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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE. The ledger SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND EBIDAY. WC GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of Thl# Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper in All that the Word Impliea and Devoted to the Beet Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C-, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1905. $1.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. The police commission of Columbia Thursday nifiht determined to have strict Sunday observance in ‘hat city so far as cigar, soda water and fruit stands are concerned. Clinton will retain the Presbyterian College. That fact was settled in Co lumbia Friday, after a long session lasting through alm<^t the entire night and part of the day, and it re sulted in a landslide for Clinton, with Chester second. Before the legislative investigating committee in Greenville Thursday, J. A. Bull, proprietor of Chick Springs, testified that he ha<f had work done on the road leading to the hotel by the county convicts and that he had | quadruped of the bovine species paid Supervisor Speegle $100 for the! which is part male and part female; At the Star Theat-e. Miss Elizabeth Berkley Grimball, of Spartanburg, appeared Friday even ing at the Star Theatre before a good- sized and thoroughly appreciative au dience. Miss Grimball is a young lady of rare grace and attractiveness and de lighted her audience. Her recital was pronounced the most high class performance of the season before a Gaffney audience. Those who assisted in the perform ance were Misses Lillian Wood, Eve lyn Sarratt, Clarisse McClesky, Pablita Gorham, Carrie Stewart, Louise Johnson, Marie Sarratt. Mer cer, Irene Wheat, Lillian Boozer, Ju lia Sarratt and Mr. tleorge Hayes. It was agreed to by many that the entlie performance was far better than some of the so-called professional performances that are given here. The entertainment was under the direction of Mrs. W. H. Smith, who ably managed the affair. The performance was for the bene fit of the Gaffney library association and the association realized a neat sum as the result of the recital. COLONEL STRAIN ON HIS TRAVELS on some girls who, with Mart Dar win and himself, went to take a boat ride in Broad river many years ago. One of the girls pushed the boa‘ while another tried to rock it, and when Mart helped her a little sure j enough they capsized the vessel and i plunged the whole crew into the wa- WRITES OF WHAT HE SEES AND ter nearly waist deep. Finally they got the vessel on a rpck and poured SEES. the water out and all got in and came to land. Some of those gills are liv- THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE The Colonel G. over and Visits Blacksburg “Uncle Dick’s” Menagerie. Our old friend “Uncle” Dick Jolly, who recently moved to Spartanburg, has been in the city for two or three days with a kind of variegated menag erie. His collection consists of a I ing today and will remember the in anc j | cident when they read this account | of the unfortunate baptism they re- Meets With War Com- ceived on that occasion. | We left Blacksburg about 10 A. M. rades and Old Friends of Early Life on Friday and struck out for the „ 0^ r * Moupt Paran section. Stopped with Grover, N. C., Sept._30.—Last Tues-, Mn E _ c> Wells w i iere we n; 0t dinner RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE NORTH CAROLINA. IN Mrs. Wells is a Sapoch and is a work. No record of the pears in the records of t! or's books. day morning we left home for a, and our h fed . thorough canvass of Cherokee county. sjstPr of Mrs F R We went to the extreme southwestern , flnp ^nse and business man- ^ °US e £° Un , tj [ t0 dell r* r h f°rTv agement. They have a very interest- books, ‘‘The Reminiscences of the Civ-1 ^ family ,/ 1hirteen c J l]dren a „ 11 } v f a V by General John B. Gordon, of wh Hying and healthy. What and take subscriptions for other books a blessilis such a family when they we have in stock. , are obedient, respectful, intelligent We stopped a short while with Mr. an j industrious. We are seldom priv- Bert Porter, who is running Dawkins i ii t .jr 0; i t 0 chronicle such an incident. We spent last night with Mr. E. R. Sajoch, where we enjoyed ourself very much. Mr. Sapoch is not only one of the leading men of this county but one of its most prominent and Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in the Old North State Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers. The Supreme Court has made an order setting the case of Gattis vs. ' Kilgo for argument in appeal Wednes day of next week. This is the noted damage suit in which Rev. T. J Gat- tis sues President Kilgo and Mr. 13. X. Dukes for damage to his character. This is the fourth time the case has come up on appeal, this time on an order of the judge non-suiting the case. mill on Thickety creek, where we we found him busy with his work. This is the oldest mill in this part of the country, having been built, in 1813—nearly 100 years ago. In 1885 it was completely remodelled by the present owners and is now in first- The Wake grand jury has returned a true bill against J. C. King, Jack Peel, L. R. High and W. F. Durham, attendants at the State Hospital at .... ,. , , v ! Raleigh for killing George Nall, on practical farmers as well, as his home August 24th When the and farm are ~ •’ 1 vS ~ ‘ BLACKSBURG BREVITIES. Personals and Locals from the Iron City Across the Broad. Blacksburg, Oct. 2.