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? THE LARCEtT CIRCULATION of Any Nawopapor In thn Fifth Conflpooolonal Olatrlet of t. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE I HE LEDGER. SEHI-WEEKLT—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FBIDAY. w« auARANTii thi aili ability of E vary Advortintr Uono the Columns of Tnio Popor. < kEET ADVERTIEINQ MEDIUN A N« Word Implloo and to tho Boot Intoroot of the r*ojpio of Ofiorokoo County. ESTABLISHED FEB. It. II QAPPNEY. S. C* TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1907. •l/» A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE * PALMETTO STATE. ITEMS OF INTER8T OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. RAVENNA READING. Newsy Note* and Personals of a Thriving Community. Kavenua. Sept. 11.—Rev. F. C. Hick- *«n. who is here on a visit, preached at Pacolet last Sunday morning, and also at night, flllin* Rev. J. W. Guy** regular appointment, he being away on a visit to Lynchburg. Va. Quite a crowd from here attended and all say Mr. Hickaon preached two very fine sermons. Happniags aH Over the State Taken We love Mr Hickson. He bar from Our Exchanges and Tersely stron « frIen(l8 around here *“ dl ..Tcld to Ledger Readers. The session of 1907-8 of Olemson A HEWSY LETTER FRUM WILtIHSVILLE. shield outlawry by any hair-spilt- tins: theory that sets aside their best efforts of suppress crime. It's tho spirit, If not the letter of the law the councils of Union and Gaffney have tried to enforce. Do your duty, gen tlemen. if you have to “puH” these offenders Into the State or United States courts to stop them. If the town councils can’t enforce a law against such enmes an gamu- ling and selling liquor then our cities and towns will be filled with gamb- F rsonai Paragraph. Concerning Pop- ^ Und ,dind ^ erfi - only common sense—the perfection Items af human reason and that, is all. Our lawmakers will learn a lesson from that Section. this state of affairs if they are at all .... .. „ |teachable. If not, they had better Wllki. vllle. Sept. 13.—Mr. W. ’ MOVEMENTS OF 'HE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. ular People and Short step down and out. he has good reason to rejoice while visiting them. He spent last night with us. and we were happy to be with him once more. He likes the College began Wednesday morning, 700 west fine and will return there short- R. Walk t^’s silo is about finished ^f r an(1 Mrs T B Mc c U ]] 0C h came or more students beinc present. The ly. We appreciate very much a copy and reads rr business. It looks like nD ^ gee Mrs ‘ jog Estes yesterday. exerefcsHs were opened with prayer by, of the “Dally Oklahoman," which he ' the tower of Babel standing among The Wllkinsville ginnery will be Rev. Wm. H. Mills, pastor of the Fort left with us Tuesday. : the trees. Several have gone to see rfia( j y for work whf;n farm ^ rs w ant it. Hill Presbyterian church. On the | M. W. Brown, our prosperous mer- it and others are going. As soon aB -j s. rostrum, besides the faculty, were! chant, spent a few hours iu Gafrney they begin to AH It is the time to Hon. Alan Jonstone. chairman of the j Tuesday satisfy the curiosity hunters. It’s a Musi c at Limestone college, board of trustees. Col. R. E. Bowen! The following attended the Paco-' fact that V T 111 R. Walker is not only mus j c department at Lime- of the board and Revs. K. G. Finlay ! let services Sunday and night: Capt. a “world b ater" but he Is a “world stone College will be stronger than of tho Episcopal church and William | and M. W. Brown, R. E. L. Goforth, mover.” Hj has the brains and the ever during the coming season Mr. H. Mills 1.1. L. and G. F. Spake. R. R. Brown,, money and the way he uses each goes j X)r i np thft director has already ar- IT. T. Goforth and Misses Eva and ( to show how far we are behind the r ( ve d am } the other teachers will At Breat tails, Chester county Pt . arle Rur g ess and brother. Claude, times and a hat wonderful posslblli- rome ’today Mr Turing has sn-nt a tnday naorning J. T Thompson, act- \h ss Addle Brown has been quite ; tie 8 are ahead of us. Some would-be ]arg p part of the summer in nrepar- ing peace officer, attempted t- arrest sick for fieve rai days, but is up and critics ar e very uneasy for fear he jT1 for work af Umestone He a troublesome negro when another about agal n ( much ^ the delight of will break himself up in some of his ha ^ Jmnorte d some of the most suc- negro. mor«- turbulent. Jeff Murpny, jber Baracca class. investments. Whenever he sees he 0 e ss f ul of D « an ,. m ,.