Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 ite ° r % You farmers probably will not deny that you “plough for money’ for that is your business, the noblest occupation on ear'll. See that you get the most money out of your ploughing—or for your crops—by using liberally ! Virsinia=Carolina Fertilizers. \ Tl y w’ll g-eatly “increase your yields per acre,’’ and help you to ob-.uiii the i.u ;cst possible amount of money for your labor. Decrease vour acreage if you will, but double your use of Virginia-Carolina 'ii’izers, and you will see, feel and hear your pockets jingle with your im reased profits. Did you get from us or your fertilizer ^ ^ dealer a << oy of our frer- almanac ? It’s a beauty, and full of ♦ farniiu r ijiio.'nu.ti >n. SAI.ES OFFICES: f'- Ru.hniond, Va. jN’ jrfclk, Va. Durham, N C. Charleston, S. C. Baltimore. Md Atlanta, Ga. Savannah, Ga. inia-CamlinaM Memphis. Tenn. Shreveport, La. Montgomery, Ala. Increase Your Yields Per Acre" mnimia ii— iiiW MiiiUTwinm “Where Did You Get That Watch. Friend ? n “I yot it at tin* old reliable Jewelry Store. He guaran teed it to nm and it has not varied a minute a month since I got it. If you want to sav** from 25 to 50 per cent., call and see his tine line of Jewelry, Witchm and solid Silver ware.” Watches from $1 00 up to $150.uO. Solid Silver Teaspoons, $3.50 a set up. Solid Silver Tablespoons, $7.50 a set up. The celebrated 1847 Rogers Bros. Knives and Forks, $3.75 a dozen. Tablespoons, $2.50 a set; Teaspoons, $1.15 a set. Eight Day Oak Clocks, $1.75. Watch repairing a specialty.| have one of the| best repair shops in the State. Thos. H. Westrope, The Jeweler. THE LARGEST RANCH. You May Travel Ten Hours by Rail Within Its Boundaries. Take a Mexican Central traiu at El Paso, Tex., travel south into the land of Manana for ten hours, and if your engineer is follow ing schedule time you will be travel*ug for the entire period through ihc ranch of one man. This king among ranch owners is General Luis Terrazas, former governor of the state of Chihuahua and estimated in be the wealthiest citizen of the south ern republic. Putting his ranch hold ings at a very low estimate and reck oning his cattle and marketable prop erty at average rates, his wealth to tals more than .iUU.ijOo.OUO. For ail that any one knows it may la* actually double that figure. The astute old general, who has proved himself one of the shrewdest business men of Mexico, never talks of his riches and professes even to be unable to state wbat he is worth. It is left to outsiders to guess from the por tion of his property that is visible to the eye. Mcxi ans who are competent to state say that not even Pedro Alvarado, who offers to pay oft the Mexican national debt with precious metal from his fa mous mines, is as wealthy as the ex governor of the largest state of the re public. How large Terrazas' ranch actually Is il is impossible to say. Hiding stead ily on horseback from north to south, hardened vaqueros require three days to make the trip from one boundary line to the other. East and west the width varies considerably, running at times as high as 300 miles and others narrowing down to little more than 100. The line of the Mexican Central railroad runs Ihrough it for 270 miles, or, in the metri'- nomenclature of Mexi co. for 1-10 kilometers. Vast expanses of grazing iaml, pieces of deport, fruit ful \: ’leys, little towns, villages and good sized cities are all embraced in its coniines. Oencral Te :zas is just past his sev- lentyfif'h I i: today, an event which j was celebrat' w ith great pomp and ; show thioii h ut the city and state of i Chihuahua. On account of his advane- ! mg years la* inis gradually relinquish ed the manaecmeut of many of his in terests to other members of his family. There is a story told among the va queros of tin* ranch demonstrating the vastness of tli ■ herds they have to care for. At one time, so they say, a favor ite cousin of Ceneral Terrazas was to be married at one of the numerous pic turesque ranch houses. The wedding guests were all to come by special train to a point some ten miles distant from the hacienda, and by order of General Tei '-aza a cavalcade of a thou sand vaipUTos, all dressed in white and mounted on pure white horses taken from the ranch herds, were sent to the train to act as an escort to the guests | for their trip to the scene of the wed ding.