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» \ A?* '•A THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newtpapor In th« Fifth Congressional District of 8. C. Y> EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE. - 6 - The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY- C' GUARANTEE THE RELIABIl of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUI A Newspaper In All that tho Word Implies and Devoted to the Beet Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABI ISHED FEB. 16, 1894. ' Tr GAFNEY, 8. C. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1906. ♦1.00 A “[HE GATES AJAR” FOR WM. JEFFERIES HE PASSES UP TO THE UNKNOWN. GREAT The End of a Long and Useful Life of a Man Who Filled God’s Mission by Living Not Alone for Self. DOINGS OF A WEEK AT STATE CAPITAL parents were descended from Revolu tionary stock. Hia great grand grand fathers. John Jefferies and Nicholas Corry and his grandfather Davis Goudelock, were soldiers in that war. Early in life he was taueht to love his country and liberty. He was sent to the best country schools in that section and obtained a liberal educa tion from these schools and a con stant study of books—newspapers we.e rare then. When he first came to manhood he taught school for four years, after which he spent some time Members of the Board of Dispensary in Charleston ‘and Columbia in the HOUSE AND SENATE AT LOGGER- HEADS REGARDING RULES. merchantile business. When he re turned to his old home he was elected to the Legislature in 1858 and served Elected—Glass Contracts. Cancel- ^ . , two years. These were exciting years Our entire city was shocked and ^ ^ Ijegisla1ure was com pose<l of surprised Friday to hear of the sud-1 s t r0 ng men. such as Memmineer, Per- de» death of Hon. Wiliam Jefferies 1 ry, Aldrich, Edwards, Simonton. Hud- or may simplfy matters and may pos- Evans—Senators Bivens. C. L. Blease, TUDniipijnilT TUC sibly prevent adjournment tomorrow. Dennis. Johnson. VonKolnitz, Warren, | | nllUUIlnUU I I IlL The aopropriating and supply bills j Representatives Browning, Bruce, Cal-! were read the second time. i lison, Colcock, Earhardt, E. J. Ether-: edge, Hall. Harley. Heyward. Higgins, j Hutto, Keenan LaFitte Nance, Par-! ker, Taylor, Tribble, Turner, J. M.! Columbia, Feb. 17.—The general assembly, which adjourned tonight, was expected to deal with three most! Walker. J. B. Watson, Wilberly—33. important matters, taxation, the dis-j For the two other members of the | RECENT TARHEEL STATE pensary and biennial sessions. It did | directorate to succeed Messrs. John nothing on any one of the three top ics. The record is a blank, oerhaps more^than a blank. Bell Towil and L. W. Boykin, J. B., Wylie, of Chester, Captain Black, of Colleton, and Representative R. F. EVENTS OF NOTE NORTH CAROLINA. IN Just for the moment it may be well | Dukes, of Orangeburg, were nominat- to give the finale on the dispensary ed. The vote was, Dukes, 75; Wylie, legislation. The whole situation is 1108; Black. 90. Wylie and Black were expressed in the trite expression, j declared elected. “nothing done.” Not a syllable in tne, Glass Contracts Cancelled, act in force when the members came The house by a large majority tab- here has been changed. One proposi- led Mr. LaFitte’s motion to insert in tion to amend the law after another thp journal the Carolina Glass Com- led—Appropriations. Columbia, Feb. 16.—When the mes sage the Senate sent over regarding ^ the action of the House last night in ^as killed. The house stood to the pany’e statement published yesterday, Wh«. a fpw milps from this 1 son Black] Boyston,’ Gadberry, Me-j declining the committee substitute dis-! finish against the Staet dispensary Mr. LaFitte’s suggestion being object- w <r Gown 'and many other such men. | pensary bill was read in the House, ^rhiie the senate on the other handled to on the ground that it would be city. Mr. Jefferies was driving to trie j The great, exciting and momentous just before adjournment today, to the; insisted avid persisted that the State improper for the house to thus express city in his buggy, when just on question that was looming up. especi-1 effect that rules 31 and 32, under dispensary must stand and that_ the itspif ™ tna moo ho5.i.r edge of town he fell from it dead. His al jy in 1357 was secession from the j which the House took refuge in re- horse and buggy came on and search , Union Mr.'