Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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■ O B ■ Vff do I take Cardui*? writes Mis. ™ ■ ■■ Jelemma Mullins of Odessa, W. Va. ‘‘Because, after suffering for several years with female trouble, and trying different doc tors and medicines without obtaining relief, I at last found, in Wine of Cardui, a golden medicine for all my ills, and can recommend it above all others for female complaints." Cardui furnishes safe relief for backache, headache, periodical pains, irregular, painful or unhealthy cata menial flow, and all ailments from which sick women suffer. A perfect tonic for delicate women. A pure vegetable medicine for girls and women who are subject to the complaints peculiar to their sex. Has benefited over a million who used to suffer as you do. At every drug store, in $1.00 bottles. WHITE US A LETTER tfescrlbtng fully all your symptoms and we will send you Free Advice In plain sealed envelope. Ladles' Advisory Dept„ The Chattanooga Medietas Co.. Chattanooga, Tenn. J9 WINE OF CARDUI HornUe!! Is the cry of your good wife if your chim ney smokes or your roof leaks; why trou ble with them? We can make your chim ney draw better and stop your roof from leaking. We do all kind of tin and gal vanized iron repair work. We can put you on a new roof or repair the old one. All work guaranteed. ’Phone No. 200. O. G. WILSON & CO Opposite Ledger Office. i tin <fri wi iin (iri tin tm tin uni in HONEST INSURANCE Plain, sure protection to the family at premium rates fixed on the basis of the actuaries’tables of life expectation, and therefore,fabselutely 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 will need it most keenly. It is every man’s’sacred duty to carry life-insurance for the benefit of those de 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 this State. It is an old line, legal reserve,"Straight Life Company ofj tae soundest kind, and should have the support of the people of the State. Southeastern Life Insurance Company, ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, Spartanburg, S. C. Mar, mil. IHOri FARM AND TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE In Old Virginia. I)o you want a grass, grain, stock, cotton, tobacco or combination farm? If so, we have it. We have the chocolate, red and gray soil Jj)with red "clay; subsoil. No land in the South is naturally better or more easily improved than the land around Chase City in Mecklenburg and adjoining counties. It can be bought at from f7 oo to $15.00 per acre. Why continue to work poor, small, high-priced farms when v e are offering for sale such land at such prices? Come to see us]at once or^ write for land and timber circular. Oct. 29-2taw-3tno. JEFFREYS, HESTER & CO., Inc. Real Estate Agents. Chase Gfty, - Mecklenburg co., - Virginia. Jones J. Darby Insurance Oflce Star Theatre Betiding Parker's Restaurant For Sale I have one of the very best locations in town and a well es tablished trade, but I’m going back to the bicycle business and I’ll give some one a bargain. E. R. Parker Dec 31-Jan 4. Subscribe for The Ledger, SI.50 a veer PINHOLE PICTURES. An Effective Ws> of Taking a Photo graph c.f the Sun. Tlu* use of a cainerii with a pinlmie instead of a lens for taking photo graphs of tlu* sun Is advocated by Ainsworth Mitchell in an article eon trlbuted to Knowledge and Scientific Nows. Mr. Mitchell reminds us that the possibility of producing an image with a pinhole was known at least as early as lC»ir>, Itefore the similar but more striking properties of the lens had been discovered. He goes on to say: “As there were then no means of fix ing this image when projected on to paper, the discovery was looked upon as little more than a scientific toy, and when the day of the sensitive plate ar rived lla* glass lens gave images so much sharper than any pinhole could do that no one* thought “'t worth while to revert to a primitive method. “The aim of the photographer of those days was to get a picture full of minute detail, one showing every hair on the head of a sitter and every leaf on a tree, and it is only within the last few .wars that the greater beauty of broad effects in photography lias come to be partially recognized. With this reaction the pictorial possibilities of a pinhole iu place of a lens have sug gested themselves to several workers, and such excellent results have tteen obtained that it is strange that so sim ple a method should not be more gen erally used. “In particular it seems to have oc curred to no one to make use of a pin hole in photographing tlu* sun. notwith- Ktanding the fact that a minute hole in a card has long been used as an ex cellent substitute for smoked glass as a screen for tin* eye when looking at the sun. It is etiually effective as a means of protecting a sensitive plate from the excessive action of direct so lar rays, and there is probably no 1 let ter way of taking a photograph of the sun breaking through banks of clouds. So much light is cut off by the narrow aperture that there is little risk of spoiling tlu* plate, and the writer lias even succeeded In making two ex posures and getting duplicate Images of the sun on different parts of tlu* negative without the slightest trace of fogging.” Literary Digest. The Holy Land Today. Pass through tin* narrow streets whore the lepers crowd around with horrible cries and beggars seem hardly human in their filth and rags and de formities. tjo up on to Mount Zion and look off to tlu* blue quiet hills of Moab. then stop to listen to a little Greek funeral service, rhythmical, plaintive, sung by a long haired priest, a little blind boy and a peasant wom an. Drive to Bethlehem and to tlu* Church of tlu* Nativity and see the manger whore the child lay, guarded day and night by Moslem soldiers. Why guarded? Because every shrine is considered tlu* property of some sect—-Roman, Greek, Armenian, Copt, Assyrian or another—and at the festi vals of Master and Christmas espe cially, unless the Moslems keep order, blood is always shed. Think out over the land and remember that in the Turkish dominions the "only law is that of back, lieesh.’’ Pondering these tilings, drive up over the Mount of Olives and look down at the Golden Gate of the city, walled up these hun dred of years lest that king who once entered it riding an ass re-enter the same way.—Travel Magazine. Humor of London's Bishop. The bishop of London's humor, now tender and kind, now sardonic and cruel, made him many friends in America. “Tiie bishop amused me," said a clergyman, "at a dinner of divines in New York. We divines are a modest lot, but occasionally our self restraint gets the better of us, and then we brag and boast and make ourselves ridiculous. “A Boston divine at this dinner goL to telling us a I tout a begging sermon lie had recently preached. “ T don’t want to brag or boast.’ be began, 'nor would I have you think me conceited; but. gentlemen. I assure you’— “And then at great length he told us of how women had wept at his i>eg- ging sermon's pathos, strong men had emitted hoarse sobs, and in an ava lanche tlu* contributions bad poured in gold and greenbacks, checks, even jew els and watches and great heaps— “But here the bishop of London lean ed forward, with a twinkle in his eye. ‘“By the way, brother,’ he said, ‘could you lend me that sermon?’”— Boston Transcript. The Fiction Writing Craze. The writing of fiction is one of the most curious phases of our own partic ular era. Everybody tries his or her hand at it. Men of many professions practice it, and ladies use it almost as a birthright. It is the medium of grave sociologists like Mallock, the af fectation of hi-'torinns like the late Mr. Fronde, of tlu* scientist-astronomer like M. Flamiuariou. of the naturalist like the late Grant Allen, of the scien tific student like Mr. Wells, of the mil lionaire like Mr. Astor, of the natural mechanician like Jules Verne. It is the secret ambition of more than one minister and ex-minister of the crown, whose dispatch ls>xes carry plays un- liaptized in the dew of public applause and books intended for a more starry acclamation than Disraeli's. It is he recreation of the duchess beset by ennui, who, dowered with a coronet and the strawberry leaves, still readies out discontented fingers for the bays. It is the umbrageous dissipation of the IMipular archdeacon. It Is the secret ambition of coming lord chief jus- tlces. - 8ir Gilbert Parker la North American Review. The “Language’’ of Animals. Huxley thought that liecause of the absence of language the brutes can have no trains of thought, but only trains of feeling, and this is the opin ion of most compnflMlve psychologists. I am myself quite ready to admit that the lower animals come as near to rea soning as they come to having a lan guage. Their various cries and calls— the call of the mate, to the young, the cry of auger, of fear, of alarm, of pain, of Joy—do serve ns the medium of some sort of communication, but they do uot stand for ideas or mental con cepts any more than the various cries of a child do. They are the result of simple reactions to outward objects or to inward wants and do not imply any mental process whatever. A grown person may utter a cry of pain or fear or pleasure with a mind utterly blank of any ideas. Once on a moonlight night I lay iu wait for some boy poach ers' iu my vineyard. As I suddenly rose up, clad in a long black cloak, and rushed for one and seized his leg as he was hastening over the fence he ut tered a wild, agonized scream precise ly as u wild animal does when sudden ly seized. He told me afterward he was simply frightened out of his wits. For tlu* moment he was simply an un reasoning animal.—John Burroughs in Outing Magazine. Didn’t Blame It. Not long ago a certain farmer, well known for ids violent temper, sued a local horse dealer in the county court. He had bought n horse, which the dealer had guaranteed to be “quiet to ride and drive,” and be now sought to recover the amount paid for the ani mal. In stating his case Farmer Hothead lost his temper more than once and had to lie frequently admonished by the judge. ^ One of the witnesses for the defense, a former owner of the horse in ques tion, declared that the animal was “ab solutely without vice.” “As against that,” observed the Judge. “Farmer Hothead asserts that the animal is vicious — that it ran away and smashed his trap to splint ers.” “Well," said the witness, “I wouldn’t have believed that he would have run away from anybody, but after what I’ve seen of the plaintiff today 1 think it likely he did run away—and ’ang me if I can blame the 'oss! It wasn’t vice, though. It was a happy instinct.” —London Answers. A Considerate Thief. Judging from the recent experience of a humble reporter, it would appear as If there is a certain amount of chiv alry even among those despised speci mens of humanity commonly known as sneak thieves. It was on a frosty night that the newspaper man, lie- coniing suddenly possessed of an eco nomical streak, entered one of those cheap restaurants so numerous in New York. He wore a long overcoat, which, by the way. was iu excellent condi tion. There was little of consequence in the pockets of the garment save an important letter, stamped and address ed, nil ready to mail. The coat was carefully hung up by its owner and a little later as carefully removed by its new owner. The latter neglected to leave anything in exchange; but, being possessed of either a grim sense of hu mor or else overtaken by a twinge of remorse, he most considerately mailed the letter, which readied Its destina tion in good order the following morn ing.