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Gaffney A NCWSPAPCII in ALL THAT THB WORD IMPLIItr AND DIVOTKD TO THK BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. LATEST NEWS FROM BLACKSBURG DOINGS OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR SISTER CITY. RAVENNA READINGS. Brief News Notes and Personal Para- graphs Gathered by Our “Iron City” Correspondent. Blacksburg. Oct. 1.—Mrs. A. P. Me-' Lure, of Lancaster, visited her sister, Mrs. L. W. Smith, on Carolina street, thjs week. Ralph Turner returned to At- , lanta, (la., Monday after visiting his brother, Mr. Kd. Turner, on Carolina street, for a few days. Mrs. Mary Earl left Monday for j Greenville where she will visit her 1 sisters, the Misses Little. Capt. Albergotti is spending a few ; days this week with his family on Carolina street. Dr. Jim Hunter, of Cherokee Palls, waa In town Wednesday morning on business. Miss Bessie Thomson returned j home Monday afternoon after spend- “t a few days at Pacolet with her treats. Mr. P. A. Reinhardt spent Tuesday night in Earl, N. (’., on business. Mr. Rataree returned home from King's Mountain. N. C., Tuesday af ter spending a week with his daugh ter, Mrs. Ware. Mr. Ware, of King’s Mountain, N. C., was in town Tuesday morning n few hours. Mr. A. Peeler, of Cherokee Palls, and Miss Church, of Carolfne, N. C., were married here Monday night by Magistrate L. T. Ligon at his store. . The teachArs’ meeting of the Bap tist Sunday school will be held at the home of Mr. A. J. Blalock, on Pine street tonight. Mr. J. M. Peek spent Monday and Tuesday at Hickory on business. Rev. J. M. White and family spent j a few hours In town Friday with his I sister. Miss Nan, on their way to I Statesville, N. C„ after visiting rel atives and friends at Hickory for a Wee k s Mrs. Rice Whitesides left Wednes day morning fo spend a few flays at Hickory with friends. Messrs. Libby Plaxico and Robt. Williams, of Cherokee Falls, were In town Monday night on business? < < Mrs. Roberts, of Cherokee Palls, was in town a few hours Monday on her way home from Grover, N. C., where she has been visiting friends. Miss Nellie Whitesided, bf Hickory, was In town Thursday showing some of her millinery. She will be here every week and will be glad to have you come in and see her hats. Miss Mabel Ramseur, delightfully entertained a few of her friends Mon day afternoon at her home in honor of Miss Lucy Knox, of Charleston. The game for the afternoon was “Progressive Hearts,” Miss Lucy Knox taking the first prize. Delici ous Ice cream and cakes were serv ed. Those present were Misses Mild red Lockwood, Marie Goforth, Edna Bridges, Elizabeth Bridges, Lillian -Smith, Inez Ward, Della Rhyne, Kate Loe Randall, Ethel) Sliealle, Lucy Black, Lucy Knox, of Charleston, and Mrs. Wlngo. There was a dance given at the skating rink Tuesday night. Quite a. good number of young people were there and all report a good time. On Tuesday night Mrs. J. M. Peek gave a whist party at her home on Carolina street. Those who played were Misses Nan White and Marie Goforth, M'essrs. Gus Neamon and Beaton. They report a very Interest ing game. Mr. DuPrist, of Shelby, N. C., spent Tuesday In town, the guest of Mr. Gettys, on Shelby street. Miss Della Rhyne left Wed/esday I for Lowerysville to attend the A. R., P. Missionary Convention. She went as a delegate from the society here. Mr. J. C. Ross, who has been out of town for several days on business, returned home Wednesday night. Mr. Vick Roberts, of Rock Hill, is visiting his mother, Mrs. .Tonne Rob erts, on Shelby street. Place Requires Younger Man. (Manning Times.) The announcement of Ed DeCamp’s candidacy for clerk of the Senate, is n£t at all surprising, because two years ago he was about to run for the position, and was persuaded from his purpose by friends of General Hemphill, who pleaded with him that if he would let the old General have another term he could count on their support the next time. The writer IjAtyse of those who made this prom- Ise/ expecting of course, General Hemphill would realize that Father Time was getting in his work upon him, and would not embarass his friends by standing for another term, but we have missed our count, Gen eral Hemphill is a candidate, and while we have the highest regard for him, we think the place requires a younger man, and will therefore sup port DeCamp. A Healty Family. “Our whole family has enjoyed good health since we began using Dr. King’s New Life Pills, three years ago,” says L. A. Bartlet, of Rural Route 1. Guilford, Maine. They cleanse and tone the system In a gentle way that does yon good. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co. Newsy Notes and Personals From Our Regular Correspondent. Ravenna, Sept. 30.