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I / 1 HE GAFFNEY •')*t ‘ vj', •* V 4 K % A NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAT THE WORD IMPLIES, AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. * GAFFNEY, 8. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1907. $1-00 A YEAR. SENATOR DAVIS ON THE TRUSTS selg to tall are the “Connecticut,'’ cost $8,071,066; the “Kansu," cost $5,214,320; the “Louisiana," cost, $5,746,313; the “Vermont,” cost, $3,174,911; the “Georgia,” cost, $5,- 238,403; the "Virginia," cost $B,- 265,524; the “New Jersey,” cost, $5,- 274,066; the “Rhode Island,” cost, THE GALERIES OF THE CENATE $5,244,862; the “Minnesota,” cost, $5,338,447; the “Ohio.” cost, $4,475,180; CROWDED. the “Maine,” cost, $4,566,640; the “Missouri,” cost, $4,438,925; the "Ala- bama,” cost, $4,665,820; the “Illinois,'’ Th. DO’ n tjs of Our Lawmakers In ooat. the Washington and Othe r News from cost, $4,429,890. The fleet, which has been designated in his message as Our espial City. the “battle fleet,” is expected to ar Washington, Dec. 16. The quietud nex t_ i n this same message the Pre- of ante-holiday routine as well as the gident uses these words: “No fleet solemnity of the Senate chamber, of such size has ever made such a wag broken last Wednesday by Jeffer- voyage.” Speculation Is rife as to * _ the real significance of the cruise, son Davis, the new Senator from Ar- and a jj k j Iu j g of Burm ises are afloat. kansas, who delivered his much heral- Orders have been issued that no ded attack on the suppression of Japanese laborers or seamen be car- pools. trusts and combinations of r i e< ^- Some thlnb that the fleet will trade. The Washington and out of f }pines aD(1 lf the7 d0 the floa t| n g town papers had exploited the expect- armament of Uncle Sam so far from ed address to such an extent that tne headquarters will be an eye opener Senator from Arkansas, who was go- *o the Orient. The tonnage of the . , . sixteen battleships will be in round in g to break all precedents along with numbers 2 23.000; there will be about the trusts, had a full house to near 14,000 men—officers, sailors and ma- hlm. The galleries were all crowd- rines, on board. No less than 925 ed and many lined up in the corridors modern guns will be on the ships, - seeking entrance in vain. Senator from the monster 13-lnch size down. Davis is a big. broad shouldered, The most powerful weapons will be Strapping man. of the aggressive type, 12-inch guns, of which there are clean shaven and florid complexion. 1*4- These guns shoot projectiles He is an earnest speaker clear and weighing 870 pounds, with a muzzle forceful enough, but lacking in that energy of 2.700 feet a second, and a something called oratory Or eloquence, muzzle velocity of 44,000 tones; that It mav have been the debut on the ^ 8i a power that could lift 44,000 tons great deliberative body, it may have one foot. The length of the voyage been the change from the green he 13,772 miles, and it is expect- flelds of Arkansas to the marble halls that 235 days will be occupied in of the Senate, but somehow or other, making the trip. Of these sixty to use the old expression, he didn’t days will be spent in port, renewing "seem to set any river afire." The 80 ?? 11 ® 8 an d giving shore leave. Senators who listened to the speech Vbout 130.000 tons of coal will be maintained a painful and dignified consumed, and the cost of it approx- silence. and at itg conclusion you imates $1,300,000. Each ship will could have heard the pin fall on the car ry about 2,000 tones of supplies, carpet. It must be the atmosphere. The cruising speed will be about ten the environment or something of the an d a half knots. The ships will be kind, but a taming comes o’er the intervals of 400 yards, and in fair spirit of one’s dream when one weather, storm or fog, that in- starts out to storm the United States terval will be kept rigorously. Only Senate or House of Representatives ®ve stops will be- made on the way with a roaring, rousing rattle of the San Francisco: The first will be dry bones expecially when It Is the the Port of Spain, Trinidad; the, maiden effort. Somehow the mem- ®®cond at Rio de Janerto; the third * bershlp refuse to be swept off their a t Pnnta Arenas, In the Straits of feet and Irresistibly engulfed In a Magellan; the fourth at Callao, Pe- torrent of words. Still one can't rt, > “d the fifth at Magdalena Bay, help but believe that if Masachusetts i n I»wer California. Various estl- would send a Daniel Webster, South ma tes have been printed of the Carolina a Calhoun and so on down | amount of supplies for the fleet The the line, every decade or so, the gal- paymaster general of the navy who leries would always be crowded and Purchases these things in bulk alone even the "grey wolves” would sit up could furnish to a cent the amount, ahd take notice and even applaud but he has other things to do. The now and then.’ There was much of following items are approximately the good in Senator Davis' attack of correct; Flour, 1,200,000 pounds; 13to trusts and hl s sympathies and beef, all kinds. 