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ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894.
GAFFNEY, S.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1906.
91.00 A YEAR.
RETURNS COMING IN
FROM OVER STATE,
GRINDAL GLEANINGS.
Mrs.
ANSEL’S BIG PLURALITY CONTIN
UES TO GROW.
Cor,"Qtroller General’s Race is Very
Clcee—Lyon Well in the Lead of
His Two Opponents.
. , ioston. An-;. "'J.—TLe News and
(’• hint'r ) In.dn tniu;hl makes ihis
i siLmvte:
\nsel, :;i.iild.
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Iv.lwanls,
Ion s. ikSo.
Manning,
Me Malian. I.TT-k
Vloan,
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Moi-risun.
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Total vole re|ioned, id.lOS.
I.von. ::7.1 •>'■': Ha;s.la:e. 22.091*:
I'otun.tns, ld.27!l.
Charleston, An;. 29.—Wharton,
1^ •.’’,0; S I’n.iien-eM, 11.Jn); Sellers.
Cv". (’an-ler. 17,"II: Sullivan. H*
^ " 1 ; 1 to \ : . "V, : 11 ask el 1, It I 1.
Jones Leads Walker.
'’tiMl' oin. An;. 2". ITie X ws and
f’omier'.s liaures at 1" o'clocdi ;ive
.tfm-'s "*..sim: Walker. tl’J.-'-IS.
ha.’a ston. ,'u;. "a. Kelley was
. |, ( ted to i he ■' na . and H :rris ttnd
TatUtn Wee, eleeted to Cm hoil-e in
J.oe eonnty.
At ;m .loanson, anti-ilisjH-nsary. was
elected to the house in Newl.-rry.
In Claren ion, Apnelt, local oittion,
leads, with Rieluuilson, dcim nsary
advocate, close s cond.
D. H. Taylor, tonner liquor com
missioner, \\;>s defeated for the house
in Florence.
Wells, dispensary advocate, elected
to tho senate in Florence, and Shipp.
Ayer and Kershaw to the house. Ay
er is prohibition.
In Charleston. McLeotl got 2.409
votes and Tillman received 2.13<». An
sc received 1,’*8C and Manning 0G3.
Kershaw eh ets a solid dispensary
delegation to the house and senate
Devore and Nicholson were elected
to the house in Edgefield, both against
ill" dispensary.
Hub Evans got less than 500 votes
in Newberry. 131 ease received 1,015,
Ansel 84:i. and Manning K13.
Many counties say they can sret no
fuller returns tonight.
Warmoth’s Fine Dishes—Other
Interesting Items.
Grindal. Aug. 27.—
“A maid, a man, an open fan;
A seat upon the stair;
A stolen kiss, six weeks of bliss,
And fortv years of care.”
It. is said that we haven’t bad a
clear sunset In three months.
Mr. and Mrs. John Allen, of Clif
ton. visited relatives here last week.
A collector of old china would de-
istit to visit Mrs. Bettie Warmoth.
this place and look u, ,a some of
the tilings she showed us recently.
he has a pitcher that hol ts about
an ounce, that is sixty-eight years
ild. Her mother, Mrs. Logan—gave
it to h r when she was two years old.
Mis. Warmoth will he seventv years
old the twenty seventh of August -
odav. Resides this pitcher she has
two sets of cup plates that are sev-
eiity-fivc .'ears old. These cup plates
ised to he used for setting the coffee
cup in after pouring out the coffee
to keep from soiling the table linen;
iow the correct tiling is to leave the
it in the saucer and sip tea or coffee
from the sid of the spoon. Mrs.
Warmoth also daily dines from plates
over forty years old. She hits other
ild pieces that we will write about
;ater. The next best thing to own
in'’: old relics is handling and writing
about them. Once only have we run
upon anything that was known to ho
one hundred years old. Mrs. War
moth lives alone, but. is something of
a farmer for a’ that. She has enough
thl corn to last her another year and
i line crop growing. Also a fine shoal
in the pen. a good milk cow, and plen
ty of poultry.
DEATH OF J. L. McWHIRTER.
