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THE LARGE* " CIRCULATION •f Any Newspaper In th« Fifth CongreMlonal District of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE THE LEDGER. SEMI* WEEKLY - -PTJ BLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY we guarantee the reliability of Evory Advertiser *fho Uses ths Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Nowspsper In All thst the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894. GAFFNEY. 8. C., TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1907. *1.00 A YEAR. THE LIST OF THE LEGISLATURE. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MADE HISTORY. In Addition to the Abolition of the Dispensary Important Measures Are Passed. Columbia. Fob. 18.—The general assembly ad/journed Saturday night) or rather about daylight Sunday morning, though the legislative clerk was not permitted to reach the hour of midnight One by one the mem bers had strolled off as the hours passed and the awaiting on the en grossing department to catch up with it« work was enlivened by the sing- ine of songs and the telling of jokes while tii" two houses were at. recess. This general assembly has made history. The State dispensary sys tem of controlling the liquor traffic has been abolish d and a system of local option instituted in its stead 4 majority of both houses had been elected for the purpose of doing that work and it was doin'; the majority kept its purpose always in view and never wavered, not even when a pro hibition diversion was offered. The Carey Cothran bill was finally agreed upon the adoption of the free confer ence report on Saturday, the vote in the house being fig to 28 and in the senate 23 to 8. The dispensary sup porters had long ago given up the tight. At 2 o’clock Sunday morning Gov. Ansel signed the Carey-Cothran bill, in tiie presence of Mr T. P. Co thran, one of the authors, and sieves a.1. newspapor men. the one of whom he presented the pen with which it was signed. H« then signe] the bill to wind up the affair of the state dis- liensary. B'' the operation of the two laws, which are now in effect, the dis pensaries will be closed as soon as the governor serves an order on each dispensary. As soon as possble he will appoint the conn tv boards under the new law. as prescribed by the Carey- Cothran bill, the method of the various counties, and these new’ county boards can then buy out the old dispensaries or not as they may choose. Every dispensary employee in the state is legislated out of office, from director and commissioner to clerk in county dispensary. For the commission to wind up the stale dis pensary the governor will select six business men in whom he and the people have confidence. In addition to the dispensary legis lation the general assembly has pass ed several important measures. Among these may be mentioned this pure food law. which seeks to make the state statutes conform to the federal law recently enactled by congress; the bucket shops bill which is an ex act copy of the string nt Georgia law r ceutly put in force: the ten hour labor law. affecting cotton mills and other factories, which prescribes that the hours of labor in thi“se factories shall be reduced to fin hours per week on July l, 1007. and to fiO hours on January 1. 1908, the hours now being 04 per week; tlv- high school bill, providing an appropriation of $30,000 for the encouragement and erection of high sehoo's throughout tip* State; the bill to provide for a commission to impoiove the State bouse grounds, at cost of $15,000; the bill increasing the annropration for "elisions from $225,000 to $250,000, of which $5,000 is for "artificial IL.ibs for Confoderat;- veterans. A’though the appropriations are liberal to a : l State institutions tb<‘ tax levy has been reduced from fiv<‘ mills to four and onc-ha’f mills. This is possib’e by reason of the in crease in taxable property. The it,•'’st things that tin* leigslature bar done may he the tilings it has declined to do. and many hills of various sorts go over to next, session, ■not having consideration at this s s- sio’- and many others will n' ver* lie heard o’ again, having been put to sleep by the will of the majority. It is the verdict of its observers that this L gis’ature is above the average in intelligence and ability and that it is a bod.’ of m n credit tp -South Carolina. Postaf Increases Pay of Operator^. N.