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THK LARQKtT CIRCULATION •f Any N«w«pap«r In til* Fifth ConarMBlnnal District ol 9. C. ■VERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. .<S QUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY •f Every AEvcrtl—r Whs Umc the Columns of This Papsr. BEET ADVERTIEINO MEDIUM. A Nswcpapsr in All thst the WorS Impllss and Dsvotsd ts the Best Interest of the People sf Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. II, ISM. GAFFNEY, fc C, TUESDAY. APRIL 9. 1907. 11.00 A YEAR. .DR. MAXEY G. LEE RECEIVES A PARDON. VERNOR ANSEL ACTED SAT URDAY. Le* u From Darlington County and Killed His Father in 1889 While Un. der th# Influence of Whiskey. Columbia April C.—Lu Kruntintr a full pardon to Dr. Maxer G. Lee. a aasmber of one of the State’s oldest •osi best families, and a high!? edu cated. refined and eultivated man of Darlington, as well as • consicuously alls man in bis profession, who has buss serving a life sentence in the pottenitary since 1889 for the murder of hts father. Dr. H. J. Lee, who was his partner In the practice of medi al no at Darlington. Governor Ansel tcGa-v acted upon one of the most re markable pardon cases that has ever been presented to a South Carolina Qsvernor. t>r Lee is wealthy in his own name an.1 has Influential kin throughout the State, and had particularly strong iaBnence in his owq county. His plea at the trial was that killing was an accident, and the evidence wpe circumstantial, there being no eye-witnesses. But iu bis petition on NO HANGING FRIDAY. Ed Rainey'. Sentence Commuted to Fourteen Years in the Pen. A telegram received by Col. T. B. Butler Saturday anounced that the death sentence of Ed Rainey, who was to have been hanged next Fri day. had been commuted to fourteen years in the penitentiary. A Colum bia special to the Charlotte Observer of Sundav says: ‘‘Another out of the ordinary case acted upon today by Governor Ansel was that of Ed Raney, the Gaffney negro sentenced to hang next Friday for carnally knowing a negro girl un der the age of consent, this crime being classed as rape in this £tate and punishable bv death. Judge Prince, the judge, recommended com mutation to life imprisonment, but the governor made it fourteen years In the penitentiary. Rainey waa only technically guilty of a capital offense. The girl was a negro. A strange In consistency of the law in such mat ters is the fact that an attempt at criminal assault is not a capital of fense. This negro even now suffers almost as great punishment under the law as he would have suffered had he attempted to assault a white woman. Both Governor Ansel and Governor Heyward recommended a change in the law to the last legisla ture. asking in the interest of sup pression of lynchings that attempts at criminal assault be made a crimi nal offense, but though bills were in troduced along this line, thev did not get through.” Col. T. B. Butler, attorney for Rain- ey. visited him in the jail Saturday t NEWSY LETTER FROM WILMNSVILIE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OP LOWER CHEROKEE. Sheriff Thomas received the com mutation Sunday. Officers from the penitentiary will probably oome for ' Rainev this week. i about one o’clock and informsd him which the pardon board and the Gov-1 the action of the Governor. Raln- eraor acted this week, he abandoned , f>v exhibited little or no conown. this plea, admitted that he killed bis 1 8 | m blv saying: Yes sir. boas. Ye* fattier without provocation or motive, sir- boss, tmt lays the trouble to a “crazed con- dMon on account of excessive use of whiskey at the time,’’ alleging that be has "onlv an indistinct recollection ol the killing.” Tw 0 Governors Refused a Pardon. Efforts were made both before Gov ernor McSweenev and Governor Hey ward to have Lee pardoned, but both failed for good reasons. The present pardon board wag organized after Governor Heyward had acted. , At the trial Dr. Lee acted in a strange manner, his friends say. on account of the acute remorse he Buf feted for a deed he committed whije under the influence of whiskey. The trial had to be suspended ten days on one occasion in order to allow the prisoner to regain his normal mental condition. Questions asked him in tfcw courtroom he would answer in Lctin. but interpretation showed that not even the Latin answers had any sane reference to the questions ask- e4. However, he stoutly resisted the eRorts of his attorneys to plead in sanity. contending that though he nttrht have been drunk he was not laeane at the time of the A n Unprovoked Murder. Rutherfordton. N. C., April 6.