On® of Union County’s Most Promi
nent Business Men.
JonesviHe. Aug. 28.—The communi-
tv was shocked this morning at the
sudden death of Mr. .1. L. McWhirter
Mr. McWhirter apparently was en
joying his usual health, although yes
terday and last night he complained
of indigestion which caused a pain
in his stomach. He was about his
business yesterday and was tin early
this morning and walked down
street. He returned to his house and
in a few minutes breathed his last at
fifteen minutes after six o’clock.
Mr. McWhirter was one of the old
est residents of JonesviHe. He spent
his life here in the mercantile busi
ness and was a very successful bus
iness man. He was fully identified
with enterprises here and elsewhere
He was one of the trustees of the
graded school here, director in the
Bank of JonesviHe and JonesviHe
Manufacturing company. He was a
member of the Methodist church and
for years and up to his death was
a steward. He was a Mason and
Knight of Pythias. He leaves a wid
ow and six children and a host of
friends far and near who lament his
death.
Mr. McWhirter was about fifty
years old and those years were full
of labors. He always applied himself
closely to his business and was al
ways found at the post of duty. He
was generous and kind and performed
many deeds of charity. He is a figure
that will be greatly missed and the
town and community have sustained
an irreparable loss.
Hlg remains will be laid to rest to
morrow in Gilead cemetery near
JonesviHe.
RICHARD CARROLL
ON RACE PROBLEM.
eloquent representative of
NEGRO RACE.
Mr. McWhirter was well known in
Gaffney, where h« had large business
interests. He was interested in the
National Hank of Gaffney and in the
Gaffney Manufacturing company.
Galveston’s Sea Wan
makes life now as safe in that city
as on the highest uplands. E. W.
Goodloe. who resides on Dutton SL,
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 1
had a cough which for years had been
crowing worse. Now it's gone."
Cures chronic Coughs, La Grippe.
Croup and Whooping Cough and pre
vents Pneumonia. Pleasant to take.
Every bottle guaranteed at Cherokee
Drr' r Co.’g drug store. Price 50c and
$1.00. Trial bottle free.
A Mystery Solved.
“How to keep off periodic attacks
of biliousness and habitual constipa
tion wag a mystery that Dr. King’s
New Life Pills solved for me.” writes
John N. Pleasant, of Magnolia Ind.
The onlv pills that are guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction to everybody
or money refunded. Only 25c at
Cherokee Co.’s drug store.
Cleanliness and Morality—Discrimi
ration Forcing Colored People into
Commercial Life.
(Lafayette, Ind., Morning Jaurnal.)
The Second Baptist church, corner j
Hartford and Sixteenth streets, was
crowded last night to hear a lecture
given by Richard Carroll, president,
of the Southern Industrial school at
Columbia, S. C. The speaker held his
audience spe’lbotmd for fully two
hours aud spoke on ‘‘The Race Prob
lem—the Negro Side of It.” The
lecture abounded in keen wit and
moral philosophy that, if he* ded and
applied, would most assuredly elevate
his race to higher standard. Behind
the humor that, at times, crept out
in the speaker's delivery, th n- was
an intense earnestness that carried
the weight of conviction.
In the hymns sung pr ceding trie
lecture there appeared to he a lack o!
feeling, which tho noted colored ora
tor noticed and pleaded for his hear
ers t* get away from restraint and
sing in the spirit of the negro race.
| With this admonition, li ■ called for
j the singing of "America.'' This was
sung witii a spirit that, showed the
j effect of the speaker's for ear
Mr Jim Mabry who spent nest of s
-his rear at Houlka. Miss., returned j Jn opening bis address. resident
home Sunday. h'irnd! said that 1m was sorry the
Mr R J Harris and family isited eulored people gave evidence of loos-
Mr Kd. Johnston, of Jonesvilh . Mon j Hig its identity; that the negro of to-
,„ y 'day was lorgetting the fact that God
We are sorry to report M( -dames i had especially endowed the m gro
Wm. Hodge and Ramoth Flo; quite ; with the gift ol song, and he did not
He cond tuned in strong terms ti"'|
mixing of the white and colored ra«'i s i
in th" manage relationship. He
saiil one of the great evils of the
eoOred race was their int use desire ;
a,k! inclination to imitate the white;
race. To do thic, they in* eomiielled
to iive beyond their means.
