Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Hello! Hello! Who’* That? Jones J. Darby, What can I do for you? “Put $2,000.00 Fin Insurance On my property at once.” Thank you sir. Ring me often, as I am ready to serve you. Good-bye. JONES J. DARBY, Fire Insurance.! INTERESTIN8 LETTER WRITTEN BVA N0TABLEW0MAN Mr*. Sarah Kallogg of Denver, Color Bearer of the Woman'e Belief Oorpe, Sonde Thanks to lire. Plnkham. FOR SALE CHEAP! •fTwo hundred Type writers taken in part payment for Olivers. Remingtons, Smiths, Underwoods, and ajl 1 other makes. Write for prices. :: : :: :: J. E. Crayton & Co. Charlotte, N. C. July3o-pd Subscribe for The Ledger, $1.00 a year. The following letter was written by Mrs. Kellogg, ^ ox 1628 Lincoln flT: x 'M A ve., Denver, Col.,to Mrs. Pink- •ffi: m ham.Lynn.Mass.: Dear Un. Pin kh&m: “ Pot five years I was troubled with a tumor, which kept Airs Sarah Heftogs growing,causing me intense agony and great mental depression. I was unable to at tend to my house work, and life became a bur den to me. I was confined for days to my bed, lost my appetite, my courage and all hope. “ 1 could not bear to think of an operation, and in my distress I tried every remedy which I thought would be of any use to me, and reading of the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to sick women decided to give it a trial I felt so discouraged that I had litUe hope of recovery, and when 1 began to feel better, after the second week, thought it only meant temporary relief; but to my great surprise I found that I kept gaining, while the tumor lessened in size. “ The Compound continued to build up my general health and the tumor seemed to t« absorbed, until, in seven months, the tumor was entirely gone and I a well woman. I am so thankful for my recovery that 1 ask you to publish my letter in newspapers, so other women may know of the wonderful curative powers of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.” When women are troubled with irreg ular or painful periods, weakness, dis placement or ulceration of the female organs, that bearing-down feeling, in flammation, backache, flatulence, gen eral debility, indigestion or nervous prostration, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound at once removes such troubles. No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and unquali fied endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female ills. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick' women to write her for advice. She is daughter- in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty-five years under her direction and since her decease has been advising sick women free of charge. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. Remember that it is Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound that is cur- ingwomen, and don’t allow anydruggist to sell you anything else in its place. Hni I IQTFP'Q Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Busy Medicine for Busy People. Brings Golden Health «nd Renewed Visor. A specific for Constipation. Indigestion. Li vet and Kidney troubles. Pimples, Eczema, Impure Blood, Bad Breath, Sluggish Bowels, Headache and Backache. Its Rocky Mountain Tea in tab let fo-m. 35 cents a box. Genuine made by Hollisteb Dkog Com pant. Madison, Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SAL10W PEOPLE We do not do all kinds of printing— 'e do the GOOD kind. —Sewing Machines Sold at the Great Installment House and paid for in the months of October and November. Don’t stand back because your money is all spent. Come along and give me a good note and mortgage and get what you want. I sell most anything you want in the way of house hold goods. Come and see my big line of Trunks. Yours to please, Limostone street. V. J. Maness’s Big Installment Honse I sell Fish Fridays and Saturdays. Phone 183. I>R. J. M. HXJIV'rER, Of Rock Hill, South Carolina Makes a specialty of Cancers, Tumors, Chronic Ulcers, Scrofula and Rheumatism, Diseases of Liver, Kidneys, Dyspepsia and Indigestion and Diseases of the Genito urinary Organs. Treats without the Knife, loss of blood and little pain to patient. Terms of treatment satisfactory. Twenty-five years, of practical experience. = Reference To A Few Cases Treated = R. A. Clark, Cancer of nose .. bock Hill, S. C. J. J. Neely, Cancer of neck Tirzah, S. C Mrs J. D.Williams. Caucerof face Tirzah,S. C. Mrs. 8. It. Nelson. Cancer of nose.Ogdon, S.C. Miss Ida Van Ttssell, Cancer of breast Guth- rlesville, S. C W. A. Mulltnax, Cancer