Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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To <Joo?f Ko hIh ronvnitlovi. ^Timc i^i:i>o PIIBUSHKn ITKKI'AY AND IHIDAY. IIV Ed. II. DkOami*. Thi I^kdokr In not rosponsiiblf ^or ibv views of correspondents. Cards of thanks wil' be published at one cent a word. 'Beading notices will be published •t ten jents a line each insertiou. Write short letters and to the point %o Insure publication; also endeavor - J ^o get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. Obituaries will be pubinlised at five aents a line. , Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur- aish their name, not for publication, but for Identification. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp. Manager. I CoiiiplitlnlH from >V <nl On •, En oi i'HK hl lHU.lt:—vV u rd nr'<> i' u. otitiH warn** of ttils cit v. compos s law a! dnig iii/. This paper is only sent to persons then paid for, so do not ask us to credit yon. The price is too low to illow ns to do a credit business. NOTES AND COMMENTS. We vote to appropriate the big sur plus in the United States treasury to the building of the isthmian canal. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It is possible that if Senators Till man and McLaurin will make a few more exhibitions of their "dirty linen" before the United States Senate, that body will come to the aid of the people of this State in get ting rid of them both. Local taxes in Gaffney will amount to 2£ per cent, on ail that u man re turns. This of course includes state county, and town taxes It would be interesting to know how many people among us are clearing every year 2^ per cent, on their capkal ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ In accordance with one of the foundation principles of our govern ment every man has the right to the pursuit of happiness; hut as long ><8 great trusts, the creatur s of a pro*« c j live tariff, are permitted to fatten on , the products of honest toil, the mass j of the people will pursue it in vain. | Our Legislature to convene in January should fix the limit to the J . i time fur paying tax* s at * he fie-st r 'f | Eehr a y, and let it stay th-ie. Tne j time has been extend, d so often 11.a' | it will be difficult now to go back to j the old limit without inflicting m j hardship on many taxptyc rs who have been taught to expect an ex tension every year. ♦ ♦ ♦ The discovery of great reservoirs of oil in the Southern States is likely to mark the beginning of another epoch in the world’s material progress. When the supply of wood began to be inadequate to the demands, coal was discovered and large cities and extensive manufactories were made possible. But the supply of coai is limited and just as the prospects of its final exhaustion begin to excite acme anxiety, the earth is found to bold in its bosom immense lakes and oceans of oil stored up through all the ages against the time when it would be needed for the world’s further development. Now, it will largely take the place of coal both as fuel for furnishing warm'll in winter and power to drive the world’s machinery, being far suoeriur to coal iu that it is chcoiper, less bulky, and more effectual. Who so blind as not to see infinite intelligence and be nevolent forethought iu all this? Who will deny that the hand that made us is divine? ♦ ♦ The British are waging a war of ex termination in South Africa and are adopting methods which would put Tecumseh Sherman, Beast liutl-r, and Butcher Weyler to shame. Fol lowing the example set by Spain in Cuba they have established reeon- centration camps into which non- combaiaut Boers are gathered and Where they are dying at a rate ahock- iug to humanity. There are over 100 000 of these unfortunates, in- s'ly women and children, huddled to gether in these camps, and the death rate during September was 261 out of every 1,000. It is stated on good authority that every woman or child that has a representa tive in the Boer army, is allowed only half rations—a quantity of food not sufficient to sustain life. All this be cause there are gold mines in South Africa which England wants and be cause the sons of the soil claim the right to be free. Such inhumanity ia a foul blot on the face of the clvil- lted>orld,|and should make the name of England an object of scorn and loathing wherever justice has an ad vocate, humanity a representative, freedom a rotary. ward in the city und entitled to re deye just consideration from the rest