1,000,000 pounds; energies are all with the people in bams, 400,000 pounds; salt pork, 200, the struggle, and ho Is no quitter. pounds; sausage, 150.000 pounds; He proposes to fight the battle of the fowl - 75,000 pounds; mutton, 90,000 people to the bitter end. pounds; lard, 89,000 pounds; pota- !toes. 700.000 pounds; butter, 160,000 - Congress has little to do before the pounds; fruits, dried and preserved, holidays now except to assemble 200,000 pounds; coffee, 100,000 pounds; from time to time and as regularly tea, 30,000 pounds; fresh eggs, 24,000 adjourn. Speaker Cannon will an- dozen; tinned vegetables, 450,000 Bounce the committees this week. In o&lons, 95,000 pounds; rice, 95,000 all probability on Thursday, possibly pounds; soap, 66,000 pounds. Of Monday. Then follows the break up course, there are dosens of other until after the holidays and then the Items, but these constitute the main settling down to work. There is one8 - Ip each port, supplies largely much interest manifested in the com- 1° the way of fresh fruit, will be re mittee make up, but all assignments newed. are absolutely In the power of the Speaber. Some changes are antld- With Cortelyou. Taft and others of fated In the South Carolina delega- the Cabinet contesting for the shoes tion, but to attempt to foreshadow of Theodore Roosevelt, Postmaster any event in. which the minority of General Meyer has by a coup e’dat, national legislation is Involved would a B the French say, laid himself liable be pipe dreaming. One of the things to being chosen President—that is, second in importance only to if the little ones could vote. The committee assignments, will be the children of the United States would distribution of offices to the members all cast their votes for Meyer, if such of Congress in the new $4,000,000 a condition were possible; for he Is House of Representatives office build- the first postmaster general who has lug, which fronts New Jersey avenue officially asknowledged to the exlst- and B street, Just a couple of blocks ence of Santa Claus. With no reflect- from the Capitol and a block from ion, and with all due respect, as a tLe Congressional Library. This friend would say, to the other Post- building is about completed and 331 master Generals, Mr. Meyer’s ac- of the 410 rooms are ready for occu- knowledgement has made him many pancy. These offices will be apport- friends everywhere, who wouic tioned by lot. It is the idea of the e carcely have known the name of the committee in charge that the manner Postmaster General or the United of selecting officeg shall be the same States but for hls recent act. He as in drawing seats in the House of will see to it that letter c to Santa Representatives. A blindfolded page Clans reach that immortal old Saint, will draw out of a box a numbered In past years many commun’cations marble ball and the member whose have been received by the Post office name Is opposite the number will Department requesting delivery of have the choice of the finest rooms ‘Santa Claus” letters to Philanthropic eve r given members of Congress In societies and others In various parts which to transact business. Each of the country, but the requests have member will have a room 16x20 feet, always been denied. Now, Postmas- with large windows at the end and te r General Meye r has adopted a plenty of clusters of electric lights more liberal policy, and yesterday is- • The walls are finished in a buff tint- sued the following order to postmas- ©d plaster and the ceiling is white, tors throughout the country: The furniture for the offices is of "Ordered, that hereafter, and until •olid mahogany. Each member has a the close of the first day of January, large roll top desk for his own use, 1908, postmasters are directed to de- a smaller roll top desk for hls secre- liver all letters arriving at their res tary, a large heavy centre table, a pectlve postoffices addressed plaln- htxurlous Turkish chair, two desk ly and unmistakably to "Santa chairs and four reception chairs. The Claus,” without any other terms or cement floor in each room Is covered expression, identifying the person for with a beautiful rug. The members whom such letters are intended, to v and their secretaries are very much any regularly organized charitable i interested In this assignment of offl- society in the city or town of address ' ces and look forward to the drawing to be used exclusively for pbilan- of lots as eagerly as the average tLroplc purposes, m the event that business man does towards new of- claim should be made by more than flee quarters that are being built for one society for letters so addressed, him. such letters will be equally divided according to number between or There will be something doing at among tne societies making such Hampton Roads Monday when Presi- claims.” Flbe. dent Roosevelt, the most talked of and most praised and most blamed Hers' B Qood Advice, of all public men here bids hls offl- <>. S. WnoWer, one of the best- cal farewell to the Pacific fleet which known merchants of Le Raysvtlle, steams out for ’Frisco, with Rear Ad- N. Y., says: “If you are ever tron mlral Evans in command. This Is the i led with plies, apply Bucklen’s Ar greatest cruise ever undertaken and nica Salve. It cured me of them fo' DRAYTONVILLE LETTER. Movements of the people 0 f a Thriv ing Section. Drayton ville, Dec. 16.