The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 14, 1906, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894.
ANSEL AND LYON
ARE SORE WINNERS
GAFFNEY, S- C.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1906.
•1.00 A YEAR.
SULLIVAN HAS A COMFORTABLE
LEAD OVER WHARTON.
house for
I toni'rht.
-total
The Victory of Ansel and Lyon and
Sullivan Certain—Senator Tillman's
Claims are Wild and Unfounded.
C’harhKton, Sopt. Ill—1 ho returns
at,* ooniiir: in vcrv slowly. Even
one concedes nomination of Ansel and
Lyon, and there is apparent!' no in
tens) in yeltiutt th" returns. It Is
now only a case ot how' much.
The oiil> dispensan ritt is the wild
claim of Senator Tiilnt/.ui tl>at the dis-
pen ary forces have the senate
and the house. He is simply huttah*
j n .r He p ;m:s on many who ar ■ pro
nounced to he against tl>e State dis
pensary.
The returns indicate the election of
Appelt. anti disttensary in Clarendon ;
Colcock, Nivcr and l.cp;arc. all anti-
disiiensary heted to the
Beaufort.
The v- te as far as renort
at V •/. ’ . : •
Ansel
Manning T2.214
Attorney General.
Lyon 44.4->J, Uagsdale 29,705
74,157.
Not as many boxes reported in this
race as for governor
The figures indicate (hit 212 boxes
are unreported tonight. Averaging
those boxes at 27 votes to the box,
the toal vote in the primary will be
just 83,000.
Ansel’s Majority.
Mr. Ansel now has a majority of all
votes to be reported and he will have
a majority of 12,150, if his present av
erage keeps up.
Railroad Commissioner.
Sullivan 41,257, Wharton 32,130.
The reports from the remaining
75,000 votes can in no wise affect the
results, as the missing votes are di
vided on the averages already re
ported.
Ansel. Lyon and Sullivan all have
comfortable leads as shown.
At Ansel’s Home.
Greenville, Sept. 12.—Martin F.
Ansel refused to give out a statement
concerning the result of the election
tonight, hut says he will have some
thing to say tomorrow, after all the
returns are in. However, he was
showered with congratulations by
hundreds of people at his home and
on the streets today, on his victory,
and many telegrams from friends and
sunporters all over the State, express
ing gratification as to the result,
reached him. Among the wire mes
sages received was one from Richard
I. Manning, his opponent, expressing
his highest compliments and hearing
c - assurance that he will do all in his
power to make the Ansel administra
tion a success. It is needless to say
that this graceful act on the part of
Mr. Manning was much appreciated
by Mr. Ansel and his friends here.
Tonight on Furman University cam
pus a cannon w r as pressed into com
mission and a governor’s salute of
twenty-one guns was fired. All
Greenville is rejoicing in the victory
of Mr. Ansel.
Three hundred enthusiastic Ansel
supporters gathered at the home of
the "next governor” tonight and gave
him an ovation. Sev ral selections
were rendered bv a brass band and
speeches of congratulation were made
by several prominent citizens, after
which Mr. Ansel made a feeling re
sponse, expressing the supreme grati
tude which he feels at the honot
which the ir onic of the State have
conferred unon him. He said ii
would he his aim at ail times to b*
the governor of the whole peotde. He
shook hands with ever' person in the
crowd.
YOUNG MAN KILLS HIMSELF.
Ends Life Because College Opportu
nities were Denied Him.
Union, S pi. 11.—Arthur McBride,
i young man twenty-one years old, of
a uell-known family in this county,
committed suicide last night and was
found dead in bed this morning.
When failing to respond to a call
some of the family went in to see the
cutse for it and found him dead in
bed. His death was caused by drink
ing carbolic acid, there being eviden
ces of Uie terrible fluid from burns
on ids lips and fingers and an empty
bottle, which had contained six
’raehms of carbolic acid. This, it
'vas discovered, he boug|ii of the
Union Drug Company, while in town
Saturday.
Mr. McBride attended service^ at
Monetta church yestordty morning
and returning to his home seemed to
be in the usual spirits and retired
about ids customary hour to his
room.
