The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, March 13, 1903, Image 5
Up AH Night
This getting up every night
with the baby, or some of the
oldfr children, is all wrong.
Not that the children are to
blame. If he’s the baby, prob
ably his food is wrong. Vinol
will help his mother stand the
strain of nursing.
We have often seen whole
families of older children who
keep the parents awake o’
nights. First one, then the
other is ailing.
These children seem well
enough at times; but they are
white, hollow-eyed, often list
less, with irregular appetites,
peevish and fretful, wakeful at
night and constantly taking cold.
The use of Vinol, in conjunc
tion with Vinlax to regulate the
bowels, will benefit these child
ren almost in a day.
There is nothing in Vinol that
can nurt them. It is pleasant
to take. If it doesn’t do the
work, we will give you the
money back.
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ITOK
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ALSO A FINE LINE OF
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given to all business.
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Attorney-at- Law,
Gaffney, - - S. C.
Notary public. All buslnes:, roc-ivcsprompt
and careful utU-ntlon.
MONEY TO LOW <<N KKAI, ESTATE
Dr. D. P. THOMSON,
Dentist.
DWoffl.- «? ovt r National Bank.
J. C. OTTS,
Attorney and Counselor.
Hhc* upstHln. -MMWMt-n li. a. .iim,in and
iJ I'-t-nport.
Office and H*‘sldeni:e .Phone.
Dr C. T. LIPSCOMB,
i> ic x *r i»'r
Office iii Star Theatre Building.
Phone No. 20.
J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist.
Office Over The Battery.
Ninety Per Cent
of all chronic headaches are due to eye
•train. Go to Dr. Griffith at the Chero
kee Drug Co.’s and have the defect in
vision corrected, and thus be
QUICKLY AND
PERMANENTLY CURED.
Glaaaea Fitted With Scientific Accu
racy and all the diseases of the Kye,
Bar, Nose and Throat treated according
to the latest and most approved methods.
TRAGIC DEATH OF
JOSEPH E,
Killed in a Railroad Collision
at Danville, Va.
GAFFNEY IN MOURNING
The Accident Occurred Tuesday Morning
and the Young Man Was Crushed to Death
Hetweeu the Cars -Funeral Services Took
Place Yesterday.
Danville, Va., March 10.—Early
this morning the south-bound South
ern Railway fast passenger train,
standing at this station, was run
into by the north-bound Florida flyer,
resulting in the death of Joseph E.
McArthur, of Gaffney, 8. 0., a pas
senger, and W. E, Neal, of Rural
Hall, N. C., an ovtrhauler, who was
coupling air brakes. Joseph Cole
man, an employee of the road, who
was assisting Neal, was taken to the
hospital, where one of his arms was
amputated. Both engines were
wrecked and several cars damaged.
The above dispatch was sent out
by the Associated Press from Dan
ville.
Gaffney was shocked to its very
foundation Tuesday morning when
the message was flashed over the
wires that Joe McArthur had been
killed in a railroad wreck at Danville,
Va., early that morning The mes
sage was sent to Mr. J. (J. Lipscomb,
and the sad news soon spread over the
city leaving sorrow in its wake.
People stood spellbound with awe
and aghast with horror, and small
groups gathered here and there on
the streets and discussed with bated
breath the awful intelligence, scarce
ly realizing that it could be true.
When Joe went away on Friday
night for a pleasure trip to Richmond
he was in the full prime of a glorious
young manhood—blessed with per
fect health; lighted-hearted, sunny-
spirited, genial and jovial, his bosom
swelling with pleasurable anticipa
tions of his trip. He spent Sunday and
Monday in Richmond and was return
ing home on the fatal morning. His
heart was merry—his thoughts, per
haps, of the loved ones at home whom
he was eager to greet once more. No
snadow of impending doom cast a
damper over his bouyant spirits; no
cloud hovered in his sky to darken
the glowing hopes and radiant pros
pects which dawned in rose-tinted
colors upon the horizon of his future
i xisteuce, inspiring him with nobler
sentiments, a loftier ambition, and
a desire for greater achievements in
the Hie which lay before him. All
was intensely bright and calnny
beautiful to him; when lo! as sudden
as the earthquake there came a crash
which awakened the sleeping city of
Danville and made the very earth to
tremble and almost ere its reverbera
t.ons had died away in the distince
the spirit of genial Joe McArthur
bad left its earthly tenement and gone
on the journey from which no travel
er ever returns. Aurora was just
beginning to rise from her slumbers,
and as tne first faint heraldings of an
approaching daw n were darting across
me sky the old life went out and the
new one began with the birth of a
new day. The dawn came dark and
lowering; the orb of day hid his face
behind clouds as though to shut out
from his view the appalling scence,
arid his rays came filtering through
*he morning mists as tne light from
eyes dimmed with tears, while all
earth was “wet with nature’s tear
drops,’’ as though grieving—‘if aught
inanimate ' e’er grieves’ —over me
dead hoy, and the broken hearts and
blighted hopes of the loved ones in
nis distant home.
