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The crowd was pretty well gathered when we arrived on the . grounds. As we pressed our way toward the speakers’ stand some one slapped us on the shoulder and look ing round we found It was the “Old Man”—the partriarch of The Ledger family. We then dismissed all feel ing of responsibility for a correct re port of the proceedings, knowing he would take care of that; and we set about enjoying ourself as best we could, listening to the speeches and talking with our friends. Notwithstanding the presence of the old gentleman and his proficiency In the pencil pushing business, w pro pose giving a few of our observations on that occasion for what they are worth to our readers. The local camp had put everything in order to give their guests, friends and visitors a royal entertainment. The under growth was nicely cleared away leav ing a delightful grove, through the branches of which scarcely a single rav of the scorching sun could fall upon the audience as It gathered around the speakers’ stand and the long table prepared for the '^occasion. Sovereign Joe Humphries, of the Wllkinsville Camp, was master of ceremonlea Hon. T. B. Butler was the first speaker. He was In the midst of his speech when your correspondent got within ear-shot of the stand. Though V— he was considerably indisposed It’s not necessary for us to say he made n fine speech for most of our readers who know him know he is an enter taining speaker and always has his subject well in hard. He told about the origin and purpose of tms order— the work It has accomplished and is likely yet to do. Kon. D. E. Finley arrived while Mr. Butler was speaking and taking hl« .seat in the crowd listened attent- . hw*y. in concluding his speech Mr. • Butler apologized for not feeling well and to speak longer would be to do himself an injur 4 * "Je. He was glad that his friend, Mr. Finley, had arriv ed and he would address them on Woodcraft, in which he (Finley) was a much older man than he (Butler) wag, but still there was not so much difference l n their ages in other re spects. At the conclusion .of Col. Butler’s address the meeting was adjourned untij after dinner. The ladies had their trunks, boxes and basli-ets brought out and their contents with, the barbecued meats, bash, etc., were piled upon the mng table until it literally groaned be neath its burden of good things. Everything from barbecued meats to the finest delicacies known to the culinary art was on the table and that in abundance, too. An invitation was extended to everybody to come forward and eat. The mafabers of the W. O. W. saw to it that were cared for and alter all had finished eating lots of provisions were left Not only tlie dinner hour but the entire day was manifestly a Wood- v men’s day. Fraternal feelings seem ed to have seizedupon every one present, and every person—both men and women—had only one object in view—that of making others feel happy. After dinner the audience re assembled at tbe stand and Hon. D. B. Finley spoke for over an hour on Woodcraft and the general workings of the order and its resulaut effect upoja mankind in general. During his remarks Mr. Finley touched upon one point we were glad to note and" which as much or more than any other we believe will tend to strengtn- en the order. He said: "No one need think that the order of Wood men of the World is Intended to take /> the place of the Christian church, for It does not and la never expected to do so. It merely acts as an auxiliary tc the church in teaching men how to carry out that great command ment, ‘Love thy neighbor as thyself.’ No-word in all our language gives a better definition of the ordey than the word ‘fraternity’—a proper regard for the welfare of our fellow man.” After Mr. Finley finished his speech Prof. W. T. Slaughter spoke giving a Retail of his work and what the -Woodmen had done and were doing. told many funny anecdotes much to the amusement of his hearers. The Wllkinsville Camp has at pre sent thirty-seven members. Since Us organisation several members have moved away. As we have already said the crowd wa» the largest and best behaved one of its size we have ever met on a similar occasion. Not a drop of liquor o? the effects of it did we see during the day. This speaks well for oar community and other oommuni- tlea rei.wjeented there that day. The (act that Johnnie Barleycorn la fast . foing oat of business with the more self-respecting class of our citizens goes without our telling it. The young people had a very en joyable time and the older ones made Its success still more apparent. Your correspondent met people there he hadn’t seen in many years—not since his boyhood days—one Instance of which we beg our readers’ pennl* sion to relate. For perhaps a half or three quarters of an hour after the speaking closed the people were all mixed up talking and bidding each other good-byo and expressing the pleasures the day had given them. Your correspondent blundered upon a happy group. As we tipped our hat to the lady contingent one pretty lit tle woman reached out her hand with, “How do you do. Mr. —?” This caused us to halt a moment and say: ‘‘My lady, please excuse me for asking rf our name as you have the advantage of me i n our acquaintance, and It’s but another evidence of the fact that I’m known better than I’m loved.” To this she roplled: ‘‘I am Mrs. — ” “Oh, yes,” we said, “I know Mr. —With that the rest of the group put us to the same test till finally an older lady in the company was reached. She, too, had caught on and called our name as readily as the others. Seeing our embarrass ment at not knowing who the last speaker was the first lady said: “That’s my mother. Mrs. —.” At that our memory came to our assist ance and we said. “Oh. yes; I remem ber you now. You were Miss —. and, by the way, I don’t remember having seen you since we went to school to Vines Smith, at Flint Hill, before the war. anfi you were then one of the prettiest girl in the school.” This re mark caused her to blush while we gathered our thougths sufficiently to finish the sentence by saying, "and. I see you haven’t got entirely over it yet” While a hearty laugh was going on at our expense the “Old Man” of The Ledger household, came round and capped the climax by telling this good lady that your correspondent was one of the greatest flatterers in Cherokee county. What she thought of his re mark as touching her good looks, we can’t tell. It may be what he thinks but It’s not what jre know about It. Masters Robert ai» States, sons of Hon. D E. Finley, accompanied their father to the picnic at Wllkinsville last Saturday. We hope the young men formed a good opinion °f our community. They crossed at Howell's ferry coming but returned by the way of Smith’s ford, as the river was low and difficult to fer.-Y on account of the sand. Rev. C. M. Teal preached at Abing don Creek last Sabbath from the text Matthew 37th. 38th and 39th verses. He also baptized Mrs. Vernon Mill- wood at 5 o’clock p. m. at the Wofford ford on Abingdon creek. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Strain and child ren, spent Saturday night with us. Mrs. Boyc e Whlsonaut Is sick. Dr. B. B. Steedly. of Gaffney, is treating her case. She was too unwell for her husband to leave her to go to the picnic last Saturday. Prof. CHnkscales delivered a lec ture at Wilson’s Chapel Sabbath mor ning and at Sardis in the afternoon. Last Thursday word came over the 'phone that another of Mr. James Good’s family had died at Gaffney, and Messrs. Will Smarr, Trenholus and Lathrop Dowdle went with a wagon and team to bring the corpse to the graveyard. But on arrival in Gaffney they found it was a mistake, that it wag one of Mr. Wm. Good’s family who had died near Bullock’s Creek. By some means the 'phone got the two families mixed up and caused the boys an all night and all day drive. Messrs. Will and Ren Goforth are putting up houses on lands they Ixmght from their father. Mr. F. A. Foforth. The fox hunters made another trip to the “Steen City” .neighborhood last Friday night but failed to get on Reynard’s track—hence no racq. Mrs. W. C. Sparks was no better when we last heard from her. She is a good woman and her many friends hope for her a speedy recovery. We learn that Mrs. Mary George has lost several cows with Texas fever. Capt. and Mm. James T. Moorhead and daughter. Miss Bessie, attended the Woodmen picnic at Wllkinsville last Saturday. They have a fine Sabbath school at Abingdon Crek church. Hon. C. W. Whisonant taught the Bible class last Sabbath Mr. Essel McKown will teach the next session of ♦he Beaverdam school. He hag just graduated from the Co lumbia College and ig well prepared for the work. He is one of Cherokee county's most promising young men and we wish for him much success In his work. The dry hot weather for the last ten days or two weeks has told seriously on the cotton crop. It has stopped growing and fruiting and the leaves are turning yellow and falling off. Much, if not &H of it. will open this month and the general opinion of farmers is that the crop Is going to be a abort on* a* compared wit* the prospects of & month ago. The farmers of this -neighborhood will have a meeting at the Etta Jane school house next Saturday night to consider the advisability of joining the Farmers’ Union which Is now be ing agitated throughout the country. Last Saturday night was the (1st anniversary of the* great earthquake. We are not so frequently reminded of this great event by the keeping as the violation of tbe pledge to' mad better live* by many of those who thought the end ii«d come. J. L. 8. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. ITEMS OF INTERtT OF FAGGING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ‘ NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEBEST. WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER OKEE. Happnlngs AH Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely ..Told ta Ledger Readers. Governor Ansel Wednesday refused pardon for Nan Tillle, of Laurens, convicted of larceny and housebreak ing and serving two and a half years in the penitentiary, and Wm. Mar shall, of Greenwood, serving two years for the same offense. ^ The Union police force began waking up the gambling and liquor dealers in that city In a lively fashion Saturday night A good deal of booze was found and confiscated,, and several arrests were made, both for gambling and selling liquor. The directors of the Spartanburg Fair Association met Monday and de cided to hold a horse show, race meet and automobile show some time In November. Tho work of preparing tracks and erecting necessary build ings will begin at once. The directors of the fair Intend to make it one of the biggest events of the kind ever held in upper South Carolina. W. C. Moore.* state business agent of the Farmers Union, who in attend- in~ the national meeting of the union In Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday telegraphed T. T. W&kefleld, business agent of the Anderson Union, what tbe national meeting had decided on a minimum of fifteen cents for Sep tember cotton and that one Quarter of a cent would be added each suc ceeding month. The e^'lllon Is to cover the costs of shortage etc. Labor Day was observed in Charles ton by a general suspension of busi ness, a parade by the colored unions and a picnic by the white unions un der the auspices of the trades and labor federation. The parade was creditable, and was viewed bv a crowd on the streets. The picnic was large ly attended. Mayor Rhett made an address In which he told the unions of some complaints heard and urged them to keep the organizations what they were claimed to be. and make them the allies and not enemies of capital In industry. The State corporation commission has directed criminal proceedings to be taken against the Western Union Telegraph Company for alleged vio lations of the commission’s regula tions regarding the closing of the Laurens office and charging fraud In connection with the company’s alleg ed practice of forwarding telegrams by the United Staten mall, for trans mission of which the senders have been charged regular wire rotes. The orders followed the hearing of the striking telegraphers’ complaints in Columbia. Jim McBeth, who has charge of the pool room at the Spartan Inn, In Spartanburg, the leading hotel In that city, has been arrested on the charge of selling and storing liquor In viola tion of the Carey-Cothran law. Af- jter the arrest of McBath. Proprietor 1 J. D. Humphreys of the hot® 1 asked that the pool room be search liquor, stating that he did not wish : his hotel converted into a place of selling liquor. The police found an old trunk which contained liquor. Mr. j Humphreys, the proprietoi. Is a mem ber of the city council and Mayor , Protem and believes in up-holding the law. The commission to wind ud the af fairs of the State dispensary met Wednesday afternoon in Columbia for !the first time In several months, all the memebrs being present. as well as the comissioner’s attorney. Col. W. F. Stevenson. The board approved the action of the chairman, Dr. W. J. Murray in closing out the stock on hand by B&'B to the county dispen saries since the last meeting, and it wa 3 found that these transactions had proved advantageous to the State. All the whiskey which was on hand at the timo the commission took charge has now been sold although some of it has not yet boon shipped out Recent Happenings In and Around the City and Other Events Gather ed by the Local New* Editor. There were no cases before Mayor Little yesterday morning. Beginning with September 9th the library hours will be from four to six. The city schools will open next Wednesday, the llth Inst. The pros pects are that they will all be crowded. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Elson have moved into Mrs. Montgomery’s cot tage, comer of Race and Johnson streets. The Sotosls Club will bold its next meeting next Tuesday, 10th Inst., at the home of Mrs. J. C. Creeph, on Frederick street. Dr. G. W. B. Smith, who was locat ed at this place for a short time for the practice of dentistry, has moved his family to Jonesville. Next session of Limestone College opens on Wednesday 18th inst. Every room has been engaged and prospects are that the college will be crowded. The Rev. H. C. Dunn will arrive In Gaffiey tonight, accompanied by his wife and little son. Mr. Dunn will commence a meeting at Bethesda to morrow (Saturday.) F. B. Gaffney has moved his stock of groceries into the store room recently occupied by the grocery de partment of W. J. Wilkins & Com pany, on Bast Frederick street. Dr. Lee Davis Lodge will be with Rev. A. D. Davidson at Macedonia tomorrow, and will conduct the ser vice. Dr. Lodge is one of the most i attractive speakers in this country. The White Diamond Lithia Springs Hotel will close on Monday, Septem ber 16th. Only two more Sundays for the beaux and belles to enjoy them selves at this famous health resort. D. F. Phillips died on July 3lst : He was a member of the Junior Order U. A. M., and was insured fof $500. A check was mailed to his widow ou August 27th for the amount of the Insurance. Workmen will probably finish the repairs on the Star Theatre building this week. The painters will about finish the Inside work. When com pleted the house will present a neat and attractive appearance. Mrs. L. W. McGulnn, wife of the man who was bound over Saturday Jtor buying stole brass, etc., has sworn out warrants for the boys who testi fied against Mr. McGulnn. Of course if these boys could be tried and con victed of stealing before McGulnn is tried, they would be disqualified to act as witnesses against him. Peter Jack-son, a white man from Cherokee Falls, was tried before Magistrate B. F. Camp yesterday on the charge of carrying concealed ! weapons. When arrested Jackson ! had two jugs of whiskey in his buggy. He was found guilty of carrying con cealed weapons and was fined $20 or ; fifteen days on the chalngang. He paid the twenty. Some ©ne has been purloining some thing that could be of very small value to him and yet of a good deal of use to Mr. j. B. Pettit the black smith and wheelwright whose shop is located in the rear of Galloway & Company’s store. The miscreant stole a small%K)ller off his tire bender a few weeks fco and this week came back and got the other, thus putting > the bender out of commission. It’s a mighty mean Individual who will steal anything, especially a few pounds of Iron that can only be sold for a penny or so, while it cost the owner perhaps twenty times that amount. For the Week Ending 8 A. M-. 8*p- tembt, ^ 1907. The weather was pleasant and the nights were cool during the fore part of the week, but both the days and the nights wer% unusually hot during tbe latter part, with the daily maxi mum temperatures In the nineties in all sections of the State. The per centage of sun ihine was unusually high In the interior, but there was considerable cloudiness in the north eastern portion, and there were from three to four foggy mornings in the northern portion of the coast region. The precipitation was much below the normal, and consisted of generally light, widely scattered showers that were most numerous in the eastern and the western border counties. There were no local storms of sever ity. Drought prevails in many parts of the State, with the need of rain most urgent in tbe w< sorn division where the soil has become dry and hard and the streams have become unusually low. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE. RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. H* Was Running Some. Much excitement was caused on the streets Tuesday by a horse be longing to Mr. Clarence Jones, which ran amuck in the streets of the town to the terror of the inhabitants. The horse was hitched to a fifty-pound weight at the side door of the store in an alley, and becoming frightened broke the bits from the bridle, whirl ed in the alley, made a short turn to the left, running into Frederick street, then into Limestone, where he ran against a buggy which was occupied bv the mother and baby of Mr. Jones. Fortunately neither Mrs. Jones nor the baby was injured. Here tWv* wheels of the wagon were lost. He continued In mad flight until the resi dence of Mr. J. D. Jones was reached where he lost another wheel; he then ran up Jefferies street to Petty, from Petty into Montgomery, from Montgomery into Johnson, and then I into Victoria avenue where he lost the Inst wheel in front of the resi dence of Mr. E. H. Gaines, and then pn seeded to Limestone College where he stopped after running more tnan a mile at full speed The horse does lot appear to be injured in tho least, and the wagon'can he repaired with very little cost. Arrival 0 f Mail Trains. The following is a correct schedqle :of tbe arrival of all mail trains In ; Gaffney: NORTH BOUND. I No. 36 due at 8:05 A. M. No. 12 due at 4:20 P. If. I No. 88 due at ".. 