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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Now«pap«r In tha Fifth CongroMlonal District of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE Ledger SEMI WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY t GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY of Every Advertiser '•fho Uses the Columns of This Paper. , REST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper in All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interest of the Pe.ple of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 12. 1907. fl 00 A YEAR. JIN AGED WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH SHE MEETS A SIMILAR FATE TO HER BROTHER. Mrs. Mary E. Littlejohn. W a s Burred to De a th day Niqht. Lust Thursday ni^hi of Cowpens, Last Thurs- E Littlejohn, ed To death from Friday o “Mrs. Man <dy burned in his effort to Fie flames, which already night Mrs. Mary of Cowpens. was burn- We lakr the following Spartanburg Herald: C. Littlejohn, seventy- nine years of age. and an older sister j and of the late John T. Wilkins, who was j t>lac ha rued to death in his residence early last Wednesday morning near tie Mary Louise mills, met a similar fate in* her home at. Cowpens last night about^ 7:3<j o'clock. At this hour neighbors were attracted to her home by a strange flickering light se< n in the windows of th“ cot- f tape, and upon entering they found tie form of the feeble old lady, who had lived aion •, wrapped in flames. Her clothing had evidently caught fire from the embers which were burning brightly on the hearth, a fev f'ot from where she lay. Among Tie first to reach her side was Mr. Jpi n W. Wilkins, her nephew, who was sever* < xtiuguish rend red their victim unconscious and were beginning to spread to the furnishings of the room. The fire was checked however, the house aad its contents being saved, hut the ared woman was dead even before tie sparks disappear 'd in her smould ering and smoking garments. She was unconscious when neighbors reached her, and died without a t word or murmur passing her lips. “Her home, located immediately in the rear <»f the' store of I’ L. Bry- aai & Co., was soon surrouded by a great company of her neighbors, and tie news of her death, in a manner so simlar to the taking away of her aged brother only Wednesday morn ing and whose remains were inter- r**i only the previous day. spread rapidly and created a profond sen sation in the community. “Mrs. Littlejohn was one of the oldest and best known women in this section of the county and had a wide family connection. Of her imme- fliate family she is survived by a »son and daughter, Mr. Milton Little john and Mrs. Henry Littlejohn, both oS whom reside in Pacolet. She leaves a sister. Mrs. Guthrie, who is seventy-three years of age and re sides at Goucher, in Cherokee coun ty. “For many years Mrs. Littlejohn has resided alone in her home in Cowpens. and has repeatedly declin ed to abandon it to spend her de clining years with her children, who desired that she become a member of their households. She was feeble nrom age but was able to perform h<T household duties, and frequently entertained her relations and neigh bors in her home. In last Thursday morning’s Herald this account of the burning of Mr. John T. Wilkins, the brother of Mrs. Littlejohn, appeared: "Mr. John T. Wilkins, aged seventy- five years, was burned to death in a fi™ that destroyed his home near Mary Louise mills, six miles north west of Cowpens station at 7 o’clock yesterday morning. “The body was so completely burn ed that portions of the remains were scattered over a considerable area. “Mr. Wilkins, who is an invalid, was sitting in his bedroom near a fire, with a quilt thrown over his shoulders. Mrs. Wilkins, who ,was busy with breakfast in the kitchen, was the only other person in the house th" young lady who lives with them being away. “Fire caught in the roof over the room in which Mr. Wilkins was sit ting. su^nosedly from the chimney. Live coals dropped down upon him from the ceiling, and the quilt that covered him was soon in a blaze. Be ing paralyzed and unable to speak, Mr. Wilkins could Rive no alarm, but had to sit still and suffer the terrible agony of being burned alive. Mrs. Wilkins smelled the burning of cloth and hastened to the room to fin*! her husband in flames. The aged lady was so excit- d she did not know what to do, but ran as fast as she could to the home of Mr. B. E. Wilkins for aid. But when assist ance arrived it was too late. The house was on fire and the flames had spread with such rapidity that it was impossible to enter the building either to rescue the old gentleman or save any furniture. “No one knows just how the fire originated that caused Mr. Wilkins’ 4|~agic end. Another report is that live coals dropped on the quilt and 3** in on fire and that the house caught from the burning quilt and clothing of the fated man.’’ A TRIP TO FLORIDA. A Former ChOrokeean Writes His Experience. Pensacola, Fla., Feb 28, 1!*07. Editor The Ledger.—“Whither are wo drifting?” This writer left your ! thriving city on the mornin'' of Jan uary 29, hound for St. Ismis, Mo., via Spatranhurg, Asheville, Knox ville, Lexington, Louisville, through Indiana and Illinoise. At Asheville a man entered the train hound for Knoxville and authoratively announc ed that a wreck had occurred and no train would Lave out before next ! morning. Several tourists, men and \ women went to the hotels when a j few minutes after their departure ! the Knoxville train pulled out nearly Ion time. I overheard a conversation j that Asheville was supported mainly i by such schemes but withal that i Asheville has scores of good people one of the most interesting = in the South. The journey A NEWSY LETTER • FROM WILKINSY LIE, MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. °ersona| Paragraphs Concerninq Pop ular People and Short Items of that Section- S.—The rain to the plows many SUM'S. more found whole. Hints for March Gardeninq. A busy month in the garden. You can begin to plant a little of every thing. Plant Peerless. Triumph or Red Bliss and White Bliss Potatoes. Plant Tomato under glass; sow Cab bage. Mustard and lettuce: plant English Peas. Beets. Radish. Celery, Carrot. Salsify. Parsnips. Onion Sets, Kale and Paesley. Plant earlvCom an£ early Mgtening Valentine Beans. Plwnt Clovers. Grass Seeds etc.; plant your Flower seeds. Gaffney Drug Oo. ! to Knoxvlle was enlivened with | weachers. lawyers, doctors, traders, j railroaders, mechanics and laborers, j Preachers talking of their salaries, j hard laborers and the expenses altend- | ed therewith and of better fields. ! Th * lawyers of their fees and plans for managing client^ The doctors discussed appendicitis and better protection for th'>'r profession and regular visitations. The traders openly and eargerlv talked of “the money in that trade and no money in the other.” The railroaders claim ed that the least pay went to the most d serving and unless hours were shortened they would look- out for better paying positions. The me chanics were talking of the big wages in San Francisco hut each one seem ed to want his other friend to go. as ln,s numberless excuses prevented him from going. Many of the poor farmers, (with their wives line child ren) had sold their homes and going to Oklahoma where, according to the railroad companies interested in the schemes, led them to believe great fortunes awaited them and in fact all the way to St. Louis the main conversation was good monev in one thin*' and no money in another. In fact money, money, is the God of our people. On my return via Cairo, Nashville. Chattanooga, Atlanta. Mont gomery and to this place money is the chief attraction. Corner lots. ne*v electric lines to this point and *" that point, a good nlac" to invest. A made a good run. B made a mis take in buying at the wrong time or in the background. All laborers are catching the town fever aid de-ei.- ing farms everywhere. Everybody dreads and kicks at a few dollars taxation for roads, streets and other mihlic enterprises when they are ready to sp<*nd hundreds on excur sions. at first class hotels and taking in th" shows which 'ire rapidly multi plying. 