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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Nowopapor In thp Fifth Congressional District of 8. 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. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1906. $1.00 A YEAR. THE RtVSOR- MANNING RILL. SYNOPSIS OF THE MEASURE DE SIGNED TO REFORM THE DISPENSARY. The Oriqinal Bin Was the Work of Senators Raysor. of Oranqeburq, and Manning, of Sumter, but in the Final Form, as Reported Back from the Committee. Were Embodied the Suggestions of Others. Tin.- bill popular]v known as the Ruysor Manning, liocanse it was the join! work of Sonatois U'lysor, of Orane-'hnrp:. and Manning, of Sumter. | hoinic the *'niit of the matured thought am! labor of ihoso two men. who conscientious!v believing that, tin? dispensa-,■ system, properly and honestly conducted, offers, under the conditions prevailing in the State, not onlv the last, hut the only practical and satisfactory means of controlling tile liquor traffic and minimizing tiie evils th -t attend the u of any and all alcoholic liquors a a beverage, /-ought to frame a law ' ha* would purge lie State dispen try of the ! corruption b-la ved to exist therein ami so to hedge about the manage-j ment with restrictions that 'Hm on-j portunity for graft and dishoneity in the purchase of liquor and other sup plies, which tiie law as it, stood not onlv permitted, but appeared to in vite, would be impossible. Senators Raysor and Manning, with the same object in view viz: to make the dispensary as nearly as possible a graft-proof business institution, which under the exercise of the po lice power of the State should control and regulate the liquor traffic, which is conceded by all to be an evil that of necessity must be regulated and curtailed for the public good, worked independently at first, each preparing a bill to be introduced in the senate. When the legislature convened they found that their hills were drawn on similar lines and they, therefore, de cided to jointly prepare a new bill, utilizing the best features of each of the two previously prepared. The greatest can* was erercised in daw- ing this hill: information and sugges tions were sought from senators and others who desired to purify the dis pensary system and make it the in strument for good that it was and is capable of being made. When the l)ill was completed and introduced in the senate it at once came to be known as the Raysor-Mannin • bill. Upon being referred to committee In the regular order, the bill >\’as giv en thoughtful consideration and a rigid and patient analysis. The result of the committee’s consideration was a substitute bill, which embodied the distinctive features of the original bill that being used as a frame work, and also the ideas of the committee and others who had made suggestions looking to the perfection of the pro posed new dispensary Law. Among the suggestions thus embodied in the bill was one made by Senator Tillman that the liquor be purchased from United States bonded warehouses ex clusively. This substitute bill, which was In fact, the committee’s bill, although built upon the Raysor-Mannlng bill as a foundation, was still popularly known as the Raysor-Mannlng bill and by that title It is yet known. This is the bill that the House of Representatives rejected and practi- oallv refused to consider at all. after the effort to force the Morgan (House) bill through the Senate had failed. This is the measure that is now the leading issue in the State campaign, and which is the dispen sary plank in the platform of Mr. Richard I. Manning In his campaign for governor. Occupying as it does so Important a place amongst the issues of the campaign, a synopsis of the bill wilj be both interesting and Instructive. Section 1 prohibits the manufact ure. sale or keeping of spirituous, malt or other Intoxicating liquor that is used as a beverage, except as here inafter provided, under a penalty. All liquors sold or kept in the State, whether manufactured here, or im ported. are required to be tested by the chemist of the South Carolina College to determine their purity, and all liquors not so tested are declared detrimental to the morals, good health and safety of the State, and all such liquors may be seized wherever found, without a warrant. It also prescribes Ur procedure to be fol lowed by those who desire to import liquor for personal use in order that they may do so legally. The expense of making tests are