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i I * THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the 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 Usee the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Beet Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNiY, S. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 21. 1906. $1.00 A YEAR. HODGES WRITES TO SEN, HUMAN. people to LI FORMER TiLLMANITE SCORES THE SENIOR SENATOR. Declares Senator Tillman Desires to B e Not Only Senator but Governor and Legislature. Bennettsville, Aits'. 12.—Charles P-■ Hodi'Cs. of Brownville, has handed : your corespondent, the following: open i letter to Senator Tillman. . Mr. Hodges is one of the largest Uluit rs and merchants in this conn-j ty, and is a gentleman of the highest: * Mt a merer. He was one of the leading j Reformers in the ’!• >’s and helved te j make this county almost sjjid for: /TjUmnn. He has never been an as-[ phant for any ofhc though I'epeated- i lv and urgently requested to stand for | election to the liouse or the s(mate. He has always said that Ik* had no political aspirations, and that ,ho did no care to neglect his large business inter o st to enter politics. Mr. Hodges' prominence, and the fact that he lias all along been Till- irnn’s friend and sttnorter, makes his 1 >tter of pe:uliar inter si just now, when the senior senator litis been dis regarding tin' advice and wishes of his oldest, best and frr si friends, ind n a.inf uch a frantic ( , tv, rt to fasten The open ii, hum; th dispensa.'y upon then letter follows: The Letter. Bennettsville. Atm Senator B. It. Tillman. My Dear Sir: 1 will preface my re marks to von by stating that I have been one of the most, ardent Tilltnan- ites in the State. I have followed you through thick and thin. In fact 1 am oim of the "old blue hen's chickens.” 1 am a Tillmanite "in whom there is no guile.” 1 have asked for no otfice, and haven’t cared for any. 1 have followed you because I thought you were largely right from ,a square out honest motive and principle, and not for any of the political emoluments that might accrue from such support as I have rendered. But. Senator, I think 1 voice the sentiment of thousands of your most ardent supporters when I say that we can follow you so far and no farther. You have left your moorings, and have gone headlong in the persistent advocacy of measures that if carried out will undermine eventually our moral, social, religious and govern mental structures. Your asbolute dis regard for the moral and religious opinions of others should make your position abhorent to every God-fear ing Baptist. Methodist, Presbyterian, and. in fact, to every religious de nomination of the State. You have flagrantly insulted every minister of everv denomination of the State. When you uttered the statement that the preachers of South Carolina had allied themselves with the blind tigers and liquor men. you know. Senator Tillman, you gave utterance to a slan der and falsehood that was as dark as midnight in hell. And you have never had ,the manhood or common decency to apologize for it. You knew. Senator, that our churches and our ministers of the gospel are all that we have that make life worth living. You cripple the ministry, as you have tried to do, you hush their voices and push aside their godly in fluences in South Carolina for even sixty days and we would have riot, anarchy, rapine and murder that would appall the world. No. Sena tor. I. with thousands of other citi zens of South Carolina, place our mor ality. religion, seif-government and( common decency above partisan pol itics and Tilimanism. I am a prohi bitionist. 1 favor neither the dispen sary nor barrooms. 1 say nothing of the rottenness of either. One is as rotten as the other, as to that mat ter. Now, Senator. I want to see If in the last twelve or fourteen years you have dealt fairly with your people that have Implicitly trusted you In this vital question that means so much to the welfare of South Carolina. You know you have always claimed to be a great people’s man; a servant of the people; that vou aim to carry* ofti their instructions. Have you done It? Have you tried to do it to an ' extent at all on this groat liquor question? Let us see. In 1892 the question of Ueuor or no liquor was brought squarely and fairly before the voters of the State, and they voted for pro hibition by over 19,000 majority. Sen ator Tillman was ; Jtvernor of the State and virtually was the legisla ture of the State also. What did he do? He said, you people by your vote have demanded prohibition and it is In my power to givie it to you but I will not do it. but I will give you something and throw such restrict ions around it. and will fall it dispen sary. And with the restrictions and safeguards that I will put upon it. we wlH lead up to prohibition. The re strictions. Senator Tillman says, first the people must decide as to whether the/ want a dispensary or not in an" community. Second, he says that liouor is to be sold in no other way. Third, he says no minor or habitual drinker can buy it