Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. IS^Offlce over National Bank. f; J. E. WEBSTER. A^tlorney-JV-t- l^a.'w 9 ftce in Coart Home. (Probate-Judge ■ office Gaffney City, S. C. Practices In all the courts. Collec tions a specialty Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB. Dentist, Olliceover R. A. loaee A Co.'s Store. Can be found at office six davs In tbe week DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. E. Tolleeon's new store In office from 1st to 26th of each month: LIEUT. BUM'S IMPOUTiNTCAPTURE Noriei. Recogized Insurgent leader, Taken. DETERMINED TO DIE. TICKET SCALPER WINS. TRYING TO ESCAPE TO COAST William S. Hall, Jh. James A. Willis. HALL & WILLIS, ATTOKNfcYrS AT LAW. OA tCY, ». CL Notary Public in office. Prompt attention (riven to all business. Office over k. A. Jones & Co.'s store. J. C. OTTS, Attorney and Counselor. Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and Davenport. Office and Residence , p hone. Lieutenant Bamford la Well Known In Atlanta, Ga., Having Figured Con- apicuoualy In the Romeyn-O'Brien Courtmartial at Fort McPherson. Manila. March 27.—Noriel, the only insurgent general with the exception of Malvar etill in the Philippines, has been captured by Lieutenant Frank E. Bamford, of the Twenty-eighth infaa- try. A major, a captain, a lieutenant and five men, who were acting as a bodyguard to Noriei, were captured : with him. They have all been held i as prisoners of war. There is some j reason to believe that one member of this bodyguard is General Malvar in ; disguise. Lieutenant Bamford is cer tain that it this general is not one of the captured party he is in the imme diate neighborhood of the place of No- riel’s capture. Noriei is one of the recognized lead ers of the insurrection since 1899. He was captured on his way to the coast, while endeavoring to escape. He ad mits that the insurrection, as such, is over and says that the few remaining h aders are fleeing, as they do not command enough men to warrant sur renders commensurate with their rank. Young Painter Drink* Laudanum and Turn* on Gas. Savannah, March 27.—Willis D. Hankinson, of Ellenton, S. C., commit ted suicide at the Screven house, in this place, last night. Hankinson was a painter, who came to Savannah about a year ago. He suffered from some physical disorder that left him incapacitated for any heavy work. His condition so preyed upon his mind that he determined to end bis life. Going to a room at the Screven house he sent a messenger boy out for an ounce of laudanum, drank this and then turned the gas on full, deter mining to make his death a sure thing. The odor of escaping gas attracted a porter’s attention, who went to in vestigate. He struck a match and peered over the transom, when a loud explosion immediately followed, which wrecked two rooms and caused a pan ic among the hotel guests. Two por ters were severely injured. Letters were found on Hankinson’s body addressed to his mother explain ing the motives for the act. BLIND MAN’S SLAYER TO HANG. G. W. SPEER, AT'JTOI* > EY-AT-J-vAW, GAFFNEY, S. C. Officein Auditor’s office at Court House. Lieutenant Bamford is w’ell known I in Atlanta. He was stationed at Fort ^ McPherson for a number of years, dur ing which time he figured conspicu ously in the Romeyn-O’Brien courtmar- tial. W. R. Weils Convicted of Murder of Frederick Pearce. Atlanta. March 27—W. R. Wells, the white man who killed Frederick Pearce, was this morning found guilty in the criminal court and was sentenc ed by Judge John S. Candler to be hanged on April 23, between 12 and 1 o’clock. The courtroom was crowded to hear the verdict, whit h had been delivered yesterday alternoon, sealed. Wells heard it without a quiver. The case will probably be appealed. Pearce vvas a blind man and was stabbed in the back by Wells. Tbe two men had a dispute on Decatur street near police headquarters and as Pearce was k-d away by las little son. who always accompanied him. Wells stabbed him. 5 SHINdLES, URICK, SASH, DOORS, RLINDS and nil kinds of Ruilding Ma terial, Paints, Oils, Etc. for sale at a small per cent, above cost for casli. Estimates made without charge. L. BAKER Ninety Per Cent. of all chronic headaches are due to eye strain. Go to L>r. Griffith at the Cherokee Drug Co's, and have the de fect In vision corrected and thus be Quickly and Permanently Cured. Glasses fitted with scientific accuracy and all diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat treated according to the latest and most approved methods. Beware of Traveling Frauds who Advertise Free Examinations. FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS. Pcstoffice Department Arranges to Ex tend Internbticnal Business. Washington, March 27.