—A tragedy occurred on the Southern southbound passenger train near Vain Moutkin this afternoon at about 6 o’clock in which Baggagemaster Mil ler was the unfortunate victim. The killing took place shortly after leav ing Vain Mountain station, lust over the Rutherford line in McDowell county, tue perpetrator of the crime being “Butter” McDowell, a Ruther fordton negro. The following are the facts as we get them from a Ruther fordton gentleman who was a passen ger on the train: “Butter McDowell and Cordis Long, two Rutherfordton negroes, were reluming from Marlon, where they had been after liquor, and. be ing well "tanked un.” proceeded to make things lively above Vain Moun tain. Cordis Long and a white man Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short I tome of that Section. Wilklnsvllle, April 5.—The frest last Tuesday morning killed about all the bean vines that were up. People have been bedding their sweet potatoes. There are a good many seed potatoes to sell for $1 per bushel. The vineless and “Nancy Hall” varieties are the most popular with our gardnere. Mrs. Dr. L. B Black Is ahead of any of her neighbors ag a gardner We haven’t heard bow the recent frost treated ber beans. She had plenty of them up before it came. We are glad to hear from “Uncle Jimmy” again and wish him to write from the ‘‘Old Dominion” often. We are always glad to bear from old Vir ginia. We understand that Mr. Jones, of Sarratt. bad a baby to die recently. It was very young—an infant The cold snap has done some 'dam age to the fruit crop but w© don’t think it very serious. Plenty of it is left In places. Mr. Leslie Blackwell has been right unwell for a few days but he Is up and at his Play again. Mrs. J. H. Fowler, who was sick some days ago. has about recovered again, we are glad to say. The warm weather of last week started the grass to growing and the pastures were getting green. Farm labor is scarce and high but our people are doing their own work. Farmers can’t compete with "public works” In the prices paid for labor. But the “public works” are welcome to the labor they get, as much of it is of very little use on the farm. A good warm rain would do wheat and oats much good just now. But unfortunately very little wheat Is sown in this country. We haven't heard yet what pros pect there is to get a preacher at Sa lem this year. At last account Mr. J. T. Bigham, of Sharon, father of Mrs. T. J. Estes, was very bad off with erysipelas in his head and face. He is an old sol dier—a member of Company B. 12th S. C. regiment. McGown’s brigade. . Last Saturday night the bovs took a notion to go seining in Thickety at Thompson’s mill but the seine was too mue>> worn for them to think they could do anything and they gave it They would doubtless have made became engaged In a difficulty and killing. ; Haggagomaster filler In attempting Hawever. there seems no doubt but j to part the men was badlv cut by the i ht> that he did have a “brain storm.” ! nogro. After leaving Vain Mountain | a K(X>( j catch, as the moon and weath- When the petition for pardon was I “Butter” McDowell, the other negro, 0 r conditions that evening were fa- prseented to Governor McSweeney, | began cutting up and young Miller, i vorable. the brother of the dead man and I who was passing through the train at The bridge at Thompson’s mill will uacle of the prisoner. Mr. O. D. I^ee, I the time told him to keep quiet. This wfeo had prosecuted young Lee. de- so enraged the negro that he drew his •wrliBed to sign the petition, but during the administration of Governor Hey ward he withdrew his opposition and asked for a pardon. Judge Bennet. covering and it soon need a new ought to have it Farmers are generally manuring their crops heavily this year. They have broken their lands deen and with good health, seasons and other is being planted in corn, and it is be ing well manured, too. Our friend D. C. Painter, has fixed some of his cotton land for corn which we suppose he intends to eul- t'vate according to the "Williamson pistol and shot Miller