Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE largest circulation of Any Ntwapaper In th* Fifth Congrettlonal District of 8. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE rHE LEDGER SEMI-WEEKTiY--PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY t .uARANTt* THE 'E * •J* LIiV of Every Advcr ite' Use* the Columns j* Thl* Paper. mEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Cherokrr County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894. GAFFNEY. S- C.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1906. |l JO A YEAR. UiJAN ON T‘!E RACE PROBLEM. ADVOCATES DOPTION Or EURO v> L - • PA C r S^STF.M. ut r;i ti- lii't ween whitp mi'ii ;unl hlnok | spi'kin^ wluit wkiti' wiuri'ii tin* .I'h I sicr isi ;is ilr;i w ;il comiK'l its oli I ilcvour. If ;ili of Hi in witc shot ir ' i rs I'n- I stimi!v us we an 1 tlic lint' hrtwi'i'n \\ lute womi'ii. Ttm ro ra\ ishi>s the whito c whito man mt Ty ; ls wp would thp oonntrv wo iii to \\ l I only ratil'v hist with a Lr r, H A- it,/c11 of a South O". port. Debcri Character. Etc. . U. 1 , rn State nil His 1 u IT i e nn i !i,i a ti' i'ni viu. pen site iav in a.d u ite an • iius-;)n; i ~ tiaatinn 1 SelKlt n!' s si" uli Aumt-ta C.imi.iul is as to lows; T.aiiics ami T- rpcpiit y i *a r r m i n An 11; 1 ! 1 it (111 : I'' :h i| ,i lU'W i'lntl si.i-;,ins consiik'i’ i e\ cry sunt h ieij tired to I‘n 1 ar .purl, and t a 1 1 i.:. i e to P li 'd 1 IC ,, ‘ l( to arn st ami fail ian tis moraiiiv Is Cl MIC ! , Ml kes t lie Hilly difflTPlK'i' i T'i ■ inns: .'ss.'liti;i! and hnniine : ", will) in i- linw to prnvont rnpn ,, h ■ : 'em i r> to :>\ piis*e it. Lynch ■I ha- tailed; we iniisi try sotn- ! >:»■ .-'se As the superior race \v<’ . e : In niirsidves in prolni't tile .stood m ; inn ireiit nearoi's, of whoai t li ro '..:m\ aiiliinii -; of thnai in fact frn a false tnaolmrs tunl had k*ad- . rs who up rapidly driviliit the wi n ■ s To (lesppiutinll tllld to tllf> 111.18- -le.' of i!ie ae'-'i'oes, and to a race war which can havp only one result. the dest met ion of tin WP ker race. ; jiuid d Sun emeu : pith W e\t of the died in the a \ nim n i a it Timauli it> has 1*‘ > mp far awa friun Aintusta. and 1 li-t'c little of'port unit .v durimt the occusinti- al visits to h a .» in touch wit h tan 1'co- ‘„h. <d tliis ft rand old city, wlnui 1 toll von tluit I was horn witain thirteen miles of this spot and .ived t’MTP un til I was past loru > oars old and dur imt all of ni;> hoyaood md \onnftet manhoml husii,o.-s as well as idoasnro ol'f.n broUKiit u'c to this city, you wil’ undustand that ‘Auitusta' find An gusta iiooplc' can be no stranR.- words to nie. nor oau its people be strangers. •T n selecting the race problem as the subject. I will talk to you about tonight tile same subject upon which I spoke here four or five yeirs ago. >ou - tl’ doubtless wonder why 1 should { ! ng to a topic aboui which most of you are familiar and about which you think there is very little new or strange or profitable I can tell you. A month ago I should not have thought to select this subject though I have long been discussing it in the North, where they know nothing about it and where I feel perfectly willing to tell them what I think th-v ought to know. I told them about ii from the ‘Ben Tillman’ standpoint, so you ran imagine what sort of stuff they heard. The Atlanta Riot. “Two or three weeks ago tonight, we had whai is called the At anta riot, with the details of which most of you are familiar, although the full story has never mitte- into the na- pers. and it is because of that riot * and the illuminating chracter of the occurrences theiv that I have fo.t al most compelled from a sense of duty to take this, mv first opportunity, ty lecture in the South to present to you some of the vk-ws that have come to me illuminated by those bloodv and hc-rible