.Jefferies opposed that as 1 fusing the bill, applied only to niat- revealed the body. He was one of can be seen by reference to the jour- ters arising in the House and that the most prominent men in Chero- na , of that when a bill to ap- 1 under rule 48 the House had no kee County and was well known p ro p r jate a larger sum to put the 1 choice but to receive the bill, the throughout South Carolina. He was | g ta t e on a war footing, was being dis- J House reenacted the stunt which seventy-five years of age. ) C u sse d and voted upon the ayes and made a king of old famous—It march- V,'! effe T les ^ as _ the ^ rst ^ en ® tor nays being called, he and B. F. Perry ed up the hill and then marched down again. Mr. Otts, of Cherokee, opened the pyrotechnic^ with the introduction of ?. resolution to the effect that the House received the message as in- thing to do was to purify the State dispensary and not abolish it. As was said last night, the house from Cherokee County, when the new were the onlv nays re corded. The county was created, and had rep- , var pomjpg OI ^ be volunteered in the resented Union county in the Legis- 18th g c volunteers, in which he lature both before and after the war se rved until December 1862. Being He was a member of the well-known discharged from that arm of service — _ Wallace house. He has been a promi- be entered the Holcomb Legion, j formation and that a message he sen went business man of Gaffney and afterwards the 7th S. C. Ca/alry, serv-; back to the effect that under the con- Cherokee County since their infancy, j n g as a private to the end. After stitution of the State the House was n naming and laying off of ^e war he engaged in teaching and it lit birth. He leaves °ne f arm i n g taking an interest in the the sole judge of its rules and the con struction thereof and saw no reason assistng in the citv a sister and five children, the sister is p 0 ntj CS 0 f his country, urging his I to recede from its position of last Mrs. Roseborough, of Florida. The ne jghbors to follow the fortunes of | night. This provoked a lengthy and children are Mrs. C. O. Allen, of, the Democratic party. In 1874 he, more or less acrimonious debate, the Groenville; Mrs. Baxter Wood, °f, w ith d. P. Duncan, succeeded in get- thing being so full of politics that it laeolet; Mrs. J. D. Goudelock and ing con trol of the finances of Union would have exploded on the slightes* ^ r j Charles A. Jefferies of this city,! coun ty and restored confidence in I provocation. and Miss Mayme Jefferies, who re- county affairs. In 1876 he took an Mr. Whaley, of Charleston, tried to sided her f*tli^ r at tb®ir resi- J ac tive part in the Hampton campaign j shut off the flood of oratory and gain dence at Home, S. C. The following an( j wag a g a j u elected to the Legis-; a parliamentary advantage on the lature. a member of the ever memor- side by avowing the previous ques- able Wallace House, in which he was j tion on the whole matter. Mr. Poi- ; a faithful and diligent member. He lock, one of the ablest dispensary I and G. D. Peake were the two first; leaders, became sarcastic about the ' members to dispute the right of' oroposition "from the State of Char- i troop- to keep them from the Legis- leston to apply gag rule,” and when lative hall. He had in his possession 1 he appealed to the House to sustain at the time of his death, the seal that him on an aye and nay vote by a ma- itself on the case being investigated. This was followed by the introduc tion of a new concurrent resolution, which was agreed to, about the Caro- would have agreed to almost any rea-j]ina Glass situation, in which the pre- sonable proposition that would have , amble recites the fact that the corn- contained the abolition of the State p ariv has agreed to release all con- dis'iensary. It wanted local option tracts and is a bit gentler than last and it voted to that effect time and night’s resolution, though the final re time again. The senate, with its il suit is practically the same. The members, blocked everything that was State agrees to take some 20,000 cases proposed by the house and persisted of disnensary glass the company has [the flames could be extinguished and in its one idea that the State dispcn-j< m hand and will get immediate sup j the burning garment removed. The sary could be purified by its bills. plies for not more than 90 days