Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LAPEE9T CIRCULATION' of Any Nowf paper In the Fifth Congreealonal District of 8. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY- ' a Newepaper In All that the Word Impliee and Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Cherokee County. WE GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFNEY, 8. C. TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1906. •1.00 A VIA* 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. Since the dispensary was voted out in Anderson there has been a notice able decrease in drunkenness. No where is this more apparent than in the police court of that citv. The ar rests for drunkenness have been very few and the (indications are that) this improved condition of affairs will con tinue. Acting upon the recommendation of the grand jury, that those who were involved in the late affairs of the Greenville county supervisor’s office be indicted, it tis officially an nounced that warrants have been sworn out by the committee for the arrest of eleven persons in addition te the two warrants previously issued for the arrest of A. A. Speegle ana J. O. Speegle. The Johnston Monitor, that was first edited by the late W. B. Mc- Lenna, in 1876, and afterwards by his son, W. A. McLenna, who sold out to C. J. Terrell in 1899, came out Satur day under the fourth new manage ment, having been purchased by Ira C. Carson, as editor, and A. G. Baltze- gar, as business manager. The part ing editorial of the late editor gives some facts and figures as to the growth of Johnston along all lines, which should be preserved with pride. The seven-months-old cbild of Mr. and Mrs. L. Pritchard, who live in Whitmire street, in Greenville, was found dead tin bed with its parents Friday night about 2 o’clock. Coro ner Joe Wooten was called but upon an examination by Dr. R. E. Houston, who declared the child died from nat- ural ,'auses. no linquest was held. The ch.ld had been ill for some time, but was not thought) to be in a dangerous condition, and was sleeping soundly when its parents retired a few hours before it was discovered dead. Coroner Wooten, of Greenvlle, was noftifled Sunday that the colored peo ple In the neighborhood of Welcome church, about four miles from Green- viHe, were very much disturbed over the death of a voung woman named Byrd, which occurred two weeks ago, and whUch was surrounded, it is said, in mystery. It now comes to light that the woman, according to the re port received by the coroner, was poisoned with some drug, said to have been administered to her by an ene my. Suspicion rests upon several persons, but these were not named. A telephone message from Welford says H. Bonard Benson, who commit ted suidde in Memphis, is the only son of Capt. John M. Benson of that place and for the past two years he has resided in Memohis, where he had a position as operator In the cotton exchange. His sister. Miss Florida Benson, is postmistress at Welford. Three years ago young Benson was married to a young lady residing at Monroe. N. C., and has one child sur- vivtinc him. His body will be brought to Welford for burial. Nothing is known at Welford as to the cause of Ms suicide, Freuds of Miss Anna D. Moroso, the pretty young daughter of the late John A. Moroso. of Charleston, were surprised to learn Saturday morning that she had been secretly married two weeks ago to L. E. Baxter, tele graph operator at McCarley & Oli ver’s cotton exchange. The young la dy’s family, it ds understood, objected to his attentions, but this was more on account of her youth than for any other reason, and the fact that she had been married developed Friday night when her brother called for her at the skating rink frith a view of tak ing her home. Then it was that Mr. Baxter told him that they were man and wife and had been so two weeks. W. Cleare Dickinson, 28 years of age. is in jail in Bamberg charged by the coroner’s jury with responsi bility for the death of D. F. Reid by arsanic poisoning, January 13th. Reid, a youpg farmer and a widower, that day,..complained of Hllness and said that he believed fie had been poisoned. He died after a few minutes. The coroner’s jury bad the body exhumed and examined, and tyie ftuquest was concluded Friday. Arsenic was dis covered wore than sufficient to kill a man. Eliza Bunch said that Reid oame to her house on January 13th, while Cleare Dickinson came in, end taking a bottle of whiskey from his pocket offered Reid a drink, but <dok none himself. Later in the evening ,he rpturned and said thab he “reck oned he bad gotten rid of Reid.’* She eaid that about two weeks before, Dickinson had told (her that he would kill Reid if he (Ed not desist from his attentions to her. Reid was a pros perous fanner and Dickinson is a brother to the mayor of Bambe’rg. You will hot find beauty in rouge pot or complexion whitewash. True beauty comes to {hem only that take Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tee. It Is a wonderful tonic and beautlfler. 36 cents Tea or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co. Hear Prof. Cyrus Brownlee New ton Tonlgh^. , r —Sea my window display. Nelson. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Preyor Scruggs Tries to Take His Life Hangs Himself and Eats Glass. It has been disclosed that Preyor Scruggs, the white youth who is in jalil here charged with assault with intent to rape, and shooting a negro woman near this city some time ago, attempted to end his life Wednesday night by banging himself with his blanket. Some surprise is evidenced at the action, especially when the woman, Lois Glover, is doing well and is thought to be recovering. The sur prise is made greater when it is con sidered that he made three attempts to commit siiicide by hanging, and failing in that, ate a generous quan tity of glass. His escapes in the four instances from death were truly re markable. One time his blanket or improvised rope broke wftth his weight, and on the other two occas ions he was unable to accomplish his purpose on account of lack of hedght, the fall not being sufficient to break his neck. His escapes when eating the glass was marvelous, as the amount consumed must have been fully two inches of glass from a lamp chimney. However, he doesn’t seem to be suffering any !ill effects from the presence of the glass. Scruggs, it wW be remembered, Is the white boy of 19 years of age. who is charged with shooting Lois Glover, a negro woman near this city, lie al leges that he shot (in self-defense, she having drawn a pistol on him. The term of court at which he will bo tried convenes February 26th. The attempt occurred on Wednesday evening after most of the prisoners had retired. However. It is said that Scruggs awoke them to .ell ihem of his Intentions and to bid them fare well. WHAT JUDGE WEBSTER THINKS He Still Thinks That Woman in Kan- sas City is a Fake. The following from the Spartanburg Herald of Sunday, January SJSth, shows what Judge Webster thinks of the wo man in Kansas City who is attracting much attention at this time in Gaff- nev: “Gaffney, Jan. 27.—Jm e J. E. Web ster when seen this morning by the Herald correspondent, stated that be was not aware of any further develop ments in the case of his alleged sister, appearing in Kansas City. He says that he is still of the opinion that this woman Is an imposter and that the whole story is a fake from start to fin ish. Other than the newspaper re ports he has heard nothing whatever of the matter. The judge does not think that property owners, said to be interested, need fe©l alarmed. He is of the opinion that the woman will not turn up in Gaffney. , “There is no doubt whatever tfipt many people in this city would recog nize Pauline Webster anywhere and at anytime. It has developed that she left this State or at least left Cowpena, Where she was residing at the time, in 1892 or 1893. He says that there was no trouble between Ms sister and her relatives and if she were alive afoe could come at any time and live com fortably with them. That although she has been gone for twelve or four teen years that neither himself nor his people have heard anything what ever from her, and that undoubtedly she has been dead many years. "The fact that she has been re leased from prison makes a very in teresting aspect to this case and nat urally many Gaffney people are In tensely interested in the tale and to the sequel as well—whether or not t’ sunposed Gaffney woman will return here. Mr. J. C. Jefferies Entertains. Mr. J. C. Jefferies’ hospitable home was the scene of unfeigned pleasur* and merriment last Friday n'ight. Al though the night was dreadful outside, no one could have peeped in on the merry group wHthin without feeling that it was a gay hearted group of gentlemen who were for the time be ing enjoying the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Jefferies. The menu was delight ful and ample. In the words of D. Claude Ross “there Vere rations, and plenty of it.” Mrs. Jefferies was ably assisted by Mrs. B. R. Brown. Those present were: Augustus Aiken, H. K. Osborne, A. W. Folger, J. W. Tolleson, R. M. Wilkins, J. D. Jones, Ed. H. DeCamp, Dr. B. R. Brown, Dr. Chas. A. Jefferies, G. W. Speer. W. A. Poole, L. Baker. D. C. Ross. C. M. Smith, J. N. Lipscomb, W. C. Hamrick. J. I. Sarratt, W. C. Car penter, Bpyd Hames and R. A. Jones. Held up the Train. • It was an Irate yet amused crew that brought the C. & W. C. train from Charleston -Into Greenville at 3.25 o'clock Saturday afternoon. . As the,train was speeding along towards Gray Court, Ahe efighxeer cAUght sight of a middle-aged white .woman stand ing in the middle of the track and frantically flapping a bed quilt. He slammed the throttle shut and jam med on the air to the emergency notch and with his terrified passen gers surrounded the woman. “What on earth is the matter? Were we about to plunge through a broken bridge?" they asked. "Bridge, noth in . was the scornful reply. “Your down train this morning killed my shoat and I want to know what yon are going to do about it.” See my line of Scotch mixtures If In need of Dress Goods. J. I. Sar ratt. —I live for business, and my busi ness with it’s low prices, helps me live. Nelson. —Blue Ribbon, 10 cents a yard. What is it? ‘Ask tor Blue Ribbon Gin ger Ale. It's fine. ADVOCATING A GOOD CAUSE MR. D. A. TOMPKINS ON B. & L. ASSOCIATIONS. State Building and Loan Commission as Necessary as a State Bank Ex aminer. (Charlotte Observer.) Lexington, Jan. 21.