at all. Fourth, that every purchaser of liquor had to sign his name, place of residence and so on, with numerous other restrict ions, all of which were good. Now, Senator. I. along with thous ands of your supporters, said while we voted for prohibition we trust this man Tillman and wholly believe h -> will be good to his promise to the of the State. Now, Senator, u* contrary, if you will show mo one e spoken, one line writ ten, ng or urging the curtail ment of the sale of liquor in these fourteen years of your liquor life, or the advocacy of one single measure that would lead up to prohibition, I will withdraw everything uttered in this letter. But to the contrary, sen ator. you have advocated every means possible to fasten liquor upon the Slate indefinitely. You saw after the firpt year of the dispensary under your rigid restrictions, that people were | not taking to it. Numbers of com munities in the State that you thought ought to have it wouldn’t have it, the i result was you had the law made very lax. so those communities could get it by a mere netition, and not by i vote of the people. And the result was they were crammed down the throats of people in dozens of commu nities that, didn’t want them. And ; finally all of the restrictions were re- ; moved, and the hoys were told to go out and sell liquor, fill the minors, 1 drunkards, ‘niggers” and all with liquor, mean liquor, cheap liquor. ; when they were promised pun' liquor. Thieving constables have been re-' tained. defaulting dispensers have been white-washed, and a high-hand ed stealing has been carried on b v the management. And, Senator, all this to your knowledge bus been going on for years. Why did you wait until the institution was reeking in tilth and rolling in mud before you came to its rescue? And the half of its filth lias never been told. And now. Senator, you are going all over the State using your powerful political iniluence to further fasten this damnable vampire, liquor, upon your trusting and unsuspecting fol lowers. You are advocating meas ures Unit you know are eating the very vitals out of the young men and boys of our State, and that is reach ing far into our homes, and is mak ing a damnable thrust at the chasti ty and virtue of our women. My God, Senator Tillman. what more do you want? We have heap- 0,1 honor upon honor upon you. We have done all for you that a worship ping people could do. Now, is it pos sible that we have for these years nursed a viper in our bosom that is to turn upon us and sting our moral, social and religious conditions to death? Senator, I know you are a hard, un relenting master. You don’t mind telling other people of their mean ness. but you don’t like being told of yours. Now, senator, you strin this infernal liquor-dispensary of its poli tical garb and possibilities, and throw it before the people, not in an office getting capacity, and they will vote it out tomorrow. And you know it. That is the reason why you have kept it from the people. And today you are trying to move heaven and earth to trv and get a law fastened on the people in the Raysor-Manning hill, that, if it should become a law, the entire State will he placed under the old dispensary law, with all these communities that have voted out the dispensaries and the communities that have never had them, to have dispensaries fastened upon them without the people <1 mean the whole people) having any voice or vote whatever in the matter. And to show you more clearly, sen ator. of the insincerity and rotten ness of this liquor affair, you have men in about every county of the State running for the legislature and senate, hurrahing for Tillman and the dispensary, that have always been your avow r ed opponents, and enemies to the dispensary; and I fear hate both Tillman and the dispensary now worse than the devil hates holy water. But now it is—Hurrah for Richard I. Manning for governor, the Raysor-Manning bill and dispensary. Why! oh! why is this the cise? Be cause. I fear, it opens up a chance by which some fellow that has been wanting an oflice for a long while, hopes to ride in on Tillman liquor. Strip it. senator, (this dispensary I mean) of its political affiliations and office getting nossibllities. and many a fellow that is now hnrrahin" for Tillman and the dispensary would curse you t n your face, as they have formerly done. Now, senator, it is patent to the most commonplace mind that, you are making a desperate effort to be United States senator, governor of the State, as well as the^egftjlature. That is giving one man ffffo much powei^-that is depriving us of self- government. And 1 don’t believe the people are prepared to accept such, a«d will by their ballots repudiate the whole scheme. Now, senator, in conclusion, let me sav that this liquor question is no longer a Tillman or anti-Tillman question. You should have all you want. We are willing for you to go hack to the United States senate and “cuss” Roosevelt and those Yankees to your heart’s content; but for humanity’s and God’s sake, if you can’t throw your influence on the right side of this great moral ques tion. pull yourself aside, and let the people decide as to whether they want the dispensary or prohibition. That is the question before us. and you have promised us to let us de cide it. Will you be good to your word? Very truly yours, C. P. Hodges. —It costs you nothing to tty for that |5 offered by the Gaffney Drug Co. for the largest turnip grown from their seed. See that your name is registered. A NEWSY LETTER FROM WIUtlNSVIELE, MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. can be made bv anv other county farm of the same size in the State. While on the county farm \vc called on Mary McDill, a blind negress. who went I'Ojii lids section several years ago. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short !tem« of that Section. —Get your Turnip and Ruta Bega seed from the Gaffney Drug Co. and incidentally make that $5. Gaffney Drug Co. Wilkinsville, Aug. 17.—Anoth'r chapter has been added to the history of old Salem church. Early this Morning the roads leading in that di rection bore evidence that a big day was on hand and by ten o’clock the < luirch grounds were literally cover 'd with peon]-', buggies, wagons, etc. The assembly was variously estimat ed at from 800 to 1,000 people. The church building was packed to its utmost capacity and but little nior than half the people found sitting room. The aisles, too, were filled. The only open space was that left for the children in front of the speak er’s st tnd. The gallery, too, was filled to overflowing As the Sunday school sung, "Bass me not. Oh gentle Saviour,” the children wore marched in and formed in three ranks facing the congrega tion. The childr n then sung, “What ; a friend we have in Jesus,” etc., and | W. C. Kirby led in prayer. The ad- j dress of welcome was made by Sant j I. Strain, who. as master of ceremo-j uies, announced the exercises form- | tag ah open and the programme as here tofore published was carried out. The children aequith'd themselves very creditably and were applauded by the congregation. Taken till in till it was the most en joyable dav we ever had at Salem and the younger people of the con gregation deserve all the credit. for thev worked under many disadvant ages to make it a success. The crowd was the largest, best behaved and best looking one of its size we ever met at Salem, and we are proud of it. Now Hitt the oc casion has been a success in ('very particular those who predicted fail ure can join in the shouting and tell what we did. The meeting was .a veritable re union of old and long separated friends, many of whom hadn’t met in years. They were from York. Un ion. ('hester and (’herokee counties, who came to have one more pleasant day at Salem and all expressed th m- selves as highly pleased with it. Cupid, of course, was on hand and his arrows flew thick an,; fast. The gallantry and beauty of this country was represented in the young men and ladies present, and the hone of the future in the many bright child ren we had the pleasure of meeting. The day was all. and even more. 'ban our most sanguine expectations pictured it would be. Broad river was above the usual ferrying mark, but Mr. V. C. Comer, tfie ferry ml in. and Township Com- misioner W. G. Fowler decided that those who would take the risk should not lose the pleasure the occasion had in store for them and so the ferry boat was run on a high tide all day for their accommodation. A lirge number who didn’t care to take the risk' wouldn’t cross. The 17th dav of August, 190(», is a day long to be remembered by the friends of old Salem. Messrs. Rufus and Jeff Esdes are both on the sick list. During an electrical storm Wed nesday evening lightning struck the gin house of the Wilkinsville oil mill company, smashing one of the windows, burning a number of belts and doing considerable damage to the machinery and the building: besides, it killed a yearling standing near by. The building took fire but It was put out before it did any considerable damage. Several parties from this section ar« attending the Broad River Asso ciation of the Baptist church, which met at Blacksburg yesterday. Your corespondent took a trip through the Macedonia section of this county the first of this week. We spent Monday night with Mr. J. O. Hill* and his mother, who live on Capt. Charles Petty’s place, three miles west of Gaffney. The next day we vis ited the county farm, which Is so ablv and efficiently managed by Mr. O. P. Hill. This is. in many respects, a mode' farm and speaks well for our countv government. Mr. Hill is the right man in the right place. He has one of the best crops of corn, taking all in all. we have seen on unland. Good Judges tell us it will make forty bushels of corn per acre if no disas ter comes upon it. He made seventy- seven bushels of wheat this year and has vegetables and other table com forts in abundance (alj raised on the farm), lie .ias, also, four hogs that will weig 1 '. on an average. 