Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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111 I No business can possibly be successful that is not adver tised. This is a sweeping statement, but it is true. There are some merchants in this community whose experience apparently contradicts the statement. The contradiction, however, is only apparent. If they have attained any degree of success they have advert sed. They have let people know> /hat they had to sell, what they were here for and what they proposed to do. Just in proportion to the thorough ness with which they have done this and met the conditions of their competitors they have suc ceeded. If they have used the newspa pers they have worked with the best tools so far as getting pub licity is concerned. If they have worked without the newspapers they have been handicapped and have not attained the highest possible measure of success. A fertile seed planted in fertile ground, carefully watered, will thrive and bear fruit. A properly organized business, in any inhabited place, well advertised will succeed. The law of growth is as certain and inexorable in one case as the other. f 4 J. C. OTTS, Attorney and Counselor. Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and Davenport. Office and Residence .Phowe. Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB. Dentist. Office over R. A. lone* A Co.’s Store. Can be found at office six davs In the week ,Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. "Office ever National Bank. J. E. WEBSTER, Attorney-A»t> Lva.'w, fflee m Court House. (Probate* Judge s office Gaffney City, S. C. Practices Id all theoonrta. Collec tions « •poHaltv William S. Hall, Jk. James A. Willis. HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. p<LC'V. ». t;. Notary Public In office. Prompt attention glTen to ah business. Office over U. A. Jones A Co.’s store. OR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. R. TollesoD’s new store In office from 1st to 26th of eaob jBonth: J ifJHINGLES, BRICK, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS And all kinds of Building Ma- .Serial, Paints, Oils, Etc. for •ttle at a small per cent, above «ost for cash. Estimates made •Without charge. L. BAKER JUNE H. CARR, AETISTIC PHOTOGRAPHER Studio at 812 Limestone St. Gaffney, S. C. Best equipped studio in this section. High grade photog 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 17G. ITor—^ Building and Plastering Lime Coal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Paris. Rosendale Cement, Portland Cement, Dynamite. Blasting Powder. Fuse And Dynamite Caps, call on Limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL & CO., Lessees. Talspbon* 17. NEWNITIONAt PARTY MAY BySCANIZEB Conference of Western Demo crats In New York. BRYAN WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. Effort and Object of the New Party Will Be to Unify the So-Called Lib eral Democracy, which Already Has Organizations in Several States. New York, July 21.—At a conference just held at Manhattan Beach in whicn the principal participants were United States Senator F. T. DuBois, of Ida ho; ex-Senator R. F. Pettigrew, o{ South Dakota; Professor Garrett Droppers, of South Dakota, for ten years professor of political economy in the Imperial university, Tokio, and George Shibley, of Washington, plans were discussed for a new national party. So far as it has gone, the new par ty seems to be an effort to unify the so-called liberal Democracy, which al ready has state organizations in New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey. Ohio and Iowa. Mr. Shibley presented for the con sideration of the other members m the conference a complete outline o a plan for a national organization on lines similar to the state organization! of the liberal Democracy. At the close of the conference Senator Petti grew gave a statement in which he said: “Mr. Bryan will not be a candidate of the regular Democracy in 1904, but he and his friends hope that he will have much to say regarding the plat form and the management of the cam paign. If he does not, Mr. Bryan and bis associates will form a new party, based on the Kansas City platform. “Free silver will not again be a po litical issue. When we demanded the free coinage of silver we wanted more money. Since then immense new gold fields in Alaska and South Africa have been opened; there is more money than ever before, and greater prosperity. The result is whal we predicted when we asked for more money. Times are good in the west, in spite of the beef trust. The farm ers get more for their cattle and high- •er prices for their cereals. “But on other principles, aside frorr silver, the west has not changed. W< adhere to the original principles of Democracy, although the country is fast drifting away from all Its old moorings. The main trouble is the departure from the original form of government. A Fourth of July oration of ten years ago will not fit today.” Mr. Shibley, who drafted the outline of the new party, said: “I