transactions. I do not lav c’aim to being a proph et. I do lav claim to honesty and pa trlotisrn of purpose and to having good common sense; and it is in th 1 ' xer cise of m ,• patriotism of purpose as w’ell as my use of common sense that I am going to speak to you tonight. I am going to call things bv their names; I am not going to mince words; I will hurt some fe dings and tread on some toes; but I will toll the truth as I see it “I do not often use a manuscript and I do not intend to use one now, except for a minute, but having in view the laying before you and before the country my understanding of tin* sit uation. I have deliberately set down in black and white where I conk] weigh my statements, certain fundamental principals which 1 ask vmi to permit me to read.” Here tlm sp.-akor read from manu script the six following doclaritlons: 1. The white men of the South were never more united or d termin fed than they are now in the purpose to maintain white supremacy j-i each and every part of every southern State, regardless of negro majorities, and the thought of social eipiality is as iuiolerab’c or oven more so than tlm idea of poiitcal eipiality Tim two hand in hand and cannot bn sepa rated. IT T ie negroes wert• i“Vi r more intent e>i contesting in ever, wav that tin dam this position of the whites. Their teachers their preachers, their politicians and every organization which th y have formed, one an I all. are bent on cmnpeTirrr a recognition by the whites of the rights given to the negroes by the 1 1th am] 1 .Ith amendments; and in ev rv inaction hie way the Republic in national gov eminent is.giving aid and comfort to this idea IE Race hatred in every form is growing in intensity with both rams 4. Lynching for rape of white wo men l). v negroes will continue as long as the crime is committed and the fact that in many instances the guilty fiend is no: caught intensifi-s the ha tred of tiie white toward the negro race and tends to precipitate race conflicts in which innocent and good negroes are too oft- n the only suffer erst. a. Amalgamation is the hope and ultimate purpose of the negroes: the ^pblihi rat ion of the color line and Bnany white nr n. too many, oblivions ^^f their Inty to their race ami caste, are voluntary criminals in this regard, while think God. our wriite women prefer <l< :itli to si eh a rate, in al- mos* every community whit'- men can lm found brazenlv living oponlv with colored women and nothing is said or done about it. W, must protect our ■women at any ami all hazards else they would spurn us and ought w> spurn us: and we must draw the line Would Help For Due Thinq. "Mv words are bold,'' he continued. Th> r • are not man . who would like to ILcuss this question. 1 shrink from it. but the subject is too serious and 'ho situation too gra- for me to speiL irn it at all and not hew to the line. ITevont rai"'. Stop it—don’t try to avenge it. 1 mean that is the policy, lint God knows I said after I had tak- iho oath of office as governor of South Carolina, witli the oath warm ui mv lips, that I would lead a mob to k licit a man. black or white, who would ravish any woman, black or Wiitte- and l meant it. ■'But we want a remedy for rape. Lynching his not succeeded. We must I gang until we can drive them to their have a remedy. .friends beyond Mason and Dixon’s "When I come to discuss the rem- line. Make them go up to their dearly edv or the remedies for the conditions ] beloved Yankee friends, and raise of which I have spoken, we are con- i hell up there and let them stav. hoot the wild I heists, the country would be bettor ! off. Imt we cannot do that. It would not be right to do it, because we might j ki]] some innocent m n. but "• can j keen iheui mi t’i ebain gang because | of their vagrant, erimitni manner of living until they !!ee the country or chance their mnT of life Punishrr]£Tit Prescribed. 