Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE 3LDEST MAN IN AMERICA of PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. the Terrors Winters By -ru-na. ' N speaking of hie good health and ex* > treme old age, Mr. Brook says: "After a man has lived in the world as long as I have, he ought to have fonnd out a great many things by ex perience. I think I have done so. ••One of the things I have found out to my entire satisfaction Is the proper thing for ailments that are due directly to the effects of the climate. For 119 years I have with stood the changeable climate ot the United States. "I have always been a very healthy man, but, of course, subject to the nfTce- tions which are due to sudden changes in theclimateand temperature. “As for Dr. Hartman*s remedy, Pe-ru-na t / have found It to be the best,if not the only reliable remedy for these affections. It has been my standby for many years, and I attribute my good health and ex treme old age to this remedy. “It exactly meets all my require ments. It protects me from the evil ef fects of sudden changes; it giv-.-s m<* strength; it keeps my blood in go >d . ir- culation. I have come to rely upon i almost entirely for the many iittli things for which I need medicine. "When epidemics of la grippe i i ’>& gan to make their appearance* i tin country 1 was a sufferer from this dis ease. ••I had several long slcr?s vr’": the grip. At first / did not .'o.-ovv that Pe-ru-na was a remedy ict this disease. When / heurd t'u la grippe was epidemic cstarf' I tried Pe-ru-na for la gripp ’ >.< found It to be just the thing." In a later letter, Mr. Brock w; i: m : “I am well and feeling as v. ! s have for years. I would no t be v.. t: *ui. Benina.” Yours truly, Mr. Joe Garrett, of King’s Moun tain, N. C., is in the city visiting his brother, Dr. J. F. Garrett, on Lime stone street. * Mr. Olan Curry has returned to the Fork Union* Military Institute after spending the holidays in the etty with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Curry, on Buford street. Mr. Edgar Moore, of the Love Springs neighborhood, was in town Tuesday. Mr. Wiliam Wisher, a prominent planter and citizen of the King’s Creek secVioa^ was among the visit ors in the city this week. Mr. R. J. W. Moss, from beyond the Broad, was among the prominent Cherokeet. s in the city this week. Mr. Art Dillingham, a ^prosperous farmer of Antioch, was in the city the first of the week. Mrs. T. B. Butler and children are in Santuc visiting Col. Butler’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. P. P. Butler. Mr. J. E. Metcalf, of Mercer, was in the city this week. Mr. John H. Wilkins, of Sarratts, was among the prominent Cherokee planters in the city this week. Capt. R. M. Gaffney is -attending United States court in Columbia this week. He is a juror. Capt. J. B. Bell went down to Co lumbia Monday night, returning to the city Wednesday night. Mr. W. Sam Lipscomb made a business trip to Columbia this week. Miss Mattie Jones, of Asbury, was in the city Tuesday visiting friends. Mr. Gregg Susong, who has been visiting in Tennessee, returned to the city Wednesday. Mr. Lowry Webber, of Wilkinsv^lle, was a visitor to the city Tuesday. Mr. O. C. Dorman, of R. F. D. No. 7, was in the city for a few hours yesterday. Program S. S. Union. The next Sunday school union of the Northern section of the Broad River Aassociation will be held with A CROSS ON HIS BACK. It W„ Mad, With Chalk, but Waa Too Hoavy to Carry. There la a story of an envious tailor current with the French peasantry. He fancied that his neighbor, who re ceived a pension for the loss of an arm Incurred while fighting for his coun try, was better off than himself. Both men went to pay their rent on the same day. “That’s a lucky man,” said the tailor to the landlord. “He gets well paid for his arm.” “But who would be willing to part with an arm, even if he were paid for It?’ said the landlord. “I would,” declared the tailor, “You!” cried the landlord. “Why, man, you wouldn’t be willing to bear anything of the sort, no matter how much you were paid for It.” “I wish some one would try me.” “Now, see here,” said the landlord, who had studied human nature, “I’ll tell you what—If you’ll wear even so much as a chalk mark on your back IT1 remit your rent as long as you wear It on your coat so it can be seen, the condition being that you tell no one why It Is there,” “Agreed,” said the tailor eagerly. “That's an easy way to pay rent.” So the chalk mark in the form of a cross was made on the back of his coat, and the delighted tailor sallied forth upon the street. Strangers and acquaintances hailed him to tell him of the mark on hi»- bnck. Jokes were made at his ex pense. children laughed and pointed at him, and his wife annoyed him with