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-v " ' ‘ i 1 .f Tr i; : ' • fifSl ►// A Bold Step. Vb •▼^(•01110 th« woll-pronndwl »Monablo objections of the more into!- Ugenv to tlto use of secret, motlieiual <s m- pounds, Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. y.,«ome time ago,decided tom iUo a hoi 1 departure ft im the usual couroe pt:r UwJ i*»y the makers of put-up medicines for d > nestle use, am}, so has published broad* east and of^nTy to the whole world, a full and eompSfrte list of all tho Ingredient entering iuwplhc composition of his widely celebrated ^pdiddes. Thus he has taken his nuaier> : - j/Iirons and patients Juto hit full/on^mnce. Thus too he has re* novetymivfhcdicines from among secret nostr/mrof doubtful merits, and mads themvficmcdics of Known Composition. By this bolcLsten Dr. Pierce has shown that pis formulas art) y' ^iirh * tnat ne [s not a I naid subject them to MUCH Bill FLOWEU Five Hooicides In Louisiana and Mississippi. ALL IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS FORTUNE FOR TOCCOA MAN. — Not only does the wrapper of every bo'tie Of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, the { amous medicine for weak stonai h. pld N |F" iver or biliousness and all catarrhal disea-cs wherever located, have printed upon it, »:* plain EnolUh. a full and complete list of ail the InpredientH composing it, but a small book has been compiled from numerous standard medical works, of all the different schools of practice, containing very numer ous extracts from the writings of leading practitioners of medicine, endorsing in th» Strongest po$o>iiile terms, each and every t nTro dden t contained in Dr. Pierce’s medicines. One of these little books will be mailed free to any one sending address on postal card or by letter, to Dr. K. V. Pierce, Buff alo, N. Y.. and requesting the same. From this little book it will be learned that Dr. Pierce’s med icines contain no alcohol, narcotics, mliu r-l Sgents or other poisonous or injurious aio nts and that they are made from native, mebii i- sal roots of grvat value: also that some of the most vain aide ingredients contained In |)r. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for weak, nervous, over-worked, ’’run-down," nervous and debilitated women, were employed, lou n ' pears ago, by the Indians for similar admen , affecting their squaws. In fact, one of the most valuable medicinal plants entering it to the composition of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Ihe- feription was known to the Indians as •8auaw-Weed." Our knowledge of the uses £ 001 a few of our most valuable native, me- dnal plants was gained from the Indians. As made ij? by improved and exact p.u- aesses. the "Favorite Prescription "is a mo t efficient remedy for regulating all the wom anly functions, correcting displacements, as prolapsus, ant—-p-slon and rdo;-s , overcoming painful periods, toning up the nerves and bringing about a perfect ;c aioof health, bold by all dealers In csdlcinea. In One Fight Monkey Wrench and a Sledge Hammer Were the Weapons Used—Two of the Killed Are Report ed To Be Negroes. New Orleans, La., Sept. 30.—'Five homciides came to light in lx>uisiaaa and Mississippi Tuesday night. In addition to the killiug of Postof- ifice Inspector Charles Fitzgerald at Clinton, Miss., by the assistant post master, Mississippi furnished one other killing and Louisiana three ad ditional ones. At Greenville, Miss., Lon Daven port and Jack Robinson engaged in a i fight with a monkey wrench and a sledge hammer as weapons, Davenport j wielding the sledge hammer, killed j Robinson. At Areola, 1^., Robert Gill, a well known planter, was shot and killed Uncle Died in Sooth America Leaving Big Bank Depoelt. Tocooa, Oe. Sept. 30.—R. J.. W. Hitt, of this city, received the nr.'s recently that an uncle of his had died in the Argentine Republic, leaving a large sum on deposit in the Cordova bank. Frank Bates, the deceased, left his home in Greenville county. South Carolina, thirty years ago. He de elded to go to California prospecting, and after remaining there several years made a lucky strike In the bed of one of the smaller streams In the mountains near Sacramento. After working bis claim for a cou ple of years and reaping a good har vest from it, he was Induced to go j to South America by a friend who had reaped a fortune fnom the mountains ! of that country. , Mr. Bates bought ' a partnership with this friend, and soon after became the sole owner of i six mines, partner. SPOKE TOJTUDEHTS Longworth and Sherman at Uni- versity of Illinois. FORMER ROUNDLY CHEERED Used Baseball Similes to Score HI'* Striking Points and Got Off a Hu. morons Hit on the Democratic Nom inee for the Presidency. Champaign, Ills., Sept. 30—A big crowd of students of the university of Illinois at Urbana, shouted themselves hoarse when ’•Nick” Longworth, as they delighted to call him, spoke to