For a long time be bad been suffer
ing from melancholia, which ii is
aid was superinduced by the knowl
edge thal he could not, attend college,
which ii seems was the dream of his
ife.
He was a graduate of the city
graded schools some years ago. and
was considered one of the brightest
boys in bis class. The funeral will
be held tomorrow at Fairviow Bap
tist church, near bis home, about 4
miles east of Union.
HON. FRASER LYON
ATTORNEY GENERAL
SOUTH CAROLINA HONORS THIS
YOUNG MAN OF COURAGE.
HOW TILLMAN VIEWS IT.
H« is Delighted With Result of the
Election.
Columbia, Sept. 12.—Senator ’fill-
man was in the eity today, being en
roll te to Charlotte, where be is to
deliver a Chautauqua address tonight.
He returned from bis western tour
Sunday.
He claims botii the house and sen
ate for the dispensary. He expressed
himself as being satisfied with the
"lection: indeed well pleased. He
said that he could not count where
the anti-dispensaryites had elected
more than lift,’ members of the
house. He gave the following list:
Aiken 2, Barnwell 2, Oconee 2,
His Nomination Is Due Principally
to His Fight Against Dispensary
Graft—A Splendid Record.
,1. Fraser Lyon, who on Tuesday
received the nomination as the candi
date of the Democratic party for the
'iflico of attorney general, will be thir
H five years of age in October, and
is one of the youngest men whom the
people of the State thus have honored.
If" is a native of Abbeville county,
h ving been born at Verdery. hi what
U now Greenwood county. He conies
of honorable parentage, his father.
Mr. .1. Fuller Lyon, being a descend
dant of the most prominent families
of Culpepper and Albemarle counties
in Virginia—the Ambrose. Powell and
Hill families, being closelv related a*
was Gen. Ambrose P. Hill, Gen. Lee’s
chevalier. The mother of Fraser Ly
on was Miss Peltier, of Chapel Hill,
N. C., daughter of Anthony Peltier, a
captain in the French navy under Na
poleon Bonaparte and a kinsman of
the scientist who introduced the use
of quinine.
Fraser Lyon was prepared for col
lege by Dr. 1). B. .Johnson, now presi
dent of Winthrop college, by Prof. J.
\V. Thomson, of Winthrop, and by
other careful teachers. He graduated
from Wofford college in 1895 and the
loyalty with which his fellow college
men have supported him in his fight
this summer shows that even in col
lege he made a marked impression.
Ho studied law in the office of De-
Bruhl & Lyon and in 1898 was admit
ted to the bar. His father, Judge J.
Fuller Lyon, is the member of the
firm above referred to.
He was referee in bankruptcy in
Abbeville and Greenville counties for
three years before his election to the
ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
Spencer Lady Positively Identifies
Negro Who Attacked Her.
Spencer, N. C., Sept. 11.—Buster
Heilig, colored, was arrested at bis
home near Spencer this morning on
the charge of assaulting Mrs. Cora
Koontz, wife of Mr. W. M. Koontz. a
well known employee of the Southern
Railway here, the assault having been
made yesterday afternoon. Upon en
tering an out-house on the lot at her
noine, Mrs. Koontz was seized by the
negro who exclaimed: “D—n you. I
hive got you.” He attempted to pull
her into the building bv main force.
The screams of Mrs. Koontz *oon
frightened the negro so that he re
leased his grip upon her arm and H d
to the woods. A young son also ar
rive 1 and saw Heiii. leaving the
premises.
A search was :
negro could not
morning. He wa
f •• a preliiiiinar.'
Justice of the Peat*
A NEWSY LETTER
FROM WILKINSVILLEi
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF
LOWER CHEROKEE.
Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop
ular People and Short Items of
that Section.
Will insviJe, Sept. 10.—Good even
ing. "Governor Croffard,” win be the
j proper "av to address Hon. Martin
de at once but the
e ocued until this
promnily arraigned
h ariug before
W. L. Ray. of
Spencer, and Mrs. Koontz identified
him very readily a- the negro who
made the attack. The nrisonei plead
not guilty as to m’king an assault.
'I'lie evidence was verv damaging and
Justice Kav bound him over to the
next term of Rowan court under a
bond of $500, in def tilt of which Heil
ig "as carried to jail by Chief Cruise.