questions and with conjugal familiari ty told him he was a fool. The usual ly amiable man grew surly and mo rose; be shunned men, women and children and frequented back streets. Before the week was up the tailor found himself embroiled in a quarrel with his best friend, his wife had Plant Wood’s Seeds For The Garden 6 Farm. Thirty years in business, with a steadily increasing trade every year—until we have to-day one of the largest businesses in seeds in this country—is the best of evidence as to ‘Ihe Superior Quality of Wood’s Seeds. We are headquartets for Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats, Cow Peas, Soja Beans and til Farm Seeds. Wood’s Descriptive Catalog the most useful and valuable of Garden and Farm seed Catalogs mailed free on request. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, • Richmond, Va. the Cooley Springs church beginning on Friday before 'che fifth Sunday in threatened to leave his house, and he considered himself miserable and ill used. Finally one night he took off his coat and rubbed out the chalk mark and said: “There! I would not wear that < ross on my back another week, Mr. Isaac Brock, iiq Years I SAAC BROCK, a citizen of McLennan county, Texas, has lived for 119 years. For many years he resided at Bosque Falls, eighteen miles west of Waco, but now lives with his son-in-law at Valley Mills, Texas. Some time ago, by request, Uncle Isaac -came to Waco and sat for his picture, holding in his hand a stick cut from the grave of General Andrew Jackson. Mr. Brock is a dignified old gentleman, showing few signs of decrepitude. His family Bible is still preserved, and it shows that the date of his birth was written 119 years ago. Bom before the United States were formed. Saw 22 presidents elected. Pe-ru-na has protected him from all sudden changes. Veteran ot tour wars. Shod a horse when 99 years old. Always conquered the grip with Pe-ru-na. Witness In a land suit at the age ot UO years. Believes Pe-ru-na the greatest remedy ot the age lor catarrhal troubles. *#% // C/‘ cc-O'i’L A letter dated July 8,190fV •\ -r *;• fo Mr. Brock by his wife, Sarah J. bio*, states; ••Last winter J had just gone, up out of a spell of sickness, wha I commenced taking Peru >n. think It improved my heubb re. \ much. ” t In a postscript, Mrs. Brock adds: “I . receives a great many letters inqnirin about what Peruna will do. I do r answer them all, as I think they cu get a bottle and try it.” Ask your Druggist tor a free Peruna Almanac for 1909. Cherokee Bar Endorses Hydrick. The bar of Cherokee held a meeb ting yesterday afternoon and endors ed Judge Daniel E. Hydrick for a place on the Supreme bench. They were unanimous in expressing them selves to the effect that his elevation 1to the place would add strength and dignity to the supreme tribunal of the State. Mr. McKown Takes Charge, The retiring county superintendent of educaVion. Mr. J. L. Walker, has turned the office over to his successor, Mr. E. S. McKown. Mr. Walker leaves the schools in the county and all of the educational affairs in good condition, and the friends of Mr. Mc Kown will be equally successful in handling the schools of Vhe county. GREENWOOD HOUSE BURNED. Destruction Thought to Have Been Wrought by Incendiary. Greenwood, Jan. 12.—The resi dence of Mrs. Keller, at No. 511 East Cambridge street, was totally des troyed by fire on Sunday night. The fire was discovered abotfc 9 o’clock and soon gained such headway that it was impossible to check It. The DEATH IN SPARTANBURG. Capt. Dewberry Ex-Sheriff 'and Ex- Legislator, Passes Away. Spartanburg, Jan. 11.—Capt. John Dewberry died at his home near Cowpens last night. He was a native of this county, brought up on a poor farm. He was trained to hard work and his educavional advantages were limited. When the call came for sol- January, 1909. Introductory sermon by Rev. R. J. Introductry sermon by Rev. R. J. Tave at 11 o’clock. Enrollment of delegates. Organization. Intermission forty-five minutes. 1st query. Confusions and divis- no, not if I could have all the money ions in our churches. Who is res-, there is in Paris!” ponsible for them? Speakers J. J. C. Ezell and others. * . . ax/ —., 2nd query. The best way to gev* ROBIN HOOD NOT A MYTH. parents to go to Sunday school with | —— their children. Speakers K. D. Ed- Horo of Sherwood Forest Had a Court wards and others. , p| ace Under King Edward II. Question box. Many famous men have their names Ajourn until Saturday. „ , ... Meet Sunday at 10 o’clock. De- Unke(1 Sborwood-kln,, John, the votional exercises thirty minutes. three Edwards, Rlc.iard HI.. Cardinal 1st query. Religion as a business. Speakers C. A. S. Campbell and others. 2nd query. The family altar and Bible study in Vhe home. What it means to the Sunday school. Speak ers W. J. Henderson and others. Intermission forty-five minutes. 