Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i J. C. 0TTS,:2 , Attorney and Counselor. Office uuattilrs. between R. A. Jones and . Davenport. Offii.e and Residence .Phone. ' Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over ft. a. lone, & Co.'s SVcre. Can oe round at ofMcesir davn the week Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. ocaroffice ove r National Rank. J. E. WEBSTER, j A. <; t ornev - A t - toco in Court House, iProbate J uav*: s od.'ce Gaffney City, S. C. Fracticos in ail the courts. Colleo* *tonfi) a ftpeci'iif.v William S. Hall, Jh. James A. Willis. HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. O A. 1-^T-t' rvj tc Y, o. Notary Public In office. Prompt attention flven to ali business. i over R. A. Jones A Co.'s store. fit. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, .^Qaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. R. TolJeBon’e new store In office from let to 26th of each month; ‘I 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 A f without charge. L. BAKER Do Your Duty. “EnffJand expects every man to do his duty,” said Nelson at Trafalgar, and “duty performed is tho sublimest achievement.'' said R. E. Lee. Then why not insure your property in the Cherokee Mutual Fire lu- ■Urance Company and be happy, freeing yourself from anxiety as to the effect a loss of your house would curtail on yourself ami family also. This is the cheapest Insurance known amonK men and your money kept at home. Instead of swelling the Coffers of Northern Co-operations tc be used for enslavimr the manv for the benefit of the few in the Ciiran- tic Trusts which seek to control the staple necessities of life, or is loaned to the despots of Europe to bind ttie shackles of slavery tighter upon the limbs of their helpless sub jects. If you feel It your duty to insure, this company asks that you consider the claims it has upon you. Rev. A. I). Davidson, and Frank McCluny, Agents. ITor Building and Plastering Lime Goal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Pans. Rosendale Cement, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder. Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on ^Limestone Springs Lime Works ( CARROLL & CO., Lessees. /Telephone 5/. JUNE H. CARR, ARTIST 10 PI 10T0(}R A PJIER 812 Limestone Street, Gaffney, 8. (J. vwj .fjil ‘‘Artist Proofs” are deservedly "popular because they _siuud wltliout a peer~ffor beauty anddrtglnallty'of design, and flnTsh. WE MAKE THEM. Our complete line of photographic work Unbraces the best materials, the bes methods and that painstaking care so essen tial to good work. Our guarantee against fading goes with all photos bearing;* .7 name Bring us your kodak work, our prices are low as the lowest. Remember us for'any photographic want. PW'i’hone 170. *= Bankrupt Sale. Notice is hereby given that the stock of merchandise formerly belonging • to W. Harry Dodcnhotf. bankruptedaffney, H. C., will be offered for sale untlPjuly 2mCl!Wa. The stock amounts to 11,341.30; consisting of a Lot of Jewelry, Clocks. Hllverwarc, Hewing Machines Oils. Needles, Accounts, Class. Chin a, Tinware, Bhow Cases, Wall Cases, Bale, Pictures. Frames, Toys, Xmas goods, me. The above stock was carefully appraised from invoices at less than cost by 20 per cent •ad will be sold by the Inventory. The trustee will receive sealed bids for the Wboie stock, or for separate lots of same, in alternative until Aug 27th. 1202; reserv- r the right to reject any and all bids. Parties wishing to Inspeet the stock, or er information concerning it, apply to 1.0. Orrs, Trustee, Oaffney, 8. 0. Aug- IV, 3!, NARROW ESCAPE ^ OF CZAR AND KAISER — Tlieir Lives Imperilled by Prussian Nihilists. COLD AND DARING ATTEMPT. i Monarchs Were Dining Together on Kaiser's Yacht When Leader of Con spirators, Disguised at Russian Cap tain, Sought Entrance to Room. Londong, Aug IS—Russian digpitclies describe a daring attemtp to assas sinate the kaiser and czar together at Ra' al, while the two monarehs were dining together on the kaiser’s yacht, the Hohenzollern. A launch bearing five men came alongside. She looked exactly like a Russian man-of-war launch, and one of the ruffians wore the uniform of a Russian officer, while the other four wore the uniforms of Russian seamen. in reality they were Russian nihil ists bent on assassination. The man in the oificer’s uniform boarded the Hohenzollern and inform ed the officer of tfie watch that he be longed to the czar’s yacht, the Staa- dart, and had urgent messages for the czar's immediate perusal. Owing to the urgency of his commission