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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaptr In th* Fifth Congressional District of 8. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE. The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. «E GUARANTEE THE RELIASILI. of Every Advertiser Whs Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Cherokee County. GAFFNEY, S. C. TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1906. 91.00 A SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. A CARD FROM MR. HUSKEY. Denies Attributed EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER* OKIE Recent Happenings In and Around tho City and Other Events Gather ed by the Local News Editor. Many Statement* to Him. Gaffney, S. C., Roote No. 1. April 6,1906. Editor Ledger:—Before I put In my announcement for the “House” last summer, I considered the question just a little, for I had been told by some of m / friends who had tried the same thing and kne^ what they were i talking about, that to get Into poli- (tios a man had a stumpy row to hoe. I knew that would be the <jasc\ but I decided that I wafoted to go to the House of Representatives, so I beeamp a candidate for that place. I made the race: I said something about “splitting rails:” the isewspapers took HORRIRLE ACCIDENT TO LITTLE CHILD. BURNED TO DEATH WHILE EN GAGED IN PLAY. IMPORTANT COUNCIL MEETING. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Young, of This County, a Charred Mas* Cinders, Covered with Dirt. The public school at Buffalo, under ; the charge of Rev. I. T. Newton, will , . . close next Friday. An address will be \\ and haVe ^ en delivered by Rev. J. A. Scarborough,! bia aboat u eVP * v si “ ce f ^ r of Pulton, Ky. There will be a dinner which ! a * on the Mhool Krounn. and .ho public « « , , 0 „. is invited to come and bring well- Wj , , et th( , m iaT * „ tbelr wa7 filled baskets Train No. 39 on the and said nothing. By Brian Bell. A little three-■' T ear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Young who live about, eight miles from Gaffnev was burned to death late Saturday afternoon in Southern al-! Bu t when I read the article in The what was probably the most horrible .ays variably about the time she ar-! ledger a few days ago from Mr. Me- [ acc j(j e nt that has ever occpired with ives in the citv. although the sch^ ! Nell, I thought that was mo^ than ^ ^ ^ ^ omitv rives in the city, although the sche dule fixes it at 9:10 a. m , surpassed previous records yesterday by not coming at all That is as her origi nal self, train No. 39. which, for some cause was annulled. Quite a good deal of freight was congested in the citv yesterday, too. The series of revival meetings at th w First Baptist church, under the leadership of Dr. \V:u. E. Hatcher, of Richmond. Va.. are meeting with » yat success and win continue throughout the week. A gre%t deal of interest is being manifested in the services, not oulv bv residents of the citv, but by the students of Limestone College, who attend the services in numbers. tiesh and blood couljj stand. Mr. McNeil; and 1 can prove that what he wroie in that article was lies from j the sla t to finish. He said Mr. De- Gamn introduced him to me. Mr. Frank Parrott introduced him to me. He asked me to sit down and have a drink with him and said 1 did so. He is a lie and he knows it. 1 thanked him as a gentleman (tak ing him to such) as best I could and did not take a drink with him. He said in his glowing descript- io- of the clothes I wore to town on City Council Act on Imoortant Ca***— Telephone Franchise Taken-Up. In a council meeting coaspicious on account of sensational developments attending, the citv council held a regu lar meeting on Friday evening at the council chamber at the city hall. Routine business was dispatched in short order and importaat municipal affairs had the attention of the body. Wiring and plumbing work will no longer be done bv the town, nor by of | Suoerintendent DuPr** who has here tofore disposed of plumbing for the waterworks and wiring for the elec tric lights. Council also voted to in- stal water mete/s at once and to raise tii,, water rent from 50 cents per spigot to 75 cents per thousand gal lons. The above arrangements will m i n t 0 effect May 1st. An important step was taken in regard to the tpuch discussed telephone