1 spent about one week in St. Louis and got the great dailies at '->e cent each, and in that time the total failures chronicled amounted to near a half million dollars in liabilities and the assets about one- fourth of that amount. In fact we are all tryug to run ahead of time and we may expect frequent wrecks. No class or profession of the people is exempt from the money craze. We are all bound to ride it seems and hence men and women in the mad rush have lost the old time re spect for each other and who is the popular theme provided who is on top. All legislators, national, Stat« and local are pressed by the people at large to sail on a moderate tide but that craving thirst for no- tority, getting on paying committees and riding over the county examin ing public buildings, iiorts harbors and rivers, when as a fact, some of the committees never put their feet on the land they go to visit and if they did they know just as much about what improvements are need ed as the most ignorant farmer of your county could advise how you ought to print your paper and the proper materia] use in getting it out on time. Finally, Mr. Editor. I wish to add I never pen a line unless 1 belive it for the good of all. 1 never speak words that I cannot utter in the presence of women. I am a (Rid- fearing man and °u that account have no connect 1 ' - with anv secret society, clan or club. I hail to wit ness the day when all people will | acquainted null together for equal justice to all clases And furthermore, if our States would take the .same interest in our highways that the United States governrm nt has in her great postal enterprise we soon would h^* a greatre united and better citizen ship. G. W. C. Wilkinsville, March yesterday put a stop and sowing oats. Mrs. Ethel Blackwell spent terday and last night with her ents. Messrs. Fowler Brothers are haul ing off their cotton which they sold for 11 cents. Mrs. S. F. Estes is 'dill no better, though we are Rlad to say is not much worse. We hear more complaints about had roads than we *ver recollect hearing this l a te in the winter. Our friend, Mr. Bob Enloe. however, tak'- a different view of the situation and t 11s what a load of cotton he hauled »o Gaffney la t Wednesday. But he is no man to complain about Old Ki n q-HawkinS. Mr. W. E. King, of Anderson, and Miss Emma Hawkins, of Greenville, were married in Spartanburg Sunday nght at 7 p. m. by Rev. E. G. Ross at the home of Mrs. A. J. Westermor- land. sister of the bride. A large circle of friends and relatives were attendance who extend their con- "’atulations and best wishes for a Pleasant journev through lift. Men To Be Avoided. Bamberg Herald.) Two negroes in Gaffnev have been sentenced to imprisonment for life for killing a white man with whom they wer<‘ drinking and carousing. Another illustration of the results of had company. A white man who will drink with negroes is a character whom they would do well to let alone. Social equality in this respect can onlv result to harm to the negro, and the blacks should avoid as they would a pestilence white men of this stamp. —Buy your seed from the Seed Store. Flower Seed, Garden Seed, Field Seed. Our line of seed Is com plete. Gaffney Drue Co. Are you tired, fagged out. nervous, sleepless, feel means? Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea strengthens the nerves, aids digestion, brings refresh ing sleep. 36 cents. Tea or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co. trifk'.3. Rev. e M. Teal preached at \blngdon Creek church la.-t Sabbath. Some poopl who claim to know, say the wav to make dogs long wind ed is to feed them on sweetened cof fee wh n they are imps. Some folks are trying the experiment. We called to see our friend Dr. M. W. Smith, while in Gaffney last Wednesday. We* were made both happy and sad by the visit—happy to find him enjoying such excellent health and busy in his profession hut sorry to hear of so many need ing his services. W" wish the doct ors and lawyers all the success they deserve—we can’t get along without I » or k, them- yet we ar sorry they ever 1 n * on - have occasion to practice their pro fessions. Generally speaking they are tli<* busiest ni' n we have. Sneaking of lawyers we beg to differ witii the expressed opinion of that they are a class of trick- fur such is not the case. A honorable set of men can’t be in any profession, taken as a We never knew one of any '''Tiding in his profession to betray i trust. In vertification of this assertion | we might sav: Anv lawyer (who is one) you might So to for counsel if i he is employed on the other side or I against you will tel! you frankly he j i so employed and won’t let you i give vour case away to him or be tray any confidence