'if the failure to have a passport ; signed according t<, law and giving I Oil] description of tit,, man who car i lies it is made a misdemeanor mm I ishab!,. witli i.nprisonm nt it bard I'lher and if ! ‘e failure to be employ ed or havp :i home is also punishable in a similar wav. the criminal class ! will ‘■aton diminish “ither by emigra tion or reformation an 1 conditions will rapidly improve. “The difficulty of g tting labor for my sort of work n the country and i file towns lies at. the very root of our troubles. "Suppose those restrictions should cause some whito man who loves dol lars better than th • purity of woman to say. ‘Why, you wil! ruin labor!’ "To hell with such selfishness! j Show me the man who dares, and f | will show you a hound! “The negroes who would suff'-'r tin- | dot the passport system are the ne- j groes who are no good as workers I anywhere, and there is no loss of la bor in prof cting our women bv rid- | ding the country of these hellians. i We should keep them on the chain j SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAt INTEOEST, Hid n s'i;t] meeting at the home of EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER OKEE. A GOOD SUGGESTION Recent Happenings in and Around thp City and Other Events Gather ed by the Local News Editor. Cotton sold yesterday at l".<l.'i ('. C. Harris, who resides a: the cottier of Logan and U'-pot street', is recovering his hnm . .!. C. Otts h is move | 1 into the rooms formerly Ha 1 Willis, over Car: dry goods ste>e. iis law nflic nceunh'd b ill A: Byer." fronted with difficulties and obstacles which appear almost insuperable. “The storm center of all of this trouble is the necessity for the pro tection of the white women of the South from the fiends wdio have been turned loose upon us bv Northern fa natics and we mi st stop at nothing however cost y or cruel it may appear, which will afford our women safety front these devils in human form. “The only feasible scheme which I have ever hit upon has been rejected time and again because it involves a most radical departure from all of our hk of Anglo-Saxon liberty and now I adopt it only as a last resort. It is nothing more nor less than the es tablishment among us of the Euro pean passport, system coupled with a large increase of the officers of the aw, most of whom are to be station arv. or live at their homes, while in everv county where tlm negroes are “Thp North is beginning to have its eys opened. Not long ago I talk ed for two and a half hours to an Il linois audience. I adopted a trick I invented in South Carolina politics. 1 held a hand primary. 1 said. Tm a white man’s white man and I believe I am made of better clay than any negro who ever walked the earth. I believe this is a white man’s country, and white men must govern it. If you believe it. too, hold up your hands.’ And I sw’ear f o God every man. woman and child in that audi ence d. 1 it. The Horizon Illuminated. “The people of the North are be ginning in some measure to under stand. We already know and we must act. The At’anta riot has illuminated tin horizon like a flash of lightning on a dark night, and shown you the hill sides and the valleys and the darkest places and you see there nothin*'' but at all numerous we would have two or I uiood. bloodshed by the whites who more mounted policemen ever <>ti the j have been made demons by these move to track down suspicious and erj^es against their homes, and blood- angerous characters. With a half dozen or more picked men in < very township commissioned to make ar rests. without warrant, if. after in vestigation it should be deemed nec ossarv tmd r the regulations, and also charged with the duty of ferreting out the negroes fleeing from ! shed by | wrath. "The danger is real and imminent. ! If by any reasonable and sane means, wp endeavor to meet the situation j am! clean out this scum of hell it will j receive the endorsement of thv hosts a" cases of incendiary teachings or j ( ,f 0 tir Northern friends who under- itterances ultich would tend to law j ^tam] and who are increasin' 1 ' daily. | We want to be just and humane to | the n groes. Give them life, liberty I and pursuit of happiness, but don’t j give them the ballot They know- nothing of touching it without de "it is idle to try to put out a fire H ) ; 1 u ( .