The speak- r declared this was a ;
white man's country, that tin 1 v-' it" !
race was 2,non >enrs ahead <>f tin- ne '
gro. The colored race have only .
b en out of bondage forty > ars an i. i
naturally, with these conditions, the |
m - could not nossihly cooc with |
the whites. We must begin b\ re- '
deeming our own nice by examp! i
aud act. Tin* negro must keen Ins
mouth shut and e>’e open, watch th" ;
NEWS ITEMS
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
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EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER
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Recent Happenings in and Around
the City and Other Events Gather
ed by the Local News Editor.
Ri ginning Sep ember 1st the libra
r hours will be from I t" fi o'clock,
instead of from to 7 o'clock.
INSURANCE AGENTS MEET.
South Carolina Association Convenes
in Greenville—Officers Elected.
Greenville, Aug. 27.—The regular
annual meeting of the South Cai, 11-
na Fire Insurance Agents’ Assoi na
tion was held in this city today, thir
ty agents from various par's of the
Stite being present. They assemb
led in the rooms of the board of
trade today at noon, when President
O. E. Johnson, of Charleston, ealled
the meeting to order. After the trans
action of regular routine business a
number of papers were read, all deal
ing with matters of interest to the
insurance men. President Johnson
read an interesting pnp«r on “The
Experiences of Ravenel, Johnson &
Robertson.”
Ha E. Jefferies was clectrd magis- M - Gl ’ ist - of Yorkville. read a pa-
:i'. in lower Dravtonviilc township Wr entitled "The Insurance Laws of
a vote of f, to 19 for Foster and ! South Carolina.” James Cofbdd, of
;’p I,,]. Ba n "s. i Spartanburg, read a paper on ‘ ‘The
f^ica] Agencies." and P. T. Hayne, of
George Mabry, who i. 'ts b. en a pop- Greenville, on ‘‘The Stamping Office.”
ular baseball p’o'er in the South Gar- After these papers had been read the
olina league,
eioro i. ere* :
a son has just ! election of officers was entered into,
'timed to tli - eitv.
; resulting as follows:
; P. T. Hayne, of Greenville oresi-
!i teiifii to a <!ia> wagon ^.. nt; j am es Cofield, of Spartanburg,
ran a s..ort 'i- ;:ice down Limestom
A horse
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'ay Tternoon. No
e-m.-etpience resulted.
-ick: also Miss Essie Worth, y.
Our genial mail carrier. Mr. Came
ron Littlejohn, requested us to thank
th patrons of his route for the nice
watermelons and peaches given him,
and while we are at it we wish to
thank all who gave or sent us melons.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Haines spent
Saturday at Pacolet.
Good sermons are so few and far
want them to forget the old slave
songs of long before the war. He
said that God had endowed every
race with a peculiar gift and that
singing was especially that of the ne
gro race, and that the old men in the
crowd who did not sing placed them
selves into the awkward position of
getting white too fast.
He continued by saying if the negro
tl;eii took up th neeesM:> o' wild,
o'e'uiliness and mirr womanhood. In
, this he paid a high tribute :-> th vir
tue of the women of the Jewish rnc<\
'their family life, iln-ir love for- each
(oil’.er and their sacrificing devotion
, to the hearthstone. What the negro
i of today wanted was an application
| of the old 1 tw of Moses as exampl'fied
i in the greatness of the Jewish race,
j He declared tlu- negro male cannot
rise higher than the negro woman,
for they are the mothers and pro.no
tors of the rae. ami the oharacter of
all is more or less revealed in the
motherhood, and thus the responsibi
lity of tin* motherhood. Woman
makes the man. He closed with a
strong plea for his race. He cau
tinned his colored hearers against
forcing themselves upon the whites
and urged copying after the higher
! traits of the Anglo-Saxon
d-ntr
vice-president.