3rd query. Prayer-meeting work and its relation to Vhe Sunday schools. Speakers P. E. Hughey and others. 4th query. Symmetrical training of children. Speakers Rev. W. G. P. Ezell and others. Question box. Adjourn until Sunday. Meet Sunday aV 10 o’clock. Devotional exercises thirty min utes. Sunday school mass meeting con ducted by moderator. Misionary sermon at 11 o’clock by Rev. B. B. Hill. M. B. Vassey, house’ was occupied by Mrs. Keller j di “rs in 1861 he responded at once and by her son, Mr. Clyde Keller, and *£ tke formation of Com- his wife. / Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Keller had retired, but she was awake. The pany I, 13th S. C. V. Dr. Joseph L. Wofford was the captain. He was lire started in a 'pile “of“wove wood > wounded at Fredericksburg under one of the front rooms. It P" 8 d ?f°" “?"• was stated that there had been w> MILLIONS OF LIVES LOST. The Awful Toll .Collected by Con sumption. If people could only understand Vhat Catarrh is an internal scrofula— that nothing applied externally does much good—they would not need to be warned so often about this faval disease, which, when neglected, in variably ends up in Consumption, at the cost of millions of lives every year. Yet Catarrh is easily cured if Vhe right treatment is employed. Catarrh is caused by germs in the blood which cirudate throughout the entire system. External remedies give but 'temporary ease. Although the effects are often seen in the form of pimples, rash, eczema or dry scaly skin, the trouble is internal, and can never be cured by external remedies. The only way to cure Cavarrh is by employing a medicine which is ab sorbed and carried by the blood to all parts of the system, so that the mucous membrane of internal lining of Vhe body is thoroughly medicated, soothed, disinfected of germ matter, and the soreness healed. We have a remedy prepared from the prescripion of a physician who for thirty years studied and made Catarrh a speciahy and whose record of success was a cure in every case where his treatmenv was followed as prescribed. That remedy is Rexall Mucu-Tone. We are so positive that it will cure Catarrh in all ivs various forms, whether acute or chronic, that we promise to return every penny paid us for the medicine in every case where it falls Vo cure or for any reason does not satisfy the user. We want you to try Rexall Mucu- Tone on our recommendation and guarantee. We are right here where you live, and you do not contract any obligation or risk when you try Rex all Mucu-Tone on our guarantee. We have Rexall MXicu-Tone in wo sizes. The prices are 50c and $1. Very of ten the 50c size effects a cure. Of course, in chronic cases a longer treatment Is necessary. The average in such instances Is three $1.00 bot tles. The Gaffney Drug CO„ Gaffney, 8. C. over a year perhaps, and this was in itself suspicious. In addition, it was stated by Mr. Alonzo Keller that he got there before the house caught, and that when it did catch (he flames went all under the house company as soon as possible and took command of it and remained till Vhe close of the war. No better soldier went from his county. His men had the greatest confidence in him and were ,, , j, . , ready to go wherever he wenV. After at once. This would indicate that ; tho war he beKan the struggle Ior the under part of the house had been saturated with kerosene. There was $850 insurance on the house, and $200 insurance on the furniture. Mr. Keller had had some trouble with a negro, whom he had caught stealing, and it is thought that if this negro can be caught proof can be fastened on him to convict him of the dastardly crime. The house was one of the land marks of the town. On the spot on which it stood was built the first house ever built In Greenwood. This first house, destroyed years and years ago, was built by the Hon. John McGhee, a noted lawyer of old Cambridge, as is stated by Mr. C. M. Calhoun in his History of Green wood, in the year 1823. The carpen ter work was done by Jim Pert. It was a double log house with a wide passage between the rooms. Judge McGhee spent his summers here. His father, Jack McGhee, then own ed what was called the “Sweetwa ter” plantation, near town. His wife named the place “Greenwood,” and from that came the name of the town. His wife, Mr. Calhoun con tinues, was a Mliss Dozier. Judge McGhee moved from this State to Florida, and became a noted Judge of that State. bread. He managed to hold the plow and do good work with one arm. When his plow needed sharpening he would go to his shop and have one of his children to hold the plow on the anvil and he would shapen and stV It. He was elected sheriff of the county and served a term or two. He was a