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i I THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., FEBRUAtlY 1?, 1898. A NOTE OF LIFE. Tike it an you f.nd It— Black or beaming B:i il« and never mind it— Little time to aigli. Fa.i*. the clou '.8 are creeping Over heavens of blue. Little time for weeping— Bkies'll weep for you! K<‘ep the pathway steady— .lc aven it not so iiigh. tihi'ii Uod oali., say “Keadyl’' Bmlla and !;is< goodby. —Atlanta Constitution. BILLY GORDON. "Our mate was a man anyway!’’ cried Hillyard. "What d’you mean?" said Luker sul lenly. " ’E wiped me over tiio eye with a stopper and nigh blinded me. If I ’adu’t bin a poor man, I’d ’avo ’ad the law on 'iin. ’’ "You’d ’ave ’ad thunder,” said Hill- yard, and he turned to the others. They were sitting in the smoking room of the Sailors’ homo at Hull, chewing to- Larco and the cud of dismal rellectiou such as comes up *,Theu times are hard and the weather beastly, for outside Salthouso lane was ankle deep in slush, while rain and hitter sleet mingled upon an easterly vnnd fresh from the North sea. "Bah! Shut the bloomiu door, can’t you?" said Hillyard impatiently as a newcomer came in. "I was shuttiu of it,” said the other man. "Do you want mo to shut it when I’m on’y ’arf in or outside, mate?” “No, but it’s that cold it would freeze the toes off of a North sea pilot, and I’m just out of the Mediterranean," said Hillyard mere good tempercdly than he had yet spoken, for he was evi dently the boss of the crowd Ly right of strength and a certain savage temper. He spoke with decision, and there was the salt of the seven seas on his tanned face. Not a craft afloat but he knew her; the paint and the funnel of a tramp were common inevitable knowledge to him. "But I was tell in you,” he went on, "about Gordon, our mate in the Japan, when wo went to Jteval with a mixed cargo, what Eyetalians calls a fritter mister, and come back with tickers. ’E was a man. Now, wasn’t Gordon a man, you Thompson?” . And Thompson nedded. !_ ..V^ou sec what Thompson thinks," said Hillyard to Luker, "and what ’e says goes with me. I don’t care if ’o did bung up your eye. If so bo ’e'd bunged up mine, I’d say the same, ’cause I Lnowed Tm long afore I ever clapped eyes on the Japan, with ’er bloomiu old eight ton a day and eight knot an hour steady crawl. I knew ’im in tho W. H. Smith, out of Frisco for Ilo-Ilo, and ’e was afore the stick with me (’o ’adu’t no second greaser’s ticket then), and I’m telliu yon it wouldn’t ’avo bin ‘Tom’s bound to Hilo’ with us V * if it ’adn’t bin for ’im. I owuthut as a man in tho fo’o’slo ’o wafllBfc of a sea lawyer; but then ’o I seed ’is sisters’ photos, ^^^^ftftirls was daisies—quite the Ihdj "But, as I was sayin, lawyer, and when ’o shippel H. £mith ’o took it into 'is ’cad as she warn’t seaworthy and was too deep, and ’o tried to get us to skin out. "Ob, but if Gordon ’ad tho ’eavy ’and (when it was wanted, Luker) ’e ’ad a tongue, and ’e could make up any kind of a yarn ns easy as make sennit, and ’e’d work round of a man before ’e kuowed it, and ’e’d enough brass about ’im to sheet a cruisin frigate with. "Says ’e cue day as we squatted in tho fo’c'sle of tho W. H. Smith—for we went aboard that time three days afore she sailed, ’ell itself not beiu fuller of devils than Frisco was of sail ors and tho skipper Lein noways jeared of our skippiu—says ’e—Gordon, I mean, ‘This blocmin old hooker is u doomed craft, mates. ’ ""Ow’s that?’ I arsts ’im, for 'o spoke serious, and serious 'o looked. "‘She is,’says ’c, ‘she’s that deep, and they’ve got ’er by tho ’ead now, and at this season we shall get it stiff from the northeast, and tho seas out yonder when it do blow, why, they’re short and steep, and she’ll dive, and, what’s more, bho’ll never once up no more. ’ " ‘You believe it?’ says a Dutchman. " ‘I do, solemn,’ says Gordon. ‘I met a man as was shipmates in ’er ou’y yesterday, and I says to ’im, "I’m in the W. H. timith," an 1 ’e says, "Do you know ’er?” And of course I an swers, "No; what’s wrong?” ’E screws ’is face up and says, "Well, she’s rather a wet ship." "Wet? Is that all?" 1 answers, and then he says, "She’s worse than theLcanderas wash ed over and killed more than 70 men in five years. ’’ ’ "bo wo came on board, and out to sea we goes. ‘“You mind your bloomiu stops,’ says the old man, ‘and bygones is by gones. You was all skippers awhile back, but I’m skipper now, and I’ll skip you if you ain’t good and smart, bo now then, my bullies, you cuu turn to. Ca- lashee watch till we gets outside tho gate. ’ For we lay off Goat island anoth er 48 hours. "You’d ’ave thought Gordon would ’ave took it bad, beiu so euchred. But no, ’e didn’t. I don’t take no back scut when sailorizin is on, not with no man, bar that Fnunotso quick as I was, but Gordon—Billy wo called ’im then —was up to my mark at everything, and over it on navigation, for that I kuow’d nothin of. And ’o was as quick us uuy cat, 1 11 say that, aloft us in jaw. And no man could best ’im with his longue. "Howsoever, wo ’ad a good time for about three weeks, though the wind was light, and then it breezed up from Lbe nor’-nor’cast, and it begun to look rbe second night was wove than Irst, Aud ucWfc a nmu turned in. |tways an mail in l; moro’u 'i-. beats ['hough what good, 1 dcuno. If so Vad dpno a;' A‘talauta, we’d ’a™ been left, for nothin could ’avo lived in tho sea. It was get through or bust, aud it looked more like bo?4Bi, I must say. For when they could ’ave ’ove her to they didn’t. “Billy and mo stood most of the night just aft of the deck’onse, and with us was tho bos’u’s mate. I never seed uuy one so ’appy as Billy was, for the worse it got tho more ’e cheered up. "‘Let ’er rip,’says ’e,‘there ain’t nothin like excitement. It’ll be the death o’me one of these days. What cheer; go it, my beauty.’ " ‘Oh, dry up,’says tho bos’n’s mate, who ’ad tho fear of God in ’is ’eart. ‘bhe’ll go; she’ll go. Aud this time. Oh, Lord!’ "And down went the W. H. Smith , with a plunge that made me a bit sick. ; And she took it in over the ’ead, solid green it was, and it came over from tho topgallant fo’c’sle two feet deep, roar- j ing like a cataract. "The skipper yelled out from the break of tho poop, and the bos’u crawl ed aft, hanging on to the rail. " ‘Get a couple of canvas bags aud i oil, ’ says the old man, ‘and sling them j over forward from tho cat’eads. ’ "‘Yes, sir,’ says the Lcs’u’s mate. 1 And me anu Billy helps him. "‘Who’s gcin to bell tho cat’ead?’ j says Billy. ‘For the man as goes on tho fo’c’sle ’cad takes ’is bloomiu life in ’is ’and.’ " ‘Yes, that’s it, ’ says the other chap, lookin pea green by tho light of the lamp in the bos’n’s locker. "And Billy laughs. " ‘I’ll do one,’ says ’e. “Aud ’e looks at me. "Ho forced my ’and, mates. And though I felt sick enough to believe that even a sailorman’s life was worth , livin I says, ‘I’m on for the other. ’ And then the bo’son’s mate looked a bit easi- 1 er and not so much like a Calashee in cold weather. "But I’m tellin you it was a pretty job. It came out all right for me, for we waited for a smooth, and though it was as black as tho Earl of Hell’s riding boots I nipped up quick aud got the bag : fast with no more than one small sea ! over me. But the way she felt and tho wind aud the blackness rather cooled mo down. And though I knew Billy was close ’andy on tho starboard side I couldn’t seo my ’and beforo my face. And tho roar of her when she rose was deafenin. But at last back I come. I found the bcs’u’s n:et3 peepin round the deck’ousa, and when I grabbed ’old of the rail there says ’e; “ ‘Where’s Gordon?’ "And just then she yawed and caught a heavy one right on the port bow, aud she rolled to port and then right over again. And near six foot of green water came ov r the starboard rail amidships ami filled ’er up to the topgallant rail, and as she rolled again it went over tho pert side. I ’ung on the ’audrail aft of tho dook’ouse, and of a sudden I was caught round tho waist by tho bos’n’s mate, as I thinks, an then, though I did feel as if tho W. H. Smith was a clean goner, she begun to recover and got on an even keel and rose again. I catches bold of the man as ’eld me and sets ’im on ’is legs. "‘Oh, Billy’s gene,’ I cries out. * ’E’s gene, Vs gone!’ "And tho chap gasps. And then I seed it wasn’t tho bos’n’s mate at all. It was Billy. ’E’d been washed over board right at tho cat’ead and washed aboard again when the big sen cumo over the starboard rail. “ ’E tells jnd quick in my year. " ‘And where’s Higgins?’ " ‘Where?’ says I. "But we never seed ’im again. The sea as put Billy on hoard took tho bos’n’s mate over, and ’e wasn’t the only man, for the cook’s mate went, too, either then or later, aud tho inuto ’ad ’is leg busted ag’iu the signal box. “The oil for’ard did but little good. It in ado u bit of a smooth between tho whiskers and tfie foremast, hut not enough to stop the sea comiu in farther eft thick and ’eavy, and the sea got worse aud worse. " ‘Tbtm little bags is just like spit- tin on a burnin kerosene cask to put it out,’ says Billy. ‘I’m gcin to get tho two five gallon cans with tho taps aud set ’em goiu for’ard. ’ “ ’Ow’ get ’em?’ I arsts, for Higgins ’ad took the keys with ’im. " ‘Very careless of Higgins,’ says Billy, but ’e hurst open tho locker with a big splice bar, and *o got out the cans aud shoved’ em in for’ard in what Eyetalians c alls retreators and turned on tho taps at a fair, good, steady trickle. "Now I’d ’card tell of ton of oil and what it does, but I never believed it be foro. After Billy ’ad set it flowiu we never took a drop aboard, and the quar ter deck fair dried up. I went aft and stood under the poop ladder, and pres ently the second mate comes down. " ‘That 'scheme of them oil bags works, don’t it?’ says ’e. ‘I believe it was just touch aud go when we put ’em over. ’ " ‘Yes, sir,’ says I, but I never told : im about Billy, and I ’alf forgot to tell ’im ’ow Higgins was gene. "Aud abont f®ur bells In the morn- in watch we was quite through with the thick of it, aud the sea want down with the rain which come on then. "But tho bos’u was mad when ’« found ’is locker hnrst open and the oil cans gone. " ’E went aft flyin and makes a complaint to the skipper. "‘Who done it?’ says tho old man, and Billy, hein then at tho wheel, speaks: " ‘I done it, sir.’ " ‘Then by tho toil of the sacred tail, you—saved the bloomiu ship!’ soys the old mail. ‘I thought it was them bugs.’ "'Dutivthu bags alone wouldn't 'avo fetched ton into Ho, for the difference them tanks ma^ewas enough to make a inun believe as u 'ogs’ead of oil would smooth all that lies between the cape and tho south pole. "At Ilo-Ilo Hilly skipped out, and ’e ooked it off into New GuhiMt and 'ad three years foolin round. 1 met 'im again right ’ore in Hulk and then 'o ad his second ninte'cti^kui Wo want one trip together, me bein bos’n, to St. Petersburg and back. Aud two years later ’e was mate of tho Japan, aud a thunderin good man as mate ’e was. "Work was what ’e loved, and when out of a job ’e was sick. At sea ’o was merry, but not to be played with by no means. Between this time and ’is last trip with me ’e was in several lines, mostly in the Baltic, Mediterranean aud Black sea trades. ’E was in every port in tho Mediterranean aud to Batoum ami Poti aud Kertch and Novorosisk aud Sulina and Galatz and Ibrail. But what I started out to toll you chaps was our trip to lieval this last time. "We left this ’ere place just in abont time to get ihero when tho ice broke up and there was plenty of it round. But tho old Japan was built for such w r ork, i and she plowed through ice that would 'ave stove the guts out of a common | Mediterranean fair weather tramp. She | came back right enough, or mebbe I would not be talkin here. Bnt just as we came away from Koval most every one on board was queer, for that rotten disease they calls influenza was layiu ’em out in Russia like tho cholera. Be fore we’d been three days at sea the old man, a thick ’eaded old snorter ’e was, was down with it, ’olleriu like a man with delirious trimmin’s, aud the third mate (she was a good boat for the offi cers aud ’ad three watchers), he went down too. Criminy, they was bad! I ’ad a touch of it, aud for three days I wanted to die and get out of such a black world. I ’adn’t no more 'ope in me than if I was in ’ell on a grid. Fry- in it was, aud ’elpless as a kid. Why, man alive, I cried! And then the second mate ’o goes under, fair knocked out. A rag of a man ’e was at ’is best, but no more in ’im when ’e ’urt ’imself than in an old soup and bully tin. Ho poor Billy Gordon 'ad it all to ’imself. "You chaps—for all you’re mostly chaps as never saw real tail water— knows what a blasted ’ole the Baltic is when it is bad weather. It was bitter then, and a north* aster as sharp as a razor that went through a man. Thera was ice about even then—ice in bergs and small floes drifted out of rivers—and it blew at least three-quarters of u gale all the time. "So you may guess that poor Gordon ’ad an ’ell of a time on tho bridge. What could ’e do with all the rest down? Why, nothin, as 'e said to me, but stick it out. And ’e stuck it out like a man as ’o was and ns I told you. "Says I to ’im, ‘For Gawd’s sake, sling it, Mr. Gordon!’ F* r 1 could see ’e ■was sickcuin for the flu; but 'e answers, angry. " ‘And who’ll bo in charge of ’er?’ says ’e. “That night the fever gqh’im. Aftir ’e’d bin six aud thirty lams on tho bridge, with ’ardly a get olf for ten minutes all tho while, ’e calls mo. "‘I’ve got it at last,’ 'e said. ‘Now look you ’ere. Tom; I’m not going off. They’re all down, and none of you knows nothing. ’ " ‘I knows the rule of the road,’ I told ’im, aud ’o laughed. “ ‘You think so, sonny, bnt wait till yon get into tho thick of it and red lights and green lights as thick ns a chemist’s shop, and your ’cad’ll go off, aud so will the old Japan. ’ "And ’o stuck on the bridge till ’o just couldn't stand. All the time tho skipper was as weak us a kid aud would weep if the steward said a word to 'im ’e didn’t like, and tho second aud third were real bad, too; but I’ve my doubts if they was as bad as Gordon. "For now ’e wii* lyin on that freez- iu cold bridge, wrapped up in blankets, acbiu in every limb and just ’orrid to look at. But 'e said: ‘Don’t you touch me. Just you tell me what's ahead. ’ I stood there most of the time watchin ’im and lookin out, aud accordiu as I told 'im what lights there was, so ’o said, ‘Port or starboard.’ Aud then I saw as my rule of tho road would some times ’ave cured ’im and me aud the others of the 'flu, and any troubles, too, for that matter. "And now we was gettin down to London river, where wo was bound. Bnt sometimes I did think as Billy would go ont beforo we ever got in sight of the Nore. For ’e couldn’t hard ly speak, aud 'e looked just pitifnl and like a ghost. Bnt ’e was true grit, and never even moaned, unless ’e slept for a few minutes. Aud all the time ’u should ’avo biu in 'is blankets, and even then it was a chance for ’im. Aud at last ’e fainted dead away, bnt not till I told ‘ftr there was a pilothoat nigh handy. Tho old man was a river pilot, aud so they didn’t look f*rus to take one. Bnt Billy says, ‘Signal for one,’ aud ’e fainted as I rung the telegraph fur them to ease ’er down. "Whe*u tho pilot came onboard, I took Billy in my arms—a skeleton ’e was—and carried ’im down below. 1 knew ’e’d never get over it, and ’o nev er did. ’E died inside of a week or so. One of is sisters wrote and told me. She was a regular lady, and I kept ’er letter by me a long time, nutil 1 got drunk and lost it Bat if I did it coaid not he ’elped, and she sent me Billy’s likeness. ’E v/BNwhatl call a man, and not a thiag in the shape of a man. K could ’it ’ard, and swear ’ard, aud at the right time drink ’ard, bnt ’e kuowed ’is work as few blooiuin officers knows theirs. Aud when ninety-nine men oat of a ’nndred would ’ave caved in ‘e stuck there and done ’is doty, knowin, if a man coaid know, as it would be ’is death. A man, 1 say, *6 was. And if ’e did wipe you over the ’ead with a stop per 1 dessay you desarved k, Luker." "I dessay, too, ’’ said Luker. "I never said as ’o wasn’t a good man. It takes a good man to ’it me. ’’ "I done it myself," said Hillyard. "Well, did 1 hever say you didn’t?" asked Luker. "Bol there ain’t no other bloomiu swiae in this room as can say the same." As they were all sober and mostly Datehmeu nothing came of the chal lenge. "Hark! Don’t It blow?" said one. And tho deadly northeaster roared do n Ike dismal street.