There was a slight ripple of • x-
citement on the streets here for a
time but this soon subsided when it
was learned the negro would be sent
up for a hearing at the next term of
court. Heilig, who is less than twen
ty years of age, is considered a had
negro, having been recently released
from the chain gang. He has been
in the employ of the Southern here
for the past month. His home is In
the country cast of Spencer,
U. Ansel aft'! 1 o'clock to.no'.‘’.
FOR RECEPTION OF BRYAN.
Arrangements Almost Completed to
Receive Thi* Noted Man.
Columbia, Sept 11.—The executive
committee of the chamber of com
merce and the delegation from city
council further perfected arange-
ments for the Bryan reception here
on the 19th, though important de-
Precincts
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Fell from Train.
Statesville. X. C.. Sept. 11.—A young
man named Alexander, who lives near
Stonv Point, was painfully hurt at the
i. yn: : ;• ••••!< eo/ning. \L.
Alexander had accompanied a lady to
the depot and helped lo-r take her
baggage in the train The train be
gan to move before Mr Alexander
could get off and in jumping he fell
and was badlv bruised about the face
and body. Someone at the station
helped him get in his buggy and he
started to town in a half-daze i con
dition. H*- was taken to the States
ville Drug company’s store and turn
ed over to Dr. W. D. Hill, who dress
ed his wounds and sent him out to
the Billingsley hospital.
Although very painful. Mr. Alexan
der’s injuries are not thought to be
dangerous.
Belongs to Respectable Family.
Wilmington. N. C.. Sept. 11.—Wil-i
liam M. McCartney, the young man in
jail at Newbern on a charge of mur
dering his wif". an alleged inmate of
a house of ill fame, is from a respect
able family here. McCartney married
in this citv about a year ago and had
been ostracised bv is former friends
and famil' since that time. His
father, however, upon hearing of his
son’s trouble, in Newbern went there
yesterday to see what could be done
for him.
Greenville 5. Spartanburg 6, Chero
kee 2. York 1. Chester 2. Lancaster
1. Darliiiaton 2. Charleston 5. Wi 1 -
liainsbiirg I. Newberry 2. Greenwood
2 Edgefield 5.
He went on to sav that lie was
aware t.iat the returns are by no
means complete, Imi he would give
the amis more and sav that the pro
uispeii. aiy tn< tubers had only ten or
fifteen majority out of the 12*j.
Thes •. wilii a fair, square majority
in the senate, which is fair, assures
the eontinuaiice of the State dlspen
sirv system.
Ho declared ihat the pro-di.spen
ar'’ majorit' would pass a .strong
*'• *’* » *11 - t 1 r, * *. y*W)ul,|
»i I j ..n.-M J 111 CHliJi'Cli lil ■ iU*V, Uu<i
he added with a merry twinkle in
his eye that he would watch to see
how mail' g.-afters Lyon was going
to land in jail.
He does not appear in the least
despondent. . itlier at the dispensary
outlook or over the fact, that tie was
“scratched,” about which so much
hurrah has been made. In fact, it
could be seen that he was especially
gratified that 4,000 less had “scratch
ed" him than had formerly.
As .to tiie dispensary, he said Gov
ernors and Attorne,- Generals do not
make Hie laws, but the IvCgislattire
does Ninety thousand people had
spoken, and a majority had declared
in favor of Hi" dispenasry.
legislature. For several years he
served as clerk of the finance com
mittee of Uae senate and thus ae
quuinted himself intimately with pub
lic affairs.
His service in the legislature is best
• nown because of the fact that h«-
was a member of the coniniittM
"Inch investigated the affairs of tin 1
State dispensary and showed that in
st it ution to be tin- on-y of grafters
But there were other services in the
legislature for which Mr. Lyon is not
l 'ii<>" t| so well He was a member of
Hie ways and means committee and
showed himself to be a man of more
than usual discr- tion.
Mr. Lyon is said to hav one of
uie finest law libraries in the upper
Hart of the St ate. He is a steward
in i lie Metbodist ehiirch and lias been
a representaiive to the Pythian grand
lodg".