—Mr. D. A. Thompkins, of Charlotte, addressed the people of Leixngton on the subject of building and loan associations, last night at the court house. There was a good crowd present, and the lucid and instructUve views of the speaker on this important industral queston, were heard wth careful attention. As a re sult of Mr. Thompkins’ address and the effects made, another series of stock is being subscribed, amounting to SI0,000, tin addition to the present series of the Lexington Perpetual Building & Loan Association, which is working well, a^d expires in 1909. Those interested in the work are much Indebted to Mr. Thompkins for Ms ex cellent exposition of the question. He <• 'oke In part as follows: “The bidding and loan association is a mutual organization for saving mon ey and buildng homes. It may be said to be an institution in which members may ‘buy a home with rent money. If the conditions ar right) the building and loan association is one of the smoothest working and safest institu tions in the world. If the conditions are wrong, the organization is unsaie and worse than useless. The result of a different plan of as marked as re gards success or failure, as the climar tic difference between Greensboro and Lexington makes on products or diit- ference in the laws of Mexico and the United States makes in two towns on opposte sides of the Rio Grande. There, Is but one real and safe buila- ing and loan association. That is the local one. By local 4s meant one whose loans are made at home, and in a lim ited area and where the bulk of mem bers live. It should he a purely mu tual institution. EJach and every mem ber must share in profits alike and all profits must be distriubted equally to the member according to their pay ments. “The local or home building and loan association has been so uniformly successful that many self-seeking peo pie have organized companies which they have called building and loftn as sociations, but which have been instl- butions to make money for individuals. The exploitation of these and the mon ey lost in them has made wrong im pressions in the minds of many people who have had experiences with these or who have heard about their doings. These spurious institutions have some times such slight difference In plan of operation as to be unnoticeable un til experience shows the fault. “Another form of orgacizatflon which has done injury to the real building and loan 4s the so^jalled intei- State or national associations. It transpires that of every feature of the real jnsitutiou is preserved except the confinement of all loans to pne locality and the practical confinement of th» subscribers to the same locality, the organization becomes at once unsafe. All attempts to spread the business of one over a large area have been fail ures. In a few isolated cases some of these inter-StAte associations have survived, but even these are subject to the vicissitudes that have destroyed so many of them. “The real, purely mutual, home oi local building and loan association is a beneficent institution. The spurious institutions, however, much like it, are as compared with it, as a sodden loaf is to the light loaf. Besides a better understanding of the real and tlie spurious among the people the law makers are coming more and more to a knowledge of what is necessary to foster the real and rout out the spuri ous. The two main points that the laws should cover are: “(1) To forbid the name building and loan being used except by purely mutual and home institutions. “(2) Forbid the so-called inter state institutions from doing business in the State except by contracts of prescribed form and under heavy bond or deposit to secure the people in their contract rights* “There should by all means be a State building and loan comipisslon with headquarters at Raleigh, whose duties should be to examine the affairs of the building and loan associations of the State, bhe same as the bank ex- aminer ^examines the State banks and pftrteRjt the people in dealing with cor porations, ‘ domestic or foreign, ate tempting to do a business in the name Of building and loan, but for profit and not on the purely mutual plan. Just as an .individual cannot perceive the difference in climate conditions be tween Lexington and Greensboro, which makes one a cotton growing country and the other not so. to the general run of busy people, the differ^ ence bewteen the beneficent and the spurious building and loan is often not perceptable, and there should be a commission of experts to inspect and regulate all building and loan associa- ton business—fostering and encourag ing the right ones and driving out the spurious. 