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I THK LARGEST CIRCULATION •f Any Ntw«papir In th« Fifth Congressional District of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE Ihe Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY —PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY c GUARANTEE THE RBUABILITV 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 Pe.pie of Cherokee Cou ity. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1907. “THANK YOU, BRETHREN; > MEET ME IN HEAVEN!" THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF TOM CHILDERS WHEN DEATH SENTENCE WAS PRONOUNCED. The Murderer of Mrs. Hortensia Morgan Will Hang On Friday, March 29th. He Was Apparently the Most Unconcerned Man In the Court House. The trial of Tom Childers, for the asurder of Mrs. Hortensia Morgan 'flCtich was commensed yesterday Morning is the drawing card of the present session of Court of Common Pleas. The court house was filled to ifen utmost canacitv all day yesterday. Jadge Aldrich, at the outset stated tlat order would be maintained if lip Tiad to put some one in jail. All day long Harris seemed to b th< least interested person in the ppocecdings. He even smiled now aad then, but on t whole seemed bored by the r cital of the story of tie witnesses that was surelv entwin « i*K a rope about his neck. Harris is a man of about five feet ton inches, weighes about. 170 pounds. He is about twenty-nine years old. He has fleshened up since he was placed in jait On his faee is a three Months growth of jet black beard and bis hair is long. His complexion is fair and he is rot altogether an un prepossessing appearance. The prisoner was arrainged. The ftr«t name drawn out of the jurv box iwu J. A Raines, who was objected to by the defense. Forest Porter was the next name drawn and the first juror to prove aceaptabh* to both sides. No obiecl'on was found to C. A. S. Campbell; J. T. JTobbs was <>b- J Pcted to by the defense; E. W. Jolly 'ad J. T. Humphries were stood aside 4or cause. The defense objected to R. B. Burgess. Walter Coyle and Joe W. Gaffney. J. W. Blanton made the tlrtrd juror, while H. G. Guiton was stood aside for cause; C. C. Harris was excused because he was sick; G. C. McSwain was accepted; R. A. Bridges and W. S. Sparks wyre stood aside for cause; D. J. Gibbons was aerated: J. K. Wood was obieeted to by the defense; W. B. Blackwood and S. S. Littlejohn were sworn; H. L. Spears was excused by the de fense: W. E. Poole was accepted, as was also E. L. Tate: J. E. McDaniel was objected to by the State; W. C. 'j McArthur was excused by the court; B. L. Poole was objected to by the defense, while Noah Wisher was ex- cimed by the prosecution; L. C. Mab ry was excused on account of illness. The defense exhausted its challenges when they stood aside M. L. Guthrie and J. H. Lipscomb; J. S. Hammett made the tenth juror; J. Q. Little was excused, and A. P. Thompson and H. E. Ruppe completed the pan el. Mr. C. A. S. Campbell was select ed as foreman. Dr. J. N. Nesbitt was the first wit ness. He described the position in which he found the body: the wound and the clothes and also testified to l| having seen Harris at Mrs. Morgan’s ^ house a short while before the mur der. John Westmoreland. lives in . Grover. N. C.. knew the defendant: bad known him for six or eight years. Rememebered the date of the homicide. Saw Tom Harris on the 19th of November. I had been work ing at Lexington. N. C.. double-track ing and had come home for a day or two. Asked Harris to go back with me. He said he wou’d but didn’t have the means: couldn’t leav** bis wife. I bought An ax from Harris, paying him 25 cents for it. He cleaned out mv well and I i^aid him opo dollar, i gave him a pair of shoes. (Witness identified the shoe.) He asked me for a nickle to buy to bacco with. Dave Bookout, of Grover, swore that Harris worked for him; that he • bad no money; that be advanced Harris money in dribbles at various - tim r s: and that sometime prior to the 20th of Novemoer Harris told him that bis (Harris’) wife had spent # the night with Mrs Morgan some weeks before: that Mrs. Morgan had considerable money that sh" carried it on her person and that some one would kill