The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, March 09, 1900, Image 3
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“Given Up
to die several times, yet 1 am spired
to tell hov/1 was saved,” writes Mrsi.
A. A. Stowe, 2 57 N. 4th St., San
Jose, Cal “I had valvular heart
trouble so severe that 1 was pro-
nounced ‘gone’ two different times.
The valves of my heart failed ti
work properly, and circulation was
so siu .. i h that the slightest exertion
produced fainting. ‘There is no
hope’ said my physician, so 1 decided
to try Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure and the
result! consider miraculous. 1 arc
satisfied it saved my life.”
£11?. MILES’
Hm&ri Cure
is Eol<i I)/ all druggists on guarantee
first bottle benefits or money back.
Book on heart and nerves sent free.
Dr Miles Mcdieu! Company, Elkhart. Ind.
Plain Facts.
1 wiil --(']] you for cash any-
thiiijr jn my lino consisting of
Pry Coods, Notions, Shoes,
H.-ils, <irocorio-i, Shelf Hatd-
wnre, and almost anything car-
rie.l in a general store, as cheap
a" any house in the city.
\V!i< n in need of goods see
my prices.
Yours to please,
!. M. PEELER.
Rutledge St. Smith Shop.
X r.i:: do yn:ir ^boring', lire setting', wheel
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oiling.
.•ind leiinU <1.
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^ In u ses and mules examined
free f.,r all patrons. Your
will gel sou good value.
Yoios for pleasantness,
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OSBORNE,
LAWYERS.
|h .I, pt aUention given iill husiness en
trust sit n-. ‘.oiary l*uhilo in office.
]). U.Duncai'. c. 1‘.Sunders. ' W.S. Hall, Jr.
DBKCAK, SANDERS S HALL,
Attorneys-at-Law.
omce ovt i I'. Tolu son s Co.’s Store.
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WALLACE & OTTS,
LAWYERS.
AUtuison s intrusted to us. given prompt
and \ ; . . . tteiit Ion. Ollice up stairs, next
to U. A. Jones A <’o. ’1’lione 87.
^J. C. JEFFERIES
QAFFNEY, S. C.
tommerelat t aw. Corporatlou l*w
Steal listute J.aw.
Money t<> 1 in on approved security.
JAM ITS A. WIJLLrIS,
AUornry-at-Law,
A7SAKI^>Xi;V. «. o.
Money io loan on Ileal Instate.
Ollice over A. Jones & Co.’s store.
HARDIN k MCWHORTER,
T'Y t * <>rnc\v«s at J^aw 9
GAFFNEY, - - S. C.
Mom y to I si.i on city real estate.
i)itie,* o\ er K. A. Jones & Co.’s Store.
J. E. WEBSTER,
At t.oi'iie.y- A.!:-
Ollice hi Court House. (Probate Judge soflice
Gaifney City, S. C.
Practices in uii the courts. Collec-
Wons a specialty
DR. J. F. GARRETT
Dentist,
Gaffney, - - - S. C.
Office over J. R. Toileson's new store
In office from 1st to 20th of each
month ;
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB,
Dentist,
OHice over R. A. Jones & Co ’s Store.
Can be found at ollice six days lu the week
A. N. WOOD,
BANKER,
does a t'ct; rul BankiovC and Exchange
busiru . s. Well secured with Burglar*
Proof SRf i .d Vutouuitic Tiuao Lock.
Safety t Boxes at moderate
rent.
Buys and st-iis Blocks andBond*.
Buys (Jounty and School Claims.
Your business solicited.
DRY LOCO WEED.
I hear it now as 1 heard it then
Along the sandy reaches,
Within a wandering whisper
Of the crooning, southern beaches—
That lonesome sound along the ground
That runs the island o’er,
A tiny musketry to roar,
A promise gone to seed,
The rattle ol the loco weed
That grows along the shore.
A fanfare brave the silence gave \ y
Athwart the treeless space*
Like warning signal of tire snakes ■>>.,
That coil in driest places, . , .r,
Tliat lusty sigh beneath the sky— ' , r y
A cheerful liaping lore jy/jy
Of solitudes the harts explore, p >( )
Afar from hunters' greed— .
The rattle of the loco weed ’ti'J.
That grows along the shore. . v
1 love It now as 1 loved it then,
A sound of winnowing wind,
At work among the drying herbs
Tliat starving ca.tle tind.
A cadence low, the warm stars know,
When day lias wandered o’er,
A blithe complaint of sunshine more
Than ary hint of need.
The rattle of the loco weed
That grows along the shore.
—Grace Adelaide Luce in "Land of Sunshine.”
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Leaping seas lifted the schoouer Ra
ven high ou the beach one night when
a spring gale churned Lake Michigan.
The Raven was owned, navigated and
now, lu the flower of her sailing days,
beached by Captain Ebenezer Rowell.
