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thk largest circulation of Any Nowopopor In tho Fifth Conflrooolonal District of 8. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. GUARANTEE TNI RELIABILITY •f Every AEvortioor Who Usee tho a Columno of Thlo Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper In All Burt the Word Imp!lee png Devoted to tho Boot Interest of tho People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1664. GAFFNEY, S. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1907. $1.00 A YEAN. THE ALUMNAE OF LIMESTONE COLLEGE TUESDAY OF LAST WEEK A GREAT DAY. The Occasion Was a Reminder 0 f a Confederate Veterans Reunion in Some Features. Tuesday of last week was a great day for the Alumnae of Limestone College. The day was devoted en- - tirelv to them, and they came to gether in considerable numbers from various parts of the State to renew old friendship, revived sacred mem ories. compare notes from experience and look after the welfare of their Alma Mater. The occasion reminded one of a reunion of Confederate veterans in some of its characteristic features— the joyous greetings, the enthusiastic spirit and the manifest devotJor to the cause which had called forth the meeting. At 10 o -lock a. m. a business meet ing was held in the college audi torium at which about sixty-five members were present. The class of this year, twenty-seven in num ber, joined In a body—an event which, has not occurred before and which was a source of much en couragement to the meeting. Mrs. Charles Petty, of Spartan burg, an alumna of the Curtis days, presided with elegant ease and graceful dignity, the president, Mrs. Hannon, being absent. The principal matter discussed was a plan for rais ing funds for the purchase of a pipe orgau„ to he placed In the college chapel, and a liberal cash subscrip tion was made which, before the close of commencement, was aug mented to $618. Besides this amount, now deposited In the bank, there are unpaid subscriptions enough to swell the amount to. $1,000. It Is confi dently expected that before the opening of next session a fine organ will be purchased and put Into place. The following officers were elect ed to serve another year: President, Mrs. G. G. Byers, Gaffney; vice-pre sident, Miss Eunice Ford, Marion; recording secretary. Mrs. J. Edgar Groce. Wellford; corresponding sec retary, Mrs. s. h. Griffith, Gaffney. Hdltor of the Alumnae department of the Limestone Star. Miss Aurelia Lodge, Limestone College; assistant editor. Miss Jennie Reid. Spartan burg. The Alumnae Banquet, Perhaps the most enjoyable oc casion of all was, the Alumnae hjrn- nuet. sup'-rintended by Mrs. TT. K. Osborne, of Gaffney, and spread in fite oollesre dining room on T’lesdav evening. TTen* after a half hour’s reception in the coll^tTe parlors ail of the Alumnae present, with a few invited rpepfs, assernbl^d at i> o’cTheb !>nri for about two bour? abandoned themselve.' to "a fog ?* r^t-on and f'ov of ‘mme." The following was the menu- Roiled TTam Baked Chicken Greet, Pt-as Bread n Putter isandwleb Cranberries Gherkins Teed Tea Chicken Salad Sarah v Potatoes Olives Crac' prs Neapolitan Cream White Cake Fruit Cake Cheese Wafers Cafe Noir Mrs. Charles Petty presided as t'>a«t mistress and Mrs J. u Mont gomery. of Snartnnburg. was the guest of honor The following was the regular order of toasts and re sponses. though It was voiced by voluntary contributions of apnro- priat-^ sentiments and some sallies of wit by the toast mistress: Madam President. Alumnae Associa tion and Friends; l>et us stand one moment and touch glasses in honor of our presi dent, Mrs. R. A. Hannon, who is not with us. Wo regret her absence; but we can jointly wish her peace and happiness. May her days he filled with love and charity and con tinued loyalty to her Alma Mater. It is through your generosity her mantle has fallen to me on this oc- easion, however feebly I may wear It, I thank you for the honor. It is a pleasure to be with you, and have part in the initiatory banquet. It is an epoch In the history of the association, dating the beginning of an era full of signal and lasting im portance. Let it become your mecca, drawing you together yearly—the old and the new; the former full of experince, the latter of great ex pectations and prove a benediction to us all. I announce as the first toast “Our college. The foster mother that re ceives her children as they leave the homo circle and family fireside. She widens our life, enlarges our vision, teaches us to look up, not down, and says lend a hand. Tis wisdom to be loyal to this second mother, of which Miss Lola McClain will tell you more.’’ Madam Toast Mistress, Honored Guests and Memebers of the Alumnae Association: The universe i 8 a morocosm. our college, microcosm. The same prin ciple of life and love running through the universe and making it one, a unity, runs through th' 1 history of college. Ijooking backwards through the dim vista of ages gone by, we » c, e the great mind souls of men, such as Plato, Aristotle and Dante, who have made for us not a dead past but an eternal now. It is with in the sacred walls of our college that the memory of these great world minds is cherished* it was our Alma Mater who put us in vital touch with them thus making our life within these secluded walls a little republic —may, not a little republic, but the republic of republics, because it is the republic of the mind. No mean honor is it then to drinb to our Alma Mater, who has given us our citizenship in the great mind —'republic, and with no less honor, and with a still deeper affection do we pledge our loyalty and our love to those rare spirits of oin* republic, who have over been our help and our inspiration—our senior profes sor and our president. Response by Miss E. Neves: “Raise the bumper once more for you have not yet drained its deep depths. You have drunk to our re public of the mind—our Alma Mater —you have drunk to those rare spirits guiding our republic; you have not drunk to the principles of the constitution of our republic, nor the deep motives of those who have drawn up the constitution, and who ever inspire Its citizens to abide by It. Then here’s to you dear teacher, for though the years are gone your comradeship lingers with us still. In this mind republic you even for mulate the guiding principles that give to the world the woman with her high and noble aspirations, with her freedom of thought and action, who constitute the backbone of our world republic. “Our hearts compel us to again drink, and drink deep to the two lights of Limestone, to the two who are and have always been the bright est anq greatest lights of our college, to the two who come first in the hearts of every Limestone College girl to the two who stand for every noble and high principle, to the two w'hom not only we, but the foremost educators of the South appreciate and delight to honor. Need I call the name of our brilliant and peer less president, Lee Davis Ixrdge, and of our noble, ever faithful and well loved senior professor, Harrison Pa- tillo Griffith. “Last and perhaps greatest to us. we drink again to ycu dear old IJmestone, for we love you. You have given to us all which is most precious and dear. You have so long sheltered us and given to us the priceless heretage. To us you are the greatest and most peerless college of colleges. May you ever climb higher and higher in the world of education, and always remain, as you are now, without a peer in our whole Southland.'’ Lavender and Rosemary: “Ah, •es; that means come out into the garden—an old-faf4hioned garden, vith sun-dial and an arbour and lit- le well-kept paths, that lead to the lower beds! All that eornor will 'ie full of roses in June—old-fashion ed ropes—blushed and cinnamon and sweet brier. I love them all- niig- nonefto and forget-me-nots, belong together sweetness and memory, ''‘own by the gate are sweet heHrE and simpl, marjoram, thyme, Rose mary and lavender. Lavender comes first; it is sweet and has association but Miss Eunice Ford will tell you of ‘Lavodor and Rosemary’ ’’ Madam Toapt Mistress and Friends: “Tis not the glass filled with water, nor yet tho one filled with wine, that I would ask you to raise to your Ups: ’tis the great crystal hiving cup of joy and sorrow one of whos 0 slender semicardiac handles are held by the radiant spirit, imagina tion; another, by her who is wedded to him in snirit, pale-cheeked mem- TV. The third handle remains, my f riends. will each of you take It, and in the presence of that, wedded pair, alone, raise on high this great crys tal loving cup of bitterness and of sweetness, in whos 0 clear depths He th« crimson tear-drops of our own heart’s life “Clasp the handle and with poig nant grief and exquisite joy, pledge with me an undying devotion to that land to which we are borne an image of fanev by the perfumos of Lavender and Rosemary, the en chanted land of long ago—a land made still dearer to me because I have seen It with ttm eyes of a dwel ler therein. And if you will open the ears of your soul I will describe it as it was given to me. ‘A land that is silvered with moon-light, sheen, and wreathed in the mists of vanish ed years and peopled with spirit forms—* land where foot-steps awake no echo, where melting music in minor chords steals over dream ing Las, and where thought unaltered is no less imperfect, a land where the tides of passion break in ripples ’he peaceful shore and the heart is soothed from sorrow by the mem ories of love.’ “Once more raise tnis cystal lov ing cup of joy and sorrow to your lips, and drink to those who clasp its two slinder semicardiac handles —the weaver of dreams. For the ’■ealitles of life are theirs, and theirs alone, only through them do we find the true and the beautiful. To them he’ong the best of every heart. <|f every soul. They take us for their own and we cap never completely belong to earth again. They, and ♦hey alone, fre^ us from ‘the years viCi which humanity would bend us to earth.’ They glv > us the only et'wnity—the eternity in which we live. They give us that which can not lie lost, because it. Is our own— that which !s no symbol but the very substance of the HO,1 l—that which r. akes the hearts of all the dwellers of the land dark with dreams to heat as one, and that in union with the almighty heart of life and love.’’ Response by Mrs. J. E. Groce: Responce to memory. Here’s to the memory of our school days—the seed time of life. May we ever cherish it and may the seeds of learning sown a t dear old Limestone, warmed by the sunshine of youth and happiness, watered by the dews of love and civilization, take deep root and burst forth in rarest blos soms of Intellectual womanhood. Sweet memories the fragrance of which permllates our lives and converts age Into a day dream of such exquisite joy, such blissful con tentment, such peaceful reflection that age is no longer a dread but a safe anchorage from the rushing bil lows of life. As we sow in youth, we shall reap in age. Then let each of us make of our lives a beautiful whole, combln- in-- the past, present and future Into one, making the individual. Oh! woman ought we not to feel grateful for what education and re ligion have done for us—lifted us from the womenity of barbarism In to the very highest sphere of idealism. Noble womanhood! the most consumate flower of civilization. M!ay the memory of the past be as a banner on which Is inscribed the word, excelsior, and holding it aloft may we press forward towards the high ideal of perfect womanhood, cherishing ever the old gold and white. Then life the golden gatlet to your lips and drink deep of the truths of life. By the toast mistress to our seniors: “Let us turn to the practical. Mrs. Edna Harris has a message to our latest recruits, the senors, now out of college to enter the great universi ty—the world—with multi-plus re sources, opportunities and responsl- bilitied. Now comes the response from the youngest and brightest of the debu- lants. Judging from honors thrust up on her. class president, editor-in- chief of Alumnae department In the Star, she seems well equipped for work In the greatest school she now enters. Response by Miss Aurelia Lodge: Madam Tost Mistress, Ladies of the Alumnae Association of Limestone College: In one of the battles of Egypt during the Napoleonic war a drum mer boy was mortally wounded. As he lay dying upon the field the sol diers of his regiment passed by. He cried to them: “Men of the 49th, teach me how to die*” Sometimes more can be dojie fur a country or an Institution by living than by dying. So we, the class of 1907, who have so recently joined your number, call upon you, the Alumnae of Limestone College, to teach us how to live for Limestone. We have spoken so often of the breaking of ties at graduation, of the tearing asunder of the tendils (hat have bound heart to heart. We bring Lo you the enthusiasm of our young hearts to add life and vigor to all your activities. We know that you will not allow the flora of our zeal to he quinched in the ice of indifference. We pledge to you the energies of our young minds the overflowing affection of our young hearts and the constant support of our wills. Here’s to the class of 1907, rooted On earth to flower in heaven. Here’s to the class of 1907 dear Limestone’s pride, the sad world’s leaven. By Miss Annie McClain: • To our honored guest, Mrs. John ft. Montgomery, Sr., to tho Alumnae of the Curtis days; of whom our charming toast mistress is a repre sentative—that type of womanhood which was the fairest flower of our noble South: her comfort and stay in her darkest days; her glory and her pride forever—at her feet we lav the tribute of lasting affecion and r verence. Serea j n caelum redeant! By Mrs. Boyd L. Hames: Here's to the club dramatic, the faculty in the play, may e ach of their names be greatest among actors of th day! The following was the closing toast offered by a member of the faculty and received with hearty ap plause; Our Toast Mistress: A jewel In the chain that binds this association to a glorious past; when the chain shall be broken may the jewel still shin** with even a purer and brighter lustre In an imperishable setting. Minks Among the Chickens. On last Friday night the chicken house of J. J. Vassey, who lives a few miles out of town, was visited by what must have been a number of minks, judging from the appear- -nce of things next morning. Mr. Vassey, on going out to his hen house found that sixty-three chick ens had been killed, ranging from the largest down to the smallest, which he estimated the value to be about $20. Monday morning Mr. Vassey went out hunting, hoping to be able to lo cate the den of the minks, and was aot on his way long before he suc ceeded In .his undertaking. While Mr. Vassey doesn’t think he was so fortunate as to kill the entire flock, he is rejoicing to know that he put four qf them out of business. A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF -HE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. Argo Red Salmon readily adapts itself to the requirements of break fast, luncheon, dinner, or supper, and giv » seasonable variety to every meal. Jur e 4-7. —Bargains in mattings, rugs and carpets, June 7th and 8th at Carroll ft Byers’. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Itema of that Sectloa Wilkinsville, June 5.—Mr. Leslie Blackwell has curiosity in the way of a four-footed chicken. It was hatched last week. It is apparently fully developed In every other way. One of Its legs and feet are all right. The other leg is forked—on one prong of which th- re are two feet— the other one. This is its only de formity. We have had an abundance of rain and the plows and hoes will be Idle for a f«w days while the cron of grass gets a good start. Com and cotton both look well considering the cool weather. Mrs. Ed. Millwood, of Hickory Grove, who has been sick for some time, is still very unwell. She is the mother of Mrs. Charley Foster, who went to see her last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Will Vassey and children, from down in the fork, spent last Saturday night with us. MVs. Janie Bowen, of Jonesville, and Mrs. Joe Hughes, of Gowdeys- ville spent Saturday night with their brother, Mr. John Hughes and family. Rev. C. M. Teal was not at Abing don Creek church last Sabbath. Though the weather was threatning min there was a fair turn out at the church. Mr. J. A. M. Estes, who went to the Richmond reunion last week, re turned Friday, reaching home on Saturday. Tho R. F. D. mail route from Wil kinsville has been changed to Gaff ney No. 9 and has been extended down the Pinckney ferry road to Mr. W. R. Walker’s place and back ini/) the Howell’s forrv road at Mr. W. C. Kirby’s. Mr. Rufus Estes, who has been sick for some time is n<> better. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Blackwell visited him last Monday. He is a very sick man. Owing to the high water in the little crook at. Mr. Andrew Byars’ the mail did not get. to the Gowdysville section last. Friday. Thickety and Oilkey creeks were both high. Land and crops were badly washed in many places and some may have to b > planted over again. Oats are looking well. Very little wheat Is sown in this section and that is not very good. Mr. Phillip Robbins, of Cownens, passed here on Monday with a milk cow he bought on the York sido of tho river. As we predicted they would do this year, the locusts have come and in many places they keep the woods ringing with Pharaoh, Plia-raoh, Pha raoh. The extension of the R. F. D. mail route to Mr. VV. R. Walker’s place has already added several new sub scribers to The Ledger’s list. This convenience i* 1 the mail service places newspapers i n the hands of many who heretofore haven't enjoyed that luxury at. so little cost of time and trouble in getting their mail. Mr. J. x. Strain went to Jonesville last Monday on business. Mr. j. Ed Leech, of Hickory Grove, is in this county selling books. He has a good assortment and can fill the hill of almost all classes of read ers. Mr Ed Eison and Dr. Steedly. of Gaffney, passed here Monday evening on their way to see Mr. Will Thom son who is sick at his home In Ches ter county. Mr. Bill Johnson, of Pearlige, came over on this side last Saturday. The next grand rennlon of the TT. C. veterans will he held In Birming ham. Ala. The South Carolina vet erans voted solidly for Birmingham. It Is generally conceded (by this State of course) that the Palmetto State sent the nrattlest girls to re- n»*e8ent her at the Richmond reunion of anv of the Southern States, includ ing Virginia, and that is no reflect ion whatever on the beauty of the fair daughters of our «iete»- States. It’s natural for each crow to think its crow the whitest. Wle subscribe fully and unreserved ly to the sentiment set forth In the following editorial clipping from The Union Times: “Whiskey and pistols! This is the combination that is working havoc with law and order. How long will our people refuse to see that here Is practically the whoi^ trouble. It was last this combination that produced the horrible murder at Carlisle last week. It Is the combination that Is making it more and more difficult to restrain the lawless. Whiskey and pistols! a mixture that produces horrible crimes and blights peaceful •lo-ies.’’ The man who carries a pistol as the badge of a hero and has to “tank no” on liquor for courage to display It. is as devoid of physiclal courage ns a Bengal tiger is of the Christian graces. We have illustrations of this near er home than Carlisle—instances in which the pernicious practice ofcar- •V Ing pistols anq whiskey to places where good and law-abiding people assemble even for the worship of Almighty God Is fast bringing hoary hairs down In sorrow to the grave. Shame, oh shame, on such a state of affairs. We could, if necessary, call up scores of cases where the pistol and bowie knife “toters” who made themselves a terror to the communi ties in which they lived by "bullying’’ over their peaceful and better neigh- iK)rs, when called upon to face an invading foe in mental combat, were simply “not in It.’’ They had busi ness somewhere else. This charact eristic hasn't changed one iota in the progress of time and so-called civi lization. Yet in the face of all this, we are fre e to admit that this spirit of ruffianism so prevalent in the' and justifies the more respectable and peaceable citizen to go prepared to defend himself against the attacks of this lawless element. But no ex cuse can he given for the liquor an nex to go along with It. Another monstrous evil with which this country will some flay have to contend is that growing out of the nunch howl. This may as yet be in its incipiency. but th° harvest time is coming and a word to the wise is sufficient. To this the W. C. T. U. has virtually subscribed and sound ed a note of warning. From efficient repels we have the voices throughout the cotton States and the poor crop prospects has caused the staple to jump up in price. Farmers will, have plenty of grass now since the rain has come and kept them from work for several days. But with good health and fair sunshine they will soon be up with it. The farmers as a general thing have leame/i not to overcrop them selves—one acre well worked is worth three half worked. J. L S. CHECK AND SPIEL ARTIST. J. J. Wells Scattered His “Paper 1 * About Asheville. Asheville. N. C.. Juno 4—J. J. Wells, the smooth proposition with fetching ways, who camp here last week, took a house for the summer, cashed a number of checks on a Florida bank, hastily left the city and subsequently was brought back in the custody of an officer, now lan guishes in Buncombe county jail In default of $400 bond, awaiting the next term of Superior Court for the trial of civil cases. After returning to Asheville Wells visited all the persons who had cashed his checks and made good their apparent losses. He also paid the $2f> reward which one Asheville merchant had offered for his capture. After paying up Wells had about $7 left. Now he’s in jail. He was given a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Gudger. The persons who had cashed checks were present, at the hearing and tes tified. The trial.while something in ♦ho nature of tragedy for Wells, was comical to an outsider. The differ ent spiels that Wells gave th<» check- cashers were recite,] nt some length ! *nfl not infr< ouently to laugher. The hearing ove r Wells was held In $l0h Itonfl in each of four cases. He aaifl that he eouU not at present make the bon,] and went into the hands of the officers and subsequently to jail. The case of Wells has pyeited no little interest here. Just what sort of a man he is has aroused some snecidatlpn Wells who, when ar rested carried f n his grip a couple of Bibles, holds that he !.« the victim of | some sort of underhand work. Not. however. n n the part of any one in Asheville, in defense of his course, he declares that he believed a per tain sum of money to be in the Fer- nandina, Fla., ban!* when he o-o y rj { Vj p checks: that his brother-in-law had promised to deposit $300 in the bank an,] that on the strength of h^ promis,, he gave the cheeks, thinking that the money was there. This Jtory is given little credence, how ever. Some of the officers believe /that Wells has operated extensively And that there may be other devel opments. After Wells had been In jail for a time one of the officers was asked how h^* took confinement. “Oh. just like he was at home.” was the reply. A NEGRO'S SKULL CRUSHED. Claude Gaither .Brains .Jim .Minor With a Stone. Asheville, N. C., June 4.—Jim Mi nor, a negro stableman in the em ploy of a local livery, is in the Mis sion Hospital In a critical condition with a crushed skull. Saturday even ing two negros, Jim Minor and Claude Gaither, were Jesting or quar reling near the corner of Asheland avenue and Patton avenue when Gaither suddenly seized a rock and hurled it at Minor with t°rriflc speed. The missile went wild, but Gaither l n an instant, so bystanders say, had picked up another stone and before anyone could interfere had struck Minor a vicious blow in the head. The victim fell to the ground with out a groan, while blood flowed free ly from the ghastly wound. Gaither, realizing what he had done, tamed and fled. Two small darkies, how ever, followed the man, to his home on Gudger street, where, after tell ing his wife what he had done, Gaith er picked up his coat and fled to- wards the French Broad river. Those who witnessed Hie assault summon ed Dr. d. E. Sevier, who after mak ing a hurried examination, caused the removal of the Injured man to the Mission Hospital. An examina tion of the wound at the hospital re vealed the fact that Minor’s skull had been broken and that he was ser iously hurt. The police went to work j on the case In an effort to apprehend i Gaither, but thus far their search has failed of result. The negroes are about 30 years of age and no cause other than a petty quarrel can be assigned for the murderous as sault made on Minor by the escaped negro. i SUNSHINE WANTED. Lands Badly Washed by Recenlt Rain 8 i n York County, Yorkville. June 4.