her for it. John El'is swore that he got on the ♦ rain at Blacksburg on the morning of the 20th of November; that Har ris and ids wife got off at Blacks burg and that Harris got back on the train. He was going to Gaffney and next saw the prisoner on the road b^twen Gaffney and Mrs. Mor gan’s home. Quinn testified to meeting a stranger in the public road pear J. J. • Gaffney’s place, one m'le from town, About 11 o’clock who inquired the P wav to Mrs. Morgan’s. He next saw the same man in Gaffney, just, a few minut''s after be heard the news of th murder. Next saw Harris at the waiting room at the d°pot. It was about 2 o’clock when he saw him in G-affney. Shannon Sentell lives five miles west of Gaffney: was in town the day Mrs. Morgan was killed; met a stranger two and a half miles from Gaffney and half mile this side of Mrs. Morgan’s; the prisoner at the bar was t'he man; met the same man in the afternoon; he was walking rabidly. On passing Mrs. Morgan’s noted a lady walking fast and ro ling a baby carriage She was going west, towards Mr. Murray’s and Mr. Whel chel’s. Tlie woman did not speak and he did not. Sh- looked scared and he made no attempt to pass her. Sho called Mrs. Murray as soon as she reached her vard. Mrs. Ca lie Webb testified that she lived on Mrs. Morgan’s place on th** 2i»th of November; lived about three hundred yards from Mrs. Morgan’s house bm not on tbe sam public road; left her house at 1 o’clock to go for Mrs. Morgan who was to go with her on a visit to Mrs. Murray. Mrs. Morgan was to come for her at 12 and not coming she waited until 1 o’clock and went to Mrs. Morgan’s house. She seen nothing of Mrs. Morgan, made several calls, receiv ing no answer she went to a window and looked in and saw Mrs. Morgan lavng on the tied with her throat cut. Did not see Mr. S* ntell as she was going to Mrs. Murray’s. Notified Mrs. Joe Whe'chel and Mrs. Murray. Got several people and .v< nt back to the house. W. J. White, deputy cheriff of Spar tanburg. testified to his signature as a witness to a paper handed him by Mr. Sease signed by Thos Harris, alias Thos Ch'ders. This paper was an alleged confes sion of Harris. The judge had the jury retire while the admissibility of the paner was discussed. J. W. Becknell. jai’or at. Spartan burg. corrobodated the testimony of Mr. White. E. L. Cole, clerk for Carroll & By ers. Mr. Cole testified that he so'd a stranger some goods on the after noon of tbe day Mrs. Morgan was murdered—about 2 o’clock. The goods consisted of a suit, an over coat, a pair of sho o s and a suit case. He recognized Harris as the stranger. D. P. Phillips testified that he was Unted States deputy marshall last November; that he and Officer James Coyle arrested Harris at. the South ern depot station and questioned him concerning his whereabout and the purchase he had made. Took Harris to the city jail and searched him. Found $728.10 in the pockets of an old coat which Harris bad placed in the new grip he had. Witness identi fied a knife as the one taken from the person of Harris. Witness stated that he observed red spots on tbe sleeves of coat. R. C. Godfroy testified that he was in Gaffney the 20th of last November. Saw the prisoner after he had been arrested. Took $268 form the pock et of the old coat. Identified knife with the spot on it as the one taken from Harris. Sheriff W. W. Thomas testified that Officer Hallman gave him $726; identified the package of money; identified the knife. ,W. K Davenport testified that on the 20th of November the prisoner came into his store in the morning of that day and left an old grip. J. B. Becknell, jailor at Spartan- burg. recalled and testified that he signed a paper ;w witness along with Rev. W. T. Smith and Mr. White. He testified that Harris while in jail at Spartanburg told him he was in trouble and wanted a minister. He told Mr. White and they sent for Rev. W. T. Smith. Harris voluntarily made a confession, after he had been warned that anv statement he might m t »ke would be used against h'm in his trial. Harris made his confession in the presence of the three. The con- feshion was written out and read over to Harris and h j signed it. The confession was offered in evidence and is as follows: The following is a confession made by Tom Harris alias Pom Chi decs to Rev. W. P. Smith. W. J. White ami J. W Becknell. of his own accord aft r being warned that it would be used against him of the murder of Mlrs. Morgan. After which he says he and his wife and two children got <ni train No. .’