situation which has been agitating the public mind for some time. The telephone fran chise as held bv the telephone com- j pany originally reads as follows: COLONEL STRAIN ON HIS TRAVELS HE WRITES OF WHAT HE SEES AND HEARS. Meets Old Acquaintance* Who Have Been Successful In Life’s Struggles. —Discover* New^Summer Resort. Gaffney, April "•—We left Gaffney Tuesday and spent the night with our old friend. Mr. Ed. Harmon, three miles north of the city. Mr. Harmon, # - -r. T : „ * ! are great mends of The Ledger, is one of our old union county citi - ; ^^j„_ ^ «i- *4.1. ^__ a rv Mullins, at Beaverdam Church, t where we were most kindly treated by himself and family. We are sorry | to find his youngest son. Master Wll- ! lie, confined to his bed with a broken leg which he sustained about a week ago; but under skillful treatment he is apparently on the road to rapid re covery. Mrs. Mullins is a great gard- ner and has much of her work done. W e like to meet and form the ac- , quain*ance of such people and speak j of the many courtesies extended us. Thursday night we sppnt with Mr. a»d Mrs. Charlie Sparks, at. Clifton, who are some of our best people and ^ rons. W fi were sorrv to find Mas- 1 ter Clyde unwell with asthma. The iittle sufferer has been in bad health for some time, but fils flnal recovery ! is a matter of much interest to his man/ friends. Mr. Snarks’s family that dav that I had on a "two-piece suit;” another lie. I had on a three-j oldei one entered the home with the piece suit—coat, vest and pants. He i intelligence that his brother had been jumps on me about the English I used burned to death. She at once hasten- The services will uadoubtedlv be pro- jp regards to the questions he asked ed out and discovered the body of her ductive of much g'Kid. Th^ hours for me. He asked me a few questions little one a charred mass of cinders, the services are 3.30 to 1 30 P. M , and anr ] too k out his pencil as if he were It was not dead, however, and she 7.45 P. M. , going to take down some dots and I ran to the father for assistance. told him to never mind alijut that as When he arrived the child, a mass of I had certainly had enough “newsoa- burned flesh, was slowly crawling per notoriety.” He asked me if I toward the house with both eyes en- were a Tillman man. I told him I tirelv burned out and its enure body was. I told him that I thought Till-1 in a cremated state. Every foot or man was a great senator and from , two traversed by the child would b«> all accounts In the pavers was doing j followed by a fall on its face cover- a g^at deal of good in the Senate. I lug that part of its body with pebbles didn’t say a “sight” of good; as he ! and dirt which clung tenaciously to would have you believe. the burned surface of its flesh. It had I told him that. Tillman cursed more ; been attired in thick clothing but than was necessary I thought. Now if | when its parents arrived everv stitch Mr. McNeil told the wrong tale as to | of the same had been burned awav. who introduced us and failed so badly j It was tendertv carried into the house The remainder of the propertv of the late Fred G. Stacy was sold at public sale at the court house yester day. The onlv propertv to he sold at this sale was a lot on Race street commonly designated as the “Bar racks' 1 property, and five shares in the Southern Trust Gompanv of Spar tanburg. The lot was purchased by Mr. Richmond Stacy. The considera tion was $930. The shares ih the Spartanburg Trust Company sold for $101 ner share. Mr. A. N. Wood being the purchaser. Phone dues shall be payablp monthly Tlie facts gathered tend to show that j an( j greater amount than $18 per the little one with a brother about j yp a ,. shall be charged for and collect- four years ot age, were playing around j ( , ( j f rom anv person for use of anyone the yard of their home and had buil> ; phone. The town council preceeding a fire, supposedly one of some size. , ODO DOw office amended this in The father was at work a short dis- company might charge tance away and th><- mother within the $2.50 per month for business phones, house. She heard the shouts as she | j e phanes in business houses. The thought, of the children, but attribut j present council made a ruling in their ed nothing to it as it was nohing unu- j meeting Friday which takes the rate sual for them to engage in