them on campaign issues, using base, hall similes to score his striking points. In their eagerness to show through the death of bis i their appreciation of the congress. • man from Ohio, however, they did Much! not neglect their guest of honor, the republican vice presidential nominee, James S. Sherman, whom they greet This was the last heard from him by any of his relatives, as his father and mother died at this time. Noth ing more has been heard fnom him | as “Sunny Jim.'’ until July 16, 1908, when Mr. Hitt re- Entertained by Y. M. C. A. celved notice from the government M r - Sherman, who anived heie by that a large sum of money was on de. by Chester Hyde, who said he acted at the H ank of Cordova, at in self-defense. He claimed that Gill j Buenos Ayres, credited to Mr. Bates. trolley from Danville after midnight, accompanied by Mr. Longworth and other members of his party, was the Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup Relieves Colds by working them out o f the system through a copious and healthy action of the bowels.* Relieves coughs by cleansing the mucous membranes of the throat, chest and bronchial tubes. •‘As pleasant to the taste as Maple Sugar” Children Like It« fer EA3KACi!H-./EA.t KICKEYS Try IkVItil KMmj and Bladdar Pills Sura aid Sill per Ml* fry —Wuej o*m O* NOTICE TO BRIDGE BUILDERS. Notice is hereby given, that seal bidr will be received at the office of the County Supervisor until 10 o'clock A. M. on Monday, October 5th, 1008. for the erection of a steel bridge acroes Buffalo creek on the road leading from the town of Blacksburg to Buffalo chnrch, at the site of what was known as “Morgan’s bridge;' also* sealed bids will be received for the construction of a lint class wooden bridge, same to be covered aad protected from the weather for the same site. Plans, specifications, and surveys may be seen at the office of the County Supervisor. All parties of fering bids will be required to com plete the bridge by December 1st, 1908. All bids should be sealed and endorsed thereon, “Bids for Buffalo Bridge,” and addressed to “E. F. Lipscomb, County Supervisor, Gaff ney, 8. C.” By order of the board. E. F. Lipscomb, Supervisor Cherokee Co. waylaid him with a shotgun and was taking aim when Hyde fired. The other two killings were of ne groes. "•MOROCCAN SITUATION. France and Spain Receive Reply to Their Joint Note from Power*. Paris, Sept. 30.—Having now re- oeived replies from all the powers to their point note on the Moroccan sit uation, France and Spain are at pres ent engaged in preparing a reply in which, it is expected, the reservation* made by Germany, Austria-Hungary aad Italy will be met satisfactorily. The notification of Mulai Hafid of his recognition as sultan of Morocco by the dean of the diplomatic corps at Tangier will be conceded and no for mal disavowal of the holy war will be exacted of him. The negotiations regarding the re imbursement of the expenses incurred by France and Spain at Casablanca are proceeding amicably. BODIES LIE UNBURIED. who died in 1906. It is thought that Mr. Bates left a considerable amount of real estate In Argentina, though nothing has been found out yet. EARLY ROMANCE RECALLED. Inciden t in the College Days of M r - and Mcs Bryan. New York, Sept. 30.—A special to the World from Brocton, Mass., says: “It is said that the facts have never been published before that Mrs. Wil liam Jennings Bryan—before she be came Mrs. Bryan—was once expelled from school on account of taking a carriage ride with Mr. Bryan. “The Rev. Julian S. Wadsworth, pastor of the Central Ppiseopal church of ‘Brockton . accompanied them on that memorable ride. The future Mrs. Bryan was then attending Jacksonville Presbyterian academy in Illinois. It was while Bryan and Wadsworth were students at Illinois college in Jack sonville. She was later re-instated and became valedictorian of her class, as did Mr. Bryan of his.” This woman says that women should not fail to fry Lydia !•]. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as she did. Mrs. A. Gregory, of 2355 Lawrence St., Denver, Col., writes to Mrs. Pinkham: “ 1 was practically an invalid for six { ears, on account of female troubles. underwent an operation by the doctor’s advice, but in a few montlis 1 was worse than before. A friend ad vised Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and it restored me to perfect health, such as I have not enjoyed in many years. Any woman suffering as I did witli backache, bearing-down pains, and periodic pains,should nut fail to use Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.’’ FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, lias been the standard remedy for female ills, and has posit ively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pnins, backache, that bear- mg-dotvn feeling, flatulency, indiges tion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don’t you try it? Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. MUSIC! » is the. everv & but “how good 1 question that oery j| one should ask in buy- I ing Candy. : : ■ The old saying that ‘‘a I man is judged by the ■ Candy he gives” holds I good today same as I always. : : Buy the best. Don’t | take the“just as good” B kind. Nothing quite I equals Famous Bon Bons and Chocolates. They are in a distinctive, exclu sive class to them* seiVes. : : : : : All orders receive prompt and careful attention. : : : ; Pestilence May Follow the Flood* That Have Occurred Recently. Hyderabad, India, Sept. 30.—It is feared thai pestilence will follow the floods that have occurred in the Hy derabad and Daccan districts as a re sult of the unprecedented rainfall of the past few weeks. The waters subsided Tuesday and the country is now strewn with unbur ied bodies, estimated to number not less than one thousand. Most of the corp-es are those of women and children. They are de composing rapidly. Many elephants are employed in r«- moviii" the d* ad. “HUMAN FREAK” FOUND DEAD. Physician* Say Death Was Caused by Rupture of Heart. Kansas City, Mo.. Sept. SO.—With •his body full of holes and scars, the result of many years of feats such as sticking pins, needles and sharp in struments through the face, neck and arms, and the swallowing of tattys, broken glass, rough on rats and other deadly poisons, Henry J. Johnson, “Human Freak” and strong man, was found 'dead in bed in a rooming house here Tuesday night. Physicians attribute his death to a rupture of the heart. Johnson's home was at Brie, Pa. PREACHER AND WIFE DROWN. Couple Had Only Been Married a Few Day* Ago. Lexington, Ky., Sept. 30—Telephone messages received here state that Rev. F. M. Hill, formerly of this city, with his wife, to whom he had been wedded only a few days, was drowned near Chaplain, Nelson county, N. Y., Tuesday. Mr. Hill was a leader In the Methodi. t church in Kentucky. Rev. Mr. Hill and his wife were driving a horse which became fright ened and backed the vehicle over a big high bank, into the river. Exposition Cloeed. • New Orleans, La., Sept. 30.—Wed- nesday the New Orleans Home Mann ufacturers' exposition, an attraction unique in this section of the south, closed after a month's continuous per formance. Th*- notable feature of the exposition has been the fact that it wa* the first ever held in this city and that .in many respects it symbolized the beginning of manufacturing growth it this part of the country. Ftor a mini ber of years Ixiuisiana has exempted factories from taxation in an effort to foster manufactures. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given to aU con cerned that I shall apply to Hon. J. E. Webster, Probate Judge for Chero kee county, South Carolina, at his of fice, Gaffney, S. C., on Saturday, Oc tober 24th, next, at 10 a. m., for final settlement and discharge as Guardian of the estate of Miss Laura E. Smith, minor, but now of age. A. W. Smith, Ganrdlan. Pab. in Gaffney Ledger Oct. 2, 9, 16 and 23, 1908. Get Verdict of One Cent. Belleville, 111., Sept. 30.—A seal ed verdict awarding damages of 1 cent was returned in the circuit court of St. Clair county here after attor neys for the plaintiff had stated that they had agreed to take the case for one half the damages recovered. The suit was instituted by Mrs. Lona Schwartz, of French Village, who asked 810,000, alleging that ber step daughter, Amelia Schwartz, had oalk ed her by objectionable names. $75,000 Damage by Fire. Areola, Miss., Sept. 30.—The business portion of this town was al most totally destroyed by fire Monday night. Fifteen business houses were burned down, including the telephone exchange and postoffice. The loss is not known, but probably will be cov ered by $76,000, with very little In surance. PEANUT BUTTER —AT— V. Kyle Davenport's Ship Sinks; Passengers Saved. Dover, .Sejt. 30.—The touriet steam yacht Arginaut, which left Lon don for Lisbon with 260 persons. In cluding passengers and crew on board, went down between ©over and Dnn- geoness Wednesday morning after having been in collision with the the steamer Kingswell in a fog. All on board the Arginaut took to the boats and came ashore here safely. Big Milt Resumes. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 30.