Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Km*?- * » A J Women as Weil as Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfulness soon disappear when the kid neys are out of order or diseased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that It is not uncommon •: i*-"-1 jCI «r for a child to be born p afflicted with weak kid neys. If the child urin- tob TIN MINING IN THE CAROLINAS. SOME GOOD PROSPECTS IN THE TWO STATES. ates tdb often, if the urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet af,listed with bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the fits* step should be towards the treatment o.' these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition cf the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidpey and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty- --ent and one dollar izes. You may have a :ample bottle by mail ree, also pamphlet tell- Home ot swamp-neot ng all about it, including many of the housandv of testimonial letters received I -om sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer i c Co., Binghamton, N. Y.. be sure and | lentior. this paper. Don’t make any mistake, but re member the name, Swamp-Root, Dr Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and the &d dress, Blnghampton, N. Y., on even bottle “No Bill” Returned. Union. Sept. 4.—Under instructions from Solicitor Sease the grand jury this afternoon returned no bill in the case of Douglass English and W. R. Gilliam, charged with the murder of Mose Hughes, the negro whose body was found in Tyger river on June 3- Solicitor Sease says he considers the evidence insufficient now to secure a conviction, and that having no hill returnable does not mean a dismissal of the case, but its postponement un till (he next term of court, which con venes here in January. In these days of rush and hurry courtesy is often forgotten. In the mad, pell mell rush of our life little things are done to offend that we ra ther remained undone. A hastily eat en meal and its resultant headache may cause us social or financial loss The wise man or woman is the one who relieves little ills of this sort by a little dose of Kodol for Dyspepsia. It digests what you eat and puts your stomach hack into shape. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co.. Gaffney; L. D. Al lison, Cowpens. Me* who think themselves aggres sive are usually classed as knockers bv others. When two strong men come to blows, even if they are well matched it is not a pleasing sight, but if the man who gets the worst of it will use DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, he will look better and feel better in short order. Be sure you get DeWitt’s Good for everything a salve ig used for. Including piles. Sold by Chero kee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison Cowpens. Some women are unable to appre ciate a gentleman at anv stage of the game. Avoid serious results of kidney or bladded disorder by taking Foley’s Kidney Cure. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. Hardly anything costs less than good manners, hut there is mighty lit tle to he had. Feet Swollen to Immense Size. “I had kidney trouble so had that I could not work,” says J. J. Cox, of Valley View, Ky., “my feet were swol len to immense size and I was con fined to *ny bed and physicians were unable to give me any relief. My doctor prescribed Foley Is Kidney Cure, which made a well man of me.” Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. The average woman finds looks on expensive hhbit. good —Now is the best time to sow Ruta baga and Turnips—seed that will come up. guaranteed. Gaffney Drug Company Experienced Prospector Points Out the Mineral Wealth of North and South Carolina. (Charlotte Observer.) Mr. F. L. Plaisance, of Henderson ville, is in the city. He is interested in all sorts of metals, especial}/ tin. In talking with an Observer man yesterday Mr. Plaisance said; “When one considers the amount of tin con sumed each year, and begins to study the original sources from which the metsl is obtained, he does not wonder that the question as to how the world’s supply is obtained is a very Important one. During the last few oars the annual output has not been equal to the demand. Thus, while the demand is increas ing. due largely t" the growth of the unnlng industry and the ' 1 ~-» of tin boxes and cases in shipping sundry articles, the production has not kept pace with the demand. ‘Approximately 43 per cent, of all the tin produced in the world }« con surned in the United States, and until the last year there has been practi cally no tin mined in this country. On account of the value of the metal, which is worth more than twice as much as copper, a very low grade of ore can he worked. Tin is more easily mined, produced in greater quantities and milled more economi cally than copper. “Tin is found In an oxide, in the mineral cassiterite. It is heavy, hav ing