man of decided convictions and plain and direct in speech. He was not. cut for a politician, but people liked his honest ways. He was elect ed Vo the Legislature in 1878 and served one term. The brave soldier, the good citizen and the upright honest man has crossed the river to join his comrades on the other side HELD FOR DEATH OF MARINE. FOR RALE. FOR SALE—A nice carriage, one pair shafts, one pole and one set double harness; all in good shape, practically new, used only a short time. Will sell cheap for cash. Call at my lumber yard. - W. H. Philson, The Lumber Man. Jan. 11 tf. ■ i ■■■■■■ ■ . -A . ■ i■ ■ FOR SALE—One Oliver typewriter and case, used only six weeks, good as when first bought. Will sell cheap for cash. It will pay you to see me. W. H. Philson, The Lumber Man. Jan. 11 tf. FOR SALE—Furniture enough to furnish a six-room house. Apply to Mrs. E. T. Wilkins. Jan. 8, 12. FOR SALE—The Wessinger house. Apply to Ed Stacy aV Postofflce. Jan-. 15-19 pd. FOR SALE OR RENT—The T. L Walker house on Buford street. Ap ply to E. H. DeCamp. Jan. 5 1 mo. FOR SALE—Mules, corn, fodder, hay, wood, lumber; will also exchange sawdust for manure. ’Phone 113 or apply to W. C. McArthur. Dec. 15 tf. The Old Egg. “New York is no longer young ami unsophisticated," said a man who has visited all the old world capitals. “She has now all the weariness and vice of Paris, London and Rome. They who still speak of New York as young, childish, innocent, remind me of Lord Exe of the Carlton. “Lord Exe, at seventy, tried to lead the life of a youth of twenty-five. He dyed his hair, wore a corset and fre quented the music halls. Piccadilly circus and the Burlington arcade. One afternoon as he drove from the Carl ton in his brougham a member said, smiling: “ ‘There goes Exe. He told me over a whisky and soda just now that he felt as fresh as a two-year-old.’ “Another member sneered. “ ‘He probably meant a two-year-old egg,’ be murmured.”—New York Sun. The good form displayed by many a woman Is due to her dressmaker. President Helps Orphans. Hundreds of orphans have been helped by the President of The Indus trial and Orphan’s Home at Macon. Ga. who writes; “We have used Electric Bitters in this institution for nine years. It has proved a most ex cellent medicine for Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles. We regard it as one of the best family medicines on earth.” It Invigorates the vital organs, purifies the blood, aids diges tion, creates appetite. To strength en and build up thin, pale, ereak children or run-down people It has no eqnal. Beat for female complaint*. Only 50c at Cherokee Drag Co. »T. G. Keepler, in Jail, Charged with Killing Sidney H. Rodgers. Charleston, Jan. 13.—At a coroner’s Inquest held yesterday morning at Stuhr’s undertaking establishment on Wentworth street, over the body of Sidney Rodgers, the marine from he Navy Yard, who met his death as the result of a drunken brawl Sat urday night, the following verdict was reached by the jury: “That the said Sidney H. Rodgers came to his death Januray 10th, 1909, at the Roper Hospkal, Charleston, county, from fracture of the skull due to a fall; having received a blow inflicted by the hand of H. G. Keepler, Jan uary 9th, on Market street, near King.” As a result of the verdkft Keepler, who Is an oiler on the battle ship Texas, stands charged with homicide, and was recommitted to jail yester day by the coroner without ball. It Is known, however, that the priso ner’s attorneys will go before a Cir cuit Judge in the near future in or der to secure a release for Keepler on bond until the nxcfc criminal court convenes. The powers are warning China about Yuan 8hl Kai’s dismissal, but that nation is standing pat. Hugo and Merimee. It is probable that with the excep tion of Byron no great literary genius ever was greeted with such a storm of vilification and abuse as Victor Hugo* when he published “Les Mlser- ables.” While the book took the pub lic literally off their feet, almost all Hugo's rivals united in condemning It and its author. Prosper Merimee wrote in reference to a dinner given to Hugo at Brussels: “Have you read Victor Hugo’s speech at the dinner given to him by Belgian librarians and other scoun drels of Brussels? His statements were without depth, solidity or com mon sense. He is a man who Intoxi cates himself with words and does not take the trouble to think.” Victor Hugo retorted by writing to a friend, “M. Merimee Is a man natu rally vile.” As the Twig Is Bent. “I hope you were a good little boy while at you aunt’s and didn’t tell any stories,” said Ids mother. “Only the one you put me up to, ma,” replied her young hopeful. “Why, what do you mean, child?’ “When she asked me If I’d like to have a second piece of cake I said, ’No, thank you; I’ve had enough.'’’