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'‘■TV.*''•'•'S' ’ ■W’m’} ww 5 f'- M THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE guarantee the reliability of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ['* !*r ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C. ( FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1906. •1.00 A YEAR. FUN GALORE ON THE GRORIOUS FOURTH, SPEECHES BY MR. ARCHER AND JUDGE PRINCE. Gaffney Defeats Rock Hill in a Pretty Game of Baseball—Athletic Games, Etc., in Profusion. of 1900 is a local The glorious fourth thing of the past. The celebration, from standpoint, was a complete success. The day before (Tuesday) a mix ture of sunshine md shadow with in termittent showers, cast a damper over the prospective celebration, and the dav closed in a drizzle, but Provi dence was kind to the patriotically inclined and Wednesday morning the brilliant orb of day peeped o'er the eastern hills in glorious radiance. Soon the people began to arrive from all sections of the county. All man ner of vehicles were pressed into ser vice. Some came a horseback-, and some a muleback, and some, possess ing no horse or mule or desiring that these be allowed to put ip the day on the farm, came a foot. The crowd grew by singles into hundreds and bv hundreds into thousands until there were present froip four to five thousand happy, contented and smil ing men and women, boys and girls and babies. It —as a good humored ‘V-rone that grasped the hand of each other and in each grasp of the hand was the heartthrob of friendship. Tub venders were the first to get into action. Those that had not pre pared their stands the day before be gan to get busy with saw and ham mer. while the late sleepers along the route to Limestone were awaken ed by the rumbling of heavily load ed wagons on their way to the grounds. The dummy began its day of labor quite early and the little black-throated means of transporta tion emitted flerv darts until after dark, and we feel finite sure it was as eager for rest as was Engineer Lyars and Conductors Spears and Lavender. The Gaffney Cornet Band, under th-' able directorship of Prof. Hern don, opened the day proper by render- uping several inspiring selections up town. Then they went to the grounds and throughout the day, at proper in tervals thev played enchanting music. Everybody in Gaffney should be proud of that band. There isn't a town the size of Gaffney in this whole country that can boast a better one. And the boys are not stingy with their music, either, for after their day’s work was done they rendered a concert up town. And this was not in the contract. Prof. Herndon has done mighty fine work in instructing these home boys, but he has a mighty good ally in the person of Mr. \V. Henry Ross, who is the manager of the band. Mr. Joseph McCollough. of Green ville. had accepted the invitation to deliver the oration and actually came to Gaffney Tuesday night for that purpose, but after arriving in the city he received a long distance 'phone message calling him hack to Green ville. and he had to return on No. Jo Tuesday night, much to his regret and the regret of his numerous friends who were eagerly waiting to hear him. Prof. R. C. Sarratt, however, had written to Mr. E. L. Archer, of Spar tanburg, inviting him to speak to the farmers. Mr. Archer accepted the invitation and was on hand. The rea son why it was not announced that Mr. Archer would speak was because The Ledger was not made aeouainted with this fact in time. When it be came known that Mr. McCullough had returned to Greenville Mr. .1. C. Jeff eries prevailed upon Judge Prince to speak. At 10:30 the speakers arrived on the ground. After music by the band. Prof. R. G. Sarratt introduced Mr. Archer, who delivered an excellent speech on the subject of cotton growing and farm- iP" in general. Mr. Archer is an at tractive speaker, a good farmer and being full of the subject, to quote the words of Judge Prince, “preached a powerful good sermon.” Mr. Archer’s speech was we]] received > '<■ (I amid applause. At the conclusion of Mr. address the band played a air. Mr, J. C. Jefferies in a chosen words introduced Judge Prince as having kindly consented to take Mr. McCullough's place. The judge was in ids happiest mood. He started off by disclaiming any intention on his part to take Mr. McCullough’s place, paying that gentleman a com pliment bv saving