7:08 P. M. SOUTH BOUND. ; No. 39 due at .. .. .. .. 9:46 A. M. No. 87 due at 12:48 P. If. No. 43 due at 10:43 night Mails for above trains close thirty minutes before train Is due, except 1 No. 43 which closes nine o’clock at night. Toe Cut in Bicycle Chain, Alfred Sarratt, son of Mr. L. Bar- 1 ratt. had one of the toes of his right foot severely cut by getting It caught in a bicycle chain Tuesday. The lit tle fellow was taken to Crawley A Company’s drag store, where Dr. Nesbitt dressed the wound and eased tbe boy's pain. The wound was a right bad one, and sevenu stltones had to be taken to dose it up-, but it will not result in pennansbt dis ability. —That Oarbo-lfagnelic guarantee is greet—no rtek there. * In Iceland men ena every reepeet poMMeBl arp la Schools Open Wednesday, The city graded schools will open the session of 1907-8 next Wednes day. The Central school building nas been remodelled and repainted and presents a much more attractive ap pearance on the Interior. The Chero kee Avenue school will be conducteu in the basement of the Cherokee Avenue Baptist church until the new school building Is completed, which will be about January 1st. It Is ex pected that the addition to the Cen tral school building will also be com pleted by that time. When finished Gaffney will have two as nice nubile school buildings as any town the same size In the State. A Narrow Escape. Yesterday morning the little son of Mr. Thos. Hester was driving his jjpny along Limestone, street. Just as he got In front of J. W. Abbott’s furniture store a horse belonging to Mr. Abbott became frightened and reared up and fell back againat tbe rear wheels of Mr. Hester’s buggy, smashing them considerably. Tbe boy #as thrown out of the vehicle but fortunately escaped unhurt The damage to the boggy was confined to the rear wheels which will have to be replaced with n*w ones. —Yen don’t buy the nig In the bag whe» you invest In a OariSo-MAgnetk. A Mineralogies! Survey. Dr. G. F. Lee. the mineralogist, is making an exhaustive survey of the minerals of this county. He is going to make a map showng the location of the various minerals within a radius of seve. -Jles of Gaffney. Dr. Lee i<? a most enthusiastic mineralogist and he claims that the minerals of this county are more varied and more plentiful thdn in any other section of the United States. Dr. Lee cordially invites anyone who has ore of any kind to leave samples of the same with Mr. J. C. OUs or Mr. W. S. Hall. Jr.. In order that they may be inspect ed by Dr. Lee. Any assistance ren dered along this line will be appre ciated by Dr. Lee and everv public spirited citizen in the county. An Attractive) Mineral Display. Dr. o. F. Lee has presented a set of five photographs of a gold mine In full operation to the Board of Trade. One picture Is taken about 106 feet I* tbe earth. It’s tbe first picture of , the kind ever taken 1° this State. Dr. Lee has also presented the Board of I Trade with a magnificent collection ' of minerals as found in Cherokee coun ty. It Is thought this collection would 1 form an attractive part of any exhibi- ttlon Cherokee might make at the i State fair this fall. Such an exhibit i would attract the attention of thous- i andg and thousands of visitors to the State fair and would greatly, advertise our mineral resources. ! List of Unclaimed Letters ""The following Is the list of un claimed letters remaining In the Gaffney postofflee for week ending ; September 2nd, 1907: Miss Minnie Ax. Mrs. Hama Cony, I Mis* Maggie S. Crockette. Mrs. V. Crocker, Mrs. Clecla Clark. ZUle Jackson, Miss Etlle Kirby, Miss Ciara Kelly, Miss Lillie- Lathen, Miss J. D. Lipscomb, Miss E. W. Morris, Miss Hattie McDonald. Miss Mary Power, Miss Ethel Scruggs. Miss Virgie M. Turner. Miss Eliza White. Buford Young, R. B. Wood, fin Wight, Jorge Bleunhom. Eras Blshim. C. B. Blan ton. T. U. Blanton, Tim Brown, Allis Brown, Frank Chase. M. S. Daris, A. T. Sherord, Croswell Davis, J. W. Ed wards. Fetter Feraades, Robt. Fulen- wider, (2). J. B. Hipps, Wm. Howard, Ed Jeffers, Pink Lacky Wash Ross, Mills Rial. Call for advertised letters. One cent due on each. A. R. N. Folger, P. M. A Humane Appeal. A humane citizen of Richmond, Ind., Mr. U. *D. Wiliams, 107 West Main St, says: *T appeal to all per sons with weak longs to take Dr. King’s New Discovery, the only rem edy that has helped me and fully comet up to the proprietor’s recom mendation.” It saves more lives than all other throat and lung remedies put together. Used as a cough and cold care the world over. Curen as thma, bronchitis, croup, whooping cough, quinsy, hoarseness, and phthisic, stops hemorrhages of the lungs and. builds them u^. Guaran teed at Cherokee Drag Cto. 60c and 81.00. Trial bottle free. —The