Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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w. Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. "Office over National Hank. J. E. WEBSTER. A-ttoroey-A.t> fflcein Court House. (ProbateJudKe s office Gaffney City, S. C. Praotioos in all the courts. Collec tions a specialty Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB. Dentist, Office over R. A. ]one« ft Co.’s Store. Oan be found at office six davs 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; William S. Hall, .)r. James A. Willis. HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OA-IrCtciSi tC Y. ». O. Notary Public In office. Prompt attention flven to all business. Office over R. A. Jones ft Co.'s store. J. C. OTTS, Attorney and Counselor. Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and Davenport, Office and Residence .Phone. G. W. SPEER, ATOT OR IVE; Y-AT-Iv A w. GAFFNEY, S. C. Auditor s office at Court House. JUNE H. CARR, ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHER Studio at 812 Limestone St. Gaffney, S. C. Best equipped studio in this section. High grade a ’ g- raphy in all its branches. Call and see “Artist Proof,” the latest and handsomest style of photograph ever made. Finishing for amateur pho tographers solicited. Telephone 176. ’J SHINGLES, BRICK, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS and all kinds of Building Ma terial, Paints, Oils, Etc. for sale at a small per cent, above cost for cash. Estimates made without charge. L. BAKER JETor—^ BuildlnK and Plastering Lime Coal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Pans. Rosendale Cement, Portland Oement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder. Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on mm a mt ■ VI WWW « CARROLL & CO., Lessees. Telephone 57. For The Neil Thirty 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- SB8LY INCURABLE. If from any cause >UR EYESIGHT IS FAILING, come AT ONCE and haveft restored. In no case Is delay more dangerous. S. H. GRIFFITH, M. D. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON and OCULIST. Office at The Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney, S. C. Fire!! 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 anti vigor, springs forth from her ashes crowned with youth and beauty. Have you a policy on your house against • by fire, etc? If not take out one ere It be ilate. The Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of I Oherokee County, stands ready to give you tbe necessary protection against loss. It ap- r eals to you as a Home Enterprise “for Your atronage." It appeals to you for your pat- tonage also, because It Is as hxft; as any ami the cheapest In the world ;<and for verification consult the tiOO policy holders scattered over Cherokee county. T. M. Littlejohn, President. J. Es JtnrKuncs. Bee. and Treas. COL. WM, ELLIOTT, FOR THE SENATE, i No One Has Higher Claims on People of the State. A BRILLIANT CAREER. lira ve Confederate Soldier.—Eighteen Years Fight Against Negro Rule—Has Done More Perhaps than Any One Man In Se curing Appropriations for the State. The followinji is extracted and con densed from a letter in the Barnwell Sentinel signed ‘‘Democrat:’’ Among the candidates for the United States senate there is no one who has such high claims upon the State as Col. William Elliott. His career began with the war, and he was never absent but once from his post, and then because incapacitated from duty. In 1884 he was chosen as the Dem ocratic candidate for congress in the “Black Discricfc" to redeem the lower section of the State from negro rule, and after 18 years of constant fighting he has redeemed it. During his service in congress he has fought persistently to get for his district and State a fair share of public ap propriations, t,nd the money he has brought to his district from the na tional treasury amounts to many millions of dollars ; and all of it for purposes most beneficial to the peo ple. He was appointed at the opening of the war on Gov. Pickens’ stall, and worked on the fortifications on the coast, took part in the attack on Fort Sumter, and entered with tbe Iron Clad battery the night of the capture. Joined Kershaw’s regi ment, with the Brooks guards us lieutenant, and took part in the first battle of Manassas, the campaign on the peninsular, seven days fight, second Manassas, and Sharpsburg, and was made captain and sent as assistant adjutant general to Gen. Stephen D Lee, of South Carolina; was in Vicksburg during the seige, in tbe battle of Baker’s Creek ami was promoted to major for gallantry ; was assistant aojutant general of the department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisana; was in the bat tles of Harrisburg, 28th July and Jonesboro around Atlanta. Went with Hood into Tennessee, and was in the fight at Florence, Ala., and the battles of Franklin and Nash ville. Was transferred to North Carolina and was in tne battles of Kinston and Bentonville. He was also in numerous other lights and skirmishes. This is a record which speaks for itself. FIGHTING THE