-w York City, N. Y.. Fell. 20.— Clarence H. MacKay, president Pos tal Te’egraph Cable Company made the following announcement tins af ternoon: All statements heretofore made as to the amount of Increase in salaries, which would be made W the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company have he m entirelv unauthorized. The matter was passed nnon finally by this conv uanv today, however, and it was or dered that the salaries^ of all opera tors. traffic chiefs, wire chiefs, as sistant chief onerators. chief opera tors and managers be Increased ten cent and that this increase will apolv not only to tty* princiflhl of fices but to all the offices of the com pany in the United States The increase will take eff et March the 1st. Shooting at Blacksburg. Blacksburg was the scene of a shoot ing Saturday afternoon. It. se**ms that Mr Brown Kee was paying too tmt'* 1 ' attention to Mrs Joe Brunson and Brunson took exception to it. Mr. Brunson met. Mr. Brown Kee iu-ar the Thomson Hotel and opened fire ; inflicting two or three flesh wounds: one In the breast, one fn the hand and one in the head. At this writing Mr Brown Kee is rest ing as well as could be exnected un der the circumstances. All parties concerned are Ethiopians. BEAUTIFY YOUR SCHOOL. The S. C. Improvement Association Offers Prizes. Countv Superintendent of Educa tion J. I*. Walker hands The Ledgier the following, which will prove of in terest to every school in Cherokee county: « The School Improvement Associa tion with headquarters at Abbeville. S. C., has decided to offer fifteen nrize to the schools of the State for the most decided material improve ment made during the given length of time. Five of the prizes are to b» $100 each and ten are to be $50 each Regulations concerning the fifteen prizes that are to be awarded bv this association are as follows: 1. Improvements must be made between January l and November 15, 1907. ,2. ’Prizes will he awarded to schools where the most decided ma terial mpro vein fen ts have been made during the time mentioned. 3. Under the material improver meiits are includ d local taxation, consolidation, new buildings libraries, interior decorations, beautifying yards, and better general equipment. 4. No school can compete for any of these prizes un’etts it is a rural school. No town or city with more than 500 population shall Ik* eligible to tin* contest. 5. All who wish to enter this con test must send names and descriptions of schools, before improvements arc made, to the president, prior to Oct ober 1. 6. All descriptions. photographs and other evidences showing improve ments must be sent to the president before November 1. 7. Prixes will lie awarded In cheers sent by December 1. The prizes are to be used for further im provements in the schools receiving them. Now get busy, teachers and pupils of Cherokee, and secure some of these prizes’- Chbrokee’s \rurlak schools should capture several of tlrese prizes. t NEWSY LETTER FROM WIUdNSV LIE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. the BURNED TO DEATH. A Negro Meets Fearful Fate Flames. Robt. Hoydo. colored, was a mem ber of the woking force of theDravo Contracting Company, which is con structing the big dam at Gaston Shoals. Bob got on a spree Satur day and it proved his ending. At 8 o’clock Saturday nignt he was seen about the works in a drunken con dition. Flnnally he was lost sight of and no one knew anything about his whereabout until his charred re mains were discovered In the* ruins of his burned shack. It is supposed that he went to bis shack and start ed a fire in the stove, that he lay down across the bod with his feet toward the stove amt within reach of it; that in turning over his feet struck the stove and turned it over thus setting fire to the shack and burning it to the ground. It was a double shack and tin* parties in the other end escaped and tried to rescue Bovdr* but the dames were so fierce that they could not reach him. The house was burned to the ground > j x cent, the sleepers and when the fire cool d down the charred body of the tin’uclv negro was laying across two sleeper Sonic one touched (he right foot and it dropned off like a oi ce of charcoal. Eighteen dollar in money was found near the body. Uoroner dam Sun Tii birv eorrl anC( no blamt ii>"<d\ Personal Paragraph* Concerning Pop ular Peopla and Short Itema of 4 that Section. Wilkinsville. Feb. 22.