in the forehead just above the right eve. killing him instantly. McDowell and Long were both ar- wtio tried the case, however, has ne- rested by Conductor Bark-sdell and favorable conditions they may reason- ver recommended a pardon, his en- ^is train crew, and Sheriff E. A. Mar- a ^]y look for good results, doroim-nt of the petition being that i tin and Chief of Police J. D. Justice Much of the last year’s cotton land was properly convicted and. but were wired to meet the train at. the for his influence, would not have got- > Southern depot here and get the ne- ten the recommendation of mercy . groes The officials met the train and from the lurv which saved his neck. 1 safely landed the negroes in the Solicitor Johnson, now dead recom- Rutherforford county jail. The kill- mended a pardon on the ground of tog took placo lust ov- the Rather- the doctor’s exemplary conduct at the tord line in McDowell countv. so the j plan.” Watch Drate. if he don’t have penitentiary and hie valuable profes- negroes will, of course, be taken back i a field of the best upland corn in the sional services to the penitentiary au- ito that county to be dealt with by the j county thi.s year. He gives It both thorlties from time to time. Every court for this unprovoked and out- distance and work, member of the jury, with the excep- rageous crime. The death of Mr. John W. Jones, tion of onp who is dead, recommend- 1 Young Miller was about 23 vears ; of Gaffney, removes one of the old- eq pardon. icM- ouiet and of splendid character l es t men in the countv from the stage Why Heyward Refused to Act. Hi s body was carried to his home at! 0 f action. While he lived In Western Among the paper before the board i Rock Hill. S. C. The killing caused i York he and his family were regular was a letter from ex-Governyr Hey- quite a good deal of excitement here. 1 a ttendants at SaleRn church ar#l his ward, who said that the sole reason large circle of frifn'd* in this and he did not grant a pardon to Dr Lee 1 Complimented. i York county will fegret to hear of was because of a report made to him by a commission of physicians he ap- glad to say we have never had any experience along this line. When Phineas H. Johnson was hanged in Union more than fifty years ago, his father. Wyatt Johnson, had his body buried in his garden on Pea Ridge. This was. we were told, to prevent Us being taken up by body snatchers who might want to get his skeleton. Some people seem to think that because a man is an editor of a paper he can say what he pleases and they can’t help themselves. So they take it out in “cussing” him behind bjs back and telling other people what a fraud he is, etc. “Buddie,” you are wrong. When you find anything in your paper that the editor is responsible for set down '■-d write out your views and if you think it necessary give the editor “Hail Columbia” and send It to him and ask him to publish it after mak ing all the orthographical, grammati cal and other corrections and if your language Is within the scone of jour nalistic propriety he will give it in his paper lust as you write it Don't think that because he is edi- to. he is above criticism, and you have no right to express yourself on public matters when vou disagree with him. If he is a gentleman— which he is apt to be. (for eduorsare generally that) he will give you all the space you need. But please don’t make an ass of yourself before the "ublie as you generally do in criticis ing him behind his back-. Freedom of speech is one of the boasts of the American people. “Uncle Jimmy,” Mrs. J. L. S. has no objection to our employing a type writer. She is a very sensible woman even if she is a poor judge of a good looking man. The apple scian we got at the “Hollraan Smith place” and also from Mr. Dock Littlejohn last soring are growin- finely and bid fair at present to make nice fruit trees. Mrs. J. L. S. thinks about all her cherries were killed by the late frost. Will some school bov or girl pleas** tell us what is the difference in Apothecaries weight between an ounce Avoirdupois and an ounce Troy? “The rattle snake is the only thing that gives warning before it strikes,” said Miss Fidget to her class of hove. "No it ain’t.” said Tommie Summers. “Then what is it Tom?” quired the teacher. “Our old clock.” replied Tom. The reason some people are so sus picious of others is because they know themselves so well. W© hear a great deal of complaint about the railroads not bringing freight promptly. Its hard for farm ers to get. their guano as thev need it and it puts them behind with their work. For one we can see no good done by electing railroad commissioners for the same old song is reported every campaign. As Cherokee had to have a hang ing we are glad to know it was con ducted “in decency and in order.” Camp Jefferies U. C. veterans will meet at Wilklnsvllle next Saturday. 