Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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H sj»,•((*(' belongs to John C. Lipscomb, Sl’( VKSSOlt TO VV. 0. LIPSCOMB & BRO. I am too Imsy iliis week taking stock, and marking goods down for a grand reduction sale, to write an ad. My store will re open July 22. Watch my adver tisements if you would benefit yourself by taking advantage of unheard of bargains. John C. Lipscomb. Come and let us reason together. You arc' nearly through work and should have some recreation, for “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” Nowhere can you iind more pleasure, for you and your family, than riding in a nice new buggy that you have purchased at a real bargain Wo are selling the best to be found for the money. Wo carry a full line of Wagons, Furniture, Stoves, Coffins, Etc. Yours for husim *ss, Carroll, Carpenter & Humpiiries The Wheel of Fortune.... Used by the “fraternity” is generally made so percentage is largely in favor of the operator, wheel—a bicycle—on which there are no blanks. that the I have a You i;et a good cigar every roll. Ont There is a possibility of getting Five 5c cigars for 5c. man got four r>c r eigar.- for oc. The percentage in favor of your getting good value for your money in the Dry Goods, Notions and Grocery line at my store is even much larger. All goods guaranteed to he as represented. Let me serve you. A\ r i 111 o i' Ualcer. iV'r 'mi In Orjriindiis^ F.-nvns. I .net's, anil Kmliriilriories. Now ts tlie time t,u t;rt liortiains. Our Kfttnnatit counter is full and the noodn muat k<>- AM aumotPrgoodaonurt ba aold. We have just received a lart:e llaeof Oentw’ Footwear of Hie In st (|iialiiy ami styles. J usl reci ; vod. a Ltifl line of Tin uks ami Valises t lie best assort me lit to lie found in t lie Oily. Our Summer Hllppera must go. Como and see ns and we «ill make the shoe and price tit. Don't forget that we are Ueaihiuarters for something to eat. In this Hue we always have somet iiing new and frcsli. Give us a aall. Don’t forget our bargain counter. CITY AND COUNTY CONGLOMEDATED. Local News from Town and Country TOO SHORT FOR A HEAD Hut None Too Short to Mention, Henee They Are Itoileit Down Tor VJiilelt Keiul- Ing liy IliiMy I.e.lger I'utrons Who ,\re l'resse«l for Time. Work on the new jail is progressing nicely. It will soon be ready for tho roof. We might say it was rather warm but we suspect that it would not be news to some of our readers. The contractors have begun work on the new Baptist Uhurcn. Excava tion was begun today and brick are now being placed on the premises. Messrs J. F. Finken and John Spen cer have formed a copartnership and opened a meet market in (lie W. A. Peeler building, next to Bridges it Beason. Some farmers have finished lajing- Yours t ruly. The Company Store. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. You Know wild ]*eo|ilo You Don’t Know. 1). J,. Littlejohn, of Thlckoty, was in the city yesterday on business. Mr. Lem Brown, of Ciowdeyville, is in the city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. (i. W. Byars. Pink Webber, one of Cherokee’s hustlers, who Pvos near Wilkinsvillc was in the city yesterday. L. A. Alexander, of Libscornb it Alexander, is visiting bis parents at Asheville, N. C. Miss Libbey Byers, of Sharon, is visiting Dr. and Mrs. Fort. Miss Virginia Bates, of Clifton, was in the city several days lust week the guest of Mrs. \Y. C. Car penter. Miss Bates is a graduate of Limestone College and has a large number of friends in Gaffney. M. M. Tate, of Webster, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Tate is one of those big hearted, level headed fel lows that honest men are always proud to meet. It was his judge ment that settled forever the court house question between Gallney and Cherokee. Mrs. J. VV. Lipscomb, Carroll A- Car penter’s efficient milliner, is spending her vacation with relatives and friends at Asbury. Miss Ada Wood spent Sunday with by, hut the hulk of them are