Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PISO S CURE FOR CURES WHERE AU ELSE FAILS, t Cough Byrup. Tutes Good. UM in time. Bold by drugglnta. Wi{*mam 8. Hall, .)k. .iamks A. Willis. HALL & WILLIS, AL I’ORNKYS AT LAW. STAR THEATRE BLDG. c*a. tc y. m. Notary Public In olHcc. Prompt attention Jven to all business. J.4EMILE HARLEY, Attorney-at- Law, Gaffney, - - S. C. Notary public. All business receives prompt and careful attention. MONEY.TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE k 'xm 'Lrsnv Gaffney Live Stock . Company; H. M. Johnson, Mgr. For—** Building and Plastering Lime, Goal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Pans Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Caps, cal) on Limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL & CO., Lessees. Telephone ftTNA CLAIMS PAID — By Life {Insurance Company For Accidents and Sickness through this agency since January: W. D. Kirby, $ 32.14 W. R. Pearson, 7.50 W. H. Harrison, Jr., 127.14 A. L. Peeler, 25.00 A. W. Clary, 12.86 H. 1,. Spears, 70.00 H. A. Littlejohn. 75-oo Wm. T. Gaston, 27.86 L. Baker, 32.14 Why not Insure YOUR time against acci dent and sickness. For rates and other formation call on or address JONES J. DARBY. District Agt. NEW YORK FASHIONS. [Dr. D. P. THOMSON, v Dentist. Office over National Bank. J. C. OTTS, Attorney and Counselor. Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and Davenport. Office and Residence .Phone. Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, DISJCT 1ST Office in Star Theatre Building. Phone No. 20. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist. Office Over The Battery. I ’Phone 82. We are ^INow "closing gout ^ L ^ our E entire Stock H v of Buggies cheaper r ilthan they „h a v e gV ' ever been sold. :: .fT T Don’t fail to] see . us before you buy. Top Buggies at $40 and upwards. Beautiful Hats. New Tailor Made downs, Silks, Illustrated Costumes and Parasols. In view of an extraordinary hize, hats are in lightest possible material and on such fairy-like expanse, loose bouquets are thrown carelessly as if by accident, very low crowns, not in terfering with such lovely pictorial effects Nothing seemingly artificial interferes and one might imagine the work done by an aerial passerby. Garlands show more of human hand iwork and cunning bestowal of ribbon that simulates a floral completion, while exceedingly pretty, gives evi dence of a mi'liuer’s work-room. As a consequence, moreover, of wide ex- }■* * ' 1 J featherbone running to a foot above the bottom. Here a triple line of featherbone holds the skirt gracefully in positmn. The girdles of both cos tumes are made on the girdle feather bone form, which is elastic and pliable and they are now reckoned as essential by first class dressmakers as feather- bone stock collars. The coiffures are all low, and this brings about the use of silk hair nets that are really a neces sity. The new French curve form in these figures is produced by the now C. B. a la spirite corset, straight front over which these very pretty gowns are made. TAILOR MADE GOWNS. An exhibition of tailor-made gowns at Lord & Taylor’s gives evidence S tending brims, small dainty blossoms often nestle beside the face, but must correspond with similar adornment on the outside. In sharp contrast, how ever, are hats showing long quill feathers stuck in aggressively and very long ostrich feathers laid in pre cise manner from back to front. Central figure in wooltex costume, with long coat, triple skirt and stole front; petticoat, a Sorosis in mercer ized sateen. Bolero costume with triple yoke, in very rich Mohair Sici- lienne, a material in great demand, because the English dyers in Bradford make newer and higher finish than ever before. The neck is low and the front trimmed with pearl buttons. The front Is in the new French Curve emphasized by the Roaslind waist adjuster, an admirable contri vance which attached to the corset holds it comfortably and firmly at the desired point. The belts of the skirt, petticoat and waist, are kept in place without wrinkling, thus obviating the annoying fullness consequent on the super-posing of several different gar ments. Third gown is in light weight Worrall dyed English velveteen, has the curve front and the new extended skirt back, produced by a strip of of the favor