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We have Bedroom Suits from - Sideboards from - - - Dining Tables from Hall Racks from - - - Dressers from - - - ■ Stoves from - - - - $ 9.50 to $85.00 1 2.00 to 45.00 2.00 to 25.00 1.25 to 20.00 5.00 to 20.00 1 0.00 to 40.00 You should see our line of Matting, Hugs, Window Shades, Lace Curtains and Toilet sets. Shuford & LeMaster, Furniture, Stoves and Undertaking. 'i< The Only Semi-Weekly Newspaper in South Carolina At SI .00 READ THE LEDGER. FOR ALL THE LATEST COUNTY, STATE AND FOREIGN NEWS THE LEDGER Is The Best Advertising Medium In * Upper South Carolina It enjoys the LARGEST CIRCULATION in the Fifth Congressional District of South Carolina and has A LARGER CIRCULATION In Cherokee County Than Any Other Paper Its mbscription li c t is a bona fide one, each subscriber being paid in advance. The cir culation is in no sense padded and names are lifted from the list whenever time paid for expires, thus saving the annoyance incident to dunning the people for back subscription. In other words, it reaches the people who have money to buy what they want. Till Wise Advertiser Will Take The Hint! Inside Tip On How Those Who Run the Races Feel. (Ixmdon Mail.) From the point of view of onlook ers on the stand, race riding looks quite the simplest thing in the world. In much less time than it takes an ac count of it tiie struggle is over. The horse s are seen like a cloud on tne hor z< in: as they reach the distance the (1 iff< rei t colors can he seen dis- line tl v with the naked eye. and their jocl ;e ys sit down to ride in grim can i( st; in a few seconds the horses lias i like lightning past the no-st; and so-aml so just gets up to win by a h d." I hit of what has hapnened on tl I- f:ir side of the course, and wha t have been the experiences and feel in es of the various jockeys in the rn c* the i nan on tae stand knows not i i n g. “] t isn’t easy to actually describe whi t it fe Is like to ride in a race bv o ne rar :e alone.” said a famous jocl e y. win ) has carried off most of the h ggest plums in the racing world. tf) h e writ er. “for the happenings in eac i race a”e almost invariably dif fen n t. Yo ii see, th so times races are >•111) fr on end to end, and we do n jt wai 1 to come ‘with one run’ at fini. . as was tiie fashion a few ears igo. So today the jockey whe ) potter ,s about and expects the 1 ai le rs to come back to him at the (ini sh will only know what it. feels like o gad jp past the jKist when the res' of till* field are weighing in. “ If nvoveu \ in spite of ihe fact that ;VK* *s are i un so fast—as a rule, we t tK about 1 min. 47 sec. to run a mi 1 / - which works out at an average 07 at iproxi: nately about 33 miles an hou r —it is surprising how clearly one p?»n iisting uish not 'only the sea of fi i c gatin' red on the rails, but almost eve n incid ent in a race. ‘Moreover, in spite of the fact that in five furlong races and sprints of all sorts, when we dash oast the post the horses are traveling at ‘40-horse power’ speed, 1 have nevertheless frequently seen one face stand out quite clearly from the blur of faces dning the course, and at the same time have known exactly what the jockeys riding to the right and left of me are doing, and also whether their mounts are 'all out’ or not. “These times, when we ‘come straight through.’ every little differ- ence in the atmospheric conditions can be felt, Out only those who have had long experience of race ridin" would believe how strong a part wind plays in the coursing of a race. Thus, riding in a race with the wind at one’s back is a totally different thing to riding when there is a sort of minature ^a!e blowing dead in one’s face, and when, indeed, the wind literally seems to hit one a re sounding smack. In fact. I can only liken riding in the face of a keen breeze to a trip on a motor-car at high speed against the wind. “If you were to ask me why I did such-and-such a thing which you mav have noticed in any particular race. I really do not think- I could explain, hut i>erhaps the most ac curate answer would he to say that ‘I felt’ I ought to do it. For instance, sometimes—how or why I don’t know—a jockey feels that another horseman in the race is ‘kidding’ to join him, to use a slang racing ex pression. That is to say. he is pre tending to be beaten, when in reality his horse is going strong and well. What makes one think this is impos sible to explain; and, as I have said, it must come under the head of one of these things one feels more than sees. “Indeed, there are a thousand and one wrinkles to be picked up even when horses are travelling so fast that a man inexperienced in the art of race-riding would think that the speed one was going at would effect ually prevent one from giving a thought to what others were doing. Thus, many a time have I heard a horse ‘sigh’ when something else in the race seems to be going much stronger, and. in fact, to be winning easily. That is the time to stop rid- in ,r him for two or three strides to allow him to get a breath; then you can pull him together and send him along once more, and maybe he will just gath-r fresh strength for one last expiring effort when that other horse which you last noticed going like a steam engine suddenly begins to crack up. Yes, that’s another of the .things one feels in a race, al though those on the stand rarely, if ever, ‘spot’ little tactics of the kind. “It is strange, too, when riding a bad-tempered horse, who will not run | his races out. how one feels the very I moment he is going to ‘throw un the j sponge' before he actually does :;o. | Often when riding a faint hearted horse, who lias been challenged at the distance right and left, have I felt him going to ‘turn it up’ on hear ing the crack of the whips, and the roar of the crowd lining the rails. I Mark you’ he hasn’t actually begun to ston. but somehow or other you can almost guess his thoughts, whjch are something of this sort; ‘Getting a S good hiding is no fun; and what on earth are these of me making their whips for; people making two men on each side such a palaver with and why are all these such a horible noise j and shouting themselves hoarse? This I isn't good enough, so I shall just drop out and let the others do the work.’ “That is the moment when one has to pretend to a horse that he isn’t 1 beaten, ami although It is agony to ; sit down and suffer without taking up your whip. »t you feel that were you to do so he would stop as if shot. The suspense is terrible for the last few strides, as the jockeys on each si(U> sit down and ride desperately, and maybe at the finish one is beat en by a head. ‘Why didn’t he take up his whip?’ says the man on the stand, and perhaps the jockey is blamed for riding a bad race, when actually he has n ,j ver ridden better in his life. No one can see a horse I turning it up’ until he actually does | so. but a jockey can feel it, and that is much worse. Still, it is only just another one to divine.” “But bow* about the dangers of race-riding?” asked the writer, who remembered two occasions when a THE KING OF BLOOD PURIFIERS No other remedy has given such perfect satisfaction as a blood purifier and tonic or is so reliable in the cure of blood dis eases of every character as S. S. S. It is known as “The King of Blood Purifiers,” and the secret of its success and its right to this title is because “IT CURES DISEASE, 99 It is an honest medicine, made entirely of purifying, healing roots, herbs and barks, which are acknowledged to be specifics for diseases arising from an impure or poisoned condition of the blood ^ and possessing tonic properties that act gently and admirably in the up-building of a run down, weakened or disordered condition of the system. One of the greatest points in favor of S. S. 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It is guaranteed •-or Sale by Cherokee Ortiq Co. horse was within an ace of falling over the rails with its jockey, who would almost to a certainty have been killed on the spot. Hardened race goers gripped their glasses more firmly, men with usually iron nerves held their breath, ladies shut their eyes or screamed, as for a fraction of a second the jockeys’ mount seemed to almost totter on* the edge of the rails. But suddenly in some mirac ulous manner it recovered itself. “Surely,” said the writer, “the sus pense must have been agoniziijg.” The jockey yawned. r To the Trustees of Second Methodist Church. Gentlemen: — Always have your church buy lin seed oil at barrel prices. Don’t let them pay $1.50 a gallon for canned oil, which ought to cost but 60 cent} a gallon. Ready-mixed paint la abont half oil and half paint. Buy oil fresh from the barrel and add It to the L. & M. Paint, which Is seml-mlxed, and you then get a full gallon af paint at the lowest price. 4 gallons L. k. M. Paint mixed with 3 gallons Linseed Oil will paint a moderate sized house. Actual cost L. & M. about $1.20 per gallon. C. 8. Andrews, Ex-Mayor, Danbury. Conn., writes, “Painted my house 19 years ago with L. & M. Looks well todav.” Sold by Smith Hardware Co., Gaff ney. S. C. Buckien*s Arnica Salve The Best Salve In The World. SOUTHEASTERN LIFE INSURANCE CO., Of Spartanburg, S. C. You Should Take a Policy With This Company Because— First: It is the first and only old-line Li'e Insurance Company in South Carolina. * Second: It is officered and controlled bv home people, and keeps money in tiie State. Third: Its Policies are simple contracts, free from speculation as to results, each item and figure being guaranteed. Fourth: Its premium rates are lower than most old companies, and yet it furnisher just as much, just as good and just as safe insurance. Fifth: Its Elective Investment Policy combines Investment, Insurance, En iowment and Annual income, and is proving a winuer. GILES L. WILSON, Secretary. ELLIOTT ESTES, President. DIRECTORS. •n! Treasurer Clifton Mfg and I). E. Con- C W. C. Railroad and Whitney Mfg. Co. rea-urcr Saxon Mills and President Central I A. H. TwiCHKM., Prt-ni-'iU verse Co. Jno. B. Clkvit.and. Preside: Jno. A. Law President and National Bank. L. K. Carrigan, President People’s Bank of Darlington. W. S. Montgomery. P. esident and Treasurer Spartan Mills. Stobo J. Simpson. Attorney-at-Law. Aug. \\ . Smith, President Woodruff Cotton Mills and Bank of Woodruff. A. L. White, President Merchants and Farmers Bank. Elliott Estks, J’resident. Medical Diret tors—Geo. R. Dean, M. D., Geo. W. Heinitsh, M. D. Reliable, Energetic Man Wanted a* Agent in CaHney. ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr., General Agent, Spartanburg, S. C. FOimHONFMAR Colds: Prevent* Pneumonia ftmtftlDNIYCORE ■aka* Kidney- oad Bladder Right DR.KING'S NEW DISCOVERY Will Surely Slop Thai Coa«h. DON’T LET YOUR HUSBAND Forget to order your winter supply of COAL^ AND WOOD Now wdiile the price is cheap. You will not need Coal these hot days; but stop now and think for a moment. It’s only a few days until October 1st, and then only a few days until winter's cold, with ice, snow and blustering winds. You will feel more comfortable if you have your COAL bought at present prices. POWHATAN LUMP COAL is mv leader. IT’S GOOD. I SELL ICE, TOO. V. I, H I* LJ I*O ICOIV