to be paid by the State treasurer, out of the funds of the dispensary in his hands, and not by the board of directors as here tofore. Section 2 repeals Section 556 which creates the State Board of Director! and thereby abolishes that board, the three members of which are intrusted with the management of a 98,000,000 business and paid only |400 a year apiece. This is one of the most im portant, as well as sensible and nec essary reforms, contemplated bv the bill. The next section (3) is the most striking feature of the entire bill, as it contains the provisions that will wipe out the graft that has attended the purchase of Hquor and other dis pensary supplies. It first provides for the election of a commissioner at a salary of $3,000 per year, who shall he the executive board of the State dispensary. His term of office is fixed at two years. The governor is empowered to suspend the commis sioner for cause. The commissioner is required to ad vertise for twenty days, commencing the first day of March in each >'• ar, iu two or more dail. - "apers of this State, and one daily newspaper in e ach of the cities of Louisville. Ky„ Cincinnati, O., Baltimore, Md.. and Pittsburg, Pa., for bids to supply the kinds and qualities of liquors required for sale by the State dispensary dur ing the ensuing year, the same being specified in the advertisement. These bids must be sealed, and without mark to distinguish them one from another and sent by express within ten days of the last advertisement to the State treasurer, in whose /custody thev remain until opened on March 31st, in public by a committee of three citizens, apnointed bv the gov- ■ >mor on or before March 2bth. Contracts are to he awarded by this committee to the lowest responsible bidders for the several kinds of liq uor and other supplies required. The members of the committee are to he paid $10 each per day and five cents mileage for each mile actually trav eled, and they are ineligible for re-ap- pointmr-nt. All bidders are required * give good and suffic'ent bond as a guarantee of good fai for the per formance of the obligation in the event of receiving a contract. The contracts must be approved by the attorney general and the amount of bond shall equal 20 v-r cent, of me estimated cost of the liquor or other supplies to be purchased. The kinds of liquor that shall be mrchased are tiie following: Pure Cologne Spirits, or deodorized alcohol, IK) per cent, from govern ment. bonded warehouses. Two stamp whiskey, 50 per cent, proof, from the bonded warehouses of the United States, with the und islanding that the State shall buy the whiskey on the warehouse certificates and shall nay the revenue taxes itself in order to insure its not. being adulterated or tampered with. The three kinds of liquors, corn, rye and bourbon shall be purchased in tills way in the quan tities which in the judgment of the commissioner will be required by the demand in this State. It is permissi ble to make contracts for each. Of tin* four kinds of alcoholic products above designated, with different per sons for the supply needeo for the year to he ordered out by tip* com- missionef, as indicated, aie’ the bid ding for the different varieties of whiskey sliall indicate not less than twenty different brands of whiskey quoted on the market in the whole sale prices current of the various cities designated. No whiskey shall he purchased for use in this State that is less than one year old, as shown by the warehouse certificate. A record of all bids shall be kept in a hook provided for that purpose. The bids above designated shall include whiskey one year old. whiskey three years old. whiskey five years old, and those whiskies of the ages desig nated shall be a basis, when mixed with cologne spirits, or sold just as they are received, for the different grades to he furnished the county disnensers. The commissioners shall also in the same way invite bids to be opened and contracts awarded at the same manner as hereinafter pro vided. for Cognac brandy. California brandy, peach and apple brandy, rum and gin in such quantities, with the right to purchase more, as may be «- his judgment necessary to supply the demands. These bids shall speci fy the kinds and qualities of such liquors, and bids for wines, liquors, and cordials shall be limited to such as may be advertised for by the dis pensary commissioner as hereinbe fore provided. Bids for beer (to be advertised for. opened, etc., as afore said) shall designate the