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iu tj It ?/ old Crean, Cly - K cerine and Rose Water combined fc with Witch Hazel, # Phoenecian Mas- ■ sage Cream, Face “ Cream, iS a n i to I), | RED SEAL j| Almond Cream. E With theuseof these your face will not ^ | be rough nor your jp H hands crack open | ■ and burn. i Let us know your pj L toilet wants. £ « & B S® 1 '' ' />.' %, I Cherokee i i * | | Dru S { I Company i s MARKI 1 Pioneer a of Ov NINETKi; ni ls ing n hy k: Has I'lm vain \ 1«i N' ti t ( linn n Fo r iiM*r L ^ Slow Iy i 1 on its Doui 1 the nio-i i ever saw. 2,. w re.-jmndeiit •*-' It eonsisls R canvas to & driven l*v six vears. 11 DC i ni i>< H.-r • a** ^ ■ Advertising is called some an art. If it be an art it is the art of telling a story simply and convincingly. Nobody knows more about the strong qualities of an establishment than the proprietor who oversees it. Other things being equal, nobody should be ab : e to write more conmc- ingly of the articles he of fers for salt. In a »tor« where the employer sella goods side by side with his clerks It is rare that the employer will not he the best salesman. Phe reason is simple. He knows the goods from A to Z. He probably has pur chased them. He knows his aims. His arguments carry weight because they are convincing. The same arguments pre sented in the same way, with the same enthusiastic spirit, the sum ; knowledge of detail, would attract new customers if presented through the advertising col umns of this paper. It yon have not triad it, why not begin? If yon have tried it and are i Se4, let uj know about U. H i CITED. it O v I t-it lis In Ills > Iiuth, f i’11 > ill 1 ii |>. Wnsli., in :il Iti-jiiilar Inler- W i lil t-1-nt‘ss. iy Hi iss Iowa Indianapolis is olio of oxpiditions tlio wost a P.iirlinvlon (la.) cor- 10 Kansas City Star, is of an ox loam hitehod to a Tho drivor is K/.ra Monitor of I’uyal lU[), Wash. He has made t * tri[> float tlie coast over llte t < >< >k fifty-four years ago, -s w • ;. 1 west from Indianapo 3 IT year> t it has been his dream his | mill, and now lie is llni For journoy. Tho lonp'' trip lias lioou hotli a per sonal otijoyinont and in tin* intorost of history. Ho has marked off tho old Oropon trail, travolod hy tliousands and tliousands in tho pionoor days. At regular intorvals alonir his routo ho has. wiili the a d of pooplo from whom i\. orooted h” and olh ’r- iilazei suit .i > d e monuments so that lie w ho eotne to pie!, . on. vvitliotit of his I. >rei'a' iters. The plan of oper Did Yor Ever Think what a bargain you arc; getting wIhmi you got THE LEDGER me humin il and thr* 10f? i ; imos a \ oar [< Only SI DO a Year? Mr. Meeker marke;! iho plac e :inii thou •"tilad upon iho poopio of tie c-ity or low n mar where ho d os iron to leave a in. r * >o ere.a a inonunn i, , and in i»\ i e they re-ponded, i lie size of tin * lias depended iipon tho i'.di I \ of i k • dcenil-s. ! ’>•.e,i \V,is|| ,o (». ... nine'. . monuments lla \ O I .eon Oi'el" ee Sin.- I,-.. i,_ \\ .!>||in‘4ion L’o.ihmi per SOUS have eolitrilmtod to tile erection of in .a imenis In I’.nker t'ily, ore., the ai"i:i;:> e:.i u,i^ eta .-ied by oontri- I 111 I i'.’i . C \ ed 1 r. .',11 SOI school ellil dron, and these wore all present when tho monument was dedicated. At Boise. Ida. Mr Meeker was trlven a most cord.in reception. Ai tin- invita tion of tin’ e.ty oilieers he camped for sever.il days boMde the postoiiiec. He spoke to tli“ puhiii’ school ehildren of his ol.jee;, aial l.UtHi ecjutriliiited to puroha-e tin* manlte monument which will mark tiie pi: whore the old timers pa.s-ed th.'oin.h what Is now a thriving eiiy. 1 iie governor of the state and the oiher slate oilieers in sis ted that the slab Ice erected on the statehouse ond. and It was in the presence of more’ than b.ouO persons, the state odh-ers jcartieipatiUK in the exercises. Tin* monument at this place Is twelve feel liiah. To erect a monument at the summit of South pass Mr. Meeker traveled eighty four miles from a postoliiee, and twenty four persons who reside In the neighborhood were the only witnesses to the historical event. These interest ed people, with Mr. Meeker, inscribed the ston<‘ themselves. It stands on the Irrigation survey near Sweetwater and Is 7,o-to feet above the sea level, proba bly the highest monument in the Unit ed States. In most of ihe towns and places where monuments have been erected Mr. Meeker stays to see the work done, but in some Instances he has turned the matter over to a local com mlttee appointed for that purpose. Mr. Meeker, accompanied by his granddaughter. Miss Bertha Temple ton, loft Puyallup, Wash., Jan, 