a specific gravity of about 7.5 to 7. Considering the existing conditions in the industry, and discovery of tin, like that in the Carolinas, is of im portance and demands attention. It would mean much to this coun try if commercial tin deposits could opened up so that we would not he entirely dependent upon foreign countries for our supply. “The discovery of tin ore in North Carolina, near King’s Mountain, was made In 1882. “In 1882 a small mill was erected to test the ores, hut owing to litigation, work- was discontinued. About 1892 work commenced on several proper ties. but only contiuued for a short ti^e. Since then, very little work was done until 1904, when the Ross mine, at Gaffney, S. C., was discov ered. “This has led to renewed Interest in the Carolina tin belt, and develop ment work is now being dono at a number of places .along a line extend ing from Gaffney to Llncolnton, a distance of about thirty miles “The Southern railway passes over a considerable portion of this belt. Any commercial deposits that mav he developed would have good railroad facilities. Deposits on Ch stum ridge are not more titan two miles from the railroad and ore mined could easily he hauled to the road at a small ex pense. “There are three varieties of cassi- terites that are recognized, as fol lows; “1. Ordinary, or tinstone, which is the crystalline .and massive variety obtained directly from the vein. “2. Wood-tin, which is in botry- aidal and uniform shaps with a con centric structure, which internally is fibrous, but very compact: its color is brownish, has the .appearance and color of dried wood. “3. Stteam-tin is the mineral In th« form of sand, and is found con centrated along the beds of streams and in the gravels below the veins. “There is a noticeable difference In the occurrance of the cassiterite in the veins of the Southern portion of the belt from those towards th-' north. "At the Ross mine the cassiterites are associated with more or less feld spar, which has been partially kao- linized and in some cases completely turned t<> kaolin. Ai the present stage of development verv little solid ore is obtained. “The Ross property lias been work ed more ot less since 1902, with what results it would he hard to tell; a vast amount of dead work has b eu done under ground, keeping up with the vein. “As there has not been unv system atic work, it would be hard to sa\ whether this is a mine or only a good prospect; the latter would per- aps be the best name. The alluvial deposits of this sec tion are over rated. “Associated with this alluvial de posit is found magnetite, garnet mon- azite. quartz, a little pyrites, which would necessitate a further treatment in order to get the cassiterite. •While this is true of the alluvial deposits of this section the same may he said of the properties at and around King's Mountain. “The question remains thus, if the veins will pay, the alluvial deports cm he counted on, out at present tnev are only unitj; and should he counted as such. “In 1888 two carloads of ore from King’s Mountain were shipped to England. The return received from these carloads of ore would at the psesent price of metallic tin. make the raw' ore worth from $7.50 to per ton QUEER TRAITS OF THE CROW. Easily Shot When Once their Leader Is Killed. (New York Sun.) No bird Is better known to the farmer than the common Anc rican crow. No bird Is so detested, hut on the other hand none is more fre quently tamed. An old farmer out n.ar Chatham, N. J.. who has hunted crows for mort than forty years, describes them as remarkably mixtures of intelligence and stupidity. “Each flock of crows hag its king or leader whom the rest obey im plicitly and without whom they be come utterly demoralized and seem unable to act for themselves.” he says. “If you want to destroy a whole flock of crows the first thing to aim at is to kill the king “I remember when 1 was a small ceggfully decoyed by a stuffed owl practically the whole flock mav be wiped out before they will abandon their fun. They will return again and again to tease the bird. In spite of the fact that gome of their numoer are shot each time. Samuel W. Quick, a farmer of Rynex Corners. N. Y., has learned, to have a friendly feeling for all crows, because of a devoted pet in one of the tribes. “I do not think crows are so fond of corn as some farmers imagine,” hr. told the writer. “The old birds f ed their young on worms hugs and insect's. It is such food they are after when they go into the freshly tilled fleids. In hunting for these they naturally damage the corn to a certain -extent. M'- 'et would not The Blue Ridge Tin Corporation boy an uncle of mine planted a large Company Jropertfes are within the | "eld of corn, which a flock of crows limits of King’s Mountain on what is k«own as the Parker tract. The Ledauv property is also held by them, and it is one of the best prospects in this section. The company has an up-to-date concentrating