that In* could not take his place on an occasion of this kind. He commended Mr. Archer’s speech, but would not like to go as far as Mr. Archer had done toward intimating that the farmers were a set of fools. He told with good effect a*- amusing storv of a country parson and a bull calf and captivated his au dience by his humor. Ho put in some telling blowg for education and the advancement of the people in general, and closed in splendid style a- address that will long be remem bered by those who were fortunate «noqgh to hear him. Mr. Jefferies then announced that a recess would he taken until 2 o’clock, it then being noon, during which time dinner was served. Quite a lot of people had taken dinner with them, hut the barbecue and refreshment stands were most liberally patronized. During the morning a game of ball was played between Grassy Pond and | Corinth. The score was 25 to 10 in j favor of Grass/ Pond. During the rogress of the game a little boy ! was struck by the ball, being dazed, ! the ball raising an abrasion on his 1 forehead. The little fellow was true i grit and stood it like a little man. j without even whimpering. At 2 o’clock the sports were com- j menced in the arena. The first was 1 the lamb ■ race, in which about one I hundred little girls participated. Fleet footed Mary Hammett was the win- j ner. The pig was brought out and a | liberal supply of grease applied. He was fleet-footed and wild ’ and al- j though only about one hundred and fifty boys started in the race before 1 the race before the race was half and he Archer’s patriotic few well over there were .at least one thous and men and boys after that pig. Malcomb Putnam wrapped his little arms about his pigship, thus captur- ' in 0 ' the prize. There were two greasy poles but | it was difficult to get the boys to tackle that proposition. Concession (had to he made and it was allowed that the boys could help one another. r \fter several attempts had been ! made, the boys climbing up only to ' slide down again. Master Jack Mc- Guinn managed to reach the top, thus i carrying off the prize, j The apple contest was for the girls, and the six that tackled the job af forded more fun than a basket of • monkey for those who were enabled ; to see. Two bit the apple about the ' same time, so the prize was divided. ' We failed to secure their names. The sack race was very amusing. Wofford Camp seemed to be at home , in a sack and simply walked off with the money. There were four entries in the j wheelbarrow race, which was won by Aden Humphries, but Aden didn’t have any breath to spare when he came in on the home stretch. The barrel race was a new one on the boys, but was neverthless amus- ! ing. We failed to get the name of | the athletic young gentleman who j won this contest. In the midst of several thousand ! whooping, yelling, highly excited fans, j Gaffney defeated Rock- Hill in a fast I game, by a score of 4 to 2. The game was an exciting one j throughout, with a heart disease fln- j ish in the ninth inning, when Rock ! Hill scored her first runs. Gaffney j had them shut out. with the score 4 ! to 0, until this inning, when Rock ! Hill managed to push two runs in on errors on difficult chances. Neither I was earned. After two had scored in j this inning, with another on first, the hearts of the loyal Gaffneyites began to feel very queer. Hopper, however, was equal to the occasion and caused the third and last man to put up a weak infield pop, which was quickly disposed of bv Richardson. Time af ter time, when Rock Hill, on miscues by Gaffney on hard chances, would get men on bases. Hopper would pro ceed to .retire the side with easy infield chances or strike out the man at the plate. The features of the game were many. The pitching of Hopper Gaff ney’s great South Paw, was decidedly noticeable, while the catching of Ham rick, one of the best backstops in the country, was up to its usual form and, as is always the case, strengthened the team immensely. His hitting and work on the paths was also above the average. The work of Benton, at short stop for Gaffney, was conceded to have been the prettiest at that po sition that has been seen in Gaffney for years. Especially nice was his stop of a difficult chance on a ground ball and a beautiful running catch back of third base. Richardson star red on the bases. His base running was up to the highest point. At one time, when on a foul caught by