Cape Cod was the place of the cap
tain’s nativity, and he had sailed all
sorts and conditions of waters, from
the Erie canal to th^ Arctic ocean.
lie asserted, however, with a flow of
explosive language that was certainly
no part of his Puritan inheritance, that
he never ran into quite so much “dirt”
anywhere else as when there was a
norther screaming down this long la'-f,
breaking the water into foam frdui
Skilllgalee to Crosse point. Now the
indignant lake repaid his tarry epithets
by flinging him farther up on the laud
than any boat ever went before.
Captain Rowell had characteristics
that marked him as a man apart. His
long mustache drooped and mingled
with a short beard well shot with gray,
and when he wore his dingy sou’wester
he looked very like a middle aged wal
rus. The captain had a wooden leg,
bound at the bottom with triple bands
of brass. One of Fnrragut’s surgeons
took charge of the leg of flesh for which
this wooden substitute did duty after
the battle of Mobile Bay.
The skipper of the Raven also had a
pipe that was not without celebrity. It
was burned to ebony blackness, and,
upon the word of reliable mariners,
was declared to emit such penetrating
fumes that the Raven could not clear
from a Wisconsin port without the
fact Immediately becoming known In
Michigan, if the wind were right.
But now the Raven, her commander,
wooden leg, pipe and all, were east up
on the beach. Captain Rowell hud been
trying to make port and had missed
the harbor entrance—a narrow passage
between two piers, as easy to sail Into
in a storm as the neck of a bottle. As
his boat went flying in through the
breakers the captain raged and beat a
tattoo on the deck with his Wooden leg,
having no gratitude in his heart for
the wind an 1 waves that were landing
him ou soft sand instead of banging
the Raven against the rocks that were
equally handy. The schooner settled
easily ou the beach, with the skipper
clinging to the taffrail and the two
Scandinavians who constituted the
crew gripping at the shrouds.
Morning showed the seriousness of
the case. The Raven lay at the inner
most point of a cozy bight, with a
couple of hundred yards of sand be
tween her and the bluffs that rimmed
the bay. A little way to the north a
long breakwater was thrust into the
lake, the visible evidence of harbor
work in which government engineers
were engaged. One effect of the build
ing of this breakwater had been to ar
rest certain lake currents and make
them deposit great quantities of sand
along that part of the shore on which
the Raven stranded. In consequence,
new laud was forming rapidly at that
point, and the people of the town were
beginning to speculate os to the use to
which it should be put.
It was a singularly effectual rush of
the water that carried the schooner to
this resting place, and Captain Rowell
know very well tliat to get her back
into the water would be expensive and
difficult. He was the jnore disgusted
with fate because he had been cast
away on the shore of his home port,
where neighbors would want to know
the why and wherefore of this extraor
dinary navigation.
One of those who came next day to
look at the schooner, so far removed
from her ordinary element, was a law
yer acquaintance of the captain. In
speaking about the changes that were
going on In that part of the coast, he
referred to the rapidity with wldeh the
laud was encroaching on the lake
there and gave. It as his opinion that
there was doubt about the right of
owners of property ou the bluffs—be
tween which and the lake a railroad
right of way Intervened—to claim the
accretion.
“In fact,” said Lawyer Flanders, “J
believe that this is government laud,
and auybody who squats ou It will
have a lighting chance, at least, to es-
mti/Jish title to the whole strip.” Where
upon Captain Ebenezer Rowell pricked
up his Yankee ears and adroitly cross
questioned the lawyer until he had a
fair notion of the legal conditions af
fecting this stretch of weed tufted
sand, not lovely to look upon, hut
destined to be very valuable. Ho on-
nnunoed tbnt nlvlit that be Intended to
defer preparations for floating the
Raven.
The next day he brought Maria, his
wife, down from their cottage and,
having got the Raven properly braced
on an even keel, installed Mrs. Rowell
lu the cabin. “We’ll live here awhile,
Marlar,” said the captain. And Maria,
who had sailed under Ebenezer’s or
ders for 40 years, thought this no time
to ask qncstions, but began to set
tilings in prdfT. Th® schooner Raven
hud squatted on unclaimed (and.
Now, In the course of time the dwell
ers ou the bluff, luhabltuuts of stoue
houses set lu terraced law us, looked
down on this murine squatter and wars
displeased. J Hey paid mue attention
at lirst. but the steady issue of smoke
from the Raven’s cabin stove and the
accumulation of Marla’s flowerpots
savored of permanent occupation. Au
tumn came, then winter, and the Ra
ven was still on the sands.
The next spring, a year after the
schooner went on the beach, certain
rich men took stejis to formally assert
title to the natural increase of laud,
on a portion of which the Raven 1. y.
Then came lawyers, writs and consta
bles, whom Maria turned over to Ebca-
ezer, and with whom Ebenezer dealt
through the medium of his friend,
Lawyer Flanders.
