Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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% Jf Women as Weil as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. di» Courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfulness soon disappear when the kid neys are out of order or diseased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that it is not uncommon / for a child to be born afflicted with weak kid neys. If the child urin ates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh or if, when the chil 3 reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first Step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty- '.ent and one dollar izes. You may have a ;amp!e bottle by mail ree, also pamphlet tell- Home or Swamp-Hoot, ng all about it. including many of the housanda of testimonial letters received • mm sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer t i Co.. Binghamton, N. Y.. be sure ano [ mention this paper. Don’t make anj mistake, bat r* member the name, Swamp-Root, Dr Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and the art- dress, Binghampton, N. Y., on every bottle The Japanese. “Every time the papers say some thing about Maps’ it hurts the Japanese people.” said a Japanese. “We call our country Nippon, pronounced In the Jap anese tongue •Nihon,' and a Japanese man is ‘Nihoujin.’ Foreigners say Jap anese and Japan beeause they don't know how to pronounce the real words.”—New York Sun. War Against Consumption. All nations are endeavoring to check the ravages of consumption, the “white plague” that claims so many victims each year. Foley’s Honey and Tar cures coughes and colds perfectly and you are in no danger of consumption. Do not risk your health by taking some unknown preparation when Foley’s Honey and Tar is safe and certain in results. The genuine is in a yellow package. Cherokee Drug Co. Enterprise and advertising make the bitrgest pair in the wole deck. How Two Men Won Railroad Life Saving Medals. ESPECIALLY HEROIC EXPLOIT Stimulation Without Irritation. That is th e watchword. That is what Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does. Cleanses and stimulates the bowels without irritation in any form. Cherokee Drug Co. Most people would fall short If measured by the golden rule. Wa c i n Poor Health for Years. Ira W. Kelley, of Mansfield, Pa., vrites; I was in poor health for two ears, suffering from kidney and blad- ler trouble, and spent, considerable noney consulting physicians without •btaining any marked benefit, but vas cured by Foley’s Kidney Cure, ind I desire to add my testimony hat it rnay be the cause of restoring he health of others.” Refuse sub- ititutes. Cherokee Drug Co. It isn’t always safe to judge a man’s past by what he says about It. Kodol will nourish and strengthen your digestive organs and furnish the natural digestive juices for your stomach. It will make you well. Kodol digests what you fl at. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. Fault finding isn’t like charity, but it usually begins at home. During the summer kidney Irregu larities are often caused by excessive drinking or being overheated. Attend to the kidneys at once by using Fo ley's Kidnev Cure. Cherokee Drug Co. ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO Argo Red Salmon comes from the icy waters of Bearing Sea, Alaska. Deep red in color, delicious in flavor Though Siek In Bed, Charles Arms Arose and Saved Two Mail Clerks and a Baggagsman From Death. How Edgar E. Georgo Saved the Life of a Boy. For saving the lives of two mail clerks nnd a baggageman In a wreck on the Louisville nnd Nashville rail road President Roosevelt has awarded to Charles Arms of Clarksville, Teuu., a railroad lifo saving medal. A medal for heroic service In saving lives was also awarded to Edgar H. George of Parsons. Pa., says a Washington dis patch to the New York Sun. The exploit for which Mr. Arms re ceives recognition was particularly he roic. He saved the lives of Mail Clerks J. G. Martin and Thomas A. Frazier and Baggageman Robert L. Morris, victims of the wreck of Louisville and Nashville train 102 at Clarksville. Temi., on Sept. 29, 1906. The train ran through the open draw of the bridge over the Cumberland river at Clarksville, nnd the locomotive, mail and baggage cars were thrown Into the river, fifty feet below. It was about 8 o’clock at night and very dark When the train crashed Into the river Mall Clerks Martin and Frazier and Baggageman Morris, although terribly bruised and shaken, managed to break their way out of the cars and get on top. where they clung with all their re maining strength, all the time shouting for aid, while the partially submerged cars