—All the tele phone poles have been put In except two half mile strands and as one of the half miles Is to be put up by one of our worthy young men and one who is very attentive to his sweet heart, we see no reason for his haste in the telephone enterprise. We are all down this way .eager for the open ing up of the new line, thus giving us direct communication with Gaff ney. it was your correspondent’s pleas ure to be in Gaffney recently and we were surprised to see so many new houses and such a nice depot recent ly put up by the Southern. The day we were in town we were impressed by the large crowd from the coun try who were there with their pro duce and in exchange were carrying home flour, sugar, coffee, lard and many other useful things. We look- ed and thought what wonderful crea tures the farmers are, and as every body knows, the backbone of the world. Gaffney is one of the liveliest, towns we have visited In quite a while and had the new railroad enter ed our county seat, it w r ould have soon been up with Spartanburg. G. A. Bonner, of Pacolet, spent last Sunday with his parents. Esq. and Mrs. B. P. Bonner, of Goucher. J. A. Goforth spent last Wednes day in Cowpens. Mason Bonner, of Goucher, was in our section Sunday and Monday. Prof. T. G. Chalk has closed, his summer term of school at Rehoboth. The Interdenominational Sunday School Convention which was to have (nine off Sunday at Rehoboth, was rather a small affair. Had the day been fair quite a crowd from hero would hare attended. Miss P'-arle Burgess has aga'n til lered Limestone College. Miss Fannie Smith, of Goucher, is a student at Limestone College again ibis session. Prof. P. B. Woodruff, superinten dent-elect of Spartanburg county will leach the Asbury school until Xmas, taking Prof. N. G. Littlejohn’s place. Charles E. Pettit left. Monday morning to again enter Furman Uni versity, Greenville. Mrs. T. G. Chalk spent last Thurs day with Mrs. Both Hughes, of Grin- dall. We are sorry “Annie Laurie” has quit The Ledger with her excellent letters. Come on, “Annie Laurie," and let us have your newsy letters. We also miss “A.,” of Asbury. It looks like you could give us a letter once in a while. W. B. Brown, of Goucher, was in this section last. Sunday. Mr. L. D. Bonner was a Pacolet visitor Monday morning. Mr. B. G. L. Pettit was a Cowpens visitor Monday morning. Mr. J. D. Jefferies, Jr., of Asbury, has his saw mill in operation on S. S. Littlejohn’s plantation near here, and is sawing up quite a quantity of lumber. Mr. Littlejohn is erecting a ten nan t house on his place. J. M. Green was down at Asbury last Sunday. Logan Mize, our champion cotton picker, with his sister, Mrs. Gore, picked out, so he says, twenty-two hundred pounds of cotton one day last. year. What do you thing of this, “Ben Hope?” We are glad to see “Ben Hope’s” letters in each issue of The Ledger now. “8.,” of Clifton, is also welcom ed back. What on earth has become of “Cx," of Thickety? Surely his best girl has “gone back” on him. Mrs. C. E. Kitchens spent last Sun day at Pacolet, visiting relatives and friends. The coon belonging to Wilks Brown is dead. Before our last lat ter had reached The Ledger office, the coon, while mounting some empty soda water crates, fell and broke his neck. Wilkes and the boys around here regret the coon’s death very much as they have been having quite a bit. of sport out of him. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Chalk attended religious services at Asbury Monday. Brady Green lias entered the As bury school. Miss Minnie Burgess has entered Limestone College to further prepare herself for teaching. Miss Burgess is one of Cherokee's most amiable teachers. Prof. Woodruff opened his school at Asbury Monday morning. Mr. H. C. Reynolds sprained his hip very badly Monday morning. e cool spell of Monday evening has caused the murcery to drop down near the frost point. Yesterday morning was quite cool and is still cool this morning. The closing of the rural carrier contest that has been a live wire for The Ledger for several months, has put the carriers to work along their lines and the lucky ones can say his prize came by some good work of his. The contest has been a quite popu lar one and we have followed each report from The Ledger with much Interest. We suggest the next voting contest he for the most popular pa per in Cherokee, or the most popular merchant. C. BLACK PATTI. Famous Colored Singer With With Patti Troubadours. Madame Slssieretta Jones, widely known as the Black Patti, was born in Portsmouth, Va., on the 5th day of January, 1869. Her father, J. M. Joy ner. was pastor of the Afro-Method- ist church of that city, and was also chief chorister in the performance of which duties he was ably assisted by his w-ife, at the time a soprano of ex ceptional ability. In 1876 Mr. Joyner received a call to Providence, R. I., and the entire family moved to that place afterwards to be the scene of the first musical triumph of the re-* markable singer who is the subject of this article. While yet a mere child, Madame Jones developed a voice of such remarkable power and quality that, she attracted the atten tion of the musical people of Provi dence and no concert was complete without, her. Her voice In Its early stages was a decided contralto, and even today contains the velvety rich ness noticeable only In the voices of such singers as Scalchi and others. While singing