs. Catherine .McDaniel, who has it.; uneasiness thus: j ecu spending some time with rela- “‘The Columbia. State deplore-, thej 'ivi in Norlh Carolina, lias returned ugge iion of Messrs. Lyon and Chris- j to h r old home in Cherokee county, tensen as candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively and I sic and Atlanta are en route from Rich mond. The 400 and -'00 class of en dues heretofore used are oeing sent j the revolver and his wife endeavoring to keep him away from the weapon, \ small negro boy who works at the trying to pacify him meanwhile with ! pb-iit of the Sou: Jern Cotton Oil com- soothing words and pleadings. The ! pany, Charlotte, was severely hurt plucky wife at last saw that he would ] Tuesday. He was at work in the bat-1 overcome her endeavors and then call- ' tin room when his hand caught in the ] ed to Mr. Lindwood Davis, a cousin, ] machinery, almost severing his thumb. ] to secure the revolver. Mr. Davis rush- G's thumb v is amputated by a phy- ed in and attempted to secure the sioiau at the Good Samaritan Hospi- weapon, but the crazed man by a su- ta.l, v.here he was taken after the ac I r-i lent. and Atlanta divisions an 1 it is expect- ! “ N " ,s ' m - ;. >r ! oh, ’ n!,ia - t< T ~ ev ; i that h. ten days nothing but 7" : ■ ar av X ,Ing repre8enta i Iv ® " r class engines will be In use on th ou . " veet * co ®P any ‘ , Ne , w freight service on The south end of .a i '' :1 V ""?."*?<■ ’ nPrs , of ov 1 era !^ is 1,1 -•i,.,,.!,,.. . n, m Wilmington charged with pa iiariotte division. “The engineers are v ry ranch ii! . H. 15. McDaniel, who has been ed with the 700 class of locomolivt for sometime, lias sufficiently re old as each regular n..in i, o ii it is engine regularly a.-signed ■ or in oMter words as the * ngiiii m. to :i .; ! r was not in beeping W e agree with it. Messrs. Lyon and covered :o sit up and walk about some, rt'sy and respect accorded t Christensen are no Joulit good men! Mrs. \V. T. Osment. who has been in Spartanburg, friends of and are fearlessly trying to do their: sick for a long time, is not doing so use a railroad expression, it to be i. McLaurin have invited ( i U |y. p 0 r that they deserve credit, i well jus- now. Sli- lias dropsy, and :‘deeded to tlie engine, r.’ sidendi I re- tha; city on Sept. 2nd, and wdiich they will no doubt receive; bin with that a heart trouble. • suits are expected by th offici: I an make and address along any linos he W( > do not approve of the idea of try- may see 'it. Mr. McLaurin lias a large in,r to make a candidate of every man ] ing a worthless check. Nelson was ar : 'sted Tuesday afternoon on a warrant worn out by J. B. Gohlsborougli. pro- P'-bdor of tin' Colonial Inn. Nelson is perhuman effort thrust Mrs. Alderman i i'b' and grasped the revolver. Point- ng the weapon deliberately at the head <>f his wife, he fired. The muzzle of tae revolver was only about six inches from Mrs. Alderman's face when he tired and it was only by quick- l )a - s - ly striking up his arm that she de flected ids aim and saved her life. She promptly grappled with him again. Alderman was then threatening *o shoot Davis, who left the room at Mrs. number of friends in that city and who seeks to do his duty. * * * 1 io\V- We iiad a rain last night which caught a good deal of fodder down. Mr. John L. Strain and Archie -ults are expected by m by the engineers. ;; young married man. His family t«' Alderman’s request. She finally suc- in Columbia ,S. tceeded in tripping the crazed young ; man and as he fell she fled from the room. county, and they will turn out to hear i ever, wo should not be understood as (Sparks, of Clifton, who have been vis- his address. reflecting on Messrs. I,yon and Chrts- ] tensen. We do not believe that either A negro boy, by the name of Good- 1 them has given countenance to any water, was killed on Mount Pleasant suggestion looking to prospective can- near Charleston Monday, near the ter- jidacies.’ minal. by a car of the consolidated “Calm your fears gentlemen, they company. The boy was riding on a are groundless. We cannot speak for i her daughter, Mrs. J. P ding in this neighborhood, returned home yesterday. Miss Lena Wilkerson is going about tn<> house after her long spelJ of ty phoid lever. Mrs. C. W. Wiiisonant "Engineer Charles Blackman, who | will handle engine 122b on 28 ami 2.'