|,j, ) j, j, ami prevent conflagration it men are ' Subject of Amalgamation, allowed to roam about with matches word about the subject of amal- and continue to set it. It we intend £amation: I have already pointed out to assert and maintain white suon m-j rite necessity for ■ stablishing and rig- 1 id!” enforcing caste feeling between lessness. We could soon pm the hr ed ers of trouble between the races white or black, in such hot water that they would move on .a- d '“it of th conn t ry. W. D. Kirby has ottened a gro ery an | meat market in tit,. Sams’ store room. near Indian Hill, in the " mth east section of the cltv. Cadet Harrv Wilkins has been pro moted to second sargeant and made color bearer of th" bataliion at the Citadel, the Slate milk try academy The brief of the Hast .- cas -. which wms appea’ed. 1ms been printed It contains --t pages. The case will come tin on December 1-th, or a few days thereafter. A passerby yesterday morning no ticed a coating of ice over the water in the upper basin of the fountain In the Citv Hall park. The ice was about an eighth of an inch thick. Constable Peters, of Yorkvil’e. was in Giaffney Monday with a warrant for a negro woman named Richardson, charging her with deserting a three vear-old infant at Rock Hill. H > se cured the woman and returned to Yorkville. The Beaver Dam school opened last Monday. Prof. Harrison, a Furman Cniversity graduate, who had been elected as t-acher. arrived last week. Prof. Harrison has had experience in teicbing and comes to his patrons highly recommended. Joe Coyle, of R. F. D. No. 2. who went to St. I>ouis. Mo., several days ago to have a cancer treated, returned home Monday. We regret to learn that he was unable to secure anv ben efit but was forced to return to let this fatal grievance have its course. Mr. R. A. Jones has purchased four 'ots of the “Did:" Thompson property from Mr. W. C. Thompson These lots front on Rutledge street and occuny all tho space between Limestone and Petty streets. These kits are excel lent property and beautifully located. Charlie White, the barber, has just cured a cancer on I>avid Hawkins’ nose which has been there for twelve years. Mr. Hawkins has had this can Miss ■ "ti..,' van 11 ! . N ■ x t Sunday af 1' •: ■ )< >1 ti ,:t .: 'i o'r] ock ib, devoti<»ii<ai Postmaster Folqer Urges the Usf, of < 1 AH •t ii l U '\ ' j 1 M • !!( ■Id at t!i" ( hurcli Retur n Envelopes members ar, » ♦ '•irn stlv urged to In speaking , if thf p i sf O ’ ’I*' V"ster- ;i ‘ • 'ii'l 'b'-e '!« el ugs at ,] t:tl;e un dnv to n Led'.'' r re '••I ■ af: \ • "".st in < *, ■ i i ‘' 1! h» \ u: K for the lomitig master \. R N Folger -ai 1: • i' i • 1 b,' " o ■k is ittte rest ing an i i it,* pM- ioir c,* depat f un -nf is 'MIX " .1 t ".| 1 1 r 1 ' ‘ ii on* ah tig tiie ions tn eli I'ia: Itf s,, |\ y > S - ) j) UJ 1M - ( \i"l Ir,(Iis III Mlf* <1 ivisjojj <j 1 dead b i the '1 vast fot'ci* tiff f* *> yv f • ( m a i •* i ho In* u-w <l" ,' 1 !lk r hou«r of Mr. Will sa' i . Titousa ids (,’' L ,i . . " ith ' ■ ’! ^ is ?i« :iri11 . r •ornuiet ion. 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M Johns, n is build j ••r I,-''t Imu.d a me,-. , h er * th, w "iter i: i ir t ( r<*si on his !o <in lam j •an put his <,r b r nan o as- If* | of -to: ♦ * - t !