1 * “Besides the two main features .of desirable building and los* laws stat ed, there are some minor items that the law ought to cover. The allow ances for expenses of conducting an association should be limited Just as the interest rate in banks Is limited to prevent extortion, so In the case of building and loan the cost of conduct ing the business should be limited to 2 per cent, to prevent the officers from taking more of the people’s money than they are entitled to. The limit might well be made 1 per cent)., be cause there can always be found men who would be willing to act as secre tary and treasurer of a building and loan for 1 per cent, and less. The po sition throws insurence into the hands of the secretary and treasurer and na turally gives him a good many real es tate transactions from thos^ who are buying lots or building houses througn the building and loan association. The building and loan assocation is the best town builder in the world. It puts the opportunity to build a house within the reach of every wage earner. It gives the merchant a resource of j credit that has been in many cases j found exceedingly valuable. It is the] best teacher of regular and systematic savings in the world. It is not com petitive within banks of issue, nor with banks of discount and deposit, nor with savings banks. It is the one | institution which gathers money that, would otherwise be spent and aggre- i gates it into capital and invests the! capital in houses, or taxable property. It locates the peripatetic mechanic and makes him a better citizen. It con duces to the education of children and 1 to the suport of the churches. It im proves architecture and Improves the j general character of a people, eontrib-; utes to the commerce of a town, and! has many other influences for good. “There has been formed in North! Carolina a State league of building and loan associations. The purpose of| the league is to co-operate in asking for the repeal of laws which are oner ous upon the building and loan asso ciation, and also for the enactment of laws which are necessary for t/he pro tection of the associations. If you or ganize a building and loan association here in Lexington, I urgently recom mend that your association join the State League. Mr. S. Wittkowsky, of League. “I hope to see the time when there Is a buildng and loan association in every town in the State. I hope that here in Lexington this movement to organize a building and loan assoeia- ton will be entirely successful and if the people could be brought to an ap preciation of the benefits and ad vantages of such an institution both for the advancement of the city and the advancement of the people, there is no doubt but that upon that) basis you would make a splendid success.” WHAT HAPPENED TO 8UBER. Rain Bring* Trouble to One Gaffney tjjoueehold.'' ,Bsd and gloomy weather naturally brings depression and a few occur rences during such weather as we were treated to, last week, are not to be wondered at nor should we com ment on such. However, the misfor tune that came to Mr. S. R. Suber was easily the saddest occurrence hap pening. It is entitled to rank among the famous epochs of history on Limestone street, a street noted for its famous happenings, too nuemer- ous to mention,v chief among which was the actions of this same Suber’s parrott only a few days ago. The rain and the sleet descended Friday and the wind howled but Mr. Suber was oblivous of it all, until lo. the win'd and sleet made themselves known through the roof of his store. Then Mr. Suber awoke and then it was that he became aware of the fact that it was snowing, likewise rain ing, and last but not least, that he was receiving a generous quanity of both. Mr. Suber was in a quandry, if be could stop the flow of the water, well and good but, unfortunately, this was impossible. All of his cherished fruits and candies in that part of the emporium were getting theirs too; no longer was the matter a joke. It would lend color to the storv to re late that when The Ledger man arriv ed on the scene that Mr. Suber was mounted upon the counter with coco nuts floating around him, but we must forbear this would not be quite the truth. It would be exaggeration, In fact, some of our enemies might re sort to a word that would a^oly in this place, that does not sound nearly so nice, and at all gentle. Mr. Suber has prevailed with the water to a cer tain extent and ere The Ledger rech- es its many readers harmony will be restored among his stock of sweet fruits and candies. TMGHUUT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. The Midt-Winter Concert. The mid-winter concert, wMch has been looked forward to as the orlnd- nal musical event of this season, will be given at the college auditorium Friday, February 2nd, at 8.30 P. M. A grand chorus of nearly a hundred voices will render several numbers, and '-he best solo talent also will take ln - It ' ’ rhl8 concer t will be one night of music such as we may expect at the sprng festival. Let the peo ple of Gaffney and vicinity show their appreciation of the great efforts Lime stone college Is making to give them nigh-class entertainments for extreme ly low price of admission. Tickets are on sale at the Cherokee drug store at 2o cents each. A Card. I want to let the people know how Butler Dawkins and Frank Littlejohn sell land. There were fifteen feet of land In front of my house which be longed to the Christian Aid Society, of whch I am a member, and which I helped the society to pay for. They sold it to me for $37.50. I had a law yer to count it np and he said this was at the rate of $1,600 an acre. Amelia Littlejohn. Go out to hear Samuel Wittkowsky at the Star Theatre Friday night. Ad mission free. No collection. —Hats for Men, Youths and Chll- aren at bargain prices at J. I. San ratt’s. Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in the Old North State The Independent, the new after noon paper of Wilmington, suspended publication Friday. It was owned by! The Independent Company and was | edited by Captain A. L. DeRossett. No cause is given for the suspension. Mr. Thomas Traxler, an aged citi zen of Wifiston-Salem. had one foot) amputated at the hospital Friday as a result of an attack of gangreen. i Notwithstanding his advanced age,; he stood the operation remarkably | well and his chances for recovery are; encouraging. Mr. Traxler’s wife is just recovering from a serious attack ! of pneumonia. The engine of one freight train ran into the caboose of another at the point where the sidetrack joins the main track at King’s Mountain Satur day morning, and the engine and ca boose were boTh badly damaged, the latter being beyond repair. The tnvo enginemen and The conductors and flagman on the caboose jumped just) before the collision. No one was hurt. The side-tracked freight, it is report ed. was too long for the sidetrack. Mr. Clarence D. Wilkie, a well- known young newspaper man of Rutherfordton and local editor of The Rutherfordton Sun. of which he was the founder, committed suicide at Ms home Tuesday night at 10:30 o’clock by shooting himself through the right temple with a 32 calibre Smith & Wesson pistol. Dr. Carroll W. Down ey was 'immediately summoned but could do nothing for . the already dy ing man. He was unconscious from the time he fired the fatal shot and died witMn 15 minutes, without mak ing a struggle. While Spehcer was enveloped in ice. and telephone and electric wires were practically out of use, a number of them being on the ground, an un known negro, who was passing from his work in the Southern shops in Spencer Friday night was instantly killed by an.Alactric wire striking him to the ground. The man grappled wth the dangling wire for a moment and died. A bystander who attempt ed to knock the wire off of the dying man was terribly shocked and knock ed a distance of ten feet by the cur rent which burned out the life of the negro. In the Samuels case, in the Fed eral Court ill Greensboro Saturday morning the first witness for the de fendant was Revenue Agent Chap man. The defense finished wiih him in a few minutes, hut when the dis trict attorney began his cross exami nation it was seen at once that there had been tremendous friction between the representative of the Department of Justice and those of the Internal Revenue Department. Colonel Chap man’s first answers to the district at torney were so heated and disrespect ful that Judge Boyd rebuked him. After an hour and a half of searching questions the revenue a|ent had cooled down in Ms answers, or volun teered retorts, at the beginning of the examination. Mr. George Hunt, a noted charac ter in Rutherford and Cleveland coun ties, died at his home in Golden Val ley townsMp, Rutherford county, on January 18th, of pneumonia, at the age of 48 years. The body was laid to rest in the cemetery at First Broad church by loving hands, beside the grave of Ms sainted mother who loved him so well. George Hunt was a desperate man and for many years lived the life of a desperado, acd yeti he was true to his friends, generous and kind hearted. About twenty years ago while a revenue offleeri he did many daring deeds, and later he was eoually daring in defying the revenue officers. He was as brave as a lion. ; always lively and ready for a fight or a froMc; a splendid specimen of man hood and withal a handsome' figure. He was the ideal tvne of the West ern cowboy in frontier days. Vp to Saturday afternoon the police had not arrested John Rogers, who killed Gus Chavis Friday night in Durham. It is thought that he is be ing concealed by relatives and. friends as lit would be impossible for him to lay out during such weather as this. Every possible effort is being made by the police and other officers to ar rest the negro. The facts brought out by the coroner’s jury Saturday morn ing would indicate that it was a delib erate and cold blooded murder. •Cha vis, the dead man, was a first cousin of John Rogers, who did the shooting. Rogers had gone out of the pool room, leaving another negro in charge. Later, the second negro had to leave, and he left Gus Chavis in charge. When Rogers came back he asked Chavis for the money he had taken in. Chavis aaid he had no money. Rog ers then pulled his pistol a»d fired. As a matter of fact, so it Is learned from the only two eye-witnesses to the tragedy, Chavis had taken In 15 cents. SOMETHING OF THE WEATHER. Sleet and Snow and Falling Pols* Fill the Air—All About It. The weather man worked over time