have been engaged for years In the effort to establish the referendum, not as a party issue, but as an essen trial to majority rule. We have now an organization in eacn state which intends to put all candidates on rec ord on this question, and . t bound to be adopted and maue a campaign issue sooner or later." LOCKJAW MAY BE CURABLE. Under New Treatment New York Boy May Recover From Malady. New York. July 21—Treated by a recently discovered process Joseph Tierman. the 11-year-old son of Mi chael Tierman, formerly a member ol the New York baseball team, is begin ning to recover from lockjaw at the Harlem hospital. Antltoxlne in smail doses is being injected into the spindl cord between the second and third vertebrae of the lumbar region. Pre viously antltoxlne had been used, but in the recorded cases it was injected Into the brain through a hole bored in the skull. Under tbs new treatment young Tierman has shown great improve ment. There has been a marked re laxation of the muscles of the neck and an appreciable betterment gener ally. which, if continued another day, the doctors are confident will Insure his complete recovery. Tierman was Injured by a powder explosion on July 4. Three Young Men Drowned. Aurora. Ind., July 21.—Three young men were drowned last evening in the Ohio river by the capsizing of a sail boat on its trial trip. They were Albert Miller, aged 21; Robert Laugh- lin, aged 21. and Benjamin J. Watts, aged 20. A companion, Clayton Kai- ster, aged 16. clung to the boat and was rescued. The victims were re cent graduates of the high school and were promising young men. Refused Beer They Kill Barman. New York. July 21.—For refusing to sell beer early today George Baker a saloonkeeper in West 131 street, was shot and kflled by two men. The nfarderers went to the side entrance of the saloon. Baker came to the door and upon being asked to open the bar refused. The men fired at him and fled. He died shortly afterwards a; the hospital. Port of Carupano Closed. Willemstad, Island of Curacao, July 21.—The Official Gazette of Caracas publishes an official decree adding Carupano to the list of ports closed *o trade and declared to be bloekaded. The same time Is granted to vessels I Jt-ach their destination by this tie- /ree as was granted to vessels Jn the ports formerly declared closed. ■BUSMSmAMa IS R VtR DISASTER RALTIMORE IS SWEPT FIFTY LIVES ARE LOST BY FIEF.C: TORNADO F. O. Stacy President. j. 0 . Wahdlaw. Vice-President. THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. # CAPITAL STOCK IM1(> IN SffO.onn oo STOCK HOLDERS INim IDIAI, LIAHII.ITY - .VMIOO oo SLKPLlS AND PKOUTS, NET . 20.000.00 Steamer Pr.mus Cut In Two by Tug on the Elbe. COES TO THE BOTTOM QUICKLY. Great Loss of Life and De struction of Property. • 120 000.00. State. County and City Depository. Deposits solicited from Farmers, Merchants, Manufacturers and others. Every accom modation extended to customers that their business and responsibility will warrant. TEN PEOPLE DROWNED IN RIVER, I) C. Caishie*- N.IAY>;AI<L) SNIYTH. CJuMh. Wrecked Vessel Was an Excursion Steamer Carrying 185 Passengers— Fifty of These Reached the Tug In Safety and 70 Were Picked Up. Hamburg, July 21.—The stcamsh’.^ j Primus, owned by the Hainburg-Amer- lean line, with 185 passengers on board, was cut in two and sunk by the tug Hansa, on the river Elbe at 12:30 this morning. So far as is ascertain able, about 50 persons were drowned. Thirteen bodies already have been re- j covered. The Primus was an excursion steam er from Buxtehude, province of Han over. Prussia, The disaster occurred between Blankenez and Nienstedten. Among the passengers were the members of the Ellbeck male choral society. At the time of the accident the Pri- | mus was crossing the river channel j near Blankenez from the southern into the noi them fair way. According to witnesses aboard the Hansa. the movement was made pre cipitately. The Primus struck the tug’s engine j room and the Hansa endeavored to push her ashore but the tug grounded and the ship parted. The Primus then sank. In the Interval, however, about 50 of her pasengers were able to reach the Hansa by means of ropes and lad ders Seventy more were picked up by the tug’s boats, while others swarn ashore. INJUNCTION REFUSED. Proceecfinga In Case of Manager Frank of Memphis Ball Club. Chattanooga. July 21.—The injunc tion proceedings of Manager Charlie Frank, of the Memphis club, against the Southern association of baseball < lubs to prohibit the association from interfering with the Memphis club in playing Pitcher St. Vrain, came before Chancellor T. M. McConnell, in this city this morning. Frank was repre sented by Attorneys Caruthers Ewing, of Memphis, and Latimer and J. V. Williams, of this city, and the South ern league by Lancaster and R. H. Williams, of this city The bill of injunction and answer were read, and the ca«e was argued by attorneys. Chancellor McConnell rendered his decision, promptly refus ing to grant the injunction on the pleadings, and stating that the appli cation for injunction must show more specifically the baseball regulations of the Southern league before he can even consider making such an in Junction perpetual. Upon application of attorneys for Frank the chancellor gave leave for the filing of an amend ed bill and this will he presented and argued tomorrow afternoon. Attorney Ewing for Frank stated that he will fight the case to a finish in all the courts, and will, if neces sary, enjoin every club In the South ern league from interfering with the pitching of St. Vrain. KILLED WEALTHY FARMER. Infuriated Citizens of Rushville, Mo., Make Threats of Lynching. St. Joseph, Mo., July 21.