shown to coats and other gowns display blouses belted in. Mixed cloth is very fashionable and delightful tailor gowns for warm weather are in canvas, voile and other semi-diaphanous goods. Such fabrics often show the new feature of shirring, but the lining belowis tight fitting, so that close outlines may be oreserved in some measure. In silks, great favor is shown to Pongees em broidered in dots, or large spots and gunmetal Pongee is a novelty. Louis- ines in checks are very stylish either for waists or entire dresses. PARASOLS. are newly finished by narrow black velvet laid in rows running up and down on the edges, or again, the para sol may be bound with black velvet and display chenille dottings on the silk Hemstitching in a single row is a very popular finish, and gives so modest a touch of adornment that conservative people, and the gay as well, will find it attractive. Other wise there is the usual complement of quite plain parasols or fancy pat terned silk ones, while for watering places, chiffon in ruffles at the edge, or placed on silk, will be a leading style. Lucy Carter. Letter to W. C. Hamrick. Dear Sir:—Some think we take a good deal of risk in inviting com plaints of Devoe Uad and zinc—we authorize our agent to sell it under this guarantee: ‘ If you have any fault to find with this paint, either cowin putting it on, or hereafter in the wear, tell your dealer about it. “We authorize him to do what is right at our expense.” The following story tells how little the risk is: J. H. Asher & Co., hardware deal ers, Rhinebeck, N. Y., have sold De voe from ’76 to now, and have had just one complaint in all this time. Three sides of a house were perfect; the fourth was as bad as the three were good. Explanation—It rained the night before the fourth side was painted; and the painters didn’t wait tor the wood to dry. What is done in such a case? Whatever the cealer, who sold the paint, considers it fair to do. We leave it to him. He may not do ex actly what we should do if we were there; but we are not there. The best we can do is to leave h to him. Yours Truly, F. W. Devoe & Co. The grocery store of W. M. Rhyne & Co., at the junction of the Derita and Statesville roads, north of Char lotte. was totally destroyed Tuesday night. The fire alarm was turned on at 8:15 o’clock. The city ffre depart ment hurried to the scene, but the store was outside the city limits and 1.800 feet from the nearest hydrant. The loss of stock and building was said to have been $3,500, $1,800 of which was covered by insurance. our Men's ^50: $3 Shoes, rwi It is the strongest line ever shown in Gaffney, y The R. S. Lipscomb Shoe Co. Next door to Cherokee Drug Co. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Coon Hill transplanted 500 swee potato plants yesterday. Yesterday was salesday. Nothin) had been advertised and nothing wa sold. Good for Cherokee. A. 8. Smith, of Algood, came ove to the city Saturday and placed 1 Ledger man under obligations to hiu for some fine strawberries. We learned yesterday from one 0 his neighbors, that County Commis eioner R. C. Parker is still improvin) from bis recent serious illness. Quarters have been secured at 123: Plain Street in Columbia, for Mis Catherine Deal, sponsor for Cherokei Regt. and Mies Ethel Sarratt, Mis Sally C. Caldwell and Miss Mai Peeler sponsor and maids of hono for Jake Carpenter Camp, U. C. vet erans. Mrs. D. J. Holt came over frou King’s Mountain Saturday night or the midnight train, and when leavinj the depot slipped down a bank am fell, which gave her a severe shock and she has since been confined t< her bed. No bones were broken however, and as she is resting we) we hope for her speedy recovery. JakeCarpenterCamp U.C Veteran will meet in the court house on Sat utday.Jthe 9th instance, at 11 o’clocl a. m.,to make preparations to attem the reunion in Columbia. The spon sor of Cherokee Regiment and thi sponsor and maids of honor of Jaki Carpenter Camp have been invitei and will be present at the meeting. John F. Moore, of Hiddenite, N.C. is in the city in answer to a telegran to him announcing the serious illnes of his mother, Mrs. Johnathan. Mrs Moore is from Cherokee townshi] and while on a visit to her son Offlcer’Moore, In the city, the lasto the week, she was stricken wit) paralysis. She is quite an old lady but we are glad to state that she i thought to be improving. It is a great satisfaction to a woma to feel how envious all her husband’ friends would be of him if they knei some of the things he knows. We discontinue each subscription prompl ly sit Its expiration. 