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THE LAROMT CIRCULATIOM •f Any N«w«pap«r In tlln Fifth CengrtMlonal District of t. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY of Evory Atfvortloor Who ' Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEET ADVERTISING MEDIUM. —“— ' ■“ A Newspapor In All that th® Word IrnpIlM and Dsvoted to the Boot Interest of th* People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. IS, 1SS4. QAFFNEY, B. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1906. 11.00 A YBAft. TIN IN NOBTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. THE DEPOSITS ARE RECEIVING ATTENTION. Thr Tin Belt Extends from Near Gaffney to Parts of Cleveland and Gaston Counties. Washington, Oct. 24.—Tin deposits of the Southern Appa’achians receiv ed more attention from the United States geological survey during the past year than ever before. That part ot the Carolinas which lies im mediately southwest of the B' ue Ridge, in what is known as the pied mont region, has long been of both scientific and commercial importance on account of the variety and abun- ance and its minerals. In 1824 the North Carolina geological survey, with Prof. Dennison Olmstead at its head, made the first report on the minerals of that State, and South Carolina followed in 1828 with its survey. The area under consideration cen tens at about the middle of the North Carolina South Carolina boundry line and includes parts of Cleveland. Lin coin. Gaston and Union counties in North Carolina, and Union, Cherokee, York, Lancaster and Chesterfield in South Carolina. A well-developed system of drainage is established in this region about three principal channels—Lynch. Catawba and Broad rivers. The use of tin is steadily increas ing and the demand for it is constant ly growing. The United States con sumes over 40 per cent, of the world’s output, while the amount mined is small. First Effort to Mine Tin. Tin was first mentioned in North Carolina in 1875 and was said to lie in good quantities in Gaston county. The first authentic discovery of the metal, however, was made some years later at King’s Mountain. Robert T. Claywell, of Morganton, with Col. S. M. Tate, became interested in the matter and sent specimens to the American Exposition at Boston, and they were pronounced genuine tin. In 1894, the King’s Mountain Min eral & Development Co. was formed. $5,000 was raised, and work com menced on Chestnut Ridge, near King’s Mountain. Failure was the re suit and nothing more of consequence was done until 1902, when Capt. S. S Ross, of Gaffney, began work near that place. The actual shipment of a carload concentrates to England in 1905 brought the Ross mine into prom inence. Ejrly in 1904 the property was' sold to its present owners, the Carolina Tin Company, of Charlottes ville, Va. During the summer of 1904, the Jones. Ross and Falres mines were operated. At this time the Ross mine is in operation This tin belt extends from near Gaffney across parts of Cleveland and Gaston coun ties. in North Carolina, to a point four miles east of Lincolnton, a distance of 35 miles. Good tin-hearing ore has been found on the lands of Capt. S. S. Ross. B. O. Jenkins, R. Patterson. Eph Jackson, John Kester. W. Hambright. George Patterson, Dr. J. G. Horde, J. M. Smith. W. O. Ware, E. C. Faires, L. B. Falls, Mrs. Lizzie Falls, the streets and lots of King’s Mountain. Carpen ter and Rudisail, J. J. Ormond, Arro- wood Brothers. R. A. White. M. V. Hovis, Ramseur Mill tract. John E. Jones. Weaver. Charles Byars. A. J. Mayfield and others These proper ties all lie in the belt mentioned. The Jones Mines. The Jones mine.which was a part of the John E. Jones plantation, is sit uated about seven miles from King’s Mountain and three miles from Besse' mer City. The mine is owned and operated by the Carolina Tin & De velopment Co. of Cnarlottesville. Active work, attended with gratifying results, is now being carried on in this district, and considerable development work is being done by a new company just north of King’s Mountain. The Faires mine is located on the property of E. C. Faires. about one mile from King’s Mountain The Charlottesville company holds an op eration on it. and considerable pre liminary work has been done on it. The most important of these mines, the Ross mine, is on the property of S. S. Ross, one and a half miles from Gaffney. One carload of nearly 20 tons of ore was shipped to England in 1903. More was sent in 1904 and some is on hand now. The average content of these concentrates was about 66 per cent, metallic tin. The only production from the Carolina tin belt of which there is an accurate record is that of the Ross mine. This amounted to 38,371 pounds of casserite and concentrates in 1903, and 35,925 pounds in 1904. On the assumption that the entire output to date has averaged 66 per cent, tin, the total amount of metal lic tin shipped from the Ross mine has been about 50,000 pounds, or 25 tons. While subject to fluctuation the price of metallic tin in the New York market is gradually rising. The average price during 1904 was 28 cents per pound. A ton of ore con t&inlng one per cent, of concentrates, of which 66 per cent, is tin, is worth $3.TO, A maximum of the average gross value of ore from the shoots In th® Carolinas In $18.50 per ton At this time there are no tin re duction works in this country hence til® oo®t of shipping ore to Cornwall. England, for smelting Is considerable. There is little doubt. howr>v. r. that if the Carolina belt proves a success smelting works will be erected at con' venient points. The cost of smelt ing is now about $37 per ton count ing railroad and steamship transpor tation. Whi|n the outlook concerning the Carolina mines, from a commercial standpoint, is somewhat questionable, it is believed that profit may be realized from a number of the de posits by careful methods of work ing. in the near future. A CRYSTAL WEDDING. A Brilliant Social Event on Last Fri day Evening. The fifteenth anniversary of the wedding of Dr. and Mrs. Baxter Ro land Brown was celebrated at their home on Granard street Friav even ing. The affair was one of the so ciety events of the season. Dr. and Mrs. Brown are social fa vorites and number their friends by the score. Their pretty home was a veritable paradise for the occasion and the charming manner in which they both entertained will long be re membered by those so fortunate as to attend. The house was beautifully decorated with palms, ferns and cut flowers. The color scheme for the hall and dining room was Pink and green, while that of the reception room and parlor was pink and white. The guests were receive at the door by Miss Mattie Simms; Miss Lil lian Wood Introduced to the receiving party, which was composed of Dr. and Mrs. B. R. Brown, Dr. and Mrs. Will Brown and Mrs M. B. Sams. Miss Annie Johnson presided over the ntmch bowl; Miss Louise Sarratt received in the dining room and Misses Nolle Wood. Etlipl Ross and Bessie Kendrick prepided over the dining room, where^dainty refresh ments were elegantly served The presents were many, embrac in* r every imaginable novelty and or namental piece of bric-a-bac suitable for such an occasion as well as manv useful articles, many of which were very costly. These came not only from friends in the city but many from abroad. The following were the Invited guests from the city: Mr. and Mrs. Claude McArthur. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Car- roll. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Daniels. Rev. and Mrs. S. B. Harper. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Phillips. Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Fort. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Lipscomb, Mr. and Mrs. L. Baker. Mr. and Mrs S. O. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Gaffney. Mr. and Mrs. Tobe Little john. Moses Wood and fatnllv Mrs. Etta Jefferies, Mrs. Pratt Pierson. Mrs. S. A. Lipscomb, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. W<x)d, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Wheat. Mr. .and Mrs. J. C. Ratliff, Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Littlejohn. Mr. and Mrs. Creech, Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Garrett, Dr. and Mrs. S. H. Griffith, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jefferies. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Lipscomb, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wilson, Dr. and Mrs. B. B. Steedly. Mrs. Nan nie Moore, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. N. Fol- ger. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Otts, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Humphries. Mr. and Mrs. L. U. Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. I^an- drum Brown, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Will Wilkins. Mr. and Mrs. Hamp Prldmore. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Potter. Mr. and Mrs. John Little. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lip scomb. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gaffney, Dr. and Mrs. Darwin, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Littlejohn, Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Hamrick, Mr. and Mrs. Will Doggett, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Gaffney, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lipscomb. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. G. Byers. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gooding. Mr. and Mrs T. B. Butler. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Gaines, Dr. and Mrs. Humphries. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brown. Mr. and Mrs. DeCamp. Mr. and Mrs E. L. Rison, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Osborne, Dr. and Mrs. Nesbitt, Mr and Mrs. Boyd Hames. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Clarkson, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Baker. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Sams, Mr. R. M. Wilkins, Mr. J. W. Tolleson. Mr. Charles Smith, Mr. Claude Ross, Mr. Arthur Prldmore, Mr. Clarence Jones. Mr. Joe Osborne, Mr. IxauIs Wood. Mr. Eh. Jefferies, Mr. Paul Morgan. Mr. Jones J. Darby, Mr. Charles Hames. Mr. W. K. Gun ter. Mr. Maynard Smyth. Mr. Dover Little. Mr. Stanyarne Little. Dr. Gar land. Dr. Char es Jefferies Dr. Allen. Mr. O. P. Richardson, Mr. Lowery Walker, Mr. J. K. Wood. Mr. Bob Swafford, Mr. Kyle Davenport, Mr. G. W. Speer; Miss Augusta Brohawn, Mill Lillian Jones. Miss Viola Mercer, Mis^ Kate Hamilton. Miss Sallle Ken drick. Miss Edith Fort. Miss Pearl Crawley. Miss Blanche Corrv. Miss Gertrude Ballenger, Miss Loulle Pot ter Miss Matt Simms, Miss Ethel Ross. Miss lyniise Sarratt. Miss An nie Johnson. Miss Lillia Wood. Miss Nelle W(x>d. Miss Bess Kendrick, Miss Fan Hopper. The following were the invited out- of town guests: Mr. and Mrs. Rector. Rev. S. A. Nettles. Ben Hill Brown. Dr. Green, Dr. Arthur Thomas. Dr. Walter Thomas, of Spartanburg; Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Amo<j of Alabama; Mr. C. A. Wood, of Greenville: Rev. and Mrs. Ed. Mason. Rev. and Mrs. A. A. James, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Wood, Mrs. Atlanta Bryant. Mr. James Wood* Mias T. E. Wood. Miss Nannie Wood, Mrs Mary Wood, of Paoolet; Rev. and Mrs. E. S. Jones, of Walhalla; Mr. Judson Sarratt, Mr. Anthony Sar ratt, Miss Inez Sarratt. of Union; Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Lipscomb, of Virgin ia; Mr and Mrs. 8. W. T. I^anham. of Texas: Mr. L. 8. Wood, of West Vir ginia; Mr. and Mrs. George Blanton, of Shelby. N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Brown. Mr Jamie Brown. Mr. Horace Brown, of Cowpens; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cudd. Mr. and Mrs. C. K Gould, Mr. John Bryant, of Spartanburg; Mr. Fred Bryant, of Spartanburg: Mr. Forest Brown, of Pacolet. I NEWSY LETTER FROM WILMNSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of that Section. Wllkinsville, Oct. 26—We went to Gaffney Last Wednesday and met many of the Cherokee farmers there with cotton to sell. They were all apparently in good humor and some of them as though the town belonged to them. There is no class of men on earth more independent than farmers are when they can get eleven cents for their cotton—especially when the market has arf upward tendency and buvers anxious to get it. When we think of the hot sunshine, the cold rain and dew and the chill ing winds in which so many women and children have to work hard to raise and gather it; and the bad I’oads over which it has to be hauled to market we wish we could raise the price to 20 cents a pound and keep it there until times get better. Nearly every farmer had business with one or the other of the banks or in l>oth of them paying off debts <> r depositing money. The banks are the busiest places in the town—they handle, as we have said before, nine tenths of the money in the county— taking in and paying out all the time. Those people who have never been inside of a hank ought to call in (if they have no other business) and see the money there is in Cherokei; coun ty and how systematically the boys get round in handling it. and see how soon they can tell you anything per taining to their business it is your right to hear and their duty to know. To the speed and correctness with which they count out money. Orton's lightning calculator is hardly a cir cumstance. The merchants and business hous es are doing all they could wish for in their respective lines. Mayor Lit tle was the only man we noticed that had no work to do. but he wa« all the better pleased on that account. So were we. The express office, as far as we could was as drv as a pow der house so far as jugs were con cerned, but the aroma of the North Carolina mouth and throat wash was somewhat in evidence—but that was all. It would take an old soak a long time to quench his thirst there. We called at The Ledger office as usual. The “old man" was away but the boys and Miss Nancy were run ning the business just the same as if he had been there—and perhaps bet ter. When the “old man’’ goes down next winter it will not interfere with the regular seml-week-ly appearance of The Ledger. While in Yorkville the other day and talking to some of the people about the acquisition Cherokee coun tv had made to the citizenshln of the place in the persons of Messrs. Wilk ins. AQeln. Brown and others, we were told by them that they would be ftlad to make other trades of the same kind with the same results. We had better sav no more for fear some- i body gets a fight on their hands. The news of the death of Mr. J. Wessley Smith, which took ulac? in Atlanta last Monday, was a surprise to the people of this community, among whom he had live'’ so long and was so well known. Several from this place and from the other side of Broad river attended the fu neral. Your correspondent failed to reach the cemetery in time for the funeral, much to his regret. Mr. Smith was born just on the other side of the river, in York county, and was upwards of sixty years old. He lived in and around this section un til he went west just after the Klu Klux kar. He was a genial kind of a man and had the nerve to make him self pleasant amid all kind of trouble. This he never allowed his friends to know anything about when he could keep it to himself. You nev er aeard him complaining. He was always cheerful and wanted to rfiake others feel so too who were with him. He was. during the late war. a mem ber of McKissick’s cavalry' Gary’s brigade, army of Northern Virginia, and made a good soldier. He was with the command during the last three years of the war and was al ways at his post when needed. He was severely wounded at Old Church, Va. but being young and healthlv he soon recovered and Joined his com mand to do other execution. Th- mother who fails to learn her daughter to do all kinds of domestic work will fool some man in a wife. And the woman who marries a man to reform him has a lifelong Job on her hands. If the county authorities will only have the holes in the road between here and Gaffney filled up and made paskahle the people of lower Chero kee will, ay one man. rise up and call them blessed. Mr. John F Estes is complaining with rheumatism in his back. Mr. J. Farrow Wright, of Patterson Springs. N. C., is on a visit for a few days to this section. We are glad to see that the cancer which has caused him so much pain and expense is much better and that he has appa rently a new lease on life. Mrs. T. B. McCulloch Is spending a few days with her daughter. Mrs. Sam J. Strain. Mr. W. G. Fowler was taken very sick yesterday evening and a doctor was called in by phone to attend him. Mr. Lawrence Osment, from Lime stone Mill, has moved down in this neighborhood. If it wag possible to hang people lawfully in the country the the price of hemp would rise. We had the pleasure of meeting Hon. W. B. Wilson, of Rock Hill, at Gaffney Wednesday. A few days ago we mentioned that a rumor was rife that a society ex isted among the colored people which forbid any of its members working for white people. Since then we un derstand that they have been coun selled bv some white people. In the latter case the negro is by far the better man of the two—particularly when he won’t heed the counsel. If the man, who for the sake of economy uses a broom straw to light his cigar will please tell us what part of the economy the cigar plays we will be wiser. Uncle Sill says the only raising some children ever had was when they were pulled up bv the ears. The failure of Talmage’s sermon to appear in last Friday’s issue of The Ledger was a gre-* disappointment to its readers. Mr. Jimmie Strain is makinp- his molasses. Mr. Hamlet Lemaster was quite sick at Gaffney last Wednesday. We don’t know what is the matter with Mr. Webber. He filled one of Mr. Comer’s buggy wheels this week but lost the box out of the hub. Va- ney is as much distrubed about it as he was bv our falling over the wagon tongue one night last week. We wouldn’t have taken that fall for all the liquor in Gaffney or that ever was there or ever will be. J. L. S. ^ DEATH OF MRS. J. W. SHELL. After Illness of Few Day 8 Noble Wo- j man Enters Into Rest. After an illness of a few davs Mrs. I J. W. Shell, wife of Rev. J. W. Shell, pastor of the Methodist church at Enoree, died at her residence. No. 305 South Church street. Spartan burg. Friday night at 9:30 o’clock. She had been ill only a few days, and, while it was known that she was In a serious condition, the members of her family and friends hoped for the best. Friday night her condition be came extremely critical and the at tending physicians offered no en couragement. She passed away shortly after 9 o’clock. Mrs. Shell had been a resident of Spartanburg for several years, her husband, Rev. J. W. Shell, being pas- t''*- of Bethel Methodist church for four years. At the Last conference Rev. Mr. Shell was sent to Enoree as pastor of the Methodist church at that place, thoueh he never gave up Ms residence in Spartanburg, preferring that his family should live there in or'’ • that his children might enjoy the educational advantages offered by that city. Mrs. Shell's death has caused gen uine sorrow and regret and great sympathy Is felt for the bereaved husband and children. She was a Christian woman of the highest type, a devoted mother and a loving wife. Her husband and four children sur vive her. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Macomson. of this county. The remains were brought to Gaff ney on No. 36 over the Southern Sun day morning and were conveyed to the residence of Mr. W. W. Gaffney. At 1:30 o’clock the body was carried to Oakland cemetery, where the last sad rites were administered by Pre siding Elder Kilgo. assisted by Dr. A. W. Simms, of the First Baptist church. The pall bearers were: F. B. Gaff ney. W. W. Gaffney, P. V. Gaffney. J. R. Tolleson. H. L. Spears, and Mr. Jus' tice. of Spartanburg. Crazed from Cocaine. I asl Friday night about midnight the vicinity about Dick Corry’s house was alarmed by cries of murder and vile oaths and hollering proceeding from Dick’s house Officers Henry Lockhart and Bert Hallman hurried to tho scene and found George Corry. a son of Dick Corry, in front of the house cursing everybody and raising cain in general. Upon the approach of the officers George called upon them to halt, declaring he would do violence to anyone that laid hands on him. The officers closed in upon him and a pitch battle began, in which Office- Lockhart received a blow in the mouth from George’s fist, bring ing the blood. George was clubbed In the head repeatedly and was final ly subdued. But at one time it looked as if the officers would have to resort to the use of firearms to subdue the obstrepuoug negro. He was carried to the city jail and locked no. Sat urday morning he was brought before the mayor and was fined on two charges—disorderly conduct and re sisting an officer—$50.00 or sixty days O” the gang. Not having the dollars and no one caring enough for him to put up for him, George was carried to the gang to help make good roads for the county and meditate on the uselessness of trying to raise rough house in Gaffney. It seems that George is a cocaine fl«nd and had gotten tanked up on this drug Friday and by midnight was almost crazy It will be remembered that several months ago Georee was arrested In Blacksburg for trylne to break Into a house where some young ladies were. It was thought at the time that he was crazy and was after wards found out that cocaine was the cause of the devilment. There is one thing certain bad negroes and cocaine must not mix themselves to gether In Gaffney for they will sure get jugged. —Gaffney Jewelry Co. sell watches and clocks on installments. SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER. OKEE. Recent Happenings in and Around th* City and Other Events Gather- A MONEY LENDING SCHEME. The Real Meaning of a "Home Invest ment Contract." The following communication to The Columbia State is published for the benefit of our readers, as we un derstand that agents of this concern have been working in this territory: Being recently attracted by the statement of an agent that the com pany he represented was lending money on a “Home Investment Con tract” at 5 per cent, straight interest, •and having no idea that such a thing was really being done. I requested that ed by the Local News Editor. Cotton brought 10:30 on the local market yesterday. There will be a faculty recital at Limestone College next Friday even ing. The Court of Common Pleas con vened yesterday morning at 10 o’clock. Judge Dantzler presiding. The Woman’s Club will meet at the residence of Mrs. J. L. Daniels on Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The .snecial feature of this meeting will be an address by Supt. West, of the graded schools. The thrilling historical novel. Horse- Shoe Robinson, will begin in The Led ger next Friday in serLa! form Don’t fai' to read it It will learn you lots of things about your own countv that took place during Revolutionary days. Rev. E C. Ross was prevented from attending his appointments last Sun day on account of sickness. it is feared Mr. Ross has contracted ty phoid fever, but his many friends will hope for a sp°edv recovery no matter what the nature of his ailment may be. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Will Robertson died .at Anderson Saturday ml was brought to Gaffney Sunday cu interred at Oakland cemetery •“^terdav afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. lobertson former’y lived here. They h allow me to read one of the con tracts and he did. The following is plain English of it. although, of course, it was worded very differently and contained about as much matter as half a page of your paper: “In consideration of the advance payment of $12.00 and the further payment of $6 00 each and every month there after, the company agrees that after the third payment of $6.00 it will de posit of all subsequent monthly pay ments $4.75 in its ‘Loan Fund,’ $1.25 of each going for expenses, etc., and that after 12 monthly payments shall have been made the contract becomes eligible to a loan of $1,000 at 5 per cent, interest and that said loan will be made Linder certain stipulated con- I dltions at that rate to each contract i holder as fast as the ‘Loan Fund’ ac- ■ cumulations will admit of it. etc., etc." You will observe that the first $30. cash paid goes to the company as does $1 25 of each subsequent $6 and that the only money loaned to the holders of the contracts is that paid into the “Loan Fund" by the holders of the contracts thmeselves at the rate of $4.75 per month each. I un- | derstand that these contracts are I ket>t by the company in series °f IM, j numbering from l to 100 in the order j in which they are entered into, but las the numbering would be entirely i iu the hands of the company favored I ones could lie given the lower num bers entitled to earlier loans. In each series, of course, 100 mem- h>ers would pay $475 monthly to the "Loan Fund.” thus taking a little .over two months for a $1,000 the of friends in their bereavement. I- the report of the court proceed ings last Tuesday we stated that J. P. Hawkins was fined $200 and banished from the county. This was an error. Hawk-ins was fined $>66 and cavp Mr Kirbv $100. There w-as no law. so the judge stated, to banish him from the county, although counsel for the pros ecution made sueh a request. UT. and Mrs. Malcolm Goudelock hay*; rented the house formerly occu pied by Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Littlejohn, on Granard street, and will move into it about the first of November. The relaying of the main track of the Southern Railway so the trains will run next to the new passenger station is nearing completioa and it is expected that the new depot will be opened to the public in the next few days. In his Sunday night sermon at the Buford Street Methodist church. Rev. Mr. Kilgo said in substance during his discourse: “I congratulate Cherokee countv on being the pioneer countv of the State to banish from it»;bor- ders an institution that was drawing into its vortex so many of the young men and old men of the county. The grog shop and the dispensary must go.” And it makes Cherokee citizens feel proud of their achievement when they hear such expressions from the good men of the countrv. Rev. J. W. Kilgo. presiding elder of this district, preached at the Bu ford Street Methodist church Sunday morning and evening. He was greet ed by splendid audiences. Mr. Kilgo is a forceful and eloquent nreacher ■and delights as we” as instructs his congregations. In the afternoon at 3:30 Mr. Kilgo held the fourth quar terly conference at Limestone Street church, where he was also greeted by a large congregation This is Mr. Kilgo’s last visit to this city as pre s'ding elder of this district, he having served four years and will be changed to another district at the next meet ing of the general conference. DO NOT BE A BURDEN The Gaffney Drug Co. Give Some Good Advice to Readers of The Ledger. A weak stomach and its resulting His are not natural. With proper care and the use of Mi-ona stomach tab lets. the very worst case of Indiges tion or stomach trouble can be com pletely cured. It is a sin to deprive oneself of en joyment in life and become a burden to others through indigestion. The backaches, headaches, distress after eating, loss of appetite, gulping un of undigested food and gases are not natural Mi-o-na stomach tablets used for a few days before meals will ao strengthen the digestive organs that you can eat anything you want without fear of distress or resulting sickness. The directions for taking Miona emphasize the difference between this remedy and the ordinary medicine that is given for indigestion. Mona is to be used before meals, strength ening the digestive system for the food which is to be eaten, while the ordinary remedy is taken after meals, and simply digests the food without strengthening the stomach The Gaffnev Drug Company have so much faith in the merit of Mi-o-na that they sell it under a guarantee to refund the money, ’n case It does not cure. A 50 cent box of Mi o na will do more real good than a dozen packages of the ordinary remedies sold for indigestion. Then. too. It costs nothing unless it cures. I amount of one loan to accumulate, so that after a year’s paying and all were eligible for a loan there would be only $4,285 in the “Loan Fund” (three first payments having gone to the company) and only contracts Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 cbuld get the $1,000 promised but No. 5 could get bis two months later. No. 0 could get his foiiP months la. ' . 7 could get his six months . , .'o. 8 could get his eight iwier. No. 9 could gftf his one year later. No. 15 could get his two years later, No. 21 could get hL three years later. No. 42 could his six years later. No. 84 could get his 12 years later. No. 100 would have to wait about 15 years before his time would come around and doubtless the last 75 of the 100 would elve up in despair after waiting for years for their loan and quit their payments in disgust and forfeit to the company what they had paid in. However, if they pay regularly for ton years and six months without bor‘ rowing the company guarantees $1.50 for each dollar put in. but nine out of ten of course would give uo in des pair and disgust before that time and After discovering what kind of a scheme they had been caught in. Only about 10 per cent, of those who bought contracts intending to borrow would ever have the opportunity. The agent asked me what I thought of their contract. My reply wa®. “I am surprised that such an institution can do business in the State.” He said there was a similar o^e in Geor gia offering only 6 per cent, contracts and I learned that there was still another from Washington. D. C.. sell ing similar contracts 1" South Caro lina. The company pays the aeents aM or part of that first $12 as com mission for getting the contracts and thev themselves get rich on the first payments, layses. forfeitures, etc.. and I understand get their charter on an ’nvestment of a few hundred dol lars and the whole thin" done by mis representation and deception. It is certainl" an outrage and public senti ment ought to be too strong and oiU- s" 'ken for such a thing to exist, even if they do get around the law by technicalities. If you will beein the fight on them other paners will take it up and soon It wi I be impossible sell such a contract in the South ern States. I have no doubt that this is the principal field for their work. “Georgian.” A Master Mind. The storv is told of two Trenton men who hired a horse and trap for a little outing, not long ago. say? Har per’s Weekly. Upon reaching, their destination, the horse was unharness ed and permitted peacefully to graze while the men fished for an hour or twp. When they were readv to go home, a difficulty at once presented itself, inasmuch as neither of the. Trenton- lans knew how to reharness the horse. Every effort in that direction met with dire failure and the worst norblem was to properly adjust the bit. The horse himself seemed to resent the Idea of going into harness again Finally one of the friends, in great dLgust. sat down in the road “There’s only one thing we can do, Bill,” said he. “What’s that?" asked Bill. “Wait for the foolish beast to yawn." This is the season of decay and weakened vitality. Nature is being shorn of Its beauty and bloom. If vnu would retain yours, fortify your * - s- tem with Hol’lster’s Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. —100 barrels Capitola Flour at T. Davenport’s today.