were being rapidly swept down the river by the swift current. A number of persons were standing on the river bank near the ferry lauding when the accident happened. They saw the cars plunge into the river and heard the despairing .cries of the mail clerks and baggageman for help, but none dared go to their aid. Arms lives near the ferry landing on the bank of the river and at the time of tlie accident was confined to his bed with malarial fever. He had been sick nearly four weeks, and a doctor had visited him and given him treat ment for his malady less than an hour previous to the accident. He heard the crash of the train us It plunged Into the river, and a moment later his little daughter came Into his sick chain her and told him what had happened He Immediately arose, and without waiting fully to clothe himself he made his way as rapidly as possible to the ferry landing minus coat, hat and shoes. His belief at the time was that the entire train had plunged Into the river, and he thought there might be scon s of people In need of help. Arriving at the ferry landing, lie Jumped into a -kitT and appealed to the bystanders for aid. offering $10. all the money be had, to any persons who would go with In in in the boat. His np peal for aid wasjnet by the statement that it would he madness fur any per son to go out with a boat to attempt a rescue, tli'* helper at the ferry landing telling him. "If the drift don’t swamp you tin* people on these cars will jump In mid swamp you sure.” Notwithstanding tin 1 attempts to di- suade him. Arms pushed off lu the boat done, and with cries of encour agement to the Imperiled persons bo lim lly readied the cars and succeeded in taking off the injured mail clerks and baggageman, afterward safely landing them on the bunk of the river. | The Louisville atid Nashville Railroad j company gave Arms $100 In recogni- j don of his henlsm. and the postoliice I department took the matter up and made application for a medal for him under the ai t of Feb. 2d. 1905, which provides for the award of medals of honor for the saving of life on rail roads. Tile case was carefully inquir ed into Iq officers of the government and the medal forwarded, with a let ter of < ra nsmiltal from the president. A medal was awarded to Edgar E. George for saving the lift} of a I’oli.-li lad alioet twelve years of age whose foot had become fastened in n frog on the Delaware and Hudson railway track at I’arsons. Fa. George and a number of other persons were on the station platform awaiting the approach of a fust passenger train w.ien the screams of the lad attracted their at tention. George Immediately started on a run for the hoy, hoping to extrl cate him from his perilous predicament before the train reached him. He made one or two unsuccessful attempts to release the foot, and, finding It impos sible to do so before the train reached him, he seized the boy’s body and. bending It down outside the rail, fore ed the imprisoned leg under the engine Cylinders, oil boxes and steps of the cars, which scraped their bodies as they came along. The engineer applied the emergency brake, but did not succeed In stopping until the locomotive and one car had passed over Mr. George and the boy. The hack, side and right arm of Mr. George’s coat were be smeared with Iron rust and ol' from the engine nnd car. nnd his right hand was slightly cut and bruised. Beyond a badly strained foot and leg the boy was uninjured. Had It not been for George’s nerve and presence of mind he would undoubtedly have lost hl- llfe, and It was something of a miracle that both of them were not killed. KNEW THE BENDER FAMILY. US SHAW 11 TWAIN Humorist's First Quip In England Is at Playwright's Expense. HAS PLAN TO REGULATE LIFE American Funmalier Tells Reporters How He Goes Through His Day anC. Other Things—Relates ences on the Trip Over. His Exper John Keepers Aided In the Search For the Murderers. Periodically the report goes over the country that the notorious Bender fam ily of Kansas has been found, but al ways the minor Is found to be false. “They will never be found.” said John Keepers, an ex-Kansan, now liv ing in Kansas City. “When the Ben ders left their farm in Crawford coun ty. Kan., in 1873, after their crimes had been discovered, they are supposed to have gone Into the Indian Territory. It is almost an absolute certainty that the Benders were all killed and buried by outlaws like themselves. The Ben ders knew too much—that’s why they were killed. “I was one of the party of men that went to the Render home when a search was being made for Dr. York of Independence, a brother of Colonel A. M. York of Fort Scott. We met old man Bender at the gate and told him our errand. He said