the first baseman of Rock Hill with Rich ardson on second, when he tagged his base and went to third, after the foul was caught, the crowd went wild with enthusiasm. The same player made a sensational running catch that evoked much ap plause. For Rocb Hill, Gelzer. Kirk patrick. McFadden and Lee were stars. Gelzer, formerly a Clemson College pitcher, pitched a good game for Rock Hill. He’s a voting pitcher that bids fair to develop into a twirler of some repute. Kirkpatrick, .at short, played a fine game for Rock Hill, making one or two stops on hard chances that closely savored of highway robbery. McFadden starred on the liases, while Lee hit well. Anderson caught a good game, suporting his pitcher nicely. Gaffney will play this same team in Rock Hill in the near future. A num ber of games are in prospect to be played in this city in the near future, and immense crowds should attend, as Gaffney has demonstrated that she can put up a first-class .article of hall The box score and summary fol low : GAFFNEY. AB R H PO A E Richardson. 2b 3 1 0 5 4 1 Hamrick, c 5 2 2 6 1 0 Robbins, M., lb 4 0 0 13 1 1 Benton, ss 3 0 1 2 3 0 Hary, r f i o 0 0 0 1 1 Robbins. C.. 3b 4 0 0 1 1 1 Bell, If 4 o 0 1 0 0 Byars, cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 Hopper, p 1 i 0 0 3 0 35 4 4 27 14 4 ROCK HILL, i AB R H PO A E I^ee, cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 Neal, 3b 5 0 1 2 2 1 Anderson, c 4 0 0 9 2 1 Rock Hill ft.; bases on balls, by Hop- 2, by. Gelzfer 1; hit by pitched ball. Gelzer 1; sacrifice hits, Richard son 2; stolen bases, Gaffney 4, Rock Hill 1; double plays, Kirkpatrick to Poag; struck- out. by Hoper 5, by Gel zer 9; time of game, one hour and twenty-five minutes; umpire, Howard Gaffney; scorer, Ernest Humphries. TWO WIVES IN SAME VILLAGE. Complicated Domestic Relations of a Spartanburg Man. Spartanburg. July 4.—The hearing in the case of Luther Millwood, white, who was arrested on Monday on a charge of bigamy, was held yesterday morning before Magistrate A. H. Kir by. The result was that Millwood was hound over to the general ses sions court ujider a $. r >0ft bond, in de fault of which he was committed to tho county jail, where he now is. Millwood, who has recently been living in the Spartan Mills village, was charged with having within two years married s two women and lived with them both. It testified yes terday that both of the women lived in the same village and that foe. some time thev resided within 200 yards of °>‘ 5 ''h other. At the hearing yesterday Mrs. Millwood No. 1 appeared and testified against her husband! but Mrs. Millwood No. 2 was sick and was not able to appear. From the testimony it appears that Millwood, who is about twenty-six year 0 old, was married about two years ago to Miss Landis, by Malcolm Bowden, notary public. The second marriage was with Miss Bessie Quinn, it being performed by George Ma- haffey, who was also a notary public. I From what can be gathered. Mill- wood managed to live for some time ! with both women without arousing j suspicion, but after a short time his l double dealings were found out and a ; warrant issued for his arrest. Among ! those mentioned <as witnesses were both of his wives, his first wife ap pearing yesterday against him. The second wife, who under the law is not his wife at all, expressed a willing*- ness to appear hut was k-ept away yesterday on account of sickness . Millwood is a mill hand and has worked in several mills in this sec tion. He is now in the county jail not having been able to raJ®e the $500 bond. It is probable that his case will j come up at the "ext term of court, as i Millwood will probably not want to remain In jail until the November term. A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE, MOVEMENTS CF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. take up ,a, great deal of time even if thev are all short ones. To Mrs. S. F. Estes we are indebted for a lot of peas. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes and family visited friends and relatives at Sha ron last Saturday .and returned yester day afternoon. We have a rare expert Hi this com munity, who locates almost every shower that comes in sight. His prin cipal rain points are: Ben McCul loch's, Jack Kendrick’s. “Sunny” Rey- Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop- nold's, Jim Mason’s, Gaffney, John Robinson’s, Hickorv Grove and John ular Paopls and Short Items of Brown’s, awav down yonder in Ches ter county. that Section. Wilkinsville. July 3.