of face King’s Creek, 8. C. W. W. Stroup, Cancer of face... Lowell, N. C. Mrs. Barbory McCraw, Cancer of forehead Gaffney. S. C. 8. B. Hanna, Cancer of neck Gastonia. N. C. David Hawkins. Cancer of noseGaffney, 8. C. J. L. bagan, Cancer of face. ..Gastonia, N. C. Mrs. Elizabeth Tracy. Cancer of breast Gaff ney, S. C. THE: EEDGEH always contains all the latest local and foreign news. Subscribe now Sl.OO a T c i n. GLIMPSES OF MISS ANTHONY Characteristic Incidents In Life of Noted Leader of Women. SAMPLE OF HEB STRICT DISOIPLIME Host the Knilnent Woman Saffradat Impressed That Fact t pon Some ln- ruly Schoolboys — Her Heroic Care With Cold Water — Most Dramatic Event In Her Life — An Impressive Tribute From Women. Upon her graduation the late M1m Susan B. Anthony, the eminent wom an suffrage leader, became a school teacher. She wished to do something in the world, and In those days teach ing was about the only profession open to a -woman, says the New York Sun. She found no difficulty in getting em ployment, but the pay was much smaller than men got for similar work, and then came her first argument in favor of woman's rights. "If I teach as well as a man why should I not receive the salary of a man?" she asked a district school com missioner. The question cost her her Job, but she got another one and con tinued to think about woman's rights. Miss Anthony was by nature retir ing, but she was a strict disciplinarian and was fond of telling how she im pressed that fact upon one of her classes. It was In 1839 when she was In charge of a school In Pennsylvania. The schoolboys had heard that a Quak eress who was only nineteen years old was coming to teach them, and they prepared to give her a warm recep tion. As a chiss they had a bad repu tation, and Miss Anthony knew it When she appeared some of her pupils fell In through the windows, and oth ers turned handsprings over the desks. The young teacher waited until the room liecame moderately quiet; then she called the most boisterous boy to the platform and In a most subdued manner told blm to remove his coat Then with a birch rod she gave an ex ample of discipline that brought about immediate and lasting order. TO SIMPLIFY SPELLING New Society Starts With Three Hundred Pruned Words. NOT RET0RMEBS, THEY INSIST. If there was ever any fad In thera peutics to which Miss Anthony gave attention it was the water cure, says the Woman's Home Companion. She had the highest regard for the virtues of cold water as a remedial measure. Many years ago, when she was lectur ing In Platts burg, N. Y., she happened to get her feet frostbitten. She put them under a faucet in the kitchen to thaw out, which was successfully ac complished, but the next morning she awoke with a frightful pain In her back. She could scarcely get out of bed, but she Insisted on keeping her lecture engagement that night The next day, although she had to be car ried to the sleigh, she drove seventeen miles with her knees doubled up to her chin and lectured that night Rising at 4 the next morning, she rode ten miles by stage and then went by train to Watertown. At that city she engaged a room at a hotel and took her case in band. She instituted meas ures that to say the least may be call ed strenuous. She called for several buckets of ice water, which she had a maid pour deliberately over her back. Then she wrapped herself up In hot blankets and went to bed. The next morning she awoke a well woman. The most dramatic event In Miss An thony's life occurred in 1872, when she was arrested and tried for voting In Rochester at the presidential election, says the New York Tribune. As soon as the date and place of her trial were set Miss Anthony made a thorough canvass of the county In order to as certain if all the Jurors were Instruct ed in a citizen’s rights. The trial be ing later postponed for three weeks in another county, she canvassed that county and held public meetings. When the case came to trial the Judge, pro nouncing it to be a mutter of law, not fact, took it out of the hands of the Jury and fined Miss Anthony $100 and costs. “Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God, and I shall never pay a penny of this unjust claim,” she said to the judge. And she never did. Miss Anthony’s only regret In con-' etymology Colonel Spraarue, Trenenver of Or ganisation to Suppreaa taeleas Let- tera, Tlilnka Many Peraona Object to the Term—No Dealre to Shock tbo Public — Some Publlahera and Edi tor* Foliated. With its coffers filled and with An drew Carnegie