In the first court to which the men
who owned the land on the bluff took
the matter, Ebenezer won. Title was
not proved, and the skipper of the Ra
ven, so far as this tribunal was con
cerned, was confirmed in his right as
a claimant of government land. An
appeal failed to reverse the Judgment,
and, although the rich men declared
their fixed purpose to carry the ease
to the highest court in the land, Ebeu-
ezer considered the victory won.
Thereupon, under the advice of the
farseeing Flanders, lie began the most
wonderful improvements on his laud
that ever were seen on tliat coast or,
perhaps, any other. To repay some
small annoyances that he had been
subjected to. he caused to lie erected
a staring sign, where every dweller on
the heights might read: "Captain Row
ell's Shipyard.”
I found the captain there one even
ing walking about bis queer domain,
pipe alight and puffing like a tug. Half
a dozen cottages of remarkable archi
tecture had sprung up about the Ra
ven.
the heneh widened displeasure grew in
the line houses on the hill. The cx-
pandiug acres to which the skipper of
the Raven laid claim gave rise to vi
sions suggested by possible uses to
which the land might be put when the
mariner saw lit to sell, if Ids title ever
arrived at a state of perfection that
warranted anybody to buy.
The shipyard was bad enough, but a
factory, a thing of smoke and smell
and chimneys, would be worse. So the
hill folk managed to keep a lawsuit
Imminent above the captain’s head that
he might not become too well estab
lished in his belief that he was lord of
the shore.
In the extreme of their disgust aid
came to the enemies of the captain
from an unexpected source. The town
upon whoso hospitable front the Raven
hail become a squatter decided to es
tablish a system of parks.
It was agreed with entire unaalmlty
that all the water frontage possible
ought to be secured for this purpose, a
proposition tliat directed instant atten
tion to Captain Ebenezer Rowell’s con
tested territory. All the machinery of
lawyers, courts, writs and bailiffs was
once more set in motion, and Ebenezer
and Maria had to form a new line of
battle.
Indeed they had come upon evil days,
for the discerning lawyer who had
been their chief defense in the earlier
years of their occupation was dead,
and they had to intrust the fortunes
of the shipyard to strangers. The ag
gressive city hustled Ebenezer from
one court to another, summoned him,
examined him, made him depose, af
firm, deny, give bond and generally
feci the pangs of litigation until he de
clared himself “worried outen his vit-
“Suug anchorage,” said the captain, !
with a comprehensive wave of his pipe j
in the direction of these new posses- i
sious. "Mariar an I are landlubbers
now. Yes, we’ve squatted ou guv’mont
land an cnl'late to live here. Mr. !
Bingham, up on the hill yonder, an j
some o’ the other shore folks got after |
me in the courts, but I beat them. Tried
to bother me with the charge o’ put-
tin up shanties within the tire limits
an sent a lubber down here one day to
pull my houses down. You see, every
house In this here shipyard is a boat,
built boat shaped an registered at the
custom house.”
The captain had, in truth, built as he
said. The architecture did not appeal
to one’s sense of beauty, whether the
structures were considered as houses
or boats, but any one of them, properly
bottomed, might be set afloat and made
to serve as a scow or a tow barge. By
way of tenants the captain had a few
of Ids sailor friends, a fisherman and a
laborer who liked the situation because
it was near the railroad yards where
he worked. The shipyard was paying
expenses.
“Yes,” Captain Rowell went on, “the
Raven has done pretty well for me.
’Bout the best cruise I ever made was
the one tliat ended with this here
wreck. It’s made me a rich man. But
I was tellin you 'bout that attack on my
fleet. They sent the lire marshal, an
he says, says he, ‘Them shanties Is in
the fire limits, an I’m ordered to pull
them down.’ Then I gets out on the for-
rad deck o’ the Raven, an 1 says, says
I, quite like as though I was whoopin
In u blow outside the point: ‘Ship ahoy,
there! Every one o’ them shanties Is a
boat an registered in the Yewnited
States custom house. Any man that
tears down one o’ my boats is a pirate,
an Uncle Sam ’ud rather hang a pirate
than eat pie.’
“Tliat lire marshal looked at my ship
yard carefullike then an kinder open
ed Ids eyes. Ho went round behind
one o’ those craft, an when he seed her
name an port o’ hull painted there,
plain as on any steamboat in the har
bor, that settled him. He went back
to the lawyers, an they’ve been figger-
iu ever since on how to make this here
fleet put to sea. I'll keep ’em liggerin,”
added Ebenezer confidently, “until my
title to all this new laud’s as solid as
Spectacle reef.”
Conceive a double row of buildings
which ui)on front view appeared to be
cuualboats, gabled windowed and elap-
boarded, with a little picketed iuclo-
sure behind each one, and you have the
shipyard in mind. At the end cf the
street, nearest the water, lay the Ra
ven, dismantled with respect to rig
ging, propped with timbers and kept
Immaculately painted und scrubbed,
as a flagship should be. Thus the fleet
lay, a squadron to be depended ou in
any kind of weather.