alcoholic contents not less than 4 per cent., and the amount of malt and bops to be used in Us manufacture, and no beer shall be purchased that is not shown by chemical analysis not to contain salacilic acid, or any other adulter ant to prevent fermentation. No beer shall be purchased except export beer, or that which is already in bot tle und pasteurized and beer in kegs aged at least three months in cold storage. Bids shall also be advertis ed in the manner already provided in the purchase of liquors and at the sam'* time for supplying the State dispensary with glass bottles, demi johns, corks, labels, sealing wax, ship ping cases, paper wrappers for the bottles and all other needful supplies required in the conduct of the busi ness of the State dispensary, and tl.ese shall be let to the lowest bid der. in like' manner as provided for the bidding for liquors, and a bond with good and suffleent sureties shall be required for the faithful perform ance of the contracts. The commis sioner having ordered "out the whis key and cologne spirits of the kinds and qualities designated, is authoriz ed and empowered to employ for a period of four months a skilled expert to blend the same under his direction and supervision, in such a way as to supply as nearly as practicable the liquors known to commerce but which shall not in any wav be adulterated by admixture, of any injurious or un- healtful Ingredients, and in order to do this, he shall take out a rectifier’s license from the United States government, and thus be enabled to rectify or mix the liquors which are required for the business Such blending shall be done upon a formu la that shall be posted In the com missioner's office, subject to personal inspection by any citizen. The liquors thus mixed or blended shall be desig nated by the signs x. xx and xxx and the age of the whiskey mixed with the cologne spirits sir H constitute t v - basis, to-wlt: Whiskey one year o 1 ’ with the proportion of cologne spirits used, shall lie designated as x: three .years old as xx; and five years old' as xxx; provided, That if there shall be a demand for the straight whiskey unmixed with cologne spirits, the same may he n’-ed instead of the blended goods, and the nriee shall be goverened by the relative cost of tiie same and the labels indicate tiie character of liquor, whether blended or two stamp. 'There shall be anoth er brand, known as xxxx whiskey, which shall be whiskey bottled in bond, not less than seven years old; or the same varieties of liquors as de signated by the distillers brand may be purchased from the bonded ware houses. as her in before provided, in the barrel, and mav lie bottled at the State dispensary the same as other liquors are bottled. There shall be no case whiskey k< pt in stock at. the State dispensary. All such purchases must lie made upon special orders sent through the county disnensers to the State dispensary by tiie person or persons desiring to obtain same and die State dispensary shall order the said goods shipped direct to the county dispensary. All whiskey, whether “blended'’ or “straight.” shall be put up iu bottles of full measure and labeled as hereinbefore provided, and the proof, or alcoholic contents of each package shall lie printed on said label, together with the price as fixed by the State board, and the grade of ! 1 '■> whiskey shall be blown in the glass as x, xx, xxx, or xxxx. Provid ed tills shall apply to only such whis key as may be bottled at tiie dispen sary. and it shall lie a misdemeanor for the commissioner to bottle, label or sell any liquors which shall not be true to grade blown in the glass punishable by fine or imprisonment in tiie direction of court; Provided, fur ther that nothing herein contained shall prevent said commissioner of the dispensary from making with distill ers in this State contracts for the pur’ chase of liquors manufactured by them within this State. Section 4 of the bill amends Sec tion 558 of the Code so as to have the salaries of employees fixed by the general assembly, instead of by the State Board of Directors. Th£ com missioner is to be put under $75,000 bond approved by the attorney gene ral. The commissioner is charged with the management and control of the State dispensary, subject to the provisions of the dispensary law. and is empowered to enter into contracts and employ or discharge the officers, employees and laborers necessary to the conduct of the business. He is forbidden, however, to emply any person