from j pa thetic death of the little boy h&s Last night when the house bv the; the company at prices of lowest un-1 touched all hearts and the bereaved largest vote recorded rejected the filled contracts. The senate has con-j family have the sympathy of their senate bill, practically all hope of (:iii-rod, Mr, Lyon stated, that bv this 1 entire acquaintance, legislation was gone. Some seemed arrangement the State would save! to think that there might something about $50,000. ’ 1 At 10 o’clock Saturday night H. Y. done by the conference committees j The solicitors’ bill was agreed upon! Stack, aged 25. a flagman on the and had the senate agreed to the prop- j j- free conference, the salaries to be Southern railway, was shot and ih- osition to abolish the State dispensary; $1,7000 and the raise to take effect stantly killed by a 14-yearold girl Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in the Old North State Clipped from our Exchanges. About 11 o’clock Saturday an en gine on the Durham & Southern turn ed over at Holly Springs and instant ly killed Captain Carey Thompson and injured the fireman Captain Bill An gler. The engine was returning from Apex for some cars and split the switch at Holly Springs. Rockingham is deep sorrow as the result of a distressing accident 4® young Walter Payne Everett, the 8- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Everett, which resalted in his death Friday night. While dressing FYiday morning his clothing was drawn into the open fireplace by the draft and his body was seriously burned before sketch describes his useful and well spent life: was placed on the outside lock of the ! treasury door by order of the coni t, ! it being given him by treasurer Leap jority of four votes. He first at tempted to deliver an argument un der the guise of speaking to a ques 4 ffl hart when the seal was broken by or- tion of personal privilege, but was der of the court, and the State gov- ruled out of order before be got far. After a dozen more speches had been indulged in there ^ere some hurried ernment turned over to Hampton. Mr. Jefferies then retired to pri vate life. For years he advocated conferences in the aisles among the smaller co inties, and worked especi- j leaders on both sides and then Mr. j ally for Cherokee county. He has Sanders offered an amendment that. and let the counties run the dlspen-1 July 1, next saries where they wished and kept Th» bill to establish a hospital for prohibition in those counties that inebriates and epileptics was killed by have it would have been very clear, j the free conference committe failing This morning there was a whisper j to agree. The house wanted the hos- that the general assembly would ad-j-Hal in Columbia as an adjunct to the journ without electing a new board | State hospital for the insane while or commissioner and in this way force , the senate wanted the new hospital Gov. Heyward to appoint a board of j tor Yorkville. directors. It was urged that in this | Uvay a business like and good board ! DEATH OF MRS. MONTGOMERY. would have been selected by the Gov-j | ernor. Governor Heyward, however A Sudden Attack of Heart Disease Burton Jarrell, convicted of the did not care for this to be done and Ends a Young Woman’s Life. ; m urder of W. C. King in Warren thought the general assembly ought Mrs. Victor M. Montgomery died at county, escaped early Thursday fro® named Hannon at Concord. Stack went to Concord recently from Bir mingham, Ala. In company with another young man he had been at the house earlier in the night He returned to get a muffler he had left and was denied admittance. He went to the girl’s window and wm Shot Is the breast. The girl, together with | a 16-year-old sister and her father, was arrested and placed in jail. to meet its own troubles, but if left j her home at Spartanburg Thursday to him would do the best he could, j evening after a sudden attack of heart but he much preferred not to have a disease. She appeared in accustomed thing to do with the a^oointments. 