375 pounds. Taking the four months till billing time into consideration it is safe to sav they will make 2.00 ( ' pounds of pof-k gross. The county farm under Mr. Hill’s management pays much more than the expenses attached to it. It furnishes much feed to the county teams and provides all the supplies needed or raised by the in mates of the county farm. Mrs. Hill does the cooking for the paupers and manages her own domestic affairs herself. We feel that the county should furnish her help, or pay her for the work she does for the county. There is at least 150 bushels of last year’s corn in the crib and other feed stuffs In proportion on that farm. We doubt very much If such a showing Sonip months ago we furnished her with a copy of the Shorter Catechism, which Mr Hill’s little daughter has hern helping her to study, and we were surprised to hear tier answer some of the questions in that little hook of inestimable - value to Script ure readers. Marv was owne I and 1 iitis'd by a devout Presbyterian fam ily--tiiat of John Gomlelock. Esq. ■ and oitr readers will understand why j she takes ‘-o much Interest in the study of the Shorter Catechism. In ! slavery times Christian owners took j great interest in having tie ir slaves j taught their religious creeds. We j know many of the old slaves who have been, and are still, clinging to jibe religious beliefs: of their mast rs. We well remember old George McGill, 1 wlio kept 'nis mu tor's mill on Kink's I crook. 'The sit" r.r.d l h m > is now i owned bv Mr. Wm. Bord rs. t George ! was w ell versed in Script are and he j I new as much about the Bible, cate- ■’ ! sm and confession ot tail a as man, of his white neigith >r and i gr< at (leal more than some. H.-quirc Billy McGill and his fa.nil.' wm- strict i "Scoe iers" and the;' took more pains | to , ec that their slaves were tattgh S th Scripture than a great man.' l»eo- ! "le did their own ( dldren ta m t even do now'. This is a serious eharg'' hut we defy a successful contradiction of it. lint We are digressing and mu-; go hack to an account of our travels, which wo started to giv We at tended breaching services at Macedo nia Tuesday, wh n a ion-days' meet closed with good results. The sacrament of baptism was administer 'd to eigiu members who had joined the church. Rev. Mr. Harrison, of Clifton, preached a fine sermon I rum John M:i;. He had been helping R< v. A. D. Dtvidson, pastor, in the meet ing. Macedonia litis a large member ship, about 200 members. They have an elegant house lor worship and it was well filled that dav and we were told had been during all. or i good part of the meeting. We stopped on our way from the church and took dinner with that staunch citizen and farmer, Mr. Al fred Harris, whose home and hospi tality is at the disnosal of the way faring the weary and hungry. ! apt. 1 Harris (:»s we have heretofore told (Mir readers) is one of the foremost citizens of Cherokee countv and his ! home and farm are our vouchers for i this assertion. About four o'clock P. M. Tuesday 1 we left ('apt. Harris’ for the Grassy ' Pond section, reachcing the home of our good friends. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Harmon, where we spent the night most pleasantly with those good peo ple and their Interesting family of lit tle girls, three of whom had gone on a visit to their friends. To our as tonishment when we drove up to Mr. Harmon's we found our old friend Mr. Add Kennett, who we thought was dead long ago. He had had one of his legs amputated for cancer since we last saw him. He is hale ami stout now. Though time has dealt kindly with him it's mark is on his locks. The next day, Wednesday, we pass- >it through the eitv on our return home and called to see Mrs. Capt. W. I). Alexander, who we were sorry to And somewhat unwell, she having had a sinking spell a dav or two before. This venerable lady is well known to a large number of our readers who wi" rejoice to know that she is get ting along very well and is able to he out again. We called at Sardis church, where Prof. Alfred G. Davis is conducting a singing school. We spent a few hours hearing them sing. They have a large school and at' seem to take much interest in their studies. They sing well and Prof. Davis is to be congratulated on the good order of his school. At the close f the school they will have a picnic, to which the ublic generally will be invited, and we bespeak for them a good attend ance. Mr. J. T. Bigham and his sister. Miss Eliza Bigham. of Sharon, came over yesterday to attend Children's Da" at Salem. We are glad to note that Mr. Kay Littlejohn, of Jor-sville, who has been in had health all this year, is so much improved that he is able to return to business again. He and his mother. Mrs. T. M. Littlejohn, and his sister. Miss Alice Littlejohn, went to Hot Springs. Ark., where he was treated fop k "erai weeks. Mrs. Littlejohn and Miss Alice visited Texas while they tf'ere In the west and were well nleased with their trip. We learn that Mr. Peyton B. Love, who our readers will remember was sent to th e hospital for the insane at Columbia last year, died on the 18th of June last. In our travels we find the corn crop (especially on uplands) the best we iiavp seen In manv years, if ever be fore. Should nothing