—Last Wed nesday Mrs. Ethel Blackwell starch ed and ironed her dress and hung it on a chair before the fire. By some means the chair was tipped over and the dress caught, fire and the cuffs, one sleeve and part of thig skirt was ourned. In less than three hours she had the dress worked over and made as good as new. She is an ingenious smart woman—but she takes it all after her mother, as Col. Sam Jef feries said or sonic of her kin folks who died long ago. j Tuesday last Dr. W. A. Hood was I called to see Mrs. S. F. Estes who has la grippe accompanied with symp toms of pneumonia. She is. we are glad to saw getting along fairly we 1. While on this side of the river he was called to sec Mrs. Wesley E. Os- ment and son. Fred, who are both quite sick. The rain Tuesday night and Wed nesday put a stop to out-door work. A few farmers have begun sowing oats. A large crop of which wi.) doubtless be sown if the weather conditions will admit of it. Those who anticipated the closing of the dispensaries by order of Gov. Ansel and procured a supply of "bug- juice” to bridge over the chasm of temporary prohibition, will, like Loss Gore, have plenty of friends while It la^ts—but oh my. what kind are they? Friends and liquor will all go out together. Sam J. Strain, who has been on the sick list for several days, is getting better. * Several of our lower Cherokee peo- p’e are patronizing the Hickory Grove market. They sav thev can beat the other markets in buying groceries. One thing about the Hick ory Grove merchants is thev have faith in printers ink—thev advertise their good freely and thoroughly. Dr. Hood has sold out his drug store at Hickory Grove to the Messrs. Leech who will continue the bust ness under a new name. Mr. Will Smarr’s birthday is the same as Washington’s—February 22. He will be forty-nine next Friday while <» n. Washington would have been 175 years old. Mr. Gist Reynolds was with his best gir] at Salem last Sabbath. Mr. Hamp Mitchell’s child. Grover, is very sick Dr. Hood is treating his case. Mr. H. B. McDani 1. of Hickory Grove, was on this side of <’’e river last. Wednesday. A mother who has spoiled children will generally say. ‘‘I tiled to raise them right. But madam, Solomon doesn’t >av a word about trying. He says train them in the way they should go. Sam of our fi-iend wuv. much sui prised last Thursday night could be seen, its months, when thev expect to return and finish up the worn here Drs. Hood and Leech, of Hickory, are both sick and unable to do any in actice now while repeated calls are being made for them. Since the bad weather and a bad cold has been keeping us in-doors, we have been reading or rather re viewing some old war history—con spicuous among which is the writ ings of Belle Boyd, the Confederate spy, entitled “Belle Boyd. In camp and prison.” Referring to her con finement in the old capitol prison in Wlashington. she speaks very kindly of Mr. Wood, the superintendent of the Prison who treated her with all the respect due her sex though the charges against her were of a serious nature—that of being a Rebel spy. He gave her a servant to wait upon her and told her ne would not. lock her cell door as long as she behaved herself. The loom in which she was con fined had former y been the eommit- te. —'om of the old congress, and had been repeatedly rinuated by Clay, Webster. Calhoun, and other stah; s- men of their age and mark. When the hour lor divine service came on Sabbath morning Mr. Wood, the prison superintendent, would walk down the passag,> into which her room opened, proc’iming (she says) in the tunes and with the gerterv's of a town crier: "All you who want to hear the word of God nreached according to Jeff Davis, go down into the yard, and all you who want to hear it preached according to Abe Lincoln go into No. 10.” This was the way he separated the sheep from the goats. But she don't say which is which. J. L. S. Buster Bro W i Party. 