—Morley Roberta in 8t. Louis Ulotie-L^mocrat Napoleon at I'lba. Notwithstanding bis apparent affabil ity toward tho Elbans, intended, wo must believe, rather to mislead out siders thau the people themselves, Na poleon was not popular in tho island. Being in continual want of money, he was obliged to tax tho people beyond their resources, aud they naturally saw clearly that, whatever ho might say aud however condescending he might show himself, tho money ho drew from them was by no manner of means ap plied to tho improvement of their posi tion. His tax gatherers were insulted. Riots took place in the very churches wheu the priests gave out tho date by which the taxes were to be seut iu. In one village troops were billeted on the inhabitants until tho last penny should be paid. The cries of ‘‘Vive 1’empe- reur!" which had originally greeted him on his various expeditions ceased to be heard. Beforo matters reached a veritable climax, however, Napoleon had played out his part aud had left tho island iu which ho had lauded with so many fine promises. He had shown himself a clever actor, a skillful intriguer to tho outside world of European diplomacy; debauched, tyrannical and exacting to the inner Elbau world, into which for eign diplomats could pry with difficulty. Iu his vices, in his astuteness, iu his ambition, Napoleon, as he revealed himself iu the island of Elba, moves backward through history aud takes his place beside the Borgia, tho Orsiui, the Medici of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.—Good Words. I. 0. LIPSCOMB 4 BRO.'S BARGAIN LIST. 300 Dozen Clark's 0. N. T. Spool Cotton At 2c per Spool. 20 dozen men’s fancy bosom “Globe” shirt- whh detachable cuffs, made to fit, worth $1.00, will sell them for 75c each. 10 lbs best coffee in town for $1.00. Heinz’s Baked Beans with tomato sauce at cost. 50 cases pink salmon to go at 1 Oc per can. 100 101b caddies “Free Silver” tobacco at 25c per pound by the caddie.--Cash. Highest market price paid for green and dry hides. W. O. LIPSCOMB & BRO. A California Wedding In the Old Time. It is said the Californians arc born on horseback. It may also be said they are married on horseback. The day tho marriage contract is agreed on between the parties the bridegroom’s first care is to buy or borrow the best horse to bo found iu tho vicinity. At the same time he has to get by one of these means a silver mounted bridle and a saddle with embroidered housings. This saddle must have also at its stem a bridal pillion, with broad aprons flowing down tho flanks of tho horse. These aprons are also embroidered with silk of different colors and with gold aud silver thread. Around the margin runs a string cf little steel plates, alternated with slight pendants of the same metal. These, as tho horse moves, jingle like a thousand mimic bells. The bride also comes iu for her share in these nuptial preparations. The bride groom must present her with at least six entire changes of raiment nor forget, through any sentiment of delicacy, even tho chemise. Such an oversight might frustrate all his hopes, as it would he construed into a personal indifference— tho last kind of indifference which a California lady will forgive. Ho there fore hunts this article with as much solicitude as the peri the gift that was to unlock paradise. Having found six which are neither too full nor too slen der, he packs them in rose leaves and sends them to his lady as his last bridal present. She might naturally expect him to come next.