—The post- offlce department today announced the completion of important arrangements for the extension of international mon ey order business of this government. Ar agreement lias been reached vith the kingdom of Greece, whereby mon ey orders will be exchanged between the two countries. In addition the postage agent of the United States at Shanghai, China, has been authorized to issue domestic money orders paya ble at any money order ofldee in the United States, Canada, Cuba and the Philippines, and at any money order office in the United States money or ders may be procured, drawn on the postal agency at Shanghai, China, which thus is substantially made a money order office of the United States. The postal agency at Shanghai has been conducted for many years, but heretofore it has not been prac ticable to establish a money order ser vice there. MARRIED IN DEATH’Ci SHADOW. Romantic and Pathetic Story of Worn an’s Devotion. Chattanoogaa, Term., March 27.—A romantic story of womanly devotion was illustrated h»-re last niplit when Hi nry Suns and Miss Elizabeth Leh man were married. Seven years ago young Suns went to Detroit to engage in huvin -:s. WLil - there he met and won the heart of Miss Lehman, an attractive young lady and member of a prominent fam ily. Several months ago Suns was strick- en with consumption. He was brought here, accompanied by Miss Lehman. She returned to Detroit. Suns gradually grew worse and she was notified that he had but few days to live. She came on the first train, arrived here yesterday and last night, with Suns on his dying bed, they were married. ITor—• Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Paris. Kosendale Cement, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder. Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on Limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL & CC.. Lessees. Telephone S7. Powderly Will Be Taken Care Of. Washington, March 27.—Commis sioner General of Immigration Powder ly, whose term of office expires soon, will he tendered some other position In the government service. The state ment was made today from an authen tic source that the president had deed ed to provide for him elsewhere. A number of Powderly’s friends have talked with the president in his behalf and pleaded extenuating elrcum* stances in many matters of which he has been criticised. BOLD WORK OF MASKED BANDITS. FIRE DEVASTATES TOWN. Peckville, Pa., Suffers Loss of Nearly $100,000. Scranton, Pa., March 27.—Fire at Peckville .this county, this morning, devastated the business section of the town, burning over two blo- s on Main street and the same distance on Depot street. Among the buildings destroyed are Masonic hall, Clarke Bros.’ store, Ar nold stores. Blocs drug store, Watkins’ drug store, two hotels and many other smaller shops, stores and dwellings. The fire originated in a barn, and is be- lieved to have been the work of an incendiary. The loss will reach nearly $100,060. REMEMBER! I have adopted the cash sys tem and will sell you {foods at at lowest price possible for cash. 1 am overstocked with shoes and will sell you Men's heavy Creedmore tie>, worth $1.2”), at $1.00; better {frade, worth$ 1 .">0, at $1.2”*; Men s li.ne shoes, worth ♦ l.oO, at $1.2o; best orade. worth $2 oO, at $2.00. Ladies’ and Children’s shoes at propor tionately low prices. X. XI. IMCIClwICI* Administrator's Sale. By vli-iuc of authority of the Juilgt* of Pro- hatc for Ohi-rokci- uouuly I will oiTcr for miIm on TiU!»<hiy, April Ut. In-fore the < onrt House door nl (hilTiiey, S. <'.. the following personul properly, to-w|i: Two tiiuh-s; one two-horse wagon: two aeU wagon tinruesH; one middle. Tin altove property hclo'iged to the title J. D. Templeton, ileocunod. Term* of mile cash. .1, H. TflMKKU. Administrator. At Hit* Hanic time and place 1 will ofier for sale two one-horse dray wagons. 3-17 J. II.Ti.'Knkic. They Invade Hotel and Hold Up the ' Clerk and a Drummer. Emporia. Kans., Marah 27.—Two ] masked men made a bald attempt to rob the safe of the Hotel Whitley, in i this city. 'They entered the lobby by two dif ferent doors and met. leveled their re- J volvers and compelled Paul Vickery, a clerk; Jesse Reeves, a porter, and W. F. Sunllivan, a traveling man, to throw up their hands. A few moments later Sullivan was ordered to Hwow his cash on the floor, and promptly compiled to the extent of $. r »0. He and the porter were then locked up in the cloak room. Vickery was ordered to open the safe, but convinced the robbers that he was unable to do so. and he. too, after being relieved of what money he carried, was locked 'r the closet. The J robbers th< n attempted »• break open the safe, but finding their efforts futile departed. There is no clew. $100,000 Fire At Chicago. Chicago. March 27.—For the second time within 60 days fire attacked the plant of the Potter Wall Paper com pany at 4OS-410 Illinois street, and entailed a loss of $100,000. In the pre vious fire the stock was damaged to the extent of $60,000. Manager Stuart Waring said that he believed both fires were of incendiary origin. The fire today started in a two story annex and spread quickly to tin- main structure, where it burned through four floors. Business Section of Bethel, O., Burned. Georgetown. O., March 27.