happen to It there will he an abundance of com made this year in Cherokee county. Corn on low bottom lands is drowned out. Cotton is not so good: it has to much weed and it hasn’t fruited yet. Mrs. A. G. McCullough and her son, Davis, of Paris. Texas, were at Salem today. The Woodmen have a picnic at Wilkinsville tomorrow. The communion meeting will begin at Salem next Friday, the 28th Inst. The Columbia State gets off this sig nificant piece of pleasantry, which is ‘first at Bethel, fartlfrest at Gettys burg and last, at Apponiatox.'” The indomitable Tarheels of the early sixties were proverbial for their sticking qualities—a striking contrast with the incident above refer d to. But we must not forget the moving causes were different. This, perhaps, explains it. | The meeting at Abingdon Creek church closed last Sabbath. A very interesting and satisfactory meeting ! it was throughout. Eight accessions , to the church was the result, all of whom received the sacrament of bap tism last Sabbath. R v. C. M. Tea! ! was ablv assisted by Rev. G. M. Ham- , rick. We notice a typograhpical error in the announcement of managers for the Wilkinsville election precinct "Atwood” Wright should b • Edward Wright. J. I,. S. RESOLUTION MADE FDR PROHIBITION. BROAD RIVER BAPTIST ASSOClA- TION SATISFIED. by Abo- Important STATE CAN’T PUNISH MOB. Negro School Teacher Writes Card Approving the Lynching Colunibii, Aug. 17.—Gov'nior Hey ward retimed this afternoon from the scene of the lynching of the ne- gio. Boh Davis near Greenwood last ; evening. When asked for a state ment cone rning the lynching the Governor said he had nothing to say j further than that, after a conference vith Solicitor Coo ler, of the Green- , wool circuit, he had instructed that officer to take immediate st'|is to ! rosecute t.ie known members of the ; -i-oh. As t.ie sentiment anion': the • best eiti/ens of the County, as well j os a nu nb r of negroes, is in sym- I nathv '•itii Hie action of the mob, it Is haiuh probable tnaj. the prosecu- I Hons will amount to anything. A negro school teacher of the ! neighborhood Iras written a card to ; the newspapers in which he endorses : the lync.iing of Davis. Th ■ m gro citizens of Greenwood ! county to-i j address in j Boh Davis; ADDRESS j "We. the i wish to say 1 in anything !::y issued Hie following regard to the lynching of BY NEGRO CITIZENS, negroes of this county, that we are with you, and o serious as this you gave assistance in what you think best. We can’t afford, as a race, to uphold anything that tends to lower our Christian or moral standing, and the quicker we show mat we are ready to help trace the rascal to his den. the quicker will we have the sympathy of the white man when we are intruded upon. Some evil minded colored persons may say that negroes should not have assisted the white men in their search, but we say to th"ni, ‘You are simply needing com mon sense.’ If there is anything lack ing on the part of the negro race it is that of self-respect, and we say that if he can’t respect himself, teach him. and do not be partial how and in what manner the lesson he given. Now, until the leaders of the race establish the fact that we should join in and overtake any rascal, we are not in full discharge of our duty. Then let us as a race learn to res pect ourselves and thereby expect it of others. “We think we voice the sentiment of every respectable negro in the country when we say that, the coun try is rid of one of the meanest, most disrespectable characters imagina ble, and your thoughts are ours. It is unreasonable to expect the white man to respect and protect us when we do not respect ourselves. The only thing wanted was the right nian and that is what we had, and we are satisfied. (Signed.) “COLORED CITIZENS OF GREEN WOOD COUNTY.” more truth than poetry: "It seems that the Salisbury sol diers were not of that earlier North Carolina brand that, we are told, were Victim of Accident Mav Die. Asheville, Aug. 17.—Reports from the Mission Hospital at noon to-day were to the effect that two of the vic tims of yesterday’s accident at the Han Rees Sons’ tannery w'ere hold ing their own with chances of recov ery. while the third victim. E. W Robinson, cdlored, hfed developed septic pneumonia and that little hope was entertained for his recovery. McLain, whose condition was report ed critical yesterday showed, the greatest improvement to-day and his recovery is now practically assured. Rocket, who yesterday appeared less affected than either of the other two, was worse today. His condition, however, is favorable for recovery. Think Cherokee Benefited lition of G. M. I.