you might re pose in him while seeking his coun sel. The public have heard the race question “cussed” and discussed, re discussed and cussed again until it is sick and tired of it. Both races are divided into two distinct classes —the whites gentlemen and roughs —the blacks colored people and “nig gers.” We called a short while at The Ledger office last Wednesday. All the force was out at dinner except Mr. Will Darby who was busw at the linotype machine. Henry Lip scomb, the colored employee was at his post too. By the way Ed. Ed wards. colored, save b- can run that office as well as Henry Lipscomb and he thinks of applying for the job as soon as Henry gets ready to give it up. We haven’t heard from Mr. Single- ton Clary, the old soldier who is very bad off He was still alive yes terday. He is eighty-two years of age. His niece, Mrs. Luke Blanton, is with him He lives with his step son. Mr. Vernon Millwood. . Messrs. J. A. M. Estes, Gist How ell and Joe Robins spent Tuesday night with their uncle, Dr. M. W. Smith, at Gaffney. Mr. Robins was on bis way home. He lives in Texas. The Ledger’s account of the trial and sentence of Tom Harris for the murder of Mrs. Morgan has been read, re-read and read over and over I again until the public is now fully with every detail of the bloodv affair. This has been the leading topic of conversation for the last week, or since his trial. Several parties express themselves as anx ious to see the sentence carried out. For our part • we have no desire to witness it and man/ of thos" who do. won’t yvant to see another. We ha” long since out-grown such mor bid curiosity and are glad of it too. It was said that when Sheriff Samu’l C. Youngblood was to hang Vickers at Yorkville in 1834 he offered a tobacconist $25 if he would do the work for him, hut the man wouldn’t take him up. When the matter was told Uncle Johnnie McKown (whom everybody knew as “By Granny,” as that was his by-word). He said: “By granny, I’ll hang him for it.” . The night before Vickers was hanged when Sheriff Youngblood toob supper to him and his brother Newton, who had been pardoned by Gov. Means, Newton said he didn’t want any but Jim said he wanted a big supper so he could hang heavy next day which he did. Speaking of Unde Johnnie Mc Kown we recall an incident which took place at Tallahoma (now Sar- ratts) on the occasion of raising the first secession flag in this section. Col. I. G. McKisslck was one of the speakers and among other things Col. McKisslck said: “I’ll drink all the blood that will be spilled In this war. In 1864 when Col. McKisslck came home badly wounded Uncle Johnnie went to see Mm. and during their conversation Uncle Johnnie asked him if he was still willing to drink all the blood spilled in this war. “Oh hush that Tantrahogus” said Col. McKissick, “I said that be cause that foo] Chestnut said it.” G 'ii. Chestnut was one <>f the sec< s- sion advocates in thic State. J. L. S. Sunday School Programme. The North Pacolet interdenomina tional Sunday School Convention will meet at Elbethel church on the 24th of March at 10:30 a. m. and he open ed with devotional ex rcises conduct ed by the Chaplain, Simpson Blanton, j and song and praise service conduct- | ed by A. G. Davis. Schools and delegat s will he en rolled and reports made for the quarter ending March 24. 1907. A study of the day’s lesson will he Woes of Drunkars—Lreal 38: 7:13, conducted by som • one appointed for that purpose. A general review of the quarter’s lessons will he made by teachers and superintendents of schools for v hich a question box will he opened. These exercises will occupy the morning session. Intermission one hour. The afternoon will he devoted to exercises by Sunday school scholars who wish to take part in t’e* su ;ie. A brief history of the convention will be read by the president o- some one appointed for that purpose. What has the Sunday school done for the church and State in the cause °f temperance, and what ! s possible for it v -t to do This query will be open tor gen era] discussion am] p-onihu m sneak ers have been invited to address th convention on that subi ct. Miscellaneous. Adjournment. By Committee. Southern Power Go’s. Work. (Fort Mill Times.) An interesting litre map. gotten out by th" Southern Power Co., shows the scope and magnitude of what is