plant that will handle 150 tons per day. There is no reason why. with the present prospects, if handin') jn a sys tematic and on a business basis, this concern should not prove a suqpess. “Assays of the samples taken, gave verv satisfactory results. From one and one half to three per cent, of instantly selected as a feeding ground. For a long time they set at defiance all efforts *- disperse them. The king crow sat upon a tall tree, from which he surveyed the country for a great distance. A« soon as my uncle or his men came in sight he would sound the singual of alarm, and h- and all his followers would take flight; Lut no sooner were the men U'-' far away to shoot than the king would make the fact known and the entire flock would return. After wast ing a quantity of ammunition and the Greater part of a morning without f’- M])«r even one of the rascals my General Debility Day in and day oat there Is that feeling of weakness that makes a burden of itself. Food does not strengthen. Bleep does not refresh. It in hard to do, hard to bear, what should be easy,—vitality is on the ebb, and the whole system suffers. For this condition take Hood’s Sarsaparilla It vitalizes the blood and gives vigor and tone to all the organs and functions. In usual liquid form or in chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1. “Hello” Girls Strike. Durham, N. C.. Sept. 3.—The strike touch grain of anv kind. I Ihink he, . . m , , , , . „ . ™m„ TV,, before e.U„ B •****!!! corn. cassiterites. or in round numbers . . , , seventeen to flfty-eiglht of metallic UD «^ hunted me up .. . Steve, he said ‘‘Chestnut Ridge has some of the with a gun. Now Hi tell you best prospects. It has several good! what; 111 give you a dollar for every out-croppings for a mile or two. Any of the properties on this ridge are worth look-ing into, as tin is found in quartz and in the bottom lands along the streams, “The Jones property is one of the best properties along the tin belt. “At a depth of 100 feet they have, , . A .. a vein thirty-two inches between good we T e the crows at work in the ‘Steve,’ he said, ‘you’re pretty crow you kill out In taat field of mine.’ “I suppose he thought that, on the chance of earning a dollar. 1 would spend the next day or two chasing crows off his corn. Wf 11. I didn’t say anything. I took my gun and started off that afterntVm. There walls. But it is like all other prop erties of its kind, worked as it is, and the king on the tall me. ‘He caught sight of me as I came and gave the from hand to mouth, trying to make over the U) P o1 the hl11 ' ai tvw, ..... miit white, sinkin? the 1 went on down the road. the ore. taken out while sinking the shaft, pay the way; this no mine can do. “To illustrate the Usual mode of minin? in the South, the following Is a fair example; “Capital $1,500,000; amount paid in hid in some bushes just across from, the field, and waited for more than an hour, hut the crows seemed to have gone for the day. I decided to give it up till next morning, and started hack up the road. Just as I $40,000; amount spent on mill $35,380,1 disappeared over the too of he hill $1,000 iu driving tunnel, which never ^ard a loud caw and, timing, he reached the vein, and balance left h eld those crows coming in a swarm to develop the Property, 2,620. This to ° n tI,e Seveta. times property was expected to pay a ten J tried to steal up the road on them, per cent, dividend on an outlay of ,ul 11 Was no use - Then resorted less than $3,000. The actual depth to strategy. reached was forty-five feet. The prop- . * went up the hill and 0 lu te a erty was abandoned and pronounced Oown the other side. 1 hen no good wheif I heard the king crow give the “Such is the true history of ninety signal to return, I slipped behipd the ~er cent of the mines in the South. bushe8 b y the joadside and succeed and it’s only a questi--, of time, with e «l in creeping all the way hack with the tin properties unless they go to Ms cAtching sight of me. I nicked men who are willing,to put their mon-1 lim easily, and as they did not ev into the ground "ud not in big sal aries and machinery. “The opinion of two well-known mining experts who have visited this section, also the vein mines at Corn wall, England (as the chief source hear him give the signal of alarm the other crows went on feeding until I had shot several of them. “Then I took the body of the king crow tied it to that ot a large hawk which I had shot on my way there, of «•- —ly of tin is from the alluvial _ to 1 s . se(J _ tliem * nto tbe m ^ dd * e °/ deposits in the Malay peninsula) that the fie io. * he crow is the most curi- the character and formation of the OUs b ' r( ^ on ear ^fl. The whole flock ores are the same hen; as at Corn- <am e swooping down to solve the wa ll mastery of a crow and hawk lying “The amount of tin imported into ther e toBether. I shot and shot into the United States for the year end- lhelr th ey never seemed to ing June. 1903. was in value $23,618,- 802 ‘When all my shot was exhausted “The practical question, regarding ^ went over to my uncle s and asked the occurrence of tin in the Caroli- b * m Ko see how much he owed nas is whether it will or will not pay me ‘ went quickly enough, and to work the deposits. counted ninety-seven crows. “Them is no question in my mind After a while he came hack to hut that the tin occurring in the '•h® J 1 . 