In concert, at the San Soucl Gardens she received an invitation to go to New York and sing for Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau. She sang at Wallack’s Theatre and her success was such that she was immediately engaged for a tour of South America and the West Indies. This engagement lasted for two years, and the tour was so success ful that upon her return to this coun try, Madame Jones was engaged as the stellar attraction of the enormous jubilee spectacle at the Madison Square Garden in ’86, Her success at this concert was so pronounced that the New York Clipper, an impor tant theatrical paper, gave her the name by which she has become world famohs, “Thr Black Patti.” This en gagement was followed by a concert tour In conjunction with Levy’s Band, and a number of engagements at various expositions. For her one week’s appearance at the Pittsburg Exposition, Major Pond demanded and received S2.000. the highest sal ary ever paid a colored artist. Among other artists appearing at the same time were, Campanini, Materna and the then famous Pat. Gilmore. An interesting event In the career of the popular sipger at this period was an invitation by the late President Harrison to appear at a private soiree in the Blue Room of the White House. Mrs. Harrison In particular was so delighted that she personally pre sented Madame Jones with a bouquet of the famous White House orchids, and the concert was followed by numerous invitations to appear at the house of Chief Justice Fuller, Senator Andrews and various other notables residing In Washington. Morris Reno. President of the Carne gie Music Hall Association of New York City, next engaged her for a concert tour of the United States and Europe, under the personal manage ment of R. Voelckel, who at that time became associated with Morris Reno. She made her first Europen appear ance at Berlin, Germany, and the Ber liner Zeltung In commenting upon her debut, said: “No sooner had the real Adelina Patti departed than a most worthy substitute appeared In the person of Madame Slssieretta Jones. ‘The Black Patti’ from America.” * The European engagement lasted about eighteen months, and no sing er was ever received with* greater enthusiasm and applause in Europe, than was Madame Jones. London, Paris. Berlin, Colon, Munich, Milan and St. Petersburg seemed to vie with each other in their approval, and the Continental newspapers fair ly showered the most favorable en comium on her voice and art. While in I^ondon, Madame Jones received a royal command to appear before King Edward, at that time Prince of Wales, and that popular monarch ex pressed the most unqualified delight with her performance. Upon her return to this country. Messrs. Voelckel & Nolan organized the now famous “Black Patti Troub- dours.” This aggregation of colored artists with Black Patti as the star, have toured the country for twelve years, each succeeding year more firmly established their popularity In the principal cities of the United Staten and Canada. Madame Jones enjoys the unique distinction of hav ing appeared at more consecutive performance than any living singer. GAFFNEY, 8. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1908. MINIPDUTION OF THF COTTON MIRKET SOMETHING NOT GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD. Where Bullets Flew. David Parker, of Fayette, N. Y., a veteran of the clval war, who lost a foot at Gettysburg, says: “The good Electric Bitters have done is worth more than five hundred dollars to me. I spent much money doctoring lor a bad case of stomach trouble, to little purpose. I then tried Electric Bitters, and they cured me. I now take them as a tonic, and they keep me strong and well.” 50c at Chero kee Drug Co. Song Piung-Chun, Korea's Home Minister, favors Japanese rule In his country. Mr. William Caldwell Dead. Mr. William Caldwell died at his home near King’s Creek Wednesday evening, September 23rd, at 7:30 o’clock at the age of sixty-four years. During his long and useful life he had been known as one of the most solid and substantial citizens of his neighborhood. Mr. Caldwell was a Confederate veteran, having served throughout the war in Canapaw’s artillery, stationed at Charleston. The deceased was twice married and is survived by a widow and ten child ren. The surviving of the first wife are Mr. Hugh Caldwell, now in Tex as, Mr. Thomas Caldwell, of York- ville, Mr. James Caldwell, at home, Mr. Edward Caldwell, of the Soutb- ern Railway, and Miss Mattie Cald well, of Yorkvllle. The children of the second wife are Miss Margaret, Frank, Lena, Harry and Herbert, all at home. He also leaves one broth er, Mr. R. A. Caldwell, of Gastonia, N. C., and one sister, Mrs. Margaret A. McElwee, of King’s Creek. The funeral services were conducted at Beersheba church by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Mills, and the interment follow ed In the Beersheba cemetery. Mr. Caldwell was a deacon In Beersheba church for a number of years. And ills death will be felt as a distinct loss by the whole community. —A Diamond ring worth |W to give away at Gaffney Jewelry Oo. Not One in a Thousand Can See How Speculation Can Add to or Take Away Millions of Dollars. Wllkinsville, Sept. 29.