A secretary and treasurer will he
! elected later, subject to the ancroval
of the president and vie’-president.
After the o{!>er.s had been elected
the visitors were taken to Hick’s res-
i taurant. where an elaborate luncheon
was served. They were then taken
i on a trolley ride through the city,
Guy Bonie r, a well unown Gaffney i light refreshments being served at
o ', w o li is risen rapidly in th ex-i the Country Club,
ousiness. i-- spending several
days in the city. Guy now express
messenger on Nos. 11 and 12, from
G.iarlotte to Atlanta.
T o W. S; m Up-comb Mercantile
m pin,., of Gatin'., has been issued
a coni.nissiofi with the capital of
•M" Mr. W Sam Lipscomb is
•)r,-ideir of the n.*w corporation.
BIG FIRE AT HONEA PATH.
Mrs. Cle rics Young. Messrs. C. M.
I'urry.W. F. Curry and Dave Cecil, of
Lexington. X. ('.. cam ■ down to ai-
teml the funeral of Montie Curry last
we k and returned to their homes the
.first of this week.
Several small fights celebrated th"
It’s all right to trade your money
for experience if you can persuade
the experience to trade hack.
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, Damage Amounts to About $13.000—
Chronicle Office Burned.
Honea Bath. Aug. 28.—Fire broke
out at fi.fpi o’clock tonight in the
building occupied by Wilson & Wil
son. druggists, on the lower floor and
th. Chronicle office and a tailor shop
i on the upper floor, and destroyed the
! entire building and contents.
dav after the eketion. No weapons' T1 "‘ spread rapidly to the
other than those provided by nature adjoining building occupied by H. A.
were call d into pl.-.v. s u th. aff Urs | wfk * s ’ wh(J conducts a brokerage bus-
did not prove .large,-ous. The by- imss. and in spite of the heroic efforts
slanders were inclined ;o view the in- b ,lf “k et brigade, gutted the
cidents as being decidediv tame. ; building and completely destroyed the
' stock of goods. By this time the hose
Mrs. Edna Harris lias moved into from the cotton mil] was connected
the handsome residence on the cor-; and a large stream was played on the
tier of Limestone and Buford streets , building in danger. The hose proved
and win have a number of boarders. 1 to b" the salvation of the town, for
The ideal location of this residence without it the entire block wovjjd
and the great popularity of Mrs. Har ; probably have been destroyed,
; ris will doubtless turn many boarders
in this direction.
Mr. B. B. Byars has resigned his
| uosition with D. A. Young .and will
make Caroleen. X. C.„ his future
home. Mr. Byars will engage in the
laundry business, a business he is
thoroughly capable of handling as an
experienced man. The best wishes of
his manv Gaffney friends go with him
to his new home.
The delicious candies dispensed by
between of late years that when we
are so fortunate as to hear one we
always say "Thank the I>ord!” And
if we are to follow our impulses we
would rush to the minister, grasp his
hand and thank him for the words
of comfort that fell from his lips.
When people have the flesh and the
devil to contend with all the week
and on Sunday swelter through the
burning sun to church expecting a
little oil poured on the troubled wa
ters. onlv to be met with a storm of
abuse. |g it any wonder that thev turn
from the church disgusted and plunge
Into sin with a fiendish delight? It’s
a wonder to me—under the present
style of preaching—that as many pro
fess religion as do. Oh! ye ministers
of the Gospel, tell us more of how
Jesus died on the cross; tell us the
old. old story of Jesus and his love,
for It is love that we need and not
unite so much abuse. We get enough
of that from the world.
Annie Laurie.
A Prize for Younq People.
Editor Ledger:
I win give a valuable prize to the
b()v or girl not over fifteen years old.
who wilj write up the best story of
Joseph and Benjamin, of the- Bible,
by the first Sunday In October next.
Committee of Judges: Miss Edna
Brown, of Goucher Creek church;
Mrs. Edna Harris, of First Baptist
church. Gaffney; Miss Marion Mor
gan. of Limestone church; and Mr
Jack W. Tolleson. of First Baptist
church. Gaffney.
