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/» - ' J * Women s Pains “I was a total wreck,” writes Mrs. Beulah Rowley, of Champoeg, Oregon, “from pains 1 had suffered, for 4 years, every month. Sometimes I would be unconscious for 12 hours at a stretch. I did not know that anything could stop the pain entirely, but Wine of Cardui did. 1 advise all women suffering with painful periods to use Car dui and be relieved.” It does this by regulating the functions and toning up all the Internal female organs to health. It is a pure, specific, reliable, female remedy, with a record of 70 years of success. It has bene fited a million others. Why not you? Try it. FREE ADVICE Write us a letter describing all your symptoms, and we will send you Free Advice, in plain sealed envelope. Address: Ladies'Advisory Department, The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chatta nooga, Tenn. Sold by Every Druggist in $1.00 Bottles. WINE OF CARDUI Jib SHEET METAL WORKERS We are ready for business. We do all kinds of Sheet Metal work, Cornice, Finials, Cresting, Tanks and anything else you need. All kinds of repair work. We make a specialty of Roofings, Slate, Tin and Metal Shingles, and / are prepared to do all work promptly. All work guaranteed. We ask you to share your busi ness with us. Phone 200. : : : : : / Yours for business, DUDLEY & WILSON Opposite Ledger Office. tCrtr'.< , tr'V< r Lr' 1 /tW,fi'r'Vf»r'VA'C'A?.t r »r','t%r'V^r'Vt r t^'«»r' ( 7tr' r '(tr'. l 'tt^rt»ri<*r'V<»r'V<tr'i iir'.'>Vr','arVt»rVt»r'i Are You Administrator and have the settlement of an estate? If so,;request of the Judge of Probate that youradvertisement.be placed in :: :: It has]th^ largest circulation of any paper in the Fifth South Carolina Congressional District. How Quicklu and Neatly We Gan Do Job Work MONUMENT FOR A ROOSTER. Remarkable Feats of Fowl That Won oeveral Prizes. A monument Is pl;iniK‘<l for a roostor belonging to O. L. McCord of Vermilion county, 111., which recently tiled at the age of twelve years, says a Ltlooming- ton (111.) correspondent of the t'hicago Inter Ocean. It was claimed to In* the champion of champions, having won first prize at eight successive state fairs and also at the Pan-American exposition. The fowl was valued* at a high figure and was considered to Is* one of v the finest blooded chickens in the country. Of beauUful form and fine color, this rooster was one of the sights of the Vermilion county section of the coun try. and chicken fanciers from all over the United States went to Bloomington to sec him. lie had l*ecn taught many tricks by his proud owner and would follow him around like a dog. It was not an un usual sight to see Mr. McCord walking along the street with the big rooster gravely stalking along behind him. His intelligence was remarkable. lie seemed to understand many words and responded to many simple orders. For instance, his owner would tell him to sing, and the bird would crow until told to stop, when he would become as silent as the grave. While Mr. McCord always endeavored to discourage the bird's tendency to fight on the slightest provocation, he admits that there was one occasion when he rejoiced in the rooster’s abil ity to put up a good battle. This occa sion was when the bird whipped a pointer owned by a neighbor. The dog had made a dash at some chickens in the yard when Old Bill—that was the name of the rooster—appeared on the scene and attacked the intruder. The battle that followed was a hot one. with honors about even until the rooster jumped on the dog's head and began peeking at the animal’s eyes. This was more than the dog could stand, and. with a howl, he gave up the fight and fled. GIVING AWAY HIS $5,000,000. Iowa Millionaire Personally Investigat ing Cases Reported to Him. Abraham Slimmer, multimillionaire and the most noted philanthropist in Iowa, has adopted a unique plan for spending his great fortune in giving relief to the poor and needy, says a Webster City (la.) dispatch to the New York World. He is traveling over the state in which he has long lived and in which he made his fortune, seeking out peo ple who need help and relieving their distress with his own hands. He pro poses to go all over Iowa and then he may go into other states dispensing alms. “I propose to spend the $5,000,000 which 11 have before I die.” he said, “and I am going to spend it myself and on people I know need it.” No account is kept of his charities. He generously investigates every ease that comes to liis notice. 