—Other Business Disposed Of. By Brian Bell. Tim Broad River Baptist. Associa- i tion in session Thursday, Friday and j Saturday jp Blacksburg, enjoyed the : most successful tneeti g vet experi enced in their many years of Christ- ! ian service. Many business matters ; ot much importance were passed up on, hut the most important, perhaps, (and the one which called forth most j interest as wail as great approval, was one in which prohibition in i Cherokee was upheld and pronounc- : ed as thorough!v satisfactory in the ! hustling county of Cherokee, the first countv in the State, when voting out tiie great moral institution is con- c mod. The motion was intro luced by Rev, F. c, Hickson and was as fol» lows: RESOLVED. THAT THIS ASSO CIATION IS HIGHLY PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF HAVING VOT ED OUT THE DISPENSARY FROM THE COUNTY. AND IT PUTS ITSELF ON RECORD AS REGARD ING THE PRESENT SITUATION AS REAL PROHIBITION. Rev. F. C Hickson, Rev. T. H. Harrison and Mr. V. I. Masters, of the Baptist Press, made short talks advocating the measure just passed. The meeting of the association was one in which much zeal was exhibit- • d alike by officials and delegates. The meeting came to order in Berea Baptist church in Blacksburg on Thursday morning at 11 o’clock. Rev. T. H. Harrison preached the missionary sermon, selecting as his text, .Matthew 28th 18:19:20. At the calling of the meeting to order the clerk was not present and Rev. VV. T. Thompson was named clerk pro tern. Elections w-ere entered into with the result that Rev. J. D Ba^gy was elected moderator; S. M. ^age- ley, clerk, J. B Brown, Vr&asurer. W. L. Goudelock, whq ^ as | )een treasurer ot ■ nO association for thirty years, a.vP’.LSted (hat he not be re-elected to that position oil ac count of his age. A brilliant discus sion ot •.enircrahce was entered into by Rev. F. C. Hickson. Rev. H. Har rison and V. I. Masters. Woman’s Missions were discussed and a report made. This important work was discussed by Rev. A. D. Davidson, Rev. Chas. Davis and Rev. T. H. Harrison. A report was made by a committee on aged ministers re lief. This called forth able addresses by V. I. Masters. J. C. Lawson. J. F. Hav and J. D. Bailey. The exercises of Friday were open ed with devotionil exercises conduct ed by Rev. Chas. Davis. A report on education was read by R. E. Le- Master. This report was prepared by Prof. R. O. Sams. Dr. Edward Poteat, president of Furman University, and Dr. Lee Da vis Lodge, president of Limestone College, made able and brilliant talks on education which were much enjoyed by the association. Other matters of less importance was wisely arranged by the association. Berea church, in which the meeting was held, is a neat structure just on the edge of Blacksburg, a few miles from where flow the waters of Broad river from which the association de rives its name. Between seventy- five and a hundred delegates were gathered to represent churches from far and near. The capacity of the church was taxed to seat the dele gates and congregations that daily thronged to attend the services. Asked to be Suspended. Greenville. Aug. 17.—Chief of Po lice T. L. Becknell, was suspended today at his own request, he having asked to be suspended until the charges brought against him be either proven or disproved. Some time ago an investigating committee was appointed by the city council to examine into the city af fairs. Very grave charts were brought) against Chiof Becknell. When the committee made its report to the council. Chief Becknell arose •and said that he had not been per mitted to come before the investiga ting committee and he appealed to the board of police commissjoners for a hearing. This hearing will be had in a few days. Chief Becknell todav asked to be suspended until the hearing was granted. A Pittsburg man made five at tempts at suicide, for which he was fined $1.80 in police court. If he will leave Pittsburg the Joy of living may return to him. Scrub yourself dally, you’re not clean Inside. Clean insides means clean stomach, bowela, blood. Uyar. clean, healthy tlaaue In every orgM. MORAL: Take Holllater’a Rocky Mountain Tea. 36 cents, Tee or Tab lets. Gaffney Drag Co. Imp of Indig stion, How to Get the Better of This Cause of Misery. A scientific writer upon stomach troubles says: "if you have ever suf fered from indigestion—and who has not?—your imagination has probably pictured a ferocious little Iran danc ing in the pit of your stomach caus ing that organ to neglect all of its duties, with a result that is not only painful but fills you with misery from dav to day.” This writer cer tainly had suffered with indigestion, for there is no more disagreeable, nerve-racking and sick-all-over dis ease than indigestion. A great many people who have been treated for vears for diseases qf the heart, liver or kidneys, when they used Miona stomach tablets found that not onlv did Miona cure the stom ach diso r der. but it made them well all over and the other troubles were also cured. If you suffer with nerveousness, sleeplessness, indigestion, sick ner- veous headache. pJins in the back or sides, get a 50c box of Ml-o-na tab lets from Gaffney Drug Co. and take one of the little tablets before each meal. It will do you & world of good and you will soon be well and free from indigestion, and its symptoms. Gaffnev Drug Co. have so much faith In this medicine that they give an absolute guarantee with every box. Ask them to show you this guarantee. —All wagons sold at cost during month of August. Gaffney Harwdara Co. Aug. 3-1 mo.