boisterous j back to the former one. This wv-, plav. Her first indication of the awfe' possibly, the most important decisio i accident her unfortunate child had, ; arr }y e( j during the meeting. Ru- been the recipen* of. was when the j mor pjuts that devoleements will fol a 1 low this action in regard to the fran chise. The onlv other matters han-; died at this time were the action )o sell the old guard-house in rear of ; Baker’s lumber yard and the prohib- ^ iting riding bicycles on the sidewalks within the incorporated limits of the city. zens who. by his pluck and energy. | coupled with industry, has made his ; mark. H P has a beautiful home and j fine farm, where he makes an inde-: pendent living. His wife is the foi- j mer Miss Leila Burgess, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Burgess. Tnis hom*» has been blessed with seven , beautiful girls, and thev are making ; all reasonable efforts to educate them, borij in btxaks and the domestic af fairs of life. Mr. Kimsev O. Huskey is their teacher, and Ahev speak well of him and his work t^such. It is un-, necessary for us to sav they treated mv- with great kindess and made our sojourn with them for the night very nleasant. Wxt day we returned to to^n and from thence made our wav to Cow- i pens and Clifton, calling on a number our friends and acquaintances alonv the line. One of them was fetr Miss Ellen Kirby, now Comrades A. Frank Smith and Jas. G. I»ve have paid their dues and bedta re-enrolled as members of Camp Jeff eries U. C. Veterans. They were not present at the meeting of the eanre March Jdth. when officers were elect ed for the present vear. J. L. S. Winnsboro Items. Winnsboro. April 7.—The recent rain seemed *o discourage some of the farmers, as it was high time that farm work ought to have been advanced ' more than it is now; but now we have fair weather and the people.are mak ing eood us P of it. There was scarcely anv people from the country in Winnsboro to day. It seems that some people do not realize that it is the Lord's work, i The-.- speak of so much rain and then j. after the rain are not contented be- meri.y -Miss r-nen niroy. now Mrs. | ^ l J e "7/? ^g gardened. Forrest Petty, who extended us a cor- Thp * rHUnd should be stirred 18 soon DEATH OF A ^fORTHY CITIZEN. Mr. John P- Wriqht. a Well-Known and Highly Respected Citize n Dead. Mr. John P- Wright, one of the mo't. well-known and highly resoected cit izens of Cherokee county, died Satur day at his home at Limestone. Mr. Wright was quite feeble, having at tained the agp of eighty-eight vears. H - had been in ill health for some vears hut for the Past vear had been Several citizens, while engaged in „„„„ r conversation on Limestone street, ab °ut. the I Saturday morning, remarked upon the, b « V mv know i- beauty of the streets just after the | nor skilled in rhetoric, tor mv knowi garbage cart had made its rounds col- ed ^ °f ^ ’jhlnk I know more about lecting the waste paper, etc., tha+ had 1 ^ j -.ato-tlves than creleHKW thrown about. ^ | about ^ to describe the clothes I wore, to be where it was ministered to and j ^ed rigWh ro’tis borne He was sure he would tell the wrong tale cal skill secured. " llneerP S * l*?. ' r’rtf ono?- 8 j <lial greeting and requested us to make their home our home at any time we could make it convenient. Mrs. Pett • is a daughter of 'he late La Fayette Kirby, wliose tragic death in a well n^ar Timber Rirdge is well remembered b\ many of our readers, especially the older ones. People along our line of travel are busy with their farm work, doing most, or all of it. independent of hired labor. Farmers are well up with their work considering the many hin- derances and back-sets to which they are and have been subjected. On our tJ'in. amongst others, we met Mr. Moses Wilkins Goforth, who has in our judgment, missed much of life’s pleasures by not getting him a nice wife, instead of living a bachelor’s life. Mr. Goforth was a soldier, a as possible to prevent this. As we see the trees putting forth their leaves we judge that summer is near at hand and as w’<j walk up the streets the odor of the soring flow ers brings to our mind that spring is almost here. We think it is nice In girls to beautifj- their blessed homes with lovely flowers. The seizure of liquor has been very common here for the past few wrecks. Sheriff Hood and