'Master Alfred West entertained fifteen of his MtMe friends at a de lightful Buster Brawn party Satur day afternoon. After spending some time playing merrv games, the cnildren one by one were blind-folded and requested to pin a tie on Buster. Miss Ruth Shuford and Master Raiford Gaffney lied tor the first prize. After cutting for it Master Raiford Gaffney received a cunning ly framed picture of Buster Brown. Miss Rhoda Brain'ett was made hap py with the consolation. The fo’dlng doors were thrown ooen and thev were ushered into the dining room where the children were served with a dainty sweet course followed by hot chocolate at small tables strewn with violets. The following is the list of the lit tle folks present: Misses Margaret West, Ruth Shuford, Ella Crawley, Ju let Nesbitt, Ethel Wessin^er, Louise Tolleson. Elizabeth Jefferies, Rhoda Bramlett. Masters Alfred West, Uaifonl Gaffney, Montomery Wilkins, James Wilkins, Claud Moorehead, C'arence West, H. P. Griffith and Tom Griffith. Mrs. West was assisted in enter taining the little folks oy Miss Alma Free and Miss Jessie Reid, of Lime- >tone College. THE REV. AMOS CLARY LECTURES. CHEROKEE COURT. BEFORE THE NEGRO LEAGUE. BUSINESS and neighbors to see lightning when no cloud nothing but na tu;al. ’inesett went < >v< L-r to the mile s big! i can ay am! ireld in inquest. (list: ince ( f two mxlerod a vc rd ict in ac- the at m os pin-rife wl It the allow a" oiling able and r t the to an vono for B >Y<f‘* < nn* a tire of a cloiui nth. ACachment g no m a cloud five eus! \ be seen at a hundred miles when conditions are favor same time no appear- is visible. Mr H. T o ry Est. a and Mr. Wilkie, of Hickoiy Grove, are working on ir. Roycv Whisonaut's bouse it Wil- in spent last Sab- ondav with his i la A very - nil • bit and niodc-st w blow kinsville. dy lived in a c .-tain county. Master Archie Stia Poon a 'tor hei hnskand had paid bath nigl t and M : ’ c* h-bt of n atu ■<* leaving hei h's paternal grandparent a a tec- a clai n v.re bn tight ag linst M r. H a mp Bratton th ( estate - by hi s brother, and pro- quit, sick v ith pneu or S S ^ serve d t pop trer by the rin-i ,n. well re Dr. L. R. ill of the co-l! t V who happen d 1 o be fe 'St*. n - iriowe • of mid'Rc ago. We ha\ e n:> (aih! Silo i nn cli alarmed, and meet- port, at t ids time To Accommodate Court Attendants. The following letter to Mr. N. W. Hardin, of Blacksburg, was iu reply to a petition asking that the South ern run a train out of Blacksburg at 8:30 a. m. during court, is self ex planatory: Rock Hill. S. C.. Feb. 22nd. 1907. Mr. N W. Hardin. Blacksburg, S. C. Deai- Sir:—I have inclosing therewith part of residents of Gaffney, requesting 'ocai train out of schedule time about Tenor of Welt Known Gaffney Man’s Lecture is Toward Self-Elevation for the Race. The Bristol, .'enn., Herald-Courier, of the 18th. contained the following account of a recent lecture by Rev. Amos Clary, a Cherokee county boy. in whom Eilmost every reader of The Ledger is interested: Rev Amos C ary, pastor of the West Bristol Baptist church, deliver od a lecture on "The Conn,: rstone of Race Development” to the negroes "f Bristol, under th,; auspices of the Negro Business League, at the Bris tol Normal Institution on McDowell -treet ast night. He stid in part: It affords me i> miliar pleasure to address you tonight. You are a part of lhe bent of your race. You rep resent a race Uiat is struggling up war*' in the seal of lift*. Yours is a worthy ambition. My best wish for you is that you may find the "golden fleece” of racial devolop- Mfciit for which you se'k. It is a quest that requires unyielding faith on your part, both in God arid your race. It is a quest that will cost you a long, fierce struggle. But ihy* prize is worth the effort. The Race Problem. The juxto posit ion of yours and the white race in the south has created a complex situation, but not onu which should perplex us. How’ to adjust the relation of the two races so that each race will hav free scope to develop itself along the lines adapted t;> its own peculiar life, and that. too. witnout the conflict or re striction of one race upon the other, that is the real race issue in the south, that is the pro hi m which you and I must solve. All this talk about the colonization of the negroes is fanciful and impracticable. Ii is simply the grandstand talk of the professional politician. He talks it for effect. You, as a race, have be come too closelv allied with the in dustrial interests of our county. i() B ar up now and go to a new "coun try. You could not afford it nor could the south afford to let you go. So ve must find the adjustment which will enable both the white and the black races to davelon the best in its own life. The Cornerstone. The cornerstone of race develop ment. what is it Th.