—Commonly when women go shopping they spend more money than their husbands would like them to do. But we have a noble exception in this section. A husband gave his wife a sum of money last week with which to go to Gaffney and make some purchases. When she returned she had anour twice as much money left as she had spent. It’s safe to say that that home is in charge of a wife and mother who will take care of it in so far as the expenditure of money is concerned. This lady bought only such things as She was actually in need of and couldn’t well do without. Such w r 6men are a blessing to their families. Sisters, we are not, throw ing a hint at you for your extrava- uance, or want of economy. We hope at its next meeting our board of county commissioners will not forget that we expect them to co operate with the York county hoard ami erect a bridge across Broad river at or near Howell’s ferry. The sand is accumulating so fast at the ferry that the running of the fiat will soon be an impossibility. With a bridge there, and a market such as we know our Gaffney and other ('hero kee merchants can offer, as well as cotton buyers there is no reason why a large trade from the York side will not come to Gaffney. Besides the cotton mills of our county can easily buy and consume all the cot ton in this and neighboring counties. There will doubtless be several changes of homes and farming lands among the farming people of this section. m Mr. W. R. Walker, we learn, will dispose of a large number of his cat tle and have his pasture lands put in cultivation next year. Mr. J. G. Kendrick is running his ginnery regularly at this time and farmers (many of them) will sell their cotton as soon as the price covers the expense of production. But some will sell for whatever they can get, we suppose. Both of our county papers have been advocating the raising of sheep. This is a wise suggestion and should be adopted. If the cotton crop was anything like the wool crop produc ers could have their own price for their products. It’s true a general dog killing must take place before the raising of sheep can be made re munerative in this county. A tax of 50 cents on a dog added to the school fund will not benefit a child as much as a suit of good, warm woolen clothes to wear through the winter season. We are not the dog’s enemy and are making no war on the canines ex cept that class which takes great pleasure in regaling themselves at hen nests or gormandizing over the appetizing toothsomeness of a rich fat mutton which Is too good for Its owner to ML .. 1 Vfll We are frequently asked how long It takes us to write one of our letters for The Ledger. That depends up on circumstances—the humor we are in and the time we have. We usual ly write by spells—a few minutes at a time and sometimes we do the en tire work at one sitting down. That’s when we have our notes well in hand. Sometimes we begin writing another letter soon after closing one and at such times as we feel like It we sit down and add a paragraph or two or nerhaps a page just as we feel like It. The time usually consumed is about two or three hours per week. Often on reviewing we find changes in the phraseology necessary to make the wording more euphonious and this, of course, takes a little time too, which may be well spent. The writer should always imagine his reader present and that he is talking directly to him. He may ex press his individual views or that of the public as he understands them and from the verbage employed the reader will draw his own conclusions. Mr. W. R. Walker was called has tily from his Sunnyside farm last Friday on account of the illness of his mother, Mrs. Sallie Walker, at fhelr home in Union. Mr. Asa Blackwell has chills. Mr. J. L. Blackwood’s son, Forest, who had his arm broken last week, is getting along nicely. Only one boue was broken. Dr. Fiefleld set It. Owing to the rain the North Paco let Sabbath School Convention did not meet at Rehoboth last Sabbath as was announced It would do. Your correspondent reached the church about 11:30 o’clock but found no one there. The convention will be call ed to meet some time during next month. So for as we know there were no services at any of our neigh boring churces that day and the Salem Sabbath school was rained out too. We took dinner and spent a few hours with Mr. and Mra. J. A. Hamea last Sabbath. We called to see the venerable Jesse J. Mabry but he was not at home that day. We are glad to note that the re port that Mr. P. Y. Poole had fever is incorrect. H»* has been somewhat indisposed but not seriously. Mr. R. J. Kirby, of It. F. 1). No. 5. was in this section on business last week. Mrs. Banka Joass, of Hickory Grove, has been unwall for about a month. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Kirby and an excellent lady. We hope for her a speedy re covery. Mr. Walter Kirby still continues to improve and his friends hope to see him up again soon. Mr. James G. Garner’s housekeep er. Man Parris, is taking a vacation. The most talked of and apparently iho least understood problem of the day is that of the cotton market. Why is it worth more or less today than it was yesterday? All are agreed that the cause of this flustera- tion in price is due to the manipula tion of the cotton speculator—and that is a fact. Scarcely one In a thousand can see how speculation can add to or take millions from the ople in so short a time. This want ot information is where our trouble lies. It’s manipulation that fixes the mice under our system of marketing. Whenever they will the few 7 indivi duals who dominate the cotton ex changes can add to or subtract mil lions from the value of our chief pro duct-cotton—by one stroke of the pen. Public sentiment rules the w 7 orld or rather the things of the world of which The cotton market is an in tegral part. Public sentiment is the lever by which these exehanges raise or lower the market at will. The first thing they do is to mold a pes simistic view of trade conditions by agitating the “overwhelming crop” theory. To this is added a report of congestion at the other end of the line where the manufactured goods can’t find sales. With these condi tions both before and oft the farm ers find themselves in a dilemma and they get panickly and sell and the selling apparently verifies these re- ports which were “conceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity.” This manufactured sentiment cost, the eot- ton growers of the South millions of dollars eierv year and it will eon- •inue to do so until it is checked. * It’s this same sentiment that pre vents the carrying into effect the only safe method of marketing—for which the ('otton Growers Associa tion stood—the selling of its cotton as the mills need It. There is no need for a pound of cotton raised in Cherokee county to cross the county lines until It goes in manufactured goods—cloth of yarn. But our mills can i handle all this cotton at one time—there is a limit to their capacity as well as their needs. Rut they can and will use It and a great deal more besides If we will let them have It as they need it. They can use practically the same money in buying it all. As long as children are bom naked there will be a demand for clothing. We would like to say more along this line and may take it up again. Also we would like to pay our res pects to the agencies from which | these manipulators of our cotton market get the data from which they get such material help In carrying out their designs. We will add, however, that our home merchants, bankers, manufact- urles and all others who are not mem bers of the cotton exchanges cannot ! be otherwise than in sympathy with the farmer and want him to get all ; he can for his cotton. It helps them ! in their business, too. J. L. S. Death of Mrs. 8. C. Pryor. The Chester Lantern, of Tuesday, contains the following notice of the death of Mrs. S. C. Pryor, the mother of Mr. J. C. Pryor, of this city: “Mrs. Susan Catherin Pryor died Sabbath afternoon about one o’clock at the home of her son, Dr. W. S. Pryor, where she had lived since the death Qf her husband, Mr. S. L. Pry or, twelve years ago. She was 81 years old and succumbed to an at tack of blood poisoning, with compli cations and the infirmities of age. The remains were taken to Union for burial. She leaves three sons, Mr. Julius C. Pryor, of Gaffney; Dr. S. W. Pryor, of Chester, and Mr. J. Eben Pryor, of Rock Hill, and two daughb ers, M*b. L. P. Epton, of Spartanburg, and Mrs. W. D. Wilkins, of Union. “Mrs. Pryor descended from Jacb Forney and his wife Marion Bergner. of Lincoln county, N. C., who were the parents of Gen. Peter Forney, of the Revolution. Her grandparents were Robert Goodwin and Eva For ney, her parents James Haynes and Temperance Goodwin. She remem bered a great deal about her Revolu tionary ancestors, who suffered se verely at the hands of the British and Tories. Her great grandfather, Jacob Forney, was a very wealthy man, and she remembered his old chest which the British split open to get his gold. “She was an excellent woman, of robust stature and splendid mind and memory, and her reminiscences were execeedingly Interesting.” Art in All its Forms Foully Mur dered. A time-worn but excellent adage, nevertheless, admonishes us, “that when we can’t say any good about a thing, say nothing at all,” but this rule cannot be fittingly observed In the matter about to be handled. A crime was committed at the Star Theatre Tuesday evening. The crime was an awful one and although no arrests were made, the provocation was amply sufficient. The victims of the crime were a few theatrical pat rons who had ventured out for the opening attraction of the season and the murderers of the drama consist ed of three men calling themselves the International Vaudeville Com pany. The International Vaudeville ('ompany consisting of the “world renowned” (?) LaPierre, whose ac complishments, according to his ad vance notices, could not be enumer ated on an ordinary billboard. Col. Joyce, a cornetlst who could