Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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y COMES HOME AFTER 30 YEARS. Dr. D. P. THOMSON, J Dentist. over National Hank. J. E. WEBSTER, A.tXoi'ney- JV t> Bee la Court House. (ProbuteJudge eoffice Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in ail the courts. Collec tions a specialty Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB. Dentist, Office ever R. A. loses ft Co ’s Store. Can be found at office six days in the week DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. R. Tolleson’s new store In office from 1st to 26th of each Month: WiiAJAM 8. Hall, Jk. James A. Wiixis. HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. QAI-rFriNjtC v - . ». <-?• lotary Public in office. Prompt attention i to all business, i over R. A. Jones A Co.'s store. J. C. OTTS, Attorney and Counselor. Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and Davenport. OBee and Residence .Phone. G. W. SPEER, A.XTOR 1HEY-AT-Iw A W, GAFFNEY, S. C. Office in Auditor's office at Court House. ■J SHINGLES, BRICK, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS and all kinds of Building Ma terial, Paints, Oils, Etc. for Bale at a small per cent, above cost for cash. Estimates made without charge. L. BAKER I^or—• Building and Plastering Lime Goal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Puls. Rosen dale Cement, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder. Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on Limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL ft CO., Lessees. Telephone 17. Ten Million Dollars went up in smoke and ashes In Paterson, N. J., In January last, yet the City refused aid from others to help bear Its loss. Why'/ Because the business men and people were secured by Policies in Fire Insurance Companies that covered their losses. And now the city, “Phoenix like." with new life and vlxor, springs forth from her ashes crowned with youth and heauly. Have you a policy on your house against loss by Ure, etcV If not take out one ere it be too late. The Farmers Mutual Flre'lnsuranee Co., of Cherokee County, stands ready to give you the necessary protection against loss. It ap- r eals to you as a Home Enterprise “for Your atronage." It appeals to you for your pat ronage also, because it Is as safe as any and the cheapest in the world ;>and for verification consult the 000 policy holders scattered over Cherokee county. T. M. Littlejohn, President. J. Kb Jeffekikh. Bee. and Treas. Tkirtu Days I shall give special attention to the treat ment of that class of chronic eye diseases the natural tendency of which is to produce BLINDNESS. By a METHOD ENTIRELY NEW I am enabled to treat successfully such cases as have heretofore been considered HOPE LESSLY INCURABLE. If from any cause YOUR EYESIGHT IS FAILING, come AT ONCE and have It restored. In no case Is delay more dangerous. S. H. GRIFFITH, M. D. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON and OCULIST. Office at The Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney. 8. C. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. DOVE OF PEAit u KOW HOVERING HEAD l ull Peace Settlement Is Ex pected by Monday. BALFOUR MAKES STATEMENT However, There Is Still Considerable Skirmishing Between British and Boers, Principally in Cape Colony. Commandant Malan Captured. London, May 2‘J.—The government leader, A. J. Balfour, announced in the house of commons today that he'hoped to be able on Monday next to announce the result of the peace negotations in tsoutb Africa. Mr. Balfour added: ‘T cannot, however, be absolutely certain of being in a position to do so, and until the statement can be made 1 do not think it expedient to take up the budget.” The government leader also added: "A recent phrase, hung in the bal ance,’ has been absurdly misinterpret ed as referring to divisions in the call- inet on the %ubject of the budget. That is not a fact, and the only point is whether the house can properly be ask ed to discuss the budget until we know precisely where they stand in regard to the negotiations.” In spite of Mr. Balfour's pretended uncertainty, there is no doubt what ever in the house of commons or else where that a full peace settlement will be announced Monday next. The capture of Commandant Malan announced from Middleburg, Cape Col ony, last night renews attention to the activity of the rebellion in Cape Colo ny. Commandant Malan became the chief Boer commander in Cape Colony after Commandant Kritzinger’s cap ture. Malan, who was mortally wound ed when captured by Major Collett s mounted troops, was among the irre- conciliables who refused to send dele gates to the peace conference at Ve- rcenging. Transvaal. According to the latest uncensored report from Cape Town the Boers are still in constant occupation of at least 22 different localities in Cape Colony, having more than a score of bands of raiders, mounted and armed and of sufficient mobility to defy successful pursuit, although the British have of ten swept