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\ JOURNALIST OF FAME DEAD. MAJOR ORLANDO J. SMITH, POUND CR OF AMERICAN PRESS ASSO CIATION, KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE LAND. KNOX FOR CABINET. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE PHI LANDER C. KNOX, OF PENNSYL VANIA. This woman says sh© was saved from an operation by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Lena V. Henry, of Norristown, Ga., writes to Mrs. Pinkliam: “ I suffered untold misery from fe- Biale troubles. My doctor said an opera tion was the only chance I bad, and 1 dreaded it almost as much as death. “ One day I read how other women had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I decided to try it. Before I had taken the first bottle I was better, and now I am en tirely cured. “Every woman suffering with any female trouble should take 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, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands oi women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don’t you try it ? Mrs. Pinkliam invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup Relieves Colds by working them out cf the system through a copious and healthy action of the bowels. Relieves coughs bv cleansing the mucous membrai.es of the throat, chest and bronchial tubes. “As pleasant to the taste •s Maple Sugar” Children Like It> For BACKACHE—WEAK KIDNEYS Trj CsWitt s Kidnej and Biaddi; Fills Sure and Safi For Sale by S. B. Crawley Drug Co. NOTICE. 19th, I will he at the several precincts in Cherokee county for the purpose of taking returns for taxation for the fiscal year, 1909, on the following dates: At Wilkinsville, Monday, January Urh, 1909, from 10 to 3 o’clock. At Sarratts, Tuesday, January 12th, 19'>9, from 9 to 3 o'clock. At Littlejohn, Wednesday, January 13th, 1909, from S to 12 o’clock. At Timber Ridge, Wednesday,! January 13th. 1909, from 2 to 51 o’clock. | At Ravenna, Thursday, January i 14th, 1909, from 9 to 3 o’clock. At White Plains. Friday, January | 15th, 1909 from 9 to 12 o’clock. At Thickety, Friday, January 15th, | 1909, from 2 to 5 o’clock. At Macedonia, Saturday, January j 16th, 1909, from 10 to 5 o’clock. At Butlers, Monday, January 1909, from 10 to 3 o’clock. At Ezells, Tuesday, January 1909, from 9 to 3 o’clock. At Maud, Wednesday, January 1909, from 9 to 3 o’clock. At Cherokee Falls. Thursday, Jan- j nary 21st, 1909, from 10 to 3 o’clock. At King’s Creek, Friday, January , 22nd, 1909, from 9 to 3 o’clock. At Antioch, Saturday, January 23rd, 1909, from 9 to 2 o’clock. At Blacksburg. Monday, January 25th, 1909, from 8 to 4 o’clock. At Buffalo, Tuesday, January 26th. I 1909. from 9 to 1 o’clock. After this I will be at my office the remaining time for taking returns, to February 20th, 1909, as I may have no assistance, I especially request the i citizens to turn out promptly Rf their precincts that I mav get full and cor rect returns of all the property in the county. Please read the followin" I oath, signed by every citizen that makes returns for taxation: I do solemnly swear, that I have listed above, all the real and personal property, moneys, credits over and above my indebtedness, in-! vestments in bonds, stocks, Joint | sock companies, or otherwise belong ing to me, or under my control as 1 manager, holders, or a* husband, parent, guardian, trustee, executor.! administrator, receiver accounting of-1 ficer, agent, attorney or factor, on the 1st day of January, 1909, which are 1 subject to taxation under the laws of this State, and that. 1 have returned the same at what I honestly believe to be market value and that the above list, as furnished by me to the county auditor, Is a true and faithful return of all the property which I am re quired by law to list; and, further, that I am liable to the poll tax. Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of 1909. JXO. E. JEFFERIES, County Auditor. Cherokee County, 8. C. Dec. 14th, 1908. New York, Dec. 21.—Major Orlando J-.y Smith, president and general man- ^er of the American Preas Associa tion since 1862, died at his home in Dobbs Ferry last night. Major Smith luul been ill since September, a! which time he was operated on tor cancer. Major Smith was a journalist of na tional reputation. To hie training and guidance many of the men prominent to the newspaper world during the past two decades owe their position and fame. Aa head of the largest newspaper eradicate in America, Major Smith oame into intimate contact with writ ers and Journalists connected with newspapers of every grade of influ ence and importance. They have fre- fuently testified to the sterling worth of Ms character, his own ability and Us capacity for developing ability la ether*. His subordinates in the Amer loan Frees Association, many aeeodat- e4 with him for twenty yeans