„ lr from 0er . fired on Thompson and killed him.' ^igs Mary Sparks, of Pacolet. Is needs a guardian he will doubUess ma nv having corresponded with Bock The negro surrendered and w a s taken visiting her cousin. Miss Ella Brown, choose one. He sold four shoats off & Botf > th famous music publishers to lall at Winnsboro. Thompson for- Misses Leila Mathis and Maggie his stocb fan i a few days ago for of j^ipsjc Jfucb of this music is merly lived at Rocb Hill, was a State (J<)for t h left yesterdav for tbe Lan-; $70 He is somewhat reticent. He t ^ P b obtained of any dealers in T ■H 1 r a, *iir hl8h - ,ch001 : - , «*} aboilt bl» K nmBlc .tudents York and (’heater counties. THROUGHUUT THE TARHEEL STATE. RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE NORTH CAROLINA. IN Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in the Old North State Clipped from Our Exchangee. ‘COTTON IS KING." Plays a Wonderful Part In the Affelna of the World. With over 1,000,00 bales of cotton to be marketed In Souh Carolina this year, at the existing prlcea. the Income from the baled cotton will fall little short of $60,000,000. In addition to this. If all the seed are acid, an ad. dltional $8,300,000 will be paid for that product to the farmers of the Palmetto State. This meant much more for South Carolina than most people tbfck at first glance, it means first of all, a prosperity never before known to a hardworking, striving people. It | means also the forging ahead of a Several government meu are at; State of Industry, it means a great work in Durham county trying to stride for world-wide recognition of i change the quarantine line for cattle the South’s greatest product—cot- so that Durham and some twelve or ton. thirteen other counties that are, h ' m!lv tTu]v be gaid ^th Henry south of the quarantine boundry can I Grady 7 ship cattle to the north and west. ! “Cotton—Wbat a royal plant it la! a „ „ ! The world waits in attendance oniti 'v S ^ ary * n , d ~ ener ^ Manaper , P* growthythe shower,that falls whU- Fo I syth coun , ty fair -1 pering on its leaves ig heard around stated Saturday aflternoon that an i he ea rth; the sun that shines on It :.t!?r rt T W w 8e f ure sen-1 , s tempered by the prayers of all the u J ;,n W 'm ' Jr rg l n a -i° , de * People; the frost that chills it and iver an address a t Winston during | the d e w ^ descends from the star. fair week, which begins October 8th. i are noted, and the trespass of a lit rr. . . . , . _ . tie worm upon its green leaf Is more pe a ter "? of cou . r ^ Elngland than the advance of the ’ n W nw !Rus8,an army on the A«Un outposts- in? D tn fi “^ rd n <- St ‘ J** i is T 1 And aB a wrIt er has recently put In Wake jail for safe keeping, al- 'jt: ' though this was done In an excess of Misses Hattie Wilkins and Maggie ness affairs by way of advertising. wlll hav ’ e the distinction of being Goforth spent S3,tiird&y nuo feundHy ^ He prefers letting his goods do thel* study niiisic which wyf^noi M Jeffcoat white charged °n the rlver - the guests of the Misses own advertising Whether he or his reacb 0 the r institutions for sometime ilnally assaulting an 8-year- ' la !: nl9 '„ „ n «™,. to come. I n addition, to these foreign David Mrs. 0. E. K.eb«. re, U rn.a th,n K I. Thusday placed of Orangeburg, just over the line, but a.. wa^.a'S- ^ tSTl ToSjX’td C WflQ rmTTim i11 ri/l in A iIron TTo “l&Uu was committed in Aiken wunty. He wa 8 arrested by Sheriff Raborn and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith, Mr. v. V . ery .w1 rtan .