As stated above Joe had been to
Richmond ou a pleasure trip, and
was on his way home when ho met
his tragic deam. The reports of eye
witnesses state he had been out on
the platform and just returned to the
vestibule of the train when the crash
came. He was caught between trie
corner posts and the cars and crushed
to death, life being entirely extinct
when his bo 'y was found. The agent
u! Danville, who happened to be per
sonally acquainted with Mr.J.O. Lips
comb, of this flty, wired him of the
accident and asked for instructions
in regard to the remains. Mr Lips-
com^ at once replied with the request
to see that the body was cared for in
the best manner possible. The re
mains were met in Charlotte by Prof.
Claude McArthur, brother of the de
ceased, and a number of friends, and
brought to Gaffney Tuesday night,
the party having been joined by Miss
Addle McArthur, who came up from
Rock Hill, and Mrs. Francis Mont
gomery, from Johnston, both sisters
of the dead young man. The train
was late ai d did not reach this city
until after two o’clock; but, notwith
standing the lateness of the hour, a
large crowd of our people were at the
depot to meet it, having sat up all
the night as a mark of respect to the
memory of him whom they so well
liked. Tht body was at once taken
to the home which he had so recently
left in the noonday of life, his heart
light and free from care, his step
bouyant ana elastic, his sunny spirit
bubbling over with the enthusiasm
of a young man possessed of perfect
health and strength, and the future
stretched away, bright aod alluring
before him. But alas! for human ex
pectations. All Is now changed.
“He is gone, forever gone 1 the king
of terrors laid ins rude hands upon
him and blasted him with his icy
breath.” He who only a few short
days ago was a living, breathing,
moving creature in our midst has
been suddenly cut down by the Grim
Reaper and bis spirit now dwells in a
land beyond our ken; hearts are
broker which once beat with high
hope for the son and brother wno is
gone and which were wont to be glad
dened by the sound of the voice now
still; sorrow now sits enthroned in a
once happy home; fond parenis’
heads are bowed in grief; sisiers who
loved him with all the tender, death ,
less devotion of woman’s love new,
pour out their anguish in scalding
rears which bring no relief to hearts
overburdened with sorrow; devoted
brothers mourn for the absent one,
and a gloom is cast over the enire
city which is felt alike by old and
young.
Joe was twenty-six years old last
December—just in the prime of life
and blessed with the health and vigor
of perfect young manhood. He was one
of the most popular young men in
Gaffney, not only in social circles
but among the business men as well.
For years he had been associated
with Mr. J. C. Jjipscomb as salesman,
and bis fine business tact, sound
judgment and natural ability made
him a valuable man; and his socia
ble disposition, genial nature, gentle
manly deportment and winning man
ners made him a fine salesman. A
short time ago be severed bis con
nection with Messrs. J. 0. Lipscomb
& Co., and formed a copartnership
with Mr. VV. M. Foag and Mr. Tom B
Clarkson in the livery and live stock
business, and was connected with
this enterprise at the time of his
death. Few young men have bright
er prospects than did Joe. He was
industrious, frugal, strictly temper
ate in his habits, of high moral char
acter, he was hightly esteemed by his
associates and admired by everybody
who knew him; and by his diligence,
energy and frugality he had amassed
quite a neat little sum with whicn to
begin business for himself.
A such a time it is human nature
to wish to do something to evidence
the high regard in which a fellow-
being was held during life. As a
mark of the respect and esteem which
everyone had for Joe every business
house in the city was closed, from
the large mercantile houses to the
blacksmith shops, the schools were
closed and business was practically
suspended for the funeral exercises.
The Court of Common Pleas ad
journed Wednesday and did not con
vene until 12 o’clock yesterday to
allow court officials and lawyers to
attend the funeral. A prettj '-enu-
ment was expressed by the oupils of
the graded school who raised a sum
of money by each contributing a
penny and purchased a handsome
wreath of flowers to place among the
other offerings as a token of their
love for Joe.
The funeral services were con
ducted at the Buford Street M tho-
dist church, and from there the re
mains were taken to Oualaud for in
terment.