—Mr. Wm. Ful ton Sheppard spent a few hours Sun day in Grover, N. C. Rev. I. T. Newton is in Mt. Holly, N. C., holding a protracted meeting. Mr. L. C. Wylie spent Saturday in Rock Hill on business. Mr. Towery spent Sunday in Gaff ney. Mr. Gerard Sherer spent Sunday in Yorkviile with friends. Miss Lula Werts, of Limestone Col lege, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Stew art last week. Mr. J. C. Thomson left Monday for Atlanta, Ga., where he is attending college. REMEMBER MONDAY! Smith and McLaurin to Speak in Gaff ney that Day. Interested ones should bear in mind that Hon. John McLaurin and Mr. Ed. Smith are to be in Gaffney next Mon- da j-, October 9th, to speak on the cot ton question. Every farmer in Chero kee should be on hand that day to hear them discuss this all-important question. the evidence of check ap- a deaf and dumb hog, minus both • supervis- ears, and a small pig with two heads. The latter, so the owner states, had a brother with eight legs, but its un- The prohibition sts iml other *'u»t'-j natural mother devoured it in its in- di pensary forces in Richland county | fancy—probably because she was will endeavor to h ive the dispensary j ashamed of j t> a phonograph fur-, voted out of the'county. A meeting! nishes music for the show, to decide upon the advisability of “Uncle Dick” has a nice pair of starting such a campaign and of put-i horses an( j a specially-built wagon in ting out a petition calling for an elec-; w h1ch he hauls his odd-looking outfit tiou, was to have been held Thursday, i ()Ver t ^ e country. He had a good but was postponed in the hope that a] cr0 wd of spectators Saturday; and larger attendance might be secured i through his big-hearted generosity from among the farmers of the coun-| many W ere admitted who were unable ty from whom it is hoped to secure to pay The “show” goes from here the principal vote against the dispen- t 0 Trough Shoals, sary. i , . f j »v iixyn lut: prisoners rate fix and doing first class service.! ahiii" " s were a.raigned Solicitor Jones said e . > v,!, ‘ i -n ,* he would not prosecute for murder in Just before sundown we drove up i he vener^Wo Henderson Martin; , he first llegree ) >ut woul(1 insist upon before the splendid home of Mr. Jas.; j s getting quite feeble. He"has pass- R. Littlejohn, who invited us to spend | od his four score years but his mind William Foster, colored, of Green ville, was shot and killed at the Paris Mountain reservoir Friday morning by a negro boy named Will Williams. Coroner Wooten, of Greenville, went ue and held an inquest. It is under stood that Williams claims he was playing with Foster whim the fire arm was accidentally discharged, end- j ing the latter’s life. The shooting oc- 1 curred at camp No. 3, and is but a | repetition of the numerous homicides and shooting affrays that have stirred things up on the mountain since the reservoir work began a year ago. A business block west of the public square in Bennettsville was consumed by fire Friday night, the exception being the Planter’s Bank building. The fire was started by the explosion ^of a gas brazier in a bicycle shop and the losses will aggregate about $10,- 000. The buildings burned included the postoffice, which was of wo5(i, a large brick building occupied by Breeden as a harness and buggy store and stables, and the Excelsior Hard ware Co., rile Weatherlys dry goods store. The m^i working the brazier was injured and narrowly escaped with his life. The insurance covers about half the loss. Dairying on a large scale will be attempted by Mr. J. G. Anderson, of Rock Hill. Mr. Anderson recently purchased the plantation, dairy and cattle of Dr. Carothers, and later has bought a number of cows owned by Dr. W. W. Fennell. He has secured the services of Mr. George P. Holler as manager and proposes to test the opportunity for a large dairy business to the full. Mr. Anderson Is also raising chickens on his farm near town, proposing to increase the indus try until he can ship by car load lots to the northern markets. He is devot ing the same able attention to these new lines of business that has contrib uted largely to his becoming one of the leading buggy manufacturers of the country. John P. South was shot and instant ly killed at one o’clock Thursday at Boyd’s mill, 12 miles west of Laurens, by Level W. Walker. Walker surren dered and was taken to Laurens at once by Acting Constable Dexter L!l- edge. The men were neighbors and industrious fanners. It Is understood that they had previous