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t THE LARGEST CIRCULATION af Any Newspaper In tha Fifth Congressional Otstrlct of 8. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY ni-D FRI JAY Wt GUARANTtl THS RlLiAHLiT •’ of Every Advertiser 'Vho Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Btst Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1907. $1.00 A YEAR. CHEROKEE'S LIST OF APPOINTMENTS. THE I N VEST IG ATI ON COMMIS SION. Magistrates and Township Commit aloners—A Decided Reduction m Taxes. The following list of couuty ap- polDtinenls was furnished The Led ger by Senator J. 0. Otts: As a commisslou to investigate the alairs of the county, as provided in Jeint Resolution No. 8—G. W. Speer, Gaiftney. S. C.; N. W. Hardin. Blacks burg S. C.; W. G. Austell, Gaffney, B C Maqistrates for Cheroke e County. R. W. f>ee. Gaffney, S. C.. R. B’. B No. * J. R. Poole. Sunny side. S. C. J W. Alexander. Gaffney, S. C.. R- F D. No. (). J. A. Whisonant. Grover, N. C. W. H. Swafford, Cowpens, S. C. J. A. Scruggs. Cherokee, S. C.. R. F. D. No. 3. (lias. T. Bridges, Gaffney, S. C. J. H. Ruppe, Afaud. S. C. K. E. Jefferies, Pacoiet, S. C.. R. F. D. No. 1. 9. It. Ligon. Blacksburg. S. C. Township Commhssioners. limestone TownslUp—L. R. Ross, Gaffney, S. C.: D. L. Vass«'y. Gaffney, S. C.; T. W. Humphries, Gaffney, s c White Plains Township—H. B. lApscomb. Gaffney, S. C.; M. C. Lip- asomb. Gaffney, S. C., R. F. D. No. 5; U. D. Bonner. Pacoiet, S. C„ R. F. D. Mb. 1. Dratonvllle Township—T. J. Hames, Ptooo’et, S. C„ R. F. D. No. 1; D. C. Phillips, Gaffney. S. C.. R. F. D.; O. A. Spencer. Gaffney. S. C.. R. F. D. <towdeysville Township—T. J. Es- t«s. Wllkinsville, S. C.; F. A. Goforth. Oannyslde. S. C.; G. B. Wright. Gaff ney. S. C.. R. F. D. Morgan Towns’llp—A. Harris, Gaff- wr. S. C.. R. F. D. No. 6.; R. M Sarratt. Gaffney. S. C.. R. F. D. He. 6; H. Z. Hicks, Cherokee, S. C., B. F. D. No. 3. Cherokee Township—W. H. Bird, Macksburg, S. C.; J. A. Allison, Blacksburg. S. C.; S. Carlton. Blacks burg. S. C. The name of B. F. Camp will be neat to the governor for anuolnt- eaent at the expiration of the term etf Magierate Sneer, which will tie in June. 1907: and the same in r gard ko the magistrate at Cherokee Falls, whose term wi i not expire until some time later. Each of these two years from the date' of their an uointnwmt. The county levy will be 1J 12 mills against 13 1-2 mills last year, being a reduction of 1 mill. 1-2 mill being on State taxes and the other 12 mill beinq county taxes. In addition to this the rai’road sink ing fund interest for the Spartan- bwre section of the county has be'm reduced 1-4 mill, making the reduct ion for that section of the county 1 1-4 mills. The reduction for rail road Interest and sinking fund In Cherokee township is 2 mills, mak ing a reduction of the taxes on the York section 3 mills; and the re daction for ralroad bonds Interest and sinking fund In Gowdeysville and Draytonville Is 112 mills, mak ing the reduction In the Union sect- ton 21-2 mills. This statement In cludes all the taxes including the constitutional 3 mill taxes for pub lic schools, but does not include the npecial levies made in the special school districts. The taxes In each section of the county can be easily ascertained by taking 12 1-2 mills ao a basis and add to that the rail road taxes which are 11-4 mills in the Spartanburg section and 2 mills in the York section and 11-2 mills in the Union section of the county, now add to each of these the special levy. If any. was made In the dif ferent school districts. It wi’l thus be 8°en that the reduction of taxes 4n this county for the coming year will be from 11-4 mills to 3 mills. There has been no change In anv of- IcePs salaries, except that the ma gistrate of Gaffney and Blacksburg are each allowed $60 per annum for office rent and are required to keep tfaeir offices In some public place. There was a new magistrate created for ttJe Antioch section of thq coun ty; and the error which crept in to the act fixing the auditor’s salary wag corrected. The per diem of the township commissioners remained as it was. but the/ are given five days additional in which to