and "cleared” every mile of the Colony's territory. A corre spondent reports that the invasion is more actively aggressive than ever and the rebellion is more rampant. The campaign against the roving Boer commandoes in Cape Colony, which has been in active progress for 16 months, has achieved nothing be yond keeping them moving. “Any occasional success.” the corre spondent adds, “obtained by the seven teen British columns operating in Cape Colony, is more the result of luck than of their tactics, and these unpala table facts will continue as long as so few columns co-operate in the busting. The adequacy oi the supply of troops ia at the root of the unsatis factory operations.” COMES HOME AFTER 30 YEARS. All scn Black Received By His Wife and Child. Charlotte, N. C., May 29.—After an absence of 30 odd years an old man, Allison Black, has returned to his home in Yorkville neighborhood and has been received by hs wife and child, the latter now grown to man hood's estate. About 30 years ago Mr. Black left home and soon all news from him Ceased and he was finally given up. However, after the lapse of years some one living ia or near Kings Mountain. N. C., got information that Mr. Black was living in the eastern part of North Carolina. The grown son of Mr. Black took up the clew and investigated, with the I result that the old man was found in North Carolina. He had spent some I time in the Soldiers’ home in Raleigh, i is. C. Now he has gone back home to pass his declining years. Mr. Black is now over 70 years of age. No explanation of the strange event is given out. Mr. Black has been at home about 12 days. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHPiGW PLAZA Former President Alfaro of Ecuador Denounced. ATTACKED BY NEWSPAPERS ODD FELLOWS ELECT OFFICERS. Henry McAlpin, of Savannah, Chosen Grand Marker. Atlanta, May 29.—At yesterday af ternoons session. Henry McAlpin, of Savannah, was elected grand master of the Odd Fellows of Georgia to suc ceed J. L. Bass, of Rome. John A. Hynds, of Atlanta, formerly grand warden for the state, was elect ed deputy grand master to succeed Henry McAlpin. John W. Bennett, of Waycross, was elected grand warden after a spirited contest with Larry Gantt, of Macon, whom he defeated by a large majority. Grand Secretary J. S. Tyson, of Sa vannah, was re-elected to succeed him self, as also were Grand Treasurer T. A. Chatham, of Macon and Grand Rep resentative T. S. Mill, ot Athens. With the exception of the election little business of importance • was transacted, the day being principally devoted to the parade and the splen did public reception at the Grand op era house WOMAN BRUTALLY ASSAULTED. Village In Indiana Excited Over Crime of Unknown Man. La Porte. Ind., May 29.—Intense ex citement prevails in the locality of Lake of the Woods, a small village in Marshall county, over the brutal as sault of Mrs. Peter Vetlock by an un known man. The woman is lying ai the point of death and her assailant is at large. Mrs. Vetlock was attempting to drive aome geese through a gate, when a man stepped into the gateway. The woman told him to get out of th^ way. hut instead oi doing so he picked up a board and struck her over the head, then beat her into unconsciousness and fractured her skull. WU AT MILLEDGEVILLE. Georgia City la Entertained by Distin guished Chinese Diplomat Milledgeville. Ga., May 29.—Chinese Minister Wu Ting-fang surprised, de lighted and Alarmingly entertained Milledgeville yesterday. His address at the commencement of the Georgia Military college, the feature of the day. was scholarly, appropriate and re plete with wisdom and humor. It was during his visit to the state sanitarium that be surprised every one by his eager questioning and hur ried movement to see all there was to be seen. *1 ue city was decorated here and there with Oriental red and yellow Chinese flags. Everywhere the dragon was floated to the breeze. The old state capitol, where the college now holds sway, and the stately cen tral building of the sanitarium sport ed the celestial colors for the first time in their histories. Verdict for Mrs. Ingalls. Macon, May J9.—In the superior court a Jnry has awarded ^Irs. A. In galls a verdict for $1,242.46 with in- ] terest at 7 per cent from 1899 in the case of Mrs. Ingalls versus Henry J. Lamar, Jr., trustee of H. J. l^amar Washington, to recover out of the es tate of the late Henry J. Lamar, Sr., a certain amount alleged to he due the late Dr. John J. Ingalls, husband of plaintiff, who, the plaintiff says, was in partnership with Henry J. Lamar, hr., in the drug business at the corner of Fourth and Poplar streets, and to whom the money was due. SESSION OF THE SENATE. Conference on the River and Harbor Bill Were Agreed To. Washington, May 29.