^f razor- publications. Mr I»ring has brought back hog is £ thing of the past in to jjmostone College over 1200 sheets caution as the people, though very You get up in the morning from • bed clothed in cotton; you step on a this country. of standard and modern music for the Mr. V. C. (yomer and family, who; use students. Many of the new at tbe ^ one8V }^ e knitting j,j eceg j, av e beep played during the mill this year, are speaking of com- gpfpjppf recitals and concerts In t ^ W oEr r w2E! • X- l-ioacomb a»d Mlaa ” m!T rtTW S'ffCtoro mSe be waa arrested Jeffcoat submitted i Hattl ® ^y llkirls - "l i H i u , C a® r ’ viB,ted i y*" 0 . baa been v'sttlDK her daughter, tfie be8t i m p r ,.s s j„n upon the iiudi- cuietw tbonirh it was renorted that ou i* Sunday school Sunday. Mrs. ” T - - ^ ^ ! d t a Mrs. R. D. Hammett Is visiting her Th W. A. Buice. of Sarratt. ence s at the concerts he attended. he woald resist arrest. It was ru- The recent stormy spell of.weather M , 8g Mary A]lce Dew who pntprg ttiQ* Vrr, or.!,I aarn,,!^ mi cmv relatives at Pacolet for a few days. W e have passed through is doubtless .; ‘ . fn,,rth successful mored that he said he would kill any Mr ad Mrg E M Green and family j the advance guard^ of the equinoctial ££ fa ” of X ha^ been spent Sunday with relatives at Paco- gales, or It may be the gales them- s . tll d v i flD . thic summer i man who attempted his capture. German day in Charleston this year let. - . . ... ^ studying this summer with Lime- !8ion tnis year let. • i selves in advance of the time. stone’s former director Mr George win be celebrated on September 26 Mr. and Mrs. Asa Bullington and j Mrs. M. J. Whlsonant has treated pra(t Max!rn at blfi home in Wnter- wlth exercises of a specially interest- children, of Pacolet. visited our aun- ^e, us and family to a lot of her v j lle Maine Mr Maxim will teach ing character, marked by the pre- day school Sunday afternoon. bfnammoth tomatoes for which she „ nTT1 in» vear it the famous sence here of Dr. C. J. Hexamer and Following Is the program for theflias our thanks. When Mrs. W. Fap]t £ n pin nf ,f nrt p school in Boston -Herr Adolph Timm, president and Goucher services next Sunday: Sun/f a i] s on a garden It’s bec^se sne , institution where Mr faoring re secretary, respectively, of the Ger- day school at 9:30 a. m., baptizing at - nag not been able to give it her per- L« V pd his tralnlne 3 * man-American National Association i0:30, followed by preaching. The | BOna i attention. M1 Allc Phii-chlll will return of the United States of America, with public Is cordially Invited to attend. (Miss Grace WhlsonaiK is teaching \ p, headquarters at Philadelphia. Both Miss Dora Reynolds has a severe m Lancaster. She is a chip off the vnL wiiw thl vofee teacher of these distinguished Germans, who attack of typhoid fever. parental block. / t y ’ fac ,, ltv conc ert of the direct the affairs of an association of Mr. “Chunb” Jefferies, of Jones- Mrs j 0 e Estes has been right bad 1 t] l n aftP th c several hundred thousand membera, viii e . bid off the Ravenna City Gin off. She gets along slowly getting col] onens Eve?/ voun2 woman have accepted the invitation of the | Company Monday. The purchase well. „ TnoSnevwL is lnterested m music Charleston German Day association price was $750. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes have had P boiiM register as ^wfn as possible In to make addresses on September 26. Rev. F. C. Hickson and M. W. ; an addition to their family circle In tho classes or for private In- Dr. E. Emerson, the bromo-selt- Brown were Gaffney visitors Monday, the P^on of a boy baby born Tues- * ° r P ^ zer millionaire who has bought a a „r nooD ’.... an A i u ava • Classes In harmony will be con- * beautiful home at Georgetown, and | rha ^ 8 g 8 ^ dd V e B ®-dIv with mIsS S^l L™ ducted by Miss Churchill, and the has a great many acquaintances In ,; naik spent yesrernav wun this State, has been brought Into He Chalk the notoriety which must he unpleasant 3 L - Littlejohn atten d on acoount of a suit filed against him Goucher Sunday school and pray by T. Mitchell Horner, his son-in-law.! ® u °r ay ’ * a iuing A dispatch from Baltimore says: Oscar Horn, of pacolet Is talking “T. Mitchell Horner, who resided for (J f Joining our^ Baracca class. Good manager of he ^Bromo-Selrter 68 ]^!