- The en tire business portion of Bethel was destroyed by fire last night, including the post office. Tbe loss will reach $60,000. Mother Mangled; Daughters Hurt. Houston, Tex., March 27.—Mrs. Liz zie Miller, a widow, was killed and her daughtHS. Misses Mary, aged 19, and Carrie, aged 17. were injured, the flirt named fatally, while on their way home last night. They were compelled to cross a street at a grade crossing, and In trying to escape one swindling freight train, got direc tly In the way of a string of cars being shoved across the street. Mrs. Miller was eiit into fragments. First Convention Unner New Law. Duluth. Minn.. March 27.—The Min nesota Dairy an i Fm<) department has scored its first conviction under the pure liquor law. Captain Henry Sav age has been convicted of selling in> pure whisky, and foity other proseeu Lons are pending awaiting the deci sion in the Savage case. Fought to a Draw. Portland. Ore.. March 27.—Mile Donovan, of Rochester, and Charles “Dutch” Thurston, of San FranMsco, fought 22 rounds to a draw before a good sized audience at the Pastime club. The fight was pretty even up ',o the twentieth round, .with the auvi.u tage, if any. with Thurston. $20,000 School Building. Decatur. Ala.. March 27.—Decatur’s board of ••dmation has voted to build a $20.uuu school building and public hall. An election was ordered to au thorize the issuance of school bonds. Hennlone lodge Knights of Pythias has made final arrangements for a temple, public library and office building. New Mineral Company. Birmingham. Ala., March 27.- Infor mation comes from Chattanooga stat ing that the Lacey Buck company, with $6U<».000 capital stock, has been organized in t mt city. Tin- purpose of the company is to acquire and develop mineral lamie in North Alabama. Oeor gta and T< nnesscs and to operate the furnace at Tiusaville, Ala. Judge Chytraus Hands Down Decision of Importance. Chicago, March 27.— “However rep- rehensive and odious to a railroad company a ticket scalper may be, there is no law that invalidates a ticket, which otherwise is valid, be cause it passes through his hands.” Judge Chytraus, of the superior court, has given this opinion in the suit for damages brought by MorTIz Horowitz against the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad company. Damages of $250 were agreed upon. While traveling with his wife in Minnesota on a ticket purchased from a South Clark street scalper, which had originally been issued to a Michi gan newspaper, Horowits was con fronted by J. C. Pond, geueral passen ger agent of the road, who happers>d to be on the train. Horowitz and his wife were ejected from the train at Lakeville, 51 miles from Chicago. The attorney for the road argued that Horowitz had been guilty of a con structive fraud. WED AT RAILROAD SPEED. ULTIMATE Pr * E HOPED FOR. Sentiment of the Cutch Ministers at The Hague. New York, Mn-c.-i 27.—iu-ports from Brussels and The Hague continue to reveal tbe anxiety of tlif Doer dele gates to have it >»nd -stood that peace cannot be de without their knowl edge and consent, says a London dis patch to The ^’ribune. The dispatch, s are coutradictciy, but bellic ose as are the declarations attributed to Lr. Leyds, it may be sa.cly assumed that Mr. Kruger has known about Scbalk- burger s intentions lor several months and that he has sanctioned the direct appeal to Steyn and DevVet. The Dutch ministers at The Hague unmistakably are hopeful that ponce will be made. They are reported to have warned Mr. Kruger and Dr. Leyds that better terms could be made before than after the coronation, but there is no method of confirming the rumor. PEONAGE LAWS VIOLATED. Wealthy Turpentine Operator of Flor- Ida Found Guilty. Tallahassee. March 2i.—A jury in the United states court here last night returned a verdict of guilty against S. M. Clyatt, a wealthy turpentine op erator, who was charged with a viola tion of the peonage laws of the United States. The evidence introduced at the trial was to the effect that Clyatt secured warrants in Georgia for sev eral negroes, and doming to Florida brought about the arrests. The ne groes were then taken, it is alleged, to Clyatt’s turpentine farm, near Water loo, Ga., where they were made to work until a debt they were charged with owing had been paid. The case was brought by tbe United States government, and this is believed to be the first time that a federal court has ever attempted to enforce the stat ute agains peonage. BULLER MAKES MOFE TROUBLE. Has Exhausted Patience of His Most Loyal Friends. New York March 27.