or more, looked up to him a* an unfelUng eource of inspiration in their work. Major Smith was born June 14, 1842, on a farm near Terre Haute, Ind . of Vermont anceotiy, his father, Hiram Smith, being one of Indiana s pioneers. He sent his son to the pub- Hc schools and later to Aebury eol- toge, now DePauw university. In lat er years the university conferred on Ma distinguished alumnus the degree of LL.D. At the outbreak of the civil war, Major Smith enlisted. He served until the end of t!ie war. in the armies of the Potomac, Ohio, and Cumberland, riolng to tho rank of major In the Sixth Indian* cavalry. He was wounded near Atlanta, Ga., and was taken pris oner. After a confinement in a con federate prison at Augusta, Ga., Major Amlfh was exchanged and rejoined his regiment. He was a member of the Loyal Legion. After the war Mar Jor Smith engaged for three years in oottou planting at Enterprise, Miss. Major Str.ith began his journalistic career at Terre Haute, Ind., as editor of The Terre Haute Mail: later he ac quired The Terre Haute Express In 1878^ He removed the latter newspa per to Chicago, continuing its publica tion as The Chicago Express. In 1882 he founded, in Chicago, the American Press Association, the mon ument to his fame, loiter the main offices of the American Press Associa tion was removed to New York. The association has branch offices fluoughout the country, serving thou Muds of newspapers. Major Smith iiossessed the broadest of minds. He found relaxation from material oarttn in the study and expo- totton of religion and philosophy mnfl •conomlcs. He embodied his viewa in aareral volumes, which have reoeivad aarioue at ten lion from the world's thinkers. The most prominent of MA Jor Smith’s books are *‘A Short View of Great Questions ” “The Coming Democracy," “Eternallem," ‘•Balance,” and “Agreement Between Science and Religion.’ “ Major Smith added to a love of learning and study a love of nature. Major Smith is survived by a wid ow, two daughters and a eon, the laet Augusta. Ga., Dec. 19.—William H. Taft, president-elect of the United States last night announced the ap pointment of United States Senator Philander C. Knox, of Pennsylvania. M secretary of state in his cabinet. The announcement followed the re PHILANDER C. KNOX. ceipi by Mr. Taft of a telegram, which came late yesterday afternoon, con veying the Information from Mr. Knox that he would accept the premiership of the Taft cabinet. Mr. Taft, without delay, made the announcement that the matter was settled. Senator Knox's first appearance as a national figure was when he entered the cabinet of William McKinley as attorney general, in 1901, to succeed John W. Griggs, of New Jersey. He was continued in the same office by President Roosevelt, and continued to serve until he resigned in 1904 to ac eeipt the appointment of United States senator from Pennsylvania. Wickersham of New York for Attorney General. New York, Dee. 19.—That President elect Taft has selected George W Wickersham, of the New York law firm of Strong & Cadawalader, to be attorney general in his cabinet, was learned today from a source that is regarded as reliable. NIGHT RIDERS EXPOSED MANY CRIMES LAtD*BAFiE IN TES TIM>0 NY AGAINST NIGHT RID ERS. Union City, Tenn., Dec. 22.—The state practically completed Its o.i:e j»slerday against the eiglw alleged night riders, on trial for the murder of Captain Rankin, when It drew from Frank Fehringer, a member band, a detailed statement, not only of tho murder Itself ami those who com mitted it, but of a scare or more f t other outrages. And then, Just u> add the finishing touches, it called to the stand Mrs. Emma Thurman Johnson, one of the two women known to have been whipiKJd by the ban-u, and heard her tell her story. It was a dramatic close to a day of sensational develop ments. Judge Jones sent out the jury before court adjourned, and said: “There are eight defendants here charged with a capital offense. They are not -hancuffed and are under guard of only two deputies. Therefore, 1 order the sheriff to handcuff these men and ask tibe military to detail ten armed men to serve as a guard.” The defense jffered vigorous objec tion, and the attorney general de clared that thio objection proved to him that the paocauifcion was necessa ry. I^ater Attorney General Caldwell said: “The order was made advisedly up on the information which reached the officers of the court, which informa tion was serious enough to justify us in taking ©very possible and legal pre caution.” World’s Greatest Pain Killer For Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Back, Stiff Joints, and Muscles, Sore Throat, Colds, Strains, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises .Colic, Cramps, Indiges- :ion. Toothache,and rllNerve, Boneand Muscle of tr^e j Aches and Pains. The genuine h as Noah’s Ark on every package. 