—Albert Fenton, a weatlhy farmer of Rush- vllle. Mo., was shot on the street of that village by Mark Dunn late last night. Dunn, who, it is alleged, had been drinking, was arrested, hut esca''- Ing from the officer, he secured a shot gun and shot and killed Fenton, who was passing in a buggy. The shoot ing was entirely without provocation, and Dunn is in danger of being lynch ed by the citizens of Rushville. H° is in charge of Deputy Sheriff Luthei Moberly, who is doing the best he can to protect his prisoner. Moberly tried to bring Dunn to St. Joseph on the train which passes Rushville at 11:30 o’clock, but the in furiated citizens prevented the officer and his prisoner from departing. Many threats of lynching are made and Of fleer Moberly has pressed several men into service to protect the life of the prisoner. Gold Beaters on Strike. Philadelphia, July 21.—A strike was Inaugurated today throught the coun try by the United Gold Beaters’ Na tional union of America. In this city according to Ellis Gray, president of the local union. 86 gold beaters and 40 apprentices are on strike. This af fects 40 girls, who make moulds for the beaters. There are about 400 gold beaters In the United States, an 1 all are members of the union. They demand the discharge of the women mould fillers, and desire that their work be given to the beaters. To Be Surgeon General. Washington, July 21.—The president has designated Colonel R. M. O’Reillv to be surgeon general of the army to succeed General Forwood, who will retire on Sept. 7 next. Colonel O’Rie; ly will have until January, 1909, to serve as surgeon general. He was appointed from Pennsylvania as ^ medical ^adet in 1854. He is a grad uate 6f the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. Almost Without Warning Storm Came, ! Converting the Harbor Into a Seeth- ; ing Cauldron, Capsizing Boats and Tossing Vessels About Like Corks. Baltimore, July 21.—The tornado which suddenly struck the city yester day afternoon at 1:25 o’clock, involv ing the loss of several lives and a widespread destruction of property, was the severest which has be** ) known in this district for many years. The weather bureau was taken com pletely by surprise. Almost without a moment’s warning an irresistible wind, apparently in the nature of a whirlwind, came from the southwest, and in an instant the waters of the harbor were converted into a seething cauldron, boats were capsized, while the staun?hest vessels at anchor were violently rocked. Of the 12 lives that were lost M were drowned by the upsetting o! boats in the river, one was killed by a tree falling or. him and on<- by com ing in contact with a live wire. A careful estimate furnished from police headquarters today shows that 2uO houses were unroofed during the prevalence of the storm. Six roofs in one block were blown off. The roof of the William street Indepen dent Methodist church was lifted hign in the air and blow* over the roofs of other houses to a distance of 150 feet. The stone spire of Holy Cross Catho lic church was hurled to the ground. A part of the roof of Trinity Protest ant church was torn off, while the historic steeple of St. Marys Star ol the Sea. Catholic, church was com pletely destroyed. The public sonar* s and parks are considerably wrecked Much damage has been done to house fronts In all sections of the city bv falling trees. In the business section of the cit; numerous plate windows have been blown in. Telegraph and telephone services have been chrippled to some extent, and many lines are out of use. In the country havoc was wrought among telegraph poles. In the vicin ity and suburbs there is a tangled mass of wilts to be laboriously put in order. ; The center of the disturbance reonv *d to be right in the city. Out in the suburbs there was a terrific blow. b>’* the amount of damage shows that it did not compare, with the velocity ir Baltimore. CAUGHT LIKE RATS IN TRAP. Flften People Drowned in Their Cel lars at Kieff, Russia. Kieff. European Russia, July 21.— Fiften persons were drowned yester- day in a rush of water into the base ments of various houses in the lower portion of the town. A torrential rainstorm accompanied by violent wind and hail broke over Kieff during the afternoon and turned the streets into veritable torrents flooding cellars and drowning their oc cupants before they were able to es cape. Large trees wmre uprooted and rad- road embankments were washed away, necessitating the suspension of traf fic. The* losses sustained are very heavy. FROM DANGER TO DEATH. Two Brothers, Fearing Explosion, Jump Into River and Are Drowned. Chicago, July 21.