Constable Boland | "re doing ail thev can to keep it from. I being ordered and sent, here onlv on occasions, as we might sav necessity. I suppose it is their idea to trv to keep down tire blind tigers as much as pos sible. To those that have not had meas les it has been an accident that they have, not taken them in the last few’ expressed regret at the same that the streets could not be kept in this condition, vriien the exercise of onlv a little thought would easily ob tain the desired result. The suggest ion is worthy of thought, as certainly clean and attractive streets enhance immensely the beautv of a city. The Charlotte Observer said in its columns a few days ago that Con tractor J- A. Jones, of Charlotte, who he made a grammatical “slip-up” too while chatting with me. He wanted to go to Charlotte on that eight o’chtek train and asked me if I thought he used. I don't, hours before passin- away. It was in ^ grammarian a frightful sUte and the end ^as a ^ r ^ oIc i n{r , n Hre highest confidence | membe7of Company Fl5th s7c. Reg- da ys. for this surrounding country has messing m that it ™ and utmost respect from his friends 1+, ’“ m a awful state. The little one was corn | neighbors. A noteworthy fact scious to the last breath and was able f wac lAnron to converse with the loved ones was that Mr. A right «as deacon in saift that he never ut-f on c church for fifty —s. He is sur vived by a widow and five children. around. It is tered a moan or Indication of pain and when asked if he was not suffering intense pain, replied that he was not. This is accounted for by the physi- « t been raging with them. They are a W e met and spent a pleasant hour : b a«l kind of measles, as every one with the venerable Rev. Wm. h.^vs so. There are some in this town White, who has been in the ministery bow that are suffering a great deax train.” Now, probably he ha forgot ten that, but he used those words while going with me to the depot. _ __ Now. Mr. McNeil. I think you had has the contract for the erection of better get your grammar and learn to the depot now under construction in congugate the little word, or verb could do so. I told him I thought he j clan that the pains were so severe | could. Here is the sentence he used: | that thev probably made the flesh in-j “I have went into Charlotte on that i sensible to pain. VICTIM OF ACCIDENT. Gaffnev. stated to an Observer repre sentative that it would be finished by the first of May. This will be good news to citizens of Gaffney and will „ come as a surprise to many who were about mv campaign, but when a man “go” before you make fun of my nouns and adjectives. Now to makp a long story short. I don’t care what people think or s*v not aware of the fact that a new de pot was so near upon us. The para graph contained a few other remarks as to the up-to-dateness of the sruct- ure and the cost, which was fixed at $10,000. The 1’ t was screwed on tight in the citv Sunday as regards anything to drink or smoke. There has been a ordinance prohibiting anything but drugs being sold on the Sabbath fbr some time, but R not any too rigidily observed. The police state, however, that it has reached a stage when drinks, cigars and tobacco are practical]v on sale one dav as well as another and it was absolutely neces- sare- to forbid anything at all being sold. It seems that the rule was strictly enforced Sunday and the thirsty remained thirsty all dav as fa* 1 as getting ice-cold lemonades and the refreshing coco-cola was concerned. The monotonous refrain of "nothing doing" continues to be the only re frain chanted in court circles of the citv. A careful search yesterday flail ed to reveal anything in the city court or in anv of the realms where magis trates sit supreme. Gaffnev is getting very very good of late and It would seem that all the sinners tha+ of oil made the sessions of court interest ing, have either departed U» other fields or gone to work. In a converse tton with a Ledger man a few days ago, a prominent city official remark ed that the warning that the vagrancy charge would be pushed to the limit bad had the desirable effect. He went on to say that few of the former adorners of the sidewalks can be seen at all now. and crime in any way is aow conspicious by ife absence. Card of Thanks. We take Ibis nietbod of thanking our many friends and neighbors who were so kind to us in our recent be reavement. The family of J. P. Wright. All things mav come to those who wait, but by the time they turn up we have generally lost our appetite for them. This is the season of listlessness, headaches and spring disorders Hol lister’s Rocky Mountain Tea is a sure "reventative. Makes you strong and vogorous. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co. —See Nelson’s windows. stoops so low as to make fun of a poor man’s clothes, his manner of speech and his wav of standing. I think there are no traits of a gentle man about him. He is a rascal and a soamp. and if Mr. McNeil were to ever meet m P on the streets of Gaffnev 1 would just thank him to turn aside from me as I don’t care to meet him. He must remember that some of the greatest statesmen of our^ country wore "blue jeans pants.” I had on a blue serge three-piecfc suit and if was paid for too. Mr. McNeil had on a much costlier suit ttfhn I and Ufdn u>r al I “suppose” it was paid fbr also. Mr. Editor I would like for you to publish this just aa I have written it. With best wishes to the Ledger and its readers I am truly yours. K. O. Huskey. Seven perfectly formed calves were born to one Durham cow on March 24th. at the farm of Martin 8. Hill, in Pleasant Valley. Maas. All the calves died soon after birth. Latter to Carroll 4 Co. Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sin: A gallon saved U M or $5 earned.* Devoe saves 2 or 3 gal- tow in 10. How much is it worth a gallon? A gallon saved saves the painting too; and both together cost $4 or $6 or 13—14 where labor is cheap; $5 where labor is dear. Our agents in Bridgeport, Conn. Hubbell ft Wade Co, tell us: “There are a great many workingmen’s houses bgre„ They used to paint lead-and-oil and take flen gallons. We have been selling them ten gallons Devoe lead-and-zinc. and have had. in ! everv instance, two gallons returned.” The proportion is often higher than that: we have known it five in ten; but that is exceptional. This is the explanation: Devoe is ground by machinery, and is ground fine; lead-andoil is mixed by hand, and isn’t ground at all. Yours truly F W Devoe & Co 30 p, g.—R. M. Wilkins ft Co. sell our paint. You feel the life giving current the minute you take it. A gentle sooth ing warmth fills the nerves-and blood with life. It’s a real pleasure to take Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Green J. Avery, Well Known in Gaff ney. Killed in Birmingham. The following clipping from a Bir mingham. Ala., paper tells of an acci dent i" which Mr. Green J. Averv who was a young man well known in Gaffney, was killed; “Green J. Avery, about twenty-eight years of age. employed as freight clerk at the depot of the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power Co., at Sixteenth street and First avenue, was run over and killed by an electric car yesterday afternoon. It seems that Averv had gotten off from duty and was returning home when he nassed near the bam an» saw a string of oars. He boarded one of thesp cars and v/as either knocked off bv a tel egraph pole while leaning from the car or lost his grip and fell. He was badly crushed bv the wheels. The re mains were carried to an undertak ing establishment, where they were prepared for burial. They werp sent to Roanoke, where the burial will be held." Mr. Green J. Avery with a brother, Mr. Needham Avery, conducted a clothing establishment in Gaffnev a few years ago and were both im mensely popular, and the news of this death will oonie as * surprise and a blow to many. 4 Sad Death. News has just reached here of the sad death of Flake L. Blanton, who wa* a brother of Mrs. Eva B. Harris, well known in this city. He was killed instantly bv a piece of timber falling and striking him on the head. His former home was Blacksburg, bui he went west thirteen years ago. and has since been engaged in the mining business. He owned half in terest in a laegp mine near Silverton. Colo. Mrs. Eva B. Harris, who will fall heir to his property, or her attor ney. will leave in a short timp for 811- vertoo to settle uo her brother's es tate. The family have our deepest sympathy in their bereavement. Good Preaching. Elder J- A. Scar boro, of Summit. Ga.. win preach at the following times and places: Mt. Paran church Friday. April 13. at 7 30 P. M.; April 14 .at 2 30 and 7.30 P. M.; April 15. at 