waiting j re |,qi VeH a[1( j friends at Asbury. for one more rain before they put on 1 the finishing touches for the crop of J 899. R. P. Roberts, the whole-souled manager of the Cherokee Fails Manu facturing Co., was in the city yester- When you see the local man coming day on business. scratch your head and endeavor to ; help him out with ajlittle news. It’s ! fearful work hunting up news such weat her as this. The Municipal League will meet at their hall to-night for the transac tion of business. A good attendance should be had as the lute celebration matter is to he settled up. The handsome thoroughbred stal lion of Messrs. VV. (). and .1. C. Lip scomb was very sick Saturday night and it was feared for some time they might lose it. It lias improved some what. Mr. Moses Wood, hav ’ig sold his city lot, will improve his Eastern Heights property by building on the same. This is among the most val uable of the suburban property of Gallney. There will be three days of tho Yorkville baseball and bicycle tour nament. Special trains will be run over the S. C. <fc G. E R. R. for the occasion. The fare will be about one fare for the round trip. Messrs. Richardson Bros., on yester day resumed the management of the Pearl Steam Laundry. Messrs. Me- Lemore Bros . have not determened what they will do but will remain in Gaffney for the present at least. Mr. A. N. Wood has purchased the Moses Wood 'ot in the upper part of the jily. This is one of the prettiest building lots in the city and when Mr. Wood’s house was destroyed by fire it left a vacancy that was felt by all. A charming little lady who is a warm friend of The Ledger, sent us two personals thnugh tho mail for this issue. We appreciate this thoughtfulness on her part and wish that others would follow her good ex ample. The county chain-gang is now at work on the I'nion road near Daw kins' Bridge. Next week they will he transferred to Guwdeysville town ship. They will go to White Plains township in three weeks. Wherever they go good results follow. In the bicycle race Friday after noon Will Surratt won over Will Darby. The purse was divided as per agreement, tho winner taking two-thirds and the loser one-third. An effort is being made to get up another race some time soon. The Knights of Pythias will give a banquet at Lipscomb^ Hotel this evening. Tim tickets are limited. The K. P.’s are a royal good set of fellows and the person who is not in the secrets of the orders but enjojs their good graces is lucky endeed. In anjarticlo several issues ago con cerning changes at the Southern de pot we unententionally left the iinpres sion that Mr Fay Gaffney had been succeeded as telegraph operator by Howell. Such is not the case. Mr. Howell has gone to telegraphing but Mr. Gaffney retains charge of this odico. Farmers arc* beginning to complain very much about the continued dry weather. It is true that some sec tions of tho county is needing ruin very much but wo should all re member that the Great Raingiver will in His own good time give into His Children what to Him seems best for them to have. Rev. B. P. Robertson left yester day for Tigorville, S. C,, where he goes to visit ids mother, wife and children. Ho will return Friday and the usual services will bo conducted at the Graded School building Sun day morning and evening. Rev. VV. T. Thompson will conduct Hie prayer meeting services on Wednesday eve- An oni (•mi. Monday morning as the local scribe approached The Ledger oflice ho observed a quiet looking indi vidual standing in the door, and leaning against the door frame was a gun. The first impulse was that there was some one after the local izer for the commission or omission of sin, hut the quiet looking individual proved to ho Mr. Joseph Vinson, a rather quiot and inoffensive citizen, and the gun was one that his grand father, Benjamin Vinson, had should ered in the war of 1812 for the de fence of ids country. The gun is remarkably well preserved. It was originally an old flint and steel gun but had at one time been changed to a cup and hall. It is a relic of wliich Mr. Vinson is justly proved and wo doubt if there is another one in tho county liko it. . (JiilTiioy vs. YorUvill*’. The Gaffney ball team leaves to morrow morning for Yorkville and will do their best to return home with the sculp of the Vorkvilleites dang ling from their belts. A good sized crowd will go with the boys for the purpose of rooting. Of course a pleas ant time is anticipated by those who go, and we are confident that the gay and festive throng will not he disap pointed, for Yorkville certainly knows how to entertain her guests. Gold Dust. Beware of imitations! Consumers should tieware of the cheap and inferior washing powderr, said to be just as good as Sri Washing Powder They are not—there is nothing so good as the genuine COLD DUST for all cleaning about the house. Ask for GOLD DUST and insist on getting it. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago St. Louis New York Boston !ii U.*” V"J v ' J. 1. SARRATT FOUNDED IN 1845, LIMESTONE COLLEGE, GAFFNEY, S. C. This Institution, famous in tho hUtory of education in South < arollnn. lias recently I thoroughly rcor|{iuilxeil and now, with a larKc and tilde Fiteuity, is pre pfinul lit tin rollcjre work of the very liiKlust crude. Nearly twenty thousand dollars have n prlatcd for Improvements. A splendid new hulldioK is hein;; erected which will contain a larue Auditorium, a Library, a IteadliiK-Kooui. 11 Museum of Natural Science, a beautiful halt for I lie Literary Society, and some needed otliccs. The hulldlu»r will he furnished with now heatimr apparatus throuirhout, all the rooms will be supplied with new furniture, new pianos will he purchased, new physical, chemical and inlncraloirlcal laboratories will he equipped In short everythlmr that Is necessary In the work of a Hrst-duss woman's eolr li’lfe will he provided. 'I he site Is uncqualcd in South t’liroUna for beauty and for health- fulliess. Limestone (’olleRO makes its appeal to t he people strictly on Its own merits. Lit erary, Scientific and Commercial Courses. The regular eollege degrees are given hy the uut iiorlty of the SI ate of Soil) h Carolina. A n espeelally Hue Course In Cedagnay Is ottered to those, desiring to heroine teachers. There are three departments, the College, the Kemi- iiury, ami the I'rlmary. ls‘t Limestone's friends and former students tell the news all over the Houtti. The revered ( apt. it. 1*. LrlltUh is Hi" Senior Professor. For further Informa tion address the 1’rcsldent, I.KK JLWIM lAllMSK, A. M., I’ll. 1). Tlie Gallney City Land and Improvemtnt Company Offers for sale Ituilding l-ots In this nourishing town, Oaffney City; Also Farms near by and In reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of tills place, in lots of frou M tn loo acres on litierul time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur poses. For full particulars apply to J. V. WAHiejY'r'r, A»ent. N. !L—Alt tresspassing on landsof lids company, cutting and removing timber, fishing or hunting, arc for hidden under penalty of law. There were quite a number of Cherokee farmers in the city Satur day. For some time the tillers of the soil have been making them selves scarce in the city but now tiiat tlie farms are in good condition the boys like to take a day off and come to town. All of them receive warm welcome when they come to Ga Ifney. C. W. Moore, of Maud, was in tlie city Friday. Mr. Moore is a pro gressive planter as will be seen from tlie fact that lie advertises pigs for sale in another column of this is sue. if we had more farmers like him you would not hear so much about hard times. Take u lesson and raise your own moat, farmers of Cherokee. IIUuiHi'li's Iron Nerve Was the result of his splendid health. Indomitable will and tre mendous energy are not found where Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bow els are out of order. If you wsut these quulitit s and tlie success they bring use Dr. King’s New Life Bills. They develop every power of bruin and bodv. Only 25 cents at Chero kee Drug Co, Dr. Lawrence E. Knoblock, of Charleston, was the guest, of Dr. Chas Lipscomb several days the past week. Dr. Knoblock and Dr. Lipscomb were in tlie same class at the dental col lege in Bniiudciphia for two years and the former could not resist the tempt ation to visit his old classmate while so near Gaffney, lie having been in attendance on tlie Dental Association at Harris Lithia Springs last week. Dr. Knoblock left yesterday for his home in the city by the sea. Miss Julia Fisher, of Union, is visiting Miss Edna Byars, on Grenurd I street. \V. 15. Dul’re, tlie irrepressible “Doc,” went to Spartanburg to spend Sunday with Mrs. Dui’re and the children, who are visiting there. F. G. Stacy left yesterday for Atlanta, where lie goes on business connected with the Southern Lime Supply Co. ,, .Miss Kate Lipscomb, of Texas, who has been visiting Mrs. W. S. Lips comb in tliis city for some time, is now visiting relatives at Asbury. Miss Mary Wood, of Asbury, who inis been visiting Mrs. Agnes Wood, in this city, returned to her home Sunday. .1. A. McArthur, of Woodland, Miss., spent several days in tlie city the past week visiting relatives and friends. Mr. McArthur is in this secHon looking up the cotton mill business. He intends to embark in that line when lie returns home. .1. T. Turner and wife and son, of Wellford, »S. C., are in the city, tlie guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jus. Turner at Limestone. Mrs. S. F. Walton,'and niece, Miss Katherine Fort, of Raleigh, N. C., are visiting tlie fr.mily of Dr. W. A. Fort. F. C Bates, formerly with Chero kee Drug Co., of this city, was in the city lust Friday on his way home from Rock Hill, lie was tlie guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Carpenter while here. Luther Bonner, of White Plains, was among the Cherokee planters in tlie city yesterday. Miss Olive Sarratt lull yesterday morning tor Thermal City, N. C., where she goes to spend some time witli relatives and friends. Mr. Smith (“Doc”) Wood and son, of State Line, were in tlie city jes ter noon. Capt. A. Tripp, of the S. C. it (Y E. R R. came in on tlie Southern yesternoon and returned via his own route to Blacksburg in the evening. Eugune Cross, of West Point, Miss , was in the city Saturday and Sunday the guest of Alderman and Mrs. \V. II. Smith. Mr. Cross is at present at Gastonia where lie is learning tlie mill business prepara tory to taking charge of a mill in Mississippi in which ho will be largely interested. * Mias Minnie Goforth, who lias been visiting in tlie city for a couple of weeks, left yesterday for home. Ed. Belue, of Blacksburg, came over yesterday afternoon to keep in touch with tlie insured and unin sured. Mr. Moses Wood contemplates a visit to Virginia in Hie near future to see his Virginia grandchild, tlie youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Lipscomb. J W. Wilson, of .State Line, was in t he city yesterday. Miss Addie McArthur, of Gaffney, and Miss Lula Black, of Blacksburg, two popular Wintlirop graduates, visited 1‘rof. and Mrs. Wudo It. Brown this week.—Rock Hili Herald. B. B. Webber, of this county, who has been spending some time at Snow Creek, N. C. t lias returned homo. He will remain in Cherokee. T. M Littlejohn, than whom Chero kee boasts of no better citizen, was in tho city yesterday on business. W. W. Ruppc, one of Cherokee's best citizens was in tlie city yes terday. Mr. Kuppc has been - suf fering some time witli rheumatism but is now some hotter. Dr. W. P. Andrews, of Shelby, is in the city viriting Mr and Airs. T. Davenport. Dr. Andrews is a gentle man of the old school and a most deleghtful eonverrMtionulist. Mr. J. A. Mays,one of Clieokee’s venerable citizen who resides near Slate Line, was in to see us Friday M. S. Blackwood, of Star Farm, was in tlie city Friday. As is nearly always tlie case with tlie Blackwood boys, lie was here on bus iness. He reports crops in his sec tion ns small and unpromising. Messrs. W. F. Thomas uiid W. L. B*lk took in Blacksburg Hunduy af ternoon. Miss Viola Runyons, of Easley, is in the city visiting Miss Kate Foiger on Oakland avenue. Air. It. C. Farr, traveling agent for tiie Southern Presbyterian, is spend ing a few days In tlie city. Airs. Margaret Huskey, of the Corinth neighborhood, Is spending some time witli Mrs. J. V. Surratt. j-jL.Y’ •3V' TWO LiVES. Upon the) strength ami condition of an expectant moth er depend not only her own life but the life and perfection of her child. MOTHER’S FRIEND will overcome all ills peculiar to the period preceding childhirtli, and will pro- pare the delicate organism directly in volved for the final ordeal. Mother’s Friend is not an internal cure-all, but a scientific liniment approved by medical authority and established by years of successful use. Sold by druggists for $i. Valuable book, “Before Baby is Born,” sent free cu application. THE BSADFiELD REGULATOh CO., Atlanta. Ga. For Sale F DU SALE Tli(iroiurtilii , "il l!t‘il>stiir( Wood for lirt'i'iliny; p!i i |)osi*s. Tli.>s<* w Kh- liur to pitrcliiiS" will not ify in" h‘To:<' I In h in W Aihliv' s <W. Moore, Maud. S. <T-l'-lI F “<)K SALE A ood ton r-iioiM- liori/on t a I rano mill witli 10 foot (-vaporator; rlmnp. A pply to T. M. Lilt lojolm. St a r Farm, S. < 7- is r 'iHt SALK Five Nliares only (ianney Mlg Company sine!;. W. (.'. 11amrii'k. 7-14-:!t F oil Sdl.L 100,000 ptno shingles; sold to suit puridiaser. Apply to i>. L. Little john, TliSeket.y, S. ‘AMS-lino Notice. N OTICE is hereby (riven that tlie under signed intends i t apply to tin 1 County Hoard of ('oininis.sionel s id Voi k and ('hero- Kee Counties to reeliarl t Howell's Ferry, it ud in eh arter the same in It is name. I lem y W. Thompson. 7-1 l-M M ONEY TO LOAN ill Seven Per Cent, on eity i.'ul estate: most favorable 0 ruts, eaat at onee anil see i tie ,1. ('. .lolferies. |y|oNEY TO LOAN at reasonatiie rates till l lie fa 4-ll-tf mouths. A. N. Wood. Hanker. For Rent. ;o|{ ItENT A siv eottayeon Eiietory itiii. J, K. Alexander. o to-ti Reward. In additiou to the reward offered by the Oovernor of South Csiioiina 1 will pay Sion for tiie urn si anti conviction of the party or parties who burned my barn. T-Il-lwfl .). !>. J BY KK KIK8. Wanted. To tlie front with a Cciir I lir cl Hell just received. Gall and see my wagons and get my prices before buying. Will sell cheap for cash, or on time with good paper. This line of wagons is manufactured by the Birdsell Wagon Go., of South Bend, Ind., which is one of the finest timber regions in America. My lino of ties, Hardware, Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Shoes, &c,, is complete here and at the Goforth Store. Don’t fail to give me a call when you want a wagon from the lightest to the heaviest, or any goods usually kept in a General Store. A big lot of Fruit Jars on hand. Also Fertilizers for your Peas or Grain. J. 1. SARRATT, ‘ALL’S Wta.L THAT ENDS WELL The Southern Well Fixture, ""’iv.!,Tito Safely Well Future Go., of Blacksburg, S. G. A Southern invention :ind manufacture. Over lO.ru'-O in use since they were placed on the market, and arc (Mvin" entire satisfaction. As :i water elevator it lias the following mer its: It is labor savinir. and is the simplest st met tire for raisintr water on the market. It is easily adjusted to any well or cistern. Any person can put up one in Thirty Minutes, us it lias no utOudiinf at to any part of tlie well heloii the pint form. It is the most durable Fixture for the purpose in use. It is substantially constructed, and the buckets never come ia contact wi'h each other or tiie sides ol tlie well, ami the groove provided in tlie wheel is so arranged as to produce but little friction on the rope and none on the pulley. It Works I asy. The buckets hulaucc e tch other, so the only resistance to overcome is the weight of the water in one bucket; hence it is the only struct ure that will raise water from t he deep wells wit hout a eoi r< spomlin<r increase of friction, and that requires no more power to operate in a wi ll of ltd than in one of :.’o feet. deep. J- It is Always Krndy for Fse and Always at Its Hcst. After many years of service th same number of turns of the crank krinys I he same amount ol water as when new. It lias None of the Objections Coninion to rumps. 