The funeral was conducted under
the auspicces of Limestone Lodge
No. 74, of which the deceased was a
shining member. The members of
the lodge gathered at. their hall at 1)
o’clock and repaired to the residence
at 10:30, from whence they escorted
the remains to the church. The
church was literally jammed, every
sear bt-ing ojeupied as well as a 1 tho
av.'liable standing room.
The services were commenced by
the choir singing “Nearer My God to
Thee,” followed by “Horne Hwt-et.
Day, Bye and Bye.” Rev J M.
Steadman read the 00th Psalm, and
Rev. J. B Wilson rend the 15 h
diapter of I Corinthians. Rev N. B
Clarkson then offered an eloquent
and fervent prayer Mrs. George
Garrett Byers sang very sweetly and
with much feeling "Sometime Wb’Ji
Understand.” Rev. Mr. Steadman
then made a short but appropriate
address. His message was .o tne
living and not to the deal This
was followed by rein irks by R .-v.
Mr. Wilson and Rev. Mr. Cimrkson.
Both these gentlemen made heart to
heart talks, drawing impressive !•*»
sols from the life of the dead mao.
The choir then sung "Sleep On, Be
luVrd Sleep.” The remains were con
ducted to tho hearse while the choir
sang “Nearer My God to Thee.”
On arrival at the cemetery the ser
vices were taken charge of by the
K of P. Chuncel or Commander J G
Wardlaw made sqnie very elegant
and appropriate remark?. The pie-
late then read the burial b'-rvieo tin 1
while the Knights sang they marched
around the open grave auU deposited
sprigs of myrtle, this exemphf mg
the fact that they would ever renum
ber him and keep his crave green.
The service closed by prayer by Mr.
Steadman.
The pall-bearers were : W. Henry
Ross, W. S. Hall, C. T. Lipscomb,
J. J. Darby, Dr. Park Thompson,
H. L. Spears, D. C. Ross, Boyd L.
Haines, C. M. Smith and W. M.
Webster.
The funeral procession was unques-
tiorably the largest ever seen in Gaff
ney. Rich and poor, haughty and
hnmble, saint and sinner, all were
present to show their respect for the
deceased. He was laid to rest beside
his sainted mother where they will
sleep until tho sound of the trumpet
shall awake them ou the resurrection
morn.
We wish we were capable of leying
an enduring flower upon his bier—one
that would last as long as the world
lasts—for be was good *and generous
kind and knightly, and within his soul
dwelt nothing but love for all man*
kind. Not only abroad and in the
business world was he lovable, but lu
the home oirolo. He was kind to
every member of the family and any
thing was good enough for Joe. No
harsh words escaped bis lips, do fret
ting or fussing, but all was sunshine
and happiness with him. He was as
OUR TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL STATEMENT
REMARKABLE EXHIBIT
Four Most Important Items
That Challenge Attention
The Prudential Has Over 60 Millions of Assets.
This great line of assets, securely invested in the high
est grade of interest-hearing securities obtainable, is the
fund which protects every Prudential policy from its date
to its maturity. •
Each successive year shows a material increase in this
fund. The following table indicates the great growth of
assets every five years since i S77:
GKOWTII OF ASSETS.
1877 -
? 7.371 18
1892 -
# 8,840,853 39
1882 -
392,268 69
1897 -
23.9^4.^69 72
1887 -
1.967.369 '3
1902 -
60,245,339 &7
The Prudential Has Over Nine Millions of Surplus.
After paying death claims and all other expenses inci
dental to tlie business. The Prudential is able to carry over
to its surplus account an amount which should he gratifying
to all of our policyholders. The latter now have an addi
tional safeguard of more than $9,000,000 over and above the
Company’s legal requirements.
This impressive total, from which dividends are paid to
policy holders, is in keeping with the giant strides of thi<
giant Company. The following table shows the accumula
tion of surplus for the past twenty-seven years :
ACCUMULATION OF SURPLUS.
1877 -
# 7,114 70
1892
- #2,218,441 70
1882 -
165,035 79
KS97
- 5,240,118 36
1887 -
487,078 13
1902
- 9.521.405 33
The Prudential Has Over 800 Millions of Insurance in Force.
This magnificent amount of business is the most elo
quent endorsement of public confidence that can be offered,
and proves the widespread popularity of Prudential poli
cies among the American people.