'health Wednesday. Mrs. Montgomery The Appropriation*. was a daughter of Capt. and Mrs. H. The general appropriation bill was | p. Griffith of this city. Her husband, agreed upon at the afternoon session. V. M. Montgomery, president of Pac- The poiu*s of agreement were: jole* and Greenville mills, one son and _ Jamestown Exposition, $20,000; the | two daughters survive her. been an advocate of education and while the House maintained that its Confederate Home College, $2,000; ! Concerning the funeral, which was Ikm ' ' • <1 worked earnestly for the education parliamentary rx>sition was correct. it of the masses. He b.as been identi- had decided in the interest of the the Wake county jail, where he had been placed for safe keeping, while Garfield Hicks, who wias sentenced to death for being implicated in the same crime, refuesd to flee. There was some doubt as to Jarrell’s guilt and the supreme court was consider ing his appeal. Jarrell sawed his way through eight steel bars and his es cape was not discovered until the jail er went to the cell at daylight. The fact that Hicks remained when he »s /V * i'l / J HON. WILLIAM JEFFERIES. Board of Fisheries under new act,; held Saturday, the Spartanburg Her- $10,000; South Carolina Industrial j aid of Sunday says: 'fled with the conservative Democrats State to recede from its position, and 1 School Reformatory. $4,500; Dr. Elsas’ “The funeral services over the re-i. A l mos l certain to be hanged was the of the state but has always been lib- a message to this effect was ordered, History of the Jews of South Carolina, mains of Mrs. Victor M. Montgomery remarkable feature of ihe delivery, eral in his views, and never extreme sent to the Senate. The House adopt- $250; Confederate pensions. $225,000, | W ere conducted at the residence on M T T Rf , vpl1 4 q „ m( , P or fanatical. When his -mind was ed the amendment cheerfully and ad- instead of $250,000; South Carolina East Main street yesterday afternoon ‘ . , ’ th College, $8,000; disallowed for pro-* a t 4 o’clock. Rev. Lewis M. Roper.. was lnfctantl v an(1 . tar ™ fessorg; houses, and «M« allowed for pastor of the First Baptist cH-roh. ^a^rthe R«ell home o/cea- fully made up on any 'subject he act- journed in good humor, ed with decision and rarely changed | Mr. Morgan made a manly fight and his opinion. His work in behalf of made a fight on the Raysor-Manning rent; $1,000 for department of peda-1 v ,r as j n charge of the services, which Cherokee county was a factor in its The funeral of Mr. Jefferies took s,,ccess - After the county had been bill itself. The House in the last few i -osy, and $1,000 for apparatus. The * consisted in the reading of some scrip- v Th J hnnoi w ’hPinJ' ra'inpd minutes of its morning session decid-, $20,000 was stricken off for the model, tUrQ selections and prayer. Rev. W.! lo T pi a ce it on a level with tne place from the Buford Stret Metho- formed and candidates for the various ed not to go into the dispensary eiec ' school tor Winthrop college. i T. Derieux, former pastor of the same, . L _ * , crumbled in dist 6 church Sunday moraing af u! offices were being taken, a num- tions this afternoon, on this fact there, more was added tor claims. $700 , church, of which deceased was a faith-; o’clock. No preaching service was ffme^ton^^Prelhvterian 1 ^him^hp 0 / ^nawr." He ‘was~ consulted on the, fault with the present members of I $16,300. Historical Commission’s clerk | the city. Ther!Terp nmhJh/ Iix hundred subject and after some persuasion re- the board holding over. But. the | $1,350; contingent, $200; total appro- “The e suggested his name for the position of . elections will be allowed to go by de- salaries, making the total for the year in the services but was absent from u_ w.w. tv,xw tan nppepnt members of i Sik.iiuo Mistnrmai Pnmmission'c eierk tv., -otw utes elapsed before the imprisoaesi .; men were released from under t&e There were probab.y six hundred peo , ... pie in attendance. Every nook and hictantly submitted to rnn . . «* do corner of the church was occupied. as an opponent one of the brightest elecUons and it is thought it *ill do The service was conducted by Rev. young men of Cherokee countj, a man, so. Maintains Dianitv J. B. Wilson, a life-long friend ot the wel1 and favorably known, one who , „ ® i/tVoduc. deceased assisted bv Revs S B was popular and who had the avow- The concurrent resolution introduc Harper R T LiVton and A M Simms’ ed support of the individual members j ed at the instance of the Dispensary waf “aalffst ,SX i th.- town council of Gaffney ana nlicity. so like the man himself. Mr. a lar « e and respectable following a contract for glass which the dis- Wilson sooke most fee’inglv He throu g llout the country. His oppo- oen.