he ask ed to be taken to the czar without delay. As the officer of the watch started to show him below, the captain of the Standart appeared on deck. He heard tnat one of his officers desired to see him, sA.d confronted the disguised ni hilist, who drew a pistol and tried to cover his retreat to the launch, but af. , ter a fight was disarmed and arrested. The four accomplices in the launch steamed away during the confusion and evaded the patrol boats, although they scoured the sea all night. The ring leader confessed his intention was to kill the two emperors at one time. CHINA TO HAVE BIG EXHIBIT. Viceroys Confer with American Tariff Commissioner. Shanghai, Aug. 18—Liu Kun Yi, Chang Chih Tung and Yuan Shai Kai, viceroys, respectively, of Nan Kin, Hankow and governor of Pe Chiti, in separate conferences with T. S. Har- rets, tariff commissioner for tne Unit ed States, have concurred in making two magnificent and equivocal decla rations. The first is that the critical time has arrived when China must make a supreme effort for the promo tion of commerce and the friendly in tercourse with America and Europe; the second declaration is that as an evidence of her good faith in this in tention and her appreciation of the generous policy of the United States toward her China will make an un precedented exhibit at the St. Louis exposition. News of Antarctic Expedition. Rome, Aug. 18.—The Buenos Ayres correspondent of The Seco cables that further news has been received there of the Nordeuskjold Antarctic expe dition. The vessel is imprisoned in the ice and preparations had been commenced to proceed in dog sleds. The health of the members of the par ty was excellent. The expedition is headed by Professor Otto Nordensk- Jold, nephey of Baron NordenskjoM, who died Aug. 12, mol. It sailed from Gothenburg, Sweden, on th<? steamer Antarctic, October 16, 1901. The first news of the expedition was received at Montevideo, Uruguay, April 13, of the present year. It was then at Snowkil, Louis Philoppe land. Paasioniat Fathers Hold Meeting. Pittsburg. Apg. 18—Members of the order of Passionist Fathers from ail parts of the country are bolding their general session at the monastery on the south side this week with Rt. Rev. General Consul Mgr. John Bap- tlste Pandinelli. C. P., in charge of the proceedings. The election of the pro vincials and the rectors will take place on Wednesday. Among the mem- be is of the order present are the fol- lowing; Rev. Fathers Stephen, pro vincial; Markus, Fidells and Aiphon- sus, of Baltimore; George, of Cincin nati; Felix, of Ixjuisville; Robert, >1 fc>i. Louis, and Bonifaco, of St. Paul, Kan. Naval Maneuvers In Solent. London, Aug. 18.—The naval maneu- vers In the Solent today were marred oy the weather. Torrents of rain and a gale of wind drove the specra- tors from the sea front, and it was noon instead of 10 o’clock when the royal yacht Victoria and Albert left Cowes. Subsequently an array of battleships and cruisers to the num ber of 80, formed in two columns, and passed on either side of the Victoria and Albert. All the war vessels manned ship os they passed the royal yacht No Developments In Murder Case. Muscatine, Iowa, Aug. 18.—There were no new development* In the Tu- man murder case today. Jesse Tu- man Is still In the hospital here uncon scious. The Inquest held today brought out no additional acts. The police believe the crime was commit ted by a man who lived with the con- pie and who disappeared Thursday. Of ficers are making a close search for him here a* well as in the surrounding country. COLONEL HEMPHILL GLAIMEDJY DEATH Prominent Citizen of Atlanta Passes Away. END CAME QUITE SUDDENLY. Colonel Hemphill Had Long Been Iden tified With Atlanta’s Interests and Was One of the Most Progressive and Public-Spirited Men of the City. Atlanta .Aug. 18.—Colonel William A. Hemphill died suddenly at his res idence at 11 o’clock last night from angina pectoris. Death was absolutely unexpected. While Colonel Hemphill had been in declining heaMb for some three months past, his condition had not been such as to cause alarm. He had been up town every day and had never given any of his friends an intimation that he was other than his usual robust self. On Saturday Colonel Hemphill spent some hours in the office of his broth er, Robert A. Hemphill, and it was then for the first time that he spoke of feeling badly. He complained of a severe pain, and said that he thought it would be best for him to see a doc tor. This he did. and in a few hours was apparently all right. On yesterday he drove to Trinity church, but