Gaffney Drug Co. will let you try a Car bo-Magnetic razor tor 30 days. If yon don’t Uke it you get your money bach and no hard feel ings. i fisr me LsJper. SI a pear. Item t of Interest Concerning Our Neighbor In the Old North State Clipped from Our Exchangee. Governor Glenn offers a reward of $100 for Ransom Smith, wanted In Johnston county for murder. The Midway Telephone Company la chartered to operate a line from Mid way. Davidson county, to Winston- Salem. E. s. Snider Is the principal incorporator. One thousand dollars is subscribed. Ruffin Seawell, a negro, was arrest ed in Raleigh Monday under the charge of criminal assault with at tempt to rape on his sister-in-law. He is in jail awaiting a preliminary hearing. There was a railroad wreck in Con cord Tuesday night, censed by No. 38. the Southern’s northbound vesti bule, running into No. 36, a south bound night train. Several coaches were burned; and several passengers injured, but none seriously, though It seemed like a miracle that no one was killed. W. R. Clardy, chief Inspector of the sanitary department of Charlotte. Is a prisoner in the Greenville, a. C., jail. He is charged with assault and battery with Intent to kill and forcible robbery from the person. H© hak confessed to the crime and will be tried. His offense was drugging a woma n and stealing two diamond rings from her. In seeking about for a man with handsome face, straight soldier like back and noble carriage the board of health of Charlotte found W. R. Clardy and made him chief of tbe sanitary police squad of that city. In his Confederate-gray uniform Clardy was one of the most dashing looking officers ever turned loose on the city. Sunday morning, in response to a ’phone message from the Finishing Mill district a mile north of Greensboro that a couple of strangers were sleep ing under a tree out there, two otthe city policemen went out and arrested the unknown parties. The names of | the young men w^re Michael Fox and Crawford Wagoner. Upon an exami nation of the records in the office of the chief of police it was discovered that Fox tfas a deserter from the United States Battleship Franklin, having left the ship at Norfolk on the 25th of July. When questioned by the officers about the matter. Fox confessed that he was the man who had deserted, but said that Wagoner was not Implicated In the trouble In the least ® The Rev. J. H. Arnold, * traveling evangelist, whose arrest and imprison ment on the chaingang at Chester, S. C-, is in Gastonia, having com* there last week. Mr. Arnold says he is a much maligned man and thinks the press has done him a great In justice. He was charged at Chester with cruelty to a young boy and fined $50. in default of which he went to jail. Wednesday he was released on I condition that he leave Chester. In a lengthy letter to The Columbia (8. : C.) State he presents his side of the lease. He has employed counsel and i mav institute suit against the town of Chester for false Imprisonment and arrest. He says he is an innocent . man. j 1 The young man who was arrested 'and locked up in Winston last week on suspicion of being the party that i killed a man In McDowell county. W. Va., wag released Saturday evening. The officer making the arrest was un able to secure information which would justify holding his man any longer*. The prisoner told the officers at first that his name was Bob Fer- guson. Later h© said he was Joking and that his correct name was Ed Higgins: that he had been working at Cane Creek. Va., and that his home was In Wilkes county. Higgins stated ♦hgt he was at a loss to know why an innocent man should be punished In such a manner. Ed Edwards, who was killed by Henry PoRtelle. bis cousin, In Ashe ville Saturday afternoon, un to two years ago. made High Point hJs home. His parents live there now and the remains were taken there Sunday afternoon. The funeral occurred Monday moruftig. Edwards belonged to Guilford Council No. 23. Jr. O. U- A. M. of High Point, and was burled with the honors of the order. As soon as thp body reached the undertaking shop of J. W. Sechrest it was taken from the plain coffin and placed in a handsome steel-grey casket and shrouded in a neat black suit, with the emblem of the Junior Order on to»» of casket. Edwards carried $250 in the insurance department of said order. The Touch That Heals. Is the touch of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It’s the happiest combination of Arnica flowers ud healing balsams ever compounded. No matter sow old the aor* or ulcer is, this Salve will cure 1L For burns, scalds, cuts wounds or piles. It’s an afcuoiute cure. Guaranteed by Cherokee Drag Oo. 23c. —DM you ever get left In bufftng a rasor? You take no chance n lay ing a Carbo-Magnetic. \i