Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

THE LK'M4KR, (i A V'FXEV, S. C, DEUEMBER. 18 i' on Remember those who have Least. A trifling gift, Let cost be never so little, will cheer some one, and make them feel this world is not all work and worry. LIPSCOMB BROS. THE HUSTLERS. The Piano Drawing will occur on Jan 15, 1901. Save your tickets you may be the lucky one; somebody must win ; it may be you. Shrewd Buyers Come Here. They know where assortments are large; where money goes farthest. Yerv ciisy tn learn why mew poodle *h(»p at Lipscomh’s. Vi-it our store. Stroll through the aisles with eyes wide open. In staple goods we may not reduce vour expenditures more than 10 to Id per cent ; hut on noveltie>, rich qualities, fancy articles, beautiful dress goods and other "'things Miitsilde for Christina*- presents our prices are .astonishinglv low. Make comparison- for yourselves, W e have pi't received b.000 copies hereabout*; to have a copy of tins paper, ard Patterns. of tin- Standard Fa-diion Plate, and we want every lady Free on applieation. W’e are sole agent- for the Stand- Dress Goods. LOT I. — loo piece- a-sorted Fancy I)res- (mods, a high cities j product. atid the nto-i popuhir f.ahrics in the market today ; the (ador- and design- are numerous, all made to -ell at 'Joe. a yard. W’e place tin lot on -ah* at 10 to 20c per yard. LOT g.—.let Hlaek Serge, all wool, a good, heavv, wirv, -tauiteh fabric -uitahlo for most anv ptirpo-e. real v.altie bOr per yard. sp<-cial at T! a per yard. L< >T —( oh > ft d tmd -bi P.hiek Pin •tide lot Its. Poplins and 11 en- riettas. good- that the average retailer tn ver break- price-on, we will oiler instead of 1 .do the regular price special at -t 1 per yard. Black and Colored Silks and Velvets. 1 go inch Black bath ta. -trong and lu-troti-. worth .fl a vard. at doc. gt» inch -briped Tall’era. -onie witit -atin bar-, worth .+ I .gd a vard, at 7be. gg i.icb "'itin 1 Putin— , exceed.ngl\ -oft and line, worth .fI a vard. a; bOc. patent leather and idetd kid shoe-, the very linest -ho< - regidarly sold from !jbl to Jjtd per pair Boys' Shoe-, all ~izes and style-, from little gent-', with -pring lieeis, to the young men-' -i/e- with regular heel- at from 00c to .-f 1. Iden’s and Boys' Clothing. If von want ■- mm* it ally lint* <’1> d i.t -• for tiie win!ci’. buy them l 1 1 w unit ht'i’c. 11 <tui • '.-ti c- I’nr the iia-t iwo S;it u r< 1 ;t v - can he ■; • !<<• ii lot’ a l rtb inm x vmi t’.T lino! (* \ |m <*! aumher so re markabh* :i!l " |>]tori unit v a o.’i in thi*- *a ~oi i. fm we s,ijtj suit- and oveivoa! - ier men and hoy- tihout a- fast a- we could hand thejii out. IL re are bargains, match them if you ean : Bu-ine" and Cener.al Ptirpo-e >u, worth from •+b to slo. at fiolil d ..*o to $ i.. *o. Fine Suit- from .$7.do to .fid. Iligh tirade Winter Suit- from PJ.bU 'o fgo. Woolen I wotiannent Suits for Bov- at from •+1 to fti.do l hree (iarmeiit Suit- for Bov- at from *g.7b to .fi;. A few Bov-’ nice Overcoats, in -i/e- f!-., i -} to pi year- eld. at a -acrilioe. Cloak Deoartment. W’e liavi* made enormous preparations and Begin today a of more than dot) Ladies Jacket- at Irom f 1 .on in f N .. o 1 one retire-(‘titing gretiter \ alue than has evi't* bet*u • ii red tho-e price- hen or els« where. Kersev s, ehe\iol-. pehbie cloth-. Ale., lilieo with tie \i l'\ -atin- and -i!k-. made in manv dilletmo -tvle-. aie ten ! Of ,e-l W e al-o oiler a large collection oi Ladie- Cape- at ■ >0t to fd 00. ( toll ('ape-. Ke|-se\ t a pes , Pebb it t lot ! I < a ] ■ - a nd i . . - ' a ] ’ ••. vahu - which have never been known bet on ■ tuts -ah. Trimmed and Untrimmed Millinery. The beauties of which we will not attempt to d -<::be. at deeply cut price-. flic collect ion * mbraee- Pari- ano xb ,v W'l’U models, all of which sire made ol l i'di and eiegant mao- lai- ...,d 1 le-igued bvihe be-t millinery talent obtainable; thi- _ \ - v rx woman a eliauee t<' gt l a -t\ ii-n bat at hail, in -oint u.