13th Inst, at 2 o’clock p. m. to elect delegates and sponsors to the State reunion In Columbia next month. A full attendance is desired. J. L. S. SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER OKEE. pointed to inquire into the allegation that Dr. Lee was adicted to the use of morphine and cocaine in spite of the fact that he was in the peniten tiary. The physicians who made this gret to A few weeks ago a Philadelphia man , nis death. He was always recognlz- was iu a North Carolina town ofveryied as a consistent Christian gentle- few inhabitants. One dav when he ! man. one who lived up to his church wa^ on the point of making a pur- j vows as well as his duty as a citizen, chas he discovered that he had ex-j hausted his small change. The sto/e- '’ ree n a s the leaf, and ever fair keeper e/mid not “break” the $10 bill Shal1 Profession shine. investigation and report were Drs. j offered him, and th** northern man ' Whl'o fruits of holiness appear Harmon and Pop© and Superintend ent Babcock, of the South Carolina Hospital for the Insane, who reported unanimonslv that in their opinion from the physical condition and ac tions generally of Dr. Lee the prison er was using both drugs, and they all declined to be responsible for say- • went out in the main street to see how he might solve the difficulty. He asked several persons, but no one bad the requisite amount for the bill. At last an old. white-haired, seedy negro came along. In sheer despera tion the Philadelphia man said; Uncle, can vou change a $10 bill Like clusters on the vine. Miss Lizzie Moorehead. one of the committee of ladles appointed by Camp Jefferies U. C. veterans to get un a list of the soldiers who went from this section to war between the States has sent in a list of sixty, glv- Imr their places of burial. Many of them w© had forgotten. We thought Ing If released he would keen his for me?" wromise and quit using these drugs. “Uncle” looked dazed fo r the mo-. . K It la presumed that If the doctor got ment. Then his shambling figure th # ^^ hv asking a comro.t- hold of these drugs in violation of ; straightened. With a doffing of the ^ ® f u ] ad, ^5 *9 the iules he did so by roHjon of his hat and a bow worthy Chesterfield.! ™ , . 8take ; bone .to hear from the having access to the dispensary at 1 he replied with dignity: the penitentiary. Dr. Frank Butler, “No. marse. I can’t change no $10 the new physician at the peniten- hill: hut I done ’preclates the compli- tlarr. however, in his statement to ‘ ment les’ the same, sab.” the board, says that he has closely watched Dr. Le© since he was elected Like* to Read The Ledger, last August, and In his opinion the | Cnerokee R. F. D. 3.. Mcto. 30.—Dear doctor has not been using either editor. I am seven years old. Pa is drug. Dr. Butler say* a strict check- j taking The Ledger. I like to read it ing up of drugs in the dispensary Is ' ao well that I thought that I would kept and It would be Impossible for! write vou a little letter the doctor to use these drugs without j I have one brothe- and two sisters, the penitentiary physician knowing Thev are all younger than myself. * t _ . ,, , j Papa 1» a farmer but I don’t like Dr Lee would not promise If I farming. I think I shall be a horse leased never to touch whiskey. He saj.l he had no desire now for any drugs, and he believed be would ne ver touch them again, but he would not make anv promises. trader or a merchant. Please let this escape the f waste basket and I will trv again. | Yours truly. Tuther Gamp. 9 If you watch for the items on Argo Red Salmon you will find some rery Interesting things about Alaska and the Salmon Industry, of which very little is known in this country. “Ar go” m a household word wherever this Salmon has been Introduced. April Ml. Best thing on