-ary has «ith the Carolina Glass could scarcely trust himself to sneak nent was one that was hard to beat. : Company, came before ihe Senate tms senate wore agreed to on the free con niuii ic- inc u uvsivitun cv... --—- ! r * v, , i He exercises, which were largely: i-..iv was fppr He had House has time yet to enter into the priation for the dispensary investiga-; a ttended, were very imnressive. A ™ l . nS- ‘ , Jtev011 s ” 0, c vas fully mangled, nearly every bone be- broken. He is survived by a widow and two sens. The injared tion committee, $12,500. The senate f ea t ure was the rendition of the solo... struck out $1,000 for walls for the “He knows.” ty Miss Winn, of Con- lng Stat'* house grounds. No metal shelv- verse college, who possesses a rich, ^ . W{ , „ , tll P imr was allowed for the Secretary of ! we n cultivated voice. She sane with 1 are 0 T - J- i Sk l "V’m?/ State’s office. The expenses for all, a tenderness and expression this bea "-1 Gus' w iia.n^ hea.l "aibl sho.*- dispensarv elections were allowed. *»/.,! ijured, Gus Williams, head and snoai Fertilizer Matters. tiful hymn. “Among the large concourse of neo- The two fertilizer hills from the , n ]e who attended the obsequies were| about thirty-five young lady students, i ders badly bruised. McLeod, and Hardin, and A Couple of Marriages. Mr. J. S. Lemons and Miss Bulah Ihe senior class of Umeslone college , ^ ^ who came over with the president °f i s s IV n ( iav at Grassv Pond bv lev that institution. Dr. Lee Davis Lodge., mg bun(lay at ° iasfey n * • F. C. Felmet. in behalf Of bis friend He made no and the fact that Mr. Jefferies was morning, but on objection by Senator j ference reports. The conference com- olea—that was not necessary—but elected over such a man, speaks Marshall consideration went oyer. j mittees were made up of Senators contented himself with a ‘ beautiful volumns for his popularity. I nJ^HaHoa 8 , f Manniag ’ tribute to the business, social and; After serving one term as senator, ! ,rop " at nfChlr^inn T‘ private life of Mr. Jefferies. There Mr. Jefferies retired from active poli- at ® S ? cho f )1 . ® f , Charl ^ 0,1 ; U was an absence of that gush and pal- i tical life and devoted his time to t A n aa *jeld J 1 ”® 0 ®® 1 * 1 ” 110 ®® aver so common at a funeral service, j private business. He amassed a com- U) make the . a PP r, P rlat JP® to P™* It was the outpouring 6f the soul of fortable fortune which consisted of :' at ^ n ! n f^ il h ® ^ a Godly man who knew and loved hif valuable farm lands, stocks, bonds, if® kil1 } he b *. lk however by a '®te of friend. At the conclusion of the ser-i etc. Ht was a director in both the - 1 u Pt 1 “‘ , A Se “ at ® r remarked Privat - vices the remains were conveyed to I Merchants and Planters Bank, of this the vote that the constitution upon fixes a ten Per cent, margin On Oakland cemetery, followed bv the citv and the National Bank of Gaff- t amount to anything when a bill the allowance for icss in weight, th« „ _ larges* concourse of people th^t has i ney, as well as the Gaffney Manufac-j ca “ le „‘ n label ®d Women, Confed-1 senate wanted 5 per cent. The house trust . es G f the institution. attended the burial of a person in turing Company and other corpora-1 erate * <> r - j ^ a “ t ®J 1 no allowance in weight per-; “After the funeral services the in- stomach The Gaffney Drug Co. Te'' Gaffnev within the knowledge of the! tions. He was a loyal ckizen in At this juncture a message was re , nutted. Three per cent. wa s fixed, .torment followed at Oakwood ceme-j How jt May be strengthened, writer. There the lid of the casket | every sense of the word and his going f /u ,m c the * H K.n Se in l? g ^ to |. The Ashle >' amendment as to allow- 1% . ry . The already large crowd was | The stomach }s the mainspring of was raised and those present who de-1 away brings sadness to many hearts.; rece,ve thf> ^'nate bill on the dispen-1 ing attorney s fees for litigants was greatly augmented on the wav to the|jjf e When it is strong and acts per- sired to do so were permitted to take He was a true friend to ail good peo-; « a, v on some alleged technical viola- j stricken ou.t The new law is regard- j city of the dead. At the grave a brief fec {i y tben t b e whole system is right, a last look at the remains. Hundreds pie, both white and black, and many; Uon ol the rules. Senator Manning, ed as being to the manufacturer and service of scripture reading and pray- as8 j m n a tio n Is Perfect, and body and Messrs. Seabrook. Watson and Toole. , T he father of the deceased. Ca-t. H. ni.mnn Miss Nettie the two houses compromised on the p. Griffith, for years has ben a pro-1 „ lnk 1 dnl °. n j 3 *! .