-tau es jess than half, tin prices charged elsewhere for ha •• equal merit. Men's. Women's and Children's Shoes. A i •T 2. Men' I an and Blac ! k < 'a if Sh< M * -* . At .* o, b II ' -- Siloes, in liia< tan and patent it •at he r. i •'reiich •a'if. bo \ <•;, j f. kano’aroo a ml k id, aii ■d/i ". w< irth fro m $• > t o b7m<>. At •ft. the <’ ejebrated 11 mm tide Si toe. . mad e on > e i e n i i tic lines. ■olid colt: ilot’t ; t !ono; wit !i -i \1( ■ and wea in no- i |ualit ii V At •b 1 . MOmen's Siloes (.! |< ; mI am 1 c, a if. 1; ice or butt on styles. dbgl e or douh Je **ole.-, ail -i \ 1 • s of ti MJS and 1 o \ i iijy> , ali size •s, real ;a 1 lit ’> f|T 'in b 1 .ill to .'| : ! 1 .ol •. At fg. Women'- he-t quality hand-sewed calf, kid, enamel. Men's and Women's Hosiery. iiow about your suppl\ of W inter I!ori' t'\'. 1- o stillicient for vour probabh* needs? If not. you can bus whatev<*r i- needed here at the mo-t reasonable ol pr.< > -—priet - that I'.iier -tote- wouhl never dream if quoting. loti dozen “Sample- of Men - and \\< men - 1 oreigu i'uii 1 b gular Made 11 o-ierv. plain bla ‘k. fanev -tritm - i nil>;onh .a d. and dozens ul other styles in li-le threao. a.id lino maeo cotton. , all 11 enn-dorf d \ ed, all -ize-. m on* -tvle or another from P'e. pe>- pair to dOe. Winter Underwear for Men and Women- Men'- double-breasted merino -hut-, w ilt dr.awei-- n..itc lt> wort h •+ 1 do. at f I. Men - lle.a\ \ f looec Lined .^hirt- and I f; .vi-at * good value at f 1 do. W < men - Fxtra Heavy Bibbed \hin na ural at.: white, at from gOe to fl Women - W md ( omIdnation Snit-, in uatura 1 ;oid w. . 1 e c jo /-, anv -tvle or si/,., -ilk trimmed, wortli -"fl to '"fg. at, p. r -nit. •' 'c to f I .do B>; 'l ine IM I*IC A-I.XK I'. <Jreat W’e oiler a -uperior list (Iroeery iloor constantly ol ]trice attractions. dotihly remarkalde when you consider that in vour mind, and to earn your confidence bv deserving it. every item represents tin R and p,rest of it- clas- CATSUP FLOUR HAMS BUTTER BEANS MACKEREL COFFEE JELLY TEAS OLIVES OATMEAL SARDINES VINEGAR CORN PRESERVES PEAS, OKRA CANNED VEGETABLES DRIED FRUIT TOMATOES APPLES fe-peetive of price. We mean to k I PEACHES MOLASSES GRITS BACON this OUR HOME COMMANDER. With lauilatir.nB <lae \• u ina.v (.rate <■( itit* Of iiiaiiLiin! Ihal nci - ln.ni lu tdiniiiaii'l, HihK y< ur !"• I ,ii;ril t" \a|>'>!<.'ii an.l tirant. To la .' i* 1 ! . ur \\ .i-i 'mi,.ii ^raiul. Hut ♦ nr i.'iai. 't act nUn will In. tame wlien tlia ttatne 1 Is f .nij'.iTi’il with tti<' iiami' on thi' leaf Of our Ii i-! ol v' | a ire (hat Jil'eselits to the Hue Our little <omiiian<l T in chief. Hi a ruiiliret of men that l as ne'er wiehled pen Or a kw. r.) in three tattle's array. And Ihouirh martial atfairs are no part of hi* care*. Yet a eonipiest is his every day. For no foe to hia whim braves a contest with him. Hut the strucirle'a doeisive and hrii f. For there’s none in tie li-t tan Ui> power resist Of our little commander in chief. You may call him a tyrant and try to decry Our submission to rule such as bis. But there's that in his ryes that resistance defies. He it erall or whatever it is. And e’en wlien in sleep lie seems deep, and we creep From his thralldom for needed relief; If he move but his thuinti, we do dumbly stir- cutnb To our tittle commander in chief. Ali, would that the miitht of all rulers were quite Of the sort I have pictured almve, Where the victor were he that was destined to be So crowned throunii concession of love. And would to each home miitht the influence come We muse of all others w-ith Brief — That would cause to espouse the pure motive that bows To a little commander in chief. Host on Conner. • • ♦ • , *- the ' : i i I SLEEPING CAR ROBBERIES;; OF ’83 is 9 '81. A Detective Yarn , By J. P. Barnitz. |\’c li.’iil n-turiicil fruin tlio (lining e:e- tin* siuoLiiig ('<iin|i:ii‘Um'iit of our eper. Tliort- were, tivi* i.f tis. fill btiliil for l’:i. itii- eiuist points, inn! ftvitR' ocitipidl the stiiiic c.’ir siin" JUtitlL' St. I’Utll. \\o liud liooolno prot well iioipiiiintoil with e;to!i othor. Tli' tv w;ts Put olio otlior pfis-ouyor In tlio Oil!’