- Statio The school? these are large factors opment of a race of they are not house is Hie Although the and instruct record of the your of the 20th, petition on ihe Blacksburg, and that we run our Blacksburg on 8:30 a. m. be- n February 251 n to March l .vo 1!UI7. This I have given am todav placing (train will in. each church? The No. All of in the devel- people. But the cornerstone. The cornerstone of civiliza tion. And woman is the cornerstone of the home. To elevate a people then you must elevate their homes. To elevate their homes you must elevate their women. To priKluce l. tter men you must build better homes. The civilization of a people "••i never advance beyond Hie civi lization of their homes. A Good Home. It takes first of ail a good wife and mother to make a good man. The wile and mother who has low mora hreals. who iia-, little or no res pect and regard for the marriage vows and marriage relations can ne my attention and instructions that eave Blacksburg ai 8:30 morning ver !»t- the mistress of a de-si •able bad. home. Nor can such a woman ever Di Ire the mot hei of children who will ni have h gh moral ideals. flret I appeal to the wives, the mother. Much Tim e Consumed in Getting Ready for Business. The Court of Common Plow met yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at th" county court house. Judge James Aldrich, of Aiken, presiding. Solici tor Sease had been detained because of the death of his brotherein law and J. B. Bell. Esq., looked after the State’s interest. Practically the en tire morning session was consumed getting matters into shape. Mr. Bell presented a number of bills for the consideration of the grand jury and the witnesses were sworn. Judge Aldrich charged the grand jury in an able, thoughtful and deter mined manner, reminding them that thev were the custodians of the af fairs of he county and that it. was within their province to see to It that no man was tried unjustly and that no guiitv one should escape the law. He touched up the sewerRl phrases of homicide, upon licentioue- ness, arson, burg ary. rape. etc., say ing among other things, that one legal hanging for the crime of rap * would deter 500 men trom commit ting the crini,* wnile one lynching for the cause was likely to produce another such crime. It was his ob servation that often when a person was lynched for that crime that another crime of the same character occurred in the same neighborhood within a few months, charge was interesting ive. The following is tlu- court proceedings ysterday afternoon: Mamie Lipscomb, larson. true bill. Malinda Estes, murder, true bill James Bores, murder, true bill. Tom Hariris, murder, true bill. Sam Lipscomb, assault with intent to ki’l, true bill. A motion was made to quash this indictment on the ground that a brother of the prose cution was one of the grand jury which found the true bill. The mo- ti':r was granted and another indict ment was handed out. Mood Turner, disposing u£ proper ty under mortgage, true bill. Charlie Moseley, grand larce” tree bill. Moseley plead guilt’ .-"Ob was sentenced to two ye* county chaingang or th 0n , the John McDowell. «» Penitentiary. and larceny, tr /, 1 0 , , , , f e nlead guiitv ^ l,ni - McDowell five years ,va ' s * sentt ‘" c ed to lemiarv fl,e chaingang or peni- y, * and to pa" a fine of $1.00. icfor Corry, Housebreaking and larceny, true bill. Corry plead nor guilty and will be tried by a jury. Sam Lipscomb, assault with intent to kill, true bill. Tom Harris was arranged and hi.s trial set for Thursday morning. Mrs Cook Entertains. Mrs. R. S. Cook entertained it- r many lady friends at "flinch” Wed nesday morning from 11 to i o’clock. The following were those present: M-sdames P. V. Gaffney, A. N. Worn], Sam