complete their work. HON. J. C. OTTS. A Bioqrapical Sketch of Cherokee’s Senator. We are indebted to The Columbia State for the following biographical sketch of Senator J. C. Otts and the illustration which accompanies the same, the article having appeared in last Sunday’s edition of that paper: ■“Left fatherless at the age of six and with no collegiate education, Hon. J. C. Otts. senator from Chero- kee. deserves a great deal of credit for his success in life. He was born in Union county in 1869, and was raised on his grandfather’s farm. At the ag of twentyfivo was elected +0 the general assembly at the head of the ticket. Stumped the county on the issue of calling a constitution al convention and was elected to that convention in 1895. “He has had numerous experienc es of the kind which test the fibre of a man, and his aggressiveness and his success as a debater caused him to be put in charge of the manage ment of the local option bill on the tioor of the senate. Although a man of mettle, he has a. great deal of shrewdness and knows bow to take a*- well as bow to give in debate. “This has been no easy task. The local oPtionists were on the offensive, and it required strategy, tactics and diplomacy to hold in line some who w< j re not concerned one wav or the other. In the matter of destroyin'- an institution, no matter whether or not it is in bad repute, there are many things to be considered and f^'nt hearts have to be keyed up to I decisive action. j “Several factors and a combina- I tion of circumstances entered into the successfuf conduct of the cam paign, and to Senator Otts belongs a large share of the credit. And after the bill had been fought on* on the floor of the senate Senator Otts is the man who wrestled with the mul titudinous amendments to see that they were all inserted properly. In this task he assisted the president of the Senate. Lieut Gov. T. G. Mic- I^eod. The presidenr. of the senate A NEWSY LETTER FROMWILKINSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. ?'“vV , ' "Vi-, A 1 Grindal Gossip. Grindal. Feb. 18.—Mr. J. A. Hames informs us that Rev. W. E. Crocker, missionary to China, will preach at ■Ibethel church the second Sunday in March at 11 o’cock a. m.. also at Rehoboth the second Saturday at 3 p. m This Is pleasant news and doubtless a large congregation will "Teet him at both nlac Q s. An epidemic of colds and other sickness Is sweeping the country, but now that the nlmetarv distub- ance Is over for awhile, nerhans the weather will rpoderate and health im prove. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Mason Gar- ser February 3rd. a girl. Mrss J. G. Hames spent Thurs day and Friday In Pacoiet the gu°st wf her sister, Mrs. risero Brown. Annie Laurie, t —Try the Williamson plan on a small patch of corn, using our Im proved Early Garden Dixie Dent Corn. If others can make 150 bush- sfls or more per acre, you can do hist as well. The Seed Store. acted with absolute Impartiality in this fight and. when the bill had been passed, exercised great care .to get the details correct. “Senator Otts was the author of the first seperate each bill to re ceive favorable action at the hands of the house of representatives. This was in 1894. The bill was killed in the senate. In the constitutional convetion Senator Otts served on the committees on military and new counties. He took an active part in the new county debate, and framed the ordinance creating Saluda county. He was the author of the provision in the con stitution forbidding municipalities from voting or issuing bonds in be half of railroads. “Geo. D. Tillman the chairman of the committee on new counties, ad- visc*d Mr. Otts to take up the Prac tice of jaw. Being a great admirer of Col. Tillman. Mr. Otts followed his advice and In 1898 was admitted to the ba»\ beginning his practice at Union, but later formed a partner ship which carried him to Gaffney, the county seat of Cherokee, a new count/ formed of parts of York, Union and Spartanburg. With seven candidates in the field in 1904 he was elected to the house of representa tives on the first ballot, receiving nearly two-thirds of all the votes cast, and there were but two of the