!9 at Grover. N. C.. his wife and ehiidr n getting off at Blacksburg. S. C . lie '"'ing on to Gaffney, S C.. and there getting off and going to Mr. Davenport’s store leaving a grip and other belongings aft°r which he started for Mrs. Morgan’s, asking two men on the wav where she lived; he found h<>r setting on her front oorch; approached her and pretend ed to want to rent a farm; she told him all her land was rented; she got up to go in the house, asking him to stay for dinner; he replied he didn’t care for any alnner, following her into the room she stepped to the h ed to get a paner and he walked up behind her. catching her by the throat, choked her down on the bed: took his knife from his coat pocket and cut her throat, after which he waited in the room ten or twenty minutes until she died, after which he search ed a cunboard or safe for her money; not finding it he searched her person, finding her money tied around her waist in a pouch or sack; he cut the string from her person, took the money from the sack and threw the sack down at the door. Her xnoney consisted of something over a hun dred dollars in go d of five, ten and twenty dollar nieces, the rest being in greenback of ten and twenty dollar bH's; he then walked back to the road and walked back to Gaffney, going to a store and buying a new suit of clothes, overcoat, grip and a pa r of shoes, and expecting to get on train No. 11 of the Southern road and go to Atlanta. Ga.. and from th^re to Memphis. Tonn., to never return. He says no one else than himself had anything to do with this murder, either directly or indirctly. He further sta\. n s at the time he committed the murder he had forty dollars of Ills own money and think ing that it wouldn’t be sufficient for ids needs decided to rob Mrs. Morg- hs needs decided to rob Mrs. Mor gan. Also says Mrs. Morgan knew hm and but for that fact would have robbed her without killing her. his Tom Harris mark Witness; .1. W Becknell. W. P. Smith. W. .] White. The State closed. The d fense often u no evidence, thereby allowing them the reply in the argument. Argument for the d* fense was open ed by Mr. Clark, who argued along the line of insanity, but he had no heart in his work. Mr. Butler de clined to speak and Solicitor Sease followed Mr. Clark. He made a mas terly argument. Mr. Hall, for the defense, made the closing argument. He ^gued the case for about thirty minutes, and. considering his case did remarkably well. In Ids charge Judge Aldrich told the jurv in no uncertain language that public sentiment had nothing to |o with the case. The court house was a temple of justice and controll ed bv law and evidenc*. and not pub lic sentiment. The case went to the jury at 5:42. At 5:46 a rap came on the door of th*> jurv room and !t created a sen sation in court. It transpired (.hat sonic of the jurv desired to retire. At 6:30, just thirty-eight minutes, the jury announced that they had agr ed. The clerk called the rool and the cl* rk of court took the indict ment and read the verdict “Guilty.” ‘When he verdict was read the court house was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. The judge asked counsel for the defense if there was anv reason why sentence should not lie pronounced. Counsel replied that they knew of no reason and Harris was arranged by Clerk of Court Jeffeires and Judge Al drich passed sentence as follow; “It having been solemly demand- id of the Prisoner at the bar. if he b-’th anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. and he sayeth nothing further, unless as he had before said, where fore it is considered by the court, and pronounced bv the court and the judgment of the law. that the said Tom Harris (the with in desorbed defendant) be taken to the place from whence last he came, the common jail of the county of Cheiokee. there to lie kept in close confinement and safe custody until Friday the 29th day of March, 1907; and that on that said Friday, be tween the hours of ten in the fore noon and two in the afternoon, he be tak'm to the usual place of execution in this county, within the jail or the inclosure of the jail of the county of Cherokee, and then and there be hung by the neck until his body be dead. Mav God have mercy on your soul.’’ At the close of the sentence the prisoner grabbed his Dig b'ack hat and flourishing it in his right hand, without a tremor in his voice said; “Thank you brethren, meet me in heaven.” The Prisoner was then escorted to the jail by Sheriff Thomas and Depu ty Sheriff Durham. When th- verdict was. read the prisoner did not display the least emotion. Neither was there the 'b-lit st. change in his countenance when the judee pronounced the sen- t'-nce of If anything he s-'em <*d to he relieved that the tedious process of trial had come to an end. and rocked back and forth ’in his chair in apparent perfect content ment. This w«n be the first legal hanging since the organization of Cherokee county ten years ago. It is tbe sec ond time the death penalty has been pronounced, the other case being that of Ed Raney, colored, for rape. An anneal was taken in this case but he will probably be re-sentenced at this term of eourl. Found at Last. .1 A. Harmon, of Lizemore. West \'a.. says: “At last I have found the perfect pl'l that never disappoints m«; and for the benefit of others af flicted with torpid iivor and chronic constipation, will say: take Dr. ICing’s New Life Pills.” Guaranteed satisfactory 25c ai < herokee Drug Co. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT. Report Court House and Jail Well Kept—Recommendations. To His Honor, James Aldrich, pre siding judge. The grand jury beg leave to make this its report: 1. Wle have acted on ail bills handed us by the solicitor. 2. We have examined by com mittee. county court house and of fices and found same well kept and in very good condition, with the ex ception of tiling in lobby of court house. We recommend that tiling be repaired. We visited the jail and found things well kept and in good condition. We recommend that a ’phone be put in. also that a porch be put on west side extending to pantry, with door cut in dinng-room leading on side porch 3. The committee appointed by us to examine county parish and chain- gang is not vet ready to make its re port. We request that all magis trate bind over all defendants and witnesses that are required to attend circuit court with sufficient bond. We recommend that a portion of Mil’s gap road, from Moss Martin's : f o where it runs into the Me; le road, 11; i:*ei t up by the county, j We reported at October term of ;court 1906, that the pond on Southern railroad near Beaverdam ch iich, be removed, nothing ins been done. And we recommend that this be done at once. 4. We desire to express thanks to the presiding judge for his able charg to us and for is other cour- tieies. Also the officials of the court and county, who have courtiouslv as sisted us ill the performance of our dmo during the term. H* spectfully submitted. O. A. Osborne, Fclr eman. The following cases were disposed of in the Court ol Common Pleas £dnc Q our last issue: Sam Lipscomb, assault with int nt to ki 1. Not guilty. Will Ramseur, car bneaking and larceny. Plead gui ry. Sentenced to eighteen months on Cie chaingang Dave Rippy. assault and battery with intent to kill. Guilty. Three years on chaingang Marion White and Cone Pruett, malicious mischief. No! pros. George Bonner, disposing of pro perty under lien. No! pros. Victor Corry, house breaking and larceny. Not guilty. Veriey Wilson and Stack Wilson, murder. Guilty, with recommendtiaon to mercy. The following true bills were found by the grand jury Albert Jefferies and James Jef feries. assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weap ons. E. W. Jolly, assault and battery i with int-nt to kill and carrying con- j celled weapon. J. D. Davis, obtaining goods under false pretense. Fletcher Mioses, assault and bat- . t<*ry with intent to kill and carrying , concealed weapon. » NEWSV LETTER FROM WIUINSV li.E. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. DEATH OF MRS. HOLLIS. She Was a Lady of Lovable Traits of Character. Mrs. E. P. Hollis, formerly of this city, but recently of Greenville, died in that city Wednesday. We take the fol’owing form yesterday’s Green ville news: “Mrs. E. P. Hollis died yesterday afternoon at 2:15 o’clock at her home on Manley avenue, surrounded bv her husband and five children. Mrs. Hollis, prior to her marriage, was Miss Minerva Goforth of Gaffney. “She was the mother of Mrs. G. T. Barr. Misses Lucy and Minnie Hollis of this city and Messrs. Fred G. and Harry Hollis. Bennettsvil'e. “The funeral services will take place this afternoon at 4 o'clock at Snringwood. The pall bearers will be Messrs. Thomas Blassengame, R. K. Talor. W. H. Austin, Mills Hunter. E. P. I mug and Dr. Prince. “Mrs. Hollis was a most lovable woman. Sh** was of a retiring dis position. but a wide circle of .intimate friends, who knew her well, loved her end mourn her loss. Mrs. Hollis was a sister of Mrs. T. J. Alexander of this city. Mrs. J. I. 1 Sarratt ami Mr. O. L. Goforth, of 'his county. Are you tired, fagged out. nervous, sleepless, feel means? Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea strengthens the nerv 'S. aids digestion, brings refresh ing sleep 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR FILES Itching. Blind. Blending. Protruding Plies. Druggists are authorized to os fund money if PAZO OINTMENT | falls to cure In 6 to 14 daya. 66c —Buy your seed from the Seed Store. Flower Seed, Garden Seed, Field Seed. Our Rue of seed Is com plete. Oaffney Drug Co. That Shooting At Blacksburg. Blacksburg, Feb. 24.—Saturday | afternoon about 5 o’clock, the resi dents of this place, and especially those passing along Church street near the Southern deiK>t, wer** con siderably surprised at the firing of a pistol three times. Upon investiga tion it developed that Joe Brunson, a worth’ess negro about town, had shot Noah Keys, another n‘*gro and an employee of the Dravo Contract ing Company which is building the large electric plant at Gaston Shoals near this plac**. Keys was shot but twice, one ball entering tbe right hand near the thumb, and the other in the left breast. The cause of the shooting is the alleged intimacy of Keys with Brunson’s wife, a notoriously disre putable character. Dr. Ramseur. who was called in to attend Keys, stated this morning that he had probed for the ball in the left breast but had not been able to find it and was of the opinion that it had deflected. Whether it would likely prove fatal, he was unable to sav. Keys’ cond'.on at this writing; se^ms to be worse. Brunson waived preliminary hear ing before Magistrate L. T. Llgon and was committed to jail in default of bond. E. A. T. —Just arrived, shipment of Tox- awav Coffee. ’35c the lb. Also ship ment of mixed and green Tea 60c and 80c the lb. Yours truly, John G. Bramlett. Phone 168. Feb. 26. Mar. L Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items - • that Section. iWilkinsville, hVI>. 26.—We have i"’*»d with much pleasure the speech of Mr David E. Finley, our congress man. on the postoffice appropriation bill delivered in the House of Repre- s ntatives on last Tuesday. 19th and nublished in the Congressional Re cord of February 20th. It covers much of tbe matters in which our Ledger readers are interested and we beg to make the fo lowing ex- traeth. lie betxan by saying; “Mr. Chairman: "''wo hundred and nin million four hundred tml sixteen thousand ei'-*ht hundred and two dol lars is a very large amount of money i > be carried in on** anpropria- lion bill, but tiiis is the amount cal 1 - <*d for in the bill and r consider ation for the supoorl of ihe eostoffice (Lpy.rtmen! foi ;’n* fiscal year begin- ninn July i next It has been cor rectly stajed that inis is (lie greatest amount of money ever reported to congr* >s in a sing e bill Tiiis is a great country, having a population of possibly SC.oOO.OOO, exceeding in ma- terhi wealth any other two countries in th * world, and in possible develop ment far exceeding any one of them.” Further on in speaking of the rural carrbrs he said: "Mr. Chairman, going to th * in- o-mse of sa’arv for rural - carriers, they are resigning at a rate that threatens the effici* ncy of the service in some sections of the country. I believe betw*en lour and five thous and resided last ,*oir. !