difference'. South, who was drinking, seems to have started out to renew the trouble. After running Mr. Walker from home he proceeded to a field, 200 yards dis tant, armed with a grass hook, and ^ flatly told Walker that he was going to kill him. Walker tried to get out 'of the way and ran to his house pur sued by South. On reaching the house Walker seized his gun and as South approached he shot, him dead. South was unmarried. While bringing in the passenger train of the C. and W. C. from the Augusta depot to the Southern Thurs day afternoon, in Spartanburg, Engin eer G. W. Manning was shot in the back and painfully, but not seriously, Injured. As the locomotive was mov ing along on the Wofford street tres tle Engineer Manning heard a queer whizzing kind of noise and felt a sharn sting in his back. His fireman heard the noise also, and looking around observed that the engineer had been shot. An examination of the wound developed the fact that a 22- callbre bullet had entered the engln- 'eer’s back, ploughing a depth of half an Inch, and glancing had come out. It was found In the overalls. The wound, while painful, was by no means serious. After It had beep dressed Mr. Manning went about his work. A young negro was later ar- rofted and placed in Jail, charged with the shooting. To Give Away a Silk Umbrella. Each lady who attends W. C. Car penter’s millinery opening will be re quested to register her name in a book, the names will be numbered, the numbers will be put in a hat and shaken up and the person draw ing the lucky number from the hat will ho blidnfolded, so he will not know what number is drawn. The number so drawn will he placed In an envelope and sealed by the blind folded person. On Wednesday night or Thursday morning the envelope will bo opened and the lady whose name Is opposite the corresponding number on the list will he given the silk umbrella. In order that there may be no fa voritism shown, no employee of Mr. Carpenter will be allowed to have anything to do with the drawing. the night with him. This we did and enjoyed ourself hugely. How could we do otherwise? Mr. and Mrs. Littlejohn are splen did entertainers and they have a family of well informed and interest ing children. Mrs. Littlejohn is a .laughter of the late Samuel Goude- lock, brother of Lt. Wm. L. Goude- lock, Gowdeysvrille. Her father was killed in the ly-estorn army during the | the medical profession, war and her mother, with her three j is an entertaining talker is strong and active. Mr. Price Mar tin, his son, is training a lot of bird dogs for some northern hunters. He lias eighteen of them and they are fine specimens of the canine family. Mr. Sam Rippy has a balsam pine growing in the edge of his yard which he prizes very highly. It’s a beauty of - its spNajes, and the curative qual ities of the rosin are well known to Mr. Rippy and makes a verdict for murder in the second de gree or manslaughter, or any other lesser offense. home and teach the heathen, who in his blindness bows down to wood and , ..... , stone, in bis native country, the way action and it s interesting to hear hei j an j light. He returned home all right, returned to paganism and can nibalism. and feasted on the brisket, Negroes Ought to Read Newspapers. (The Ploughman.) John Newton said: “I read the newspapers that I might know how my Heavenly Father governs the world.” It has been the policy of the writer to urge Negroes to take and read the best newspapers in the coun- A State convention of the Socialists! try, and, if they are able, they should of North Carolina will be held in | take a daily paper. South Carolina Greensboro October 11. Members of has a record for clean daily newspa- the party say ;he prospects are bright' pers. There are no papers in the for a large attendance and that it is ; country that are cleaner than The rn |)<e j t o make a thorough organi-j State, The News and Courier, and zaiion in the State. The promoters' The Greenville Daily News. The of the convention are making an ef-, writer has read these papers for fort to secure a number of well-known years. They give you the news of the Sociali::ts there, including Eugene V.' world and the State. The preachers Dobbs, candidate for president of the i especially should take daily papers. ' nited States ou the Socialist ticket! All of them are able to take a daily lost fali. if they wanted to. Then The State * ; publishes a semnweekly, of which the 1 ire was discovered Thursday j >)iice is $2.00 a year, and any farmer morn:;: i at o'clock in the large; cau afford to subscribe to that. The dry good.