seven to be elected. “Took an active part of ridding Cherokee of distilleries and dispen saries. Was an active supporter of the Morgan bill. Last year be was elected to the senate by a majority of 600 over a worthy competitor, who, like Mr. Otts. opposed the Stab? dis pensart. “Mr. Otts has been an active legis lator. Has worked for schools and other uplifting influences of the State. In addition to the pleasure of seeing the local option bill become law. Mr. Otts had another cause for congratulation last week when the su preme court affirmed the decsion of the lower court in the Hasty case in which Mr. Otts had been employed to prosecute George Hasty for the murder of Milan Bennett and Abbott Davidson, two actors who were kill ed lr> Gaffney on the 15th of Nov,em ber. 1905.” Hunting for Trouble. “I’ve lived in California 20 years, and am still hunting for trouble In th« way of burns, sores, wounds, boils, cuts, sprains or a case of piles that Bueklen’s Arnica Salve won t, quickly cure," writes Charles Walters, of A1 leghany, Sierra Co. No use hunting, Mr. Walters; it cures every case. Guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co. 2oc. Subscribe for Th« Ledger; $1 a year. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of that Section. Wilknsville, Feb. 19.—In speaking of the Confederate monument soon to be erected in Jonesville we were somewhat premature in saying it would cost $2,000. It will cost only $1,500, as we are advised by a mem her of the John Hames Chanter U. D. C. We should more particularly have emphasized the fact that this monu ment Is to be erected to the memory of the Confederate soldiers of Union (then, district of South Carolina.) This, of course. Includes the sol diers from GowdeysvLle and Drayton ville township of Cherokee county as well as those of old Union county, and we are requested to say that the John Hames Chapter U. D. C. are anxious to get a list of all of those buried in those two townships that their names may be enrolled with the others. Will the survivors and friends of this movement please see that a full an complete list of the soldiers buried in the various ceme teries n this North Pacoiet section of old Union county be made out and forwarded to Miss Ama C. Hames. Jonesville. S. C. It will greatly help the Daughters of the Confederacy In accomplishing their object as well as facilitate the work on hand. Those soldiers who went from Union county to the war and* were killed or died and were buried else where should be reported. Also those who survived and have died <• other States should also be placed on the roll with the necessary in formation that the daughters will be able to act intellgentiv and impartially in doing homage to the men it Is their desire to honor. Besides this, its right and proper for ali te send some contrlbuation to help these noble women in their la bor of love. These eontrbutions great or small, should be sent to Mrs. N. B. Eison, Jonesville. S. C.. at once that the work mav be complet ed at the earliest day possible. The old soldiers are fast passing awav and a few more years at best, will remove them from the stage of act ion and this monument will speak for them vvb'm they are gone. Com rades and friends, don’t let it fail for want of means to carry It out. We have received a letter from “Uncle Jimmy” Raines .of Manches ter. Va. He is. we are sorry to learn not in good health—been laid up fer four mouths, but writes cheerfully for one of his age and condition. He expressed high regard for Ed H. DeCamp whom he con siders one of the best newspaper men he ever knew and for The Led ger force and the people of Gaffney, generally, he has many kind things to say. We would be glad to print his letter In full. He takes The Led ger an 1 is well posted on Cherokee county matters. He wants to know what has became of Flaw Plcber. “Uncle Jimmy” lives In Machester, Va. and hopes to see many of his South Carolina friends at the Rich mond reunion this summer. AH eight, “Uncle Jimmy,” we hope to be there. Mr. Phillip Robbins, of Cowpens, came down and bought, a load of pigs on the York side. The railroad surveyors are still at work in this section. From the way