* Charles E. Pettit, of Gaffney spent omitted to mention that one of The “ mX after he rnarri;d MlHS Daisy Tuesday night In this portion «f ledger boy-.JMr. Nath^eJ^nead Emerson, of Baltimore, filed suit to- > Cherokee, day tn oourt against Dr. and Mrs. Immense dfniage to the Mtton crop, director will organize classes In gen- . Sev fo« l n tn °TnpH n K recent Vains f,ral musical training, musical history ha w b :: n . ru i^f d by minted a nd ear training. A special class will We feel very much comp a j Ro be organ j ze d. f or students who Intend to prepare themselves for teaching. at the many kind things said by cor respondents and others, of our feeble attempt at Journalism. Bv some means we Inadvertently _ „ Gone to Railroading. Thomas Hester left yesterday morn- Burgess, was a mong the picnickers at ing for Bristol, Tenn., where he goes The hot. drv weather of the P a «t wllkinsville on the 3lst ultimo. We to take a position with the Hollls- Isaac V Emerson olalmlne 1100 000' days has cut off late cotton at are always glad to see the boys take Lipscomb Company, the railroad cen ter the alienation nf bis wife’s affect- ,f,a8t twenty per cent. The dry spell an outing and get acquainted with tractors. Mr. Hester ig an experienced .or^rse alienation or ms *ires aireci ^ ^ ]a8t nJght by & ^ pPop]e who are amonK the best railroad builder and will make the ous downpour of rain for several, (ourself and a few others excepted.) 1 firm a valuable man. He says, how- The Honea Path oil mill and gin- hours. We spent, a short while with Mr., ever, that be does not anticipate stay- nery have been bought bv a Joint "June” peeler, colored, died Fri- James O Garner and family last W«d- Ing there later than December, as he stock company composed of Honea d ay night and was burled at the nesday, eating watermelons. Sis expecting to return to Gaffney and Path people. The price paid was Knuckolds Chapel church on Satur- |f (be flowers placed on the graves assume other duties at that time. $22,500. Thursday a meeting of the d ay . He had been very sick for j of tbe dead were only scattered in stoci-bolderf was held and the fol- several weeks and blood poison was fbp pathway of the living, many a iOwinB directors were elected: C. E. perhaps the direct cause of his death, poor, despondent creature would no Harper, L. O. Harper. P. W. Sullivan, ^fe was a good worker, and beine on doubt take courage and do better In B. F. Glassaway. J. M. Mitchell, capt. J. B. Brown’s plantation, has ]jfe J. F Shirley and G. M. Greer. It was been one of his main stavs for several agreed to call for 50 per cent, of the ye ar s. C. stock October 1. at which time the first payment on the mill will be made ' After the stockholders' meet ing adjourned the directors met and elected the following officers: C. E. Singing Convention Program. ; The Broad River Interdenomination al Singing Convention will be held .VTr« Hr T n Rlack whose sick- w,t h the Providence church on Satur- ness "has frequently been mentioned J«y before the first Sunday in Octo- ln this correspondence, died last Wed-.ber. 19b7- nesday evening. She was buried at hollowing is the pro fr am ;, , Meet at 10 o’clock. Devotional ex- the missionary rally to be held at — Harner nresldent aiid treasurer- P A r a r a t church on September 28-29. | la *t Sabbath but was feeling too un W Suiliv P an vice prosit aid t‘ Two sections of the Broad River as- Sbo was a blcrhlv Missionary Rally at Ararat. vesterdav Sbo attended Meet at 10 o’ciocl The following Is the programme of BlacMburg yesteraay. Hbe auenoea . chaplain - mission.™ rally to be held at the preaching service at Mesopotamia 0 P la i P i egateB . 