—Positive hot, comparative hotter, superlative hot test, are the degrees in weather con ditions since last Monday, and the fine hay-making season has been gen erally improved ami utilized by those in position to do so. Mr. Willie Vassey is suffering with a sore foot, in which he stuck a thorn a few days ago. His foot is consid erably swollen and he is unable to wear a shoe on it. Mr and Mrs. T. B. McCulloch expect to celebrate the fourth of July with a picnic, to which their relatives and a large number of friends are invited. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Lowery, of j We hope to give the same a "write-up” Wilkinsville. are rejoicing over the | later on. arrival of ,a bouncing boy baby at their home. Last Thursday we made a trip into York county and spent two days. We took dinner with the Smarr family Thursday and spent the night with Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McDaniel, of ! Most of our farmers are laving by their old corn. Some of the Gil key creek farmers have planted corn three times on their bottom lands and are ready to plant the fourth. Mrs. Lottie Smarr is spending a few Hickory Grove. We foand Mrs. J. N. days with the family of her parents, McDaniel, of Hickory Grove, very un- Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Inman, who are j well. Several weeks ago she got a visiting relatives in York county, fall from which she is still suffering! Mr. Jack Smarr will go on a visit To this has been added a spell of 1 to Olivet neighborhood when he gets sickness, which has been decidedly through work. What's in Jack? You severe, and but little hopes of her ro- | haven't been doing so well here lately, covery are now entertained. She is; Mrs. Lizzie Mitchell, of Hopewell, 1 a very popular lady and her condi- | is sick. She has chills. I tion win be sad news to the large cir- ' Dr. C. C. Leech, of Hickory Grove, . cle of her friends who read The Led- we are sorry to learn, is in bad heilth. J. L. S. KILLED BY FAST FREIGHT. PRETTY ROMANCE ENDS. ger. Her daughter. Mrs. Rev. Leon ; : Pressley, of Timber Ridge. Va.. is at i her bedside. Also her son. Mr. Thus. j P. McDill, of Greensboro. N. C., has i — been spending considerable time wltu ! Sanford Jordan Meets Death on the I her. Rails Near Salisbury. We passed through the Hoodtown Salisbury. N. C., July 3.—This ev- | section last Friday on our way to the ening about 7 o’clock, fast freight No. ! Bullocks creek section. Crops along j 73 was making stood time, bound for ! the line of travel are mostly very j Charlotte, and Sanford Jordan, a j good and farmers (notwithstanding , white man apparently about 35 years I the scarcity of labor) are well up with I old. fell from the cars and was killed j their work. We passed through a sec- j instantly. He was a perfect stranger i tion in which we spent many of our | here and could not be identiftea* until boyhood days and received considera- W. E. Hart, a Charlotte man, discov- ' able encouragiement in our work from - ered that he was the above named j the good people of that section, many person. Communication with Cha'r- i of whom are the children and grand- lotte was instantly begun, it being un- i children of our school and playmates derstood that the dead man has two 1 in days gone by. : brothers there. The remains of the As we passed Shiloh church, which I unfortunate man were taken in charge ! is now a magnificent building where by Undertaker R. M. Davis and pre- Mr. Eugene Whisnant and Miss Kath- rine Kittles Wed. Charlotte, N. C.. July 4.—A pretty romance, and a pathetic one, culmi nated latt vesterdav afternoon at St. Peter’s Epi popai Hospital, when Miss Katherine Kittles, of Savannah. Ga., and Mr. Eugene W. Whisnant, of this city, were united in marriage. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. R. Shaw, pastor of the Tenth Avenue Presbyterian church, in the presence of a few intimate friends. The marriage of this couple was announced some weeks ago to take pla^e at the home of the bride-elect at Savannah, Ga., on the evening of July the third, and elaborate arrangements were being made for the event. A week or more ago. however. Mr. Whis nant was taken sick and as the wed ding dav approached his condition be- cam- more serious and in order that he might receive hospital treatment he was removed Monday afternoon to the hospital. Monday night Miss Kit tles. in company with her brother. Mr. William H. Kittles, arrived in Char lotte. After a consultation with the at tending physicians the couple decid ed to have the marriage ceremony ” / 'rformed on the original wedding day. The necessary details were ar ranged and at 6:30 o’clock the small wedding party assembled in Mr. Whisnant’s room at the hospital, where, reclining on his bed. the cere mony was performed. Mr. Kittles left last night for nis home at Savannah Ga.. while M r s. Whisnant will remain in the city until her husband is aide to ba out. She is stopping at the home of the groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T W. Whisnant. on Tenth avenue. The bride is a daughter of the late Judge H. C. Kittles, of Savannah. She is a graduate of Shorter’s Col lege of Music, at Rome. Ga. The groom is a graduate of the Virginia Polytechnical Institute. ! a large congregation worshin and j where your worthy townsman, Rev. i W. T. Thompson, is the acceptable pastor we went into a kind of rev erie: Yonder on the banks of the Ten nessee river, in Hardin county. Tenn., • 'red for burial. From the accounts of those who saw the accident it is gathered that Mr. Jordan was intoxicated and was tryin" to climb up the cars, ostensibly for the purpose of riding them. He fell and the wheels of almost the en- where on the 6th and 7th of April, j tire train followed, running over .his 1862, stood an obscure, poorly equip- body from his shoulder to his feet. ped and somewhat dilapidated little log meeting house, on the ridge be tween Owl creek and the Tennessee river. It has given wav to a superb building and one of the largest and most beautiful national cemeteries in all the Southland, which marks the spot where one of the fiercest bat tles of American armies, commanded by Albert Sidney Johnson and Peter Gustavug Tantant Beauregard, on the one side, and Grant and Buell on the other. Both of which poured out li bations of blood for the principles they respectively represented. Here, on this ride, between Bullocks creek and Dowell’s branch, several years ago stood a little log meeting house, between which and its illustrious namesake there was a striking simi larity. It. too, has given wav to a splendid house of worship. Time has wrought the change. Here, too, a greet battle has been fought, between The face was little distorted and all features recognizable. Jordan was said to have been a cotton mill opera tive in Charlotte. Win We Pleate Copy? Why Cert. (Fairfax Enterprise.) Well, now, here’s a howdy do! The Fairfax Enterprise, so ably edited by that sterling woman of worth. Mrs. Virginia D. Young, whom we all love, is out in support of John J. McMahan for governor. Perhaps Mrs. Young thinks it’s John Meehan who is run ning for governor. Certainly it is in congruous in so staunch a prohibi tionist as Mrs. Young to support John J. on his dispensary platform. Maybe we are mistaken about her be ing a prohibitionist? There is some thing wrong here. We can’t justify the types—Gaffney Ledger. No. we are not confounding John KILLED BY A LIVE WIRE. Engineer of the Clover Manufacturing Company th e Victim. Yorkville, July 3.—The machinery of the Clover Cotton Manufacturing Company at Clover, in this county, is operated by electricity furnished by the Catawba Power Company. James A. Hedgepath, encineo,- and general overseer at the mill, was instantly killed by an electrical current this morning at 6.15 o’clock. Superintendent Thomas B. Wil liams, Boss Machinest H. B. Maxwell and Mr. Hedgepath were engaged in cleaning the lightning arrester in the transformer house at the time, the current having been cut off from the arrester by means of a switch, when, without warning. Mr. Hedgepath fell dead. He is supposed to have un- thoughtedly touched an uninsulated live wire above the switch. Healing Properties of Water. (National Magazine for July.) There is no remedy of such general application and none so easily ob tained as water, and yet nihe persons out of ten will pass it by in an emer gency to seek for something of less efficacy. There are but few cases of illness where water should not occupy the highest place as a remedial .agent. A strip of flannel or a napkin folded lengthwise and wrung out of hot wa ter and applied around the neck of a child who has croup, will usually bring relief in a few minutes. A