11 A. M. New Hope church. Bari, N. C., Thursday, April 19, at 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M.; Friday 20, same hours. Buffalo church Saturday 21, 11 A. M and 2 P. M.; Sunday, same hours. These sermons will be on the his tory. doctrines and methods of the Baptists. Mr. Scarboro is onp of the best in formed men and one of the best preacher" of the day. Let all hear him. I. T. Newton. i Blacksburg. S. C. The children are: Mrs. Noah Miller, Mrs. Howard Means. Mrs. Frank Smith. Mrs. Smith Corry. Mrs. Will Shirlev and one son deceased, E. H. Wright. • Thp funeral services were conduct ed at Oakland cemetery in the pres ence of a large concourse of sorrow ing relatives and friends. The ser vices were conducted bv Dr. A. M. Simms and Prof. H. P. Griffith. A Squally Game. In a game, thp principle feature of which was long and continued kick ing b both sides, the teams represent ing the citv and the Berean Class of the Baptist Sunday school clashed at Limestone park on Friday afternoon. Tho game was called at the end of thp'sixth inning on account of dark ness. although some contended that it was too earlv to call it, which fur nished ample material for more squab- ling. At the end of the fifth inning the score stood five to five, when some one thought it should be called. However, another inning was played, with the result of eight to five in fa vor of the Bereans. on errors bv the infield of the citv team. Another game win be arranged be tween the teams for the deciding of the series at an earlv date. For the fir"- game of the season, with no preparatory practice, the quality of playing put up by the players was good and at times brilliant. Possi- blv tbe only feature of the game was the battery work of the citv team— Latta Parish and Lowery Walker. for‘man7vears and‘who^pidreshim- them, while some have been self to his work with a zeal and en- d «*’n almost to the point of death but ergv commendable for one of his ha\e brought many years. That night, we spent with our for mer neigilxirs, Mr. and Mrs. “Bud”, Addis, who have a family of nine boys. °f Chicago College. Greennlle. preach- Some of the boys are attending . at the, Presbyterian school, while others are taking part lad thoughts to their friends to know that they ’•e- covered. Rev. S. R. Preston. D. D.. president An Example from Danmark, It is sold that when the police in Denmark find a man helplessly drunk in the streets, they drivp the patient in a cab to a station where he sobers off. Then they take him home. The cabman makes bis chargee, tbe police doctor makes his. the agents make their claim for special dutr: and this bill is presented to tbe land lord of the establishment where the drunkard took the last of the drinks that caused his intoxication. Suppose we should adopt a law of that kind in this country. But what about the official who sells the li cense to the sfetloon-keeper to sell whiskey to the man to mak<> him drunk? And what about the legisla tor who voted for the law to allow the official to sell the license to the sa loon-keeper to sell the whiskev to the man to make him drunk? And what about the Christian who voted for the legislature to vote for <he law to allow the official to sell the license to the saloon-keeper to sell whiskey to the man to make him drunk? Should nothing be done with any of them? Tom Cliance. a young man of Car- rolton, Ga.. aged 19, shot and killed himself because he loved two girls, and could not make up bis mind as to which he preferred. The latest returns from the island of Formosa give the number killed by tbe recent earthquake as 10,087, and the injured at 6,163. in the farm work. Impressed with the idea of having so many promising boys, and with the prospects of a bright future, we were inclined to think that Messrs. Harmon, with his church last Friday night and also Saturday. Rev. Preston is a man whom every one that heard him fell in love with. He preached at the Baptist church where the union met last Sunday night and gave sonre good thoughts girls, and Addis, with his boys, were | the people and they’ ’‘j 11 f ^ in line with those to whom the Psalm ist refers so beautifully in these lines: “Thv wife shall, as a fruitful vine. By thv home side he found: Thv children, like the olive plant, About thv table round.” Next day we reached Cowpens and took dinner with Mr. Charlie