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W*' i Don’t Push The hone can draw the load without help, if you reduce friction to almost nothing by applying I V to the wheels. No other lubri cant ever made wears so long and saves so much horsepower. Next time try Mica Axle Grease. Standard Oil Co. SHTCM. Policeman Swam Through Hell Gate Towing a Skiff. THREE MEN WERE IN THE BOAT •Baby’s! in summer requires particular care. It will keep fresh and sweet without dan ger of prickly heat if you use Julius L*ok, After Accomplishing Ex traordinary Feat in Dangerous Part •f New York Harbor, Rowed Skiff Baok to Clubhouse. Julius Leek, a member of the New York police department stationed at the Delaneey street station, swam through Hell Gate, a most dangerous part of New York harbor, the other day. To add to the wonder of the feat, he toned a skiff bolding three men In a Hood tide, which was run ning five miles an hour, says the New York Herald. Leek swam the two miles between Eighty-fourth street aud Scaley rock in twenty-five minutes. At the end of the swim he climbed into the skiff un assisted and rowed It back to the start ing point. Hundreds on the shores and aboard ferry and excursion boats cheered the man as he plowed his way through the turbulent waters. In the roughest part of the passage, among the eddies and whirlpools between Hallet’s and Nigger points, the passing of the gov ernment steamer General Joseph John- aton tossed up whiteoapped rollers four and five feet high. Leek was submerged more than half the time for a distance of 100 yards, while the i bouncing of the skiff he was towing often Jerked him halfway out of the water, but he never lost a stroke. When Seeley rock was reached he ' swam on for 200 yards to show that he still was fresh. Leek’s feat was undertaken as the , acre, and In live hours the land was H00MY FOR TEXAS GEESE I ' • Parswrs Utilize Them te Deetrey Beil Weevil end Other (ns tote. The far famed American eagle will have to get busy if it expects to keep Its laurels, as the Texas goose is rap idly winning the favor of Uncle Sam by its industry, says a special dispatch •rom Mount Pleasant, Tex., to the Cin cinnati Commercial Tribune. With all the reforms enacted by re cent legislatures. It would not be at all surprising if some embryonic, beardless statesman should offer a bill to substi tute the goose for the eagle on the coin of the realm. He would certainly poll the far aer’s vote when he asks the public for another Job. Texas geese are fast solving the la bor problem. Dispatches from differ ent sections of the state say that the farmers lacking cotton choppers turned their accommodating geese into the fields, and they were cleared of weeds and weevils within a few hours. It’s like this: There are no laborers on the farm. The geese go into the field and clepr It, saving the farmer time and money. It assures the mer chants of an earlier crop. This pro duces general confidence in the crop situation, eastern markets ease up, and the farmer, merchant and Wall street barons are benefited. All done by the Texas goose. A. J. Barber, who lives a few miles west of Mount Pleasant, has a cotton field of forty-five acres. Unable to se cure hands to clear the tract of weeds, matted grass and myriads of insects, he was mopping his brow in perplexity when his get^e. forty-five in number, hove around the comer of the house. It was then a happy thought struck him. He at once turned the flock into the field, and the geese went to work with such onenry It appeared as if they knew what they were sent there for. There was one goose to every %■ Talcum Powder! for it. We have the exclusive agency and guarantee every package. Your money back if not satisfied c CHEROKEE ! DRUG COMPANY i NOTICE. A special meting of the Board of County Commissioners Is called to meet August 19th at 10 a.m. All persons seeking to be excused from road duty on account of physi cal disability, will appear before the Board, with certificate from the county physician, which will be pass ed upon by the County Board of Commissioners. E. F. Lipscomb, County Supervisor. W. H. Ross, Clerk. Aug. 13-16. result of a discussion among members of the cygnet Boat club as to