who is related to him by blood or marriage within th~ sixth degree. Liquor sold to the county dispensers shall be sold at a profit not exceed ing ten per cent, of the cost of the State. The countv boards of control are to be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative delegation, or a ma jority of the same, from the respect ive counties, instead of by the State lioard, as heretofore; and the gov ernor is given authority to remove members of the county boards for cause. The county boards of control employ the dispensers and clerks, who are not to be related fb them. The commissioner, instead of the State board, is required to attach a certificate as to the chemical analy sis. purity, etc., to every package of liquor sold In. or brought into, the State. Any packages of liquor with out such certificate may be seized and sold as contraband, and the common carrier bringing it in may be fined. Beer dispensers are hereby express ly prohibited. The use of request blanks by coun tv dispensers are required, but here after these books shall be furnished to the auditors by the countv board of control, instead of the State board, and shall be paid for out of the funds of the county dispensaries. County boards of control are given authority to establish dispensaries and to designate their location, of which twenty days’ notice shall be given. The establishment of a dis- ensarv may be prevented by a ma jority of the voters of the townshin in which it is to he located signing a petition to the county board, re questing that the proposed dispensary be not established. The failure of dispensers to per form their duties is to be renorted to the governor, instead of the State board of Directors, and he is required to forthwith institute proper proceed ings to enforce the law. Heavy pen alties are fixed for the violation of any of the requirements of the law by dispensers. Dispensers are required to use the request books, and report to the auditor on or before the 10th of each month and vo subscribe to an oath that they have complied with the law in this respect. The sale of liquor to minors, intoxicated persons or persons in the habit of becoming intoxicated is forbidden and fails to make accurate returns as reouired by law, showing the true signature to every request by him received and granted, or sells liquor to any person without first requiring a written re quest therefor. Is liable to a suB for $200 damages ou the bond of such dispenser, to be brought by the soli citor, who is required to bring suit when information is lodged with him. Permits to manufacture liquor may be granted by the commissioner under proper restriction, provided in Section 13, which amends Section 571. The payment of the United States tax as a liquor dealer or notice of anv kind in any place of reaort. or in any store or shop, indicating that al- colohic liquor* ate there sold, shall be held a* prima Cade evidence that GEORGE HALL CONVICTED. the dispensary law is lieing violated, and a penalty of not less than $100 r'-**- more than $50(i fine, or imprison ment for three to twelve months is imposed for such violation. Section 19. the last .seet.ion of the hill, is one of the most important I Salisbury. N. C., Friday night in con- arui is as follows: nection with lynching of the three ne- Section PK That Section 0<i3. Vol. I srroes at Salisbury Monday last and 2. (Criminal) Code ot Laws. S. C., j given a term of i5 years in the State 19"2, he amended by adding at the penitentiary. Member of Salisbury Mob Tried and Convicted—Gets Fifteen Years. Salisbury, N. C., Aug. 20. --George Hall was convicted of conspiracy at nd tin reel ; the follow] lug: Tin* sa: d The Ilf* arin :r of th e case began commit tee shall have tiie po\v< *r to ; when cor irt opened a t 10:30 Friday make. 1 in.s ci ihc* and pi •omn Igite, an 1 ; morning. At 6:15 P. m., after bear- the col nmi sioner • sliall eiifi irce such * tng s< •vet al wit ne: sse s establishing rules and regnlat ions cove ruing the Hall's pa rticij lation in the lynching conduct ol the 0 Ulcers. eni|! iloyes and : the cii se was given to the jury. Af- method: s of business of the Stab • dis ter he ing out 2o m inn Jes. a verdict pensary . as i, 5 U their judgment may. of gui Ity was •Bgro ■d upon and th** M*em w ise 1 und pi •oper n ot mconsi stent ! maxim urn pc ■nalfy fOi the. offense INFURIATED POSSE HOT AFTER NEGRO. HE ATTEMPTED TO ASSAULT A YOUNG WHITE GIRL. The Negro Went to a Store Where the Girl Wa s Alone and Aft