he had been shot at by highwaymen a few days before on the Verdigris river, six miles dis taut. That led us off on a false scent. When we came bark, ten days later, the Benders had disappeared. The discovery of their flight was made by a neighbor named Pierce. He told others, and u search of the premises was begun. We found a trapdoor in the floor, and below It, la the cellar, the gravel flooring was stained with blood. In the garden we found seven! places where the earth bad sunk. The most recent appearing of those we dug Into and found there the body of Dr. York. We sounded all the other de pressions with an Iron tod ami in that way found sixteen bodies. If I remem ber rightly, a total of 104 persons were reported missing in that neighborhood. Of course we never knew whether the Benders had killed them all. for the bodies were not found. But I believe If we bad made closer search at the time we could have found many more graves. All of the murders occurred In the fall of ,'-.71? and the winter nnd spring of is',.,. “The Benders kept a store and hote’ for travelers, though I don’t believe they ever bad more than $lo worth of goods in the store : at.; one lime, and I don’t believe n\ traveler who stop ped there ever lived, to continue his journey. If be wasn’t murdered in his sleep, he was killed at the dining table.” Mr. Keepers does ui>t credit the story that tie* Benders were killed by lynching party not far from their home. “If thoy bad n.” he said, "I would have known about it. There was a big reward for each member of the fain ily, dead or alive, and if they had been killed some one would have claimed the reward. ’ ,, !i •••' is more probability in the story of a Cla rokee Indian, who while hut ■ ’ig along a tributary of the Ver hgiis about twenty-live miles sou li of the Kansas line, witnessed what main popple 1 lieve to have been the finish of the Fenders. The Indian said lie saw an old man and an old woman with a voa.ig r couple, camped around a covered wagon. A band of twenty men came upon them suddenly and killed cv ay ope. burned the wagon and outfit and then left.” Kansas t’py Star. “A number of these pests,” said Bernard Shaw to Mark Twain, indi eating by a gesture that lie was refer ring to a great congregation of Eng fish newspaper reporters who st,.o about him and Twain in a great cir do. “just asked me whether you w ere real ly serious when you wrote ’The Jump 'ng Frog.’” Thus opened a brief conversation that followed the introduction of Mr Shaw to Mr. Clemens by Frofcssor Victor H. Henderson. Mr. Clemens had come over to England to receive a degree from Oxford university Professor Henderson had crossed with him on the Minneapolis and had come up to London with him on the boat express. Mr. Shaw had come to >t Pancras station to meet Professor Henderson, who is an old friend of his. says a special cablegram from London to the New York Times. “Yes,” Shaw went on. “these (tests asked me that, and I told them what I thought to l>e the truth.’’ “No doubt.” broke in Twain. “Pni sure that you did me full justice. I have every confidence that I was quite safe in your hands.” “Certainly you were,” asserted Mr Shaw. “I told them that I had read everything good that you bad written, and I was able to give them the fullest assurance that you always wrote seri ously.” “Mr. Shaw,” said Twain. “I assure you that I can return the compli ment.” With this Twain winked at the English journalists, who at cnee burst into laughter and somewhat dis turbed Mr. Shaw’s equanimity. lie did not know that Twain was loadisl. Just as the merriment was subsiding, a nondescript individual with a basket under Ids arm broke through the jour nalistic circle and invited attention to a young bull pup. “’Arf a guinea buys Min, guv'nor.” he insinuatingly remarked to Mr. Shaw. “'Arf a guinea, only two dol lars ’n’ 'arf for the in-st bull pup in England. Larst one I’ve got. guv’nor.” “I’m not an American.” protested Mr. Shaw. “Sell him to Twain. IF- has got American money.” But Twain, although be deeply longer! for the bull pup. resisted the temptation to buy. Directly be had got rid of the pup peddler.