ready to give more money when the present supply runs low, the simplified spelling board will straightway set about spreading the propaganda of plain spelling, says the New York Times. Though celebrities have consented to lend the luster of their names, the executive committee will do the actual work. It has al ready begun by taking an office In the Metropolitan Life building, 1 Madison avenue, New York. The members of the executive com mittee are Brander Matthews, Dr. Charles P. Scott, Dr. William Hayes Ward, Henry Holt, Dr. Isaac K. Funk and Colonel Charles E. Sprague, presi dent of the Union Dime Savings insti tution. Colonel Sprague is treasurer of the board. The first step will be the sending out of 300 words simply spelled. These will not be revolutionary In their ap pearance. The simplified spelling board does not wish to shock the public. Its first recommendations will consist of forms that have already been used to some extent, like thru (through), tho (though), catalog (catalogue) and past (passed), and of forms which, though unfamiliar to the ordinary citizen, have been passed on and declared fit by philological associations. It is significant that the name of the new organization that draws Its In spiration from Andrew Carnegie does not contain the word “reform’’ either as noun, adjective, verb or any other part of speech. The omission was by design. Colonel Sprague said so the other night • "We were very careful not to put anything about ‘reform’ in the name,” be said. “A man might say, T’m against reform,’ and he’d get some sympathy. But it doesn’t sound so well to say, T’m against simplification.’ The word ‘reform’ is not so well loved as it might be. Some men have a congenital opiiositiou to reform. They have that ‘agin the government’ spirit, and they just don’t like the word." Publishers and editors, members of the simplified singling board, have agreed to adopt the new forms. Hen ry Holt will use them so far as his authors permit, but If they insist that the old spelling be used in their books then the publisher will give In. Many newspaper editors, too. It was said, bare joined In. “As soon as there is established au thority for simple spelling," Colonel Spragne said, “then people will not be afraid of l>eing considered Ignorant when they use the new form. If a man writes a letter to you now and uses g-i-v Instead of g-i-v-e you don’t know whether be is Ignorant or a spelling re former. It will be different when rec ognized authorities have given their sanction to the new method. “When a man was talking to me about this matter the other day be said to me, ‘I wish you would drop the “i” out of believe and receive and deceive and all those "le” words.’ That Is not one of the changes already decided on, but I’m Inclined to be in favor of it That T In words of that kind has no value and might as well be left out. It has neither historical nor etymological significance, and Its presence is ruinous to some persons’ spelling. If believe were spelled ‘beleve’ I think it would be a good change. "We are going about the simplifica tion gradually and are not trying to startle or shock anybody. There was an editorial in an afternoon paper rath er unfavorable to our plan, but It did not strike me as being very forceful. The funny man hasn’t Jumped on us yet He will begin about the end of the week. Of course we look for all that and are prepared to stand It. “One criticism of simplified spelling is that It destroys the history of the language—-that it is not consistent with The best answer to that Is The Gaffney City Land and Imomment Co. ' Offers for sale Building Lots In this flourishing town, Gaffney; also Farm, n^’ by and In reach of the Schools 0/Limestone gprlnKH and of this place, 111 lots of • to ion acres o liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm purpose* For full particulars apply to J. V. SARRATT, Agent. N. b.