er Bar- terinq a Few Minutes Seized Her. - - charged was imposed by Judge B. F. tiie said section sba" read as follows: j ;,(ing Court adjourned for the day “Sections <) ,, 3. Tiie presiding officers ; at 7- m p n i. el Hie Senate and Hop-p* ot Repre- This is said t< lie the first conv ! ct- sentatives shall annually appoint a ion <>f the bind ever secured iu North committee, consisting of two members c.nolina. although a number of ef- of the House of Representatives : forts have been made to bring mom- i one Senator, whose duty it sliall be , G f niobs to justice. to make quarter! ' e x i min ati«m > of '1 'he St air * -prang u surprise in the the St; Lte dispens 1 v for t he 1 Is cal t rir 1] wh n t re offense against the year b' eginning on '!) ' fils 1 da y of pri: -oner *w as changed from murder Noveml K-r previou < 'o the late ■ of to const) i ra > cy. tie ir a 1 ppoint ment. a t id '0 nia! Ce a When tin * court was called to order writ ten report of ,-uc h e\.< ,iiina t ions II.) n. T. J, Kluttz announced that his to the General A ■em ■il> at tl • s e fi (•]’> mt wi uui d contend that the court :;io 1 m ■xt succeed! llg after limit at i- wai s unla wf til it was argued tha f the pointnn •nt. ^1 sha il i ie tile (hit V of ' o\ 'em or could not sien a commission at least one niemli <T 1 if -air 1 con imi’- !(tr -uch a 1 court unless he was in the tee to be present at tile takin g of S*. : ■i\ an d i t was claimed that he was the iir century of t he sloe! A Of tie a: \ 11 a n tic Citv, N. J. Mr. Kluttz State r lisp' nsarv a 1 .1! !e eia l of ea -h , M h l md th at a subpoen- be issued for quarter (in' - . Gle nn. and have him brought to Each member < if s aid ( olilIU i ! 1 ' * ‘ , ‘ ( M r! to te stify. This was done and shall n iceiw the s aim ■ per ditMii chiel e xecu ive of the State was mileage * as menibi r.s of tin • (lellerii - \V< >11! ; i!l< i questioned about his Assemi ily. to he | laid out 0 l tin- dl>- All I'eaV I’lt s on the !7th of July, the pensan r funds bv war rant < if di- ■ipen- <la> • that tl ie call for the court) was sary commissioner on the St ale t reas- ma do. Hr * s: aid that he was in Atlantic tirer: 1 Provided. '11 nit no pei • diet 11 be < 'ii V J., but in order to do what allowed to the me. nbe rs of said corn- could I t •> prevent a lynching, he mittee for more* th; ai t \\ ellt.-'- four days ; Wll ed hi S ! private secretarv to issue during any fiscal V( # ar. File said r to 1 the coni’ 1): - -ion and sign Ids name to commit tee skall h; live the i powe 1 it. T! is , h <- considered the proper make, prescribe ai id ! ironiul gate. and : tin llg to d< i. the commissioner sliall etibec**. ue!i rules and regulations governing in conduct of the officers, employes and methods of business of the State dis pensary as. in their judgment, may Tilt objecMon of the defendant was overruled ami the trial proceeded The first witm-ss was David W. Julian, a deputy <h riff, who testified that lie saw Hall leading a mob of seem wise and proper, not inconsist- a | )!nit ;;p aien. some of whom the wit- ent with law. ’ m-ss knew. The officer had in cus tody a man he had arrested at the Ravenna Notes. Ravenna, Aug. 15.— Miss Blanche Littlejohn, a charming voting' lady of this community, is ill at her home with typhoid fever. Her many friends will learn this with much regret and we hope her case will not prove se rious. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Brown and children, of Jonesville. were guests of their parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brown, Last Sunday. Mr. T. G. Chalk, principal of the Grlndal school, paid his family his usual visit from Friday until Mon day. Mrs. Lou Pate, of Cowpens. after spending a few days with relatives in this section, left this morning for Jonesville. where she goes to visit for a few days. Mrs. B. G. L. Pettit is at Corinth this week, attending the meeting which is being held at that place. Miss Jennie Sims, an attractive young lady of Cowpens. accompanied by her brother. Morris, visited rela tives here Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes F. Thomas and children, of Spartanburg, were guests of their parents. Mr. and Mrs- M. W. Littlejohn, last week. Mr. George S. Goforth, of Cedar Springs, spent last Tuesday night with hi* cousin. Junle A. Goforth. Miss M. Addle Brown spent several days last week at Cedar Springs. She attended the meeting while there. Mrs. Luther D. Bonner has been staying a few days at the bedside of her sister, Miss Blanche Littlejohn. Miss Edna Brown, of Gaffney, who is visiting her parents here, spent a few days in Jonesville last week, the guest of her brother, Mr. George E. Brown. Mr. Clarence T. Chalk left last Wed nesday for Greer, where he has ac cepted a position. Misses Estelle and Belle Pettit, of Gaffney, have been visiting relatives here for several days. Mrs. Wallace Harvey and Mrs. John Hancock, of Gaffney, are the guests of Mrs. C. E. Burgess. Mr. Loyd D. Goforth, formerly of this section but now of Jonesville, visited his parents. Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Goforth, last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Bonner and children, of Pacolet, passed through here last Sunday to visit their pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Bonner, at Goucher. Several of our young people are thinking of attending the association which convenes at Blacksburg Thurs day. Friday and Saturday. A great number from this section attended the speaking of the State candidates at Gaffney last Thurs day. There will be no services at Gou cher Saturday. On Sunday Mr. Hick son will fill his regular appointment and services will continue through out the week. Brown Eyes. jail, Hall, said tiie witness, carried a hammer and threatened to brain < him if lie did not liberate the prisoner. ; Mr. Kluttz objected to this testimony j in its entirety. Other testimonv was offered in the i afternoon and the case speedily given the jury. A Sunday School Picnic. The New-Midway Sunday school will have a picnic on the New-Midway school grounds Saturday, August 18. A number of Sunday school workers are expected to be present and will make short talks on Sunday school work. The public is invited and a special invitation is hereby extended to the Sunday schools of the countv and to those interested in the work. Let us not forget to provide am ple baskets. Refreshments will be served on the grounds and. as a mat ter of course, good order will pre vail. Lewis C. Waters. Superintendent. Death of Mrs. John Austell. Mrs. John E. Austell passed away at her home In this city on Thursday, after an illness of some length. Her remains were laid to rest in the Petty Graveyard on Friday in the presence of a large number of sorrowful rela tives and friends. Mrs. Austell was in her fiftieth year and was a devout Christian lady. She was well known in this section, having been Miss Thomas before her mariage. A hus band and five children mour their great loss. Greenwood. Aug. H.-—At 11 o’clock j tonight a boss** varying in number trom •>bn to 1,000 men is searching Greenwood county in hot pursuit of a negro rapist. Bob Davis, i\ho this morning attempted to desecrate the body ol .Miss Jennie Brooks, a young lady 2'i years old, who lives near Greenwood. Davis later assaulted a negro woman. The blood hounds of the county are being used by tiie mob. and when ever the dogs strike the trap the men become almost frenzied in their im- I patience to get in view of their quar ry. The sheriff of Greenwood county accompanies the crowd, but it is generally believ. d that the negro will never reach Mi*- jail alive if he Is caught. The crime for which Bob Davis Is now fleeing for his life was a most brutal one. Miss Jennie Brooks is the daugh ter of Mr and Mrs. J. B. Brooks, who live about four miles from Green wood near the Mt. Mariah church. Tiiis morning Miss Brooks was iu her father's srore. her parents having gone to church. She was alone in th? building and a younger sister was in the home some fifty yards distant. During tiie morning tiie negro. Bob Davis, who has been employed in a brick yard in Greenwood, entered the store, ip- said he wanted to buv some shoes. Then he wanted to look at som. trousers. When those articles had been shown him he .-aid lie wanted to buy some bacon. When the girl turned to get the bacon the negro seized her and growled. “You are what I want.” Given a great strength in her blind terror, the crlri threw the burly ne* pro off. I!