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR BILES
Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding
Piles. Druggist* are authorised to re
fund money If PAZO OINTMENT
falls to cure In • to 14 days. Me.
Starvin'* to Death.
Because her stomach was so weak
cued bv useless drugging that she
could not eat, Mrs. Mary H. Walters,
of St. Clair St., Columbus, O., wias lit-1
erallv starving to death. She writes: i
“My stomach was so weak from use
less drugs Hi t I could not eat, and my !
nerves so wrecked that I could not |
sleep; and not before I was given up
to die was I induced to try Electric
Bitters; w'ith 6he wonderful result
that improvement began at once, and
a complete cure followed.” Best
health Tonic on earth. 50c. Guar
antee! by Cherol:*ee Drug Co., drug
gists.
—Everybody wears Company Store
Hat*. Ev«n father wears them new.
The Breath of Life.
U s a significant fact that the
strongest animal of its size, the go-
.’ika. also lias the largest lungs. Pow-
"t’liil lungs means powerful creatures.
How to keep the breathing organs
iL'bt should be man’s chiefest study.
Lik" thousands of others, Mrs. Ora
A. Stephens, of Port Williams. Ohio.,
has learned how to do this. She
writes: “Three bottles of Dr. King’s
N* w Discovery stopped my cough of
i" o years and cur d me of what my
lib mls thought consumption. O. it’s
Ki’and lor throat and lung troubles.”
Ginanteed by Cherokee Drug Co.,
druggists. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial
bottle free.
tails ar*: yet to lie looked after. Mr.
Bryan will arrive here from Char
lotto at 1 o’clock the morning of the
19th and "ill be taken to a hotel
He leaves at •» oclock that afternoon
for Atlanta by way of Augusta. Ef
fort is being made to have Mr Bryan
speak from tin- steps of the residence
ot President Sloan, of the South Car-
oi'.iin ' niversity. the audience being
seated in the "eil shaded historic old
campus in front of him. The arrange
ments commitf.-e lias been instructed
to see it ibis plan can be carried out
b' permission of the college author!
ties, ft this place cannot be secured
-Mr. Bryan will speak in Hie theatre,
where h . spol e the last time he vis
ited Columbia. The time before he
-poke from the State house steps,
and the crowd suffered from the heat
and glare.
The intention is to have Mr. Bryan
speak at noon ami have this followed
bv the general reception to him in the
State house, in the main lobby and
State library. The general reception
committee, which will be named to
morrow. will consist of prominent m»*n
not only of Columbia but of delega
tions from each count • in the State,
and the ladies’ general reception com
mittee will be similarly m ide tin. This
last committee win also b. ''named
tomorrow.
Governor Heyward is chairman of
the general reception committee, and
Mrs. Heyward chairman of th»* ladies'
committee.
Ask any “JAP'’ that you may see,
“Why th« Czar, with bear behind,”
had to climb a tree.
I he Yanks, God bless the Yanks, says
he.
They gave us Rocky Mcuntain Tea.
Gaffnej Drug Co.
“To Cure a Felon,”
says Sam Kendall, of Phillipsbnrg,
Kan , “just cover it over with Buck
Jen's Arnica Salve and the Salve will
do the rest.” Quickest cure for
Burns, Boils. Sores. Scalds. Wounds,
Piles, Eczema. Salt Rheum. Chapped
Hands.^ Sore Feet and Sore Eyes.
Only 25c at Cherok,*e Drug Co.’s drug
store. Guaranteed.
DAY U arouses energy, develops and
BR 2 M0 simulates nervous life, arouses the
.1 . , L,ru,Tgl *i* rgfand monr If courage of youth. It makes you young
It tells to cure. B. W. OROVB’E sic
nature Is on snsfe box Msl
Ob.
again. That’s what Hollister’s Rocky
Mountain Tea win do. 35 cents. Tea
or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co.
| veiling- Si ptember 11th.
| We have bad another bright, "arm
Isunshiney day and fodder gatherers
' :uv making good nse <>f it.
I Mrs. J. Rufus Poole has been quite
| .in" idl for -evernl days.
! Mr. Sam .!, Striin lias been sick
1 since last Tuesday morning. He is
just able to set up today.