was not feeling sufficient ly strong to attend the Sunday school services and sent word to the chil dren that he would be with them on the following Sabbath. Returning home, he took dinner with his family and was in a cheerful mood. At night he ate a light repast and sat up for some hours afterwards, reading and talking to his wife and children. At 11 o’clock, while standing in his room he was seized with the fata! stroke. When assistance came the hand of death had already touched his brow. In his death Atlanta is deprived of one of her best-known and most pub lic-spirited citizens—a man who had carved out his fortune by the sheer force of his indomitable energy and splendid ability. e was a fine type of the industry, enterprise and activ ity which has bullded Atlanta into a city of metropolitan proportions from the most meager and unpromising of beginnings. This public spiritedness was one of his chief characteristics and there was nothing he would not do to help in the upbuilding of the city. During the war Colonel Hemphill served with valor until the battle of Gettysburg, when he was seriously wounded. He was active in many business en terprises. but was best known as pres ident and business manager of The At lanta Constitution for many years. He is survived by a wife and sever al children. SOUTHERN TO BUILD NEW ROAD, Short Line to Coast From Tennessee Coal Fields. Knoxville, Aug. 18.—Announcement is rqade of the Southern railway’s in tention to establish an important linj from Knoxville and the East Tennes see coal fields, through the Carolina mountains and eastern Georgia and western South Carolina, making a short line to the coast. The Railway Age quotes from a letter from Chief Engineer W. H. Wells, of the Southern, as follows; ‘The extension to Maryville, Tenn., on which engineers are now at work, will be an extension of our Murphy branch, beginning at or near Bushnell, N. C., down the Little Tennessee riv er to Maryville about 60 miles. The ultimate intention is when this is fin ished to push a line through Rabun Gap into eastern Georgia and west ern South Carolina, making a short connection with our line in those states from the coal fields. We now have two f-orps engaged in this work.” Maryville Is 16 miles from Knoxville, and the Southern now has a line be tween the two points. It also has lines from Knoxville into the coal fields. Improvements at Ensley, Ensley, Ala., Aug. 18.—Plans have been drawn up by the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company to make improvements about their Ensley fur nace plant which will cost something like $250,000. The company will put in a hoisting plant with bins for the raw material, cheapening the cost of handling. Raw material will be brought from the mine* and quarries and dumped right Into the bins. From tue bins the raw material will be dumped into the little buggies which will be hoisted to the top of the fur naces and dumped Into them, making a big saving in labor. The work will be done by degrees, three of the fur naces to be repaired and relined as the new hoisting machinery is being placed. It Is figured that enough will be saved on the labor Inside of a few years to pay for the Improvement. Wyoming Region Quiet Wllkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 18.—Sheriff Jacobs reports everything quiet among the striking miners of the Wyoming region today. No attempt was made to start work at the Warnke was Eery of Duryea, and although preparations are said to be going on for resumption at the Maltby colliery of the Lehigh Valley Goal company, work was not commensed today. ;,■* .aft _i‘*1 Itf SHAH OF PERSIA IS GUESTjF EDWARD Eastern Potentate and Bril liant Suit Reach London. RESPLENDENT IN DIAMONDS. Met at Victoria Station by Prince ol Wales, Lord Lansdowne and Other Distinguished Persons and Escorted to Marlborough House. London, Aug. 18.—The shah of Per sia, Mussaffir-Bd-D.n and his suit, who arrived at Dover yesterday, reached London today, and took up their resi dence at Marlborough house as guests of King Edward. When the shah left the train at Victoria station he was resplendent in a blaze of dia monds. On his tarooosh (cap) a huge diamond stood out like a headlight; his epaulettes were adorned with large emeralds and his bieast was covered with jewels of all kinds. The gems worn by the members oi the shah’s suit were only a little less rich than those of his majesty. The Prince of Wales, Lord Lansdowne, the foreign minister, Lord Roberts, com mander-in-chief, and the members of the Persian legation, and others met the royal