29, 1906, and has made the trip by easy stages. His old fashioned prairie schooner Is fitted up for housekeeping, and In It he spends his days and nights as com fortably ns in ids own beautiful home In the western state. He has not been sick, lie said, for fifty four years, and be looks it In fact, he looks as though he never knew what sickness was. lb’ is strong and nigged and ap parenilv capable of enduring any kind of hardship. He will reach Indianap olis in time for a f'hrlstinas dinner with friends of his boyhood. In ap pearance Ezra Meeker is the typical pioneer. He is tall and straight, not withstanding Ins seventy six years and his hard life on the plains. His hair and heard are white and long, making him conspicuous in any crowd. “The changes that have been made,” said the traveler, "are marvelous. No Imagination can conceive it 'Phe en tire face of tii(* country is changed. With the exception of about 900 miles through the Kooky mountains the coun try Is thickly settled, hut even in this country things are changed. The vege tatlon has changed. The old buffalo grass is no more, and other grasses ha\e come on to take Its place. The country I passed throng* more than fifty four years ago Is nothing like the country I am going over today. Moun tains, rivers, valleys, prairies, hills, all are different. It seems Impossible for me to realize that the vast wilderness we traveled over such a short time ago Is now built up with magnificent cities and villages, and the never endluj; prairies have been transformed Into great forests and elegant homesteads The increase in the number of forests Is wonderful to me We traveled days without seeing a tree, and now the en tire way almost is shady.” In Lincoln. Wh.. one of his oxen died, and lie stayed for some weeks be fore he could find another. Much of his wagon Is from the vehicle In which he went west In 1852 n In’; an I'v< he fir ll hh o 11, e lleltl-M .a i in. I ivrv nuin lei tee lo his VV ih a ml.] if ID* m:iy not i \ - r Il f }, o ..r* er V, i til his |i! i * i ind I —, > M . ! lit* t (»- He ean [lilt : - i 11ark to t h' 1 dnt iv th’ jaw tore lastin' ei thin a right lie || u.ay not dh r: tg Iter around tair i v Iter lie ad. Imt he dh rags her sv mpat Iii * *s. her fears an' H<M i” As it las t rnyeoorse he ter 1. e doin' i thin gs tljat make y hi i it. An' th' ladles, Hawd tim. ! ike it ler In *art ivrr vv< mian lilies th arm Ve ve rv sildom see th’ a hi l.it.lnxd W i f( • heater lavin’ ’ll’ In i.sliand tliiit gives his wife boka y is as a [it to lose Iter tis hand that giv< ■s ll er a vdiet eye. n Ilia i lireaks tit' ftirnittire, tips ’ tab le. kieks th' dog an’ jiegs i|) at th' lady ' of his choice Is seen no more often In our Justly pop ylar divooive courts thin th' man who comes home ariy to feed tli’ canary. Manny a skillful mandolin player has been <0; a hie t> prevent Ids wife fr’m elopin' witli a prize fighter.” COOKING BY THE CLOCK. t'nliiiic I’ln ii I'olInMoil liy n St. I.ontn WO iiin ii. A housekeeper of St. Y.ouis has a great idea, says the I'olnmbiis dispatch. As everybody knows, different kinds of victuals require different times for cooking, and one of the bothers of a housekeeper's life is to remember when she puis on the different things and when they ought to come off. This wo man has an alarm clock, and after she >r she sets her alarm for es later, and when it goes >:• the rice is done. She rice, wiids up her alarm tor twenty U\o minutes, unices that the pens are ready. Th ■ pro. • i is rep • nod. and fifteen minutes later the alarm clock tells her and ti: ■ tie.abhors that the turkey OU 1 'hi to I a i e I ,e t of tile oven. As hon-ei,coper. |;:,e ti have everything done one.* ; cd th” whole meal fresh from tlie s’ . suggests when to put on . ••:! take off things, so as to have all reach at the same time. Some of her friends insinuate that it would be easier to remember to put on and tak > elT her victuals at the proper time than to spend half an hour a day winding up an alarm clock, but sb” says tint after setting her ap paratus she e m run upstairs and make up a bed or go out to the fence and talk with a I'ieiid without feeling the* slightest uneasiness while tho clock is on duty, and besides, she thinks, there are a great many unprogressive peo ple in tli” world who do not appreciate a hlallld tie idea v. hen llicv see 't. I.ilfl* jr. “Of course, like most of your class," remarked the cynical cad, “you are su per-titious No doubt you consider the hor.se-hoc a gn of good luck.” “It is." renlied the sporting gent, “if if gees un dr ti„. \v;re first on your hor “ l’!i 1 Inn I’ress. C* i uH JHCL^f A