—Ham per’s Weekly. Wolsey and Charles 1. -but the hero of the place, the ‘ genius lo i,” Is Robin Hood. Some think that the famous outlaw of the ballads was a myth, a mere po etic conception and a creature of the popular mind, but Mr. Hunter in his research Into t he person and period of Robin Hood holds that he was born between 1285 and 1295, living through the reign of the second Edward and into the early years of the third. He was of a family of some station seat ed near Wakefield and supported the Earl of Lancaster In his rebellion against the rover.)ment. When the earl fell and his f bowers were pro scribed Robin Hood took to the woods and supported himself by slaying the wild animals found In the forest and by levying a species of blackmail on passengers along the great road which united London and Berwick. This continued for about twenty months, from April. 1322, to December, 1323, when he fill Into the king’s power, who for some unknown reason not only pardoned him, but gave him a place at court. Anyhow, a man of the name of Robyn Hode was a “varlet” of the king in 1324. Dr. Spencer T. Hall says that Robyn was created Ear! of Huntington by a London ballad writer hard up for n word to rhyme to Little John. Be this as It may, Robin Hood will always be the hero of romance, and those who love romance will refuse to believe that he never existed.—London Globe. FOR SALE—A seven-room house, lot 164x208, on Petty street. Geo. M. Phifer. Dec. 22 tf Fri, HULLS and meal delivered any where in town. Phone us. Farmers’ Oil Mill. Jan. 8 Fri. tf. I’VE tried several different, kind of sandwiches but nothing beats Par ker’s Hamburgers. Lloyd Austell, Policeman. FOR BALE—Flrst-duas babbit mat- *1. Apply at Ledger Office. FOR BALE—Old newspapers at this office. 10c a hundred. Mansfield’s Lonely Meals. There were two meals which Mans field always ate alone—breakfast and the light repast of broth and oysters late In the afternoon. An empty stom ach attacked his nerves and set his temper on edge. In the morning he was In no convenient mood until he had the Invariable coffee and bacon. After a somewhat rigid abstinence during the balance of the day and evening the fatigue of a performance edged his nerves till his midnight sup per, which, with a troop of friends about him, warmed him Into the sun niest humor of the day. A book or play was the companion of his solita ry meals.—Paul WHstach In Scribner's. Net What Bhe Meant. Tardy Arrival at a Dinner Party— I’m afraid I am too late, dear Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Smith (*ffu*iv#ly>-Oh, my dear, you could never come too The Very Firet One. The visitors In the historical nau seam gazed curiously at a small feath er pillow w hich nestled In a glass case. “I don't see anything unusual about that pillow,” remarked one of the vis itors, turning to the guide. “It’s a very valuable pillow,” replied the guide. “That Is Washington’s original headquarters.”—Llppincott’a. A Zoological Question. The director of the zoological gar dens was on his vacation. He receiv ed a note from bis chief assistant, which closed thusly: “The chimpanzee seems to be pining for a companion. What shall we do until yon retnrn?’— St Louis Republic. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—The Dudley house. Geo. M. Phifer. Dec. 22 tf Fri. Jones FOR RENT—Eleven rooms over J. E. Lpiscomb Co. store, suitable for centrally located boarding house. J. E. Lipscomb. Jan. 5 tf. TO RENT—OSes room* ever The Ledger. Apply to Ed. H. DeCamp. Not. 2. tf. WANTED. WANTED.—Sewing wanted by a graduate of The American College of Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Etola J. Camp, Peachtree St., West End, Gaffney, S, C. Jan. 12 3t. WANTED—Sewing by a graduate of College of Dressmaking of Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Eola J. Camp, Peach tree street, West End, Gaffney, S. C. Jan. 12 3t. WANTED—Grera hides; highest cash price paid. Clary 4k Kirhy. Aug. 14 tf. WANTED—One thousand scrlbers to The Ledger. eat ’ BTRAYED. STRAYED—Dark brown mule, weighing about 800 pounds. Reward to person returning same to F. N. or Ed. Blanton, at Limestone Mills. It pd. Two Words. "There are two words that I feel ■orry for.” “And they are?’ "Blithering and egregious. Nobody ever usee ’em except to call some one an Idiot or an ass.”—Louisville Courier- Journal WOOD. FOR BALE—Dry oak and pine wood, sawed for stoves. In yard la rear of postofflce. Delivered. Thone 225. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. Dec. 11 tf. Fire Insurance! We represent some to the largest and most substantial companies and would like to write your buslnees. 5-M-tf Smith A Lipscomb, Agents. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at tso LEDGER Office. Caffn^y, s C