traveler at the station. The Prince of Wales and the Shah shook hands, and the visitor was introduced to the prominent persons present. The Prince of Wales subsequently conduct ed the Shah to a royal carriage, and they drove off escorted by a detach ment of life guards and followed by other carriages. The route to Marl borough house was lined with troops. BATTLE WITH GRIZZLIES. Guide In Colorado Has Desperate Hand to-Hand Encounter. Rifle, Col,, Aug. 18—W. E. Tribble is the hero of a desperate hand-to- hand encounter with two bears and that he escaped with his life was due in pail to the visit of President Roose velt to this part of the country two years ago. Mr. Roosevelt showed the old guide Just how to give the coup de grace to a bear witn the knife. Tribble, while in the mountains, was surprised by a grizzly and succeed, ed in dispatching him a la Roosevelt. When confronted by another big bear he dispatched it in a like manner. Tribble was covered with wounds, but managed to crawl to his horse and ride to camp, where he lost conscious ness. Boer Generals Start for Brussels. London, Aug. 18.—The Boer gener als,, Botha, Dewet and Delarey, start -or Brussels tonight. After Saturday's experience they are not willing to again face the ordeal of a British crowd, so the generals chartered a spe cial steamer and are Keeping the ra’T- road where they will entrain and their port of sailing a secret. Captain O’Don nell. who served on Dewet’s staff throughout the war. starts immediate ly for America to prepare the way for the visiting generals. He says that altogether about 500 Americans and 500 Irishmen were with the Boer forces. Conclave Drawing to a Close. San Francisco, rt ug. 18.—The stay of the Knights of Pythias in this city is drawing to a close. Many of the visitors have already left for their homes and others are preparing to de part before the final business of the conclave Is completed. The final ses sion of the supreme temple of the Rathbone Sisters was held this morn ing in Native Sons hall, and the ses sions of the supreme lodge of the or der were continued at the Palace ho tel. The day was devoted to a con cert and entertainment at the pavil ion. Struck Dead by Lightning. Abbeville, S, C., Aug. 18.—Tom Knox, a lad of 12, was killed by a bolt of lightning, and Neuffer Stewart, a companion, was knocked unconscious by the same bolt, he falling on the lifeless form of his chum. They had been to a picnic and ball game near Sharon and had started home when a storm arose before they could gain shelter. Young Stewart soon regain ed consciousness and informed the parents of young Knox of his death. Sentenced to Fifteen Years. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 18.—Judge Mur- phy in the recorder’s court today sen tenced Frank C. Andrews who was found guilty Saturday of misapplying and misappropriating funds of the wrecked City Savings bank, to 15 years at hard labor In Jackson prison. He had previously refused to grant Andrews bail pending the settlement of the bill of exceptions that his at torneys will file. Strike at Lafayette, Ind. Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 18,—As the re sult of a strike and boycott declared against the Lafayette Street Railway company by the Central Labor Union, the cars of the company are carrying few passengers, while wagons and carriages operated by friends of the strikers are being liberally patronized. Harmon Elected Judge. Knoxville, Aug. 18.—Official figures received today from Hancock county show that Dana Hannon is elected Judge of the first circuit by 68 ma jority. A report from Nashville gave the office to J. A. Tyler by 102 major* ity. COL.GEO.JOHNSTON FOB U. S, SENATE Study of the Life and Record of this Able Man. A REMARKABLE CAREER No Mail Has Shown a Cleanvr Uecortl or Done More for the Welfare of UAh People —Served Kiglit tear* In I.egiHlature and Klee ted to ConttreMg in I KUO. 1 he purpose of our Democratic pri mary is to give the people an opportu- rmy to judge for ttiemseives of the character, ability and fitness of those aspiring to position so that the voter may be able to cast his ballot intelli gently. in the canvass now about to close in the State for the United States Senatorship, there are practically no differenc-s in platform. Thequesu- n to be decided by the people is that ot personal fitness. Who ‘ of the six aspiring to this position, is most cap able cf representing South Carolina in the L nited States Senate with cred it to himself and honor to his State? There is no doubt that since the canvass begun, George Johnstone, of