—New York Tribune. Age No Bar. Ell* Everybody >n South Carolina le glblo. Old people stooped with suffering, Middle age, courageously lighting. Youth protesting impatlenuj; Children, unable to explain; All In misery from their kidneys. Only a little backache first. Comes when yon catch a cold. Or when yon strain the back. Many complications follow. Urinary disorders, diabetes, Bright’s diesase. Doan’s Kidney Pills cure backache. Cure every form of kidney Ills. J. W- Powell, proprietor of n gener al store and coal, wood and Ice deal er of Waverly, living at 2010 Standing SL, Colombia, 8. C., says: **lfy ton has been afflicted with kidney and urinary trouble from childhood, being unable to control the secretions espe cially when asleep. Since using Doan’s Kidney Pills he has entirely recovered.” For sale by an dealers. Price 5C cents. Foster-Milbnrn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the nam e—Doan’s—and take no other. Cancer can be eared without cut ting. Simple plaster need. Cure guaranteed or money refunded. R. A. Christen bury, Box >77, Gastonia, N. C- Nov. l>-tf. S.S.S FOR •BAD BLOOD Your S. S. S., in my opinion, is as gool a medicine as can be had; it simply cannot be i mproved upon as a remedy to purify and enrich the blood and to invigorate and tone up the system. This spring my blood was bad and I was run down in health, anJ having seen your medicine highly advertised I commenced its use. Today my blood is in fine condition and my general health is of the best. \m filling posi tion as fireman for a large concern here, and if I was not in good physical condition it wouid be impos' ible for me to fill the place. Your S. S. S. has been of great service to me and I do not hesitate to give it the credit it deserves. WM. F. VANDYKE. 815 Fifth Street, Beaver Falls, Penn. The most important part of the human system is the blood. Every mus cle, nerve, tissue, Iwme and sinew is dependent on this vital fluid for nour ishment and strength necessary to maintain them in health and enable each to perform the different duties nature requires. Even the heart, the very “ engine ” of life, receives its vigor and motive power from the blood. Since so much is dependent on this vital fluid it can very readily be seen how necessary it is to have it pure and uncontaminated if we v ould enjoy the blessing of good health. Bad blood is responsible for most of the ailments of mankind; when from any cause it becomes infected with impurities, humors or poisons, disease in some form is sure to follow. Muddy, sallow complexions, eruptions, pimples, etc., show that the blood is infected with unhealthy humors which have changed it from a pure, fresh stream to a sour, acrid fluid, which forces out its impurities through the pores and glands of the skin. A very common evidence of bad blood is sores or ulcers, which break out on the flesh, often [ from a very insignificant bruise or even seatch or abrasion. If the blood was pure and healthy the place would heal at once, but being loaded with impurities, which are discharged into the wound, irritation and inflamma tion are set up and the sore continues. Bad blood is also responsible for Anaemia, Boils, Malaria, etc.; the weak, polluted circulation cannot fur nish tlie nourishment and strength required to sustain the body, and a general run-down condition of health results. S. S. S. is nature’s blood purifier and tonic; made entirely of healing, cleansing roots and herbs. It goes down into the circulation and removes t.“*ry particle of impurity, humor or poison that may be there, restores lost vitality, and steadily tones up the entire system. It adds to the blood the healthful properties it is in need of, and in every way assists in the cure of disease. S. S. S. neutral izes any excess of acid in the blood, making it fresh and pure, and perma nently cures Eczema, Acne, Tetter, and all other skin diseases and eruptions. S. S. vS. cures Rheumatism, Catarrh, Sores and Ulcers, Malaria, and all other diseases or disorders arising from bad blood. Book on the blood and any medical advice desired free to all who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. i 1105.00 IN PRIZES j FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE THE CAROLINA MUTUAL Who will win the $50.00 prize? Who will win the $25.00 prize? Who will win any of the other prizes? Will it be YOU? It CAN be youlf you try. Watch this space for the report of the contest. ; : : : : S Numbers Only WiO Oe Published • w.'Wixri-ar.wW'W"Ww 'w:w 'ww m w w- i Buy a Home With Rent Money! You can do this by taking stock in the Cherokee Building and Loan Associa- tion. This is the oldest Building and Loan Association in Gaffney. It is conducted along conservative lines. We can help you to the road of wealth. See any of our officers. Read our Booklet and learn our plans. : 1 : Cherokee B4L. ‘ S. W, Gaffney, Sec’y & Treas. C. A. Jefferies, Prest. 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