thev are doing it seems quite prob able that there will be a road built somewhere In this section. A corns of engineers are camped at Mesopo tamia church and are rerunning a line down the Pinckney road. One of their men, Mr. McGhee, brother of The Ledger's Columbia correspondent. Mr. J. R. McGhee, and also of Mr. Zack McGhee,, the Washington correspondent of The State, died yesterday at the home of Mr. John J. Kendrick, where he has been confined for several das with sickness, ness. Dr. L. R. Black treated his case. He was assisted in the treatment by the family physician of deceased, who with another physician, reached him before he died. Our sympathy as well as that of this entire com munity, goes out to the family of the deceased. Although entire strangers te us they are none the Ipss deserv ing of our sympathy. No better home could have been found for the unfortunate man than that of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kendrick where he received all the attention it was pos- slb’e to give him. Mr. McGhee was a brother of Mrs. Mrs. Ben F. Townsend, of Union, who was at his Iv slae during his Ill ness. Chief Engineer Cathran accompa nied Or. L. R. Black who came to see Sam J. Strain yesterday who has been sick several davs with la trrinne. Mr. Cathran Is in charge of the rail road surveyors now being made in this section. He is a nephew of the Jat/> Judge Cathran. of the Eighth Judicial Circuit of this State. Master Atho eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McDaniel, of Hlekorv Grove. feP and broke both bones of h's left arm at the Htch.erv G*-ove school house last Wednesday. The limb was set by Drs. Hood and Leech and the little sufferer Is doing ex ceeding well. Henr? Webber, ii very resnectable colored man of the fork sect'on. had his house and near’v everything he bad burned last. Sabbath morning just before daylight. It caught from a defect In the chimney. Some of his family came near being burned to death. He lives on the Dock Fos ter place. .Miss Zella Blackwell, who has been very sck. was able to attend Sunday school at Salem last Sunday. J. L. S. THE CLANSMAN. It Will Be Presented In Gaffn«y In April. Gaffney theatre goers are to ha e an opportunity to see Thos. Dixon s Clansman. It will be here on Wed nesday. April 10th, and will be pre sented by a first-class company. In fact the manager of the theatre is assured by George H. Brennan, the well known New York theatrical manager who is sending out this company that t is Lie original organi sation which opened in Norfolk last season and which returned to that city last Tuesday night. Concerning this return engagement The Ledger received the following special dis patch; “Norfolk. Va.. Feb. 19. The Clans man returned to its birth n’ace to night. The play first saw ih, light in the academy of music, Norfolk, September 22nd, 1905. There was a trememlious display of enthusiasm on that venerable occasion, but not any more than was evidenced this eve ning. Tonight the theatre was pack ed with the largest audience in its history. Hundreds were turned awav unable to gain admittance. Protests for iKdillea! reason had been made against the appearance of the play. Mayor Riddick attend ed the performance r<u judge for him self and said he saw nothing ob jectionable and in fact was much pleased. “The visit of the piav will last three days and already every seat is sold for the balance of the en gagement Negotation are on foot looking to the presentation of the r " ,T ’«mau for a long seaso» at the Jamestown exposition during the present summer. “J. Arnold Dal by.” SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. A PRETTY HOME WEDDING. EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER- OKEE. Recent Happenings in and Around thf> City and Other Events Gather ed by the Local New* Editor. Cotton brought 10:70 on the local market yesterday. Gaffney was greeted by a very large frost veslerday mo.