—General Mul ler has exhausted the patience of his most loyal friends, says the London correspondent of The Tribune. Com ment among military men and in the press runs heavily against him for re- verting to the Spionkop affair in h's correspondence with Mr. Balfour. Henry Norman has managed to bring out so many lively controversies in parliament that Hie old stagers aro solemnly discussing whether experi enoed journalists with a fatal instinct for news ought to be eligible to elec tion to tbe house. Jacbson Strike Was Short. Jackson, Miss.. March 2<.—All the motormen and conductors in the em ploy of the Jackson Street Railway company went on a strike this morn ing because the manager of the sys tem sent a negro out as motorman with one of the cars. It was an extra car, but the employes ran their ears into the barn. The negro was dis charged an hour later and the men went back to work. To Build Large Telescope. New York. March 27.—The contract has been let at Ca»bridgeport. Mass., according to a special from that city to The Times, for the construction of a 16-inch reflecting telescope for the University of Cincinnati. Unusual Cererror.y Occurs on Train cf Southern Pacific Road. Galveston, Tex., March 27.—Last evening a very unusual marriage oc curred on board the Southern Pacific passenger train while it was going at full speed near the Louisiana line. The contracting parties weie J. F. Matthews, of Vinton, La., and Miss Willie Beckham, of Pike county, Ga. Rev. W. M. Perkins, of Edgerly, La., performed the ceremony. The bride came from Georgia to meet the man of her choice and ex pected to meet him at Burton, La. In stead he and a party of his friends met the train at Lake Charles. La. Rev. Mr. Perkins aeoomnanied tlm party" and asked the ; fing couile to stand up in the rear end of the chair car. where the cer r mony was perform ed in tin- prose:.ce tl: >:• lid nds and fellow passengers, all of whom enter ed heartily into the spirit of the oc casion. THERE IS AN INDEFINABLE SOMETHING ABOUT OUR MEN'S SUITS FOR SPRING that bespeaks clothes character. The styles are original and distinctive. The many new kinks in the tailoring gives them a high class merchant tailor effect. There is a great deal more satisfaction in selecting your spring suit from our stock than in going to a mer chant tailor, because we not only show you five times as many styles, but you see the suit, made up, ready to put on. When you go to a tailor you select a fabric and nine times out of ten it does not make up as you anticipate, hut its to your order and you take it. The up-to-date man is the man who fully realizes that ready-to-wear clothes have long since come out of the nit and now possess all that is perfect in men's apparel. By letting us show your our line of men’s Stylish, Perfect Fitting Clothes we can easily convince you that it pays to buy good ready-to-wear clothes. W r e have them in all the new styles and patterns, no old stock, hut bran new, high I grade suits from $6 TO S25. BRISTOW, MCALLISTER & PEELER, : ONE PRICE CASH CLOTHIERS. Commercial Printing Of every description executed with neatness and dispatdi at Thh: Ledger office, Gaffney, S. 0. New Tvpe, New I’ri sse-L the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Comp*. f ent Workmen. Pend us vour orders. ern Scientific Pharmacy, Which has outrun the eude methods of olden times. We keep up with scienct—that’s why our phar macy is equipped with modern appliances and pure drugs. In many stores “drugs are drugs” without any regard to their freshness and quality. Not so here. In order to he on our shelves drugs and chemicals have got to he strictly first quality and fresh. We would nor risk our reputation by having them otherwise. If a medicine is to cure a disease it must he good medicine—the best only is good enough. Your duty to yourself is to get the very best in drugs that you can find. In doing your duty to yourself we have every reason to believe you come here for your medicines. We may not be the nearest druggist to you, but we are the druggist who will come the nearest to pleasing you. CHEROKEE DRUG CO. F. U. Stacy. President. J. G. Wakdi.aw. Vice-Presidsai. THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. CAPITAL, ------ 1150,000 SURPLUS AND PROFITS, - lO.OOO, SStlife. CNmnt v and Oit.v I)«*i»<>mItorjr. l)f|) Ailts solicited fronn Farmer#, Merobants. M.'iui!f»>*turerti and others. Every mod at Ion extended to customers that their business and responsibility will warrant. IJ. O. CnMhi~ A. N. Wood President- K. K. Bhowx. Vice-PrsOrfe*. IV1 erotism and lrMa.nter» JLXsmk OF GAFFNEY. S. 0. CAPITA!* IffiSO.OOO -Wtri!Pl*rS #4,000. State and County Depository. Does a general Ranking and Exchange business, Is well fitted up with Fire Proof Vsttjis Automatic Time lock. We solicit the business of people jt at turtf.ar Proof Safe, with t'v-u nat Ions C. M satMITTM. 0«i w* Here is a Bargain. Two excellent corner building lots within five minutes walk of Carpet Mill. These lots will be sold on the Easy Payment Plan of only $3 per month. Here is an opportunity of a lifetime for working people. Apply to JC1>. XI. l>eOiVaVII J .