11 will never freeze, lias no wooden tuhinirto wear out, decay and pollute the water, no Iron tuhiny to rii-t, never has to bo primed, packed or thawed out, and you do not have to pumpout a pail of water to yet a fresh, cold drink. It Is L’ntirely Free from Danger. Jtclng provided with a self-aeiinjr break, governed by an eeeenti le. it is impossible, should the hand acrid' ntally slip from the erank, for tlie bucket to run dow n. Ilenre any child ran handle it witii perfect ilct v. The Entire Struc ture Consists of Well Curb. Wheel with Crank, two 1 tuckets and one Spout for each I tucket, these spouts are attached to inside of curb or frame, and'ire operated by rod pressurn the outside, briiipina them up under and raising the vale* in the iiottofn of the bucket and convey I iqr the water in a proper r'svptar'.e. lienee it will be ,111 init the unpleasant handling of rope* and huekits will lie done away with, and the unch anlincss attending* such operation avoided. .FtPM Iti.Ai KSnruo S. ('.. .1 uly :! i, Lur. So. Well Fixture Co., Lent lemen : The well fixt ure you put on for me more than a year :,„ r o has pi veil entire sat is fact ion in every resiieet. It is t ho best well fixture I have ever seen. J. U. Black. M. 1). L vi fni.y. S. (Nov. |i>, IS'.C. So. Well Fixture (’o..Lenttemen: ’•Tin Safety” well fixture I Imujrht for ('ooper Limestone I nst it utc in .1 uly. |k%. has (riven perfect satisfaction and wo find it a cleanly and safe way of (.’eltinj* water out of our well. .loii.N K. Mack. Frcs. 1 'ooper-Limestone Insti. w ANTElt A few Ixiardcrs. Mrs. A. V. Montgomery. Apply to 7-l,H-”t A Rare Chance. P IIOF. V. THEO. ELY, an experienced leacher, will l>c(/in a a school in kook- keepin;; and writinp' in U a Ifney, about .lulv Will. 7-1* It Watches, Clocks . . . and Jewelry properly and promptly repaired at very moderate prices by J. It. COOIMSK. at Carroll Carpenters. —- —— . rrss Estate Notice. All poisons bold luff claims affuiust the es tate of Mrs. A. C. Boss, deceased, are hereby notified to present tlie same t > me, duly provi 11, on or lie fore Aufftist loth.jiext, and all persons Indebted to said estate are re quired to make settlement at once. Eit. Jct mtiES, Clerk Court C. I’., Admr. Estate Mrs. A. <’. Boss. deed. July 7th. lWiii.-:it. itoductioD in Prices Cfeiidreo's, Misses’ and Laoies’ Oxfords Having bought more than we need for this season will sell above at or near factory prices for cash, in or der io reduce our stock. Also a line of Men’s Low-Cut Shoes, at greatly reduced prices. Don’t fail to call and see them. St's Time To Think about bicycles; time to think how yon may ffet the most pleasure and ad- vautuffc from eyclinff. In your thhikliiff take these tiioiiffbts into coii.ildcratiou. THE VICTOR m CLEVELAND show the blfflu-st ralioof useful work todrlv- luff power expended. That fflves loiiff and short (listauec rldliiff with least effort, makes hill ellmblnff easier and coast biff safer. These are important points, but there are others of like importance we'd like to fflve you. Smiili Hardware Co, N, H. Sec the Decrlriff and Johns ,1 Mow- ers we are handlliiff. They aredandhs. Having bought at a Discount the entire stock of Furniture and Coffins of M. G. Mont gomery, deceased, I am offering some real bargains. I also have I ONE-HORSE and l TWO-HORSE WAGON which I will sell very cheap. Call to see me, next door to T. Davenport. 'I\ IS. Civ FY>t—^ Building ftnd Plastering Lime, Coal, Shingles,and Plats- « ter ilair, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynft- ; mito Caps, call on THE LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORKS, i - Xelephoixe 37 CARROLL & CO., Lesseoe 4 11 i