■(•(': nl t. t *s ** f‘o!)ft eic ’) oeks. ’he fact t!i it it w i' 1 !;, > , pi nan 1 if not ! it, V. all- U'c " ell Up M d work is | 'm i>,'rl\ ,'f!i,-f '<•(] to if*-see. I'.’ogre ssing nict'l * , alt hong h the cob! ! Only titink. if ill tiie ■Uffs ritten w a i ii. r :mt.'- now r tar,| t e " ork ii| '• ,••' liots for : 'five !m nibs t e dead ). ll i * exie;:!. T !h* la r^o furniture 1 Ifltff office ", Itbi die tor vv l.ut of lion se ot Turner i’ilifer is nearing sometiiitig to (i o. and ■ Ve Poor 'lost- f*n!0 1 Mon on tho lUtsille and work i mast rs wo tl,l escape .- mli a lot of is ,)iou rt 'SSttlg oil t h, ■ Set 11 :a \ er build i ! hr no.’ mg. j "T’ e envelop, *s fnini.-t led bv he (1“- ■ia rt ment to aid in t'ais •- oud W r has Automobiling jn North Carolina. vainted i n the upper et ’mud corner On September “:!ril. M ssrs. June II ','arr and B G. Kuhne. of this city. Iet’t on an automobi ing tout- through North C.iolina. They visited Char lotte. Conrorl. Salisbury. High Point, Green-boro. Statesville, Winston-Sa lem. and other points, returning to Gaffney on October 2nd. Tlte roads a nart of the time were fearful and made automobiling a bur den rather than a pleasure. Thev had no trouble about the roads while In M ck enbmg county, but in several other places got stuck and had to priz.e out Lie machine, and in one instance had to be pulled out of a mud hole with a horse. In Concord they met Victor Gaffney, and in Greensboro Dr. Char, y Lipscomb, these being the only two Gaffneyites thev met while away The trip was enjoyable not withstanding the mud hole experien ces. At Charlotte, on the r'turn they o» on the wrong road and went fi£ teen miles out of the way. It being good road, however, thev back on the right track. thus: After •'» days return Gaffney. Cherokee County, s C. “Or for use of patrons on run free delivery routes, thus: After ’> days return to R F. D No Gaffney, Cherokee Co.. S. c. "So one can write name and num her of route and be assured of its prompt return. “We are urged to call attention to this matter in every legitmate wav. ’ Winter is Here. "Is it cold enough for you?" nis was the question being asked Wed nesday and yesterday by the -a ne people who wanted to know all s rai nier. "Ain't it hot?" Tiiose who were energetic enough to get up early y s- terday morning saw the first frost >f soon got | the season in Gaffney. It was a light i one. hut there was enough of the j winter time about it to make folks go j back home for last year’s overc at. and dingy felt hats, it marks the passing for a season of the straws md the acquiring once again the hab.t of A Poor Shot. "Son" Harvey is about as poor a marksman as can h* routed in Gaff ney. Last Monday night Mrs. Harvey heard a noise as if some one was try- | gouging hands down into pockets. I’eo- i»'<' to get into the house. She tele phoned Mr. Harvey, who was at the market Mr. Harv. ,- grabbed his pis tol. mounted his bike and whirled awav to i he fifth ward. On arriving he crept cautiously around the house and discovered a ‘ nigger in the hen house. The “nigger” discovered Mr. Harvey about the stme time and sought a safer c ime. Mr. Harvey chased him around the premises and through a cane patch adjoining. In I groes and there was some if th" meantime he alarmed the whole | — neighborhood and almost sent the wo men folks and children into spasms by shooting six shots at the fleeing i pie have been in a bigg r burr' • e j past two days than anv time since the Fourth of July or the last chi lines? j of last winter. i There was a light frost Wed’.jp d y I morning in the west rn section >f North Carolina. South CaiDlln i north ern Georgia and ot’ier Sout it States. Heaw snow s have fa b n in the Lake region The tempenrn • • here yesterday morning was hi <i" . er treated by exp -rt physicians imt I darkey, ami although the darkev fell without any benefit. This is rather ! ( »ne time