—Mr. Alex Huskey, of the Maud section, spent last Thursday night with the family of Mr. and Mrs. W. S- Wilson. Mr. Huskey is a Confederate soldier and a good, jolly fellow. He aaid that be raised nearly two hundred bushels of corn and paid out only seventy-five cents. We call that raising corn. We think the farmers should raise more corn and wheat than they do. Messrs. Bub Service and G. B. ! Daniel, of Gaffney, were visitors In this section last Thursday. Wle are glad to report that Mrs. O. V. Patrick is improving. ! Mr. A. W. Phillips met with a very painful accident last week while at work at Cherobee Falls. He waa crushing rock with a hammer when a piece of rock struck him in the eye. He is getting along very well. He has our deepest sympathy. Mr. EM Patterson was a visitor to Gaffney last Saturday. Mr. Lewis Poole spent last Sunday with Mr. Stalnly Wilson. We are expecting to have a nice Christmas tree here on Christmas Ehre at three o’clock in the afternoon. The children are requested to meet next Saturday evening at half-past four o’clock to practice their pieces. All are Invited to attend. We will give The Ledger readers a write-up of the occasion in our next letter. Mr. Lube Blanton is moving above Gaffney to Mr. Tom McCraw’s. We are sorry that he is moving, but wish him success. Miss Sallle Mason spent last Sat urday night with Miss Nettle Marsh. Messrs. John Hughy, Alonzo Whel- chel and Stalnly Wilson bad a rat killing last Saturday. They reported that they had a fine time and killed something like one hundred rates. The funniest feature was John’s dog, Spon, killed the rats. He killed nearly twenty-five. Mr. S- Quinn and daughters, Misses Candice and Bertha, were visitors here last Sunday. We reported in our last letter that there was not any school at Ever green last Monday on account of the Inclement weather. We were mis taken. Mr. Wade Elmore and family, of Sunnyside, have moved back to their home place here. We are glad to have them back. There was a pound party at Miss Josle Phillips’ last Saturday night There was a large attendance and all had a nice time. We were sorry that we could not attend. Miss Josie Is one of Cherobee’s most charming young ladies. John Childers, of Gaffney, waa among the visitors here last Sunday. Charley and Walter Stuart, who are working at Gaston Shoals, visited their parents at Ararat last Saturday and returned to their work Sunday afternoon. Your correspondent was In town last Saturday afternoon and called In to see the "Old Mian," but was sorry to find him absent Sam Kennedy waa in town last Sab urday on business. Messrs. Charlie Phillips and Amt Parker made a trip to limestone Mill last week. We notice that J. L. 8. has given another protracted problem for the boys and girls to work. We think that Is a good Idea. Mr. Ralph LeMaater, a wide-awake merchant of Pondfleld, was in Gaffney last Saturday on business. Mr. G. C. Spencer, of Pondfleld, visited relatives at Cherokee Falls last Sunday. Mesdames Do vie Northy and Laura Pennington visited Mrs. R. 8. Spen cer, of Pondfleld Sunday. Our friend, Mr. John Huggins, of Greer, has moved back to Gaffney where he will reside in the future. Wishing The Ledger and its read ers a merry Christmas. School Boy. Like a Lette r from Home Editor Ledger:—Enclosed find sub scription price for 1908. I have read your paper for two years and feel like 1 have missed a great deal by not having subscribed years ago. Every issue seems as If I bad a letter from home. I hope “J. L. 8." will not make hls letters any shorter, but rather length en them. Mrs. H- M. Penn. Rome, Ga., Dec. 19, 1907. MR. WAUER REPLIES TO THE COMMISSION HE EXPLAINS IN DETAIL EVERY TRANSACTION. A C ar <*. As Probate Judge, for Cherokee County, 1 respectfully ask the public to suspend Judgment on the Inves tigating Committee’s report, until I shall have time to prepare a statement specifying the errors in said Com mittee’s report, as to the Probate Judge’s office. Very Respectfully. J. E. Webster, Probate Judge. Dec. 21st, 1907. as It happens In time of peace some facta and figures of the fleet may be of interest to your readers: Tbs vss- good 20 years ago.” Cures every sore, wound, burn or abrasion. 23c at Cherobee Drug Co.’s drug store. A Real wonderland. South Dakota, with Its rich ailvet • Infs, bonunza farms, wide ranges and strange natural formations. Is a veritable wonderland. At Mound City In the home of Mrs. E. I). Cianp, a w underfill case of healing has lately occurred. Her son seemed near death •vlth lung and throat trouble. "Ex hausting coughing spalls occurred every five minutes.” writes Mrs. Clapp, "when | began giving Dr. King's Ne w Discovery, the great med Iclne, that saved his life and com pletely cured him." Guaranteed for coughs and colds, throat and lung troubles, by Cherokee Drug Co., drug gists. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Has Handled Over $100,000 Belonging *0 hte School*, and Has Done So Honestly and Conscientiously. County Superintendent of Educa tion J. L. Walker answers report of Investigating Committee. 1st. It is charged by the commis sion that in 1897, the first year the county was formed, the total amount spent for all school purposes, was $12,026.63 and that the schools ran four and one-half months, and that in the scholastic year 1906 and 1907. which was last year, the total amount spent for all school purposes was $24,162.69, and the schools ran five and one-half months. The last scholastic year, 1906 and 1907, Gaffney and Blacksburg graded schools alone paid out for school pur poses $10,480.14 and ran nine months, w’hlcta Item Itself almost equals the total expenditure of the entire school fund of 1897. which was the first scholastic year of the county’s exist ence, In addition to this, there are eighty-four Country schools at sala ries ranging from $20 to $65 per nonth, costing the county for sala ries, building, repairing, seats, wood and insurance, $13,682.55. Take into consideration that in 1897. the first yea r the county was formed, salaries of rural teachers ranged from $15 to $30 per month. At that time too. (1897), building material was a great deal cheaper, wood cost the schools then very little, If anything, and few had comfortable seats. Now salaries, of teachers have increased from 4<1 to over 100 per cent, more than the;- were ten years ago, building materia! has advanced greatly, wood now is a considerable item of expense. Near ly every school in the county has to pay high for wood. At present most of the school houses have the latest improved desks, a good many have been painted, and enlarged and most of them Insured. About $4,000 worth of new school buildings have been erected within the last five years. Furthermore, school districts Nos. 21. 22, 23, 25, 26 and 27 had money enough to run their schools from six and a half to eight months. Two of the above districts had sufficient money to run their schools nearly nine months. 2nd. It Is charged that when I came into office most of the trustees were removed, and that the county board of edneation appointed new ones, at anv time of the year, with terms expiring at different dates. It will be remembered that when 1 came into office about the middle of the scholastic year, a great many of the trustees, tben serving, resigned from time to time, consequently, the coun ty board of edneation had to fill these vacancies from time to time. Many of the trnstee B who were serving at the time I took charge of the office, were reappointed, are serving now, and have been serving ever since. In the districts where we have live trustees, especially in districts Nos. 22 and 25. are very large and irregu larly shaped ana the people of these districts thought It for the best In terest of the schools to have flve trustees. The county board knowing that the school trustees cost the coun ty nothing, granted the request of the people of those districts. 3rd. It is charged that I did not report to the county treasurer by school districts, all school claims ap proved by me for the last year. I adhered to the law on this point minutely, and checked by school dis tricts with the treasurer every vouch er of every item of expense approved by me each year. 4th. It Is charged that I keep no mniute book. We have a well-kept ’ minute book of every examination since 1 came into office. 5th. It is charged that 1 neglect ed to apportion among the various school districts all funds reported to me. Every year since I have been in office, as soon as I get the audi tor’s abstract of all the property, polls and dogs in the county, I make my apportionment of the school funds to each district as my books will show, stating from what source each item of school tax is derived, viz: property, polls and dogs, and when he collects the school funds I appor- tinn to each district the money col lected on the basis of the apportion ment made from the auditor’s ab stract. 1 enter this on a sheet and give to the treasurer, who places _ every amount separately to each’ school district. These apportionment sheets made from time to time will be found in the treasurer’s office. The dispensary fund apportionment is made on separate sheets, copied on my hooks, and handed to the treas urer. 6th—It is charged that the special school districts are not legally estab lished. The law provides for a petition of one-third of the free holders and one- third of the qualified voters to be filed with the county board of edu cation. and in each instance where' there has been a special school dis trict established, the county board bad filed with It such petitions. We construed these petitions as ashing for the proposed districts and the tax levy. Instead of requiring two separate petitions, one for the dis trict, and the other for the levy, we have accepted them both in one as It saved trouble and expense, and serv ed the same purpose. By establish ing these districts the schools there in are enabled to run from six and a half to nearly nine months. These elections were advertised In the county paper and posted In three separate places in each district as provided by law. If any of the technicalities of the law were dis regarded. the county board of educa tion acting from a deep interest In the welfare of the country children gave the people what they asked for in overwhelming petitions and car- led in the elections almost unani mously. 