1 he Prudential has more insurance in force than any
other company which confines its operations exclusively to
the l nited States. Note its unparalleled progress along that
line during the past twenty-seven years:
EXPANSION OF INSURANCE IN FORCE.
i8 77 - # 1.03°.655 00 1S92 - #193,837,282 00
1882 - I5>73 8 .973 00 1897 - 363,117,590 00
1887 - 82,639,088 00 1902 - 802,027,839 00
The Prudential Has Over Thirty-three Millions of Income.
One of the most important elements in any business is
the cash income. It is perhaps the best method of measur
ing the success of any great business enterprise. On that
score the Prudential can feel reasonably proud of its mar
velous receipts in dollars and cents from all sources.
A constantly increasing income means added vitality to
a life insurance company and stimulates every department
of its service. All policy-holders of the Prudential wilt
look upon the following table with interest and satisfaction:
KOLI.ING UP
OF INCOME.
1877 -
# 28,635 80
1S92 -
# 7,888,877 55
1882 -
5S4.593 45
1897 -
bS.5*80,764 65
1887 -
3,oi3,35o 97
1902 -
33 652.319 88
THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY
OF' iVJVtiCRICA..
Home Office, Newark, N. J. John F. Dryden, President.
SplBndid Agency Contracts Will Be Made With Strenuous Young Men.
R. H. FERGUSON, Gen. Agent, Spartanburg, S. C.
tender ae a mother to the younger
ones and no reasonable request from
any of them was ever disregarded.
He will be sadly missed from tho
home, the social circle and the busi
ness world in which lie mover.. He
sleeps in Oakland beneath a wilder
ness of flowers.
“Death lies upon him like an un
timely frost upon a young and fra
grant flower.”
The following spi-ciai dispatch to
the Charleston News aod Courier of
>esterday adds to the tiagie death of
Mr McArthur a ting of romance:
Richmond, Va , 10— P
J08 ph E. McAr hur trie promPom
young buninese omn v Gaffney, S
who was killed in th vr ck a' Dm
viile this moroitit; w ? renr ninz fr >01
a visit to his sw -eth art. dis- Agues
8. Beville, of thi? cit\
Mr. McArthur, after a wsP if sev
eral days, bade \ i»e Beville y od-bye
late last night and B art-d home.
They were to h >.ve ur n married in
the fall The young lady was com
pletely proetrLted by th telegram an
nouncing the horrible de.th of h^r
lover. K B c
EVERY CHURCH < r insUtu-
lion supported by vol lotery cootn
butUm wilt be gh <'0 u .'iDern! quantity
of Longmao A Martinez 1'uie Paints
whenever tbe> pc.ut.
Note: Have done so for twenty,
seven years. Sales: Tens of millions
of gallons; painted nearly two mil
lion houses under guarantee to re
paint if not natiafaotory : The paint
wears for periods up to eighteen
years. Linseed Oil must be added to
the paint, (done in two minutes). Ac
tual cost tbeu about $1.2o a gallon.
Samples free. Sold by our agents.
Smith Hardware Go., Gaffney; Cole
& Turner, Blacksburg
It is not clear that anybody wiser
than Solomon lives in our times,
though some thiak they are.
The best pill 'neath the stars and
stripes;
It cleanses the system and never
gripes.
Little Early Risers of wordly repute—
Ask for DeWitt’s and take no sub
stitute.
A small pill, fttsy to buy, easy to
take aud easy to act, but never failing
in results. DeWitt’s Little Early
Risers uruuse the secretions and act
us a tonic to the liver, curing petma
uently. Cherokee Drug Co.
There is no man motk like an hon
est man than a rogue.
Foley’s Honey and Tar
Cures coughs and colds.
Cures bronchitis aud asthma.
Cures croup and whooping cough.
Cures hoarsnesa and bronchial troub
les.
Cures pueumonia and la grippe.
Cherokee Drug Co.
Our Spring and
Summer Line
embraces some new
and desirable things
in Suitings, Fancy Worsteds, Thibets and Un
finished Worsteds, with trimmings to match,
imported serge linings, hair cloth fronts, and
the very latest styles, ::::::
at Prices as Low
as good honest values
can be had anywhere.
Our buyer has been in the Eastern markets for over a
month and has left nothing undone in the selection of
these goods. We would be pleased to s how our goods to
every man that comes to Gaffney. They will appeal to
you; they speak in loud terms of their own merits, and we
back every garment by a positive guarantee.
Satisfaction in Every Detail
or Your Money Back.
We can’t tell you half what we have and we can’t ex
press our values with COLD TYPE. Your own inspect
ion will convince you.
Remember we expect you and have provided for you.
Wilkins-Bristow Clothing Co.,
HEN’S AND BOYS’ OUTFITTERS.
C. N. AVERY, Manager.
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