—Rev. W’alter Cot ton iu "The Laud of Sussbiue. ” The Weather Isas*®:' » I ♦ V Has been very pretty of late but you will need win- ter goods a long while yet jjbefore_ warm weather | comes to stay, then don’t * * * * * |forget that we are selling | all winter stuff AT COST. » -WWW W-»-W» VW W r~W ~W~W y«/ -W~WW—W-W-p ~WW W W w ■ - - ■ W At. V : I k+Tw-y-w e-w-ww w^+j Carroll 4 Carpenter. Sham Antiquri. A Pompeiian tile selling for $2 is evolved from a medicine bottle costing less than a penny, aud steel flies are melted aud hammered into Venetian daggers. The final operation is to sprin kle them with nitric acid to give them an ancient appearance. . .<•••- •- — A False Policy. Many persons postpone takinsr medicine until sickness actually strikes them down. Thousands have sacrificed themselves to this foolish idea and many thousands more have spent months on the sick bed who could have been spared niucii sufforlint had they taken a few timely doses of Puicklv Ash I’.iTTrus. Itiliousoess, liver disorders, con stipation. stomach troubles are only fore runners of more serious diseases anil should receive immediate attention. I’kii'ki.y Ash Hittkiis Is a kidney tonic and liver regula tor. cleanses tho bowels of constipated con ditions, tones up and streiijflhens the stom ach and purifies the blond. A short treat ment with lids remedy regulates tin* entire system, restores health and maintains health. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. —0 -000- •»— — C(tncat« Tour Bowel* With Caararet*. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c. SSc. If C. C. C. fail, drugcisu refund money. F. G. STACY, Prj* The J. G. WARDLAW, V. Pres. D. C. ROSS, Cashier National Bank 0 *Gaffney, | Capital $50,000 00. This bank solicits the accounts of individuals, firms and cor porations. Accommodates customers as liberally as the volume i of their business and safety will permit. Call to see us whenever you wish to borrow or deposit money. Safety deposit boxes to rent. D. C. ROSS, Cashier. iTor—^ Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, Shingles, Laths and Plaster Hair, [Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on THE LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORKS, Telephone 57. CARROLL & CO., Lessees -FJ. C. JEFFERIES,*- GAFFNEY, S. C. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Practices i AH the Courts. Collections a Specialty. B3 THE I fc - A +-+-M-+ » a + m—m m » + m «*»***ja*«*W*m*j»^A*as*A* , rw. w w wyi DR. CHAS. A. JEFFERIES, Physician and Surgeon. SPECIALTIES:—SURGERY, EYE. EAR and THROAT. UW Office. Cherokee liruj? Co's Store Telephone No. 40. Pi $ -Al a • —A. a A ¥ w Phone 21. 4 f:j Day or Night. !•: : Orders Promptly Filled. ¥ Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. Jones & Co ’* Stcre Tbe Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company Can be found at office six days In the week. J. E. WEBSTER, .Attorney- iVt- Office In Court House. (Probate Judge'so(Hec( Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a soecialtv. IS. W. IIA It 1)1 IV, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 1 lliti'ltHl>iir|£ und Oaffiiiw. M. C*. W ILL practice In all the Courts. lean be reached over the ‘phone from Cur- roll A Stacy’s Hank, at my office In Hlucks- hunr. at any moment. O. L. SCHl’MPKKT. THO*. H. fll’TLZM, Wm. McGowan. SCHUMPERT, * BUTLER i & i McGOWAN, ATTOIt ra K VI*-AT-I. A w. Union and Gaffney, 5. C. Very careful and prompt attention given to all business entrusted to us. jaCTractlce iu nil the courts. Offers for sale Hutldlnv Lots in this flourishing town. Gaffney City; Also Farms ne by and In reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of tills place in lots of fr» imto inn acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Fa m or poses. For full particulars apply to ‘ Ail C WOOD, A.js'ont:. N. II All tresspassing on lands of this company, cutting and removing timber fishing hunting, are forbidden under penalty of law. -»§ MONTGOMERY & GAINES, NDERTAKER ATVr> FURNITURE DEALERS. Plain and Fancy Furniture at Rock Bottom Prices for Cash or on Installment Plan. Our Undertaking Department is the Most Complete in the City. Orders will Receive Prompt and Courteous Attention. The largest and best assorted line of window shades in the city. Always something new in our store. MONTGOMERY & GAINES.