Thursday and Friday in the weather ho gave Gaffney. Such weather as came was unexpected to say the least. Sleet ably reinforced by rain and snow steadily descended all dav Fri day, making travel difficult. The weight of the sleet and snow played havoc with the poles and wires of the telephone and electric light com panies. The electric light current was forced to suspend about 4 a. m. Friday but was in its usual order Fri day evening. They suffered very lit tle as far as losing poles, although a number of their wires were report ed down. About six telephone poles fell with the added weight the weath er imposed upon them, fortunately no loss of life or great harm to prop erty is the result. One giant pole fell across the yard of the parsonage of the Buford Street Methodist church, placing the yard of the pas tor, Rev. S. B. Harper, in a net work of wires, while a small dent in the roof of the piazza shows what happen ed when that part of the residence came in contact with the unwelcome visitor in a vain attempt to stoo its progress. One pole was supended across the yard of Mrs. Nannie Moore, fortunately, not. knocking anv part of the house down nor causing any losi of life. Several other poles throsgh- out the city fell causing lines to be entangled and a few phones to be put temporarily out of operation, though when everything is taken into con sideration, the loss will be slight, not exceeding $500. NEWSPAPER DISAPPEARS. Blacksburg Chronicle Turns Up in Rhode Island. Of all the mysterious disappearanr » we have had to record, by all odns, the strangest and most mysteric is, was the disappearance of the Bla< i*’ burg. Chronicle on Thursday even ig. The loss oi one newspaper would h. rd- ly be worthy of comment, nor could il be rated as a calamity but when a whole edition disappears, it is time for even the indifferent ones to sit np. and take notice. Such was the case of the Friday edition of the Chronicle which was published as usual by Par rott Bros, in this city and sent to Blacksburg by exnress Thursday eve ning for its appearance there Friday morning. But it did not reach Blacks burg, neither did it appear. That, of course, caused some alarm and en quiries were made. It was discovered that the Chronicle was far, far from home—to be exact—was in Linesdale, R. I. The appearance of the Chroni cles in that small State is explained by an error of the express messenger. The tag bearing the name of Blacks burg as the rightful destination, was an old one, with the name of a firm in Rhode Isalnd on one side. The mes senger thinking that one correct, dis patched the papers to that point, con- sequently the readers of the Chroni cle did not enjoy that pleasure Friday no r have they yet, unless the delayed papers reached There yesterdav which wo C thought barely ossible. as they have been recalled from Rhode Island. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. J. W. Todd, of Seneca, was in the city yesterday. Miss Wilma Correll, of Concord. N. C., Is in the city, the guest of Miss Vo lina Hamrick. Clyde Halford, of Spartanburg, was a Gaffney visitor Sunday. —Matrimony may be speculation, but it’s well for girls not to stay too long on the market There’s no spec ulation about Nelson’s values. —Shoes for everybody at slaughter prices at J. I. Barrett's. Ulcer of the Stomach Insidious Nature of the Disease—Hov to Recognize and Cure It Dicer of the stomach may exis* fo years without very marked symp toms, excepting those caused by indi gestion. It is due to an inflammatioi which affects the membrane of thi stomach so that it is eaten away tr the gast.ric juices. In good health, the stomach resisti the action of the gastric juices, bu when weakened, the membrane is bad ly nourished and the digestive fluids act upon it as well as upon the food keeping up until perforation of tb< stomach occures. In advanced case! of ulcer of the stomach there is mucl discomfort after eating, with a con stant gnawing sensation betweer meals, pain from the pit of the stem ach back to the shoulder blade. At the first symptoms of indigestion treatment should at once be starlet with Mi-o-na. This is a scientific re medy adapted specifically to one pur pose, the cure of stomach troubles it s so uniformly successful that Tht Gaffney Drug Go. give a signed guar antee with every 50 cent box that th< ™. 0 ** 0V w,n be refan Jed if it does nol Mi-o-na is not a patent or secret remedy, but is a combination of the purest and most reliable of remediee for strengthening the digestive or gans and building «jp the whole sys tern. Us© it for a few days and there is no reason why you should not be able to eat any food you like a*, any time without fear of distress. It invigorates, strengthens and builds up. It keeps you in condition physically, mentally and morally. That’s what Hollister’s Rocky Moun- tain Tea does. It is a wonderful tonic and beautlfler. 35 cents Tea or Tab lets. Gaffney Drug Co. —You have been calling constant.- ly for “Aunt Dina’s” Sarsaprllla. We have it now. 50 cents per bottle three bottles of $1.25. Gaffney Dnuc Company. —Big lot of Quilts from 85c to $2, at J. I. Barratt’s.