make the best in the business turn green with envy, and Count Fritz Christianl, whose marvelous skill on the violin would cause Paganini to give up in disgust and tear his hair In jealousy and envy. To say that the show was “rotten,” is expressing the situation in the very mildest terms imaginable. To say that it couldn’t have been any worse is considerably nearer the truth. That there wasn't any more of it than was given, was received with a prayer of thanksgiving by the audience. Were It not for the fact that Gaffney citizens are peace-lov ing and law-abiding folks. It is safe to say that none of the three would have left the theatre alive. If the case should come to trial and any of the audience he on the jury, capital punishment is sure to be the result. Had an' of the eood people been on their way home with a dozen or so of eggs, it is extremely doubtful If that family would have enjoyed eggs for breakfast. An ail-wise Providence saw to it that there were no eggs or missies of any kind in the audi ence. The ordinary slang terms of the day used to denote things that are the poorest of the poor, fail mis erably here and no one can get. any idea how rank this show was by ap plying such names as, a “frost” and a “lemon” to it. It was all that and then same. The Ledger wishes to impress upon its readers that the local manager, Ed. H. DeCamp, has nothing to do with the bookings for the house and that he is in no wise responsible for the appearance of such awful nightmares as that of Tuesday night. Mr. S. A. Schloss, of Wilmington, N. C., who is a well known theatrical manager, books all attractions for this house as well as many others and it is certain that some of his houses do get good shows. But Mr. Schloss should know and If he doesn’t know, should learn that there Is no better way to kill at tendance at a theatre than by send ing to a house such a trio of humbugs as .those composing the International Vaudeville Company. The veriest amateurs could have put up a per formance that would have had this bunch faded Into the next block. The local manager regrets very much the unfortunate affair, but it was not oi his manufacture and he could not help himself, i^essee Schloss is to blame and it is the earnest wish of every one that nothing more of this calibre be allowed to enter the city. To say that it is hoped it will not be repeated does not give any idea of what is meant, for that is impossible, nothing else could be as bad, so it couldn’t be repeated. To attempt to say what was prob ably the worst part of the affair is a hard proposition. Possibly, however, the marvelous (?) slight-of-hand of Count (?) Christian!, which any ; school boy could have got away with in better style and the aged chest nuts Col. (?) Joyce thust upon the defenceless crowd as jokes, are tied for honors, as the blue ribbon prize 1 winner of the evening’s entertain ment (?). It is hoped that all who were in attendance will recover from the effects, although the struggle is 1 sure to be a hard one. A GOOD STOMACH. Convention of Red Men. The convention of the seventh dis trict, composed of Union, Spartan burg and Cherokee counties, was held Friday and Saturday, September 25th and 26th, by District Deputy W. C. Parris, with the delegates of the dif ferent tribes present and general business transacted Friday, and Fri day night a public meeting was held in the court house with several good speeches by members of the different orders of the city. Saturday general business and Saturday nlgfit closed the convention with a banquet with a large crowd present and music by the brass band and string band. Would Mortgage the Farm. A farmer on Rural Route 2, Empire, Ga . W. A. Floyd by name, says: “Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured the two worst sores I ever saw: one on niy hand and one on my leg. It Is worth more than its weight in gold. I would not he without it if I had to mortgage the farm to get it.” Only 25c at Chrekoee Drag Co. Means Good Health, Cheerfulnees, Ambition, Persistency and Success. Mi-o-na will cure your dyspepsia or any other stomach trouble by building up the flabby walls, and making the stomach so strong that it will digest food without pepsin or other artificial aid. , In other words Ml-o-na cures dys pepsia by removing the cause. Gaffney Drug Co., is the agenta for Mi-o-na in Gaffney and they say to every reader of The Ledger whose stomach is weak, who has indiges tion or dyspepsia, that Mi-o-na is guaranteed to cure or money back. The price is only 50 cents a large box, and one box is all you need to prove that you are on the right road to health and nappiness. “I can’t say enough for Mi-o-na tablets; they .have done more for me in one week than all the doctors have for the two years I have been under their care, and I will do all I can to recommend It to my friend* You can also use my name In your ad. if you like, for Mi-o-na is better than gold to me. I am like a new man, and am able to work once more for the first time in over a year.”—W. A. 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