-, store of J. D. Collins, in News and Courier publishes a weelJV Charlotte, on North Tryon s'reet. The! for $1.00 a year, and that, is (ul/of s for everybody. However, wo ! the rear of the store, where the great- have always urged the Negro farmers ; est damage was done. The fire de- and business men to takfc a county , partmem responded in fine style and paper. Take a paper published in the | the flames were extinguisned in a few j county where they live, and where minutes. The stock of goods is esti-1 there are two or three, to take the this country so that he might return | ^ ' ,rl Ti r„M th , $2i, ' 00 ";i ,hOl n ' iH ‘ :t °‘ 1e - b - v aM means. Take it be- 1 damage is much less. Mr. Collins cause it will give you information carried $0,000 insurance on his stock. small girl children, (of which she was one feel perfectly at home with him. the oldest) undertook to cross the We expect to make ^ thorough can- Mississippi river and return to her 1 vass of this section and will let our parents in South Carolina. Mrs. readers know more of it later on. Goudelock, with her children were -f. L S. captured by the Federals and taken on hoard a gunboat in the Mississippi BACK TO HIS FIRST LOVE. where her baggage was inspected; and she 1 and her children were detain- Caustic Comment on the Lapse of An flames seemed to have originated in; news for ed for a day or two until the authori ties had satisfied themselves that they were not spies. Her horse, which swam the river, was shot by the Fed erals and she was left as best she could to get her children away to their 1 ith Carolina home and friends. Mrs. Littlejohn was old enough to remember the whole trans- Educated African Missionary. (Memphis Scimitar.) David Flickenger Wilberforce Phoebus, what a name for a nigger —of South Africa, was educated in that you need. Take these papers tell it. We spent Wednesday night with Capt. G. Wash McKown, of Mercer, where we enjoyed ourself as one can porterhouse, and juicy flank steaks of such white travelers or missiona- Option on City Property. Mr. J. Q. Little, of this city, on Sat urday gave a tvo-weeks’ option to Messrs. Gooding and Whisonant on the purchase of about thirty-three acres of land, situated in one of the most desirable portions of Gaffney. The land is really worth more than the price agreed upon in the option, but Mr. Little, w r ho is one of our most public-spirited citizens, is willing to sacrifice something for the develop ment and growth of the town. When laid off into lots this will be the most valuable body of land in the city for residence purposes. Messrs. Gooding and Whisonant have shown excellent judgment in procuring this option, as it is safe to say that they will make at least 100 per cent on their invest- j^nt. Richard Carroll to Speak. Richard Carroll, manager of the South Carolina Industrial Home, for orphans and destitute colored child ren. at Columbia, will deliver an ad dress in the opera house in this city next Sunday afternoon (8th inst), at 4 o’clock. The lower floor will be oc cupied by the white people, and the gallery will he reserved for colored people exclusively. Mr. Carroll is not, only a highy edu cated man of culture and refinement, and one of the leaders of his race, but he is a fluent and eloquent speaker as well, and the people of Gaffney, both white and colored, should come out to hear him. with sucli congenial people as Mr. and * ,-ies as ho could lay hands on, and the Mrs. McKown are. Capt. McKown. j enemies of his tribe, when taken, though severely wounded in the war, w ere treated after the manner de ls strong, vigorous and active for one scribed by Robinson Crusoe, who has passed his three-score years.; Cannibalism is revolting, of course, He makes a full hand in the farm i imt it was bred in the hone of David and is never idle, ; Flickenger Wilberforce and it must Next day, Thursday, we turned 1 pome out in the flesh. The little ve- our course toward Blacksburg, where ne er smeared over him by the schools we arrived about the middle of the | of America was scarce more than a afternoon and put up with our old; varnish. It gave the appearance of school playmate, Dr. Thus. B. White i civilization, but it was a mere am- sldes, to whose kindness and hosprf-, hush behind which the savage durked. tality, we are greatly indebted. On You cannot make a silk purse out of our way to Blacksburg we crossed a sow’s ear and you cannot Inflate a Broad river at the historic Cherokee savage with civilization and culture lord. This, we did l>oth as a matter with a hand pump. The slow pro of curosity and convenience. This cesses of evolution must be patiently historic place is mentioned by Horse- ; waited on. David Flickenger Wilber- shoe Robinson and other writers of f orce since his apprehension for the Revolutionary history. The river is.; crime of killing and eating his vic- at this point, about 300 or 400 yards, tims, has grown penitent, pleads for wide and very rough, though we made; hjs iif 0 , and promises, if spare.!, to the trip safely. j return to Christianity. It might im- Blacksburg is a neat little town prove him, but Christianity is better wiith no swell city airs about it. off without him. Situated as it is. at the base of Whita- . t is said that many of the brightest ker's Mountain, it is surrounded with young Indian men and women who are many natural resources and advant-; educated by the government at Car- The kitchen of the St. Charles ho- pu ^!f hed by.white men, be- 1 at, Salisbury was partially destroy- cause ,h , e whlte race ’yoking prog ress, and you want to keep your eye ages other more pretentious places can’t boast of. About In the heart of town are four mineral springs whose medicinal properties are equal to any found in this country anywhere. And lisle. Pa., put aside the fineries and the garb of civilization when they re turn home and affect the blanket enn tepee of their forefathers. "Seeing so much that is merely flashy artificiality Meeting of County Board. The board of county commissioners of Cherokee county held their regular meeting in the courthouse yesterday. All the members of the hoard were present an.