>.; ii ’hied set his engine up at Atlanta iml insisted on handling her overv ; minute of 'he timo in which she was umler th „ *. a - s iumi)e(1 off on i;it , in-caking in. which is an indication of O1) p os j to s j i , ■ ,w the men feel about their new mi-1 niau ho n ,, ar an:1 arrest(1(1 A crazy woman in Wins-on recently create i conshbu-aide excitement, by “hfilding up" a s'rcet" ear. She h/!d a loaded pistol in her hand and as the car stopped at her command she began snapping the weapon at the passengers as they ducked their heads cart with a negro, when the car ran the particular plans, motives or ambi into the cart, upsetting it, and before |j,,i,s of Mr. Lyon, but from our knowl it could be stopped the wheels passed o,]ge of the man can assure the anx- over the boy, killing him almost in- j,, us ones that they are such as a wise, slant ly. It is the first accident of the j high-minded and level-headed young kind which has happened since the j inan would be credited with. We be- trolley has been running through the Heve that he would say with the writer mainland. The little 1-year-old son of Mr. W. H. Hiller, of Newberry, accidently shot himself through the arm with a 32- calibre revolver late on Saturday eve ning. It appears that the child’s par ents were out of the room when the accident occurred. The pistol had been left lying within the boy’s reach and he used it for a plaything with the unfor'unate result above stated. Dr. W. E. Pelham, Jr., was summoned and it is not, thought that the wound will prove serious. While sitting on a fenc<> talking with his father and friends, be fort a hunt Monday morning. Mr. John that the* highest reward we could re ceive at the hands of the people would be a recognition by them that we had faithfully performe 1 this unpleasant task with an eye single to the good of the State. “Any man governed by political am bitions would be foolhardy to accept a position on an investigating committee Yorkville. She will also Dr. Durham, at Lancaster, returns home. Rev. Mr. Moss, of Orangeburg, fath er of Mrs. J. Thomas Moore, preached at Mesopotamia Iasi Sabbath. Most people have sown their turnips and the ground being in good shape good stands are the result. Last Sabbath in returning from Mes- •potnmio church Mr. Evins Estes’ bug- -ines. with a new yard at \tlanta. is visiting j another at Greenville, and the new White, of 1 engines, the men expect to do some visit Mrs. fancy railroading.” before she ner. Ii re. Fortunately the pistol police- rrest failed While shifting in ‘he Southern JMION'S MODEL MACADAM ROAD, j E,®BuSl7v^SL"iy WlSl; Delegation From Rock Hill Inspects "* the Work. nion, Aug. 2i.—The model maca dam road recently built by the United States government experts is a'tract- ing widespread attention. One day last week Rock Hill sent over a dele- gy collided with Mr. Henry Fowler’s j-ation composed of J. F. Reid, acting mule and the result was a broken mayor, B. N. Craig, street commission- spoke or two and a skinned up mule, Pr> ' a nd A. la. Wallace, street overseer, hut nothing serious otherwise. I These gentlemen were shown all over We want to see the patrons of this] ( .pj and inspected the city’s fine that might bring him in collision with | and other papers take advantage of i quarry and road-making equipment, powerful political influences, and so j the editor’s request to writ* 1 up whar They"expressed themselves being subject himself, gratuitously, as it they have to say on the good roads] p-iighted with everything they saw, were, to lasting enmities and porsis- subject. This they me the right to j were particularly struck \yith the evi- tent Insidious attacks. Having accept- do and if all will go into it we will ex-! deuces of Fnion’s remarkable and led such a place with a view to per-1'-ect good results. substantial growth. I ••inning a peldic duty, it would be ihe| Dr. Sam Foster, of Union, came up Before returning home via the | part of a traitor Io duly to be 1"<1 away ] esterday with hU wife and went | rnion and Glenn Springs railroad, the oing on I py nowspuper flattery to seek personal j across the river into York county, j quick line to Union from Chester and nd. . or be served from the path «>l Sam is buying up cotton for shipment.. other points, they declared their in- Derrick, a young man of Prosperity. J .],(> investigator to follow factions and Mr. Morgan Millwood lias pulled his] rontion to follow Union's example, buy just 22. lad his gun to fire in sonic j ,,,e A j ( , ion, rd :iiis or that solution i •; -ly watermelons and set them up, i modern road outfit and get to work of the problem. The people want un a 1 their ends in tin patch. \Ye don’t! inaca damizing their streets, biased facts they will attend to the , snow what this is far unless it be to — ~ ‘ solution. i let them dry off. “You have taken