1st query; Could sacred song be . i , A . siift 1 waV a 'htehiv** resnected lady ta ught successfully In the literary soclatton will Joint aeaalo.: ^ W “ m 8 a ffi ,7 0 , r SrcoLuS W. T. Duncan and Rev. O. Interesting developments came Fri- u a ra "The individual, the unit ;ty are with her bereaved husband • 2 “ am Advisability of using Ttev in the Hquor seizures on a large of responsibility In missions.” A. M. an d family. othftr lnBtrnrnentB th a n the organ In scale In Charleston, which captures simms. (j 0 d* s providence Is kind and large, religious worship. Alice Smith and "The two fold work of the enuren ; Bo ^ n)an an d beast His bounty share; Dr. A. M. Simms. R. Anstln secretary. were started Thursday by a giant nln d VH n n«^ ZZ !C a , chln>? an<1 preacn,ng ' B ^ The" whole creation is His charge j Intermission of one hour, pany’s office, whe.e five wagon k*ads Hoke. RlJt Ba j ntB are hIs peculiar care. 3rd query: The preservation of Aelin At ^hte^rbrni “ Intelll *f ,| t lD f® rmation about How excellent then Is HI.4 grace,— sacred song in Its purity. L. B. Da- D ;,,a A . C '^ gOWl From wham-e our Hope aud comfdfft via. J. H Humphrlea, aad Rev. C. started out with a large squad of men work.” F. C. Hickson, to the freight depot of the Southern “aj>dra people, stewards of what | n distress railroad o„ Ann atreet H< pulled w p om? » W. T, Thompaop. tt e °! h ^ 0 “ of Hia w“ a out his warrant, authorizing him to “Praying for laborers or the minis- p y r ° rn Hh adow or Hi wing, seize any illicit liquor found on the t er i a | outlook.” E. G. Robs. premises. He and his men searched “The work In our association.” A all over the warehouses and discover- general discussion, eq a large amount of stuff. Several Sunday, cases of high quality whiskey, five j preaching at 11 a. m. by F. 0. Hick- large kegs of bulk liquor, many bar- non. relg of Milwaukee beer and other con- 1 Afternoon service to be arranged traband goods were found. Thirty- by the meeting. > eight cases of fine goods were seized Committee, at the Coast Line depot. On Wednesday at about 6:30 in the spring; M. Teal. 4th query: The hindrances to the advancement of sue red- song, and how to overcome them. Rev. PRt- Mr. Boyce Whlsonant, who has man Jones, K. D. Edwards and W. P. been to Jamestown, returned last Hammett. Wednesday, much pleased with his Question box. Adjournment, trip. He Is an Intelligent man and i Sunday. Meet at 10 o'cloch. can make a report of his trip inter- Devotional exercises by chaplain esting. Mr. Al mr. ai Garner is bnllding hog singing tesson, conauciea ny i< houses tor Mr. W. R. Walker on his and choir of Providence church. Sunnyside farm. Paper on music, by Miss L^esie Bnoree Presbytery will meet at Byars. MountrlUe, in Laurens county, at i Sermon at 11 o’clock, on music, by of fifteen minutes. Singing lesson, conducted by leader Notice to ell Farmers. . afternoon Private John Bryan. 22; Th ... countv union forin- !3:3 »> o’clock p. m., October 16th. 8a- the pastor of Providence cbnrcb. years old, of the 3rd company. U. S. . f the p arnie Educational and ,e in church will send a delegate. The afternoon will be devoted to A., stationed at Sullivan’s Island, ab co-ooeratlve Union of America at For every dollar paid out to feed, singing led by B. Ray and others. /% tempted to commit suicide by swal- ( Ja JL v sentember the 25th at clot he a nd take care of the orphans J. B. Cash, lowing the contents of a vial of ’au- , s 8ep ^ ber of tb * ^ al fifty dollar, is spent for liquor to l For Committee. danum. He war saved only through del5gate for e^?y ten help make them. But still the world j' the p WmJ nt efforte of Surgeon Wall K wa * 8 Arrival of Mall Train.. of a / m , y po8t Bryan had made of ai)(1 ’ on delegate at large from Mr. Wade J. Pridmore, of Sarratta,, The following la a correct schedule a will during the day and had it ea ^ h ® nlon B member in ha8 ^Id out to Mr. J. O. Kendrick ©f the arrival of all mall train* In signed and witnessed and In it be- „ t lg ^megtiy requested to an d will move to Jonesville. Gaffney: queatheq a U his possession* To this Stendi bustneis of vast importance ' The case against Cardozo and Wlade i NORTH BOUND. man h* gave a dollar, to another some , ^j. bofor* the union , Hampton, both negroes. *no were] No. 86 due *t •*•0* A. M. trinket and to others reveral dollars „ Harr i B ©raani.er will give von trle d by the town council of Union No. 18 due at 4:20 P M. Miff other little valuable, that he ibTt faff , for keeplh, . rambling bona, and No! M