—Eos A'c ' les rimes. the KINO of BLOOD PURIFIERS SPECIFIC, THE CHEAT HUFiEfl. „ - ~ .A- - ^ M iAr-gAFV"* z ' l : .WWj ig of a run- Gentlemen:—S. S. S. Is nsed as a farr :i .y medicins in oar home. I myself have taken and alway. lounri it what It La claimed to be. It thoroughly ol**an-es the system of Lm- purit.i ?. inor' aser. the a pcite improves the ciigestio®, and builds up the general health. I have "iven it to nay ohiklren with tine results. It promptly restores the appe tite and clears tile skin of ail eruptions. It is a very r blood tonm and has my hearty endorsement. 12-i S. ilth at., Lebanon. Fu ' p. H. THOMPSON No other remedy has given such perfect satisfaction as a blood purifier and tonic or is so reliable in the cure of blood dis eases of every character as S. S. S. It is known as “The King of Blood Purifiers,” and the secret of its success and its right to this title is because “IT !' SEASE a 99 It is an honest medicine, made entirely of purifying, healing roots, herbs and barks, which are acknowledged to be specifics for diseases arising from an impure or poisoned condition of the blood and possessing tonic properties that act gently and admirably in the up-buildin; down, weakened or disordered condition of the system. | One of the greatest points in favor of S. S. S. is that it is the only blood remedy on the market which does not contain a mineral ingredient of some kind to derange or damage the system. It is the one medicine that can be taken with absolute safety by the youngest child or the oldest member of the family, and persons who have allowed their systems to gee La such condition that most medicines are repulsive to the stomach will find that S. S. & while thorough, is gentle and pleasant in its action, and has none of the nauseating efTecta of the different mineral mixtures and concoctions offered as blood purifiers. As every part of the body is dependent on the blood for nourishment and strength, it is necessary that this vital fluid be kept free from germs and poisons. So long as it ^remainj uncontaminated we are fortified against dis ease, and health is assured; but any impurity, humor or poison acts injuriously on the sys tem and affects the general health. Pus tular eruptions, pimples, rashes and the different skin affections show that the blood is in a feverish and diseased condition as a result of too much acid or the presence of some irritating humor. Sores and Ulcers are the result of morbid, unh'Ath/ matter in th* blood, and Rheumatism, Catarrh, Scrofula, Contagious Blood Poison etc., are all deep-seated blood disorders that continue to grow worse as long as the poison remains. But all blood diseases are not acquired; some persons are born with an hereditary taint in the blood and we see this great affliction manifested in many ways. The skin has a waxy, pallid appearance, the eyes are often weak, glands of the neck enlarged, and as th* taint lias been in the blood since birth the entire health is usually affected. In all blood troubles S. S. S. has proved itself a perfect remedy and has well famed the title of “KING OF BLOOD PURIFIERS.” It goes d. >\vn into the circulation and removes all poisons, humors, waste or foreign matter, and makes this stream of life pure and health- sustaining. Notb’! * reaches inherited blood troubles likeS. !\ . ; it removes every particle of the taint, puriiic nd strengthens the weak, deteriorated blood, ami supplies it with the healthful prop'-rtics h needs and establishes the foundation for good health. As a tonic this Dllnri 1# lirnr-riini «- £ reat . mccIicilie ^ as no equal, and it will be found PURELY VEGETAB L E especially bracing to weak, anaemic persons. Rheumatism, Catarrh, Sores and Ulcers, Skin Diseases, Scrofula, Contagious Blood Poison and all other blood troubles are cured permar nently by S. S. S., and so thorough is the cleansing of the blood that no trace of the dis ease is left to break out in future years or to be transmitted to offspring. If you are in need of a blood purifier get “THE KING” of them all, S. S. S.