the half joking siu: Our fri'-nd Dick Harris is now clear- atid that or a wild engine from the Spencer shops. Officers were notified and w^rt to :he house. Chief Howard and officer Cato entered the house stealtnily and found Mr. Alderman lying in bed with the pistol and a knife on the floor. The room shawed ample evidence of the furious struggle that had been car ried on between the man crazed by “South Carolina’s supreme test of purity," and ilie devoted wife whose bravery had saved him from an awful crime. M hen Chief Howard entered, Mr. Alderman recognized him and said. “Oh. chief, i am in a bad fix." He was secured 'thou: further trouble and is now in the guard nouse. Later his father stated that his sou was cra- Fireman Freeman jumped and esean- '1- and 'hat he had already taken steps ed with sligh* injuries. Another will I,, r exu mination to have him sent to engine started from Spencer within asjlum. On these assurances he 2** minutes, but was ditched by a " as release d from the guard house and switchman. It is rumored that would-be vvas ,a *' en '<> his father’s hom~. strikers were responsible for the fatal! accident. GETS AN INJUNCTION, There came near being a bad acci- Dispensaries Not to Close Doa/n at dent at the square in Charlotte Sun- Umon for a Short Time Anyway, day night about 11 o’clock. Mrs. Phil-1 ^ nion, Aug. 22. Judge Townsend lins. of Rock Hill, was aboard a f ° (la - v granted a temporary injunction Fourth Ward car .when she realized j W '1‘ prevent the closing of the she should have been on a ,lis P e nsaries here until the case can '•'irst Ward car, she s’arted to get *>ff 1,e ai 'gued before him iiere Sepetmber after th** car had gone some distance T' l . e injunction was granted up- and jumped in the opposite direction i on P^iitiu'i presented bj 'Y. Boyd fmi'i wliich the car was going and fell I ^ vans an( | * s up°n the coaiulaint way. The entire load took effect in his right lir ( *ast. Dr. Wheeler, of that jilac**, was summoned at once and all that mdical aid **ould <1<> t<* save the young man’s life was done. It is feared the woun I may he a fa'al one. He hied very much after It*' was shot, and his friends had to send about t**n miles for th** doctor. It seems that the stock of the gun slipped and struck the ground with such force as to cause the discharge. Robert O’Shields was crushed under the wheels of No. 97. the Southern’s fast mail, just ai the train was leav ing the yards in Greenville at. 9:10 o’clock Wednesday night. In a fear fully mangled condition h<* was found between the rails by Engineer Hughes a short time after the accident, and physician: were sent for, hut the man had passeed beyond the aid of medical or surgical skill, and within an hour was gone. The body was placed in the patrol wagon anil brought to Mack ey’s undertaking establishment, where it was prepared for burial, pending in structions from relatives said to he living in Belton. Mr. J. M. Burm'tt. a prominent farm er of the Cross Keys section of Union county, had a very narrow escape from death lat*> Saturday evening about a mile above town, when a pair of fine mules he was driving were killed by the yard engine there, which was re turning from Pacolet. Mr. Burnett was on his way to Buffalo to spend the night with friends when just as his team got on the track, the engine, which was unseen on account of the deep cut at this crossing, dashed into them. Tae remarkable thing is that the wagon was but slightly damaged and the men who were in it were un hurt. Mr. Burnett always keeps good stock and it is said that the pair of mules killed were worth $100. A little forethought may save you no end of trouble. Anyone who makes it a rule to keep Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand knows this to he a faejt. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. ing <uit the big ditch for Fowler Bros, un the King place. Yesterday one of ihe U. S. survey ing corps passed libre taking the I course of the roads, streams, etc., for I the purpose of mapping the county. heavily to the ground. She was right nainfully bruised but was able to walk to No. 1 .