2;c.,50c. and f i.ooby alldeal- ersin medicine everywhere. Sample by mailf ree. NOAH REMEDY CO. ,RICHMOND, VA. ,4 BO6T0N,MAtS., U.i.A. CLERK’S SALE. By virtue of a decree of partition and sale of the Court of Common Pleas for Cherokee county in the case of Julius W. Wessinger, Minnie L. Spake, nee Wessinger, and Hiram F. Wessinger, plaintiffs, against S. Corana Wessinger, Rosa L. Wes singer, Lillie Mae Wessinger and Ethel Wessinger, defendants, I will sell at Gaffney, S. C., at public auction be fore the court house door, during the legal hours for sales on salesday, Monday, January 4th, 1909, the fol lowing described property, to wit: All that certain lot or parcel of land, lying, being and situate within the town of Gaffney, State and county Sold and Guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co. 1 aforosaid ’ known as lot No - 5 on plat Two Battleships Sail Undsr Sealed Orders. Norfolk, Va.. Dec. 22.—A report late I I laet night was to the effect that tbe | battleship Maine has been ordered to; Venezuela to look after the interests , of the government and to protect, American citizens if necessary. The! •ailing order was so hurried that a 1 number of sailors were left ashore. The cruiser North Carolina, while or dered to Charleston, is also said to he under orders to be in readiness to follow the Maine on a moment's tice. • no- Dines President Tonight. Washington, Dec. 18.—Vic* Presi dent Fairbanks' splendid big mansion on K street will b® the scene tooight of the formal opening of Washington's official social season, when President Koosevelt sits down to dine as the guest of his official subordinate. It has been snggewted that the re lations of the two men have been strained, owing in part to th« recent denunciation by the president of Del- avan Smith, publisher of the Indian apolis News. The latter, who is re lated to Mr. Fairbanks. Tbe social relations of the Roose velt and Fa'rhanlui families always have been calm and unruffled. Night Riders Trial. Union Pity. T*»nn. Dec. 19.—At the end of the first day's testimony in the night rider trial the state had made material pregre-v It had Introduced teetimony covering tbe detail* of the murder of Ca? f a ! n Quentin Rankin and 18th,: nr Oourtlan.i Smith, Is vice preai-i also had eucces ’.od in presenting tes dent and assistant general manager ef tlmony supporting an identification ol I the American Press .Association. two of the prisoners as members of 20th, the masked hand. Fear Trouble in China. Hong King, Dec. 21.—It is feared that the anti-foreign movement at Canton, originally caused by the death of a coolie on the steamer Falshan, who is alleged to have been brutally kicked by a Portuguese watchman on the vessel, will culminate in an out break against all foreigner*. So *e- rious is the situation regorder that the British torpedo boat deetroyer Hart has been sent to Canton. Progress of Hains Trial. Flushing, N. Y., Dec. 22.—The trial of Thornton Jenkins Hains reached a climax of dramatic intensity yesterday when Mrs. Helene E. Annis, widow cl William E. Annis, in a deliberate re cital, lasting for nearly three hours, pictured the killing of her husband, as he sat at the tiller of his boat, by Cap tain Peter C. Hains, Jr. 17 Gents a Day Buys an Ofiver This amazing offer—the New Model Oliver Typewriter No 5 at 17 cent* a day is open to everyo.idy, everywhere. It's our new and immensely popular plan of selling Oliver Typewriters on little easy pay ments. The abandonment of conchami in favor of clean, legible, beautiful typkwkit- ino i-» the next great step in human progress Already—lu all lines of business and all professions—the use of pentnd ink is largely restricted t-> the writing of signatures. Business Colleges and High Schoms. watch- fu ’f toe trend of public sentiment, are training a vast army of young people in the use of Oliver Typewriters. The prompt and genetous response of the Oliver Typewr ier C o m p a n y to the world-wide demand for universal type writing, gives tre mendous impetus to t he movement. F The Oliver, with the largest sum «’ ov Typewriter in existence, was the logic.. *t..t- chine to take the initiative in bringing about the universol use of typewriters. It always leads! - ---- Save Your Pennies and Own T*)*- - OLIVER Typewriter The Standard Visible Typewriter This 17-eonts-a-day selling plan makes the Oliver as e.sy to own astoient. It places the mu nine In easy reach of every home every innivbiutl. A man’s "oUar money”— a woman’s "pin money"—will buy it. Clerss on small salaries can now afford to own Olivers. By utilizing spare moments for i raettee they may fit themselves for more Important positions. School I toys and school girls can buy Oil vers by saving their pennies. You can buy an Oliver on tills plan at tho regular catalogue, price—$100. A small