To the shipyard came sightseers,
small boys and even the Salvation
Army. Ebenezer Rowell was a friend
of religion, although his language at
times might give rise to a contrary
opinion, and he welcomed the Salva
tion soldiers to the beach, lie even
performed on an accordion one night
in honor of the open air gospel meeting
and was assured that the Army band
couhl do no better.
The excellent impression thus made
was almost effaced by the captain’s
conduct on another occasion. Six men
in tall hats came down to the beach
one night, followed by a lot of lake
front loungers, and began to slug gos
pel hymns. The captain was gratified,
lie never quite approved of the Salva
tion Army costume, and here, it seem
ed, was a delegation of soberly clad
ministers come to preach without any
sound of brass and tinkling cymbals.
One of the clerical looking men be
gan to address the crowd. In the be
ginning his harangue was not unlike
that of the overage street preacher, but
he imparted gradually and in small in
stallments the information that this
was a missionary party from Utah sent
out to teach the doctrines of the Church
of Latter Day Saints.
“Mormons!” snorted Ebenezer, a:
Into the crowd he stumped with a p
emptory order for the meeting to dis
perse and the missionaries to elimb the
hill. Expostulation only moved the
captain to boiling wrath, and he vol
leyed and thundered sueli dreadful lan
guage that the six tall hats moved off,
leaving Ebene/er in possession of the
field, but with a shattered reputation
for piety.
When small boys offended on his
premises, the captain would roar: “HI,
there; go ashore, you little powder
monkeys! I’ll take you all out to sea an
maroon you!” Tills would be followed
by wild scampering across tbe sands,
Jor the boys were divided in opinion as
to whether m .rooulng meant boiling in
oil or hanging at the yardarm.
For six years Ebenezer and Maria
lived lu the shipyard, drew rent and
paid lawyers. The lake currents kept
adding to their sandy domain, and as
ties.”
He smoked three times his normal
allowance of tobacco and told Maria
that he was sorely tempted to put to
sea again. A little later he gave proof
that this was an idea that had some
grip ou him, for he set men to work
calking the Raven’s gaping seams and
getting the schooner into something
like sailing shape again.
One evening Captain Rowell return
ed and found Ibe shipyard in a tumult
A case had Just gone against him In
one of the courts, the judge having de
clared that title to the laud was vested
in the city, and the municipal officers
lost no time in following up this vic
tory. Policemen descended, and the
sheriff came, and with them sundry
stout fellows having lu charge teams,
timbers, crowbars and other tools suffi
cient to make Maria tremble.
She bewailed the absence of Eben
ezer, but came part down the steps
that led up the Raven's side and gave
an imitation of the captain In a bad
temper. The sheriff said such language
was shocking, but she refused to listen
to the writ. Before Ebenezer appeared
to defend the premises from invasion
one of the structures that the sailor
called a boat when he talked to a con
stable and a house when he conversed
with a tenant had been hoisted from
its anchorage and placed on skids.
One without occupants bad been se
lected by way of a beginning, and the
Bird of Freedom, as letters done In the
highest style of the sign painter’s art
announced the clumsy affair, was well
ou her way toward the street at the
foot of the bluff when Ebenezer came
snorting upon the scene. He did not
stop to parley with the sheriff, but
dived Into the cabin of the Raven and
presently emerged on deck with a rifle
in his hands.
It was a weapon that had been pur
chased In the early stages of the fight
for possession of the lake front, but by
a singular oversight Ebenezer had neg
lected to provide himself with ammu
nition. However, nobody stops to in
quire with any particularity into the
condition of a gun when that gun is in
the hands of a man whose hostility Is
undoubted, and the whole attacking
force stampeded at the sight of the
Winchester.
Nearly all night the c-Mptaiu kept
watch, rifle In hand, but when Marla
questioned the efficiency of a gun that
wanted cartridges he concluded to go
to bed and risk the further kidnaping
of his scows.
It was shortly after this incursion
that I saw the captain again. The
shipyard showed almost as many signs
of disorder as though it were really a
place where boats were built. The
Bird of Freedom, the Albatross (all
the captain’s scow houses were given
the names of birds) and the rest were
either in ruins or in process of being
plucked. The Raven showed unmis
takable signs of an impending voyage.
She had been shored up, painted and
rid of all the accumulation of steps,
platforms and flowerpots that made
her look like something that belonged
neither ou land nor sea. The captain
was rather melancholy, but energetic
In respect to ship chandlery and re
pairs.
“Yes,” he said, “I’m goln eallin onco
more; compromised with the city.”
This he said as cheerfully as a man
might announce the date of his own
hanging. “Compromised,” he went on;
“that’s what they call It. I gives the
city the land, an the city gives me the
rally o’ these here craft. No, I ain’t
as rich as I used to think I was when
I stuck ou a hundred thousand every
time a storm heaved up a fresh lot o'
sand, which happened pretty reg’lar.