. .’Ill o).lolly, tltoitlllll Ill.TII. wilt nlthou^li oyoooiljn-l.v polite .qn.l y;oii1lo tuiiiilt in hi*- ilop*litiiioui. ini'oh joiip 'l ill tin ouiit • ! io’t ’..lull wo all L'Ut. or. 11 in t l.o .runt iiit; rooiii. ’’I’ortoi " "lie of us itskod w lion ttio (I: i i..\ Pro 'L’ht some cij-urs wo had <». dei'i d “oiiii \oti to|, us the na mo of tho KolltlellUIII ill sootii.'l lltV" “Vo-, sali; hi- n;ii! o i- Mr. Shortwoll II. ' a 1 . P n 1 oip, ! > dot -, on di- yoah lillo, lie > (|e OOUl III 11 - olllol of lie tf-ot i Ves ;in do oil > Olio of 'flu V.'. know Ig si -ht. 11 o' s ti aoin oP’ty plnoo au no plai-o all do tiiuo. Hut ho - «)• W1;i11 -1 I, un mi lip- I'/O flM'l’ soon ’(l»'od an 'deed ho is. sail!” In* ropliod In Hlnuatiiudy. Wo were passing tlirotiKlf tin’ L’roat W’httit district of North laikota. Tin liiutuuse oxpanso of ripe tcrniii ulistou Jug in the Minuting rays of the fa • iking sun sooim-d a vast golden son retchlntf awuv to the northeru hori zon. In the southwest a heavy thun derstorm was raging, the lightning viv id and grand. The thunder rolled across the plains like the distant rattle of musketry, and the sun. dipping be hind the hank of hlaek clouds, left a lurid glare athwart the sky. “f lent lemon, have you ever seen a finer sight than that?*’ remarked Mr. Short well as he came iuto the com partment ami took a seat by the win dow. “I’ve seen such storms freiptent ly in this section.” lie continued, “and each time I imagine I’m looking at battling armies, the victorious forces sweeping on. leaving lire and destruc tion in their wake. The forces of na ture are truly marvelous, are they Uot V" From the subject of storms the eon versation drifted to personal experi cnees of a more or less remarkable na ture. and we noticed Mr. Shortwoll brightening up and listening intently to the accounts of our various adven tures. Just as Fred Hardy, a traveling salesman for a New York Jewelry house, finished relating how his trunk of valuable samples had been mistaken by a lot of train robbers for a book agent's outfit from the heft of it in a hold up on the Santa Fe two years lie fore. Mr. Hhortwell straightened up from Ids lounging position on the heav ily upholsturcd seat and said: “l presume, being traveling men, you all remember the series of mysterious robberies that occurred on the sleeping ears of various lines during the winter of 188:1-4V At that time I was an cm ployee of one of the best known de teetive agencies in the country, and when the sleeping ear company which had suffered most from the depreda tions of the wily thief requested om agency to take hold of the matter I was given the ease. "When I took up the scent, the thief was operating on this line, and my first move was to be employed by the sleep iug oar company a- one of their eon doctors. For six or seven weeks there wore no robberies reported, and I wa woil ing along in the role of a sleeping ear conductor as completely io the dar! as when I took hold of the c.aso, "One tiLht in the middle of .