Newberry, has gained remarkable strength and made most favorable im pressions on the voters. In fact, it is conceded that of all the candidates, he has gained most, this being admit’ ted on all hands. It may be well to inquire into the record and to studv something of the life of this man, who, by sheer force of character and ability of the highest order, has forged so rapidly to the front. George Johnstone Is a son of the late Chancellor Job Johnstooe, whose opinions rank in literary ability and legal erudition with those of the greatest chancellors and judges the otate has ever produced. The son has inherited in great measure the in tellect of the father and that intellect has had the advantage of thorough training in the best schools of this country and Europe. In 1877 he was elected to the Legis lature, in which body he served for eight successive years, retiring volun tarily. In 1890 he was elected to congress from the Third District. He was chairman of the committee on Privi- legt s and Elections, from which Mr Crisp was elected speaker, and Mr. Johnstone was one to whom Mr. Crisp looked constantly for assistance. No man can show a cleaner record. Few can show a more remarkable re cord. No man has sought more to do what he could in the interest of and for the welfare of his people. In times like these there is a demand for men, not time servers; statesmen, not politicians. There are momentous questions to be settled, and above all, uo we need men who are able to grap ple with these questions in the Nat ional Congress, and to do so intelli gently and with a wisdom and fore sight born of the statesman. The people of the State are now in the en joyment of their sober judgment, they are not torn by party strife and factional feeling. The appeal is made to this sob^r judgment in the selec tion they will be called upon to make for the highest office in their gift. It is their duty to measure up the candidates by the standard which every true Carolinian should set for such a position; character, fitness, intellect, ability to stand up shoulder to shoulder, arm to arm, hand to hand, intellect to intellect, with any member of that body. The friends of Col. Johnstone have never considered him a politican, and do not now press bis claims on that ground, but rather as a broadminded statesman who is able tj grapple with the questions of the day and meet the issues and solve them intellfgentiy ; one who has alwavs stood for the peo pie’s Interests and those principles lie believed to be right and just though for the time they may not have been popular. In his old congressional district (Third) lie received an ovation at each meeting. jn the beginning of this article, it was stated that since the couvassof the State begun George Johnstone has gained much more rapidly than any of his competitors, and it is abso lutely certain that he will be in the second race with one of them, and that he will lead in the first primary on the 26th. The following are only a few of the many opinions which have been ex pressed by the newspapers of the State, and are confirmation of what is said above; “The man who made the mott votes by this trip was Col. George Johnstone ot Newberry. Every one fell in love with him, and he male many friends here."—Georgetown Times. “The self-reliant political faith of Johnstone, clean cut and true to Democratic principles, without fancy trimmings or demagogic catches and withal the conviction that here is a man who would represent South Caro lina according to the dictates of his conscience, rather than the under study of another, have made a strong impression on the people among whom be has appeared. He is in the front rank of Senatorial possibilities, and there is only bright promise to South Carolina in such a prospect."— Charleston Evening Post. “Col. George Johnstone from all re ports has made a splendid record. His speeches are clear, logical, to the point and easily understood by the people generally. M —From the Press “The newspapers seems to agree that of all the Senatorial candidates Col. Gnorge Johnstone is making the bf-Ht headway at the meetings. And this is true. Col. Johnstone’s speech es are bound to make a fine impress ion on all who hear them, as they are the utterances of a statesman—one who has gone to the bottom of puolic questions."