• he bade goodby to Mr. Shaw and moved to a cab. By that time be bad been more than three hours under the exumina | tion and cross examination of the iiewspnper men. but he was not tired j lb* seemed to enjoy every minute of the time. In the eorr-■* of the morning Twain liie man had shown i! •; ,1 r .' her discouraged ' invaluable assist liilU • iiv manage the ship os the Minueapo- urn \ e lately at Til- \\ lu n lie wasn't there and tell the oth er otheet's w hat to do This lasted jus! three dais \t the end of that time < aptain Gates came to me and said very courteously: “•Twain, thi' i* die third time I have found that w h le I was lunching you have gone to die bridge and altered the eniirse ol tin- di p and haven't told me about it it's up to me to get tln- Minnwapolis to Tilbury, would you miiid quitting ..nd aliou ing me to earn Dl.V mono;, veil':' ”t l| i wllfse a M< a spirit dk me a I \ : i g 11 a nee. s,, | himself And lis managed l bury ” M r. < 'lem* ns Bernard Shaw tire. “I like li;s fa. i see more i ' liiln ” Some one suggested that it would h nice to h; e Mr Shaw answer qtios lions on Mark Twain s ■ iews and vice versa. Another w ill more acquaint mice with Mr Shaw s;n ( | (hi* latte: would want to do both, whereupon Twain spoke up. saying: “That's even better still It makes me more anxious to meet him .again It wot.id save me a lot of trouble !f pome one would give my opinions for me ” MIGHTY SWIMMER. meeting with George gave him great pleas -a id. I want t• B gttvc out ■ i now* <( * heme :ie< ■urding f > will' •It he r ■ u la ted his daily life. He a<k«‘ ■ 1 tile 1 r. .. >'•<• ' tu be ve ry oil ref'.:! t.> t:l ike (be. mi his \v .•rds Meet irately, a - the public r. : 111 1 )f the -ehe Me might be b rought I o be helpful to others. "i: very n luftim t* ' ’ said he. “as soon as l ’ill HU. i sm « hv« i a cigar and then have. • breul k'tist at s uTlof ■k. Aft." hre.lk'fast 1 -It: . k e another Hgar and then g - * baek t‘> be< 1. At ha iIf (inst l r » Woman of Fifty-seven t Compel Against Men In Ten Mde Race. With powerful 'tr> I e» won a whose hair was streaked vvitli gr and who was app iren: l.\ pa t in. age. swam swiftly up the Melen;,. river tiie other day . landing on a tl >at piq., |;i. < nrd live miles fr nn where s| 1( . entered tie tva'er. says a St. Louis dispatch to F c New York World. She was swiinm.i.;, e. sdy at the end of the long journey , and ns s|ie was dragged dripping from the river Frofcssor Mttegge of the y e natatorium grasped her by th in .b. saying: "'Yell done: you can surely go ten miles the next time.” The swimmer was Mrs. F.ina I’nin denburger. who at the age of tifty- seven years has developed into one the most expert s.vimn.c, - of the we-t She is training for the ten mile Mara | thou swim that is to be given by the Missouri Athletic club in the Missis sippi river on Oct. 2 next. Many of the fastest men swimmers of the L'nited Stares will be pitted against her. Mrs. Brandeuburger learned to swirn five years ago. and her wonderful tme tery of the sport is the sensation of athletic circles in St. Louis. It seems u> effort at till for the woman to glide through the water, and her only :< qulrement now Is some hard training to give her strength enough to finish out the ten mile course. Professor Muegge is training her. “Several years ago 1 suffered a seri Otis heat prostration and for the years following I was compelled to leave St. Louis every summer during the h ■ weather.” said M:'«. Brandenburger | “Five years ago my physician told me I could remain in town if 1 would g > In swimming every day to keen my blood cool. “I was somewhat shocked at the Rheumatism Is one of the constitutional diseases. It manifests itself in local aches and pains,— inflamed joints and stiff muscles.—but It cannot be cured by local applications. It requires constitutional treatment, and the best is a course of the great blood puri fying and tonic medicine Hood’s Sarsaparilla which neutralizes the acidity of the blood and builds up the whole system. In usual liquid form or in chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. 10O doses $1. Passing of Tight Shoes. “Tight slmcs? Not nowadays.” said the shoemaker. “The tight shoe gener ation is net - iy de i 1. though here and there tt snfferin • specimen survives. Men no longer j ride •hem. elves on narrow, pin'bed feet. The broad, heav ily shod, e-palde foot L now the rule, a: I n ’ h i inr e c une better health, t>e't-r •iii]ier .* *i ’ more satisfact >ry ' ••mii ions in homes and ofi’u ■•>. The imin w!i<» v*to th.ht shoos was always in pain. Then. too. men had their sh< es imi le to order and demanded a skin lit Nowadays shoes its good as tin- best and better than any that were ma le in the olden time are to be had already made Forty years ago men in IhG eoi'iitn wore loots, the best of whii h tiite I vvitli im redilde snnguess so that it vv.t- a te lions job to get them on or off Sueh affairs would not nowadays «• tolerated. Then the pr ! ti" i, • ere phenomenal, men of fashion tldn! " g nothing of paying from $ln to 83,(1 for a pair of boots. Has the world improved? In footgear It has and verv much so.”