—Jumping into the Calumet river to escape an explosion they feared would follow the breaking of a gasolf^e tank on their launch, Charles Kubicek and his brother Duf fy were drowned last night. Companions attempted to resuce the two men, but the cu. ’em of the swol len stream baffled their efforts, and the bodies of the brothers were swift ly carried down the river and out of sight. The accident occurred at One Hundred and Forty-First street, and was caused by a projecting edge of the gasolene tank coming In contact with an abutment of a bridge. Quiet Day at Sagamore. Oyster Bay. N. Y.. July 21.—This was the quietest day at Sagamore Hill since the president arrived. No vis itors called during the early part of the day and none were scheduled to come later. The president passed the morning in his library with Secretary Loeb attending to an accumulations of public business. Shot and Robbed on Highway. Knoxville, Tenn., July 21.—William. Delap was shot and robbed at $1,000 and a gold watch on the outskirts of LaFollette, Tenn.. late last night. was riding through the woods and hearing the Odd Fellows’ distress sig nal Responded to it. Three men ac costed him. shot him In the shoulder and robbed him. He will recover. Stock Broker Takes His Life. Philadelphia. July 21.—Victor Rouil- lot, aged 51 years, a stock broker, committed suicide last night by In haling gas at his home in German town. Rouillot was recently convict ed of conspiracy In connection with a stock transaction and it Is supposed this fact h i’ to his suicide. Commercial Printing Of every description executed with neatness and dispatch at The Ledger office, Gaftney, S. C. New Type, New Presses, the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Compe tent Workmen. Send us your orders. SLAUGHTER SALE. In order to clo^e them out I am now offering Straw Hats at and below cost. Also a few dozen pairs ladies’ and misses’ slippers to go at cut rate prices. I am offering some unprecedented bargains in white Piques, Dimities and other white goods. Don’t fail to see them. Despite the hard times my sales on buggies have exceed my most sanguine expectations, which only goes to show that I have got “up-to-date” vehicles at the right kind of prices. Lor i acness, durability and general utility Tyson & Jones* buggies are hard to beat. 1 also have Corbitt, Goldsboro and Studebaker buggies, a little cheaper in price, but they cannot fail to please the most fastidious. Buggy Harness $6.00 to $15.00 per set. Wagons? Well yes, I’ve got the Taylor and the White Hick ory and am prepared to meet all fair competition. A few dozen fruit jars left which will be sold at the old price notwithstanding the price has advanced $2.00 per gross recently. Fruit jar rubbers in abundance. Highest market price paid for all kinds Scrap Iron, Steel, Old Castings, Brass, Copper, etc. I keep everything usually found in a first-class general mer chandise store, both at Gaffney and Goforths, S. C., and solicit a share of your patronage. Respectfully, J. I. SA.IiIiA.TT. 818 Limestone Street. HARRIS L1THIA SPRINGS itxilizHOTEL.3xx*~ NEWLY REPAINTED AND RENOVATED THROUGHOUT SPLENDID ORCHESTRA IN ATTENDANCE, Which furnhlus two Daily Concerts. Dancing morning an O £3 evening, and WEEKLY GERMANS. HARRIS LIT HI A WATER is Gl ARANTEKD to cure all cases of Dyspepsia, Constipation, Gout, General Debility, Rheuma tism, Diabetes, Dropsy, Liver Complaints, Kidney and Blad der Troubles, and is especially recommended by the most emi nent yhysicians for diseases peculiar to women. If anyone suffering with any of the Ailments for which Harris Lithia Water is recommended, if they will come to the Springs and use the water as directed, we Absolutely Guarantee Relief. WRITE FOR BOOKLET AND RATES FOR BOARD. R. L. FOX, Lessee, HARRIS SPRINGS, - - S. C. SOUTHERN RAILWAY THE GREAT HIGHWAY OF TRADE AW TRAVEL. Uniting tKffi Principal Commercial Centers and Health and Pleasure Rosorts of the South with the <0 JP NORTH, EAST and WEST. HifH-Claas Vestibule Treiua, THroutfH Sleeping-Cere between New Tor It end New Orleana, arte Atlanta. Cincinnati end fTerida Feints eta Atlanta end trie Ashearille. New YorK end VTerida, either eta Lrnchburg, Danville end Seeefanab* er vie Richmond, Denetlle end Savannah. Superior Dining-Car Service an ell Through Trains. Excellent Service end Low Ratea te Charleston ac count South Caroline Inter-State end Weet Indian Reposition. Winter Tourist Tickets te ell Resorts new an sale at redueed rates. for dmimUod Information, Utmraturo, Umo tnkloo, rntoo, •only to naaroit tlakat-agant, mr addratt •to. 9. It. HARDWICK. Qanarml Pattongor Jtgmnt, Wntklngton, D. C. K. W. MVNT, Sis. Paooongor Jtgmni, Cknrlooton, J. 0. rasSWAMV IS, ISM. W. H. TAYLOR, Ami. Css. Pmto. Jtgant, Affasta, Oe. J. C. BEAM, Vlotrloi Pmoo, Jkgmnt, Jktlantn, da.