* South Brevard street, where | she is stopping. Tomorrow a delegation is expected] A mosl horrible accident occurred at the noon hour Tuesday at the served before the election held from Chester, consisting of the mayor, county supervisor and others, and af ter seeing the splendid work here if is believed that they too will get in line. The rock crushing outfit recent ly ordered by Union county lias just arrived and is even larger and be'tei than tin* city’s. It will he installed at once near Rocky Shoals creek. The Orphanage at High Point which resulted in the death of one of tin* orphans. Lizzie Bryan. The girl a‘tempted to start a fire in the stove with kerosene oil. There were smol dering coals or hm ashes in the stove which caused the oil to ignite and the vo’S'd exploded, burning the chil i so ] badly that she died at 1 o’clock Wed- U'-sday afternoon. Mrs. Montgomery, j M e matron, was very painfully burn- on the arm and hrnls in trying to gestion of the Greenville News too se riously, contemporaries. Ii is our sin gle present political ambition to see to it that Beaufort county is represented with some little credit in *ho senate of South Carolina. If that can be ae- •oniplislunj in our four vear term it He vent from here to Smith's ford, is all we hope for.” 'from thence In* was going back to traction engine will In* here soon . : Mehory Grove They have their head- Hit His Daddy With an Axe. ! cuarters Mr. John L. Rainey’s, at | BLACKSBURG BREVITIES. G**o. Richardson, a negro, ctruck his i llairsville, in York county. He said ^ ^ ^ ^ fit her, Felix Richardson, with an ax-' hey were going to make a map of this Personals and Locals from the Iron | (.J t [nu a i'si, nanie'* ■i i Sunday and Inflicted a painful| coun?> * w - '' 1 * “ .voiimi on th** cheek. II 1 father swore I etc. mt a warrant for him and he lias been •.vniched for since by the officers. Tues day he passed Gaffney on No. 29. hut was discovered too late to get him. The sheriff wired the Spartanburg of Systematically Pushed. fleers and when 29 reuned there Geo. Spartanburg, Aug 21.- The prohtbi-1 Miss Mayme Blalock returned home •Vas arrested. Sheriff Thomas went tionists and anti-dispensary men are; Tuesday night, after spending several ivorking earnestly anil energetically d a y S in Forest City, X. (’.. with friends. I > the end of having an election or-1 Mrs. Boma Whisnant. of Rock Hill. giving the roads, houses, etc.. J. L. S. and which was turned down by Judge Townsend. The attorney for Lie dis pensary was then told that he must -ubmit different facts and more perti nent quotations of law and i: i- there fore to be presumed that he lias made out a stronger case than when he was here before. The matter will be argued before Judge Townsend at chambers here September 4th, and the outcome will be awaited with great interest al* over the State, if the injunction i dissolv ed. then tiu* work of voting on- *he di ]> -usuries will go right ah ng. but tlv injunction is made permanent th** anti-dispensary forces will have to adopt new and different tactics to win the fight. HAY FEVER FOR 27 YEARS. DISPENSARY IN SPARTANBURG. Preparations for an Flection are Being Ctiy Across the Broad. Blacksburg, Aug. 24.—Miss Violet | There was a so .-ion* cut u:: g rap Orr. who has been visiting frii'ii ls in i on North Myers street. Uharloife, I Asheville, N. C.. returned to her home I qiiesday night, in which Two youthful] We!l K,1 ° v '' n New England Woman at this place Monday night. ; negroes figured. According, to the in-; Cured of Hay Fever—Cure Was Gladys Bridges is visiting relatives formation obtained bv Lie police. Clm Lasting, in Earle. N. C. les Springs stabbed Frank White in I The thousands of discouraged peo- for him on the afternoon train amt brought him back to Gaffney, and plae- <>d him in jail. He was carried before Magistrate Bridges Wednesday mid in default of a $2b'> bond was sent back to jail to await trial at the next term I of court. liTf .l for the voters of Spartanburg | jg visiting relatives in town, to puss on tin* issu**, "dispensary" or] Mr. Isham Richardson, of Piedmont no lispensary.” j Springs, was in town a while Monday, To make assurance doubly sure the ’ ,,n his wav to Gaffney. j leaders are sending out the regisTa- — j tion list, as copied, to the precincts. The K. of P’s. io some responsible party, who, on At the meeting of the Knights of | making the corrections, sends back Mrs. Lee Smith ami children, of For est City, are visiting Mrs. W. A. Bla lock. the back with a butcher knife, inflict ing a s rioHs wound. The boys fell out over a very trivial matter and Sorings. who is smaller than his victim, seized the knife and plunged it into White’s back. Springs was arrested and is held pending the result of White’s wound. White was unable to appear for trial and the case was set for Mon day. —Umbrellas from 45c to $2.26 at J. Sarratt. “Get the Habit/' go to NELSON’S. Pythias last Monday night Messrs. J. B. Bell. Jones J. Darby, W. M. Web- Uer and W. Judson Sarratt were *lected to represent the lodge at the llstrict meeting in Lockhart. Messrs. U M. Smith, W. H. Ross and W. S. Hall, Jr., were appointed a committee to communicate witli the chairman of the committee appointed at the last meeting of the grand lodge to look if ter tin* establishing of reading rooms and libraries here. Fiendish Suffering is often caused by sores, ulcers and cancers, that, eat away your skin. Wm. Bedell, of Flat Rock, Mich., says; "I have used Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, for Ulcers, Sores and Cancers. It Is the best healing dressing I ever found.” Soothes and heals cuts, burns and scalds. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co. —If you want Sh >68 at under nrlce go to J- I. Sarratt’s. Subscribe for The Ledger; $1 a year. with the paper an affidavit that such corrections ar * accurate. Then new petitions have been sent out within the past two days, and already some of th* . have be en returned with large numbers of signatures. Within al M ek the matter will be brought to* rn** attention of Supervisor Miles, and it will be up ‘o him to act upon it, and order the election. There is a strong sentiment in the city and county against the dispensary under its present comli'ion and en vironment, an;! it a. safe speculation that if the issue gets to the voters they will wipe ‘hi* institution away from Spartanburg. Peculiar Disappearance. J. D. Runyan, of Butlervillo, O., laid the peculiar disappearance of his painful symptoms, of indigestion and biliousness, to Dr.King’s New Life Pills. He says: “They are a perfect remedy, for dizziness, sour stomach, headache, constipation, etc.” Guaran teed at Cherokee Drug Co., price 25c. Miss Mollie Moore, of Mt. Paran j There is a plan on foot to organize section, spent Wednesday in this (and operate a carriage and wagon place. i factory on the Sou'hern Railway in Mrs. K. (’. Hardin is visiting rela-[ Greensboro at the site recently occtt- fives in Grover. i pied <*>. tin* Carolina Spo^e and Ben i Miss Lucy Thompson returned home | ing Works, wit a a capital stock of Wednesday after spending several I on ‘-half to be paH up in ihiv days at Cleveland Springs. 1 months, the balance in twelve months Mr. T. V. Mays went over to Gaffney 'hereafter, it is learned that $13,000 Wednesday on business. Mrs. P. 3'. Sapoch anil children are visiting relatives in Greers, Mrs. John Scott left this morning for her home in Atlanta after spending sometime with her mother, Mrs. M E. Deal, in this place. Mr. Wm. Rippy. of Earle, is in town for a few days. Mrs. T. B. Whitesides is visiting rel atives in Hickory Grove. Mr. M. Gaston, of the Buffalo section, was in town Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Burnett Brlckman, of Charles ton, is visiting friends in this place. —Rare bargains In Embroideries and Insertions, 2 to 18c per yard, at J. I. Sarratt’s. in stock has already been assured, u practical carriage manufacturer tak ing $s '"in of this. Wnen we contemp late that more than 2.<>*V> vehicles are sold on this market every year, the best of which are manufactured north and west out of raw material grown in North Carolina, the benefit of do ing ( the work here is po‘cnt to all. —Big line of Traveling Bags and trunks at “a way-down” prices at J. I. Sarratt’s. —For bargains in all summer Dress Goods go to J. I. Sarratt’s. --Baskets, all shapes and sizes, 5c to 25c, at J. I. Sarratt’s. pie who dread the approach of sum mer because they have hay fever and cannot find any relief fron it, will read witn interest and gratitude the following statement from Helen S. Williams, of Mansfield, Mass. “For 27 ( years, from the d ip M of August until heavy frost, 1 hav*> been afflicted with hay fever, growing worse and worse each year, until of late ye rs I was unable to ar -nd to my woik during that period. “Last summer I fortunately gave Hyomei a trial, and I am happy to say that it entirely cured me. and I have had no occurrence of th * Usoase since.” This letter Is only on** of mmv that have come to the proprietors of Hyo- mei, and the results following this treatment have been so remarkable that it is pronosed at the annual con vention of hay fever sufferers to rec ommend Hyomei. By breathing the ger n-l llHng and healing balsams of Hyomei. anyone can have at any mom"nt *>f day either in their home o*- off! clj-. mate like that of the White bum- tains. The complete outfit cost ' nr $1, extra bottles 50 cents. Caffm y Drug Co. agrees to refund the nxu anv hay fever sufferer who v- mel without benefit. “Get the Habit/’ j,o t. NELSON’S. Subscribe for Ths Ledger; $1 a year. ‘I J I A I & is