—and good results are assured. ~ Book on the blood and any medical advice desired furnished without charge* to all who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY. ATLANTA. GA. GOGARTS! GOGARTS! V T m W ffe / v ! - ■ V ^ * & I &/*- “A”' / 5* —Vs-, .A O UR SPRING LINK OF GOGARTS for 1007 is coming in and they are real beauties, and you cannot afford to let your baby do without one. Come and see them at once. We will make the prices and terms right. SHUFORD & LeMASTERl FURNITURE, STOVES, UNDERTAKING. Chicago’s Cortly Smoke Nuisance. Cliarlt .< A. St(*v«*n i , h merchant of State .stii i**,, i iI m.-u, declares that the smoke nuisance i osts Chicagoans more than $iO.OOOOOo annually and that the damage to tin stock of the State street merchants caused by black smoke ex ceeds $2.o0q.0<iO annually. His address was part of a symposium on the “Smoke Nuisance'’ as a tirst step in the direction of the launching by clubwo men of a new crusade to bring about the strict enforcement of (he antismoke nuisance ordiu mees. “I have made a careful Investigation as to the amount of reduetioc- made necessary In our house dimim; l- st year because of goods being spoiled.' said Mr. Stevens, “and you may he surprised to know that the reductions tfiai actually occurred in our hom e Iasi year amounted to near ly $200,000 an I I believe I would be perfectly saf<* in saying that the total reductions in prices made In State street anuuaih because of black smoke would amount to close to $2,000.00*).” DR. J. M. HUNTER The All-Round Specialist ROCK HILL S Makes a specialty of Cancers, Tumors, Chronic Ulsers, Scrof ula and Rheumatism, Diseases of Liver and Kidneys, Dyspepsia and indigestion, Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs anc Dis eases of.the Rectum. Treats without the knife, loss of blood and little nain to patient. Consultation FREE. Terms of Treat ment Satisfactory. Feb . Nitric Acid From the Air. Sir William Crookes has discovered how to gi t nitric add from the air, but the discovery has long been looked for “I have before me,” writes a corre spondent of the London. Chronicle, “a manual of chemistry in which I find a eulogy of nitrogen and its compounds, such as nitric acid and the so called compound ammonias. ‘Whoever,’ says the Inspired chemist, ‘succeeds in pro ducing those bodies in abundance from the nitrogen of the atmosphere without the use of organic materials will not only amass a princely fortune, but must rank as one of the greatest bene factors of the human race, inasmuch | as such a discovery would open up an almost infinite supply of matter for the fertilization of the land.” LAXATIVE * *7** THE ORIGINAL iAKDfM ixL HONEY and TAR Cures Coughs, Colds, Croup, La Grippe, Asthma, Throat ~~ Lung Troubles. Prevents Pneumonia and Consumption yello-.v packaob fmr Sale by Ccarokee Oruo Co. For Sale by Cherokoo Orufl Ce *-er Sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Poisonous, but Profitable. A recent i. .tor to California stated that tanii i :.a hunting provides quite a profitable occupation to numbers oi men and I >.vs there. “During the tar antula season.” said the narrator, “the hunters go forth equipped with tin cans and gl ss jars, with covers, pails of water and sieel or wooden pinchers. “When the great spiders are not found running at large the hunters look about for promising holes in the ground, into whi< b is poured a quanti ty of cold water. Now. tarantulas have a great aversion to water, and they rush out. alarmed aud furious, only to be pounced upon with pinchers and dropped into the vessels designed for them. “Next they are thrust into a hath of gasoline or turpentine, which kills them. They are then prepared for pin ning and when mounted on cards In small Itoxes are offered to tourists as curios at the price of a dollar or so each. “Although the insect Is very venom ous. the tarantula catchers are so ex pert and take such precautions that not one of them Is known to have been bitten.”