hrst payment brings the machine. Then you save 17 cents a day and pay monthly. And the possession of an Oliver Typewriter enables you 10 earn money to linlsii paying for the machine. Advantages Service Possibilities made by R. O. Sams, surveyor, on May 26th, 1897, for Samuel Jefferies, and described as follows: Beginning on corner of Jefferies and Johnson streets, and running with Johnson street N. 35 1-4 E. 160 feet to an alley; thence with said alley N. 54 3-4 W. 84 feet to corner of lot No. 4; thence S. 35 1-4 W. 160 feet to Jefferies street; thence with Jefferies street S. 54 3-4 E. 84 feet to the beginning corner, contain ing 13,440 square feet, more or less, and being one of the lots deeded to W. U. Hamrick by the Buford Street Land Company on February 8th, 1900, and the same conveyed to said Emma M. Wessinger by W. C. Hamrick, by deed dated May 30th, 1900, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Cherokee county on the 9th day of September, 1904, in Deed Book “H.," page 352. TERMS OF SALE: One-half cash, and the balance on a credit of twelve months with interest from day of sale at eight per cent, per annum, credit portion to be secured by mort gage of the premises sold, with leave to the purchaser to pay all c?sh, if he so desires. Purchaser must comply with bid at once or a re-sale will be had on the same day, on the same terms, at the risk of the defaulting purchaser. This property is being re-sold at the risk of W. C. McArthur, purchaser at foitmer 'sale. J. EB JEFFERIES, C1T{. C. C. Pi’s & G. S. Puii. Dec. 17, 24 and 31. NOTICE. Owing to a misunderstanding I am having the above property re-sold to satisfy all parties concerned. w. c. McArthur, Purchaser. December 11th, 1908. Killed by Automobile. Macon, Ga., Dec. 22.—The death ol Mrs. Archie Smith, at Jonesboro, waa announced here yesterday following the injuries she sustained yesteoviay when Franklin Moreland, the negro chauffeur of this city, struck her. The Oliver is the most highly perfected typewriter cm the mar ket—hence its 100 per cent, efficiency. Among its sources of conveniences are: th* Balance Shift the Ruling Device the Double Release the Locomotive Base the Automatic Spacer the Automatic Tabu lator th* Disappearing In dicator the Adjustable Paper Fingers the Scientific Con densed Keyboard The O.iver Type writer t u r ns out more work, of Imtter (luallty ami greater variety than any other writing ma chine. Simplicity, strength, ease of op eration and visibility arejthc cornerstones of its towering su premacy In Correspondence Card Index Work Tabulated Reports Follow-up Systems Manifolding Service Addressing Envel opes Working ou Ruled Forms Cutting Mimeo graph Stencils Two Officers Arrested. Lawrenoovllle, Ga., Dec. 22.—J. W. B. Maugham, a constable, and Kelly Elrod, a deputy, were lodged in jail here Sunday niTtfut charged with nmr der, for the killing of Zack Cleghorn early last Saturday morning. Can you spend 17 cents a day to better ad vantage than In the purchase of this wonder ful machine ? Write for .-tp-'cliil Rasy Payment Proposi tion or see the nearest«diver Agent. The Oliver Typewriter Co. Oliver Typewriter BMg., Chicago, 111 Nov-6 27l CLERK’S SALE. By virtuo of a decree of partition and sale of the Court of Common Pleas for Cherokee county m the case of McK. Albergotti, plaintiff, vs. Ma bel Gaffney, defendant, I will sell at Gaffney, S. C., at public auction be fore the court house door, during the legal hours for sales, on salesday, .Monday, January 4th, 1909, the fol lowing described property, to wit: That certain lot, parcel or tract of land, lying, being and situate in the town of Blacksburg, Cherokee county, South Carolina, near the old station of the S. C. & G. Ex. Railway Co., and described as follows: Beginning at a stake on the corner of N. W. Har din’s and others on the old Yorkville road, just opposite a large oak tree, and running east with the Yorkville public road 420 feet; thence at right angles with this line and parallel with Deal’s old line, 210 feet; thence at right angles with this line 420 feet; thence 210 feet to the point of begin ning, containing two (2) acres, more or less and same being the same plot of land conveyed to J. H. Gaffney oy C. B. Byars. TERMS OF SALE—Cash, purchas er to pay for papers. J. EB JEFFERIES, Cl’k. C. C. Pi’s. & G. S. Pul), Dec. 17, 24 and 31. THE GIRL AUBURN Suicida Cashiar Union Pacific. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 21.—William R. Kelley, cashier of the Union Pacific railroad at South Omaha, committed suicide yesterday by sending a bullet through hfp brain. Kelley left a letter to his wife, wihich indicated that overwork had perhaps unbalanced his mind. William Clark Dtad. Columbus, C . Der. !9.