-uing. Today being Washington’s birth day all the banks in the city are closed. A Greenville Gallant Wins the Hand of a Cherokee Charmer. Wednesday morning at the hand some residence of Mr. W. Sam Lip scomb. six miles east of Gaffney, there occurred one of the prettiest aa well as happiest of marriages. It was that of Miss Lena, the winsome and accomplished daughter of Mr. Lipscomb, to Mr. Joseph Emi] John son. cashier of the City National Bank of Greenville, and who is rank ed among the first business men of that city. Promptly at 9 o’clock the eoft, sweet strains of Lphegrin’s wedding march deftly played by Miss Lilllaa Jones, of this city, announced the ap proach of the bride and groom, who were unattended, save b the fairy Httb* ring bearer Teetie Helen Jones, in her dainty costume of baby blue silk and film laces. The entire lower floor of thn purchased a fourth interest in the Star Theatre building from D. C. Ross. I V Cn,Id of Snartanburg has 1 ll0 , me Was ela borateIy decorated, the J. N. Cudd. ol Spartanburg, has j color scheme being green and white. I- the elegant parlor was a lovely “cozy corner,” fashioned by the j loving hands of the bride’s college The graded schools are taking | made of tuHe and bride's holiday today, on account of the an- r ? sc f a background of cut neversarv of the birth of the “Father „ an ^ s „ a hd I e, ’ n8, 'I 1 *tood fh* of His Country.” , R v ov - J T ^cdy. of the First Baptist church of Greenville, ready in his Mr. M. W. Clark-, the new addition '.own inimitable wav to welcome the t« the legal talent of Gaffuey. has bride and groom, and make them. oi> ued his office in the Merchants husband and wife. Jim Bryant Captured. Chief of Police T. H. Lockhart, of Gaffney, captured Jim Bryant, the negro who Is charged with burning the barn of Mr. J. W. Whitesides In York about ten days ago. The cap ture was made in ♦ 1 -'’ upper part of the county about six o’c’ock Sunday afternoon. Chief Lockhart had in formation that Bryant was in hiding near Mr. R. E. Linder’s store on Sat urday in eonsequenre of which he and the sheriff went to the place j where Brvant was supposed to be. hut when they reached the place thev j found that the bird had flown. The j sheriff was forced to return to Gaff- . ney but Mr. Lockhart held the fort all nicht Saturday night, and in the i meantime Bryant had returned to i the place where he had been stavingj hut unon learning that the officers Were looking for him. he took to the woods. Chief Lock-hart, however, was camping on his trail, and after following him all day throusrh the woods finally captured him. Bryant has been taken to the YorkvHe jail, and will be tried there at th-* next t'”” 1 ' 1 of court. Two more efflcl'mt officers can not be found in the State than Sheriff Thomas and Chief Txick- hart: they will come as near finding a fueltlve as anv other two men and when they find him you may bet dol lars to doughnuts on a capture. Grocery company building. Col. T. B. Butler, of this city, and Col. J. G. Wardlaw. formerly of this city, but now of Yorkville, were ap pointed on Governor Ansel’s staff. Mir. J. F. Jenkins, of Grover, N. C., will soon move his fajnily to Gaff ney. He has purchased the hand some Hunter place in West End and will live there. Durbin Jones has gone to Union to take charge of the Crescent Steam Laundry. Durbin Is full of energy and has experience in the laundry business. Union is getting a lot of good fellows from Gaffney. Mrs. W. Charley Chadwick-, nee Fan nie Fort, of Fall Rver. Mass., is visiting her parents, Dr. and Mira. Wm. A. Fort, on Wjest Robinson street. Mrs. Chadwick will be here indefiuiately. having been summoned This is the third marriage in Mr. Lipscomb’s family within less than two years in which Dr. Codv has of ficiated. The bride with her wealth of ao- burn hair and her dark brown aonl- ful '-ves. never looked lovelier In all her life. She was gowned In a traveling suit of black broadcloth with a touch of hcliatrone and with ha* to match. She Is just verging from a period of mourning. After the many congratulations the guests were ushered into the dining room where an elegant breakfast was served. The bride’s cake was a thing of much beauty and the cut ting of It a feature of merriment to the young people. The Presents of cut glass, sliver an-’ china were numerous and costly. Those in attendance from a dis tance were: Messrs: Allen Gra ham. Theron