“Fact Is, If the guv'ment keeps ex-
tendin that pier Into the lake an up-
settlu the cal'latious o’ nature In p’iut
of currents, sand’ll keep piliu up uutil
this lake’s plum cut in two. I'm sick
o’ this bilin, rolsteriu, baugin body o’
water. I’m goln to sail the Raven down
the lakes to the 8t. Lawrence, take her
out to sea an go back to Cape Cod,
where Mariar an I oal’lato to speud
the rest o’ our days.'
It was a laborious undertaking to get
the Raven into the water again. She
had lain ou shore so long that she had
to be, In a large measure, rebuilt before
siie was lit to sail, but finally the cap
tain pronounced her as good us new
und flue enough to exhibit to those
keen critics of things nautical, the in
habitants of Cupo Cod.
Ho l went down one night to see him
und Maria set out on their long voyage.
There was a flattening of noses against
the window panes in tho houses ou the
hill, whose satisfied owners saw the
trim lines of the schooner slant across
the darkening waters. The captain was
at the wheel, and as be sailed away
Into the gloom I could get glimpses of
ills cheerful pipe, glowing like a binna
cle lamp und pointing as nearly as
might be lu the direction of Cape Cod.
—New York Evening I’oqt.
Subscribe lot Tbe Ledger.
A <Jul»'t Home Wedding.
.Gkdpings-Farkow : Married at
Gaffney, 8. C., at the residence of
the bride’s parents, on Thursday
March 8th, 1900, by Rev. J. M.
Magruder, Dr. Richard Manning
Geddings and Miss Jennie Bedon
Farrow, daughter of Col. T. Stobo
Farrow.
Dr. Geddings, formerly of Charles
ton, 8, C., late Surgeon U. 8. Army
during the War with Spain, is at
present Section Director of the U. 8.
Weather Bureau at Porto Rico. He
arrived in New York last week, and
ca.ne on to Gaffney Wednesday night
accompanied by Mr. Pattilio Farrow,
of Washington, D. C., brother of tbe
bride. Miss Henrietta Geddings,
sister of tho groom, came up from
Charleston to attend the wedding
Col. and Mrs. Farrow gave the bridal
party a handsome One O’clock
Luncheon on Thursday and the mar>
riage took place at 5:30 p. in., at-
tended by members of the immediate
family. The bride and groom left on
the North Bound Vestibule at 6:44
p. m., and will sail for Porto Rico
after spending a few days in New
York.
A Young Ctierokeean lu MUiiUslppl.
A Mississippi correspondent of The
Southern Christian Advocate, signed
“Gilderoy” writing from Water
Valley Miss , says he has met our
young friend J. (i. Huggin, recently
of this county, and who at present is
the preacher in charge of the Oxford
circuit in that state. He says Mr.
Huggin is a proper and promising
young man, and further that “he
would preach acceptably in any
church in this (Mississippi) State or
in the Palmetto State.’’
We are pleased to hear this good
report from our young friend George
Huggin, but we are not surprised at
it for we know George, his good sense,
his industry, his great integrity,
ids high Christian manhood, and tliat
in him lies the greatest possiblities
in his high calling. He is now, and
will be a greater honor to his native
county and state and a blessing to
those among whom he works.
A MautJI Fire
Just about 1 o’clock p. m., Wed
nesday the fire alarm was sounded
and the rush for the scene soon made
it apparent to all that Dr. W. C.
Hamrick’s fine residence on Lime
stone street was on fire. The reel
companies turned out promptly but
before they arrived on the ucene it
was announced that the fire was out.
The clothing in one of tbe closets
had from some upknown cause caught
on fire while Mrs. Hamrick and the
children were in the dining room.
As Dr. Hamrick went in the house to
dinner, he found the front part of the
house full of smoke and soon located
the fire in a closet. Water was
thrown on the fire in the closet and
the burning clothing thrown in the
yard which soon stopped the fire. The
closet was badly chared and all the
clothing it contained distroyed. Loss
about $15.
A Telephone Line to Maud.
The citizens of Maud are talking of
building a telephone line from Gaff
ney to Maud. Quite a good propor
tion of the necessary money has
already been subscribed. Mr. Kin-
yon Blanton has charge of the enter
prise and nothing else has ever failed
in Kinyon’s hands, the line will be in
working shape in a few weeks.
Maud is one of the most prosperous
and thriving sections of the county,
and this line, when finished, will be
one of the most useful in the county
to our business people, as well as
those of Maud, and both should con
tribute liberally towards its construc
tion. Kinyon will be around to see
you.
Concert by 1.1 tone Munlt-al Club.
The Limestone Musical Club takes
pleasure in announcing a public con
cert to be given by its members in
the Limestone College Auditorium,
Friday evening March the 23rd.
Within the ranks of this organiza
tion is found nearly all the musical
talent of the college and city.
The program will be a varied one*
consisting of solo and concerted works
for both the piano and voice.
As manyiof the best pianists and
vocolists will appear on this occasion,
the public may look froward to an
evening of genuine pleasure and en
joyment.