< the board was in session during a greater portion of the day. Besides the regular routine business which was attended to, the board de cided, and issued an order to that ef fect, to build a bridge across Doo little creek, near Blacksburg, and to retain Mr. Hill as keeper 9f the coun ty home. Mr. W. G. Fowler has been anpolnt- e.l a member of the board to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Mr. T. M. Littlejohn, a short, time ago. A Pretty Flower. Mr. John Hancock, of this city, has brought to this office something rather odd in the shape of a (lower— at least it Is odd to many who have seen it. The stem is over a foot in length, and fiat like a palmettoi, branching out toward the top to a width of several Inches. The flowers are large, and variegated In color, and have the appearance of velvet at a little distance. The only name Mr. Hancock has ever hoard for this flow er Is the "feather plant.” The seed originally came from Mr. Vanderbilt’s place in Asheville. Cubsorlbe for The Ledger; $1 a year. as a health resort this little town is j in our civilizsition, one can sympathize as noted as any of the great cities; w ilh these young Indians in their de- whose reputation has filled both conti-j sire to put aside and get away from nents. Dr. T. B. Whitesides is the it all and return to the simple life, owner of ohese springs and he claims j when it comes to stewing whife their medicinal properties are of in-; missionaries for dinner, however, estimable value, especially to kidney i the y must expect us to demand that trouble. Dr. and Mrs. Whitesides had u u , y draw line, just returned from Hickory Grove. David Flickenger Wilberforce. with where they went to perform the last, his flat nose and thick lips, is some- sad rites to Mrs. Isabella Smith, who what of a setback to those who desire died the 25th inst. This good lady j to carry civilization and the gospel we have known ever since our boy- t o the’ naked savages who roll hood days, as a lady in every sense about hilariously in “Africa’s burning of that word—a friend to the friend- sands.” less and one of the leading lights in her section. Far and near her Chris-; Hurt in a Breakdown tian zeal and sympathy for those in | Two young men from Spartanburg tel at Salisbury was partially destroy ed by fire Thursday night between eleven and twelve o’clock and a con- siderable fight was required to save the main building, the sides and roof of which were charred and burned in some places. The fire was discovered about eleven o'clock, when it was but a small blaze around the flue, where, doubtless, it originated. Some of the contents of the kitchen were destroyed and some of the furniture was broken in being moved from the house. The loss is difficult to even approximate. As the building is a wooden structure and within the fire limits it cannot be repaired. There was no insurance. There was a long conference Thurs day evening in the office of Governor Glenn,at Raleigh, with citizens of the city and managers of the State fair regarding the reception and enter tainment of President Roosevelt Oc tober 19. at which it was decided that Governor Glenn. President Horne, of the Fair Association; Chief Marshal B. F. Mebane and others will visit the President at Washington early in Oc tober and arrange the details of the President’^ stay in the State capitol. He will arrive in Raleigh at 1 A. M.. remain on his car until 8 o’clock, be escorted to the Governor's mansion at that hour for breakfast and then about 10:30 to the fair grounds for the address and luncheon. need of help were fully known of. No deserving object ever escaped her If their needs were made known to her Really of her we can say: None knew her but to love her; None named her but to praise. who were in the city Sunday met with an accident in which one of them was right painfully injured. They were driving up Limestone street, whe« just as they got opposite the park, one side of the buggy dropped down and threw both of them out. One Her place in her community, her landed upon his head and was cut and church and society will never bo filled shaken up considerably, bnt not se as she filled It. riously hurt. He was taken to a We had not been In town long be- near-by house and his bruises attend- fore that big-hearted and jolly fellow,' ed to. W. J. Mixirehead, headed our list for a copy of "Gordon’s Reminiscences —Don’t