it is not thought that he was a successful undertaking for Charlie, i ,1 'U as he lumped up before ho had acy we must force tin* negroes to rec ognize their subordinate position and allow no other hha to be disseaiinit- 'i or taught. \Yp must comne] every man to have a fixed domicile and to tm regn'arlv at work, or employed by some on<> to whom lie can refer for character and, good conduct: and al low no stranger to out ••• a eoaimunky without being subjected at once to an kivestigntion. Every Man a Passport. “Make evorv such man pmibie • a passport issued by the proper officers, ami have in the passport it go'-d rea son for changing his home. ! et th" "unishment be i y-ar on th*' chain gang. This law. of course, would have who is no physician, but only a barber. ! hard’v bit the "round -nd continued | to make tracks. There w•* • no trace of gore It’s a mighty poor shot that em’t bring down a coon in six shots, so we mav expect that continued raids wil> be made on Hnrvev s hen house. A Correction. In the article about the price of c to*’ in last Tuesday's Ledger w the market closed Saturday at when we should have said 1 Ulo. was one of those typographical err which now and then creep in in ■ of all w,> can do. S id * i, tf rs in apply to both races to tiouitl. ami it om'ht to •e co t it u ti • enforced impartially No good white titan can find reasonalt'e objection and ne d not consider the bad ones. “It is the r st less younger generu- t“ •' of negroes, whose blood lum been fired by incendarv teaching's and *«'o are moving from turpentine camn to tur"eniitte camp, from saw mill to s;w mill, from one railroad g-'ttg to an other railroad gang, from on town to another, drunkard*-, gamh er- thieves, liars loafers, many of them slaves of G cocaine habit or habituate] to the -- nol ittg of drugged cigarettes the worth! ss scum of the mei s these a r e the creatures who are devouring our women and driving the races into a condition which will soon nreclpi- tate a thousand bloody tragedies all over th" land. That "Equality’’ Screed. "These are the very smwn of the doctrines of Garrison. Phillips. Beech o" and John Brown: the\ are the in dividual progeny of the abolition doc trine about tbe equality of men. \Ve must drive them out of the country if we are to have the two races live here in p"ace together Send Them North. "Tin y do not number •' per cent, of the negro population: they are utterly worthless as laborers and the onlv tdace in this country where they ought to be welcomed or permitted to live is among the Northern people whose scheme of reconstruction has pro dueed them We must hunt these creatures down with the same terri fied vigor and perseverance that we would look for tigers and bears, which I Mo Slit • hivery ( have We iii/at ion he races. "Our laws forbid internianiage he- ! ; ♦ •■’(> *i the races, and that law is en j forced. The Northern States do not ! 1 forbid it, but I ask in all solemnity j | whether or not it is possible to pro ; vent ultimate amalgamation if white j men are not conipelh il by public | opini ' ami bv law to observe the oh i ia tions of caste? Can our Anglo- Saxon civilization withstand the un ! dot mining process of a constant in Icrcasc in tin* number of mulattoes and quadroons? Our white wont n will guard th" purity of the race in the , '"; , V"- , apt "tost sacred mani;er. Shall white men 'n allowed to destroy i'.vm 1 * onr mothers, wives. s : sters and dae-'iit rs are so btavel* letemB'ig. •f mi-ccvetiathm during the ays was great and grievous!' 