L. M A 1 ’: There is nothing: more distressing tha.i an ii ing skin disease, and ti{>on the return of warm v who are afflicted with shin troubles find the svni; ‘ .i.i a ■ v. ing and know that they will he tormented th summer months, 'flic bln-fl is heumd wbh huiii'.r - to the surface the skin seems to be on fro. Tho nal applications is all wrong, because they do mq ; The most such treatment can be expected to do i ,, up the trouble for awhile, but as s< m as it is lei; < ‘ All food taken into the body e ditaie , in some : rm. the cl sic the different parts. One portion is used for the making of blood, another for muscle, one for bone, still another for fat, and soon. w , ’’ After these different properties are ex- T! <-■ • tracted from the food there still remains a . • portion that is useless, or waste matter, rrca.m- • which is intended to be disposed of through vvhen 1 phv the natural channels of bodily waste, the b>mmh -.m p.m- c Liver, Kidneys and Bowels. At this season in'r.u of the year, how'ever, these organs become torpid, dull and sluggish, and fail to perform this duty, and th- • the system and are absorbed by the blood to ferment and sour, ; r. acrid humors. The blood cannot properly nourish the sy urn wau and begins to throw off these acids through the pores and glam: • ; Eczema, Tetter, Psoriasis, Salt Km urn and skin disermes < f - \ ECZEMA apper trs usually with a slight redness of th*- shin, followed Ic py tuh-s which there flows a sticky fluid that dries and forms a crust, mid the iu hbig is intense is generally on the back, breast, arms, legs and face, though other pariof the body ttu afflicted. In TETTER tlic skin dries, cracks and bleeds, ami is often wrr- painftib 'Flic in the blood dries up the natural oils of the skin, causing a dry, feveri m, hardened cmr and giying it a leathery apnearanee. AONE makes its atipearance ( n tlie f:ice in the fo: pimples and black-heads, and is ])articularly disagreeable 1 ectm.-e of its unsightly ap ance, while PSORIASIS? a scaly disease, comes in patches on diiTerent t.art ()ue of the worst forms of shin disease is SAI T RHEUM* It discharges a wute ing sores and producing intense itching. The head and face are t" and sometimes the hair falls out and a mass of sores forms on the .-cal] These and all skin diseases are due to tlie same car. .e--burning ;i the blood, and until this vital fluid is cleansed and made pure they w ill treatment for all skin diseases is S. S. S., a remedy that is purely "'era tirely from roots, herbs and barks, and acts dire 'ly on the 1 ’■ d ' ill; effect. It neutralizes the acids and purifies the bh •/; o blistered and burned by the fiery flu; is, ; s nourish-h by a It goes down into the circulation and forces out e\ery p builds up the blood a; ' A. part uit The ot :n- t.: %■ khl PUTT’S and permanently, h. tide of tlu- poison for f the blood of the cause S. S. S. tones u Liver, Kidneys and B< the natural w a de and a d leave tue least par- eaks, but entirely rids diseases. •m and regulates the O so that they will carry tfi ise matter through the proper hannels, instead of leaving it to be absorbed by tlie tiling equals S. S. S. in the creatment of these troubles and for building up tl t geneial health. Write for our treatise on skin diseases and any medical advice you v; THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA, iUoU. W’e malic no charge for cither. ScIhmiI I’or nnllnriln. The e.vpfri!: ent <>l Inning a special Hclmul i'll' • i..i i.'.'ii iiientally deflcleut was recently antlmrizi’d liy the I'hila delphia 1... ;n! ot' education. It will he located in tlie .1. <?uincy Adams pri nuiry school, on Darien street, below Buttonwood and tlie ehildren now there will be transferred to other schools in i!i” Thirteenth sectlou, says the I’lilladri; bin Uecord. Although there are at present special schools for so called backward children, it was pointed out that most of the pupils in these are truants or Incorrigible and that special schools should he started for children w hose mentality Is so de ficient that they cannot hope to cope with the normal children. George Wheeler will be the principal of the school. Ironrinlll to Murk Twnln. The other day Eugene F Ware fin ished reading a volume by Mark Twain. He wrote to Mr. Clemens under date of Dec. 1 thD letter, says the Topeka Capital: IVar Mr. Twain—I pi.'ked ni> your last volume. 