NEGKO. From 1870 to 1881 Col. Elliott was county chairman ot Beaufort county. In 1881 it became necessary to maks a fignt in tbe seventh congressional district against the negroes. The Democratic candidate had to be pop ular, fearless and a constant fighter. William Elliott was chosen, made a most aggressive campaign, but was defeated. In 1880 he was again op posed iu the election to Robert Smalls, and Col. Elliott was elected. Rioting occurred constantly in the elections and tbe precinct managers at Hilton Head and St. Helena were mobbed by the negroes, who had be come most insolent. Smalls con tested the election. This meant that testimony as to the fairness of the election had to be taken during three months in every county of the dh- trict at the same time. Ttien printed arguments, compiled from the 1 000 or more printed pages of testimony, had to be filled with tbe committee of elections, then argued before them, and finally fought out ou the Hour of the bouse. Colonel Elliott won the contest. From then to the present time he has had the following fights with negro candidates, in each instance a contested election following the elec tion : In 1888 and 1890 with Tom Miller, in the latter case Miller was seated by Rood’s congress; in 1894, 1896 and 1898 with George W. Mur ray, in the first of whicn contests, Murry was seated, and Col Elliott unseated, and in 1900 with Beckett, a negro preacher. Thus, after eighteen years of re lentless, laborious and expensive lightning, Colonel Elliott reclaimed the district composed of the coast counties from negro rule, and now has an uncontested s€atiu congress for tbe first time. Col Elliott is today a poorer man than he was in 1884. HIS WOKK IN CONGRESS. It is an axiom in congress that a man with a contest can accomplish little for his district. Yet, despite 16 years of contested elections, what Colonel Elliott has accomplished for his district and State equals the work of any member of congress in the United States. I mention but some of his larger works of a material kind: He had gassed the amendment to the direct tax refunding act, appropriating $500 000 to reimburse the people of Beaufort for a part of their losses under tbe direct tax act of congress passed during the war. In order that the money should not be wasted in exorbitant fees he volunteered to do, and did, all the legal work necessary to secure the same from tbe treasury, taking nil the testimony, thereby saving big people thousands of dollars in expenses. He procured an appropriation of ♦600,000 to bnild a dry dock at Port Royal, and has assisted in procuring hundreds of thousand of dollars In improving tbe place. He obtained appropriations of about $2,5)00,000 to deepen the bar of Winyah Bay, thereby affording an outlet to the ocean to the following rivers: Waccamaw, Lumber, Great Pee Dee, Little Pee Dee, Clark, Lynch, Mingo, Black, Wateree, Con- garee, Santee and the Sampt, and has gotten numerous appropriations for these rivers. He had established in Charleston a new light house depot at a cost of $35,000; had the first garrison ordered to Charleston; was most active in getting the appropriation for building fine quarters on Sullivan’s Island; procured $40,000 for a public building at Georgetown, and secured from a hostile house $90 000 for the Charles ton exposition, and at various times he has procured over $300,000 of appropriations for Charleston harbor, and after years of work, $30,000 to improve inland navigation between Beaufort and Charleston, and helped to obtain $50,000 to improve the in land route north of Charleston. FIRST TRUST FIGHTER. Colonel Elliott was the first man in public life in this State to advise the farmers to combine against the cot ton bagging trust, a movement which finally resulted in tbe defeat of that trust. He is a prominent member of the judiciary committee, one of the most important and influential committees of the house. If Colonel Elliott is sent to the senate, the State of South Carolina will have a senator whose life is without a blemish, whose political record of 20-odd years is unspotted, whose service in war was long and conspicuous, and, have all, a seasoned and well-trained legislator, whose accumulated experience of 19 years in congress will be an asset to the State which it would take years for a new man to acquire. Above all be is a man whose honor, character and reputation are above reproach. Filtby Templeii iu India. Sacred cows often defile Indian temples, but worse yet is a body that’s polluted by constipation. Don't permit it. Cleant-e your system with Dr. King’s New Life Pills and avoid untold misery. They give lively livers, active bowels, good digestion, fine appetite. Only 25c at Cherokee Drug Co. drug store. Some mothers refrain from putting enough food^on the table because they fear the children may drop some on the carpet. Leads Them All. “One Minute Cough Cure beats all other medicines I ever tried for coughs, colds, croup and throat and lung troubles,” says D Scott Currin, of Logauton, Pa. One Minute Cough Cure is the only absolutely safe cough cure which acts immediately. Mothers