of the city. No part of this cetiimun* ity is doing more for its upbuilding and prosperity than W ard One. Dr. W. L Settlmyer was duly elec ted warden from that ward in the present city council. He was entit led to recieve the same courtesies and consideration as the other wardens of the city. To disregard him in the management of the affairs of the city is to disregard the people of that ward. A slap at him is u blow at use. We pay our taxes as do other resi dents of this community. We ha/s the same rights that they have. Our representative at the city council has as much right to sit there as does the mayor himself. Our information is that it is the duty of the mayor and of the clerk of the council to notify each member of the council of the sessions in order that the sessions might h a legal: that for the city council to ignore any one of the members of t he council and thereby deprive him of tie functions of bis office, raises a question of the legality of the acts of the council. • We are further informed that the proper place for the meetings of the council is at its public office, and that for its meetings to be held else where in order to prevent the pres ence of any member of the council would vitiate the acts of the council so held in secret places We are informed further that Dr. Seltlemyer has been deprived of the right to sit as a member of the city council by the mayor and other war dens of the city, and that it has been done purposely, systematically an 1 deliberately. That he has not been notified of the meetings and that this city has been run during ihe term of his office not by regular meetings at the regular council office, but by spncial meetings, specially called and h Id in secret places for th-> sole purpose of escaping the presence of Dr Mettltmyeras a member of the council. Our information upon these mat- teisis direct and positive, and we have no hesitation in calling the at tention of the public to them. In fact we stand reai.y to establish its correctness by proof. We think it rl - to the people of this community that their attentim be called ‘to the m.iiier so ttiai this higti handed <>ut- lage upon one unriiu of tin city may oe known to them. We feel sure that, r hey are in utter ignorance o 1 thefaefs ; otherwise they would long since have condemned this reckiesn Course on t lie part of themnyoraini city co/n cil. Aside from the wrong done to the people who live in Ward No 1 In ir illegal oo- duct may pr vc a v . serious ma »er whenever th* ve i tlity of their u -ts i iv hereaft r h> called into (pies'ion. !t spe fully, < ITIZKNs OI t'AUJ) Oni; l.oi-ul Colton Murker, The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market t< day : Good Middling 8 00 Middling 8 10 If you would have an appetite like a bear and a relish for your meals take Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liv er Tablets. They correct disorders of the stomach and regulate the liver and bowels. Price 1 25 cents Sam ples free, at Cherokee DrugCornpuny. I of the Good Ronds cor v r lion which | will be field in Greenville next week, i j He insists on Cherokee having a big I delegation pn sunt in addition to ’ those appointed by the Gov» rr.or. | Especially is he ut xious for our farm- i er’s and business men to go Mr. Donulson has a keen appreciation of its importance and the great benefits which should result from our people witnessing practical and scientific road making. Soda should be pulverized and care fully measured whenever it is used in cooking, as it is a powerful alkali which must be used with discretion and accuracy. It is better to hit the nail on the head than on the finger. KICK A DOG Kick a dog and he bites you. He bites you and you kick him. The more you kick the more he bites and the more he bites the more you kick. Each makes the other worse. A thin body makes thin blood. Thin blood makes a thin body. Each makes the other worse. If there is going to be a change the help must come from outside. Scott's Emulsion is the riirht O help. It breaks up sucli a combination. First it sets the stomach right. Then it en- O riches the blood. That strengthens the body and it begins to grow new flesh. A strong body makes rich blood and rich blood makes a rong body. Each makes the other better. Ibis is the way Scott’s Emulsion puts the thin body on its feet. Now it can get along by itself. No need s c /d 01 ' medicine. (tewaiar lllis picture represents the Trade Mark of Scott’s Emulsion and is on the wrapper of