1 read it clear through from cover to cover. It was like a l.ohtalled Hush—I could not lav it down. Yours sincerely, E F. WARE. From 21 Fifth avenue. New York. Mr. Clemen- answered hack under date of Dec. 6 as follows: Dear Mr. Ware—I am an old brass bound, copper riveted, Are assayed Pres byterian with seventy-one years’ experi ence In unworldieness, and I don’t under stand your metaphor, but I know it was Intended as a compllmeni, and I maks It cordially welcome. Sincerely yours, MARK. “There has never been any decisive action on that hill you introduce year after year." “No,” answered the statesman. “That bill has been of such value In giving me prominence that 1 should rather re gret to see it removed from active con troversy and buried in the statute books.”—Washington fctar Persian Justice. Professor Williams Jackson tell- in hi- "IVr.-ia I’a-t and Present’’ some -lories illustrating character in the land of Omar Khayyam. One i.- ol a man who. suffering from in flamed eyes, went to a horse doctor for treatment. The veterinary gave Lin some of the salve that he used on animals, and the man lost his eyesight. He then brought suit in ouri to recover damages. The : . after weighing the evidence .n ’ i •ise, handed down his deci- -c>n follow-: ‘There are no dam- d"•.- lo 'oe recovered. Tlie man would nc\cr have gone to a veteri- id not been an ass qwm •wmwmwm •vwvmww **wvwvw ffa* The Only Semi-Weekly Newspaper in South Carolina At SI .00 READ A Woman’s Health N :t lieritug' incnh-ii w nii cat” ailniciiP coiupu.-itini! am! mi -acred P> iie ex peri- >r le-r (leculiar a ml uei i- iiy incdicitie' of known w liivli contain no aleo- THE LEDGER.! ItoJ. narcot ic-. or otlu r harmful or ha I.it- fornting drugs-hould be employed. Such a nti dicine i- Dr. I'ieree’s Favorite Pre scription a reim dy w ith a record of over forty years of .-ures to revoiniiteml it; a reniidy, the maher- of whieh print it>s forutiihi on e\. i . tiottle-wrapper and at- t«‘M ii - romji,* ,* ?nand (Hirr^clnfiss under oath; a remedy devi-ed and adapted to womatt - dehcate con.-iituiion l.y an eilii ’ated ]diy-iciau—an experienced -pe- ciali.-t in woman's disea-es; a remedy, every ingreilieni of which ha- received tlie written endor-emem of the most emi nent medical writers of all the several Schools ol pract ice lor the cure of woman's peculiar disease-; a remedy which has more honu-fi<i< enres to its credit than ahv other sold by druggi-t- for woman's special requirements, it is not given away in tlie form of “trial bottles'’ lobe experimented with, but is -old at a fair price by all dealer- in medicines. If a woman lias bearing down, or drag ging [lain-, low down in the abdomen, or pelvis, backache, frequent headaches, dizzy or fainting spells, is nervous and ea-ily startled, has gnawing feeling in stomach, sci - imaginary floating specks, or spots before Iter eyes, has melancholia, or "blues,” or a weakening disagreeable drain from pelvic organs, she can make no mistake by resorting to the use of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It will invigorate and tone up the whole system ami especially the pelvic organs. No woman sutfering from any of the above symptoms can afford to accept any secret nostrum or medicine of unknown composition, as a -ub-lituto for a medi cine like Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion. which is of known < o.MrosiTioN and has a record of over forty year- and sells more largely to-day than ever lieforc. Its makers withhold no secret- from their patients, believing open publicity to he the very Is—t. gnaraidv of merit. Dr. Pietv. • i»i\ ites all - tifferimi : womon to COI t.slllt. 1 iim t *y letter fra: <>J ch'tryt. A ■Iters ( t; ('( msultiitii m are held as sarp< 1 j .. . Didi*! : i iti 1 a mi an ansv v er is re- FOR A LI. Till: LATEST < OBNTY, STATL AND ID »1: L i«- N NKW’S THE LEDGER. Is The Best Advertising Medium In Upper South Carolina It enjoys the LARGEST CIRCULATION in the Fifth Congressional District of South Carolina and has A LARGER CIRCULATION In Cherokee County Than Any Other Paper Its subscrijition li-t i- a bona fide one, each subscriber being paid in advance. The cir culation is in no sense padded and names are lifted from tlie list whenever time paid for expires, tbu- saving the annoyance incident to dunning tin peuph for back subscription. In other word-, it reaches tlie people who have money to buv what tliev want. bilmnip—Wh.it does that notice uny over ihcr” motherV Mother—It unya. “N • deg- admitted.” Johnnie—But the dogs e.in't read, can they? How are they to know’ turned iii (. i e •. uled envelope. Address: Dr. K.V. Pi* i Invalids’ Hotel and Sur- g.cal Institute, putlalo, N. Y. PARKCS’o HAIR BAlSAW ICleantot atui b I i'riiinotefl ft I N«v<-r >ail^ tf IX tir to r I Cur* s - . • hair. ,t fr iWtlu r»atoro Gray hful Color, r faJUiitt. J> Tlie Wise AMiser Will Take Tlie Hint!