whether or not It were possible to swim through Hell Gate. Many persons had tried it and failed. Leek declared that he not only could make the swim, but eould tow a boat while doing It. When the start was made from the float of the Cygnet Boat club, at the foot of East Eighty-fourth street, a reporter and two oarsmen were In the heavy skiff Leek was to tow. He , threw the painter about his neck and shoulders and started off with an over hand racing stroke, swimming on bis left side. A short distance from the shore he changed to the side stroke, both arms under water, and maintain-^ ed It throughout the swim except In the roughest part of the course, where he used the breast stroke to keep bis head above the water. At no time did , he float or use any of the swimmer’s devices for resting. Heading first for the north point of Blackwell's island. I^-'k crossed the East river and then allowed the tide to carry him toward Ilallet’s Point lighthouse on the Astoria shore. Just off the lighthouse are the Chops, where the waters of the two branches of the En- iv and Harlem river meet the ride setting in from the sound. The conflicting currents form the most dangerous* bit of water known to swimmers. A great many lives have been lost In that maelstrom. 1 Leek was swimming through the Chops with apparently no difficulty | i until the steamer General Joseph John ston, bound down from Fort Totten, passed him. There was a moment of 11 nervousness for the swimmer and the I men in the boat when the steamer, i heari ng dlre< tly toward them, ap- | peared about to run them down. Then | It sheered off and pa sed within twen- ; ty feet. The swell from the prow and the waves kicked up by the paddles combined to give Leek a very bad stretch of swimming. Waves topped by whltecaps broke over him from all directions so that he could not prop erly time his breathing spells. Be hind him the skiff was l>eitig dashed about, and several times as It rose high at the bow on a wave the rope about Leek’s shoulders would tighten up and jerk him backward through the water. “I’m getting full of water,’’ he sang out once as he rose on top of a wave, but he continued swimming. Once beyond tiro Chops he bad no difficulty, but steadily increased his speed to the brushing point. There he pulled himself over tire side, refusing a helping ! ml that was offered, and. picked clean and In splendid condition. Many fanners of Titua county have heard of the success of the plan and are patting the experiment to practical test and results are satisfactory. SOME BABY DO NTS. Don’t rock babies; It Injures the brain. Don’t tease babies; it will make them cross. Don’t trot babies; it disturbs the whole system. Don’t romp with babies; It excites the brain too much. Don’t dress babies stylishly; it is cruel to adorn a rose. Don’t wake babies up to show them; they need all the sleep they can get Don’t let too many strangers handle babies; It will spoil their disposition. Don’t put too many clothes on babies in hot weather; it will cause prickly hea t. 1* n’t forget to give cool water o(ten It is the only tiling to quench tLirs» ai d ward off fever. Don’t put long clothes on any baby, •igut 1ms killed dozens of babies a:., eight inches is long enough for • >: fort—Pear: on’s Weekly. Its Fir- and Its Girdle Cakes. i he Chequers inn, Osmotherley, is a '■ ic of the old coaching days, but it is .a. lamed for its fire, which has nev er been out for more than 100 years and over which girdle cakes are baked .ire i ■ kept continually burn- ! - by i cat or turf from the Yorkshire r.. A*' excellent tea is provided «■;. visAioi’s. 1*jo chief dainty being the giidle calm:. The peat glow s like red “,u!x*rs on a red tiled floor, the girdle ,n.;•*ii.-!w*n< . .. from a bar above, the . ! 'do j.-. i ' I 'ust quaint and pictur- • sque. The exterior of the inn is most and old world looking as h nes.u.. alone on the Yorkshire •voids.