—Buffalo Times/ HONEST INSURANCE Plain, sure protection to the family at premium rates fixed on the basis of the actuaries’tables of life expectation, and therefore, absolutely fair is the only kind of life insurance written by The Southeastern l.ife Insurance Company of Spartanburg, S. C No “deferred” dividends, no “participating” policies, no schemes for profit, no opening for speculation, no element of scandal, hut strict and straight Life Insurance of the kind that takes care of a man's family by providing an immediate cash estate on his death, the time of all times when they will need it most keenly. It is every man's sacred duty to carry life insurance for the benefit of those de pendant upon him, and all men know this. Uut no South Caroliuan need go out of his own State to get it. The Southeastern Life Insurance Company is a home institution, chartered by the State of Sru h Carolina and subject to the South Carolina laws governing Life Insurance. It is directed by men whose homes and interests are in this State. It is an old line, 1 -gal reserve. Straight Life Company of tae soundest kind, and should have the support of the people of the State. REAL ESTATE Handled on Commission. I handle both City and County property; pay costs of advertising and making titles. If you want to buy see me. If you want to sell see me. I 1^ bring buyer and seller together. The buyers nearly always come to me. Those who have lands for sale will act wise by placing their property with me for sale.) : :::::: : Z. A. ROBERTSON. Last Year’s Charities. Every year the statistician of a Chi- ! cago newspaper adds up all gifts and bequests to charity in this country for the preceding twelve months. Only! sums of $1,000 or more are counted aud only those gifts that have been an ! nounced la the newspapers. The total for 1900 is ?1 'O.OOO.OOO, 'Hils Is the highest sinc e 1001, when the total was $123,000,000. In these big figures no reckoning is made of the bumbler gifts which those who are not rich have been privileged to make. As Though He Were Her Equal. By a native newspaper in China this accusation is brought against Yuan Shi Kai. one of the great men of the Middle Kingdom: “The empress dow ager Is h'ghly displeased with Yuan Shi Kai, f<»r from one of the princes of the blood her majesty has learned that the viceroy did on several occasions speak of her its if he were her equal and did not use the proper ceremonious terms require I by law of on official when making mention of the name of bis sovereign.” PREPARE THIS YOURSELF. For those who have any form of blood disorders: who want new. rich blood and plenty of it. trv this: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half | ounce; Oomitound Kargon, one ounce; , romMound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Shake well in a bottle and take in teasroonful doses after each meal and ! at bedtime. Any trend pharmacy can sunnly the ingredients at small cost. This Is the prescription which, when made up. is called “The Vege table Treatment;” by others, the “Cyclone Blood Purifier.” It acts g* ntly and certainly does wonders for 1 some people who are sickly, weak and out of sorts and is known to relieve ! serious, long standing case& of rheu matism and chronic backache quick ly. Make some up and try it. —Sorghum and Kaffir Corn. Early Amber Sorghum and Early Orange Sorghum at Gaffney Drug Co. Soinheastern Life Insurance Company, ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. Ceneral Agent. Spartanburg, S. C. Mar. letfi. Itto; .Wrm.T ^5 O I* SS /Y s<- —Buy your se^d 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 naoers at Gaffney Drug Co.—the Seed Store. One entire block on Depot and !/)gan stree s, with two 6 room cottag* s and a 7 room house on same See me quick if you want a bargain in the b'oek. This prope ty must be sold. One city farm, containing 13 acres wi li good house on same. One lot just off Dejiot street, 1 0x120, very de sirable location. One lot on Fredrick and Logan streets, j8oxzoo. a beauty. One farm 8^ mi es out with be t im provements, containing 200 acr s. One farm, containing 140 acres, 4^ miles out. Sumter Littlejohn house, six rooms, corner Sumter and Johnson streets FOR RENT—Two city farms. SAM L. FORT, Real Estate and Insurance. Subscribe for Th« Ledger; $1 a year. Subscribe (or The Ledeer Sl.00 a «ear.