da. ii :: T:«t F. M owned. During the morning and early , be a>t1 ^ by 0 H and B selling liquor, was a miscarriage of SOUTH BOI indignant at the fear(ul crime have cotton y0u let ’ Jn v thG 11 ^ ht by t o tinie thought of lynching and i ra i S |ng a cotton window shade; you i wash with soap made partly from cot- t8 rt cou 8 f; 8 8 gb ] y c r edtta ^ e ton oil; you dry your face on a cot- and speaks volumes for the law-abid- toll towe| a , f ch|efl 1 H, n<!0 i >le K? f ^ d a. FranklIn a. u ^ aurch ,in v. otton clothing: the ’silk’ In which will undoubtedly han K , as the evidence yo , ]r wifp dressed is probably mer- conclusive against him. i cerized cotton; at the breakfast table ,. a . i you do no get awav from King Cot- SzTSflT r ai tohff'to thfbJlacuRm noJnenn , h g ffeaS of rL'j Story!;^ n "VTflo5r‘ e ,b” ,7 b.^f Tn’JVi tn ie a 0f tK be D1 ° st . c * < ? nsi)lc “ OU8 flRure8 i mutton are probaiilv fattened on cot- «In rX 8epd mea l and hulls; your ‘ira- i ttiin of Gftrolinflr footoftll > . i* it* . . n* » ^ laat yoar, and who had been elected i l'""" 1 "'‘ v „ e °!! '• mor ,t. l ' ke ' T „ ,r °“ cnjitaln of both tbe football andbaae- ?, ,,ton fr °h.ww !“' '«■»*, ^af!, 8 Sf"i, tSttT^JS i^rre”,naf^oVsjis‘ S \<;^ lr ^n of\ii"deatb"eame aTHreM “IpH.*' ■ ^‘" >d ln the cburSli B ” n tbe coal of his eath came a 8 creat surprise. | that burng jn tbe flre may have Capt. W. J. Herring, who holds ai™^ d S, y ,he ’ ieht a cotto “°l! I position with the North Carolina .^h- ^eep from which your woolen 'Granite Corporation, while having* P r « ba ? lv fe ; some cars placed a t the quarries, near “ tto * s f! d "'** *» . T Mt. Airy, fell or Jumped /rom the . ma J " ta, , n an f xtract of < : otton cars while In motion and sustained !*,'tobacco you smoke not un- serious injury. He struck the rails ,,k f 5 y Sf* " n d* y a «otu>u .over, I. ^ put up In a cotton bag and may be and ties face foremost, jumping at the rear end of the car on which he was riding. He was taken to Mt. Airy immediately and a physician ex amined him, finding two ribs broken and one lung punctured by a broken rib. It wlll be several days before he recovers sufficiently to resume his duties at the quarries. He Is very heavy and his escape from more serious injury la remarkable. Fred Lipe, a young man of 17. was found Friday morning near Bnoch- vllle, fifteen miles from Salisbury, in a ditch, unconscious and wounded to death. It was discovered later that his horse had fallen upon him and so badly Injured him that he died et 6 o’clock. The young man started out early in the morning to bring a hay rake from a neighbor’s home to his own. His horse was a fractious one and U Is supposed threw him In the road. There were no eye-witnesses to the accident. Though he regained consciousness during the day. Mr. Lipe was never ableito tell how the accident occurred. Ha lived aoout ton hours after he was hurt. Besides his father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. John Lipe, he leaves several brothers and slsltors. adulterated with cotton seed hulls; your morning dally may be printed on cotton waste paper—and even in the war It tells about In some far country the contending forces were probably clothed In cotton duck, slept under cotton tents. Cotton \*a an essential l n the ygh explosives which were used, and when at last war had done Its worst surgery Itself calls cotton Into requisition to aid rhe In jured and dying, until they are laid away in a cotton shroud." The Board 0 f Trade. The Board of Trade held its regu lar monthly meeting last Friday night. The meeting was not as largely at- teftded as it should have been but It was enthusiastic. Secreiu.y Otta made some encouraging renort? A committee was appointed to look Into the advisability of giving a “smoker ” Dr. Lee. the mineralogist, made a ringing speech In which he declared that Cherokee county was God’s favored little spot so far as minerals were concerned. A committee was appointed to confer with Dr. T>to as to the cost of getting up a collection of minerals from this county to be exhibited at the South Carolina State fair. It was suggested that Cherokee A warrant was served on George should organize a county fair assocla- Brummel, of High Point, Friday after noon. chanring him with bigamy. tion and bold a county fair annually. It being so late In tlie season, how- The particulars In the case are well over no action was taken on Thi,* sug- knows to the people of High Point, gestion. Some years ago Brummel and hla — wife became separated for some | There is a tremendous demand for cause, she going west to see relatives. 