Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In th« Fifth Congressional District of 8^ C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY- WE GKARANTtE THE WEL'ABILITY of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Column* of Thi* Paper BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Cheroxee County. jT 1/ ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894. STARTLING WRECK NEAR BROAD RIVER GAFFNEY, S- C.. TUESDAY. AUGUST 14. 1906. NEWS FROM WINNSBORO. TRAFFIC ON SATURDAY SUSPEN DED. Tweleve Cars Thrown From Track And Surroundings Torn Up—Scene of Wreck Near Blacksburg. (By Brian Bell.) Twelve nrs thrown in various po sitions across and around the rail road t:aek between Gaffney and Blackstmr^ accounted for the block- inc (i ail trittic from the north on Saturday. The intelligence reached Ga s io'Hy after noon ana the ■writer immediately left for the scene of i u v.ieok. No. <i3, southbound frei t Uacksburg with sixteen cars and irrived in Gaffney with four, having left the missing twelve thrown around an ill-fated spot between Gaff- nev and Blacksburg. The no ut where this accident oc curred is about two miles from where the ;ty freight cars crushed in to a northbound freight a short while ago i d up an awful wreck at Broad river trestle, resulting in the deatli of three trainmen. The writer left the city in an automobile and finally reached the scene of the wrec’ a t r taking the wrong road on three occasions and traveling miles o it of tlie proper way. Another obstacle > rising was that it was im- possb le to take the machine up to where the cars dotted the fill, but it was necessary to skirt the spot and return by foot down the railroad track ^ars were thrown in abun dant e and with their varigated con tents. making an interesting scene while the adjoining woods made the surrounding country dark with lluk- surreunding country dark with flicker- spot. o lack of life, however, was apparent at the actual scene of the wrec! where wrecking crews with two derricks; one from Spencer and one from Greenville were busilv en gage' 1 h cleaning up the wreckage. A number of curiosity-seekers from this city, Blacksburg and the sur- roum'ing country were on hand to watch operations. The work of the giant derricks in lifting the immense freight cars like straws was one of singular interest and one that did not f: il to appeal to the gaping crowds that occupied the banks of the cut. Inquiries as to the story of the Wreck disclosed that while No. 63 was clinoing along the track at this point with Engineer Tate and Con ductor Sifford in charge, the fifth car fro i the engine jumped the track carry’" g the other eleven behind it with it. one by one and then in hurrying, crushing groups. The train c ew fortunately for them, were '11 on the front of the train, strang ly enough. Not a single member of the crew, being with ♦he doomed twelve at the time of the sudden catstrophe. The track for a distance of a hundred yards or more ws torn and twisted by the wild rush of the cars to leave the track. The scene beggars descrip tion when the twelve cars were ac tually thrown around, all more or less torn up. Two cars lu particular, doubtle o s the first two to leave the track, were hardly to be recognized. A” that could be seen was a mass of twisted iron and a few pieces of lumb er split to the size of kindling around. They were loaded with fertilizer and bags of this mostly broken open by the fall, were scattered around the wreckage. The amount of furniture dotting the hillside would Point to the amount of a party to camp in city style in the wilds. The cars leaving the track were loaded as follows: One fertilizer, two merchandise, one fur niture one bagging, three coal and four empties. Road Supervisor Ballenger wag in charge of the wrecking crews in the clearing operations while Trainmas ter J. M. Bennett, was also on the spot. The wreck was cleared by 12 o’clock Saturday night and tra- fle was resumed at that hour. Num bers 37, 38 and and 97 were unable to proceed on schedule time. Saturday on aimunt of the wreck. Numbers 11 and 12, however, were able to proceed, bein*>' carried over the old S. C. & G. E. road which is commonly designated as the “Swamp Rabbit’’ roid. A yard engine was used, however, as it was not deem ed adv'rable to send the large en gines over it. On this .account 11 and 12 were compelled to exchange en- glris The lightness of the rails prevented the three fast trains with their heavy Pullman cars from be ing carried over the S. C. & G. K. road. The writer had a conversation with Trainmaster Bennett. He said that as yet that no official investiga tion had been made, but It was sup posed that the fifth car. previously mentioned, had suddenly gone wrong and caused the trouble. Trains now pass as usual and it is probable that the the useless wreckage will be burned —It costs you nothing to try for that $3 offered by the Gaffney Drug Co. for the largest turnip grown from their seed. See that your name Is registered. —All wagons sold at cost during month of August. Gaffney Harwdare Co. Aug. 3-1 mo. Man Shot in Exciting Runaway—Busi ness and Social News. Winnsboro, Aug. 6.