every bottle. Send for free sample. SCOTT & LOWNE, 409 Peari St,. New Vork. 50c. and $1. all druggists. Sold •verywhere in caoi— nil liirs. Made by Standard Oil Company For Sale EVAdvertlsements under this head will be Inserted for one cent 11 word each Inser tion. No ad Inserted for less than ten cents 70U SALE stock. lt-13-tf. -One two year old Colt; fine J. En .1 KKKKK1KS. F OU SAI.E-120 acres land In Rutherford County. N. C , will vro to highest bidder on second Monday in January. For further Information apply to vV. K llav, State Line, S. U. 1^ IS-St-l awk. roRSALE A nice calf See Wm. J< milk cow tferles. with yountr t:M(l-tf F OR SALE—Two mules, one two-horse wairon.com. fodder, hay, hoirs farminir tools, household and kitchen furniture, and Other things. Also, wheat and oat crop al ready sowed, and half interest in mowing | machine and hay rake. Will go at open sale i until !>« c. 17th, then to highest bidder. 12-ln-^t. Eu. 11. Humphries. F OR SALE -A house and nine acres of land within 10 minutes walk of court house 1 for sale on easy terms. See J. R. Rki.i., Uatf- j ney. or A. G. Fi.oyij, Spartanburg. Nov. 15. I g!t, Dec, ti, U, F OR SALE One house und lot on Smith street, near First Baptist Chureh. J A. Willis. 11-5-tf F OR SALE House and lot of -J 7-in acres on Mill Gap Road. Just outside Gaffney city ! limits, for cash or on time. Write to Mrs. S. | A. Nance, Sputtanhnrg. S. O., or to Stanyarne j Wilson her attorney, Spartanburg. S O. | Hl-ls-tf For Rent. F oil RENT i)wc 11 ing house now occupied by Mc.Mlis er. Jan. 1. 11HKJ. A. N. Wood. IJ-ln-tf S XIT.TY ItoX ES for rent. Merchants and Planters Hunk. 12 l -tf F OR RENT Good two-horse farm (i miles from town with live-room house. Apply t" .1. K. Benson. F oil REN T A two-horse farm on I'road j River, Stacy. I'-IO-lf Wanted. W ANTED Hickory. In gwood. and Per simmon Logs. Southern Hard wnod < ’o„ Charleston, 8. G. March 22-1-awk. \A/ANTED Will pay highest cash price VV f,,,. green s« It hides. ‘‘ :.'i>-t f ('i,ary A K CNORICK. Trespass Notice. \\f. tla uihl": -1.'tied. I rcbv forbid any tri spasMtig in am way on cur lands, under penalty oi the In w. S O SWMtAIT, 12 n-l-ii-wi-It pd .1 ;' 11 \ ■ *k \)( l.i Ntv. All per»<>ns are f "i iihl •'! to trespass -on m v )a ties for any pu r|iose tvl.a' • v. i. awk 2t. \V. M. Moss. Notice. Any man who has over picked up a hot stovelid with his bare hand can appreciate the value of a wife’s sym pathy. Catarrh Cannot he Cured with LOCAL APPLICATION'S, aslheyean- not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional (.iscusc. and in order to cure It you niust take internal rem edies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Inter nally, and acts directly on the mucous sur faces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is com posed of the hest tonics know, com hi tied with the •'(‘st blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect coinbiiiution "f the t wo ingredients is what produces such wonderful results In curing Catarrh. Send f f >r testliiionlals. free F. J. CHENEY A co.. Props.. Toledo. O. Sold hy druggist, price 75c. 11 al I's Family Pills arc 1 Ik- best. A medical student says mortifica- lion ensues when a young man pops the question and th- girl says no. Educate Tour Dowels Wttli Cascareta. Candy Othartie, cure constipation forever. 10c 25c. IfC 0.0 fad, druggists refund money. Did it ever occur to you th»l fu'iy 98 per cent, of the dolls off red for sale are ifirls? The World's Greatest I-ever Medicine. Johnson’s Tonic does in a day what sl>>w quinine cannot do in ten days, its splendid cures are in striking contrast with tin- feeble cures made hy quinine. If you are utterly wretched, take a thor ough course of Johnson's Tonic and drive out every trace of Malarial poisoning. The wist- insure their lives and the wiser insure their health hy using Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic. It costs 50 cents If it cures; not one cent if it does not. Home people’s idea of economy is to deprive themselves of things they don’t want. Dr. IIiiH'm (tough Syrup is still In Ihe lead. The people seem to like this old relia ble cough medicine and we don’t blame them: it Is the liesi remedy for a deep-seated cough or cold, and will effect a cure In one day. It has become the fashion among wealthy Germans to ride nothing hui American msde bicvcles. Uei What You Ask For! When you ask for Cascarets Candy Cathartic be sure you get them. Genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. A