'aid for it. but air v.uy civ bangs in tin balance now ami our dependence must be upon the i brave ••nd glorious women of the Sout i :o protect and save us from u' timate tttotigr li/ation W’c must act in such a way as to secure the moral support of the millions of men and womc of the North whr are for the ir-t time beginning to earn the truth. We must budge not one jot or tide from tit" position we have always maintained ti:at the negroes are not our e'uiais and cannot be permitted to participate in governm nt without de stroying- ns as a section of the Union W" must be just an | hu nane in our dealings with them, but w must ever bear in mind Hie sacre ’ duly to our selves and our ancestors that the his 1 torian of the future shill not record 'hat the six great States skirting the South Atlantic and gulf through the ‘ folly, cowardice and crimes of white men th " States which had given to t. e nation such a brilliant gal ixy of staU'SHicii ('ahotin. Hnyne, McDuf fi°. Stephens. Toombs, Ben Hill. Mai lorv. Yancey. Jefferson Davis, Lamar. B niimin that these States became mongrelized in the 2t»th and 21st con turies and Hiat once pron | and chiv ; nlrous slave holders bar) left so pusil lanirnous a posterity that thev al ow- ! th* civilization to be destroyed and thems Ives absorbed by their for mer slaves.” —100 pounds strained Honey at T. The voting gentlemen of the city Me contemplating the organization of i german club for the winter season These german clubs afford a great leal of pleasure to the young ladi -s Mid gentlemen who are fond of “trip- uiiie the light fantastic,’’ and Tlte Led get- hopes the efforts being imt forth viii m et with success. Tlte force of laborers are still at ■cork on the tracks of the South rn in h" city. Tiie track of the Limestone duntm •iw tv f ''ro n the crossing in front of L. Ba "‘■r's to hevond the power house and ttacks of the South rn ire also '"dug moved. The long “pass track" u r t'e new depot is being fitted up ‘or the main line. Passenger trains ire now using this track, although it CATARRH SEASON In Honor of Limestone Girls. On the 19th instant the young gen- j tlemen of Oaffnev " ill tender an open j ing reception to tip* student body of I Limeston ■ College. A fn'l luncheon i course will be served in the dining ! rooms of the college. The committee i ■ ' . , • , , , : on arrangements consists of Sam rort. ■ 1 -- 1 • hue has been moved farther Kranl; { . nrson anfl n . ar , names, and i i*'* treat* rom the tracks of the Southern (t ,, is js < . )fr|H ^tarantee that th.' V- ur will o Disease Most Prevalent in th» F Months.—Simple Way to Cure. With the cool u'ghts of fa!! | Mrrhal trouides in Gaffnev are j coming more and more prevalent a ! Gaffnev Drug Co., as a cons 'qtienr find their sales of Hyonej inc'-ei>!n At the first warning of catarrh. > * ts of Sam Fort. | shoul d ''fcgin using Hyomei. \ <■ treatment at this seas,,,, , M a- ■fftir will !>e an e'eg.int , for the young ladies of the tlte young gent'e '>*•" v' •ctal event nis not IS Vet. of \ f (• w Maud fro ti u' e in been re-laid with heavy rails we i s ago “Dock" Hammett, was drawing- a buck' t ,,f * t his "'e 1. He a -o ire" ui> a the bucket W!ii e iu t In- •• ct ten -.Vito par trioa e. Buford Street M. E. Church Notes. Preacliing at H A. M. ami 7:h't P M lit" itiistur. Snttd t' schoo at f: !?* V M. Senior l eague a' hU'a' P. M . Mr. Floy,) ISaker lead r. Strangers and visitor web or;:et! to t .’.ill be ( se ser\ ici c. 1 • Ml !' l! ie sunk. • and " itf»r out to mi a t bit him on tie le t't >i an i M<* s afTi 1-, ( 1 in tens, na in from th nil, a (> no au d c aIb-d a n \ sicia ,n t f i a 1 t (’ r :(j to Mu ■ w nind T he "et,M •ft ios mi n' i ni -t« t\ navo -oat * f !ief hui Mr M i .n n< t h ad In take to his hmi a t i 1 a * fj i? tj cl to M far sever a f fi t . < • i i i ’ < ’ ; ,u tr, •On" \ ♦* n in,ie Tii ! • .|M n an ! - o1'ort< tin a lv \ m H <; to t o t mo nt • ml \! r ! lam m • a - to ho in Moudiiy Dr usual * • i :i.»- <• S‘i:i First Baptist Church Notes. uims " i | ti]; liis puiuit lay Sabbath Visit v :ii\ 'bool at d to il A M. and str ti. am n i at h; tr, A it s mi T- M. Mr CM* .1 i arc fit id; st Gras-y Pond b. i he o’> > b I e, con ti y. M l tii t!