—We are now having some warm weather. For the last few days the warm weather made ; some farmers feel a little uneasy about their crops, for fear that the j warm weather will cause the cotton to throw off its fruit. While it is fair farmers are finishing their work, which is badly in need to be done. A very pretty wedding took place | here last Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock when Mirian Jord ‘ii, the beauti-1 fill and accomplished daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. W. J. Jorden was made the > bride of Mr. Benny Miller, of Tren ton. Miss Jorden is a well known ( young lady of this place, and Mr. Mil- j ler is a young man from Trenton who is to be congratulated in winning such a bride. They left here on first! train for a trip to the mountains to spend a few days and will then return to Trenton where they will make their future home. The young couple have ; our best wishes as they begin life’s voyage. Rev. S. C. Byrd, pastor*of the Pres- byterlan church of this place, has j moved to Greenville. He will make , that place his home. Winnsboro i give up Mr. Byrd and family with | much reluctance and wishes them suc cess. A few days ago Mr. Jim Smith, who i is a guard on the chaingang of this county, attended a picnic at Monte- cello and on his return was the vic tim of bad luck. He got within about a mile and a half of this place and | the horse began to run and kick and 1 finally got in a ditch. During the run-' awav Mr. Smith’s pistol fell out of his pocket and struck the front wheel of the buggy and fired the bullet striking Mr. Smith near the heart The hall went into the flesh and lodg ed in his shoulder. Mr. Smith did not know he was shot until some time afte’* while he was trying to the horse and buggy out of the ditch, when he felt the blood running down his body and began to get weak. The wound was dressed by Dr. J. C. Buc hanan. Last week he went to Colum bia i' , nd had the ball taken out and we are glad to say that he is at work this week. Mr. W. C. Boyd, a merchant of this place, has sold his stock to Mr. C. A. Robinson and has gone to Hartsville to accept a position as bookkeeper for Coker & Co. He will move bis family in a few days. The young people of this place en joyed a social and business league meeting at the Duval hotel last Mon day night. There was a good crowd present and all enjoyed themselves. Mr. Jno. H. Gibson is visiting in Georgia, where he went a few days ago to seo his uncle. We regret to report the illness of Mr. Will Jackson, a young business man of this place, who is said to have fever. We wish him a speedy recov ery. ' I Miss Little Maree, of Columbia, is visiting Miss Theo Rabb. Miss Ma ree is one of Columbia's charming young ladies and we wish her visit to our town a pleasant one. Miss Lucie Mathews, one of Wlnns- boro’s most handsome and leading young ladies, left last Thursday for a trip to the mountains. She will make her stay about three weekn. May it be an enjoyable one. Rev. Henry Stokes and family of this place, left Friday on a visit to Charlotte. N. C. Rev. Stokes is liked by all the people here and will be missed while he and family are away. Today the candidates are here, and have a warm time too, though they seem not to mind it much. They will nL at rpy° rk T Ille tomorrow and at Gaff ney Thursday, Messrs W. V. and E. L. Stewart, trin th i 8 have retur ned from a lumbhiL Char otte - A&hev Me and Co- Mrs. M. A. Wylie and Miss Carrie fo PrM retur ° ed fro m a visit to Ches- Ume F day Where they report a nlce NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. CARD FROM MR. HASTY. Denies Report That He Caused Trouble at Mabry’s Mill. Gaffney. S. C. Aug. 11, 1906. Mr. Ed. H. DeCamp, Dear Sir.—Will you please allow EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER me space in your paper to reply to j an article that appeared in the Chero- I kee News in regard to the campaign ! meeting at Mabry’s mill. OK E A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF lower Cherokee Recent Happenings In and Around In reply to Mr. Parrott’s article in the News I wish to say to him the City and Other Events Gather- that 1 did give four barbecue tickets ed by the Local News Editor. Weather today; to four of my friends and paid my i own money for the same. When 1 Rhnwprt! i re ady for him to run my business , ' | l will let him know. Simply to show The local cotton market yesterday the people that what Mr. Parrott said about me was done through Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Item* of that Section. was 10:65. W. B. West, the newly elected superintendent of the public schools of the city, has arrived in the city from New Decatur, Ala., and