—Phlladel Burhans Testifies After Four Years. G B Burhans. of Carlisle Center, N Y writes; ‘ \bout four years ago I wrote you stating tha' I had been entirely cured of a severe kid ney trouble by taking less than two bottles of Foley’s Kidney Cure. It entirely stopped the brick dust sedi ment. and pain ■ind symptoms of kid ney diseas,, disappeared I run glad to say that I have never had a re turn of any of those symptom - during the four years that have elapsed and I i am evidently cured to stay cured, and heartily recommend Foie - Kid ney Cure to any one suffering from bidney or bladder trouble.” Chero kee Drug Co. Many of our fond hopes are inflat ed with hot air The best remedy for backache, weak kidneys, inflammation "? the bladder is DeWitt’s Kidney and Blad der Rills. Their action is nrompt and sure. A week’s treatment for 2."c. Sold bv Cherokee Drug Co. No one ever discovered a saint by looking in a mirror. Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers. Foley’s Honey and Tar affords im mediate relief to asthma sttffe-ers in the worst stages and if taker. :n time will effect a cure. Cherokee Drug Co. The more brains a man has the less chance there is of his head -wel ling. DeTVitt’s Little Earlv Riser-. Small, suggestion, fur it seemed absurd for a j sure, safe pills. Sold by ” \sVee 1 smoke allot'..f nnd -tart d tiding tu t v •t d jgruphe" 1 finish a‘ 12 o''Joel; anil i! ze oft till 1 I SIM'k" another elgir q: d eat 'tin •!i Then ! gu back to fmI and reai ! what the ne v-jiap'is bavt ■ to - i.v a •out me. i smoke more ■' '_f irs until I ,alf past d Then three as -.slants dress me for din tier, evening larties, etc., after which woman of fifty-two years to begin swimming. Now I think the sport 1- tbe grandest in the world. 1 feel years younger anu my health has been m stored to me. The exercise and inter est in the -port keep me well and healthy. I think 1 have a good cham-e of winning the long race. All women should swim." The Mis turi Athletic club will give $40/4X1 in prizes to the swimmer-. Drug Co. Nations, like individuals, are pow erful in the degree that they com mand the sympathies of their neigh bors. I associate with elite society till 1 o’clock in the morning. I never go tu bed till my daughter turns out the lights, and then 1 smoke in the dark “My constitution is improving all the time.” A Wonderful Happening. Port Byron. N. Y., has witnessed one of the most remarkable cases of healing ever recorded. Amos F. King, of that place says; “Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured a sore on my leg with which I had suffered over 80 years. I am now eighty-five.” Guar anteed to cure all sores, by Cherokee Drug Co. 25c. When thero is ’he slightes- in li'cn- tlon of Indigestion, heart burn, flatu lence 0 r any form of stomach 'rouble take a little Kodol occasionally nnd you wil] get prompt relief. ?old by Cherokee Drug Co. The longer a man lives rhe surer he is that force is something more than a breakfast food Nothing so nice for a luncheon or picnic, as Argo Red Salmon stand wlches or salad. To the London correspondent of the New York Sun Mark Twain spoke of hi« voyage as follows: "My trip over was delightful. The captain was most courteous, but firm. As 1 felt that be needed my assistanee in running the boat I used to go np ou '... ; l'e .., i niee neighborly tosh on A cleansing, clean, cooling, sooth ing. healing household remedy Is Dewitt's Carholized Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. Subscribe for The Ledger, $1 a year. Use Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup. Contains no opiates. It drives the cold out of the system by . gently moving the bowls. Contains j Honey and Tar and tasts nearly as good as maple syrup. Children like it. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. A woman will jump at a mouse al most a? quick as a man Argo Red Salmon is good enough for the tables of the rich, and cheap enough for the tables 0 f the poor. MOVA.L SALE! In order to reduce our large stock of goods before moving into our new quarters, we are making unheard of reductions on high-class goods. It is cheaper to have our customers take these goods home with them at a reduction than to pack them up and save them, hence these offers. If you ever intend buying dotliinjK, I)i'3- r Ooocl«, Motions, or li o Now is your opportunity, Come in before they are all picked over. It will pay you to investigate. Every one knows the class of goods we carry. We make it a point to carry the very best- nothing shoddy about it—and the opportunity to get this kind of goods at our Removal Prices is an opportunity that seldoms presents itself. You can get a low price on shoddy goods—seconds—at any time, but not on the class of goods we handle. Come and let us convince you that what we say is true. W. J. WILKIXS & CO.