—All persons arc forbidden to enter on. walk or ride throusrh or over the landsof U* company.cuttlnj; and removing timber or fishing hunting, un ler penalty of law. Al kinds of Job Work done at The Ledgei office neatly and at prices commensurate with high grade work Try us. nectlon with the whole occurrence, It is said, was that on the advice of her counsel she gave bonds in order to avoid Imprisonment, an act which pre vented her taking her case to the su preme court. A tribute to the memory of the dead lender. Pusan B. Anthony, more elo quent than words was that by the 150 women recently assembled at the Hotal AAtor in New York at the twentieth birthday luncheon of the Society For Political Study, suj-s the New York World. At the request of Mrs. John H. Judge, the president, they arose and bowed their heads in silent prayer. It was j an impressive sight. Not a movement, 1 not the rustle of a gown disturbed tho stillness. It was the spontaneous offer ing of respect to a great woman. THE "DODGING PERIOD ft of a voman’t Me, Is the name often given to the "dbtcyt of Me." Your meases come at long intervale, and grow nnnn—r will they atop. Some women stop suddenly. The retire eha^pe kale three or four years, and it is the cause of much pain and dfcoomiort, which can* however, be cured, by taking WINE OF CARDUI Woman’s Relief It qufcddy relieves the pain, nervousness, irritability, miserable ness, forgetfulness, fainting, dizziness, hot and cold flashes, weak ness, tired feeling, etc. Cardiff will bring you safely through this "dodging period," and build up your strength for the rest of your life. At flO druggists in $ 1.00 bottles. Try it. WMIK US A LETTER freely and fteakiy, telling us all your trooMae. Wte will send Free Advice (in plain, saaW earetope). Address: La dles' Advisory kept., the Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, lean. ** EVERYTHING BUT DEATH I suffered,” writes Virginia Robson, of Easton, Md. t “until I took Cardiff, which cured me so quickly It surprised my doctor, who didn’t know i was taking it.” Innovation In ICnirlund’a I'urllament. An innovation Is said to have crept into the English house of commons recently . is the same way with “tho” and “thru. when hand clappiug, familiar the world over, but forbiddeu in the mother ot ! parliaments, was for the first time heard, says the New York Tribune. The custom of the house calls for “Hear! Hear!” as the expression of ap proval, often Ironical. “Hear! Hear!" according to learned authorities, Is a modern shortening of “Hear him! Hear him!” the regular parliamentary shout of approval down to the early part of the last century. The Dixie Is offering for this week some rare bargains in MEN’S HEAVY WEIGHT PANTS. Also a line of Ladies nice Shoes, numbers to 4^ at 50 cents on the original cost. Also Men’s Shoes numbers 6 to 7 at same big reduction. : : : : A brand netv style of Shoes and Oxfords for Man Ladies, Boys and Girls, at prices that does sell them. Everything in Dry Goods, Notions and Heavy and Fancy Groceries. Come right along to The Dixie. Pope Bicycles Let us lift the cur tain and you take a peep at our Bicycles and sup- t plies. We sell the two well known wheels, Co lumbia, the “standard of the world,” Rambler, the “quality wheel.” Also agents for the Pope Hartford Automobiles. Do all kind of re pairing. If yon don’t trade with us we both lose money. J. R. TOLLESON & CO. that those who so criticise are uot usu ally great etymologists, while at the front of the simple spelling movement you find the greatest etymologists and philologists i» the land. There Is Dr. March of Lafayette, for instance. He is perhaps the leading philologist In the United States now. and he has devoted a great part of his life in trying to in troduce simple spelling.” Dr. Isaac K. Funk, one of the editors ; of the Standard Dictionary, has already begun to give currency (o the new forms. For Instance “give" and “givn” r appear In the Standard In just as black type us “give” and “given," though for the meaning of the words the reader is referred to the more familiar forms. In the word “infinitive” the final e is sepa rated from the rest of the word by a single parenthesis mark, which means that “the Joint rules of the Philological societies require the dropping of the letter.” The word “slapt" appears, with the definition as “slapped,” and It Among the new forms advocated by the simplified spelling board are pro gram, Influltlv, deflnit, clgaret, coquet, slapt, mupt, di-th. welth, tung, stelth and wisht New High Exploalve. There is still another new high explo sive, “vlgorlte,” which has been In vented and tested In Bavaria. It 1> said to be ten times more active than any of the other high explosives. Southern Railway . THROUGH SERVICE % Every Day All The Way. High-back Coaches, Drawing-Room Sleepers -AS D- Southern Railway Dining Cars. Finest Gars, Fastest Time, ConYenient Schedules on Local Trains % For Further Information, Consult any Southern Railway agent, -OR- R. W. Hunt, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston. S.C. Brooks Morgan, Asst. General Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga.