Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' ^ *7-- 1 .... ^ .. ^ Yhe largest circulation of Any Newspaper In th« Fifth ConpreMlonal District of 8. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE I he Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY WE GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1906. 11.00 A YEAR. ✓ THE FOUL DEED OF A FIEND, AN AGED WOMAN MURDERED FOR HER GOLD. In Broad Daylight Mrs. Hortencia Morgan’s Throat is Cut from Ear to Ear—Tom Harris Arrested. Tw,» ami a half miles northwest of Gaffney on an eminence from which one can obtain a beautiful panoramic view of the thriving industrial city of Gaffney, is a little three-room weatherboard and w ather-beaten cot- tauc. A little porch adorns the front side of the house. There is also a little porch in the rear. A single chimney runs np through th^ centre, affording fir, places fyr the two front rooms. A few outhouses, such as com crib, stable, etc., are on the prem ises. It is an ideal spot for a beau tiful, quiet country home. For more than thirty years this lias been the home of Mrs. Hortencia Morgan. Her husband died 18 years ago She had . two children, M>s. Peter Byars, who lives at Blacksburg, and U L. Mor- gt.i. a son, who lives in Gaffney. In recent years, the uUl lady, who was about sixty five years old. had lived there a one Thy furniture in the house was only ordinary, hut every thing had the appearance of being neat and tidy. In the room in the east side are two beds. When Th* Ledger mail visited the place Tuesday lie was particularly impressed with the snowy white coverlets on the beds. One of those beds stands just behind the door that leads out on the front porch. There are a few rose bushes and oth er plants in the front yard. Such, in brief, has been the surroundings of this quiet, eccentric old soul. She possess'd three hundred acres of the most roductP'o farm land in Chero- ^ kee. She rented her broad acres to tenants, managed her own business, looked closely after it. and accumu lated money. She had little confidence in humanity and distrusted banks, therefore she carried her money on her person in a false pocket, which site tied around her waist, between the top skirt and the petticoat. Last Tuesday morning when No. :!9. of the Southern ro'led into Gaffney at 9:10 there alighted from the train a man of ordinary build, and about five feet, ten inches tall. He wore a black slouch hat. a light colored suit, with a small cheek, the material being shoddy: a blue hickory shirt and a pair of brogan shoes.,/His pants were fastened to his suspenders by little sticks in lieu of buttons. He possessed a swarthy complexion, and a black beard of about three or four week’ growth He was about twenty-eight years old. No om* paid any particu lar attention to him, as there was nothing particularly repulsive or par ticularly attractive about him. This man was Tom Harris, alias Tom Chil ders. The next heard of Harris was about 11 o’clock, when he met .1. .! Quinn, a farmer, who was coming to Gaffne/ with a load of wood, at a larcre oak tree near .1. J. Gaffney’s residence, on the Rutherfordton road, about one-half mile from town. Harris Inquired of Quinn the way to Mrs. Morgan’s house. Quinn gave the di rections and the two Darted, Quinn coming to town and Harris going in the direction of Mrs. Morgan’s. We te-xt heard of Harris through several persons who passed him on the road and who saw him at Mrs. Morgan’s house. Dr J. N. Nesbit passed Mrs. Mor gan’s at 1 o’clock. He had been to see a patient and was returning to Gaffney He spoke to Mrs. Morgan, who was sitting on the front porch reading Tuesday’s Ledger. Harris was then standing in the door, lean ing against, the facing, with ids left hand to ids head, at that time and as Dr Nesbit passed he ducked Ids head, as if to keep th ■ Doctor from seeing ills face. Mrs Morgan did not stay in her house at night. Mr. and Mrs. James Webb lived on the premises, in a ten ant house, situate about three bun died vards from Mrs. Morgan’s. Mrs. Morgan slept at the home of the Webbs, but every morning would go home, do her own cooking, household work sewing, feeding the chickens and hogs, etc., and when night came she went down to Mr. Webb’s house to sleet) Mrs. Morgan and Mrs Webb had planned to go to Frank Whelcled’s house Tuesday afternoon. , r Thev were to start at and Mrs. Morga* 1 was to go by after Mrs Webb, as U was on th“ way. Mrs. Webb noticed Mrs. Morgan hanging out clothes at 12 o’clock. Mrs. Webb waited until 1 o’clock for Mrs. Mor gan to come, and as the old lady did not come, Mrs. Webb concluded to go up to her house and see what was the matter She, therefore, placed her , three months old infant in the baby carriage and started to Mrs. Morgan’s. The pathway is rather rough for the rolling of a baby carriage, so it took her about ten minutes to get up to Mrs. Morgan's. In approaching Mrs. Morgan's from the home of the Webbs one cannot help noticing the window in the west end of the house. This window, as well as the one facing the big road, hits ,,-blue window holler shades and curtans. It was Mrs Morgan’s custom to keep the shade about the middle of the window, and so pronounced was this custom that Mrs. Webb was attracted by the fact that the shade was pulled completely down. She went on around the house and noticed that the back door was closed, which was also something un usual. as Mrs. Morgan was in the habit of going off and leaving the house standing open. Mrs. Webb knocked on the back door. There was no response to the knock. She re peat d the knock and still there was no response. It was the habit of the old ladv to lake off her apron and snootacles when she went out and lay them on the bed—the bed that stood partly behind the front door. Mrs. Webb knew this, so she went around to the window of the east end and looked to see if the apron ami spec tacles were on the bed. The sight which met her gaze was so horrible that it beggers description. Across the foot of Hie bed lay the old wo man, with her throat cut from ear to ear. The glassy eyes were gazing to ward the ceiling. The face xvas dis torted and the hands lay beside her body clutched. The blood was still running from the death wound. The copy of Tuesday Ledger which she had been reading a few minutes be fore, lay between her and the foot of the bed, and the blood flowed out on it as well as on to the white coun terpane. Her feet rested on the floor, and the skirt of the outer garment was pulled up above ber waist. Mrs. Webb could hardly realize what she was looking at. To a laid ger reporter she said the first im pulse was that it was a wax figure. Mrs. Morgan was a queer person, she said, and had funny notions, and she thought that maybe she had come to town ami bought a wax figure A second glance enabled her to realize tlie truth. She almost fainted, hut nerved herself and started to a neigh bor's for help. It was perhaps six or eight hundred yards to the nearest house, and when she got there the folks were tip in a field several bun dred yards further away. The reader anist remember that Mrs. Webb was rolling her baby in the carriage and that the road was rough, therefore it took her about fifteen or twenty min utes to get there. She informed Mrs. Joe Whelchei, Mrs. C'int Harroll and Mrs. Logan Murray. They started back and on th»_ way met Wofford Price, and all went to the house and went in. On her return to the house Mrs. Webli noticed that the window shade which we have spoken of be fore was pushed aside about the mid die. so that one could peep out. The stick which runs through the bottom of the shade had caught on the bed and this prevented it from hanging straight down. It is. therefore, be lieved that the murderer was in the house at (he time Mrs. Webb first went to the house and that he had pulled down the shade and that he pushed it aside and watched Mrs. Webb in her tlight for aid. When tin* little party returned there was no one in th<* house or in sight. Remember that Dr. Nesbit passed the house at 1:05 and saw tin* man and Mrs. Morgan: that Mrs. Webb started from her home at 1 o’clock: that it would take her but about ten minutes to roll the carriage from her house to Mrs. Morgan's, therefore it is adduced that the crime was com mitted bet ween 1:05 and 1:10 and the murderer could hardly have had time to get away before Mrs. Webb arriv ed. for tin* house had been partially ransacked. We next hear of Harris about 1:40. when in* was seen near Mr. Anthony Hopper’s place, one mil • L'om Mrs Morgan’s. Mr. Joe Whelchei was coming to town: he saw Harris at Mrs. Morgan’s: when he got about one mile this side of Mrs. Morgan’s. Har ris, wluf was Mien on bis way to Gaff nev. passed him. The news spread like wild fire. It was te’ephoued to Gaffney and soon everybody was talking about it. J J. Quinn went into Littlejohn Bros.’ store and some one- told him of the crime He came out and seeing a group of men standing in front of R. A. Jon s' store discussing the af fair went up and joined them. A few •ninnies later he looked across the street and saw a man passing in front- of A S. Lipscomb's store. He carried a new grip, wore a new black coat and bad an overcoat on bis arm. He could tell by his beard, however, that it was the same man he had met on tiie road at P* o’clock that morning, who had inquired where Mrs. Morgan lived. The man did "'it have th** grip and overcoat in the morning and it instantly occurred to Mr Quinn that this was the man who had committed the crime, and he said so. The man was followed to the Southern depot, a crowd gatii red around him. Officer Bert Hallman questioned him and In* said he was going to Atlanta. After talking to him a short while the offi cer. as isted by Street Overseer Jim Goyle, arrested him and took hint to tie* cin prison, where he was searr’i < ’• On ids person was found two i lls of 1 11s, v\l icli were counted One n» I contained lltifi and the other $200. He also had ten cents in change. Tills money was wrapped up in a piece of unbleachi d domestic. On his person was also found a pocket knife, the large blade of which was bloody. There was also blood on some of the bills. When questioned as to where he got so much money, he said, “By nurd work and gambling.'' A Ledger reporter asked him what was his specialty and he replied. “Five up.” When asked about the blood on ids knife he said: ‘‘That’s not blood - It’s red paint. I got It on there while painting a buggy. I a'so got some on my coat at the same time," and he displayed his coat on which there was a bloody looking spot. When asked if he could read and write he said no. but afterwards ask ed Officer Hallman to bring him his bible. While in the city prison, where he had given ids name as Harris, he was identified by Robert Kidoe, who volunteered the information that his past record was bad. There was a great deal of talk about lynching the prisoner and the lynching fever was running high when it. was decided to take the pris oner to the county jail. He was tak en there by Officer Hallman and Dep utv Sheriff Charley Durham. In the meantime Sheriff Tnomas had gone to the scene of the crime. Just as the prisoner was placed in jail the Sh<*r iff returned. Officer Hallman turned over to him the money and the knife. t seven o'clock* Tuesday night the prisoner was taken to Spartanburg by Sheriff Thomas and Chief of Police Lockhart. Tills was done to prevent anv trouble whatever, for certain it is that Sheriff and ids men would not permit any mob, even if it was com- nosed of their best, friends and reja- tives, to take a prisoner from them. That is one thing that cannot be laid at the door of Cherokee’s officials. Tuesday night a petition, asking the governor to call a special term of court to try Harris was started and by Wednesday at lb:30 nearlv three hundred signatures had been oh tained. A messenger carried it to Spartanburg and turned it over to Solicitor Sease, who will at one make the request. Haris had just bought the new suit of clothes, the overcoat and suit-case of Carroll & Byers, and was on his way from their store to the depot when seen by Mr. Quinn. It was just one hour and forty-five minutes from the time the crim ? was committed until the prisoner was ar rested. After the prisoner had been placed in jail The ledger reporter accom panied Officer Hallman to the scene of the traeedv and gathered the facts from the witnesses themselves. Kd. Childers, a brother-in-law of Harris, was arrested Tuesday after noon at 5 o’clock. He had accompanied Harris to town but it is not known that he had anything to do with the crime. The officers think he may know something of the plot to kill Mrs. Morgan. Something About Harris. Tom Harris was horn near Etta Jane, tills county. His father was William Harris. His mother after wards married a Childers. His moth r. as we understand it, was never married to Harris. He is an illiterate man, but cunning, and the smoothest liar imaginable. Several years ago he made a profession of religion, and was granted a license to preach. He fell trom grace and later became a holiness advocate. Last July the congregation of Unity church decided to repair their church. He solici i funds for this object and skipped out with the money, going to Marion, N. C About three weeks ago lie was working in a cotton mill at Forest Cily, N. (’. He has lived in Gaffney, having worked with the Gaffney Man ufacturing company and Cline Broth era. He told a ledger reporter that lie last worked for Dave Book out, at Grover, N. C. It is said that some two weeks ago his wife spent the night at Mrs. Mor gans. it is commonly believed that the old lady displayed her money and that Mrs. Harris told her husband where the old lady carried her money, whether with criminal intent of not is not known. Certain it is that Har ris did not know the old lady, did not know where she lived and could only have known that she had the money and where she kept It by being in formed by some one. Th e Funeral of Mrs. Morgan. The funeral of Mrs. Hortencia Mor gan touk place Wednesday afternoon. A large crowd attended the burial. The funeral service was held at Oak land cemetery where the Interment took place, and was conducted by Dr A. M. Simms. SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAl INTEREST. TO DOUBLE TRACK MAIN LINE. EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER OKEE. Recent Happenings in and Around th„ City and Other Events Gather ed by the Local News Editor. • Cotton sold for 10:60 yesterday. There was not a great deal offered. Edith Broom, of Limestone Mills, ; brought in four new subscribers to ! The Ledger Wedn sday. The sisters of Rev. F. C. Hickson | left Wednesday for Charleston, where they will reside in the future. The infant of Mr. an 1 Mrs. Joi n j Floyd died at Greer Tuesday and was I brought to Gaffney Wednesday and the remains were interred at Oakland cemetery Wednesday. Littl Miss Edna Hill, is the proud possessor of one of The Ledger’s dolls She is only seven years of age but he can talk enough for her favor ite paper to have peopl * subscribe, i Miss Edna is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Hill. Rev. J. B. Wilson, pastor of Gaffney circuit, and Rev. S. B. Harper, pas I tor of Buford Street Methodist church, leave for Columbia Monday to attend the sjssion of annual conference. Bishop Wilson, of Baltimore, will pre side over the session. Mast r Willie Goudelock, who had 1 the misfortune to break his lee sev eral weeks a^o is able to be out. al though bis leg is still in the plaster case. He is a bright, cheerful little fellow and The Ledger is pleased to note his speedy recovery. Lt W. H. Pr-ltchett. of the H. S. marine corps, will arrive in the city Saturday morning to visil his brother, Mr. C. M Pritchett. Lt. Prtichett has just returned from San Domingo and Cuba, where lie took part in quelling I the recent revolutions in both coun tries While the family was absent last Tuesday someone entered the home of Mr. D M Gaines and ransacked the premises. Th * mischief was commit fed about dark. It is not thought the thief secured anything, as he was frightened away by the return of Mrs. Gaines. Paul V. Gaffney is no longer plain Paul, nor Mr. Last Tuesday the voters of Ward 2 were foolish enough to elect him to the board of alderman, as if the people of Gaffney didn’t have enough obstinate, unyielding, re fractory individuals to deal with al ready. However, if Ward 2 can put up with it we can, but wc hate like the dickens to have to address him as Alderman Paul Gaffney. I A large crowd thronged the store of Nelson, the Star Clothier, on his opening day of the Nugget Sale, which started yesterday. Mr. Nelson’s sa’es always bring larg* crowds of neople in town and this being his greatest price cutting sale lie surely eclipsed himself in the way of bring ing people to his popular store. In a talk with Mr. Nelson ha says he had i much larger crowd than he expected and that he will continue his sale for nine days. Contract for Work Between Charlotte and Atlanta Has Been Let. Charlctte, N. C.. Xov. 20.—The News today says: The Southern Rai way company has just closed a contract for a double tracking main lipe be tween Charlotte and Atlanta. The contracting firm is the Olive* - Com pany, of Nashville. Tenn., one of the largest, of Its kind in the South. The undertaking is monumental and it is not at all improbable that the Oliver pjople will sublet contracts to com panies of lesser capacities. The News has its information today from an au thentic source. The Southern has been peremptori ly forced to this position on account of the congestion of traffic which it has been utterly unable to meet with its present facilities. Considerable trouble has resulted, especially in regard to the handling of freight, the capacity of the freight service being severely taxed for the past several years. It will he remem bered that Greenville and Columbia hrve almost Buffered a famine on ac count of the fact, as th‘ \ allege that the railroads have not delivered coal as ner their contracts. The situation has assumed serious proportions down the entire line of the Southern to Greenville, the mill men of the inter mediate points declaring that they consider the conditions alarming. The double-tracking of the main line between Charlotte and Atlanta will of course eradicate this congestion. It means, besides, bette service on the icasscnger trains and will in every re spect transform the facilities of the Southern road. Double-t racking has been in prog ress north of Charlotte to a consid- rable extent and the second line has been laid between several of the larg er cities as far north as Danville. It is not unlikely that the line will also he dc'ub'e-tracked between here and Spencer in order to eventually give doubletruckage all the way be tween Washington and Atlanta. It is understood that the work will b gin the latter part of the vear and will be pusned a< rapidly as condi tions favor. The extent of this i mprovement as it r fers to tiie various industries which extend along the entire line be tween Charlotte uml Atlanta, one of the busiest sections of the South, is incalculable. An enlarged " service on the railroad means an enlarged bus iness. no matt r of what kind. T ie Fnitreru is 'wrving in this en- d.avor it - leVelonment of tue terrnur, i,ur*^.i«iding. and fur thermore, its desire to keep abreast with the demands of the times. OFFICERS VINDICATED. ANOTHER KILLING. » Died in Columbia. Mr. W. H. Camp, son of Col. W. D Camp, died at the State Hospital in Columbia last Monday. Col. Camp r<* ; 11v *d the news of the decline in the health of his son last week ami start od to Columbia Friday. Mr. Camp ! i was fifty-five years of age. For many j years lie had been ailing in both body ! and mind and some months ago he i was taken to Columbia with the hop * I that he might improve. The dead | nun leaves a wife and six children, one sister. Mrs. Celitra E. Byars, and j his aged father to mourn his death, j , The r mains were brought to Gaffney | j on No. 12 Wednesday. The interment took place yesterday at Buffalo bury- ing ground. A Year of Blood. The y ar 191)3 will long be remem bered In the home of P. N. Tucket, of i Alliance, Ky., as a year of blood; ; which flowed so copiously from Mr. | racket’s lungs that death seemed very near. He writes: ‘‘Severe bleeding from tiie lungs and a frightful rough had brought me at death’s door, when , I began taking Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, with the as- I tonishing result that after taking four bottles I was completely restored and as time has proven permanently cured.” Guaranteed for Sore Lungs. Coughs and Colds at Cherokee Drug Co.'s drug store. Brice 5hc and $1.00. Trial bottle free. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES Itching, Blind, Bleeding. Protruding Piles. Druggists are authorized to re fund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure In 6 to 14 daya. 66c. — —We have on our shelves about 25 different kinds of cough medicines. We always recommend "Natures Cough Remedy” because we know ! its pure ami good. The Gaffney Drug Co. guarantee it to cure —“Grip Tablet*” will cure your cold. They are guaranteed by the Gaffney Drug Co. Negro Kills His Wife—Probably An Accident. Another killing oc - : - :et| in Chero kee county Wednesday. Tuesday th • s'ain and slayer were both white. The actors in Wednesday’s tragedy are both black. As in Wednesday’s trag edy the slay r was a man and the -lain a woman so the slayer Wednes day was a man. and the slain a wo man. Jim Epps, a young negro, lived with his wife on the plantation of I-awson Spake, about eight miles southwest of Gaffney. Jim was out rabbit hunting, while bis wife and his sister-in-law were picking cotton. About twelve o’clock Jim went to the field where