—Summer Herald. ‘Not only the newspapers, but the other Senatorial candidates, say that of all their competitors. Col. George Johnstone has made the most head- wav, and that he is the man that they have individually to beat. In other words, each candidate figures it out that the race lies between himself and Col. Johnstone. This condition can be explained in but one way. It has been brought abour by the sheer abidty of the man. Wherever he has aopeared he has won distinction. His speeches in some cases have wrung approbation from those who otherwise wou'd have gooe over bag and baggage to some other fellow, without thinking. Col. Johnstone, as the Herald says, is a statesman—one who has gone to the bottom of public questions. He knows things and if elected to the L nited States Senate, he would be able at once to take rank with the men in the so-called ‘inner circle’ of the Senate, composed of such men as Spooner, Platt ol Connecticut, Allison and a few others from the Repub licans, and welcomed into fellowship by Democrats like Morgan of Ala bama, Bacon of Georgia and others. He is able to place his beloved State, for he does love South Carolina, in theposition she has occupied in pub lic life, ftouth Carolina should send statesmen, not poiiticans, to the United Slates Senate. Col. John stone is a statesman, and an able one at that."—Greenwood Index. BUFFALO BACHELOR I'erHiMtN in Haying He Has No III Will To wards 1’rof. McArthur. Buffalo, Aug. 18—Very little damage was done in this .section by the storm last Thursday. 1 here are several cases of sickness in this community. It is a pity there isn’t more. A few weeks affliction would do some people a great deal of good. The wirter has been suffer ing several days from heart trouble hut dou’t know the exact cause of it. “Buster” can you tell? By the way, Bro. Buster, have you forgotten the time about eleven years ago one rainy Saturday night when you and I and a few others sought shelter in a school house and had to remain till daylight? Do you remem ber how hungry we ail were just after midnight? There are some bad roads over here and we wish Dick Jolly, or some other candidate for supervisor would have them worked. A gentleman who is a friend to both Prof. McArthur and myself still per sists that I have done Prof. McArthur an injustice in writing about ttfe rotteness of the Buffalo school. I do not wish to cast any refiection on the lady who is teaching here now. I have no personal ill feelings to ward Prof. McArthur, and have no de sire to do him any injustice and if he will show me wherein I have done him any I will try to apologize for it. A few years ago if he had listened to the people instead of the trustees much of the confusion we have had might have bean avoided. We have had three trustees but the majority has been ruled by the minority. It is an instance where three has been as one and one as three. In fact all three of them would hardly make one ali-round good man. To tell the plain truth the people are tired of this minority rule. Last Bpring Prof. McArthur told some of the trustees that he bad no authority to remove them but would accept their resignation but only one has yet resigned. My friend says the proper way for the people of Buffalo to do would be to get up a petition for a new set of trustees and let Mr. McArthur lay it bt-fore the county board of education. They did not get two schools when they petitioned for them and by tak ing sides with the trustees Mr. Mc Arthur has made enemies who will be a long time in forgiving. Buffalo is now in a very bad situation; lost slmost beyond redemption. Last week I asserted that there had been lying, treachery dishonesty, and extravagance in the management of the Buffalo senool and I dare the trustees to try to deny it. Bauhklok. FLOWER AND TREE. There is a pink variety of lily of the valley which is often grown in Eng land, though seldom seen with us. A palm tree which grows on the banks of the Amazon has leaves thirty to fifty feet in length and ten to twelve feet in breadth. Standard and ‘‘stand by” plants and varieties should be the rule of the be ginner. Experiment with new flowers and varieties only in a small way. Study color effects if you would have a really beautiful garden. The loveli est colors often neutralize each othor sadly. Clear reds and magentas, for instance, should not be close neigh bors. Know the plants as yon would peo ple if you would have them respond fully. Find out their habits, their likes and dislikes. The study is one of unfailing pleasure, and it pays rich Interest in perpetual bloom. Linnla plants are good for low hedges. Plants a foot and a half apart will soon run branches together, and the foiiage is dense from the ground up. The flowers are almost as brilliant as thoss of the dahlia and are produced freely from July to late October.