The chickens in manv places are
lying with cholera.
Mr. F. A. Goforth has sold the rem
nant of his last year’s cotton crop and
will haul it off next Wednesday.
Our home has been a veritable hos
pital for the last ten days, but it is
not in anv sense worse than some
others. It seems that diseases, or
their treatment, have materially
changed. No doubt it would be w’ell
to go back to some of the old-time
remedies and plans of treatment as a
test at least. The usual practice is
to starve the patient out and start
him again. If he is able to go
through this ordeal there is a chance
for him to pull through. If not. he
must succumb to the disease or rath
er the consequences. We are told
that the Indians, who are usually suc
cessful in th" treatment of old sores,
cancers iand such like, never pro
ceeded with their treatment until they
burn the affected parts severely and
then thev cure the burn and then cure
the patient. The late Dr. J. Rufus
Bratton, of Yorkville, who, in his day
stood at the head of the medical pro
fession and was called to see and
treat the most obstinate and stub
born cases of sickness of differert
kinds, told the writer only a few
months before he died that he had
spent his whole life in the practice
of medicine and no doubt had gained
sonic notoriety as a practitioner; yet
he had never learned what the prac
tice of medicine reallv meant, until
by age and physical disability he was
forced to give it up. He said (these
are his exact words, as we well re
member themt, "No matter what a
patient wants, give it to him. It may
be something that w e might think
would produce instant death. But the
merest taste is sufficient. Only a
few drops, or that that might adhere
to the tip of the finger when touched
to the patient’s tongue will often do
the work of testing the case. If it
agrees with the patient it may he re
peated as often as necessary until he
is relieved. If It disagrees with him
be will be the first to discover it and
will be content to leave it off. He
may want a certain kind of food
which, when prepared .and brought to
him. the very scent of it will satisfy
his desire for it and he is satisfied
to leave it off. Thousands of patients
have died that a spoonful of water
might savi-d if given at, the proper
time and in the proper way. The
same is also true with regard to that
he might want to eat. The merest
morsal of food used in the same way
might be the turning point in a oa-
j tient’s life. I have found this by ac-
i Uml experience and am sorry that I
didn't know it at the beginning of my
j professional life. But you can't con-
! vince the avenge practitioner that
| these are tacts he ought to under
stand."
I host* who know of Dr. Bratton in
j liis da's of useful activity will better
: appreciate bis logic than those who
I have never tested his theoi—. We do
not propose to lecture the disciples of
Ecculapius upon their professional dif
ies. but we propose to give th in the
expressed views of one of their num
ber who stood high enough upon the
professional ladder to bo admitted
to the medical councils of the lat-
Southern Confederacy, and one whose
judgment on all matters pertaining
to the profession was received with
tile highest regard.
W e understand tliat another homi
cide has been charged up to the ac
count of Cherokee county. But we
, claim none of the honors belonging
to or arising from the bloody affair.
We do not (impose to make our coun
tv of Cherokee the dumping ground
for Hu* riff-raff and plug-uglies of
North Carolina who come within its
borders to commit their lawless deeds
and stain it with thy blood of its
murdered victims. We have enough
°f our own to look after without other
people’s. From what we l*arn the
whole crowd were from another State
and not a Cherokeean had anything
to do with it.
A hurried trip to Gaffney last Frl
day gave Us an opportunity to see
mil talk with farmers from the dif
ferent sections of our county, and
from all we can gather a very small
crop of cotton w;R be made this year
Providence has reduced the crop be
low the most modest estimate—not
over fifty per cent of a cotton crop
can be reasonably expected this year.
Lorn, especially on well worked up
lands, is exceptionally flue. Low
bottom lands have been drowned out
or washed away. Fodder is burning
up on the stalk for want of labor to
pull and save It.
Farm labor is far above its com
mercial value in this country.
County Supervisor Phillips has the
mad scraper at work on the How
ell’s Ferry road, from Wilklnsville to
Pondfleld. This is a difficult section
to keep un. The road in many places
hasn’t got the proper width. In some
places it isn’t over ten or twelve feet
wide and wagons can’t pass without
runnintr in the ditch on either one
side or the other.
Mr. John Poole has a right sick
child. It has been having chills.