* blocked her way, how ever. and seized her again. She fought desperately, and the negro seized a big knife used to cut the meat. The girl tried to snatch the knife away from him and two of her fingers were almost severed. Then the negro siu-beu the girl’s throat, the gash being four inches lon£. hut despite tiie loss of blood and tha choking fear, the girl fought on. and was making some headway towards the door when a Mr. Tolbert drove up in a buggy. The negro brute heard the wheels and 'lashed out of a rear door. The girl called feebly to Mr. Tolbert, and fainted. She was car ried by Mr. Tolbert to her home not far distant. Mr. Tolbert drove oue mile to a telephone and summoned a phy sician and also notified the authorities in town of the deed. The news spread with incredible rapidity and within a few moments an angry posse, headed by the big dogs of the jail, were hot on the negro’s trail. Two miles from the scene of the first attempt the posses found that the same negro had assaulted a ne* gro woman. Several times the mob has come up on traces of the negro. He has been seen in yarious places and with tire less patience the posse is following each clue, confident that at last they will run their quarry to earth. At midnight he had not been oaptjired. One rather unusual feature of the case is that a brother of Bob Davis was lynched twelve years ago for as saulting a white woman. The End of the World of troubles that robbed E. H. Wolfe, of Baar Grove, la., of all usefulness, came when he began taking Electric Bitters. He writes: “Two years ago Kidney trouble caused me great suff ering. which I would never have sun v*ved had I not taken Electric Bit ters. They also cured me of General Debility.” Bure cure for all Stom ach. Liver and Kidney complaints. Blood diseases. Headache, Dizziness and Weakness or bodily decline. Price 50c. Guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co.’s drug store. Mrs. Arthur Bridges Dead. Mr. Arthur T. Bridges was in the city Wednesday. Mr. Bridges has been saddened by the death of his wife, which occurred in Kings Moun tain on Tuesday. This is the second bereavement of Mr. Bridges, as he lost hi« infant child only a few months ago. A number of friends from this citv attended the last sad rites of the deceased lady. A Barbecue. Mr. J. L. Martin will give a barbecue at W. H. Martin’s mill on the 24th inst. The Hon. D. E. Finlay and the Hon. Joe Johnson, members of congress, will address the citi zens on this occasion. Galveston’s Sea Wap makes life now as safe in that city as on the highest uplands. E. W. Goodloe, who resides on Dutton 8L, in Waco. Tex., needs no sea wall for safety. He writes: “I have used Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consump tion the past five years and it keeps me well and safe. Before that time I had a cough which tor years had been vrowing worse. Now It’s gone.” Cures chronic Coughs, La Grlppa. Croup and Whooping Cough and pre vents Pneumonia. Pleasant to take. Every bottle guaranteed at Cherokee Dn’~ Co.’s drug store. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. —It coets you nothing to try for that $5 offered by the Gaffney Drug Co. tor the largest turnip grown from their seed. See that your name la registered. —Get your Turnip and Ruta Bega seed from the Gaffney Drug Co. and Incidentally make that $5. Gaffney Drug Co. —All wagons sold at coat during month of August. Gaffney Harwdare Co. Aug. 1-1 mo. SUMMER CATARRH Hot Weather Seems to Have Bad Ef fect Upon Some People. It Is generally recognized by physi cians that many people suffer more with catarrh during the summer in the winter. The hot, dry weather and the change from the hot days to cool nights seems to have a bad effect upon the disease. Even after the usual methods of treating catarrh have been unsuccess ful. the Gaffney Drug Co. guarantee that thev will refund the money if Hyomei fails to cure the disease. This seems so fair and reasonable that it should Induce all catarrh sufferers to take the treatment. In niany instances Hyomei has cured catarrh when the patient has suffered since childhood. Quite a number of people in Gaffney who for years have been unable to get a good night’s sleep on account of the dis agreeable tickling and droppng at the back of the throat, have obtained quick relief from a few treatments of Hyomei and the continued use has made a complete and lasting cure. There is no stomach dosing when one uses Hyomei. Simply breathe Its medicated air through the pocket in haler that comes in every outfit and all germs win be killed and the m«- cous membrane will be healed. The complete outfit costs $1.00, ex tra bottles. 50c. Remember that if Hy omei does not cure, the Gaffney Drug Co. return your money. Scrub yourself dally, you’re not clean Inside. Clean Insides means clean stomach, bowels, blood, liver, clean, healthy tissue in every organ. MORAL: Take Hollister’s Rooky Mountain Tea. 36 cents. Ten or Tab* lets. Gaffney Drug Co. ■N-^ ' v -