the women were at work, sat down on the ground, laying the gun, single barrel breech loader be side him. His wife and slsterin-law law came up to him and thev lauged and talked a while. Jim started lo arise and tiie gun went off. the entire load taking eff ct in the woman’s neck, killing her instantly. Jim started to Gaffney to give himself up but was met on the road by Sheriff Thomas, who brought him on to town and lodged nim in jail. A Ledger reporter saw the "risoner in jail and gathered the story of the shooting from him. There is a prob ability that there may be something fishy about this story. The authori- ti-si will investigate it thoroughly. NORTHWESTERN R. R. MEETING. Asheville Board of Aldermen Finds Policemen Not Guilty. Asheville, N. C.. Nov. 21.—The in vestigation by the police eommitte? of the hoard of aldermen Into the charges of neglect of official duty lodged against two members of the Asheville police force ;ias ended with an acquittal for the accused. The patrolmen charged with neglect of official duty on the night ;hat two po licemen and three negroes were kill ed on the streets of the city are Messrs. J. M Taylor and M. L. Sprouse. It was alleged that on that fateful night the two patrolmen “hid out;” that they were informed of the killing of Policeman Blackstock and of the fight that was on and that in stead of going into the fray went to the city hall. The investigation was held behind closed doors yesterday and not made public. It is said, how ever, that the preponderance of evi deuce tended to show that the police men had done their duty on the night of the killing and taut no charge of failure to do their full duty ou that night could rightfully lie laid at their doors. Mr, Joseph Richard Dead. Last Monday nighi Mr. Joseph Richard died at his home at Macedo nia. in his s venty second year. His remains were buried a* Macedonia Wednesday. Mr. Richard was one of tiie best citizens (if Cherokee county and was liked by all who knew him. He leaves to mourn his death three sons. E. P., J. J. and James Richard, and a Host | of sorrowing friends. The Ledger extends sympathy to me bereaved j re.atives. Officers Elected and a 4 Per Cent. Dividend Declared. Charleston, Nov. 21.—At the annu al meeting of the Northwestern Railroad, he’d here today, a dividend of 4 per cent, was declared and the following officers elected: Thomas Wilson, president; J. F.’ Post, treasurer; R. D. Cronly, secre tary; John Wilson, auditor Direc tors: H Walters, Baltimore; J. F. Rhame. Manning; T. M. Emerson, J. F. Divine, Wilmington; Alex Hamil ton. Petersburg. The annual meeting of the Charles ton & Western Carolina Railroad Company followed. All stock was represented. All officers elected for the ensuing year as follows: John B. Cleveland, Spartanburg, president; H. Waiters, Baltimore, first vice presi dent; T. M. Emerson, Wilmington, second vice president; J. F. Post, treasurer; R. D. Cronly, secretary. Di rectors: J. B. Cleveland. Avery Pat ton. Greenville. S C.: J. O. Fleming, of Laurens; A. F, McKlssick*. Green- wood; k A. Qrock, Anderson, J. P- Daughtv, Augusta; H. Walters. Balti more; Micharl Jenkins, Baltimore; Alexander Hamilton, Petersburg. The annual meeting of the Charles ton Terminal Company was held and W. E. Huger was elected president, and E. H. Borden vice president. The Union Station Company also met and re-elected Fairfax Larrlson president. Education for the Colored. Ed. Ledger:—I would like to say through the columns of The Ledger to the colored people of Cherokee county, that the trustee board of the Cherokee Normal and Industrial In stitute have prepared a nice program for Thanksgiving day. and all are cor- dially invited to attend Thanksgiving service at the school building on that day. A great educational rally is ex pected on that day. so come out and help in the uplifting of our people. We will tr/ to tell you what Thanks giving da\ is for. and some other good subjects are on hand to be discussed by Profs. W. G. Patterson and F. D. Si.ns. Prof. Sims has the doors of our school op n and says to ail of the col ored boys and girls, young men and women. “Come to school." He has left a good school, where he was high- Iv respected by both white and color ed. and conies to Cherokee county to help us to better prepare ourselves in this part of South Carolina. I wr: - :’ ’ for some of the busi ness c ' ! r uriners of Cherokee to call .. ..o’ institute, or some thing of the kind, and discuss farm ing. It would be a h *!d to us. you young boys, to learn of your ways and know how you succeed at it. We need a better method of farming and this would he a good way to learn, as we are too poor to go to school and pay for knowledge. We talk about holding cotton, the Farmers’ Associa tion. and so on. to make the price go up. I think if we would change our method as a whole we would not have so much cotton, and the price that we are getting would pay tne farmers bet ter. May The Ledger live and stand for good roads, education and righteous livin*'. S. J. Lipscomb. Gaffney. S. C.. Nov. 21. The supreme demand of the hour i« for originality. The man who is wanted everywhere is the one who can create something new. not imi tate what some one else has done. Circumstances are beyond th** con trol of man. but his conduct is in his own newer. hAVf; YOU CATARRH? Made Happy for Life. Great happiness came into the home of S. C. Blair, school superintendent, at St. Albans, W. Va , when his little daughter was restored from the dread ful complaint he names. He says: | “My little daughter had St. Vitus’ I>ance, which yielded to no treat ment hut grew steadily worse until as a last resort we tried Electric Bit ters; and I rejoice to say, three hot ties effected a complete cure.” Quick sure cure for nervous weaknesses, impoverished blood and malaria. Guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co.’s drug stop*. Price 50c. Had a Cloce Call. . .“A dangerous surgical operation. In volving the removal of a malignant ulcer, us large as my hand, from my daugliter's hip, was prevented by tiie application of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve,” says A. C. Stickel, of Miletus, W. Va. "Persistent use of the Salve completely cured it.” Cures Cuts. Burns and Injuries. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co., druggists. Wff care not how you suffered, nor what failed to cure you, Hollister’s Rock Mountain Tea makes the puni est. weakest specimen of man or wo manhood strong and healthy. 35 cents. Gaffnev Drug Co. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money If it falls to cure. B. W. GROVB’E sis nature Is on each box. ZEc. —YOU MUST BELIEVE my adver- tisements. I’ve been amongst you as a merchant for over 5 years and no one will say but that I have conduct- eed a strictly honest and square bus iness. I am trying to make a living here, therefore I must, and do. comply with my advertisements. NELSON, the Star Clothier. Breathe Hyomei and Get Relief and Cure.—Sold Under Guarantee. If you have catarrh with offensive breath, burning pains in the throat, coughing, raising of mucous, difficulty in breathing, sneezing, husli-iness. dis charge from the nose, tickling and dropping at the back of the throat, especially at night, coughing snasins, etc., begin the use of Hyomei at once. Its healing medication will give re lief in a few days and its continued use will complete.v drive ail catarrhal germs from the system. Hyomei contains Nature’s healing oils and balsams, the germ-killin'” properties of th * Pine-forests, avd goes with the air you breathe to the most remote cells of the respiratory o-'”ans. s arching out and killing all catarrba’f germs and soothing and healing any irritation there may be in the mucous membrane. It is easy and pleasant to use Hyomei n eas- anter than most of the stomach dos ing. as its healing air is breathed through a neat pocket inhaler, which can he carried in the purse or vest- pocket, and carrier medication to just the s|K)t where relief is needed The complete Hymn* i outfit costs but $1, extra bottles, if needed. 50 cents, and Gaffney Drug Co. give their personal guarantee with every nack- a^e that money will be refunded un less the treatment cures. This shows their faith in the now.*r of H. omei to cure catarrh. Of course you pay your money, But you get your money’s worth. For what does money n:< an to you When Rocky Mountain Tea’s on earth? —Notice, I am offering some bar gains In brooms, dolls and pipes. J. G. Bramlett. —One 24 cents box of "Gwp Tab let*" are absolutely guaranteed to cure your cold No cure no pay. Sold by the Gaffney Drug Co. only. —Wanted, everybody to know I receive a shipment of oysters daily, and am agent for Lowney’s candy. J. G. Bramlett.