0086 , a , n , a ^ u l 8 °* , c r face, vein, even if It only carries one per Steve, he said, I guess III have cent, of cassiterite. would make this as ^ •' rou me _ a P ar t of that ore worth at the present price, $51 bargain we made. I didn t calculate n er ton nad would pay a handsome profit ofi a reasonable investment, good management, systematic work and reasonable capitalization.” $700 Reward for Conviction of Fraud. Columbia, Sept. 5.—The State in its issue tomorrow will make an offer of a r ward aggregating $700 for the ar rest and conviction of parties violat ing the election laws in the coming primary. The election laws are quot ed and there is a specific reward for uch violation, the total being $700. in addition t<» this the Law and Or der league of Richland county has offered a reward of $25 for each con viction of violation of the election law. Urobib’y more intellectual women would marry if thev were asked. exactly how good with a gun you are.’ “‘Well, I’ll tell you. uncle,’ I said, Tve had a lot of sport this after noon and if you’ll give me back- the dollar 1 spent on shot to kill those crows I -guess it will he alright.’ “I’ve never seen a dollar come out of a man’s pocket as quickly as that one did. “Often since I’ve used the body of !> dead hawk to hrin? a crowd of crows within shooting distance, and I’ve never known it to fail. Some how it is an object which seems to have a peculiar fascination f or them, driving them cl ar out of .their senses with curiosity. “Some farmers exterminate whole flocks of crows at once by sticking a stuffed owl up a tree where they con gregate. All crows, you know, like to tease an owl. If crows are suc- "I shed tears when I lost that bird. I called him .lackey. U cot him b> cli.r.birig to the top of a tall pine tree and carrying him down in m - arms. I put, him in a box about two feet square, with a sieve across the front. After keeping him there about one week l .et hi n out for a j walk. Very soon, he was so tame ! that I gave him entire freedom. He j slept in the trees in summer and in j the chicken house with the hens in ! winter. “When hungry he would come into the house, get hold of my wife’s skirt and pull and yell and flap bis wings till she fed him. We gave him everything we had on our table ex cepting the grains. He was a great lover of meat of any kind. When he got a piece he would grab it as sav- ag'dy as a dog. fly up in a small tree in the yard, hold the meat in one of his claws and tear off pieces with his bill, all the time making noise enough to awaken the dead. He was also very fond of grasshoppers and would spend hours some days gath ering them and storing them up for hard times. “When he got more food than he ^uid eat at one time he would take the surplus out in the yard and hide it under some leaves; and woe to the dog or cat that would try to get • what he had deposited. “He would never hide anything while anyone was watching him. If you would turn your hack, or pretend not to look for a moment he .would drop whatever he had, quickly put a covering over it. and then run off about twenty feet where you could see him and commence to dig and -cratch to .u‘ke you believe that he was hiding it there. “If I started to go where he h»4 aidden anytaing * Jackey would try in every way in his power to lead me in the opposite direction. “He was a great boy for taking walks. He would follow me through the fields the same as a dog. or sometimes perch on my head or shoulder. He seemed to know when Sunda/ came and would bother me more then than on any other day. He wanted to keep me busy. As soon as he saw that I had nothing to do. ne would get hold of my trousers and trv to mill mo along with him for a tramp. “Jackey was never quiet for a mo ment except when asleep, and that was only in the middle of the night. He was first man up and last man to bed. “A crow, as far as my observation goes, is a natural born thief. Jackey would steal anything he could get hold of, carry it off and hide it. He was especially fond of anything bright, such as sewing materials, shears, thimbles, needles, papers of pins, silver spoons and jewelry of all sorts. “Our ham was burned by lightning that year and this gave Jackey lots of business. He would work- all day picking nails out of the ashes and carrying them off to the woods close by. where he would stack them in piles and cover them with leaves. “One day while walking through the woods 1 went without knowing It to the soot where some of these nails