being attempted. The ter ritory in which the company will onerate when all the plants now pro- j 'eted are completed, comprises the counties of Spartanburg. Cherokee, Chester. Fairfield, Kershaw. Richland, 1. lir as* r. New berry and Greenvil f in this State, and the following North Carolina counties: Mecklenburg. Gaston. Clev- land. Burke. Lincoln. Catawba, Alex ander. Iredell. Cabarrus and Union. As yet only one nlant. that abm-" Rock Hill, has been completed. This plant is delivering power to Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Pinevilie, Charlotte, Yorkville. Clover and Filbert, and a line to Gastonia is under construction. The plant at Ninety-Nine Islands near Gaffney ,1s now* under construe tion and wh‘*n completed will furn ish power to Greenville, Spartanburg Gaffney, and other towns in that sec tion. Horseford Shoals, Lookout Shoals anq Mountain Island, in North Car olina, and Wateree Shoals in South Carolina will be utilized at an early date. Dr. Wylie declaring that the last named, which will furnish pow er to Columbia, will be in operation befo’-" July of 1908. The Southern Power Co. is an im mense corporation. It has a capital stock of $7,500,000, and it represents fortunes aggregating many times this sum. The company owns a tre mendous slice of territory of amaz ing possibilities, and Dr. Wylie states that whec all of the power is harnessed the total product of the circuit will be equal to that of Niagara, which at present stands in class to itself as a power produced. SHOUT NUNS ITEMS OF lOML INTEREST, EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER OKEE C ecent Happening* j n ,nd Around th*. City and Other Event* Gather ed by the Local New* Editor. The Clansman will be at the S<ai Theatre on Wednesday, April iPth. It’s the same 'mmnany that, appears in Charlotte. Spartanburg and other Southern cities. The election of the Board of Pule lie Works takes place the second Tuesday in April next, and already several candidates have announc* d themselves. -‘.ve persons '■/ere due t*» appeal' before Mayor Little yesterday morn ing. but they forfeited their bonds and as a result the <itv excheque' is $20 h* tter off. " e Griffith :.iierar> rfoeietv of hi r'esto'i*' Uol!< :: wh. be addressed by Dr C. C. Brown, ol Sumter, this evi ning. The public is cordially in- v ; ’"d. dummy will leav" Gaffnev at 8:15. CLIFTON CHRONICLES. th, liman Sanyitt was imfore Vfagis- T. Bridges yesterdav on assault and battery, he March 8ta assaulted a named John Blanton on plantation of John Allison, in upper ttari of the countv. tratq ( .'has. •\ char go < l having on white bov The Court of Common Pi* as came to an abrupt ending Friday morning. The la ‘ case was that of Spears vs. the Gaffney Manufacturing company. The case was compromised without going to trial, the Gaffney Manufact uring company paying Spears $1,2 m. Newsv Items From This Manufactur ing Town. Clifton. March 9.—A Cllftonlan tells a tale of a once prominent phy- smian. widely known hr this and the surrounding country, who was very often led astrnv from the duties of his nrofession bv the effect of strong drink, at which time he would neither prescribe nor administer any reme mber anv considerations what ever. On one occasion he was call ed m wh-re a whole family were all ‘iek at the same time. He told them that he was too drunk to treat a case at that time, and that they would have to “tough it out” till he got. so ber, or g Q t another doctor. To get the other doctor seemed the most dif- ‘fleult and they decided to “tough it out ” supposing that he would he so ber and come hack sometime during th» day. He left, strictly "barging them to eat nothing, whatevet till he returned. Fearful of the conse quence of disobeying “the doctor’s order” the people began a fast. The i dav passed, but the doctor fail"<l to "•turn. The night wore away and nothing was seen or heard of him. Another day dawned and rap Its oitiso. still ho had failed to put in Hn»apperance. By this time the peo ple all tv gap to convalesce, and the "•m*rs of hunger were becoming verv accute. All watched and listened till late hours for his coming, with h'mes of a promise of liberty to eat something, but all in vain, and a sleepless night lay around them. Worse and worse grew the throes of hunger, but on the other hand was