is occu pying a residence on Johnson street. Gaffney was a city of darkness on Sunday evening. The city electric plant was jllsablod by the lightning, and failed to perform its functions, thus placing the city in a state of complete darkness so far as electric lights were concerned, Mr. D. M. Gaines was the victim of a very painful accident while hunt- malico, 1 call attention to the fact I that he personally mentions me and ells no other name If he, as a; newspaper man had wanted to do tlio fair tiling to all parties, why did he i use Will Hasty's name and no others? | Tlie public can see that he onlv want-1 ed to have something to say against the name of Hasty. If Mr. Parrott will lining any man who will truth fully say I gave him or anv one else n drop of whiskev or had any with me at Mabry’s mill, I will give him ten dollars. in regard to Mr. Otts’ statement I wish to sav that it is false and no ing Friday. He received a serious honest man would make such a state- wound on the thumb by the accidental I ’Pent at a public meeting and ha\e i discharge of his gun. Several shot j hi the newspapers without fi> s t j lodged in his thumb while several I finding out the tnith. In ° i Pierced small holes in his hat. I Messrs. Jno. Hughes. Rufus Estes and I 1 Evans Estes, I can say it either one j Peacefulness reigned in the city on ! of the three had planed to have a i Saturday as no sinners experienced fight with Mr. Otts at Wilkinsville I the aftermath of a Mon^flF morning' knew nothing about it. As to the people of Wilkinsville having a fight I know nothing of it. If there was dgr aftermath. No cases Appeared on mayor’s court. No cases appeared on the docket yesterday morning when the reporter paid his usual visit to the city hall. W. B. Kirby. Wife Chase* Husband. An unusual and exceedingly lively scene occurred at the Southern d* pot yesterday morning when No. 36 Tb^ aCt . of ,eavIn K the yards. he attention of a large crowd at the depot was suddenly attracted by the Piercing screams of a frightened wo man and the sudden stop of the train The conductor was then seen leading a sobbing woman to the train and ?" q , U r n £. ,f Bhe wlsh ed to go on that ♦ram. The woman was completely unnerved with excitement and fright and could only cry out, “Yes yes but I have lost him.” Him seemed to apply to her husband whom enquires disclosed was ft Mr. Rlppv who lifts been residing with bH< wife, who is the woman creating the excitement at the depot. A police officer inform ed the reporter that the man was de- sirious of leaving the woman, and had made previous attemots with that end In view. They are thought to have come to this city from Shelby, N. C.. supposedly a week or two f*°’ ., The offl cer went on to state that the woman, however, had follow ed her husband over the city on Sun day. As the train moved out they were seen near the track engaged in conversation, when the man made a break for the cars with the womap at his heels. He made the steps of the train, but the woman, in attempting to do likewise, fell and would have gone beneath the wheels and been surely killed but for the quickness of the conductor who caught and pulled down the train. The man was not seen again. a fight that day Mr. Otts was about the only man that saw it. So far as I know there was no fight, ji When Mr. Otts or anv other man A few drops of rainvfell on Satur-i^ ays j went to t h P campaign meetings day afternoon and '’immediately!;^ K j ve | 1 j ni (Otis) trouble or to numbers gathered on the streets of j RCt un f a i r with any candidate, they the city watching for the cooling . 8ay what Js fa]se an(1 un t rue . I have drops that would lessen the intense 8ai(1 no thing to Mr. Otts’ back but heat of the past few days. In this. | what T can Bay ^ his f ac( .. Mr. Otts however, they were disappointed, i knows that he ancl i had a talk at as the few drops that fell were not: wilkinsville Friday morning and I sufficient to settle the dust. _ .. j him before the speaking that I Protracted services at Macedonia was to do ever> thing in my interfered with the date of the coun ty candidates at that point on Satur day. The campaigners, however, went to Macedonia and spoke in the afternoon. They were given a heartv power to beat him but I was not go ing to use any unfair means to ac complish his defeat and I have told nothing on him but what I can prove. I have not written this with a pur welcome by the Macedonians and ac- ^ose to hurt any man s feelings or to do any one injury. If Mr. Otts or Mr. Parrott either will go to Mr. Blackwood, the man that Mr. Otts had his trouble with, they will find they did me an injustice by bringing my name in to it. I did not get to Mabry’s mill until just before 12 o’clock and left there as soon as din ner was served and I am at a loss to know why Mr. Otts and Mr. Parrott wanted to personate me and no one else when I knew nothing about the trouble and was not on the grounds