Dormon. who overhauled our buggy and did some needed repairing in the style of the first-class workman he is. Mr. Dorman and his father. M. C. Dorman, are tw 0 of The Ledger's Cowpen’s pa*rons. W e found that Mr. M. Arthur Mose- ]y. one of Cowpen’s leading mer chants, has announced his name as a candidate for a seat in the legislature from Spartanburg county. He is an old Union countv boy. raised on ft farm as a laborer and has now reached the position where he, as a tax payer, feels the importance of good and wholesome laws. He has nothing to prompt him io this new venture but that incorrigible ambition which is. and has been, the moving power of all trulv great and useful men. We wish Mr. Mosel r all the success his ambi tion merits. Yesterday we took dinner with Copt W. P. Love, of Love Springs, where we had the pleasure of meeting and forming an acquaintance with his family. Capt. Love is one of Chero kee county's leading men. and tbe springs which bear his name are bis property and are noted for the medici nal properties of their waters. We are told that an analysis has revealed no less than eleven different properties, all of which make it one of tbe most valuable properties, not onlv in Chero kee county, but of the entire Piedmont belt. Besides the mineral properties of the water, the soil bears unmistak able evidences of other minerals, which mav vet prove of inestimable value to its owner. Capt. Love has a vast amount of original forest that is well timbered. This he is taking good care of. A visit to these springs durintr tire hot summer weather will satisfy the most incredulous that we are not over-rating their values. About two years ago Capt. Love sus tained a gree* loss, in the burning of his saw mill and a vast amount of lumber, on which he had no in.s"rance. This was a total loss. Mr. Love Ires one of the most beautiful houses in this county. His children are all well educated for theire age. Besides books, his boys are leiming the pro ductive qualities of ' " soil and the best method of getting results. Mr. and Mrs. Love are both natives of the o 1 North Plate. Just across the line from South Carolina. Last night we spent with Mr. Hen- gret the time thev sit and listened to him if they will only take those thoughts and live bv them. ) Bv the explosure of a lam 4 last Thursday Mr. Flemming McM|st£rs’ house caught on fire. The fire alanft, was given and the engine was carried out. but fortunately the fire was put out by that time win no damage to amount to anything. Mr. W. C. Bell is visiting at Black- stocks this week. Miss Bertha Hollie. of Miltfojd has accepted a position with Mr. T. M. Haynes, of this place. Miss Mammje Hayes, of Ridgeway, is visiting in town this week. Mr. G. J. Wilds, of Ridgeway, was in town on business last Friday. ' Willie B. Kirby. Importait ti Gaffity. Profit by This and Find Safeguard Against Many Ills. Nothing is more important to Coff- ner than the good health of her peo ple. How can thev fill ‘heir Place in this boar town unless thev are well? No one trouble Is responsible tor more nervous ills, • sleeplessness, gen eral debility, weakness, backaches, rheumatic pains, even ill-temper and leevlsbness, than indigestion. Fortunately, a combination of reme dies, called Mi-o-na stomach tablets, has been discovered that absolutely cures indigestion and restores to health and strength the whole digest ive system. The use of Mi-o-na is a safeguard against manv ills; it acts directlv upon the gastric glands, re stores perfect action of digestive or- gains, aids the assimilation of food and so strengthens the whole digestive system that you can eat anything at anv time without fear of indigestion. Just one little tablet out of a 3>) cent box of Mi-o-na before meals for a few days, and vou will soon regain perfect health and strength, and be able to eat anything digestible without fear of stomach difficulties. So reliable is Mi-o-a in curing all toms of stomach weakness and troub les that Gaffnev Drug Co. give a signed guarantee that the remedy will cost nothing unless it cures Mi-o-na sells for 50 cents, and is invaluable to anyone who suffers with indiges tion. nervousness or weak stomach. A woman’s new hat is often a si^n of a coming or recent storm. —Read Nelson’s ads. ( —Shoes for everybody at slaughter prices at J- L Saimtfa I it -fill ii’lr ‘■jg'