Ballenger. S. A. Moore. John Chetham, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. home on account of the illness of 1 McGhee, of Greenville; Mr. J. R. Pitt her sist r. Miss Edith Fort. man. of Gre'-nwood: Mr. C. E. Lip scomb and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lip- sCornb. of Union. After a fortnight’s stay in Florida Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will be at home to their friends in Greenvill*. at the residence of their brother-la- After a delay of many moons the ' finishing touches have been put on tlie handsome store of the Isaac Tur ner Furniture company, and Messrs. Turner and Fhifer are as happy as | school boys playing truant. It is one i; lw Mr. R. L McGhee of the prettiest stores in the Pled- ' ' !“«*• t A Delight, j At Dunton’s Chappel next Tnurs- To sav that the larae audieaot da evening there will he a debate on which greeted Ook- Bead at the the dispensary question. Resolved, Sf!:r Theatre Wednesday night was that It is best for the State to vote 'letighted is putting it mildly. Mr. out the dispensary. Affirmative— Bead was pleasantly ;i nd apnropriate- J. C. Corry. Bill Petty and Nelson Iv introduced by Gapt. J. B. Bell, Brown Negative—Clarence Sanders, who by the wav, is an old acquain- Dock and Tom Kirby. Everybody in- tanoe. From the time he stepped :Vited. ; u T ’on the stage to commence his lect- Secretarv M B Vassev informs '.T to l 110 , 0,ose ' Mr Read hG,d hls ai1 - I secretary m. u. vassey informs ,u ence fl rrn ] y Jn )lis A man of Faculty Musical Concert. There will be a faculty concert at Limestone College on next Monday night. February 25th. Standard and classical works of the greatest com- nosers will be sung. Ms Edna Van VMet Hlgley. who studied five years in Germany, under the best teachers, will sing a scene from the opera “The Merr/ Wives of Windsor" by Nicolai. Mr. Loring will play one movement of Mozart’s Immortal Concerto In D minor, which was written for piano sob), with an accompaniment of an orchestra. In Hen of the orchestra. Miss Churchill will play the orches tra part on a second piano. Mr. Lo ring will also play three of the na tive songs of the Indian, arranged for piano, and as recorded by him direct from the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, when he was employed by the government for this purpose. Miss Churchill, who is a graduate of the New Eng’and Conservatory, will play compositions by Weber and Chopin. Her Interpretation of Cho pin’s writings is of unusual Interest. The admlsssion Is free, but will be bv ticket only. Tickets may be ob tained by applying to any student In C-e music department of the college, or to the faculty. The director of music will gladly mall tickets to any who may write for the same. The Ledger that on account the Meeing of the Broad River Sunday School Convention which convenes at Cowpens cn Sat jrday before the fifth Sunday in March there will be no Sunday School Union in the : Northern Section of the Broad River 1 Association for this term. Mr. James Woolbright, an aged ' and respected citizen of Cherokeg) county died Sunday the 17th inst. at his horn© near Mercer after a short illness of paralysis. Mr. Woolbright was a quiet, orderly citizen, a kind husband and father, a member of the Baptist chifrcb. Confederate soldier, st>4 had the respect and confidence of all who knew him. His remains were burled at Ararrat church Sun day. He leaves a wife and children to molirn their loss. four First Baptist Church Notes. Regular service next Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. There was an addition by letter last Sabbath. Sabliath school meets at 9:45. It is hoped all the teachers and schol ars can be present. Jurors for Third Week. The following have een drawn to. servo as jurors for the third week of court: J. V. L. McCraw, Gaffneyl W. E. Peeler. Gaffney; W. A. Mc Farland. Gaffney; Dover Little. Gaff ney; Johnson Vinesett. Gaffney;''J. S. Harris. Grassy Pond; D. W. Coop er. Gaffney; K. Blanton. Maud; C. H. Rice, Miacedonia; H. D. Reynold. Ra venna; J. G. Jol'y. Ezells; R. S. Snenoer. Draytonville; S. M. McCraw, Grassy Pond: W. A. Jones, Buffalo; : J. A. Mullinaux, Antiocn; Z. J. Petty, Timber