towel folded several times, then quickly wrung out of hot water and immedi ately applied over the seat of tne pain in toothache or neuralgia, will afford prompt relief. This treatment in colic works like magic. Cases on record having resisted other treatment for hours, have yielded to this treatment i" ten minutes. Pieces of cotton bat ting dipped in hot water, then .applied to all sores and new cuts, bruises, and sprains is the treatment now gen erally adopted in hospitals. Hot wa ter taken freely a half hour before bed-time is an excellent cathartic in the case of constipation, while it has a most soothing effect on the stomach and bowels. This treatment continu ed for a few months, together with nroper attention to diet, will alleviate mild cases of dyspepsia A Paper for th e Press Association. (Fairfax Enterprise.) If you tninl:- it an easy thing to pre- tare a paper to read before tne Ath letes of the Fourth Estate just try it. You want to verify a fact which may be expressed in a mere paragraph, but to be accurate about it you must take an hour or two hours to hunt un authorities. In work like this the man editor has a great advantage over a woman editor. He does his compo sition in the dead hours of night when no caller is liable to break up his train of thought, hut the woman edi tor. with breakfast on her mind, writes by fits and starts, and must jump and run if she hears a hen cackle, to find the nest and get the egg. In these days of "mancipation” the colored gentry no longer descend to the plebeianism of raising chick- ens, and so if you want eggs you must board your own hens and he mighty particular to run for the hen fruit as soon as it drops. So with one eye on matter and (other on mind your press paper is apt to be hefrogeneus. _ . . McMahan with John Meehan; and we the forces of King Immanuel on the are not supporting McMahan because one side and his satanic majesty on i we think- just like he does. \Ve claim other: and this magnificent building ‘ to do our own individual thinking, stands as a monument to the victory | and we have always thought the dis- j gained by King Immanuel’s forces, i n^ncirv and the bar-room, the sale ! Those who Briqht-Teaque. Mr. John W. Bright and Miss Liz zie Teague, both of this city, were ■united in marriage Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the home of the bride’s parents on Cherokee avenue. The cererqony was pronounced by Rev. E. G. Ross in the presence of a few select friends of the contracting parties. . ! and the use of alcoholic liquors an j "A full and a perfect redemption shall j unmitigated evil, but we are for | hav€, : eleegng John McMahan governor as For He is abundantly able to save.” | an honest and sincere man. who will \Ve took dinner Friday with Mr. tell the truth and shame the devil Howell F. Horton, who was formerly and grow better as long as he lives. I a citizen of this county—horn and For the same reason w" are in favor (raised near Maud. Mr. Horton is one of Ben Tillman becoming president of York county’s best citizens. He is I of the United States, because he also | a fine business man, a farmer who | is honest and sincere, and a growing makes his farm pay. He lias done a man. That thing of being stagnant, j great work in educating his children. 1 stiick-in-the-mud-of-old ideas and un- His third daughter. Miss Marv Edna, lalterably opposed to aanything differ- ! l| as just graduated from the Rock j cut Is just slow death. McMahan Hil) graded schcool and is now ready j and Tillman are both men that can to enter the fitdd of usefulness in her catch on to bran new notions, not chosen profession—teaching. j caring a snap because they mean the I Wofford College opens. We attended the Hopewell Sunday explosion of what our dear old < ids I school last Sabbath. They have thought was everlasting truth. Truth about sixty scholars on the roll and i really is a revelation that continual- Lion and the Bicycle. (Melbourne Argus.) An amusing incident of a cycle rhl* i** south Rhodesia is told by Mr. Tom Redpath, a mining prospector. Cycling one day from a place called Hartley to look at some minin ar proo- erty, a distance of 25 miles, he was alarmed on turning a corner to meet a full-grown lion. “Whether he thought my bicycle was an infernal machine.” he said, “or whether he recognized me as an Aus tralian and something to be avoided, I don’t know, but I can assure you after I