In The Court Kooni.
[By a Member of tbe Local Bar.]
Several ladiea without their babies
Came walking into thcourt
They heard folks speak of the case of Meek,
And they thought they’d have some sport.
Counsel for Meek was first to speak
And the arguments were strong
Counsel for State was first to orate
And made fils argument long.
And now poor Meek will have to seek
Consolation In the pen
The jury will say that Price he did slay
And Ins sentence will be ten.
The Blackwood ease will now,take place
But the ladles will he away
The council won’t rear and pitch and tear
As they did in the case today.
The ladies Inspire unquenchable Are
In the hearts of the men wtio speak
So they’d better remain as Its going to rain
And shelter they’d iiave to seek,
Ur, Lee Smith Head.
The many friends in Cherokee of
Dr. Lee Smith, will sincerely regret
to hear of his death which occurred at
his home In Spartanburg Wednesday.
Dr. Smith was a fine physician and
has all his life been a prominent
character in tbe eastern portion of
Spartanburg county. He had many
good qualities of head and heart.
August Flower.
“It is a surprising fact,” says
Prof. Houton, “that in my travels in
all parts of the world, for the last
ten years, I have met more people
having used Green’s August Flower
than any other remedy,for dyspepsia,
deranged liver and stomach, for con
stipation. I find for tourists and
salesmen, or for persons filling office
positions, where headaches and gen
eral bad feelings from irregular
habits exist, that Green’s August
Flower is a grand remedy. It does
not injure the system by frequent
use, and is excellent for sour
stomachs and indigestion.” Sample
bottles free at 8. B. Crawley & Co.
Hold by dealers io all civilised
copotries.
A SLUGGISH BRAIN ....
Is caused by Imperfect Digestion and Disorder
in the Liver and Bowels.
PRICKLY ASH BITTERS
IS A BOON TO BRAIN WORKERS.
It purifies the bowels, strengthens and regulates the
liver, aids digestion, promotes vigor of body,
cheerfulness and mental activity.
SOLO BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
PRICE $1.00 PER BOTTLE
Cherokee Drug Co. Special Agents.
Leonard R. Owens, postmaster at
Marion, has been arrested, charged
with embezzling funds belonging to
the postoffice to the amount of $1,000.
The Edgefield Chronicle says that
all the lawyers of that place will he
candidates for office this year, one
for Solicitor and the others for the
Legislature.
Last Saturday night in Greenville
Earle Teague, a negro, was stabbed
in the heart by Homer Ward, a
young white man. Both were drunk.
Ward was arrested.
Don’t take my word for it hut ask ladles
who are usinx Dcmorest Sowing Miu-hines.
viz:
Mrs. Clayton Phillips, Home. S. C.
Mrs. Thomas Bunders, Star Farm, S. C.
Mrs. Mid Manor, Wilkinsville. 8. C.
Mrs. Shelton Se’lers, Mercer, S. C.
Mrs. H. F. I'rldmore. Gaffney, S.
Mrs A. It. N. Folxler, Gaffney. S. e.
Mrs. S. (j. Surratt, Gaffney, S. <’.
Mrs. Joe Phillips, Webster, S. C.
i*. 6. r*iF»«eoivii«, Ajct.,
Oaffuey, H. C.
S.C.&G. E. R. R. CO.
Schedule No. 4.
In Effect 12:01 A. M., Sunday.December24th, '99
Between Camden.S.C. and Blacksburg,S.C.
WEST.
35.
33.
KASTKKN TIME
1 c
— «
— ^ e
il S
■- &.
^ Cj r;
STATIONS.
-- Cz * 1
-
-W 3
X
p.
M.
P.
*. |
" 1
P.
IS.
8
30
13
50
CAMDEN
13
3.5
8
50
1
15
DEKALB
13
03
1)
30
1
37
. . WEST V ILL E
11
50
10
50
1
40
KERSHAW
11
X)
11
30
2
10
HEATH SPRINGS
11
30
11
35
S)
As
1 j
PLEASANT HILL
11
15
i:
30
35
50
....LANCASTER
10
;>.>
j
(10 3
RIVERSIDE
10
40
i
30
3
00
SPRING DELL.
10
30
2
30
3
10
CATAWBA .11 NC’N
10
30
o
50
30
LESLIE.
10
10
3
10
3
40
.... ROCK HI Li.
10
00
4
10
3
55
NEWPORT . .
u
‘•io
4
4.5
4
03
.. TIR/AH
u
3o
5
30
4
3o
... YORKV1LLK ...
<J
15
ti
00 4
;s;5
SHARON
0
00
ti
3.5
4
50
HICKORY GROVE
8
45
0
35
5
00
SMYRNA ...
8
35
7
00
5
30 j
.. BLACKSBIJUG
8
15
p.
M
P.
N. 1
■ -
A.
M.
Between Blacksburg,S.C., and Marion.N.C.
WEST.
EAST
u
33.