‘J oints of difference. The sena'M want- f ess0r in this well known institution' aa j ed to allow 15 per cent, allowance in : and has devoted to its existence ^ Horfon bv Magistrate A 1 Nil- commercial values on guarantees. The upbuilding the strength; and utility | V Hortwn - Magistrate a. j. house wanted full compliance of guar- Q f his life of honor and usefulness.! 1 raw ' antee ip analysis. The bill as agreed His daughter was a warm friend of . ... the college also, and Mr. Victor Mont-! M A llVxPRUmI* fir I Irr weight, the gomerv is a member of the board of lvlnll«ljrVlli«U Ul Llf Ll No One Can be Strong With a Weak ell of people filed by the casket while, of both races owe their start in life the choir sang softly songs from to his kindly aid. No one outside of Gospel Hymns. After all had been permitted to take a look, among them being many colored people who had his immediate family mourns bis said this was a most extraordinary | the buyer and easy of construction er was held prior to the burial. procedure, which, if it becomes a; and enforcement, practice, would most seriously affect' Board of Pardon*. death more than The Ledger. We j legislation and the relation of the two | Governor Heyward has lost, no time counted him as among our most sin- todies- He thought the Senate should in getting his board of pardons, pro- known and worked for the deceased, i cere friends, the casket was lowered to its last resting place and the burial service was ended by singing “The Gates Ajar,” the favorite hymn of Mr. Jef feries. During the singing of this hymn the reporter could not help but note a clear basso voice which rang out with distinctness, but in the tones uphold its dignity. He moved that I vided for under the act passed at this ( the bill be returned to the House with session. He has appointed R. Mays a message that the House had not! Cleveland, for the one-year term; Wil Death of Mr*. Wardlaw. This city learn of the death of Mrs. J. G. Ward-'by parliamentary usage, and the rules! “The following gentlemen were the pall bearers: Arch B. Calvert. Aug. W. Smith. Stobo J. Simpson. S. B. Ezell, T. Sloan Crawford, R. H. F. Chapman. J. B. Lee and Lamar Smith. “The floral offerings were beautiful and in abundance. Many were sent brain are thoroughly nourished. One may perhaps get temporary re lief from stomach troubles by using peosin, or some other digestant, but this treatment has no curative effect It does not reach the seat of tike trouble and remove the cause. How much better to use Mi-o-na, of Mr*, waraiaw. abided by it s own rules and that what i son G. Harvey, for two years; Robert j from p aoo iet, Gainesville. Woodruff, wh [ ch restores lost functions of the has saddened to ought to have been done, as required)"’ Shand, for three years. Gaffney and other towns, i law, of Yorkville. while visiting at of the House, was to concur or non- the home of her sister, Mrs. Creech, concur in the Senate amendment to in Barnwell. Mrs. Wardlaw had been the bill and, further, informing the of'which couid be detected much feof-! in Barnwell about two weeks. She House that so far as the Senate is ing It was that of Mr Wilson the bad be en in ill health and it was concerned, the bill is still in the pos- friend and pastor of the deceased! and l thought that the change would "rove session of the other body. This mo- there was so much feeling in his sing- 1 beneficial to her. Her condition, how- tion, with an accompanying message, .v_i—# ever, became worse soon after her ar- was unanimously voted for and the rival and continued so until her death,; bill was returned to the House. Friday, The remains were laid to, When the appropriation bill was rest in Yorkville Saturday afternoon. | reached Senator Blease, of Newberry, Gaffney was universally saddened moved to cut down the contingent ex- when the news became general here,) pense of the Commissioner of Immi- although Mrs. Wardlaw’s condition : gration from $3,000 to $1,000; this mo- was known to be serious and the end tion was lost b> 26 to 9- ing that one could almost fancy see ing the gates ajar. The floral tributes