—A special from Ten Mile, Mis*., says that the Ten Mile I.umber company has resum. ed operations after a close down of many months. This mill has a capaci ty of 76,000 feet per day and is one of | (he few mills that cute to its full capacity mouth in and month oat. Republican College League. i New York, Sept. 30—EJastern head, quarters of the National Republican college league were opened in the of fice of the republican national com mittee here. Herbert M. Myers of Columbus, O., is in charge. BRIEF DISPATCHES. JAMES S. SHERMAN. guest of Congressman William B. Me- Kinley, of the nineteenth congression. al district, under whose direction a lively two days’ campaign will be con- ducted in nearby towns. Before the speech making at. the university Mr. Sherman and Mr. I-ongworth, were entertained by the Y. M. C. A., of Urbana, and from there they went to the college campus, where the stu dents thronged the grounds, eager to hear and see the speakers. Mr. Long- worth , who is something of a baseball “fan” himself, was right at home In likening Mr. Bryan to the celebrated Casey, famous in song, and the stn- denite cheered to the echo. Bryan Likened to Casey. The speaker declared that wUle the doughty Casey had struck out hut once, Mr. Bryan had already been struck out twice'and now, as the re sult of a third ball pitehed from the White House, he thought it would be three strikes and out. If the ap plause that followed that assertion by President Roosevelt’s son-in-law was any criterion, his hearers unani mously agreed with him. Mr. Sherman dealt briefly wKh the Importance of the young voters seri ous attention to the issues at stake In the present campaign and urged them to support Mr. Taft for presi dent. Honduran Jails Are Full. New Orleans, La., Sept. 30.—Tim. oteo Miralda, commandante of the district of Celba, Honduras, before President Davila came into power, ar rived here Tuesday on the steamer Bills. He claimed that Honduras Jails are full of both men and women held in connection with the recent up rising against the Davila government. He said also that favorites of the gor- ernment are getting rich and alleged that a government employe at El Per- venir in three months made $30,000 in Honduran money through the customs department. Miss Carrie Roas Williams, (Bachelor pf Music, Syracuse University.) Private instruction in Piano and Voice. Chorus classes for adolts and children. For information call at MRS. J. G. JEFFERIES. Sept. 14 tf. i Cherokee iDnig Com'py 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. Cherokee B. i L. ‘ V. V. toffnej, Sec'j ft Treu. C. A. Jefferies, Prest. DR W. K. GUNTER O JEC I* T I » T Oi’ice in Star Theatre Buildmi’ Phome No. 90. Cholera Continues to Docllno. Manila, Sept. 30.—The Cholera continues to decline. But ten oases were reported during a period of 12 hoars Monday. Mrs. A. C. Carter, an American school uachor. Is among those stricken. The new reduced postal rate be tween this country and England went into effect on Oct. 1 Three member* of the crew of a steamer from Tagaurog, Russia, for Antwerp, died of cholera en route. The Anaconda Copper Mining com pany has declared a quarterly dlvi dend of 56 cents a share. This is un changed fnum the last previous quar ter. It is now reported that Japan will reduce the large force of troops held in northern China to only two com panies. By making this reduction in the Chinese forces Japan will be able to make a saving of $376,000 an nually. Two railroad news agents were fined $76 each *t Wesson, Miss., charged with *e,li ? ’ 5 kv within corporate limit., of \Y..h*.ii. They worked on II lli’.oL Omtral trains. Made Successful Flight. Chalon’s Sur Marne, France, Oet 1.—>Henry Fat-man made a flight of 43 minutes in his aeroplane Tuesday, •overlng a distance of 26 miles. An the flight took place after sunset. It will not be taken into consideration for the Bichelin aero club prises. Hr. Far man said that he descended only because of the danger of becom ing entangled in the telegraph wires on account of darkness. Town Wiped Out by Fire. Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 30.—A dio- patch from Fernie received here states that the new town of Michel was wiped out by fire Tuesday night. The little town was partially destroyed finrlng the big forest fire on July $1. Mechanics’ Strike Declared Off. Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 30.—Glie Banadian Pacific mechanics’ strike, Ohleh started Aug. 4, wa* declared Iff late Tuesday night. The strike Mvolved 20,000 men. New Store Room ■ Good 5-Room Dwelling ■ 55 Aoros Land ® Business well established with local and country patronage, store room re- I cently enlarged to 35x65 to accommodate increasing trade. Books open for inspection to show steady growth of business since its beginning. Purchasing I stock now on hand consisting of general merchandise, is optional. Comfortable five-room dwelling, in good condition; barn; 2 tenant homes and fine orchard. Most of the land in a high state of cultivation, 2 branches, D good springs, sufficient wood for family use. ■ The property is.situated inside the corporate limits of Gaffney, and within I half a mile of court house, and fronts on the main Union public road. For the investor, or (or a home with basinets and farm combined, there is nothing on the market to equal this. I Possession given at once, or present owner will guarantee tenant for both store and dwelling as long as desired. ■ Property offered as a whole, or will sell 45 acres without building it J100 per ace. J Gaffney Trust Comp’y m OWes (• bi w- 1