when it happened. I would like for Mr. Parrott to go to the following gentlemen and ask them if thev saw me misconduct myself in any way that day or heard me say anything to any one trying to cause them to give Mr. Otts trouble: W. S. HaH, G. W. Speer, J. E. Web ster. Will D. Thomas. J. L. Walker. J. V. L. McCraw, J. S. Vinesett. J. O. Tate, Will W. Gaffney, W. H. Good ing. J. V. Wbelchel. Wm. (Chris.) Phillips, E. F. Lipscomb, K. Q. Hus key. J. V. Price, C. A. S. Campbell, E. J. Clary, Sheriff Thomas. A. L. Hallman. R. O. Ballenger. R. J. Fos ter, G. B. Daniel, W. D. Camp. D. B. Hughes, Z. A. Robertson. J. Eb. Jef feries. M. A. Sarratt, J. C. Hollis, Giles Hill. J. C. Gibson. Oscar Wood, Web Hardin. J. C. Otts. I will close by saying Mr. Otts and Mr. Parrott simply told a false and did me an Injustice by using my name where It did not belong. W. U. Hasty. corded a most respectful hearing. Nothing exciting occurred. They spoke y* sterday at Butler’s and to day at Ezells. Maud will have them tomorrow. Trains from the south yesterday were delayed by a wreck near Thlck- ety. Only one car left the track and the so-called wreck was of small consequence. The accident occurred about 5:30 a. m. and no fatilltes ai e reported. The wrecking crew sta tioned at Greenville was ordered out and by 9 o’clock trains were passing the spot. Both sections of No. 36 from the south and No. 39 from the north reached Gaffney almost to gether. Mr. W. A. Turner, who resides about five miles from the city, was so unfortunate on Saturday evening about 10 o’clock as to lose his modern barn by fire. In addition to live stock lost, which consisted of a mule, a large amount of provender was de stroyed by the fire. The origin of the conflagration is a matter of conjec ture. Whether or not an Incendiary figures in It cannot .be determined. The loss is estimated at $700, with in surance to the amount of $160. It seems that It is a rather difficult matter to get the platforms and argu ments of the candidates published as they should be. One of those errors which will occur at times with the most precautious efforts to evade same, caused us in last issue to Insert approved when it should have been opposed, In publishing Mr. W. G. Austell’s speech In which he said he was “opposed’’ to county and State dispensary and not “approved’’ of it. We trust that this will be sufficient with the other corrections we have made to put the candidates on their original platform without being fur ther confused. The many friends of Mr. C. C. Rob bins and Miss Daisy Rogers are con gratulating them on their singularly narrow escape from serious injury in a rui.away Friday afternoon. Mr. Robbins and Miss Rogers were driv ing when the horse became frightend at the dummy and bolted. By chance the course it took was a road which terminated abruptly and when the runaway reached this point it proceed ed to leave the regular thoroughfare which ended here, and went “across country.” The buggy was here over turned and the occupants thrown out. The horse ran into the city where it was stopped. Both of the young peo ple escaped with slight bruises. The charred remains of a table and a few twisted telegraph instruments record the narrow escape the office of the Gaffney Manufacturing Com pany had from destruction by fire on Sunday evening. The telgeraph In struments at the office were not In use. but had not been ground, conse quently when the severe electric storm came up lightning struck the current and quickly ignited the table. The table was entirely destroyed and part of the wall burned. A number of books and papers, fortunately of small Importance, were considerably scorched. The blaze was seen and extinguished, preventing serious in jury to the entire plant of this cor poration. We, the undersigned, in Justice to Will Hasty, state that we were at Mabry’s mill the day of the campaign meeting and that he had nothing to do with the difficulty there, nor was he attempting to do Mr. Otts any In jury. nor was he using any but fair means to oppose him; that as far as could be ascertained. Hasty was not attempting to give any trouble, but conducted himself well. T. F. Morris. J. C. Gibson. R. L. Owens. R. M. Estes. P. F. Smith, Frank Foster. Expression From a Citizen- Editor Ledger.