All children In the county of Cher
okee under fifteen years of age are
requested to work for this prize.
W. R. Lipscomb.
Gaffney. Aug. 25. 1906.
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR FILES
Itching. Blind. Blending. Protruding
PllM. Druggists an aothorlasd torn
fond money If PAZO OINTMENT
falls to cam In 6 to 14 days. Me.
—Everybody wears Company Store
H*ts. Even father wears them now.
expected to command respect in this
country he must first learn the rule
of respecting himself.
He spoke of going into a store in
this city to get a refreshing drink of
soda water and had been refused and
he was glad of it. This discrimina
tion. in the end would do much for
the race, as It would eventually com-
| nel the negro to patronize his own
! race and thus build up .a commercial
life for the race. The speal:«r de
clared he did not want to eat at any
man's table or stop at any man’s
house where he was not welcome and
that this verv spirit of discrimination
In the south was the very corner
stone upon which the development of
! the race would come. This Is al
ready having Its effect. The negroes
of the south today are having their
own banks and other lines pf com-
mercia' industry and discrimination
led to It. He advocated the feeling of
race pride to a degree of doing busi
ness with iheir own race; but even
in this he did not wish to be under
stood as laying down and mingling
with the rotten of their race. Purge
the lazv and filthy from the race and
broaden It bv cleanliness and a stre
nuous life.
The speaker said that the man that
knew the most about God in the
physical life would know him best in
heaven.' He said every man’s mind
was ret octed in his soul and in the
higher development of the mind In
the moral plane man would advance.
He declared prejudice in the north
was on the increase and In the south
Improving. He declared that the sen
timent that the negro is a brute Is
growing In the north and that the ne
gro. from slavery up. having a bad
reoutation, the race had much to con
tend with. He declared that every
negro in the north that committed
crime Injures the race In the south.
The negro must obey the law If the
white man breaks It. He pleaded for
the colored mother as the shield find
promoter of the race. In all times
noble womanhood has lifted man to
higher realms and spheres of purity.
THAT fateful BOX.
Where is the Magistrate’s Box for
Ezells?
The quarters of the Democratic
committee of Cherokee countv was a
; nlace of gloom yesterday. The chair-
| nvan. secretary and various members
were in the deepest throes of dispair,
as search after search failed to locate
a missing election box.
The Ledger reporter’s arrival on the
scene was accompauied by deep and
forceful utterances from those with-
on the subject of election boxes in
general and the missing one in par
ticular.
The box had not been found when
The Ledger representative left nor
was any trace of It in sight. The air
of mystery found in the Sherlock
Holmes productions of A. Conan
■ Doyle seems to have escaped and en
tered politics In Cherokee county,
judging from the failure of this box
to put in an appearance at the official
i count like all other law abiding boxes.
The End of the World
of troubles that robbed E. H. Wolfe,
of Bear Grove. la., of ail 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 sur-
v'ved had I not taken Electric Bit-
, ters. They also cured me of General
Debility.” Sure 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.’* dm* store.
Wilson & Wilson’s loss is about
$5,000 and in in at red for about $3,500.
H. A. Wiles’ less is $7,000, insured foi-
$ij.tt"0.
Tbf* Chronicle office is a complete
loss, amounting to $1,000. The build
ings were insured, but it is not known
B'- how much.
NEGRO SHOT BY WHITE MEN.
Charged With Housebreakinq and is
Hunted With Dogs.
Suber no longer lend perfume of a | Columbia. Aug. 29.—According to
deiightful nature to the atmosphere j Information received here last night.
of Limestone street, but now per
forms a like service for Frederick
street, where Mr. Guber has moved
his candy kitchen. He occupies a
part of the well apnointed Merchants
Grocery company building.
The public school buildings of the
citv are being put in first class condi
tion for the opening of school on Tues
day. the 4th of September. A teach
ers’ meeting will be held in the su
perintendent's office on Monday af
ternoon at 4 o’clock, at which time
the course of study will be outlined
and other matters of interest to the
teachers discussed.