7th. I am charged with approving Maims with the signature of one trus tee. This was done in a few instances, but I knew positively the services had been rendered and that It would be a great Inconvenience to the par ties to see all the trustees. In large county districts it is often very in convenient. especially, in winter, for lady teachers, particularly, to see even two of the trustees. 8th. I am charged with receiving commissions for handling school desks. On the first shipments at dif ferent times, and aggregating nearly $400 wprth, 1 received no commission at all. 1 found I had to employ help to match and fit them up, as they came in such bad order; broken and missing, this expense I paid out of my own fund. I saw I could not handle them for the benefit of the schools unless I could get a commis sion sufficient to cover actual ex penses. I arranged to get them as cheap as possible and received a com mission on the last shipments from three per cent on some to ten per cent on others, which barely covered the expense on part of them, add on others I actually lost. Handling these desks gave me so much trouble that the last shipments I had sent direct to the purchaser and did not have this extra trouble and expense of handling them, but still got the commission, which amounted to seven dollars. This commission is placed to the credit of the district that bought the desks. As to the amount of $145 paid myself out of the unap- portioned fund on May the 3rd, 1907, and used In buying desks, I will say. my reason for haring these desks In stock, that It takes from three weeks to three months to get a shipment from the factory. Experience had taught me If I waited until the schools opened to order the desks they would be so delayed In shipping that the schools would suffer. This $145 worth of desks was ordered In March, were shipped in April, and arrived with fory-six pieces broken and twenty-seven pieces missing. I made an order for these missing and broken pieces and still another to get them, and all of these pieces have not oome yet As these desks are taken by the different school districts, the warrant for same Is made pay able to me. As soon as they all are taken every warrant will be placed to the credit of the nnapportloned fund and charged to the districts get ting them. Some of these desks are on hand now. $93 worth of these warrants have already been credited to the unapportioned fund and charg ed to the districts getting them. The county board thought it wise to handle desks in this way, as we could get them cheaper than when handled in smaller lots. By this procedure the schools have been beneflitted. the school fund will not lose a cent and I have not been profltted at all. Feeling and knowing 1 did no wrong. I kept all bills of school furniture and correspondence on the subject where any one could see them. 9th. I am charged with not keep ing a cash book. I keep a book in which every Item of expense is kept. This book shows every dollar paid, and to whom paid, and for what pur pose. It shows also the credit and expenditures .of each district. I in tended this both as a record and cash book. 10th. It Is charged that I do not itemize my traveling expenses. The law allows one hundred dollars per yea r for these expenses. I keep a horse and buggy all the time for the purpose of going over the county, visiting schools, and attending to other duties connected with the office. The county board thought this allow ance of one hundred dollars per year sufficiently Itemized by dividing it in to four quarterly equal payments of $23 each. 11th. I am charged with building bridges out of the school fund. I did not consider it diverting the school fund to provide convenient and safe foot bridges over creeks for children to walk. It must be remembered that country children attend school most ly In the winter months. The streams are frequently swollen. It is justice to them that we provide as far as possible s way by which they can cross these streams in safety. The bridges referred to are a necessity in order that the children in the boundry might attend the only school in the district. This district paid for it all and even with this expense, will run its school about eight months at a salary of fifty dollars per month. 12th. It is charged that I paid teachers in North Carolina. In school district No. 11 there is a remote cor ner bordering on the North Carolina line in which a few children live more convenient and nearer to a good school across the line. By an arrange ment with the North Carolina school authorities, the trustees of district No. 11 agreed to pay for these child ren to attend this school. As this was the best arrangement possible for them, and being anxious that be not denied of school faolllti sanctioned it. , The other schooL _ the dlstri^ did not suffer by it, as they got the enrollment, the county lost nothing by it, and these children were benefited. 