were many and beautiful. In fact the grave was cov ered and the remains litterally slept beneath a bank of flowers. The palle bearers were:—Active— D. C. Ross, R. M. Wilkins, T. L. Mr. Cleveland is a prosperous and) number came from the city and a great ■ whole digestive system, revives flug- prominent farmer from Greenville the successful president of the Enter-’ —Dr. J. M. Hunter, the cancer spec prise Bank, of Charleston. Mr. Robert ( i a ii s t, of Rock Hill, will be at the W. Shand is one of the leading law yers of Columbia, and former presi dent of the State Bar Association. Governor Heyward has made most ex cellent; selections. The Boabd will go to work at once. Commercial Hotel, Gaffney, S. C., on Wednesday, February 28. 1906, and will be pleased to consult with anv who may be afflicted with cancer, tumors, or any of the diseases of which he makes a specialty. Brown, J. C. Lipscomb, J. Eh. Jeffer- was expected. Mr. and Mrs. Ward- ies, Ed. H. DeCamp and T. H. Little john. Honorary—Dr. C. M. Littlejohn, J. D. Jones, J. E. Webster, T. LRr tlejohs. W. L. Johnson. W. R. Lip scomb, L. G. Potter. Dr, W. A. Fort, I. M. Peeler. Honorary for Knights of Honor—R. A. Jones. W. W. Gaffnev W. H. Smith. Moms Wood. J. C Pry or and L. Baker. A Sketch of HI* Life. William JefferlM was bora in Union county in the year 18S0. HI* law until about a year ago made this city their home. Colonei Wardlaw is one of the prominent men of the State and is known throughout the South as a mill man and an authority on mill affairs. He Is president of cot ton mill* In both Yorkville and Char lotte. Mrs. Wardlaw was a lady onto to be known to become at once popu lar. Prof. R. O. Sams and Miss Car rie Sams, father and sister of Mrs. Wardlaw, were *t the bedside of their loved one when the end ceme. The Rucker bill was called up auo all after the enacting words were stricken out and the Senate bill was substituted for it with the exception that the Board of Directors Is abol ished. This bill cannot get to the House until tomorrow. Tben the Senate decided not to hold the dispen- sarv elections this afternoon. The House ha* two Senate bills on the dispensary, one the Senate bill na originally passed and the other the Senate bill abolishing the Board of Directors. All this may complicate Columbia, Feb. 17.—The joint as sembly today elected the members of the board of dispensary directors un der the old law. W. O. Tatum, of Orangeburg, was re-elected commissioner without op position. Senator Marshall nominated Renre- sentative J. M. Rawlinson, of Richland county, for chairman of the directo rate to succeed H. H. Evans. Repre- senatlve Haskell seconded it. Sena tor Cole L. Blease, of Newberry, nom inated Mr. Evans for re-election. Tbe seconds wore Messrs. Hall, of Ander son. and LaFitte, of Bamberg Mr. Rawlinson was elected 103 to 33 for Mr. Brans. TheWote was as follows: For Mr. Good looks bring happiness. Friends care more for ns when we meet them with a clean, smiling face, bright eyes sparkling with health, which comes by taking Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. 36 cents. Gaffney Drug Co. —Bine Ribbon, 10 cents a yard. What is It? Ask for Blue Ribbon Gin ger Ale. It's fine. —See my line of Scotch mixture* If in need of Dress Goods. J. I. Bar ratL —Nowhere will yon find such real bamin- as st Nelson’s. Sebseribe for Tho Ledger, HAS a year. ging nutrition, and aids in the as- simulation of food. Mi-o-na is a pleasant remedy to use, and benefit is seen from almos*. the first day's treatment. It restores the torpid glands and stimulates the natural digestive recretlons. It checks fermentation, stops germ growth, soothes inflammation, and cures all troubles, suck as headaches, backaches, rheumatic pains, furred tongue, sleeplessness, nervousness, and general debility, which are caused by Imperfect digestion. It is the only remedy that is so uni formly successful in the cure of stom ach diseases that The Gaffney Drag Co. are willing to give a guarantee with every 50 cent box of Mi-o-na tab lets that the remedy will cost nothieg unless it cures. They have so much faith in Ml-o-na that they are willing to take all the risk. Have you been betrayed by promi*- es of quacks, swallowed pills and bot tled medicine without results except a damaged stomach? To tboee we offer Hollister'* Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents. Gaffney Drag Co.