Pmt. Moss sings at Abingdon Creek
i>n Friday and Saturd iy of each week.
The Carnegie Roosevelt spelling re
form might properly be put down as
one of the twentieth century nuis
ances. esn "cially with government
officials, who arc expected to ob
serve it more than others. For our
part "e would much prefer the Guy.
tonic system with which we are more
or less familiar. But. give us old
Noah Webster first, last and all the
time. From a basketfull of newspa-
per comments we select the follow
ing at random; "Whenever a change
of spelling shall produce obscurity of
meaning, it becomes a nuisance. One
of these changes would make us
write; The fire gloze.’ Another
would make us write: ‘Mary carest
Sallie and kist her.’ Who knows
what that moans? It means. ‘Mary
caressed Sallie and kissed her.’ Again.
'The horse crost the road.’ ‘Job curst
his birthday.’ ‘Pharoah opprest the
Hebrews.’ ‘William prefixt a para
graph.' 'The ox tost the child thru
the fence.’ ‘The hoy mist his lesson.’
‘A deliteful seen in the kitchen.’ ‘The
fire gloze and the made carest the
kitten and List her.’ When such a
change causes difficulty in finding a
word in the dictionary, it becomes an
obstacle. Such is the case in the
proposed change from hearken to
harken and from phantasm to fian-
tasm.”
The sad news has reached us that
Rev. Mr. Owens, who assisted Rev.
Mr. Hammett in his protracted meet
ing at Abingdon Creek church last
year, and who did some good work,
has been burned at the stake in Chi
na, "'here he weut as a missionary to
those heathens. The rumor is a
vague one but we are told there Is
truth in it. If it be true It’s about
time that our government and thope
of other Christian countries should
go over there and. if need be. shoot
the Christian religion Into those cruel
heathen or make them behave them,
selves.
When Bishop Hugh Latimer and
Robert^ Ridlev perished at the stake
in looo, under the reign of the cruel
Mary, they told the bystanders and
on lookers that thev would that day
light a lamp in England that never
would be put out. And it never has
and never will be. What is true of
Latimer and Ridley and others is also
true of the men and women we are
sending with the gospel to the anti-
Christian nationalities of the world.
And yet some people are fools
enough to say (but they don’t thin!:-
in that ’he Christian religion is all
nonsense.
Our thanks are due the Sardis
singing school for an invitation to at
tend the picnic there next Saturday,
the 15th inst. Everybody Is invited
who feels an interest in the work
J. L. S.
Gaffney Lawyers jn Spartanburg.
Spartanburg. Sept. 12.—Butler, Os
borne k Brown is the name of a new
law firm recently opened in this city.
Messrs Butler & Osborne are en
gaged in Hr practice of law at Gaff-
tiev and Ben Hill Brown will be in
charge of the law business for the
firm at Spartanburg. Mr. Brown is
a son <»! R. R. Brown, of Cowpens.
He is "el! known in Spartanburg,
hav,ii«. "rad'iated at Wofford College
ip 19h2 He graduated from U: * law
leim-tm* nt of the University t f Vir
ginia.
WARM WEATHER WILL HLR,
Now Is The Time To Get Rid of Youp
Cata'rb by Using Hyo.r.ei
Every one who is afflicted with ca
tarrh should take advantage of the
warm weather to get rid of this annoy-
i’g and distressing disease, for the
right treatment in August and Sep-
tetnbe- wj)] give benefit much more
quickly Than in the winter and early
spring.
The germ hilling and health giving
Hyornej when breathed in the summer
m'nth.-* has an even more beneficial
action than when used in the colder
weather. 1- 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 .germs.
Hyomei L the simplest, most pleas
ant and the only guaranteed cure for
catarrh tha* has ever been disc M verefl-
It Is sold by the Gaffney Drug Co. un-
•Ira guarantee to refund the monev
it doe- not give complete satisfac
tion.
At this season of the vear. the first
day's use of Hyomei will show a de
elded improvement in health an 1 in a
short time then* win h e 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 not helped von, the
Gaffney Drug Co. will return your
money.
—Have just received our Fall |l
of Hate. They are the nobbiest ev
shown in this city.
Company Store.