fail to see our new line of of the War." Watt is a splerlflld pub- fancy tgilor-made Vests for men and lie-spirited fellow and is doing a fine boys. 98c to $2.00. J. R. Tolleson business in Blacksburg and the sur- fc Co. rounding country. Such men are al- — ways in demand. Later on we hope —Oysters served night and day at to give a fuller account of our trav- Parker’s Restaurant, opposite post- els and our success In the canvassing office. business. ; We enjoyed our talk with Dr. T. —Fresh lot Star Hams, 15c. B. Whitesides, which covered most & Coffee. of our boyhood days find the many In-; — cldents which came up In connection —7 bars Octagon soap 25c. Hall & therewith. “Doc” has a creative, Coffee, memory and a knack of telling his Judge Webb, in the Superior Court. Friday passed sentence in the cases of young Robert Gray and Cleveland Palmer, of the Gray Drug Company. Charlotte, who were found guilty in 18 and 14 eases respectively, of vio lating the Watts’ law. Each of the young men was fined $250 and the costs. The costs in the cases of Gray amounted to $225, and in the case of Palmer to $175, making a total of $900. The Gray cases have attracted more public notice than any case in the Superior Court for nearly two years. A sensation was sprung when Recorder F. M. Shannonhouse first began to issue capias and testificanda and compel customers to swear where they secured liquor and the inteerest of the public has never lagged. The hearing of the cases in the Superior Court consumed nearly three days. The murder of a tourist in the Bal sam Mountain by an old mountain trapper is reported in Asheville by W. B. Nelson, a lutnberamn, to whom a deathbed confession of the crime was made by the trapper’s son. The dying mountain lad stated that the mountain climber was found one morning by his father and himself, caught in a hear trap on Balsam Mountain. He was mangled and in agony. The mountaineers were afraid that should he survive he would make trouble for them. “We uns didn’t want him to law us,” the dying boy declared, "and so dad raised his rifle I and fired.” The body was hid in a I cave, and since the mountaineer's Hall | confession the skeleton has been un- ! earthed. The old mountain trapper and his son left the State, but the son returned a few days ago In a dying condition to tell the story of his crime. jokes so as to make his auditors en Joy It the better. He told a good one “Get the Habit/* go to NELSON’S. Subscribe for The Ledger, fl.00 a year. on them as much as possible. Remem ber that this has been the policy of the Japanese. For fifty years they have been watching the western civi lization of the white races, and have adopted every beneficial phase of that civilization. The Negro should also take the religious papers published by white men representing the different denominations. He must keep up with the progress of the white church es, It costs money, but you will be paid in return. It will give you infor mation and knowledge, and knowl edge is what the Negro needs most. However, the Negro should not neg lect the papers thdt are published by the members of his own race. Negro Newspapers. We mention those of which we have knowledge throughout the State, and they are as follows: The Char leston Messenger (published at Char leston) ; The People’s Recorder (pub lished at Orangeburg); the Rock Hill Messenger (published at Rock Hill); Th® Southern Sun (published at Co lumbia): The Friendship Banner (published at Rock HilD. The Negro must not only watch the white man, but he must "watch the members of his own race that are making progress. He ought to know what his own race is doing, as well as what the white race is doing. The best inv stment that a Negro can make is to lay hold of and to sub scribe for, and pay for, these newspa pers that have been mentioned. We .nay not have mentioned all the pa pers that are published in this State, bur we have mentioned all those of which we have knowledge, means, take the strongest papers that are published races. By all religious by both , Letter to J G Wardlaw, Yorkviile, S. C. Dear Sir: Paint Devoe: it's the cheapest paint in the world: never mind the price: it may or may not be more. Less gallons will paint the house; and the paint will outwear anything. Skip wear; you’ve got to wait, to find that out. It covers more; you haven't got to wait to find that out. It’s the cheapest of all; no matter about the price. Mr Frank A Morse, West Rutland, Vt, says: “An old painter, who had painted my house lead-and-oll a good many times, said 12 to 15 gallons Devoe.” I got 15; it took C1-2, with l 1-2 of oil. Mr William Maughan, Central Rut land. Vt, bought J; had 3 left. That's how. Yours truly F W Devoe & Co 125 P. S.—R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co. sell our paint. A corporation may riot have a soul, but It has a thousand eyes. —Ask to see our Negligee Shirts; strong line from 25c to $1.00. J. R. Tolleson & Co. —Parkers' Restaurant cults or lightbread. serves blt- —3H plugs Brown’s Mule 25c. Hall & Coffee.