X
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V.
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if
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JS KASTKKN TIME.
STATIONS.
P. M.
0 ;*»
6 45
5 50
« no
0 30
« 38
»> 38
U 55
7 10
7 *’
7
7
7
8
35
40
58
15
P. M.
.. BLACKSBURG
EARLS
PATTERSON SP’OS
SHELBY
LATTI MOKE....
.. MOOKESBORO.
...HENRIETTA
FOREST CITY
KUTHEKFOKDTON
MILLWOOD
GOLDEN VALLEY
THERMAL CITY
GLEN WOOD ....
MARION
33.
13.
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fit gj
A. M.
P. M .
7 48
ti 40
7 33
ti 30
7 35
ti 13
7 15
ti 00
ti 55
4 50
♦i 4*
4 40
»; ;i8
4 30
ti 30
3 50
li 1)5
•i £>
5 53
3 05
5 40
3 50
5 37
3 45
5 17
3 30
5 00
3 00
A. M.
V. M.
WEST.
Gaffney Division.
EAST.
1st Class.
1st Class.
IS.
IS.
KASTKKN T1MK.
14.
IS.
Daily
Except
Sunday.
N
STATIONS.
„ cl « c
** 5.1/1 §
— W.jj 1 tnj?
P M
1 00
A X
6 00
BLACKSBURG
A M
7 50
P M
3 00
1 30
0 30
CHEROKEE FALLS
7 30
3 40
1 40
ti 40
GAFFNEY
7 10
3 30
P M
A M
A M
P M
Train No. 33 leaving Marion. N. C., at S a. m.
making close connection at Blaekshurz. S
C., witli the Southern’s train No. 3»i for Char
lotte, N. G\. and ull points East, und conneut-
luz with the Southern's vestibule zoluy to
Atlanta, Gu., und all points West, und will
receive passengers going East from train
No. lOon the C. A N. W. R. R.. at Yorkvllle,
S. C., at 8.45 a. in., and connects at Camden,
8. C., with the Southern’s train No. 78 arriv
ing in Charleston. S. C., at 8.17 p. m.
Train No. 34 witli passenger coach attached,
leaving Blacksburg at 5.30 a. m., and con
necting at Rock lilil, H. C., with the South
ern’s Florida train for all points South.
TruluNo. 33 leaving Camden, 8. C , ut 13.50
p. m., after the arrival of the Southern's
Charleston train connects at Lancaster, 8.
C\. with the L. A C R. K.; at Catawba Junet
loti with the S. A. L., going East, at Kook
Hill.S.C.. with the Southern's train No. 34
for Charlotte, N. and all igdnts E;ist
Connects at Yorkvllle, S. V.. with train No. !>
on the C. A N. W. R. K., for Chester, S. C. At
Blacksburg with the Southern's vestibule
going East, and the Southern's train No. 35
going West, and connecting at Marion, N. C.,
with the Southern both East and West .
HAMLKI. 11L' NT,
President.
A.TKIPP,
Superintendent.
h. M, LUMPKIN,
Uau’L Passenger Agent.
Onco 'Trial,
iYl\V£t.v« sx Oiirstomer
Sam L. Morgan.
■ IS HAIR** BALSAM
JHCletmri ti.d brxutir.es the bsM
^BMPruuiuics s luxurisut growth.
^ wJBNever Falls to Ucstore Grey
Buir to Us Youthful Color.
Ask Your
Neighbor
if she buys groceries from us. If she
does she will tell you of reliable goods,
honest prices and quick delivery—all
of which you may not lie getting. We
haven't a customer to whom we would
hesitate u> refer you. If your neigh
bor is jealous of her success, give your
orders to us the success will then be
yours.
PEELER & GAFFNEY.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger Train*.
in’Bffcct Dec. 10,1899.
Vee.
No. 18.
FatMa
Northbound.
No. 12.
No. 38.
Ex.
No. 3«.
Daily
Daily
Sun.
Daily.
Lv. Atlenta.CT
7 69 a
12 00m
4 30 p
11 60 9
•• Atlanta,ET
8 50 a
1 00p
6 30 p
12 60 a
*' Norcrosa ..
0 30 a
6 23 p
1 28a
'* Buford. .
10 05 a
7 03 p
1 63 a
•' Gainesville
10 85 a
2 25 p
7 33 p
2 18 a
*' Lula .
10 58 a
2 45 p
8 OOp
2 88*
*• Cornelia....
11 85 a
8 30 p
'• Mt. Airy. .
11 30 a
8 35 p
Lv Toccoa .
11 53 a
8 83 p
9 00 p
9 28a
Ar. Elhertou.
5 40 p
Yliia
Lv. Klberton..
9 00 a
tv. W'miuster.
13 81m
4 04^1
•• Seneca.
12 02 p
4 15 p
4 28 *
*• Central. . ..
1 40 p
4 66*
“ Greenville
2 34 p
6 22 p
OOOn
*• Spur’burg.