were hidden. Just as I was about to tr^ad on one of his preciotm stores, Jackey hopped down at my feet and began to pick up nails as fist as he could, carrying them away to a place of safety. “Had Jackey lived I think I could have taught him lots of tricks, for he was very inte’ligent. Unfortunately my pet came to an untimely end just he began to he most Interesting. He hid been fighting with the hens one dav and they pulled out all the feathers in one of his wings, letter in the day he attempted to fly across a creek, fell in and was drowned.” just at. this time. Following the se ries of strikes at the Bull tobacco fac tory last week, th^re was a strike in the office of the telephone exchange here this morning. Five of the voting ladv operators wanted more money and w-aiked out when it was n'<t forth coming. causing a tie-up in the office for something like an hour and giv ing much trouble to the subscribers al 1 day. No one would buy a sailboat with sails that could not he reefed. There is always that possibility of a little bit too much wind that makes a cau tious ,man afraid to go uuprovided The thinking man, whos° stomach goes hack on him, provides for his stomach by keeping a bottle of Ko dol For Dyspepsia within reach. Ko- <D’ digests what you eat and restores the stomach to the condition to prop erly perform its functions. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co.. Gaffney; L .D. Allison, Cowpens. You can tell how much a man moans his prayers by the way he gets out and pushes things after the meet- \r A bath cleanses the skin and rids the pores of refuse. A bath makes for better fellowship and citizenship. Not only should the outside of the body be cleansed, but occasional use of a laxative or cathartic opens the bowels and clears the system of ef fete matter. Best for this are De Witt’s Little Early Risers. Pleasant little pills that do not gripe or sicken. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison. Cowpens. Women have the remarkable facul ty of growing mature without getting any older. Stomach and Liver Trouble Cured. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures stomach and ’ ver trouble as it aids digestion, ano stimulates th» liver and bowels without irritating these organs, like pills and ordinary Car thartics. It cures indigestion, sick headache and chronic constipation. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or gripe and is mild aud pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes. Sold by Cherok-ee Drug Co. The best evidence of our own sal ivation is your interest in that of others. When you have a cold it is well to he verv careful about using anything that will cause constipation. Be par ticularly careful about preparations containing opiates. Use Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar. which stops the cough and moves, the bowels. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison, Cowpens. It’s easy to get satisfaction bv go ing to law—if you are a lawyer. Used for Pneumonia. Dr C. J. Bishop, of Agnew. Mich., says, “I have used Foley’s Honey and Tar in three very severe cases of pneumonia with good results in ev ery case.” Refuse substitutes. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. It’s safer to guess than it is t<> pre dict—and it is t quail/ uncerta’n. Good for the cough, removes the cold, the cause of the cough. That's the work of Kennedy's Laxative Hon ey and Tar—the original Lxatlve cough syrup. Contains no opiates. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co . Gaffne-.; L. D. Allison. Cowpens. PAR.<£»'3 HAn'f BALSAM M C'V<-n««» Hid Uic hair. LSl'rumdM* » luxii-.nnt tfnnrth. Pa " • t.' ■ v - re Cray - - tlalr Color. 'T'~ s iirnr v %r 1 •- • . ..ruiiM* »’> jor.a..; ; .- Pr-rvlKi VESTI6ATE- SHOES We want to call your attention to our line of SHOES Quality considered, we stiy to you that we will give you more Shoe value than you will Hnd anywhere iu Gatfuey. Our stock is larger than ever. It is true that some Shoes rr.* higher, hut we prefer to pay a little more for the ^oo<U and get the quality than cut out something and sell cheaper. There is uo money iu your buying a shoddy Shoe. Invei-tigato our Shoes and prices—you will find them right. If you have not been buying your Shoes from us, it will pay you to begin now. WE ARE INCREASING OUR CLOTHING STOCK * And will he able to give you the very best goods at the most reasonable cost. We start soon for the Northern markets to replenish our stock of Dry Goods, Notions, etc. Everything in remnants and Summer goods at prices that knock the prices clean out now. We have never been accused of not giving value for your money. It is our purpose and aim to deal fair ami square with you, and no misrepresentations will be allowed, R. R. Wilkins, or ar many know him, “Uncle Rob,” is now with us and will be gl id to see his friends and all others. You can trust “Uncle Bob.” WILKINS COMPANY a .... . I:*, -.:2m.