1 a satisfactory boot-blacking machine. In the meantime Bnimmel claims that he heard or had good reasons to be- Did anybody ever see a girl buggy lleve his wife was dead and, there- riding with a one-armed roan? fore, married again. Bit. it seems that wife No. 1 was much alive, but neither she nor Brummel had secur- CATARRH IS CURABLE ed a divorce. Brummel has been get- 8uccet . fu , Experiment. In Abating ting letters from wife No 1 who “ c lives in Philadelphia whoch bora a and Curin 0 This Disease threatening attitude, and the ar- Catarrh Is an entirely unnecessary rest Friday is the culmination of this I disease and should not be tolerated correspondence. The case will prob- j for a single day now that Hyomel is ably be tried at superior court, which > *o generally known ^and baa mad® a® convenes In Greensboro this week. Ool. Charles B. Johnson, of the firm of Charles E. Johnson ft Co.; cotton brokers, of Raleigh, has insti tuted null again at Mr. W. A. Smith, of the defunct firm of W. A. Smith afternoon he had gone around telling Quj nn 0 # oaffnwr " ~ ! Justice resulting from a defective Hi 8 g0 °t£ ye Tb , er .lZZ A1 ' farmers are Invited to com*! la w 1® jrhlch U Is clamed that town ed hla actions a Joke, not Imagining —* * that the soldier contemplated ending hi* life. The drug was bought *t n tj^ island, where it and Join the union. We do net de alt kinds of orlntlnt -we de the OOOO kind authorities have no right to try and punish such offencea. It's a legal outrage to deprive theee courts of the power to protect themselves and the public Interest they represent to SOUTH BOUND. No. 38 dno At 9:45 A M. No. 17 dna at 12:48 P. M. No. 41 due at 10:48 night Malls for above trains close thirty minutes before train Is due, except No. 41 which closes nine o*ekmb nt many cures In Gaffney and other towns. Until comparatively recent times catarrh was thought to be a blood disease and stomach dosing the only treatment. Modern science finally disproved this Idea of the case of ft Co., of Plnevllle. and the Charlotte' catarrh, and found that It was a germ National Bank, for the recovery of > disease and. after many experimenta. approximately $3,500 which he paid < th • remedy was decided to be Hy- out on sight drafts with bills of lad- i omei. Ing attached for cotton which was Hyomel medicates the air yon never shipped. The fraudulent trans-j breathe; It bills the catarrhal germs; action, were all conceived and exe-! it heals the smarting and raw mem* cuted by W. O. Gattls, who at tho branes of the passages In the nose time was connected with Charles E. i and throat; It cures all catarrhal Johnson ft Co., and also a member of troubles the firm of W. A. Smith ft Co. As a member of the last named firm he made fake hills of lading for cotton consigned to Charles E. Johnson ft Co„ on which he drew sight drafts. Th^se drafts passed through the j Is no need of suffering from catarrh Charlotte National Bank and were If the simple and natural treatment honored. Gattls skipped the country of Hyomel Is nsed. when he learned that hla schemes Ro sure Is this prescription to cure were about to be laid bare. He has j evep the worst cases of catarrh, that not been beard of since. He left bin' The Gaffnev Drug Co sell it under an As there fa life and health In the air in the mountain-tons where the pine forests give off their fragrant and healing bahwrs, so mere Is life and health In breathing Hyomel. There innocent and unsuspecting partner to bear tbe consequences. FCR best trices on bicycles, see W. J. Ifanees, Gaffney. absolute guarantee to refund the money if It does not do all that is claimed for it. r. H a year.