* is claimed that wnere one r signs there is ill 's somebdy u> take his place, but that is not absolutely true In some instances, a few I will say. routes have been temporarily discontinued because of the fact that carriers could not be obtained the salary provided by law. to wit. $72«i annu ally. “Not only this, but these employees of the government are entitled to more pay than they receive today, because they perform service entitl ing them to increased pay. Voicing niv individual opinion. I may sav that ’he salary should be $900 at least. I believe that because I be’ieve that they perform services which entitle them at least to this much compen sation. These employees have no classification. They mave no thought of promotion. They furnish their own equipment, horse and vehicle. They support themselves. The re port of the postmaster-general in the statement of the fourth assistant postmatser-general in the hearings show that, approximately speaking, they spent about $300 annually on their equipment and keep of same, leaving only something like $420 for their individual compensation over and above expenses.” Owing to the bad weather the Sa lem Sunday school was not in session last Sabbath. Mr. Sam J. Strain, who has been laid up with a spell of sickness for several days, was able to start with his mail Monday morning. Several letters have been sem out by the John Hames Chapter U. D. C. to different parties in this (Gowdeys- ville) and Draytonvllle township ask ing for lists of the soldiers who went from these different sections to the war—when and where they were killed or died and such other informa tion as may be obtainable. Camp Jefferies U. C. veterans’ will doubt less take the matter up at its meet ing next. Saturday and see what can Up done to help the chapter to gain the information wanted. This is a labor of love and they deserve all the help thev can gel. The State has rp- propriated money at different times ai J employed men to look up these matters and write a history of the South Carolina trotyps in the late war between the States, but if any thing has ever been done worth speaking of it has escaped our no tice. We know that a lot of manu script has been sent out by private partes who have never heard what became of it. Now that the ladies have under taken the work without reward or hope of reward in a financial sense, we look for better work. Wg are cautioned to watch the man who never niak(*s mistakes— good advice, that is. Mr. Boyce Whisonant. of Wiikins- vill * will have a fine house when it is finished. We are often asked when vve will have preaching at Salem. We know better answer than to sa / when we <*t good ready for it. Mr. I^es |e Blackwell went u> court as a grand juror Monday. Mrs. Charlie Foster spent last we* b witn her mother who lives on Bullock’s creek in York county. In selecting Mr. F. B. Authur, of Union, by Gov. Ansel as one of the hoard of commissioners “to wind up the affairs of the State dispensary,” Progress reminds us that when South Faro’ina in 1860. seceded from the Union, a Mr. B. F. Authur, of Union, was secretary of the meeting. Now in 1907. when the State recedes from a union with liquor dealers and grafters, his son. a man of the same name and from the same locali ty holds a similar position. Mr. T. J. Estes has been qualified as one of the township commission of Gowdeysvllle on the new county board. He succeeds Mr. W. G. Fow ler who has held the position for $1.00 A YEAR. several years, hut on account of bad health was forced to resign Mr. Fowie• has been sick for nearly a year and is not gaining health and strength as we would he glad to see him do He is one of our best pub lic-spirited citizens. .Mrs Jeff D. Hughes, accompanied bv Miss McSwain, who is teaching the Abingdon creek school, went on a visit to her home in Gaffney last Saturday. They returned on last Sabbath-bad as the weather was. We wish to say for the benefit of at' concerned that there has lived or will live during this age only one Ben Tillman or Sam Jones. All would be imitators or frauds and faib res. ( o McDaniel, who got his arm broken