Hopper, Jr.. C. C. Harris, W. S. Smirks. S. S Ross. H. L. Haines. R. C. Sarratt. Will Gaffney. R. S. Lip scomb, Landrum Brown. Will Doggetl. Dr. Darwin, J. C. Jefferies, J. C. Rat lift’. W. H. Gooding. Chris Phillips. Rita Jefferies. R. M. Gaffney, Willi Wilkins. Dr. Brown L Baker. .Chi»s u Ham s Fav Gaffney, H. P. Byars, N. H. Littlejohn. W. C. Hamrick, Dr. Nesbitt, l F. Garrett. W. C. Carpen ter. C. C. Humphries. Tom Brown. Wofford Humphries. Jack Daniel, J. V. Sarrett. J. N. Linscamb. Misses Guss Brohawn, Fleetwood. Rifle and Lillian Hopper. Sa First Baotist Church Notja. here was the regu’ar service last nbalh. Uiougii the weather was to ^hiinis begin 1 Tr* ing with a female friend, sh ed. with agitation: “What do you think? T ! as keen after me!" “Wfell," said the f-onsid exclaim- ho sheriff We will | ion om Nearly hav, : nvh< i e every i had lady ’ hav v ry : I* who has been monia. nas about Black tr< ated his oad news to re- Everybody says railroad in this sect- l-eforo long, tody is coughing with ■ who haven’t got it ours very truly, Supi. Terre!. hen J. H Sr-rii-Sentennial of Mt. Pleasant. Plea* her ant church fifi y-nint h d sires lo eele anniversary on wit., perfect coiiije a . ",ie is fine man." ’But ho says lie has an attachment P me. ” replied lire widow “Well. I have long suspected that he was attached to you. my dear.” "But you don’t understand. He says 1 must go to court.” "Oh. that’s quirt another affair, my child. Don’t you go so fast as that; his place to come and court you.” Read*/ Comprehension. 'Dickey." said the teacher, accord- in" to the Chicago Tribune, “what is the meaning of the word ‘diadem "Dunno,” answered Dickey. A diadem is a distinguished mark of royalty. Think you can remem ber that?” "Yes’ra. I guess so.” “Give me a sent nee in which dia dem’ is used.” “I can’t remember any, ma’am.” “Well, make one yourself." "I’d ruthr'r not” “Whv, EMckey?” “I don’t think it’s a nice word.” . ’’But it is. It is a perfectly prop er word. I am waiting for that sen tence.” “Well then, if I eat toadstoods I’ll diadem sight sooner than tf I let ’em alone.” —We handle only the Selected Irish Potato seed, put up ii*^ 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. cod those had it It will he several days before the ’ ploughs can start again sowing oats. A crowd of trappers came down 'from North Carolina and are at work on Bullock’s creek and its tributaries catching “varmints" for their hides and fur. They were at work on Thicketv and Giikcv creeks some time ago and we learn caught several. We notice that The Ixglger got a portion of Judge O Neall’s lecture in passing tlv- sentence of death on the Vickers boys mixed up a little. But tiie observant reader will catch the force of his language and what he said, it was: “If you can’t pray let m urge each of you to do like the Publican of old. lift your eves heaven ward and smite upon your breasts and cry. ‘God be merciful to me a sinner.’ ” v ' tkm’t blame the compositor so much as we do ourself for not writ ing plainer. Its our fault and not youis. Will. You are correct “Aesop,” go up head The houf and minute hands of a clock stand at. right angles to each other at 5 5-11 minutes after four o’clock. Here’s another you can try: Three ca’endar clock are started to- g ther at 12 m. January 1907. One keens correct time; one loses two r:inutes in twenty-four hours and the other gains four minute* In the samr? length of time. Wl en will the hands -ip Ire together again and what day. month and year will each clock- point out ? The railroad surveyor* speak of breaking up camp and going to Ken tucky where thev will be engaged in similar work for six week* or two the fifth Sunday in oMt-nded to ml the pro file ceh'bra used elect chairman ami sm Friday before March, 1907. A general invitation is ai! of h r past pastors u s; •' one to participate jn lion. Program. Obi time music will b< Welcome by the pastor.* Rev. 15 M Bridges. Organize, rotary. Introductory sermon by Rev. T. D’xon. of Shelby. N. (’.. who was pastor fifty-eight years ago. at II o’clock a. m. Rev. L. C. Ezell, Woodruff, alternate. Hospitality by J. R. Jolly. Adjourn for dinner. Evening Session- Devotional exercise. History of Mt. Pleasant church J. R. Matheney. Speakers—Rev. L. C. Ezell. Woodruff: Rev. A. C. Irvin, of Shel by. N. C.; Rev. D. F. Putman, of Shel by. N. C.; Rev. A. J. Bonner, of Maud; Rev. John Ruppe, Maud; Rev. B. M. Bridges, Moorsboro, N.‘ C. Tire above pastors wilt be request ed to speak on the growth and his tory of the church, reviewing the past work of the same. O W. Hol’and will speak on old time music remarks. Adjourn. David Hamrick. J. K. Matreney. T M Holland. Committee. ne r>' race. future race tonight. It | your race I I charge ! great bin - | shoulder.- i order ofi strategic idle molds now ii.iv. prosperity of and mtr-i ach the nextjany in fit tenet and by of —Buy your seed in bulk—you get three times as much as you get In the small 5c papers. We handle the 5c papers, but prefer to sell in bulk as we can afford to give so much more. S -ed In bulk or In paners at Gaffney Drug Co.—the Seed Store. ,and the daughters { is God’s purpose to lift up I Tin* w< rk has just begun, i you that God has aid the ' d -n of 'Itis work on your j Vo ir place in the recinl your race is unique and The hand that recks the ci Y'oqr mothers we’far and your race in your cradles serie.s. You ar 1raining generation. \Vhat will vour Tie? Sober and Industrious Husband Fathers. It also takes sober and industrious husbands, fathers and sons to mak, good homes. You men have your 'dace and work in home building. You must choose the mother of your children. It is for you to say what kind of a father they shall hav-*. 1 ' Yoa have two moral enemies which ! you must watch—drunkenness and , gambling. The man who i'ollows drinking and gambling is worth- lit tle or nothing as a home builder. Hp spends the money for whiskey that he ought, to spend on his home and for his family. Wfiiskey incapacW tates your mpn for work- They cease to be* wealth producers, hang around saloons and wait for their wives to earn a living for the family. While you try to ePvate your people thev are pulling it down. What is the renredy? You help to close up all the whiskey shops and let these men go to honest labor and to build ing up homes for your people. A ereat battle is soon to be fought in Bristol. It. is to be a battle for home, church aud State. It will be a battle of right, against wrone. You and your people must help fight battle. lie sure you line up on th right side. It is a fight for the safe ty of two races help arranged f )■■ a meet- last of April or the k the nremise of DOS' T. Martin. iren. Dr. yen: avo ■ who is Simms ml can him to his pulpit. Fo r 51 o m a c h f r ffc r s Don’t Use Any Remedy That Keep* Its Formula a Secret. People who are troubled with stom- weakness cannot afford to use remedy iirtlo-. they know what it contains. Miona Is not a mere riving onlv temporary relief, d'gestive but a specific for al! dirorders of the diges tive organs, and so effects a perma nent cur? for stomach troubles. Your physician will tell you that nothing is better than a combination | of chemically pure bismuch subgallate to allay any inflammation of the stomach and bowels: cerium oxalate, to strengthen the stomach nerves; sodium bicarbonate, which ncutralia- es the poislnous acids that are pres ent in stomach troubles; and nux vomica, which will restore vigor to the digestive organs and tone the whole nervous system. This combination is found only in Mio-na stomach tablets, and it so rarelv fails to strengthen the digestive t-ystem and cure all forms of stom ach disorders, that the Gaffnev Drug Co. sell tbA remedy under a guaran tee to refund the money unless It cures. If you suffer from indigestion, dis tress after eating, specks before the eyes, headaches, pains in the hack and side, emaciation, bloatin'', nerv ousness, sleeplessness, or anv of the other svrantoms of stomach trouble*, this!begin the use of Miona stomach tab lets at once. The Gaffney Drue Co. sell them in 50c boxes with a guaran tee* to refund money unless they cure. —Try the Williamson plan on a small patch of corn, using our Im proved Early Garden Dixie Dent '’orn. If others can make 150 bush- *ls or more per acre, you can do just as well. The Seed Store. —Just arrived, shipment of Tox- awav Coffee. 35c the rb. Also ship ment of mixed and green Tea 60c and 80c the lb. Yours truly, John G.« Bramlett. Phone 103. Feb. 26. Mar. J