Tuesday and Wednesday were rainy
days. Yesterday was worse.* The
day was ushered In by rain and it
continued throughout. A famine in
,h~ way of umbrellas seemed likely
earlv in the morning, but this was
fortunately prevented. The time
worn gag. "Think it win rain?" was
worked over Hme and the accompany
ing one. "If it keeps clearing up.”
was also much in evidence.
Funerai of Emmett Mareh.
The funeral sendees of Emmett
Marsh, who met such a sad end fit
Austell’s pond on Sunday afternoon,
wag conducted at Oakland cemetery
Monday afternoon. A large number
of devoted friends and relatives paid
a last tribute to the memory of the
popular young man. The floral offer
ings were many and beautiful.
Dr. A. M. Simms, pastor of the First
Baptist church, conducted the ser
vices. offering remarks of great
strength and sympathy.
The pal) bearers were Messrs. A. C.
Jones, S. L. Fort. S. J. Mercer. C. H.
Robbins. A. C. Pridmore and R. C.
Swofford.
George Sawyer, colored, was shot
down bv a party of white men near
Strother, in Fairfield county, on
Thursday, for breaking into a house
and stealing a saddle. The state
ment was that the negro was hunted
by armed men with dogs, for two
days. That when he was overtaken
hd defied his pursuers. They opened
fire upon him and he was struck three
times and lies at the house of his
father-in law. about half a mile from
Strothers, in a desperate condition.
It is understood that the negro was
arrested by the party of citizens on
last Tuesday and while under arrest
broke away and made his escape say*
inf r as he left that he would kill the
whole white race. Thev followed him
until he was surrounded in a swamp,
where the shooting occurred.
Further information is that the
sheriff has not been notified and that
tho magistrate at the scene will take
no action.
WARM WEATHER WILL HELP.
t TO CURB A COLD IN ONK DAY
Take LAXATIYN BBOMO QMaMe
Tablets. Draotata rated money tt
it tea to am ft. W. GROWS d*
natura la eo aaafc box. He.
Jo.
—Now Is the best time to sow Ruta
baga and Turnips—seed that will
come up, guaranteed. Gaffnev Drug
Company. v
A New Resident.
Mr. Isaac Turner, of Converse, has
bought the vacant lot on the comer
of Johnson and Jefferies streets,
which was the property of Mr. O. E.
Wilkins and will erect a handsome
residence thereon. Mr. Turner will
move to Gaffney and make this city
his home. He is ’he head man of the
Isaic Turner Furnltufe company,
whfch is already doing business here.
Gaffney welcomes Mr. Turner and we
hope hlg stay win be altogether pleas
ant and profitable.
Scrub yourself dally, you’re not
clean Inside. Clean Insides means
clean stomach, bowels, blood, liver,
clean, healthy Hague in every organ.
MORAL: Take Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea. SS cents. Tea or Tab*
lets. Gaffnev Drag Oo.
Now Is The Time To Get Rid of You r
Catarrh by Using Hyomei.
Every one who is afflicted with ca
tarrh should take advantage of the
warm weather to get rid of this annoy
ing and distressing disease, for the
right treatment in August and Sep-
tembe- will Rive benefit much more
quickly than in the wint?r and early
spring.
The germ billing and health giving
Hyomei when breathed in the summer
months has an even more beneficial
action than when used In the colder
weather. It is Nature’s own remedy
for the cure of catarrh. It goes to the
most remote air cells In the nose,
throat and lungs, killing and driving
from the system the catarrh .cerms.
Hyomei is the simplest, most pleas
ant and the only guaranteed cure for
catarrh that has ever been discovered.
It is sold by the Gaffney Drug Co. un
der a guarantee to refund the money
*' It does not give complete satisfac
tion.
At this season of the year, the first
day’s use of Hyomei will show a de
cided improvement in health and In a
•short time there win be no further
trouble from catarrh.
You take no risk in buying Hyomei.
The complete outfit costs but $1.00,
extra bottles 50c. and if after using,
vou sav It has aot helped you. the
Gaffney Drug Co. will return your
money.
—Have Juet received our Fall line
of Hats. They are the nobbiest ever
shewn in this city.
Company Store.