had somersaulted over him I was greatly relieved to see him put -his tail between his legs and streab for the horizon." To Teach in North Carolina. Mr. A C. Daniel. Jr., physical di rector of Wofford College, will leave Spartanburg Saturday to take charge of a school in the northwest corner of this county. He will spend a cou ple of the summer months teaching the Simpsonville school, which is lo cated in the mountains near the hetd of Broad river. Mr. Daniel will return in time to resume his work when had some good music, by Miss Mildred ly appears in a new shape. Blessed Smarr at the organ and quite a crowd ; ar- thev who can take it in. (Gaffney Ledger please copy.) McFadden. If 4 ft ft ft ft Kirkpatrick, ss 4 0 ft 2 4 1 ft 0 ft ft 2 ft 2 ft ft 14 1 10 0 3 Carr, If 4 .Poag, 2b 4 Kimball, lb 3 Gelzer. p 4 36 2 4 27 14 C Summary: Earned runs, Gaffney 2, On A n Automobile Trip. (Charlotte Observer.) Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Wheat and Mr. Harry Wheat, of Gaffney, S. C.. spent Tuesday night at the Central. They drove up Tuesday in their White touring car and stopped over in the eitv to pick up Mr. Osmond Barrin ger. who accompanied them to Mon roe and returned with (hem. They left Wednesday morning and expected to reach Gaffney in time for dinner. A Hard Lot of troubles to contend with, spring 1 from a torpid liver and blockaded bowels, unless you awaken them to their proper action with Dr. King's New Life Pills; the pleasantest and most effective cure for Constipation. The*' prevent Appendicitis and tone no the system. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co.’s drug store. to help i n singing. .Miss Nellie White- sides and Miss Banks Good and Mas ter Tom were there, too. Meek, the little son of Mr. Emmett Wylie, is now at home from Cedar Springs, spending his vacation. Yesterday there was a heavy storm on the other side of Thicketv. It blew the tops off houses on Mr. Ben McCullough’s place, wrung off limbs and tree tops blew down corn. etc. There was some hail in it that did slight damage to young crops. Jim Smarr says people never faint unless they have someone to take care of them. Mr. Gist Reynolds was with his best girl yesterday at Salem. The Children’s Dav at Salem hasn’t yet been appointed. From what we understand it will not come off until sometime next month, -nd maybe not then. As the time for the county cam paign draws near the candidates had better be getting their little speeches ready. Boys, try to make your speech es short and as much to the point ag possible. Thirty odd speeches will Only 82 Years Old. ”1 am only 82 years old and don’t expect even when 1 get to b- real old to feel that way as long as I can get Electric Bitters,” says Mrs. E. H. Brunson, of Dublin. Ga. Surely there is nothing else that keeps the old as young and makes the weak as strong as this grand tonic medicine. Dyspep sia, torpid liver, inflamed kidneys or chronic constipation are. unknown af ter taking Electric Bitters a reason able time. Guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co., druggists. Price 50c. Count Boni de Castellane. Anna Gould’s husband, has been expelled from the French chamber of deputies because his election was secured by bribery and corruption N. L. Truth, St. Paul, June 31, ’08.— I’ve lived so long. I remember w-ell when the Mississippi was a brook. Mv good health and long life came by taking Hollister’s Rocky Moutain Tea. 35 cents. Gaffney Drug Co. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles. Druggists are authorised to re fund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure In 6 to 14 days. 50c. A Tragic Finish. A watchman's neglect permitted a leak in the great North Sea dyke, which a child’s finger could have stopped, to become a ruinous break, devastating an entire province of Holland. In like manner Kenneth Mc- Iver, of Vanceboro. Me., permitted a little cold to go unnoticed until a trag ic finish was only averted by Dr. King's New Discovery. He writes: "Three doctors gave me up to die of lung inflammation, caused by a neg lected cold: but Dr. Kings New Dis covery saved my life.” Guaranteed best cough and cold cure, at Cherokee Drug Co.'s drug store. 50c anil ll.ftO. Trial bottle free. TO CURE A COLO IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money If It falls to cure. E. W. OROVTPE sig nature Is on each box. 25c. Oa i. Cubscrlbe for The Ledger; tl a year.