earth tor colds and grip, Nature's Cough Rsmsdy and Drip Tablets. If a 50c bottle of Na- turoh Cough R«modv and a >tc box of Grip Tablets don’t knock that oold w« will refund that 75c as ^oorfullr as w* took It Drug Op. other members bv the 13th Inst., af ter which we expect to publish a list —giving it the place of one of our letr ters In The Ijedger. If necessary. Miss Myrtle Poston is teaching the 'Sunnyslde school. She is boarding with Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wilkins. Willie Blackwell, sop of Jefferson Blackwell, is Ivlng very low with pneumonia. He had begun to im prove so that Dr. Black thought he was getting along all right. But he has taken a relapse and will probably not recover. Only a few weeks ago his mother died—mention of which wag made in this correspondence. M,r. Wm. Fowler has a very sick child. It took sick last Wednesday but is getting along very well. Charley Fowler. Sam J. Strain’s lieutenant, in planting corn. Charley Is a Ledgerit© and a hustler, too. Since the hanging of Tom Harris and the refusal of the Unity people to let him be burled in the graveyard there, the Idea is advanced that It is not customer? to allow anv onp bung to be buried with other people. This is something new to us. and we are The Man Who Cheats His Work. An employer of thousands of men wa- asked what thing in all his large operations gave him the most con cern. “The man who does a little less than Is expected of him,” Is the reply. "He is the dangerous factor in all business. The absolute failure wo readily discover and discharge, but the ‘almost’ escape detection for months and often for years, and they make our losses as well as our fears.” and with a very serious smile he added. "The drip In business is worse than the leak.” Thousands of men fancy they are fulfilling their duty to their employ ers and to their tasks by keeping hours and performing just enough to hold on to their positions. They have an idea that to do more would be to give larger service than their compensation required. They object to what they believe would be extra values. “The old man shan’t get more than he’s paving for” is the vernacular. Possibly it never strikes these trimmers that in cheating their work thev are doing double damage, savs the Saturday Eevening Post; th**y are injuring their employers much, they are robbing themselves more; they are, In fact, losing everything in life that is worth while. Thev fare worse than if they did nothing at all. for time with all Its precious 1 values slips entirely from them and eaves no substance or satisfaction. Half %)ing soon brings undoing. It is the nine-tenths doing or the pinety- nine and one-hundredths doing that bleeds business and saps character. Not a Full-Grown Man. (Chicago Record-Herald.) A West-side young woman was commissioned by her father the other day to buy some neebties. She thought she knew exactly what she wanted. She was sure she knew what she wanted him to have, and in anv event, she didn’t ned the assist ance of the clerk. But the clerk had a great deal of advice to give and he gave It in a flippant, aggressive man ner. which was most obnoxious to the young woman. Finally he brought/ out a line of gorgeous Ascot*. “There,” he said with an Imperti nently knowing smile. “I’m sure he’ll like one of those. All the young men like them.” The girl glanced at them indiffer ently and then at the young man as If she saw him for the first time. “Oh. he's not a« young as you are,” she said, “he's a full-grown man.” Recent Happenings In and Around thft City and Other Events Gather ed by the Local News Editor. Eleven cents was being offered for the best cotton yesterday. There waa very little on the market Mr. H. D. Wheat has purchased another new automobile. It is one of the latest machines. W. C. Wilson and W. A. Poole left Thursday for Booneville. Miss, where they will engage in the exchange business. Bob Kendrick, a white man. for feited a $2.'50 cash bond for his non appearance before Mayor Little yea- terday morning. Tickets for the Clansman have been going like hot cakes. This is one time the house will in all probability play to its capacity. Dfc Bl K. Blown lost a valuable hors** Thursday night. The animal became sick very suddenly and aotiP ing could be done to save him. Mrs. R. S. Lipscomb and