—The senate convened at 11 o'clock today in order that sufficient time might be afforded for the discussion of the Philippine o.iL A Joint resolution was reported and passed authorizing the secretary of war to deliver to the governor of New Jersey such captured bronze can non not exceeding 16,000 pounds in weight as might be necessary for the construction of an equestrien statue of the late Major General Sewell. The conference on the river and harbor bill was agreed to. Agreement Has Peru’s Approval. New York, May 29—Public opin ion in Peru approves the agreement between Argentine and Chili, accord ing to a Herald dispatch from Lima. Newspapers here say that If Chill, with inspiration of reason and Justice, seeks an agreement with Peru she will find the latter country well disposed to a settlement of pending questhlis. During excavations m-ar'chosiea the ruins of an ancient church were dis covered. Images in the ruins were found, and the pedestals bore the arms of Charles HI of Spa'n. Tragedy In New York Flat New York, May 29.—Policemen, at tracted by the shouts ol alarmed resi dents in an apartment building at 5b Second avenue early today, broke the door of one of the flats and found J. S. Keldain, a dealer in cigarettes, lying on the floor with his skull crushed. In an adjoiuing room was N. Cara- man, a tobocco merchant, shot through the head. The police believe he at tempted to kill Keldain and then shot himself. Both will die, the doctors say. Not Guilty of His Mother's Murder. New York, May 29.—It was announc ed at the district attorney’s office to day that the grand Jury, which has been investigating the murder of Mrs. Voelpel at Christopher and Hudson streets in February, has dismissed the ease against John Voelpel, the wom an’s 17-year-old son. who was arrested after the crime. The hoy probably will be released. He has been iu the Tombs since March 12. Escaped Convict Caught. New York, May 29.—Louis Aber nathy, alias Bud Abernathy, an es caped convict from the Mecklenburg county prison, in North Carolina, has been captured in White Plains. His arrest followed an attempt to stab an Italian. Abernathy was serving a long sentence for burglary when he es caped. Rochester’s Low Temperature. Rochester, N. Y., May 29.—Accord ing to the weather bureau, Rochester was the coldest city ia th. United States yesterday, the lowest tempera ture being 36. The official reports ai the weather bureau also show that t trace of snow fell Fears for 8c tooner’s Safety. Victoria, 3. C.. May 29.—It is feared the sealing schooner Hatzie, only ves sel of the coast fleet which has not re- turned to port, has been lost. She has never been seen since starting on her spring cruise on Friday, Feb, 15. She is believed to havs been lost In the big storm of February. It Is Asserted That He Has Called Upon Colombian Rebels to Assist Him, Promising In Return to Aid Them In Defeating Conservatives. Guayaquil, Ecuador, May 29.—The newspapers here this morning de nounce former President Alfaro, of Ecuador, who is residing here, for con spiring to overthrow President Plaza, his successor, who was inaugurated in August last, asserting that Alfaro has called on the Colombian rebels to sus pend their operations in Colombia and come to Ecuador to help them. It is further asserted that the for mer president has promised that after the Colombians have been victorious in overthrowing President Plaza. Alfaro will assist them to defeat the Colom bian conservatives against whom they are now waging a war. The Guaya quil papers are asking Alfaro to fur nish an explanation of his conduct. EXPEDITION AGAINST ZELAYA. Trouble Is Threatened Beteen Colom bia and Nicaragua. New York, May 29.—It is reported here, cables the Guayaquil, Ecuador, correspondent of The Herald, that along with the military expedition which left Colon recently for Bocas del Toro on the Colombian gunboat Gen eral Pinzon there were also shipped about 1,500 rifles and 200,000 car tridges for Generals Mena and Pedro Joaquin Chummaro, leading conserva tive politicians in Nicaragua, who have been staying in Panama for several weeks and who are supposed to have gone to Bo<as del Toro on a German mall steamer. It is said that they will proceed thence to the nearest Nicaraguan port on the Atlantic side with revolution ary intentions against President Ze- laya^who. however, already has been informed of the move and will not be taken by surprise, even If a successful landing should he effected by Generals Mena and Chamorro, which is consid ered somewhat difficult, as the coast is well guarded. Should events prove these reports to be true serious complications may arise between Colombia and Nicara gua. KILLED BY MAD ELEPHANT. Enraged Animal Kneels on Keeper, Crushing Him to Death. New York, May 28.—"Tops,” a fe male elephant of the Forepaugh A Sells circus, killed a man at the show grounds of the circus in Brooklyn. The victim waa Joseph Blount, of Fort Wayne, Ind. He went to the elephant’s inclosure, where the animals were waiting for their breakfast, and each stuck out hfs trunk to “shake hands” as Blount passed down in front of them, it being the custom of the train ers to salute each elephant with a gen tle tap. Blount had a beer glass ia his hand and when he approached ‘‘Tops” he shoved it at her instead of giving the usual greeting. This act seemed to offend the great beast. In an instant she seized the man with her trunk, and after hurling hm violently to the ground, knelt on him and crushed him to death. Keepers came to the rescue too late. They drove "Tops” back and removed the body. New York’s Anthracite Coal Famine. New York. May 29.