trie doctor stern “commandment"’ which they could not bear the idea of being guilty of violating. WBh "markable fortitude they “toughed out” (as thw thought) the longest r.i'-'lit of a 1 their lives. Finally the ■oining came and ihey besought a kindbearted neighbor to go and see the doctor, who lived at considerably distance away, and bring him or 1* arn if thev might have some food. The man went and was gone quite a whi'e and retruned 'V’th the news that he doctor had gone to Shelby Thor With Hi* Hammer. (Edgefield Chronical.) Our beloved friend and newspaper brother. Mr. Ed DeCamp, of the iron- fisted Gaffnev Ledger, ran into the dry town of Edgefield on Tuesday last and spent six or eight hours with us in the enjoyment of total prohibi tion! He is the up-rightest. out right- est. downrightest newspaper man in South Carolina. He calls a spade a soade, and then,rests on the handle of the spade and looks round-to fight it out if it be necessary. Old Thor of the early Scandinavian mytholo gy. wa.s not a bolder hammerer than Ed DeCamp. He Is a strong prohibi tionist. and was delighted with the “dry drouth” and the sublime and unexampeled virtue of Edgefield. List of Unclaimed Letters. List of Letters unclaimed in the nostoffice at Gaffney. S. C.. for week ending March 11th, 1907: Lawraice Adams, George Ansel, Dunk Boyd. Tom Buwers, F. N. Brunson. T. B. Bryant, jas. Balling, C. M. Byars. A. L. Browne, E. C. Cornwell, Browd Davis, Wylie Ed wards. Tom Ellis. D. M. Gordon. L. R. Gray, Jno. A. Hovis, D. M. Jolly, Tom Littlejohn, Jim and Anna Little john. T. W. Mills. (2), Hezeklah Moss. M. Martin, Robt. Morris, W. A. Mooney, Jesse McMellon, Geo. W. Nance. Geo. Nimmons. Belton Posey, Tom Poter. GcIUt Phillips. D. F. Ray (2), Noe Rodgest Ed Banders. Ed Spearman, Ben Sanders. W. L. Shuford, Thomas Stones, J. K. Sales, Dof Thomas, in Care of Dravo Co, (2). Mrs. Emner Brown, Mrs. Sab- bie Brooks, Mrs. Sallie Boyd. Mrs. Susie Carter. Mrs. Jennie Camp, Mrs. Lne Golden, Mrs, Strawcy Giton. Mrs. M. E. Gilbert. Mrs. lymise Harmon. Mrs. Clasie Harris, Mrs. trit Hail, Mrs. Maggie Jefferies, Mrs. Lizzie Jolly, Mrs. Mary Jordan, Mrs. Jwen Jeffereis. Mrs. Pais Lee Mosley, Mrs. Lula Moss, Miss Net tle L. Roberts. Miss Hardina Simp son. Miss Mary Whitaker, Miss Ma tilda Whisnant. Miss Minnie Young. Call for advertised letters one cent due on each A. R. N. Foleer. P. M. UNION LAUNDRY BURNED. Derbin Jones’ Loss is About One Hundred Dollars Lust Friday s Ledger contained an item to the effect that Mr. Derbin Junes had lost his laundry at Union bv fire. Mr. Jones is back in Gaff ney. He informs Tne Ledger that his loss will be about $100. He did not own the laundry but had it leas ed and his loss simply represented some supplies he had purchased. The Union Times gives the follow ing account of the fire: “The Crescent Steam Laundry and Rice’s mill were almost wholly de stroyed by fire on Wednesday after noon about 2 o’clock. Both these en terprises were carried on in the same building. The fire originated in the top of the building and had failed considerable headway before it was discovered. “The smoke pouring down the star way was the first the laundry oper atives knew of the fire. The mill was not In operation on Wednesday, and was closed. “The laundry had recently been leased to Mr. W. D. Jones, of Gaff ney, and wa» owned by a joint stock company. The laundry was par tially covered by insurance. “The mill and building were owned by Mr. Jacob Rice and were unin sured. They are a total loss, except that the engine and boiler can. with little expense, be put into commis sion. “This building was one of the landmarks of Unioq. It was a large two-story building, and being situat ed near the Southern railway was a familiar sight to those traveling on the Southern.” and perhap; * might not he home till tin next week. On hearing t.h.