'That he is distributing tens <>f thousands of dol lars about the state is certain. The old man takes special delight in the novel method he has hit upon of getting rid of liis money. “I have given little." says Mr. Slimmer when asked the signifieanee of his rambles about the state. “What does,it matter to a man who has forty loaves? He can actually eat but half a loaf. He gives away two or three. Tell me what credit is lie to have for giving? A dollar given by a man who has but that one dollar is more than a Rocke feller million. *T give because I lov^ to give. I have enough left to etn, enougli to wear and enougli to pay my traveling expenses. What more do I walnt? It is a relief to be relieved from a weight of gold that imposes a consequent care. I see others benefited, while I am not deprived of what I need.” Novel Fire Escape. A Swiss engineer lias perfected a new tire escaiie. It consists of a series of folding iron ladders attached to window frames. Each ladder reaches from one window to the next one be low it By turning a crank on any floor all of the frames beneath are un folded in less than a minute and form a continuous means of descending to the ground. We do not do all kinds of orintlng —we do the GOOD kind. GARDENS TO BANISH CRIME. Chicago Lawyer's Plan For Dealing With Wrongdoers. A garden colony for amiable crlmi nals where they will learn to be good by growing peaches and roses is the latest idea to be advanced In criminal reformatory methods, says the Chicago Tribune. The author of the Arcadian principle is John F. (Jeetiug, editor of the American Criminal Records and a Chicago criminal lawyer. Mr. Geetlng does not refer to eriml nals of a dark and bloody turn of mind, but to those kindly souls who practice the gentle art of selling gold bricks to the unsophisticated rustic. These men with their vast army of brothers who earn a precarious living through various forms of swindling are pleasant companions and not Infrequently blithe and witty souls. The present method by which the rude law casts these men into the com mon Jail with murderers and anarchists is, according to Mr. Geeting, the de struction of ruauy*of them, who are on ly suffering from a slight moral twist which might be straightened out by the applieation of much milder methods. The scheme which Mr. Geeting in tends to urge upon the governor and legislature of Illinois is the formation of a little town along novel lines. The town will be situated in the country, each house standing in the center of a little garden, where peaches and roses may grow. For fear the rural simplici ty of the place might pall on the city bred inhabitants and tempt them to re turn to wicked places like Chicago a stout wall will bo erected ail about the town, whose ugliness can be concealed with trailing vines and gooseberry bushes. All criminals who have not homicidal tendencies or have not been in the hab it of beating their wives over the head with a poker will be eligible to citizen ship upon the order of the Judge. Each will have a little cottage and will grow pure and at least morally beautiful in the peaceful pursuit of botany. If he should try to filch his neighbor's tools or sell him a potato for a peach he will be argued with gently and brought back to the narrow path by moral sua sion and a fruit diet. Mr. Geeting is satisfied that his scheme would prove the salvation of many criminals who are only confirm ed In their courses by the present puni tive methods. He purposes to embody his plan In writing and have it submit ted to the legislature. Duplicate of the Grand Trianon. One of the new show places of the west will be the duplicate of the Grand Trianon at Versailles, now being erect ed at Colorado Springs, Colo., by C. A. Baldwin, a California millionaire, son of the late Admiral Baldwin. The building will be 100 feet long, triangu lar in shape, with the outer basement walls of white stone and the wails above that of dull white enamel terra cotta, says a Colorado Springs dispatch. The Interior will follow the Louis XIV. style, with large rooms. With the ex ception of General Palmer’s castle at Glen Eyrie, this will be the most costly residence in Colorado. Cures Bleed, Skin Diseases. Cancer Greateat Blood Purifier Fra#. If your blood la Impure, thin, dis eased, hot or full humors. If you have blood poison, cancer, carbun cles. eating sores, scrofula, eczema, itching, risings and bumps, scabby, pimply skin, bone pains, catarrh, rheumatism, or any blood or skin disease, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) Soon all sores heal, aches and pains atop and the blood la made pure and rich. Druggists or by ex press $1 per large bottle. Sample free by writing Blood Balm Co.. At lanta. Ga. B. B. B. Is especially ad vised for chronic, deep-seated cases, ae it cuera after all alee falls. Sold In Gaffney. 8. C., by Cherokee Drug C-. April 5. 1907. 1 year. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney,S • C. MARIA A SYSTEMIC BLOOD POISON UNDERMINES THE HEALTH- LAYS THE TOUNDATION FOR DISEASE Malaria comes from the absorption into the blood of germs and micn/ies which destroy the rich, nutritive qualities of the circulation and reduce it to a weak, watery, disease-spreading stream. The healthy color of the skin is given to it by the millions of little red corpuscles which are in the hi cod. These are the carriers of nourishment and health to all parts of the body ; in other words the very life and vitalizing essence of the circulation. The destruction of these corpuscles by the malarial poison takes the color from the cheek, and in the first stages of Malaria we have pale, sallow faces, poor appetite, a bilious condition is set up, and we feel “out of sorts’* generally. But Malaria means more than this ; it is a systemic blood poison, which undermines the health and gives rise to innumerable and sometimes serious disorders and diseases if the poison is allowed to remain in the blood. As the blood becomes more and more polluted with the malarial poison, the digestion becomes deranged, chills and fever are frequent, skin diseases, boils and carbuncles, and sores and ulcers break out on the flesh, and after awhile the foundation is laid for other diseases which either prove fatal or permanently undermine and wreck the health. Malaria can only he worked out of the system through the blood. Purging the liver and bowels with strong, nauseating cathartics can never remove the trouble because they do not reach the blood where the germs are constantly multiplying. The only hope for a cure is a remedy that can destroy the germs and microbes, and neutralize the bad effects of the poison, and vS. S. S. is the medicine to accomplish this, because it is a perfect blood purifier and a general systemic remedy of unequalled value. S. S. S. searches out and removes every trace of the and puts the blood in such rich, healthy condition that sallow, anaemic complexions take on the ruddy glow the liver ^ and digestion are righted, the appe tite improved, the system vitalized afid strengthened, and every symptom of Malaria passes away.g Malarial persons vnll find S. S. S. not only a prompt remedy but a gentle, pleasant act ing one, as well as a certain cure for this disease. Besides removing the cause of Malaria S. S. S. builds up every part of the system by its fine tonic effects. Persons living in a malarial section should, at this season, fortify their systems against this insidious disease by purifying their blood with a course of S. S. S. Book on the blood and any medical advice desired sent free of charge. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. Report of Farinirs Mutual Insurance Association (Of Cherokee County. From August 1st, 1906, to August 1st, 1907. Amount Insurance in force August ist, 1906 $411,674 00 Amount net increase over last year 71,070 00 Total Insurance in force August ist, 1907 $482,834.00 Amount cash on hand August ist, 1906 $ 352.31 Amount collected since last report 1,590.50 | 1,942.81 Amount expenses paid.. $ 79 34 Amount salaries paid : 200.00 Amount losses paid 338.00 Amount loans since last report 1,065.00 Amount cash on hand August ist, 1907 260.47 $1,942.81 Resources. Cash on hand August ist, 1907 $ 260.47 Total loans outstanding •, 1.6S0.00 Accrued interest on loans 75-85 $2,016.34 This Association was organized in 1898 with only a few thousand dollars in surance. It now has one-half million dollars actual insurance in force. It has paid out nearly $4,000.00 in losses, and now has over $2,000.00 surplus on band. The assessments are small and are paid annually in the fall. Now is the time to insure. J. EB JEFFERIES, R. M. GAFFNEY, Secy, and Treas. President. D. W. Cooper, CaHney, S. C M and A. Bettis, Grover, N. C., Agents. HONEST INSURANCE Plain, sure protection to the family at premium rates fixed on 'the basis of the actuaries’tables] of life expectation, and|.therefore, absolutely fair is the only kind of life insurance written by The Southeastern Life Insurance Company of Spartanburg, S. C£No “deferred” dividends, no “participating” policies, no schemes for profit, no opening for speculation, no element of scandal, but strict and straight Life Insurance of the kind that takes care of a man’s family by providing an immediate cash estate on his death, the time of all times when they vdll need it most keenly. It is every man’s sacred duty to carry Hfe.insurance for the benefit of those di- pendant upon him, and all men know this. But no South Carolinan need go out of his own State to get it. :• The Southeastern Life Insurance Company is a home institution, chartered by the State of South Carolina and subject to the South Carolina laws governing Life Insurance. It is directed by men whose homes and interests are in fihis State. It is an old line, legal resene. Straight Life Company of] tae soim-test kind, and should have the support of the people of the State. Life Insurance Company, ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, Spartanburg, S. C. Mar. IMh. tW't- Moving Our Grocery Department To our new store. We will be ready to serve you in the Grocery line from our new store today and Saturday. Give us your continued business. We will give you the goods right. We have a nice, light airy store room and will be glad to serve you. Make our store headquarters when in town. : : Gilt Edge and Melrose Flours can’t be beat. Hitching yard in rear of new store. We will continuje business for a few days longer in the Dry Goods line at the old stand. Goqds cheap. Don’t forget that. : : : : : Wilkins Company