13th. it is charged that I got seven ty-five dt liars advance on salary. At the time I got the money ths county wa B owing me, and a short time before my salary was due, I bor rowed $75 from the treasurer, in Sep tember, 1905, and paid it back to him by check, which bears date October 6, 1905. This cancelled check, and the check stubs, are in my office which ' show clearly the transaction. As to $47.62, I am glad the com mission found that this amount should have been charged to the or dinary county fund Instead of the school fund. If such Is the case. I notice by the commission’s report that my predecessor received $319 from the wrong fund, hence the com mission makes it clear to which fund this class of claims should be charged. 14th. As it appears from the re port of the commission the county board received too much salary for the yea? 1906. At the time the board was paid I had $46 of the school fund in my hands. Instead of pay ing them out of this found, I gave thr-m a warrant on the treasurer which makes It appear that they re ceived $24 too much for that year. The county hoard wag not paid too much ag it appeared, as part of that fund is still in my hands. The coun ty board has extra examinations to ’told for Clem son, Winthrop and South Carolina University. It will be observed that the board for its five years work has received less than the law allows. Since coming into office I have handled over $100,000 worth of school claims, and have done so faithfully, honestly and for the best ’nterest of the schools. . J. L. Walker. Fo r cold Rooms Hard to Heat. The coming of the cold weather cives ris p to the question of how best to heat those rooms and hallways of the house that seldom If ever warm up, no matter how big a fire there may be in the furnace or other heat ing apparatus. The best way out of the difficulty is the use of auxiliary stoves and of these It would be difficult indeed to find anything so handy and at the same time so clean and economical as the Perfection Oil Heater. To begin with, it is absolutely safe. The wick can be turned as high or as low as possible without danger. But perhaps the most desire able feature of all is Its convenience. The Perfection Oil Heater can be easily carried to any part of the house where more heat is required. It may be a cold bedroom, a chilly hallway, a sick-room. Or you can use It to heat the bath-room while you take your morning bath—then dress by It —and then carry it to the dlnlnf room and set your breakfast In com fort. The occasions on which it can be called Into use are numerous— and once you bave tried the Perfect ion Oil Heater you’ll wonder why yon ever struggled through a cold winter without one. Another advantage Is the smokeless burner, which pre vents any of the unpleasantnesses that perhaps have given you a poor idea of oil heaters in general. It is very handsome In appearance and is beautifully finished in nickel and Ja pan. Another home comfort for the long winter evenings !g the Rayo Lamp, which can be used In any room in the house—from parlor to bed-room. It has the latest improved burner, making it unusually safe and clean, and an Ideal lamp for all ’round household use. * The Perfection Oil Heater and the Rayo Lamp, combining as they do to make the house warm and cneenuf, are valuable additions to any home, and no household should be without them. They are sold at a moderate price by dealers everywhere. First Baptist church Notes. There wag some good music at the First Baptist church Sunday morn ing and Dr. Simms after sermon gave a cordial greeting to the young men and young ladles who were back from school and from other work . Regular service next Sabbath at the First Baptist church. INVITE A TEST. Gaffney Drug Co. Ask Catarrh Suf ferers to Try Hyomel on Thsle Quarantss. Gaffney Drug Co invite all who suffer from any form of catarrh troubles to get a Hyomel outfit from them with their absolute guarantee that If It does not give perfect satis faction, the money will be refunded upon request. There la no other treatment for catarrh that in any way resembles Hyomel, none that gives such quick curative results and lasting satlsfBB tion, no medicine that can take its place, none that can be sold on n guarantee like this, to refund the money unless ft cures. Catarrh is a germ disease and can be cured only by breathing Hyomel, so that the most remote stir calls in the nose, throat and lungs are reach- ed by Its antiseptic healing powers. In this why all catarrhal germs ar* killed, the irritated mucous m mbran© is healed and catarrh Is driven from the system. This wonderful medicated air treat ment does not 6. .3 and derange tbs stomach, but is breathed through a little pocket Inhaler that roes with every dollar ontflt. The unusual way In which the Gaff ney Drag Co. sell Hyomel attests its confidence in the remedy.