everywhere testify to the good it has done their little ones. Croup is so sudden in its attacks that the doctor often arrives too late. It yields at once to One Minute Cough Cure. Pleasant to take. Children like it. Sure cure for grip, bronchitis, coughs. Cher* kee Drug Co. Some men who shudder at the thought of business dishonestly boast of the dishonest tricks they perform in politics. Of what does a had taste in your mouth remind you? It indicates that your stomach is in bod condition and will remind you that there is nothing so good for such a disorder as Cham berlain’s Stomach & Liver Tablets after having once used them. They cleanse and invigorate the stomach and regulate the bowels. For sale at 25 cents per box by Cherokee Drug Co This Diagram Is Worth Studying It means nothing now, but it will possess active interest when the first chapters of Anna Katharine Green’s deeply fascinating story, “ Lost Man’s Lane,” appears in these columns. It is seldom that we are enabled to offer so great an attraction in fiction and we especially urge our readers to look foi the first chapters. If the first chapters are read there will be no doubt about those that follow.' This thrilling story will com mence In our issue of Friday July 4 h. CLOTHING AND STRAW HATS CUT TO PIECES Bristow, McAllister & Peeler. On Saturday morning June 21st, we will offer our entire stock of Men’s and Boy’s Clothing and Straw Hats at prices where cost does not figure. The stock is broken after our spring business, but we still have a good stock to select from and it must go to make room for fall goods. We sell goods for cash only, and all goods are marked in plain figures and one price to all, so you can make no mistake in the price. Men’s suits that were $20.00, now $ I 5.00, Men’s suits that were 18.00, now 13.00. Men’s suits that were 16.50, now 12.00. Men’s suits that were 1 5.00, now 1 1.00. Men’s suits that were 12.50, now 9.00. Men’s suits that were 10.00, now 750. Men’s suits that were 7.50, now 5.50. Men’s suits that were 6.00, now 4.50. Men’s suits that were 5.00, now 3.75. Boy’s suits that were $6.00, now $4.00. Boy’s suits that were 5 00, now 3.75. Boy’s suits that were 4 00, now 3.00. Boy’s suits that were 3 50. now 2.75. Boy’s suits that were 3 25, now 2.50. Boy’s suits that were 2.75, now 1.95. Boy’s suits that were 2.25, now 1.75. Boy’s suits that were 2.00, now 1.50. Men’s pant$ that were $ 1.50, now $1.00. Men’s pants that were 2.00, now 1.50. Men’s pants that were 2.25, now 1.75. Men’s pants that were 3.25, now 2.50. Men’s pants that were 4.00, now 3.00. Men’s pants that were 5.00, now 3.75. Men’s pants that were 6.00, now 4 25. One-third off on all Straw Hats, and re member that selling goods strictly for cash we can always save you money over credit stores, as we have no bad debts for you to pay for and no bookkeeper’s salary for you to pay. These all have to be paid for by the cash buyers and the man who pays his account. No old goods to offer, everything brand new and clean. Sale' " ' Until Saturday, June 28tli. Bristow, McAllister & Peeler. NOTICE, UIO SAEK. For the uext thirty day*; I will sell inner tubes for 75c; pedxlstine per pair; single tulnj tire for fl.jn each; spokes 2c; chains 5iie; handle bars with expander UOc; without ex pander 50c; saddles 50c to 75c; axles :15 to 40c, complete with cones and nuts; first-class lumps wic; cork and leather irripps ^ to 15c; rubber ^ripps 25c; hand uurnps 15e: foot pumps J5o; rim clue tne: rubber clue 5c; vic tor nipple wrench 13c; lone seat part with expander 50c; balls le; lamp brackets 20c; chain cralite 4c; tire tape 4c; nuts ami washers 3 to 4c; seat part 20c; locks with chain ami two keys 15c; and Just everythioK you wish fora bicycle I have cot it and will sell at reduced price for cash only. I wiU sH I a |2e bicycle for fin rash. I have a few fjo bicycle 1 will sell for $20 cash. Come and see me In the limited time and jret a bargain. 1 want fo sell out and make room for more new stuff, for the 41 h of July Is corning and it must get out. Don’t forget the place. American Bicycle Shop, next door to Na tional Bank, i’hone No. 23. W. J. HD. MAiriEK ASA Pi 6 ’ Cures Cholera-Infantum, Diarrhoea.Dysentery, an4 the Bowel Troubles of Children of Any Age. Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the Child and Makes TEETHING EASY. C. J. MOFFETT. M. D. t ST. LOUIS, MO. Jeethin A iMSbininu rvTvviw Costs Only 25 cents at Druggists, lOr mail 25 reati to . DJ?. r. J. MOFFETT-near Dovtor. .. Aoirderu) to our little urn ini rhihl trith ... tolumlme, iiu.j Aug. 24, I» ee your TEETHISA Teething \7e r ereruHed " U,atcal > « Mrtee rta inf ynt ore nut in/uvioru tuVnYromltnyf^ing *(Sou> Bi'Xot;Southern Fuotoi^t^ulUiUh. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C.J COME! COME! A\ e are at the Wilkins Hardware Store, when you want a Rock Hill or Yorkville buggy, and if we haven’t the spring or color you want in stock, we can get it for you on short notice. ^ ou can also find Screen Doors and Windows and Screen Wire Cloth here, or almost anything in the Hard ware Line. Yours truly, R. M. WILKINS & CO.