Ridge; E. Pettit, Mercer; J. B. Scruggs, Ezells; R. S. Stroup, j Wllkinsville; R. H. Porter. Buffalo; J. Albert Cook. Ravenna; G. B. Wright. Mercrr; Lesser B. Turner, Buffalo; J. R. Hughes. Gaffney: B. P. Goforth. Sarratts; T. J. Patrick-, Grassy Pond; Rans Spencer. Timber Ridge; Wm. Proctor. Sarratts; A. C. Davis. Wllkinsvlle; R. E. Wylie. Buf falo: Albert A. Mathis, Ravenna; A. H. Bird, Antioch; J. C. Lipscomb. Gaffney; J. J. Moore. Gaffney; L. D- Rlppy, Gaffney; Allle Boyce. Jr.. Mer cer. *—We handle only the Selected Irish Potato seed, put up In barrels to prevent bruising. Early White Bliss Triumph or Red Bliss and Wood’s Peerless. These varieties are all especial y suitable for this section. The Gaffney Drug Co. commanding presence and a most charming personality, he is today the prince of humorists on the American stage. Tn his lecture Wleflnesdav night “First one thing and then anoth er’’ he would clothe a thought or sentiment in the purest English and ascend to the most amazlnk heights of e’oquence and oratory and then punctual" ft with a Yoke that wonld invariably “bring down the house.” Off the stage Mr. Read is a orinoe of good fellows, and although he has attained national fame as an author and lecturer, he Is as approachable as the humblest citizen. Being an old newsnaner man himself, anv one connected with journalism, however ronotely. has a sure passport to his favor. We hone to be able to secure Mr. Read again next season, and we feel confident that if we succeed he will be greeted with a record-breaking house. • Catarrh Growing Less. Due to th e Ue e of Hyomei. Cure* Without Stomach Dosing. Inquiry at the local drug store* shows that the sale of remedies for catarrh has decreased very much la the last year. Some medicines which were formerly bought a gross at a time are now purchased in half dozen lots, and are rarely called for. There Is one notable exceotion to this decrease In sale, and that 1* Hy omei. This remedy Is, in fact re sponsible for the decrease In sale of catarrh medicines, as it ha* made so many cures of catarrhal trouble* that naturally there Is much lea* demand for remedies for that disease. People who have been trying differ ent medicines for catarrh during many years were induced to begin the use of Hyomei by the Gaffney Drug Co.’* guarantee, that the remedy would cost nothing unless cured. Much to their surprise, thev found that Hy omei did what it claimed (if It did not the Gaffney Drug Co. could not sell it under this guarantee) and they A GUARANTEED CUR!! FOR FILES Itching. Blind Bleeding Protruding Piles Druggists are authorized to n* fund mone* if PAZO OINTMENT fS|Hs to cure In 6 to 14 dava. 60c -yBuv your se°d in hulk—you get tbrte times as much as you get in the'small 5c naners. We handle the 5c Timers, but Prefer to s o H in bulk as We can afford to give so much more: S^ed in bulk or In naners at Gaffnay Drug Co.—the Seed Store. Cherokee Court Meets Monday. The February term of court con venes at Gaffney next Monday. Judge James Aldrich will preside. There are fiv" murder cn«es to be tried. Tom Harris for killing Mrs. Horten- sia Morgan 'ust November. Harris In Snartanburg jail and has no coun- I . ^ sel. Ctndv Estes charged with kill- soon become ardent advocates qf the ine Joe Webster, represented by But- j USG ° r H Z omel - ki * w ler & Osborne. Jim Epps charged T here is no disagreeable stomach with killing his wife, represented by dop l n K w ^b Hyomei; it Is used by J. C. Otts. Bill Jones and John Al-| beln ^ breathed through a neat pocket llson charged w'th killing •» white Inhaler. The complete outfit cost* man named Spurlln near Grover. N. but one dollar, extra bottles if neod- C. Jones is r o nresented by J. B. Bell, i e( L fi^ f v cents. aM Al ison bv O W. Sneer. Verly I With every Hyomei outfit, the Gaff- Wilson and Statch Wilson charged ney Drug Co give their personal gnar- wttb killing Allen Morris, no counsel. ant“e that the money will be refund- Statch Wilson Is In jail but Verly ha* , ed unless the treatment cures so that not been arrested. Subscrib* for Th* Ledger; $1 a year. you run no risk at all In buying thi* reliable remedy. .w.