at Hickory Grove school hottsx "eek before last, we are glad to sa. is getting along very well— hasn’t complained of its hurting him very much yet. Mr. Vernie Webber has been home sick for s verai days. He has been at. work on the new railroad rulining from Cing’s Creek to the “Ninety- Nine I amis ” .'Ii* and Mrs. Lowery Webber, who have been visrting friends and rel atives a' SedaUa. hav returned jome. Wrs. vV. G. Fowler and Miss Bon nie Met luney visited Mrs. S. F. Es ters last Saturday. They gave us a short call. too. A good deal of excitement xenui to have bi-e» caused by a report that snots hate been discovered on the sun. This is nothing new But to ac count for them with anv degree of certainty has puzzled astronomers since 807 A D.. when they w< re first dscovered. This was 803 years be fore the iii *11(100 of the telescope. In Steel* s Fourteen Weeks iu Astronoa,\ iw Ive pages an devoted to the subject in which quite a numb er of investigations are reported with their conclusions. This great phenomena is one of ihe prob’etriis science has never yet. od perhaps never will, settle satis factory further than that, these bo lls or starts measure f*’om one hun dred to one himdivd and eighty-six thou nd miles in diameter. Of them, however, we can o en dorse what David says in th** 19th Psalm; Be! old the loft y skv Declares its maker God. And aU the starry works on high Proclaim His power abroad J. L. S •WHISKEY” COLD CURES. Danger of Using Alcoholic Mixtures or Coal Tar Tablets. The most, dangerous thing that one can do when affected with a cough or cold it to use a medicine that con tains whiskey or a tablet that is made of some coal tar product. Put ting aside a’l moral objections to filling up with whiskey or drugs b& cause one has a co’d. the injurious physical effect should be sufficient to keep one from using these strong medicines. The most sessible as well as the only scientific wav to treat a cough or could is by inhaling medication that will kill the germs and give relief to the irritated mucous mebrane in the nose, throat and lungs. Among the few remedies that are used in this way. Hyomei stands pre eminent. It is breathed through a neat pocket inhaler that comes with every outfit, and the first breath of its healing air relieves the irritation, and its continued use soon effects a thorough cure. The best, people in Gaffney always k**ep Hyomei at hand in the winter months, and at the first symptoms of a cold of bronchial trouble, use the remedy and prevent serious and last- in" illness. If you have any doubts as to the effects of Hyomei in curing coughs, colds and all bronchial troubl es. the guarantee the Gaffney Drug Co. give with every outfit should con vince you of its curative powers. A Hyomei outfit costs $1. and if it does not give satisfaction, the Gaffney Drug Co. will return your money. Extra bottles of Hyomei. if needed, can be obtained for 50c. hut the com plete outfit is usually enough to cure several colds. « A woman is as vain of her small feet as a man is of his large head. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BFOMO Quinlan Tablets. Druggists refund money if it falls to cure. H. W. GROWS slf- oature le on each box. tf* Notice. 1 have reduced the price on Coffees, Syrups. Cottolene. Gold Dust. Candies, Brooms. MLilc Meat. Kraut and a lot of other things. Do not fail to ask about the above It is to your interest. Yours very truly, Jno. G. Bramlett. Phone 193. Fell. 26, Mar. 1. —Best thing on earth for cold and trip. Nature’s Cough Remedy and Grip Tablets. If a She bottles of Na ture’s Cough Remedy and a 2oc box of Grip Tablets don’t knock that cold wn will refund that 75c as cheerfully as we took it. Gaffney Drug Co. —Try the Williamson plan on a small patch of corn, using our Im proved Early Golden Dixie Dent Corn. If others can make 150 bush els or more per acre, you can do lust as well. The Seed Store —Try a bottle of “Nature Cough Remedy” and a box of “Grip Tablets” for that cough and cold. If they don’t cut the Gaffney Drug Co. will re fund your money. Is that fair? Costs nothing if they don’t cure. —All varieties of Flower Seed—in papers, in bulk. Seed Store. Subscribe for Th« Ledger; fl a year. .....