(ini' ju t aftei |o; iug a station, whore w• • !ia;i: d etigin I v alkod out npo . the platform of the roar sleeper in ol der to 'nidi tho breeze, as the air in the oat was stuffy and hot. I lounged over the brake wheel, watching the ligl't,- uf tin- town grow fainter ittnl fainter mil!) nothing but a pale whit glow on t!:-- sky marked its -ito. Sir! doiil.v some one touched mo lightly o'i the arm. and an agitated voice said: “‘•''inductor. I've been robbed of a!! my money! Kven my watch Is gone!' "My detective instincts were a roused in an instant. The opportunity I'm which 1 had been waiting had at Iasi presented itself. I swung quickly around and followed my scantily elial passenger Into the dimly lighted hotly of the car. “He was a short, stout man, proba J. O. I-I I'SC'OM It 4L Itlit >. bly to or to years of age, and was tick eted in Itutte. where, he said, he was going for the purpose of looking at a hotel property he desired to buy. lie claimed to have had JFJ’J.OOO in treasury notes and drafts in a wallet which he iiad shoved in the pillowcase with the pilh.w. pinning up the open end and putting 'hat end against the side of the car. He occupied tin* drawing room. but. owing to the heat, had left the door open. “The pillowcase was torn where it had been pinned and was found on the Door beside the berth. While we were discussing the matter in excited under tones in the drawing room, so as not to disturb the other passengers until cer tain the wallet had not worked out among the bedclothes, we were star tled by a yell. or. rather, whoop, from a berth about the center of the car. and the occupant, a wealthy Montana cat tleman. sprang out. shouting: "•Thieves! Murder! (‘onduetor. I’ve been robbed! Where's my gun? Stop the train!’ ' “Of course the car was in an uproar in a minute, and I ran forward to have tile train conductor help me subdue the excitement and search for the thief. "On my wa.v to tin* front of the train 1 roused the porter, who was dozing in .he toilet room, and ordered him to hick tlie rear ear door and then stand guard .at the forward end. allowing uo otto to enter or leave the ear until I had returned with the train conductor. "When we eame back, tin- lights h.’id been turned on. and all the passengers were up dressing no women were in the car that trip each om* looking carefully through his belongings to see whether anvtliing was missing. Me yond tin* loss reported to me hj the pa -senger for Itiitte and tiiat of tin* caltIonian, which, he said, was a little more than -Shlixi. all in paper money, nothing was missing. "Although the I"-- of the prospective hotel hii.ver was seven times more th.’lll that of the cattleman, the hitter was lh” laost excited He declared the mmc y had been in an envelope which lu had pin'ii i i , hi- undershirt, and a h'l g lit eld in the side uf the oilier 1 ov.cd oov. ihe thief had scour id !, i-; booty . i he i.i |> uve •- were in the el! as Wel - e • I •' we left Millllo iiti ! I wa- p> ii e no oiic had fcoi 'Vi i aiiy ef the stations that nigh!, as I ■ d h ed the rear door at encli t' ■ ala! • e-r the purler or myself d at the front doer until the ii Ind 'tarted when it, toe. was i ’ e l Tie- pive,•union I had taken I every ni'/ll' i'lee a —IIIMIIg lllV posi ; ii' a 't- conductor, livery nook and | craaiiy of ihe ear was searched for the uis iug valuables, but to 110 purpose. “After i iiieh talk it was finally agreed that the two men who had been robhod should search the rest of us so that no suspicion might be fas tened on any occupant of the car. When the man from Huttc had divest ed himself of his clot lies, it was no ticed that Ids chest presfiityd a curi ous appearance. Across tin* nreast was a long, livid scar, resembling a heavy welt, and the cuticle below it hung in thick folds to the waist, with here and j there queer, knotty protuberances. I This condition, the man said, had been caused by an accident, he having been caught between a licit and a rapidly revolving shaft in a factory where he worked in his earlier life. "It is hardly necessary for me to say 1 that this search was as fruitless in re sults as was the search of tiie ear. hut it had the effect of easing each one’s | mind. No one now looked upon the other with distrust, except that tin* cattle dealer. I noticed, frowned rather