—William L. Clark, aged SI year*-, one of the wealthiest and most prominent citizens of Columbus, died yesterday. He was superintendent of the Mo bile and Girard railroad, in Alabama, for many years; was manager of the Columbus and Rome road for years; was associated with the old Muaco gee railroad, and, at one time, was summoned to Mexico to direct the con struction of the Mexican National rail road. He was a director in large in stitutions in Columbus. Mr. Clark was a native of Savannah. TRESPASS NOTICES. Trespass Notices, on heavy card board, for sale at The Ledger office. Disappointed in Lcve Shot Self. Dallas, Tex., Dec. 21.—In the pres eoce of the young woman who had! Just refused to marry him, Rex W. j Woodfolk. aged 22, la&t night shot himself through the heart and fell dead across the couch from which the terrified young woman had leaned. General Awakening of Southland. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 21.—That the clarion call to the southland, awakening it to a new era of indue try and commercial progress, has sounded through the recent congress, is the opinion of G. Grosrenor Dawe, director gsaimi %i the ooogresa. President to Give Evidence Askod. Washington, Dec. 19. — President Roosevelt has begun preparations for submission to congress a mass of evi dence on which he based the state ir.ents in his annual message regard ing the secret service, and for which the Perkins resolution, passed in the house, called ou the president to pro duce. The amount of work necessary to put this evidence in shape for presen tation to congress is ho great that It will not be ready to send to the house until after the Christmas recess. Prominent Jackson Woman Dead. Jackson, Ga., Dec. 19.—Mrs. Martha Reepass, one of the best known and most prominent women In the county, died at the age of 92, after an lltoe of six weeks, of a complioatiea of 4to WITH THE HAIR. Is on the outside package of every bottle of Parisian Sage. Should you forget the name simply ask for the package with “the girl with the Au burn hair” upon it. And what a won derful sale Parisian Sage has made for itself in America in a little over a year. And what a multitude of people have been cured of failing hair, dan druff and itching scalp by its use. And how the American women praise Paris i a n Sage for its peculiar ability to turn harsh, faded, lusterless hair into fresh, beautiful, silky and lustrous hair in a few days. Parisian Sage is today the favorite hair dressing and tonic of discrimi nating Americans, not because of sensational methods of advertising but because it is the only hair restor er that will do just what it is advertis ed to do. It kills the dandruff germ and cures dandruff in two weeks. If it doesn't The Gaffney Drug Co., the agent in Gaffney, will give you your money back. “I had been troubled with dandruff for five years, but since using Pari sian Sage I have not been bothered with it. I only used one-half bottle when I noticed that dandruff was disap pearing. I consider it the best hair tonic I ever used.”—Mrs. C. B. Mor ton, 450 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1908. If yon haven’t tried Parisian Sage get a bottle today. It is a delightful dressing. The price is only 50 cents a large bottle at Gaffney Drug Co. or direct, all ‘charges prepaid, by the American makers, Giroux Mfg. Co., Buffalo, N. Y. —One box of Grip Tablets will cure that cold or money refunded. Gaffney Drug Co. —Two lag cabins and dolls for *wo little girls at Gaffney Jewelry Co. DON’T Don’t do your Christ mas Buying before you see me. Yours truly, S. R* Suber The Kandy Kitchen. Phone 167. NOTICE. I am now taking orders for frost proof cabbage plants for immediate delivery. The famous Charleston Wakefield and other varieties. I so licit your orders. Gus Abernathy. Dec. 11, Fri.. 4t Smokers Attention! A new departur:! We have decided to sell Christmas week w. at Official Seal Cigars we now have on hand at 5 cents straight; box of 50 at I2.50. Official Seal Cigars are regular 10c Cigars. This is a great epportuuity to get a box of good Cigars tor your Christmas s-nokes at a •moll price. Norma Martinez are all Havana Cigars. This Cigar needs no recommendation at ou- hands. We are agents for this well and favorablv known Cigar; £2.50 per box of 50. Franklin, Tamps Fad, Cincos and lamps Psd, sll good Cigars; $4.00 per ico. “Very Best” a Cigar that bids fair to make us s leader bos Just enough Habsna goods in it to moke it go; box of 2$ at |i.oo. subaeriba tor Tho Lsdgor. tuB. Gaffney Drug Company | HAVE YOUR ELECTRIC WORK DONE BY THE I Lawrence Electric Go. Office next door to Pearl Steam Laundry. We guarantee all work to meet the requirements of the Undei writers Asso ciation. SUnysrncaWUsoo Henry K. (Morns Wilson & Osborne ‘ LAWYERS Spartanburg, S. C Will practice in Cherokee Coarts. Call by phone, telegraph or letter. 8-26-tf K you nood Job Printing, oond ua—Ours will mako you omlto. 4