substitutor is always a cheat and a fraud. Beware! All druggists, 10c. WATCH Your label and the date, And pay before ’Tis too late. II)IwIC MOINICY. We can use it for cotton. Will sell a limit ed number of our 7 percent, certificates. In terest payable January and July. The best cotton mill investment offered. Amount to suit. No depreciation. Rcdecmahh-on short notice. Guaranteed hy f.'id.OOOJK) paid in cap ital. Remit dl’-cct orcnll at our Spartanburg office. FINGERVI LLE MFG. CO . J. It. Lines, Sec. and Trcas. lawn Jnn 15 MONEY TO LOAN. On farm lands. Easy payments. No com mission charged Borrower pays actual cost of perfecting loan. Interest seven percent up. according to security. JOHN B. PALMER & SON, Friday’s tDec, 2s The public arc noiiihd not to i>udc for a due bill given by nn- to R. B. Benson, or to Henson A Wiisnn. fortbo sum ofcu. hear ing o ate on or al suit Ilec. ;,t h. 1!-(11. The same was given without consideration and will not be paid. G. 'V. Bo.n.m:k. Dec. Ilth. IKdl. Money Loaned. L OANS on improved farms for a term of years at seven per cent, interest. No commissions. For information apply to J. C Jefferies. Attorney at Law. 11-22-1 yr _____ Money at 7 Per Cent. We will loan money at 7 per cent, per an num in sums of fjnn. and upwards on im proved farming lam.j in Cherokee County. Call on our Attorneys Messrs. Wal 1 ace A oils at Gaffney. S. (’.. or write to us direct. Jno. B. Palmer & Son. Columbia. S. C. Columbia, S. C. Money to Loan. I have |2(i0.00 to loan on city real estate at H percent, interest. Apply to J. A. Wn.us. Dec. t>-t f Money to Loan on City and Farm Prop erty and Mill Stock. J A MICH A. WI IwIvIH. A.tornev. THE CHEAP CASH STORE. The “Old Reliable” is still in the front rank of Christmas lines with a large and Full Assortment of HOLIDAY GOODS. We never follow the leaders, but always lead the followers--that’s how we gained our pre-eminence in bargain-giving. We are too well and long established to need to sing our own praises--YOU furnish the want, WE do the rest. T. DAVENPORT. Our Big Stock, while much reduced, has many things that must interest the buyer who Jwants reliable ^oods at prices that are dependable. It is easy to find cheap goods. “The woods are full of them” as the saying goes. No one is in business to give you something for nothing. Every article we sell you must contain your money’s worth, otherwise you can come and get your money back. Come to our big store, look at our large^ stock. It will be money in your pocket. Large Line of Clothing Correctly made, containing merit, made to fit made to wear, high grade and medium gr.tde, no fancy prices either, but when you buy a Suit from us, or Pants from us, or Boy’s Suits from us you can go home and rest contented that you have the best tliiniE to he had for your money. Suits at if'U.oO, $“>.00, $0.00, $7.r>0 and up to $18.00. Boy’s Suits $1.00, $1.25, $1 50. $:! 00, $2.25 and up to $5 00. Men's Overcoats. The Substantial Kind. Brown aiul Black Beavers, m niunlxT one $5.00 Coat for $ 1.00. Blue and Black Beavers, u good $0.00 Coat^ at $7.o0. Blue and Black Beavers, none better ever come to this town for the price, $10.00 and $12.50. Dress Goods. # Silks, Trimmings, Braids and all little things that go along to make a complete Dress. r Handkerchiefs. Xmas time in “Handkerchief Feast.” Nice White Embroidered Hankerehiefs in many patterns, look lij.. 10c. quality, at 5c. Beautiful patterns in higher.^rade goods 10, 15, 20, 25 and up to -10c. ^ Misses Handerchiefs, 5 to 25c. ' Millinery. r If you hdve not bought your Winter Hat hasten to do so. 5 <>r/ pay no fancy price here, hut you get fanev and uj/-to-date material and workmanship. Hats with / t taste >and beauty, and the price is “away down.” Rhblxms, Veilings and in fact everything needed in hea/lwear. Shoes. A N. Wood Preitidcnt. 11.* H. Brown. Vlee-Pmddont. IVlereliiin and FMantern I fault OF GAFFNEY. S. O. OAPIT A L, *90,000. State and County Depository. DoeHH tM-nerKl Bitnklntfitnd Exi’hiinvt* buHlncsn, U well tilted up with Fire Proof Vault and HurRb.r Proof Safe, wltii Automatic Time Lock. *” occupations. We aollclt the buelixtaa of people of all C. A*. CU41TH. Gssfalsr. We can't end this advertisement without savinsr something more about our Shoes. We consider ours the strongest line in Cherokee County, and we know you get better Shoes for less money. Men’s Shoes, Ladies Shoes, Children’s Shoes Rubber Shoes. The kind that make your feet and pocket glad. \ the value more