malignantly upon the porter, which class of individuals, as you well know, are usually suspected of being the per petrators of all -leeping car robberies. "I took tin- names and addresses of both men who had stiff ire.) losses and made a full report to the sleeping ear company and the detective agency, also sending messages to the foremen of till repair gangs as far east as Minneapolis to hunt along the track for any wallets that might have been thrown from the train by the thief. “Hespite all efforts to clear up the robbery, it remained as deep a mys , tery ns had the preceding ones. The last 1 heard of the incident was that tin* stockman had entered suit against both tin- railroad and sleeping ear corn panies. while N. O. fiujin. the name given by the man. who. when I came to think of it rather complacently lost a small fortune, had dropped out of sight. "The more 1 thought of him and of his action- the more it grew upon me that the man was croo’ ed and must have been in some way eonncctcd with the theft of tin* stockman's money and had really never been robin ti himself Mm llieu, again, if lie wa.- the guilty party, what could he have dotn with the money? All. that was the mystery! And I t ’. * -ti and there resolved to go on the lraik of I'uiiin. if possible, and have Iiim shadow vd. "Two weeks after this experience i received a telegram from the agency to r port M the la ad otiiee in t'liieago w hnt d< ',\ l pon my arrival there i \..t * to ef a robbery which had oc cm :v b i ' -t r on one of l he sent !i we a - and was ordered to the «e!ic. of * - o*i a I Manager Sterling of the km at i ntiis. "!u looking over the report made to i!;.i " 'i- relative to the ease and f"eni the de.- 'pi' ll given b\ olio i f the jii;-:-- rigors who hail been robbed, i f allot el 'll.-- ” gel’ w li' lil tin* Vietd’l eh me . i.e had seen by tile dim lamp light peering through the slightly pait- t 1 curtains into las berth. J recognized »'nrliti "Tiie man had boon searched; hut. as in the ease w hell he was my passenger, there was nothing found on him. and | he was allowed to go. loudly protesting , against the treatment he had received j and vowing he would secure re pa ra tion through the courts. “I wrote up as good a description of the fellow as I could from memory and had several hundred circulars printed. These were sent to heads of detective ] departments of till the large railway lines ii* the country, with instructions to have Curlin arrested on suspicion of being the thief in this latest robbery and. in ease of his apprehension, to no tify <!<*neial Manager Sterling, who would take steps to have him brought to Kansas, in which state the crime had been committed. “A little more than a month after ward tie* gentleman was captured in New Orleans as he was about to pur chase a ticket for Atlanta. In due course of time In* was taken to Topeka, where he was identified by tho passen ger who had accused liiui of theft and Wits committed to jail for the action of the grand jury. "Fpoti my advice a photograph of the man strip)' ! to tiie wrist was taken and forwarded to me. Sure enough, it was Curlin. Our agency had half tone cuts made of tla- photographs, and an other set of circulars were printed, which were sent to our correspondents in Klll'ope. "Within six weeks a reply came from I ondou saying the party referred to in tue circular was tuelouMc My F. S. Lashby, a notorious car and hotel thief, known as ’Franklin, the Kangaroo Man.' from the fact that In* had been exhibiting himself in museums, having a pouch of skin on Ids breast similar to that found on tbe female kangaroo. "We wen advised to have him exam ined by a physician, when he would likely give in and confess Ids crime, as he had (lone in Metals. Fngland. some years previous. “This advice was acted upon, and tin* rogue really did confess lie stated that after robbing a victim he had spotted he dropped the plunder in the pouch Ik* had caused to grow on Ids breast and that before !