—There was no rain in this section yesterday and I everybody i s hoping that the turning ' point has been reached and that there will now be a week or two of dry, warm weather in order that the ; crops may receive much needed at- | tention and start to growing. It Is j s aid that in many sections of the county the land was badly washed i by the recent heavy rains. A dog. supposed to be afflicted i with hydrophobia, after having bit- j ten several other dogs, was killed in town last week, and as a result them I has been a considerable slaughter i among the the bitten dogs, the work being done either by or at the in stance of their owners as a precau- | tionary measure. The outlook is that if the day Is | propitious there will he a great i crowd on next Friday to take part In I the ceremonies incident, to the un veiling of the Confederate monu ment. recently erected here under the auspices of th3 U. D. C’s Steamer Tourist Burred. Elizabeth City, x. C.. June 4—.The steamer Tourist, one of the passeng er steamers of the Leroy Steamboat line and one of the finest steamers to ply these waters, was burned to- da’* at 1 o’clock in Albemarle Sound whil on route to Columbia. The steamer left here on an extra run to Columbia this morning at 9 o'clock and about 2 o’clock telegram was receivofl by the company here from the agent in Columbia announc- *ng the fact of her burning and that the crew was saved. Beyond this ihr. telegram gave no other informa tion. The Tourist was one of the most palatial passanger steamers to ply these waters and wag one 0 f the swiftest in the sound country. Desperately Wounded. Gastonia, x. C.. June 4.—Ben Isen- hower. an operative of the High Shoals Cotton mlil, lies desperately wounded at his home as the result of knife wounds sustained Sunday morning at the hands of Will Holla- fleld, an operative of the game mill. Hollafield made good his escape In company with his brother-in-law. a man named Jamieson, and so far the most vigilant search of the officers has not sufficed to cause his appre hension. Isenhower was cut twice and stabbed once in the back and his wounds are of such a nature that his recovery is a matter of grave doubt. Deputy Sheriff Will Rhyne and Sheriff Shuford both went to the scene of the trouble but Hollafield had made his escape. Just the cause r>f the trouble cannot be learned, though It Is probable that mean whiskey was at the bottom of the whole affair. Saturday night and Sunday, it Is said there wag much whiskey In evidence and rowdyism held sway. May Die From Wounds. Statesville, N. C., June 4.—New reached Statesville yesterday of very serious cutting affray in OR township Sunday afternoon, it seem that Tom Lambert, white, who H cently moved to the Olia neighboi hood, was at the home of Mr. Doc! Daniels, was drunk and made som remarks which Daniels reseated, j fight ensued and Lambert drew hi knife and stabbed Daniels a numbe of times, it is said that Lambert b< came sober Immediately and secui ing a gun and a revolver, left fo parts unknown. He came to Ihi Olin section from Ashe county an< it is assumed that he went in tha direction. Hundreds of people have told the grocers that the Argo Red Salmon is the best Salmon that they have ever eaten. Ask your neighbors If they have tried it. Jun e 4-7. Killer by Shifting Engine. Spartanburg. June 4.—John Wi Hams, colored, was instantly kille early Monday morning by beln struck by a shifting engine of th Southern road, and .Tames Brysoi white, was seriously injured. Th me n were in a buggy and were a tempting to drive across the track of the Southern in the upper sectio of he city, when a passing yard ei glne struck the buggy, hurling Wi Hams against a telegraph pole, crus! ing his skull. Mr. Bryson sustain* a dislocated shoulder and bruise about his body. The horse was kll ed by the train. —Don’t miss the carpet sale at Carroll & Byers’ Friday and Satur day of this week. Subscribe for The Ledger, Si a year. The Magic No. 3. Number three is a \*c:'der r , c> cot for Geo. H. Parris, of Cedar Grove. Me., according to a letter which reads: “After suffering much with liver and kidney trouble, and becoming grea ly discouraged by the failure to find relief. I tried Electirc Bitters, and as a result I am a well man today. The first bottle relieved and three bottles completed the cure.” Guaranteed best on earth for stom ach, liver and kidney troubles, by Cherokee Drug Co. 50c.