—In your paper of the 10th inst.. you ask the citizens to give their views on building the pro posed Gaston Shoals bridge on Broad river. With the light before me I am op posed to it for several reasons. First, the county is already in debt and I am not for keeping it in debt, and if the county was out of debt I am op posed to building it. For this reason: it is only five miles from the other iron bridge that cost the county some $8,0i)0 or $10,000 and the taxpayers can’t afford to build brid 0 "'- to ac commodate every neighborhood. And then again I don’t think we really need the bridge. If we n'’ed the bridge let us as progressive citizens build it by subscription and not make the burden on the taxpayers. The taxpayers need less tax. Who are the advocates who are advocating the building of this bridge? Is It the man who pays his $150 tax or is It the mm who pays his $1.00 tax (his poll tax?) I will build the bridge by subscrip tion. W. R. L. Wilkinsville, Aug. 11—We regret exceedingly that an oversight nn our i nari made the report, of the Wilkins ville meeting appear somewhat gar- bled, and especially that it should have caused the addr ss of our [rood friend J. Virgil McCraw, candid He for superintendent of education to ap pear to tlie disadvantage of that ! gentleman by coupling his opening re marks with the closing r ’marks of Mr. Kimsey o. Huskey, candidate for the State legislature. The report covered seventeen pags of manuscript which was prepared j with a view of making it as bri’f as would be consistant with the impor- ! tance of the matter. The notes taken on the ground covered forty odd pages. | This was too voluminous for the space a semi weekly paper could convenient ly assign it unless it was of more in- | torest than such usually are. In order to catch the mail that would place it in the hands of the printer in time for the succeeding is- j i sue of The Ledger, for which naper ; it was especially prepared, necessi tated such haste that we didn’t have time to re-read and revise the manu script so as to make it appear as j readable as we possibly could, and in our haste we failed to enclose seven pages of the manuscript which ins given it a somewhat garbled ap pearance. Neither The Ledger, its editor, nor any one of the attachees in the office are in any way responsible for the mistake or oversight. Your correspondent alone is to blame for it. and any injustice done any one in that report is chargeable to him and him alone. We wouldn’t give a fig for the man who would shift the responsibility of his own acts upon the shoulders of another. Therefore, if an injustice was done Mr. McCraw or any one else, we, like Sam Sarratt, take it all hack and ask pardon. Less than this no one woul't ask. and more than this no one should expect. It always has been and always will be the desire of your correspon dent to publish facts and facts alone as he sees and understands them, and will at all times be ready to cor rect and apologize for any of his mis takes. The melee at Mabry’s mill, as re ported. is a very regrettibie affair and receives the well merited con demnation of all good citizens. We would not mention it but for the fact that we understand it Is calculated to Injure candidates who live in that immediate section. They nor neither of them are in anyway responsible for it if we properly understood the matter, and no set of our citizens re grets its occurrence more than the good law-abiding neople of that com munity. For one we think that Soli citor Sease and those entrusted with the execution of the la*-’ should probe the whole matter to the bottom and see that the offending party or par ties are brought to justice and made to face the responsibility of their actions. We, also understand that it is alleged that a rucus was to have been “palled off” at Wilkinsville on the day before but that the one in charge of it got too drunk to carry it out. This is somewhat of a sur prise to us. We were on the ground from early in the morning until after the meeting closed and the crowd dispersed and we neither saw nor heard anything of It. A little flcey row was at one time apparent but it quieted down all at once and we heard nothing more of it. From what we understand it had no connection whatever with politics or anv of the candidates for official honors and the matter is not worth speaking about. When we see new top buggies homing in we know something is up and we are hardly ever mistaken. Though It sometimes happens the oc cupant falls to secure a riding mate. Corn along the creeks *- * rivers, we are el id to say. in not so serious ly damaged by the high water as first reported. Mr. Young, of Midway, this county, attended the meeting at Abingdon Creek last Wednesday. W« learn that a child of Mr. and Mrs. Dock Webber was severely stung by bees last Wednesday morn- ine and the little fellow suffered great pain from it. but its got all right now. Mr and Mrs. Leslie Blackwell are visiting r latives and friends at Clif ton. The children are nraetlclng for children s dav at Salem on the 17th inri. Evidently there will be a large crowd there and the committee in change of the wor*' are d ter”lned that no effort on their part will he wanting to make It interesting. Thev Invite the chlldren-arf wher churches and Sunday schools ic*come a part. We bespeak f|r them a large aa 1 order)v con' , regat!on. Let the children have a chance, they deserve It. In our rennrt of the up eciieg at 'Vllklpsvllle «n the 3rd Inat.. the tyres p b’ e us vav He n. W. O. A is- ‘ell "apnrov* i ’ the St te and county diMPensar; when thev should have I $1.00 A YEAR. said “opposed” State and county dis- pen ’ri"s Billy AusMl is n- liquor man n the common acceptance of the " o: d •■nda lee a d grin^daught er, Path Lee, spent last night with h“r si ter Mrs. J. L. S. and M rs. Sam I ^’tiain have ■en on the sick Us’ thh W‘>eb. Dr. L R. Blick was called to ee him last Thursday while we >. • re at Oaff- nev ' e, ring the State candidates sneak. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Si arks and chil dren r turned home fro n their visit to this s “cti n last ' , ’o' , ne-dnv. ' r* ,r md MLs '’aggie Estes, of Sedalia. I’nion countv are visit- in” '' i >• ds in this section Several of the Elbeth *1 ’"nnle are atten 'hie the meeting at \blngdon Creek. We met quite a nn nber of our friends and acquaintenances at Gaffney lari Thursday who came to se and hear the State candidate- One of the United S'atos survey ors who passed here i’st Thursday was bv the name of Hankins, a Vir ginian and related to a t ilv of the same na ”e we knew in the early six ties on the Peninsula He lives on the fo tii side of the James river He said we must he sure to attend the Jamestown exposition next year. This we expect to do if we live and are able to do so. Good congregations are attending the series of meetings at Abingdon Creek now being conducted by Revs. C. M. Teal and G. M. Ha nrick. We attended preaching there and much interest was being mani’ested. The meeting is expected to continue un til next Sabbath, 12th inst. Sam Lee, Robt Foster, Dr. Leech and several others are in Kershaw fox hunting. We understand they ha ,r e caught two foxes. T1 ev get up a race n arly everv morning. We were much disappointed in not meeting our old army comrade. Col. M. P. Tribble, who is a candidate for secretary of State. He as deiained at home on account of ill health and by advice of his physician Hon. C. W. Whisonant was a Gaff ney visitor Thursday and went over to see his aged mother at Blacksburg. The Abingdon Creek church choir led by Mr. Joe Humphries is doing good work in the meeting there. Mr. Din Gallnian an dothers from El- bethel. are helping them to ring. Our old comrade. Wash Mullinax, was at Abingdon Creek yesterday. We hope to report good results from the meeting. Several have ^’.roady joined. . Its right funny tq see hew neople kiss whe” they meet a young lady, she should be cautious how she kisses another woman's husband. She might raise a rueus Misses Azelia Roberts and Belle Gibson, of Shelby, N. C., who have been visiting Mrs. J. N. Strain, re turned home yesterday. The hot weather is drying the ground so that we will need rain again in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Wright, of Shelby. N. C., returned home Tuesday, after a "-eek’s visit to friends and relath-aq in this section. Rev. J. B. Wilson closed i meeting at Wilson’s Chapel last Thursday. We haven’t yet got a report of the re sult We are sorry that circumstances beyond his control, forced Mr. J. Ed. Gault to retire from the race for the house of representatives. Ed. is one of our self-made men and has made a success in life. J L. S. Hot Weathe Debility. How to Protect Oneself Against Heat, Fatigue, and Summer Disease. Many people are so easily affected by the hot weather as to be capable of but little work during Uie summer months. Inquiry among tlis class will show that in nearly every instance there is a weak stomach and more or less indigestion. Put tue digestive organs right by using Mi-o-na stomach tablets and the summer time will prove the pleasantest, most desirable and enjoyable season of the year. One little Ml-o-na tablet before each meal will give you life, vitality, en ergy and physical endurance during the heated term and ward oT the ordi nary diseases of summer. Mi-o-na If not an ordinary summer tonic or di gestive, it Is a true strengthener of the digestive system, ou iding u^ the organs to perfect health and vi tality by curing the indigestion and absolutely removing all paiiio and dis tress in the stomach, speck beiore the eves, sick and nervous headache, and other syuiDto.us that co.ne trom a weakened stomach. Mi-o-na .hikes positive and lasting cures and is sold by the Uadne. Drug Co. under an aosolute gua.a .tee that it will cure all diseases of the stom ach, except cancer, or tue money will be reiunued. A.Si. inu uaffney Dr* o to show you t! .e guarantee me 4 va With .vers .he ,ox ol Mi-o-na. Sen .oursel. d i nut clean III - uie. lean i t n ans * <eau alon.^ili, ijO ei» L ■ - . liver. clean. i; s i »*Utt i .rgan. UO i tie no. .ocky i i i lea 3"' cem » if a r Tab* lets Gaffney Drug Co. A ssi/ . an *oi lies i.u 1 Ii gets rin! 1 eo. t eu worn' i i*e she has tne If she (a , * . 'Ulster's Bocks io'itiuiu To .he w .1 i nave neit e Briglii, s nil ' ac t ollows its US e 35 cents Tea >1 1 /lets. Gaff tie \ ! t r ug Pn. e are going to give a pre nlum * - to th > party bring ini t us the ’ /»- r ’• ri g own f-o i our seed. 1 't '’'Tnev Drui r ’o.