> ing tripped up in Fng'atid had secured quite a snug sum of money. “He was careful not to exhibit his peculiar formation in this country and laid hoped to pick up a fortune, when he intended to go to Ids hon e in Aus tralia i believe the fellow would have succeeded, too. had it not been for the tip’ we got from the Fiiglish author ities Nothing could ever he found on him. and it would have been an ex- extreindy hard matter indeed to con vict him. "I pon b.ing pressed for an cxplana tioii as to bow lie had caused the grow ill of t!i* pouch on his body he said licit w !;:!e stu iying medicine in MeP .11.lie 1 ::i'l - ll ill II side show of a circus mi i lastic skin man. w hich condition, tiie Iron had told him. was brought about by .a continual pulling and stretching of the cuticle. "Ho began to experiment upon him self. and. finding how loose the skin was getting, the novel idea of produc ing a kaugiiroolikc pouch on Ids chest took possession of him, and. being of a roving disposition, he determined to become a freak, if possible. By travel ing about and exhibiting himself he could easily earn ehougl7*motiey to dm fray expenses. "After getting the skin thoroughly loosened uji over Ids chest lie made ;iu incision in length about live inches di rectly across the breast bone in line with tin* fifth rili. Mulling the wound apart, he packed it with antiseptic gauze, each day pulling more and more upon the skin at that point ami at each renewal of the gauze forcing a greater quantity into the aperture. ‘ Finally, after over a year’s tedious work, more or less suffering and sever al narrow escapes from blood poison ing his will power triumphed The d' - red result was obtained, ami lie set out to exhibit himself as the ’Hreat Australian Freak. Franklin, the Kan garoo Man.' "As may be imagined, his success was phenomenal, and lu* became wealthy beyond Ids fondest dreams; but. like many other people, money was Ids ruin. “lie soon became so addicted to drink that he failed to fullili Ids engage ments. anil his managers forsook him one after another. It was not long mi til he took to thieving, am) had it m,t be< n that he was known as a freak in Ft.gland it Is hardly likely thul lie won! ! ever have been convicted in that country. "Mike others, too, of tin* criminal •lass, he chose that life after he once entered it in preference to an lion* t pursuit of wealtli partly from the e\- ( iii iiicut connected witli it ami partly from Ihe loss of self respect "It is strange, hut unless he dish i d- ed the pouch no om* would have thought the appearance of Ids chest due to anything but tin* accidental cause he stated. The upper part of tin* wound hung over the lower edge and seemed simply a great, horrid scar "Weil, friends, we're gc ting l 1 icy destination, and I'll hid you • > I gv. My the way. Mashby's Icm.i m iite Kan sas penitent jury will expire in a P \v months If any of .on v ar t . m the -hov. bu.-do-s there's a !.n> * Ml iiadelplda Mivss. A 11 a -1 * s It a 11 . "Tin* quid.i -t slutv it. In r! ! tin buyer (X .■ an t ' ■ < M h ! • ! wa- in Texas a c >1 t i . so ago. I was wcarin >1 I tt the time and got a cl. an ' in less ti.a; a ni'iiule." All ill' IV 1 ' lulls >i.:ilc Std: ' . , i!it‘ countenance of nio < tlian at I ■> listeners ami was brie! ' it t In;: ,ii. w lu ll the t 1 mill au r Uet| "You see I was tail *1.' f (hose terrific s.imbtonn- e\ t .. a down there, am! the ll . ' <• t n* swiftly moving sand caua o u t !l in the face. That sand Mn i pf | the barber act on me. an I ;n ic; I f my being the possessor of i Vnnil' ** board my fact* was a- tic, ,t| ,f |,, r tts a boy’s. "I' cut my whiskers off a* cb an a a razor eould, hut did uot injure my face in the least.”—Memphis Scimitar.