—According to retail coal dealers this city will enter today upon the first day of Us real an thracite coal famine since the strike of miners. Not a cargo was in sight in the markets yesterday. The stocks of many of the yards are depleted en tirely by the severe drain of the last two weeks and nowhere except in the yards of the railroads where coal is hoarded by the thousands of tons could be had even a glimpse of the mineral. Accepts New Portfolio. New York, May 29.—It is asserted that Senor Assig Brazil, the Brazilian minister at Washington, has accepted the portfolio of minister of foreign af fairs ir the coming administration of Rodriguez Aloes, cables the Rio Janei- ro correspondent of The Herald. Pres ident Campos-Salles has sent to the French consul 1,000 francs for the re lief of the Martinique sufferers. Within a Mile of Crater. Fort de France, Martinique, May 28. —Noon.—The crater of Mont Pelee has been approached within 1 mile. This feat was accomplished Tuesday after noon by George J. Kavanagh, an unat tached newspaper man. who accompa nied Professor Robert T. Hill, the United States government geologist, on his expedition. To Blacklist Bucketshops. New York. May 29.—By the adoption of an amendment to the by-laws the New York Cotton Exchange has defi nitely decided to blacklist bucketshops. The amendment excludes from mem bership in the exchange any person or firm who conducts a bucketshop business or any reprsaontative of Um same. Bristow, McAllister & Peeler, An artistic array of men’s furnishings at poor prices, gootl quality considered ; our prices are decidedly lower than any other store, for instance uVlen’s IVeg-Ugfee Sliii'ts. We have just received a new lot of Negligee Shirts in strictly new and distinctive patterns, most people a-k a dol lar for them, our price fifty cents. New line of men’s Negligee Shirts at $1.00, will open your eyes to values, for no such showing of shirts has ever been seen for the money. A new lot of Ties just received. They are 50c values, hut we are letting them go at 25c. Special Sales of Clothing This Week. \ on can’t afford to miss our special Clothing Sale, it means money to you. Bristow, McAllister & Peeler ^•“■Everybody sells cheap Clothing, we sell good clothing cheap. AB. MOPPK* !wi*g s". Teethin A ■ / —Mi’.» ■ suii i #1 riTEErnint rowpiKsu |Ceres Cholera-Infanta» { Diarrhoea.Dyxentery, a** the Bowel Troubles of Children of An/ Age. | Aids Digestion, KeguUtr* the Bowels, Strengthens C*ste Otly 25 cats it Snggbfc, th J E ( jS 1 5^/Sr M to C. J. MOFFETT. M. 8T. LOUIS, MO. B -.9:». NoT - a ^'t? 00 -—* byour family pbyilcian in Charleston to use TEfcTHIfv* with oor baby when be was bats very young infant, a* a preventive of eolie and to warm and sweeten the stomach Later It waa useful in teething troubles, and Itseffecthas been found to be so very beneficial and so free from danctr that are conaequent upon the use of drug* and aoothing syrups, that we have come to regard it. af.er use with tiinr children, asoneof the necessities when there Is anew baby in the bouse and until the teething troubles are over, ai*- weUke pleasure iu recommending it to our friends instead of the horrid stuff that so many people u-e to keep tisalv baby quiet. HAKTWKLLM. AVEIt, (Manager Daily Times and Weekly Times-Messenger.> 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 1 ifetime for working people. Apply to EI>. M. l>eGAIVIF>. ROTE HEADS, 1000 FOR . . . $1.50 ERYELOPES, 2000 5000 1000 2000 5000 . . . 12.50 . . . $5.00 . . . $1.75 . . . $3.00 . . . $6.25 LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, STATEMEHTS, AND EVERY KIND OF PRINTING AT LOW PRICES. ORDERS BY MAIL PROMPTLY FILLED. THE LEDGER. GAFFHEY, S. C. SOUTHERN RAILWAY THE CHEAT HIGHWAY OP TRADE AMD TRAVEL, Uniting tK« Principal Commercial Center* end Health end Pleeeure Resorts of the South with the M NORTH, EAST and WEST. Hi^HwClass V*»tlbul« Train*, THrourfH SI ••ping* Car* batwaae Maw Tor It and Maw Orloaaaa, via Atlanta. Cincinnati and Flarida Paints via Atlanta anti via Asheville. Maw York and Florida, aithar via Lrnchbur£> Danvilla and Savannah, ar via Richmond, Danvilla and Savannah. JFuaarior Dining-Car Sorvioa an all Through Trains. Kxcollant Sorvica and Low Ratas to Charlaston aa- count South Carolina Intor-Stata and Wast Indian Kareafttion. Wintar Tourist Ticksta to all Raaort* now an aala at ratas. For dotmllmd Information, Utornturm, tlmm taOImt, ratos, atm., npply to no nr mat tlokot>ogont, or atddroaa 9. U. HARDWICK, Gonorol Pmaaongor JOgont, Washington, D. C, k. W. HUNT, Dio. Paosongor Jfgont, Charlaston, I. C, naawAwv a, toon. W. H. TAYLOR. Jhsst. Con. Pass. JOgont, Atlanta, Oa. J. C. BEAM, District Pass. A goat, Atlaata, So.