-* the man on got mad. sw ore it was of no m-e fooling with a durnk foot any ’eng er. and it was ' ieath at last. and it might as well conic quick as s low. she ordered her d aught ers- -all that could “budge :• peg"—to the Entertained. Air. Dravo and Mr. Sullivan, of the Dravo Contracting company, of Pittsburgl arrived in the city Fri day to inspect the work at the dam on Broad river. Friday night they met a number of Gaffney business men at the Commercial Hotel and were entertained. Mr. J. C. Jefferies act d the part of toastmaster. The visitors were made welcome by Capt. I. B. Bell. Short talks were made by Mr. Dravo, Mr. Sullivan. Mr. Pritchard. Mr. Shank, Senator J. C. Otts, Mr. H. K. Osborne, Mr. Mav- nard Smith, Mr. C. M. Smith. Mr. W. S. Hall and others. The speeches were splendid and to use the words of Mr. Dravo. the hospifalittv was genuine. It was an informal affair but everybody enjoyed tremselves and it is more than likely that the thing will he repeated on a much larger scale. —Try the Williamson plan on a small patch of corn, using our Im proved Early Golden Dixie Dent Corn. If others can make 130 bush els or more per acre, you can do just as well. The Seed Store. An Up-tn-Date Shoe Store The Humphries Shoe company is making some extensive improve- ’"fmtfi in their store. They have doubled their shelving capacity and will install one of the latest city ladder devices to reach the ’ goods on the upper shelves. The interior is being painted a pure white. When the improvements are comnl* i t«d it will compete with the best shoe es tablishments in the South. The Messrs. Humphries are very capable ^oune business men and they are building up a splendid business by "Ivin" close attention to business and by fair dealings to all. kitchen to fix up some rations. Af ter eating heartih they all enjoyed a quiet night's rest. Some days af terwards one of the family met the doctor, and inquired his reason for not coming back according to prom ise. The doctor was totally surpris ed at such question, and on hearing th« explanation told him that he didn’t even know that he had been there and had made anv such prom ise. A petition will he sent to the hoard of county commissioners at next meeting, asking that a public road he established from a point on the road leading from No. 2 mill to the cross roads below Cowpens. from just, below No. 2 mill down the river and to a point on the road from Cow pens to Pacolet mill near Mr. John Hammetts. This will make the dis tance from Clifton to Pacolet about seven miles, instead of eight or nin e as it now is. Mr. Will Allen has resigned as overseer of weave room at Clifton No. 1 and will take charge of a weave room at Pacolet. to which place he will shortly move. Will is a»> old time and tried friend, and an all round good fellow. Behind him will leave a host of friends, re luctant to say or think that he is gone, but with him he will take all the friendship and esteem that they may be able to lavish upon him. Mr. J. R. McPherson will succeed him as boss weaver here. There are numerous cases of measels here at present, and some are severe. Some are complicated with pneumonia, plurisy, grippe, etc., and some of the patients are serious ly ill. S. COSTS NOTHING UNLEES CURED Liberal Way jn Which Mi-o-na Stem- ache Tablets ar e Sold by Gaffney Drug Company. If a friend should tell you that ho would pay the doctor's bill for you unless you were cured, would it not impress you with his physician’s skill? It is in this way that the Gaffney Drug Co. sell Mi-o-na stom ach tablets, for thev guarantee to refund the money if Mi-o-na does not cure. Use Mi-o-na stomach tablets if you have any of the following symp toms: backache, headache, sleep lessness. nausea, distress after eat ing. specks before the eyes, despon dency. nervousness, loss of appe tite, dizziness, pains in the side and limbs, or gulping up of undigested food, and you will soon be cured and able to eat a hearty meal without fear of pain or distress. Mi-o-na costs but 50c a box, noth ing if it does not cure. The Gaffney Drug Co. are the local distributors. A tissue builder, reconstructor, builds up waste force, makes strong nerves and muscle. You will realize after taking Hollister’s Rock Moun tain Tea what a wonderful benefit It will be to you. 35 cents. Tea or Tab- ets. Gaffnev Drug Co. Born To Mr and Mrs. W. A. Darby Mon day, March 11th, a daughter. And the smile of The Ledger’s linotype operator grows broader whenever the £vent is mentioned. —One 50c bottle Nature's Cough Remedy will put an end to that cough—no cure, no pay. Gaffney Drug Oo. —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 especially suitable for this section. The Gaffney Drug Oo. —Pearl or Cat Tall and German Millet, at the Seed Store—Gaffney Drag Oo.