—I/mdon Standard. Chew What You Know About and p Know What You Are Chewing There is real pleasure In chewing the best tobacco grown—where the bept tobacco grows—in the famous Piedmont Country. Only choice selections of this well-matured and thoroughly cured tobacco is used in making SCHNAPPS. That’s why SCHNAPPS and others of the Reynold’s brands, as shown by the Internal Revenue statistics for a fiscal year, made the wonderful growth of six and cne- quarter million pounds, or a net gain of one-third of the entire increased consumption of chewing . and smoking tobaccos in tne United. States. Evidently, chewers cannot resist the flavor and they cheer SCHNAPPS because SCHNAPPS cheers them more than any other chewing to bacco, and every man that chew3> SCHNAPPS passes the good thing along—one chewer makes other chewers—until the fact is now es tablished that there are many more >■* Sold at 50c. per pound in 5c. chewers and pounds of 3bacco chewed, to the population, i t those States where SCHNAPPf tobacco was first sold than there arc. in the States where SCHNAPPS 1 as not yet been offered to the trade. SCHNAPPS is like a cup of fine Java coffee, sweetened just enough to bring out its natural, stimulating qualities. SCHNAPPS pleases all classes of chev/ers: the rich, be cause they do not find a che w that really pleases them better at any price; the poor, because it is more economical than the large 10c. or 15c. plugs and they get their mon ey’s worth of the real snappy, stim ulating flavor so appreciated by to bacco lovers. All imitations con tain much more sweetening than SCHNAPPS.* They are made that * way to hide ooor tobacco improp erly cured. For the man who chews tobacco for tobacco s sake, there is no chew like SCHNAPPS. Cuts. Strictly lOc. and 15c. Plugs ^ B. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY. Wliuton-SaHm. N. C. •ASX. Cures Biliousness, Sick Headache, Sour Stom ach, Torpid Liver and Chronic P!«asant GRIND Cleanses the system thoroughly and clears sallow complexions of Constipation. I Qvltlrt pimples and blotches. it to take Lax<uive rniii jyrap i t U F*r Sal* by CharokM Drug Co. *or Baio by Chorokoo Drug Ca guaranteed Site bv Choroka* Drug Co. NliST VOTE OF FILIPINOS. Philippine Assembly Will Consiit Eighty-four Members. On July .‘JO all males in the T’hil ipplne Islands not under twenty (linn, years of age and not citizens or sub Jeets of any foreign power will be per mitted to vote for members of the Phil ippine assembly and for provincial gov ernors, a third member of the provin cial board, municipal presidents aud vice presidi'Uts and mnnic'pal counsel ors. This, recalls Harper’s Weekly will be the first step toward Filipino self government. The first assembly will convene early in October of this year. Secretary Taft will be present at this meeting of the assembly. American eitiz**ns coming within the requirement* will be permitted the right of suffrage, for American citi zens are not considered “subjects of any foreign power.” The first Philippine assembly will consist of eighty-four members, appor tioned on th j basis of one delegate for each 1J0.O00 of population. Provision la made to increase this number, tup tbe total number of delegates cannot exceed 100. All acts of the assembly must secure th<‘ approval of the Phil ippine comn is« on before they become laws. The Only SemLWeekly Newspaper in South Carolina At $1.00 READ THE LEDGER FOR ALL THE LATEST COUNTY, STATE AND FOREIGN NEWS Agreed. Justice 1’ickiord, when a barrister, waa once speaking before a couple ot Judges when a disagreement arose. After a long discussion on a point of law one of the Judges said: “We re peat that tbe statement you make Is tot good law, and this court does not sit to expouau the law to you, Mr. i'ickford. \v'e Lave neither the wish, the time’’— “Nor the ability, your lordships,” Interjected the barrister. “Quite so: quite so. New, as to para- graj !i 3.’’ -I/>n Ion Tit-Bits. NOTICE. hereby All persons are that the bridge across creek at the Sam Ross been condemned and persons cross ing same cross at their own risk and the county will not be held respon- elble for any damages Incurred there by. E. Felix Lipscomb, Supervisor Aug. 13-16-20. picking up the oars, rowed the skiff ~ back to the Cygnet elub. There he The Judge Use* Forceful Language, was met by his two daughters—Lll- ! Judge W. B. Simmons, of Fincastle, Han. fourteen years old, and Isabel, notified eleven. When KM) yards from the pier Cherokee jje jumped overboard and swam to place has where the little girls stood. They threw their arms about his dripping figure and kissed him, much to the dis figurement of their white attire. Va., told the reporter that L. & M. Paint was used on his resldehce in 188”, and held its color well for 21 years: he furthermore said that 3 voars ago he was induced to use an other paint and is sorry he did. be cause tbe other paint didn’t mabe good. Tbe Judge will now always Leek is forty two years old and has , JSe L & M., because be knows If any swum in th<* Jvist river for thirty-five i years. He is live feet ten inches high. weighs 200 pounds aud has a four inch chest m< . r ure lent. forty- Off. J. F. QARRETT. DENTIBT. Moved to new oMa* i •treat. Front of the Battery. ’Fnena in <MB*e aM DR W. K. GUNTER, O fS T J to X office m mar Theatre Building Phonk No. 20. Grown and bridge work a specialty N*w Gem Found In California. Professor George J. Leuderbach of the University of California recently gave tbe results of his examination of a new gem of great beatt‘y recently discover'd by tw » pro«.-nee?or« In San Benito county, Cal., says a Kan Francis co dispatch to the New York Snn. Pro fessor Leuderbach says: “The new gem is a Clear, transparent blue stone, defect exists In L. ft M. Paint the house will be repainted for nothing. The L. & M. Zinc hardens the L. & M. White Lead and makes L. ft. M. Paint wear like iron for 10 to 15 years. Actual cost of L. ft M. about $1.20 per gallon. Donations of L. ft M. made to churches. Sold by Smith Hardware Company, Gaffney. 8. C. —When the machinery of the Pure Food l**s get* hi operation to the refuse pile will go stacks of ground WHEN IN A HURRY BEND TO THE LEDGER FOR YOUR JOB PRINT. INO. with violet tints in the deener colored apices and flaroHng extract* which portion. It rivals the rnpphire In color are gtUI being used by the n^—p***- and surpasses it in brilliancy, though ing public. It Is not so hard. It Is about as ban? ■ aa chrysolite and harder than, opal or i Tb^ Gaffney Drug Oo'a ground moonstone. It turns bright red under Splcee and Flavoring Extract* coot beat, but on cooling resumes its nor- no more than those you are now ma! color. As It Is an entirely new using, so what's the good of tsktog mineral it has been named Benito, risb? from the county In which ft was _ _ „ —Go to the "Seed Seonr* fer No More Sunshades. The latest society fashion is a sort ol lorgnette without glasses, known as the Maisette eye shade, says London P. T. O. The Maisette, which made its first appearance on the lawn at As cot, has sprung widely Into popularity among ladies who are constantly at tending outdoor functions, as It not only shields the eyes from tbe rays of the sun, hut enables women to do away with their parasols. The new eye shade I supported by a long han dle iu tbe same manner an the lor gnette and eomes out horizontally from the forehead for three inches, being lined with a delicate shade o." green silk underneath It Is finding great fa vor also among the men. as It can be folded into a convenient size for the vest pocket. The shade used by Queen Alexandra is made of pure tortoise •hell. Old Kentucky Home Hyam. A new hymn composed by the Rev. W. H. Smith of Ixiulnyllle, Ky., and song to the air of “My Old Kentucky Home.” was given a trial st th# Wal nut Street Baptist church. Third ave nue and 8t. Catherine street, in Louis ville. says the New York World. Tbe Idea worked In tbe words Is that tbe gospel should !>e carried to every cor ner of the Kentucky home and thence into all the world. Though the song was sung as a solo, tbe congregation Joined enthusiastically In the cborua. Death to Fleas I Your dogh suffer, “gleelsu'e BUnf • Cere" will keep a dog free from fleas. Friee SO*. fc-SMtaw-lmo. Galfnag Drug Ca., *•«• **—■ BURNETT G. BLACK, BURGEOM-OENTIST. Hickory Grove, • • • • R ft. and Frl T-M-ltoO THE LEDGER Is The Best Advertising Medium In Upper South Carolina It enjoys the LARGEST CIRCULATION in the Fifth Congressional District of South Carolina and has A LARGER CIRCULATION In Cherokee County Than Any Other Paper Its subscription list is a bona fide one, each subscriber being paid in advance. 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