9 37 p
0 18 p
7 03a
** Gaffney
4 20 p
0 48 p
..... a e -
7 46a
•• Blacksburg
4 38 p
7 02p
8 o2a
*• King’s Mt..
5 03 p
8 27 n
" Gastonia,.
5 26 p
8 61 a
” Charlotte..
6 30 p
8 18 p
9 60*
Ar. Gre’nsboro
9 65 p
10 47 p
12 23 p
Lv Gre’nsboro
11 45 p
Ar. Norfolk ...
••••...
8 25 u
..••••ti
Ar. Danville...
11 25 p
11 68 p
1 38 p
Ar. Richmond..
0 00a
8 (ion
8 25 p
Ar. W’hington.
8 42 a
8 60 p
•• B'more PR
8 00 a
11 25p
'• Ph’delphia.
10 16 u
.••••••«
2 68a
“ New York.
12 4 : in
•*••••••
0 23a
FstMa
Vea.
Southbound.
No. 35.
So. 37.
No. 11.
Daily
Dally.
Daily
5TI
"0 1
£1
1
It 15 n
4 aop
“ Ph'delphia.
3 50 a
6 66 p
“ Baltimore..
5 22 a
9 20 p
“ Wush'ton
11 10a
10 46 p
Lv. Ri -lunoud.
12 01 a
11 OOp
H 00p
Lv. Danville.. .
5 48 p
6 50 u
6 10 a
Lv Norfolk.
9 00 a
8 35 p
Ar Ore'nshorn
0 36 p
5 15a
Lv. Grc'nslxno
7 10 p
7 05 u
7 37 a
Ar Charlotte..
9 45 p
9 25 u
12 06m
Lv Gastonia.
10 43 p
10 07 a
1 12 p
“ King'* Mt.
1 33 p
*• Bla'-Usburg
ll 25 p
10 45 a
2 OOp
** Gaffney
11 42 p
10 58 a
2 24 p
•’ Spar’burg .
12 20 u
11 34 a
3 15p
“ Greenville
1 39 a
12 30 p
4 30 p
Um—upp
•* Central
6 42 p
NU. lie
•’ Seneca ....
2 32 u
1 30 p
8 08 p
** W'miuster.
8 25 p
pun.
•’ Toccoa
3 28 a
2 15 p
7 OOp
Tnini
Lv Klberton.
9 UOu
l hop
Ar. Kllx-rton.
11 45 a
5 40 p
Lv. Mt Airy
7 28 p
f <M a
“ Cornelia..
7 82p
8 36a
“ Lula
4 l6 u
3 14 p
8 OOp
0 67 a
•* Gainesville
4 30 a
3 33 p
8 20 p
T 20a
“ Buford..
6 02 a
8 48 p
148a
” Norcro*s.
0 25 a
9 18 p
• 27a
Ar. Atlanta.KT
6 10 a
4 65 p
10 OOp
• at*
“ Atlanta,CT
5 JO a
3 66p
• OOp
JLS±
Bntw—n L»l» a»4 Athng*.
No. 1«.
Dally.
STATIONS.
Nsrw;
Ex.
Bum.
II 05*
11 Win
[If;
Note close connection made
nalo line trains.
Lv -Lula Ar
Muysvllle “
Harmony “
Ar. Athens Lv
“A” * m. -P" p. ns. ‘’M” noon. “N” a
Chesapeake Line Steamers in daily aei
between Nor oik and Baltimore.
Nos. 37 ana 8S—Daily Washington
Southwestern Vestibule Limited. Thrc
Pullman sleeping cars between New York
New Orleans, via Washington. Atlanta .
Montgomery, and also between New York)
Memphis, via Washlugtbn, Atlanta and 1
mtnghem. Also elegant PiiU-MAM LlMU
OnsEHv ation Caps between Atlanta and New
York. Kirstcluse thoroughfare coechee be-
tweeu Washington and Atlanta. Dining cars
serve all meals eu route. Leaving Waehlag
ingUn Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
a tourist sleeping car will run through between
Washington and San Francisco without ehange.
Pullman drawing room sleeping cars between
Greensboro end Norfolk. Close connection at
Norfolk forOi.o PoistCoktokt
Nos. 35 and 35—United States Fast Mail Mae
•ond between Washington and New Orlean*.
Via Southern Krilway, A. A W. P. R. R. mad
L A N It. it., Ixdng composed of ooeohse.
through without change for passengers of all
•lse.se*. Pullman drawing room sleeping eare
between New York end New Orleene, via At
lanta and Montgomery and between Char
lotte and Atlanta- Dining eare serve all
meals on route
Non H, a). .A end 13—Pullman sleeping care
between Klchmond and Charlotte, via Dan
ville southbound Nos. 11 and 3*. northbound
Noe 34 and 13.
Franks gannon. j.m.culp.
Third Y P J (Jen Mgr. T M . Washington.
W A TURK. 8 1 HARDWICK.
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