daui^hter are in Shelby. N. C.. to attend the marriage of Miss Laura May Doggett which will take place Wednesday evening. The commission to investigate the affairs of the county had a meeting last Thursday and organised. They will meet Monday for the transaction of business. Charley White has moved his bar ber shop from the SetUemyer build ing to the ‘ami in the old Parish Ho tel formerly occupied by Boyd Sar ratt. Charley has fitted a most cre ditable shoo and will continue to con duct a fist-class establishment in ever/ respect The school commissioners have purchased a lot on Cherokee avenue, almost in front of the Cherokee Ave nue Baptist church, on which they will erect a modern school building. The Ledger will give a full descrip tion Just as soon as the archetect’s plans are adopted. The pastor. Rev. E. G. Roes, of Midway church reports a large at tendance considering the unfavorable weather yesterday. Midway people are maklg a great effort to erect a new church. Building material is al ready on the ground, and the church will ho begun at an early date, just as soon as it is posible for them to begin. There was a congregational meet ing at the Presbyterian church Sun dav morning for the purpose of dis cussing the advisibility of calling a 1 pastor. The result of the meeting j was that a committee of four, con- I sisiting of Messrs. J. Frank Parrott and W. M. Webster and Mesdames H. D. Wheat and J- Ijandrum Brown were appointed to select a pastor. The probability i s that a call will oe extended Rev. T. Ellison Simpson. lv« having made & most favorabe impres sion on the congregation during bis recent visit to Gaffney. The song service at the First Bap tist church occurred on Sunday eve ning having been postponed from the Sunday before, owing to the unavert- able absence of two particinan's. Mrs. Oscar Shanks and Mr. B. G. Kuhne. the programme was contaile.1 but the remaining members rendered in splendid style by members of the choir, voung ladies from Limestone College and ladies from the citv. All the numbers were of the highest standard, reflecting great credit on the excellent choir of the First Bap tist church and the assistants in this enjoyable service. CHARM OF THE JOUTH. A Potent Element in the ftucceee *f “The Claneman.” A potent element in the great popu lar success of “The Clanaman" which comes to the Star Theatre tomorrow night is the charm of the it so beautifully sets forth, period of the play is the sodal aa# political break-up immediately au blow ing the civil war. when for a brief time the carnet-baggers and nterrnas seized the reins of government The contract between the conversatlea families and their upstart ralen Is made the more striking by the lovely scenes in which the story is laid, action takes place In a Bttla among the foothills of the Carolina Alleghenies. The In summer are beautiful with at the foot of a wooded cliff wtsds a sllve^Gter: a top is khown the colo nial ^^mon of an old fashioned tocraUpfrlch is about to be sold taxes. ^The play of children and anlmal-llke revelry of the hardly interrupted by the- crisis over the question of wh£$a su premacy. A wierd and speetral ele ment enters through the IntrodueSou of the Ku Klux Klan, wMtg robed night-riders terrorizing the oountry- side. Assembled in a gloetlY flttam- tain cave, by the flickering fight of torches, thev pass a terrible ment upon a negro criminal au4 send swift messengers to the Carolina brethren to Join the anrtt pet bagger revolt In the fourth act is shown home of the mulatto who woo 1 lieutenant-governor of South na. Absolute eocia] and polittaul equality is the mistaken ideal of tMs deluded fanactlc. His library is filled with books; the funikhlnge of Me horn© suggest that a wealthy while man’s mansion has been riffled Id equip it. The subject of his moot ambitions dream mar be guessed from a steel engraving of the black- amor Othello and the white Deqfe- mona which hangs above his mantel. Encouraged by the teachings of a Northern radical, he presumes to de mand the hand of the Northerner's beautiful daughter—only to that the Northerner hates and the very idea of such a unlog. purpose of the mulato to force this odious marriage is foiled bv the sud den entry of Ku Klux Klan. Soirib era chivalry step© in to protect the Northern man and his daughter from the effects of “social equality.’ This the fourth act. is the most absodriag of the play, and every person .con cerned in the practical handllg of the negro problem will follow it with breathless interest. Note—About one hundred reserved seats were unsold yesterday. The local management is making prepare tions to accommodate not lees that 800 people for this attraction, only about 400 seats have been sold, there fore. at least 400 more people can le accommodated than have applied tto far. Everybody is requested to be ht their seats at 7:50. as the curtaha will positively go up at 8 o’clock sharp. The ladies will bp requesfpd to re move their hats in order to let those behind get an unobstructed view ef the stage. All tickets which have been reserv ed must bp paid for today: othprwtoe thev will be offered for sale tomorrow. Argo Bud Salmon Is standard in Quality. Quantity, odor and price. The Cloud Passing Off. (Seneca Farm and Factory.) Cherokee has announced to the : world that the wholesale murders. that have been committed within her borders must cease. Her people have awakened to a realization of the fact that their county is fast becoming a South Carolina “Breathit.” Capital punishment is a serious, solemn sen tence. - Every possible precaution should b© taken that no one’s life Is taken when he is innocent. On the other hand, the taking away, in cold blooded murder, of an innocent vic tim is an awful, a revolting crime, and the guilty one should be punish ed as the law provides, without re gard to the awfulness of taking hu man life. The “recommendation to mercy” is overdone in our courts. Too often it is but a legal Action taken advan tage of bv jurors, who, while sworn to do their duty and “render a ver dict according to the evidence.” are too nerveless and pigeon-llvered to do what, on their solemn oath, what they ought to do. We congratulate Cherokee county. Human life and maiden purity will be held more precious. The cloud is passing off. Redsemed Ourselves. (Sbelby Aurora.) Our neighbor across the line. Cher okee county, redeemed herself last Friday, in the eyes of the world, by hanging Thomas Harris, the murder er of, Mrs. Hortenc© Morgan M«ny murders have been committed In the county during tin short history, but Harris was the first man to hang. May Cut Out Spartanburg- (Spartanburg Herald.) Uol T. J. Moore passed throuttk the citv ypsterdav on his way home from a trip to North Carolina Us Ireports passing by private convey ance the line of the great South A Western railroad, six or seven mfisn northeast of Rutherfordton. Col. Moore says the survey rums d-wn Second Broad river. He saw that the right of way was elean«4 off and a great quantity of ties piled un along the line. He expressed £ km self as afraid that Spartanburg will hs left out. as he was informed hv one of the first citizens of Rutherfordton that he had been told by the general manager that after making nln» dif ferent surveys they found Jh.* be * way of running from Marion. N. C-. to Columbia. S. C.. was bv Broud river, down which thev could k< the grade at twenty-six feet per along the edges of the boCtoon out difficulty and that they adopt that line, crossing th© South ern between Gaffney and Blacksbmg. TO ENJOY A GOOD DINNER. There is no need of any nelf-dc ing diet list, no cal] for nasty i agreeable medicine, no list of exercises: simply a Mi-o-na stomach tablet before each meal, and oqe be fore going to bed. and It win ns strengthen the stomach that a dinner will give vou pleasure comfort without the least fear of dis tress. The best proof of the value of our advice Is the fact that the Gaffney Drug Co. give a positive guarantee (applying to two 5Ac boxes of Mku- na) that our money will be refnndsd unless the remedy cures. A te~ like this must give you confide in Mi-o-na stomach tablets. Every grocery store should caryy Argo Red Salmon. If the salesmen have not vet called on vou. drop a card to the Alaska Packers Apnoete tion, Atlanta. Ga.. where our temuo- rarv advertising offices are located. April 8-12. —To our farming friends living < side the corporate limits of with each $1 or mors jrarehans nf garden or field seed, wo wlJ] give a beautiful art calandar well worth I cts , free. Como uftriy If Ton ono; the supply is limited. Oal Drug Ox We do not do all kinds sf nrli —w# de too OOOO kind.