> fei ! wide b ami "ill n tv " id< siiles. and a re de "m - d'' and i i n 1 d e ~, o' av e s t,, r for fo-ag M o>u (: n " s M " i Sn t: I s s ixtiblitig a fi barn on ids fa:">i net T!iis in a! I rohuId •it nt t ite 1 -ind in 1 ' mm'i Snar'ks’ barn is to tori', fee | • beds on n,, tiie in'.ernal ar-angi d fico i \ etitt r ru* for b , ' it (o' I o' iis it nI i » - " I n I - aerma m ) ' ! I S * sense far iro-'i uerr. i > ronut in tb This I * u i’ii an i in buii r> i en I e r reisc ; !i| be "e|| ,' li s '• d in u Wil I b: The Senior Epworth I.eagm* of the Methodist church met last Tuesday night at the home of Mr. L. Baker. The first lesson in the study of the discipline was "iven out- tiie arti cles of religion—to he studied for the . ^ .... ...meeting of November Jth. Tuesdiy were loose roaming over the country ! Davenport’s at 12 1-2 cents per pound. I night, October 2:ird, the league will Danger from the Plague. There's grave danger from tit'* plagu * of Coughs and Colds that arc* so preva’ent. unless yov take Dr King’s New Discovery for Consurnp tion. Coughs and Colds. Mrs. G o. W;i!ls, of Forest City. Me. w: ; ies: “It’s a Godsend to people living in climates "lu re coughs and colds fire vail. I find it quickly ends th m. It prevents l , !i'*iimoiii:i. cures LaGril>P rt . gives wonderful relief in Asthma and Hav Fever, and makes weak lungs -trong i ttough to ward off Consump tion. t’ouglis and Colds. ubc and $l.oo. Guaranteed tty Cherok: e Drug Co., druggists. Trial bottles free. If you have lost your boyhood spir its. courag, and confidence of youth, we offer vou new lif,*. fresh courage and freedom from ill health in Hoi i lister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. 33 cents, I Tea or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co. TO CURE .. COLD IN ONE DAY j Take LAXATIVE BRO.MO Quinine Tablots. Druggists refund money If ,t falls to cure. E. W. OROVE’t sic nature Is on each box. 2Sc. year will often ■ V 0 nt a 4(*ri in -• ] !t "o •>ic attack-- i, f ca tarrh T! leff * is *i , - tom: i •h *losin.r wTn , j .... mei The V r ue s of its hoa! t r nils and ha sums a re ! i rea t hfu! t]>r ” a It" •it : )o'*!;et iu!. ahu that co: *os w ) ev f ' < »• itfit. and i ll tit a* w ix the .ne M caTi, ut ’ i *'!“trates to uiost ro m t » ce’l, ; o! f tiie no.- •'e. ? il'O.t : iin.! Inn ki li; :tg catarrhal I g .T.Uls " 1 cue Ofes ent, , and so,,: 1 llitlg and 1: aiittg a irrit, ation Utere ; mav be in tin* mu cons i nu [•mbtane. If \ * i j i iave a >ol,i. or • le f* is a- offen si v e d iscll . !'l xe f: oni the nos,*. tickl ing or tlroppi ng a ' t. back „f t’ thr. a*. if there i< o iT-m- iv, breat : ;:i--i tig of mttcon s. iiid - marling a ’ inat. It in ii in tl.e t hro if ilp*re a .1!!' of 1 [he sv:tij,t, Mils I .lit! indicate cn t •, ri, ml tfoi'd**s 1 m i irin t .u * use of ’ am : at once. V, >n ! a'c no ri> d; in p : y ing ?1 for I!. -mi oarfif. a s G: ifi’.ie y Dru" G give tin air persoa a| g ua:a itee that ‘f t it,. re :t; ledy does not afford saiisf'C lOTI. your inom*\ "ill be refund ,i once Extra Imt ties of Hyomei f needed. cost imt ce ■nts. making th j Htr, most economical treatment for c tarrh, as well ts th ■ most r'diabb* Blood Poisoning results from chronic constipation "hiclt is quickly cured by Dr. Ki:, New Life Pills. They remove a poisonous germs from the system at infus new life and vigor; cure so" stomach, nausea, headache, dizzines, and colic, without eriping or di«<o fort 25c. Guaranteed by Cherok' Drug Co., druggists. Tiiis is the season of decay a woakern'd vitality. Nature i.s l, it, shorn of its beau’v and idoorn If < would ref iin yours, fortify your tent with Hoi ister’s Rocky Mon t Tea. 23 cents. Tea or Tablets. —The largest variety of groeerie in Gaffney at T. Davenport’s.