80 watch your label an the date and renew before ’tls too late. Choose neither a wife nor linen b candle light. Say, My Good Lady, why do you study so hard about gettin something to eat? Just call for telephon No * Paflor Mafk «L th« you will find Meats and Vegetables of mo a ,nd8, W. J. MANESS, Propr. Next door to I. M. Peeler. BUFFALO'S BACHELOR IN LOVE AGAIN But No Hope of Realizing His Aspirations HE WRITES TO HIS GIRL Hope, He Says, is a Good Hreakfast but a Poor Supper, and It Would be Worse with Him than Starvation it He Had to Die a Bachelor. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Buffalo, April 28:—If I have to liye out my three score years and ten in a state of single wretchedness I will always be found trying to get over into the realms of matrimonial bliss. If I tail ninety-nine times I hope to succeed the hundredth. Hope is said to he a good breakfast, but a poor supper. It will be worse than starvation with me if I have to die a bachelor. Notwithstanding the fact that I have beun refused time and again, I have managed to muster up courage enough to address the follow ing letter to a young lady, whose name and address I would not tell under any consideration: Dear Miss Anna :—Please do not look down upon me with profound contempt, for being so humble as to honestly coniess to you that I dearly love you. The combined power of all the words in our modern language is inadequate to express my undying love for you. 1 am inclined to believe that heaven itself would sooner frown upon any man who would not love you as being a heartless creature. If this old sinful heart of mine should re fuse to love you I should want it to forever cease to beat. I love you for the real, genuine goodness that I be lieve is in your heart. You are my ideal of what a young.lady should be; you are decidedly the sweetest young lady that I ever beheld with my two mortal eyes. With me you are the only pebble on the beach; you are the idol of my heart, the darling of all my affections. Notwithstand ing I love you, perhaps, more ten derly than any other man ever has or ever will again, yet I cannot ask you for your love in return for mine. I leel myself wholly unworthy ot you, and besides.you could not afford to condescend from your social po sition to the level of a poor, humble, insignificant tiller of the soil who earns his bread by the sweat of his own brow. But you ought to be a minister’s wife, and to become a sweet little ministering angel your self. God alone knows the vast amount of good that you are capable of accomplishing in this old sinful world along through this trouble some life. I am sorry, from the very depths of my soul, that I cannot come up to your ideal of a lover. I now realize the stern and indisputa ble fact that I have missed a fortune. Ob, how sad it makes my heart! Miss Anna, could you not shed one tear of sympathy for me? Remember that the milk of human kindness costs very little, but is of inestimable value, especially to heart-broken creatures. Intellectually, I am u comparison to you, nor what I could have been myself bad my opportu nities been more favorable. Nature endowed me with a few talents, but circumstance deprived me of tne opportunity of developing them. In my young days I was ambitious to rise do prominence in the world, but sacrificed all my chances for the sake of the “old folks at home.” I have now reached the meridian of life, a disappointed and heart-broken man. All my fondest hopes are blasted; all my idealq, except yourself, are shattered. Life may never again be to me what it once was, but, like a drowning man grasping at a straw. I cling tenaciously to a little glim mering ray of hope that the future may yet have better days in store for me; but all the honor and wealth that this world could possibly bestow upon me would never for ooe moment cause me to ever forget you, the dear young lady who, with one faint but sweet smile, unconsciously won my heart and made me your poor helplefs slave forever. In conclusion, I will say that, if you should ever be so unfortunate as to make the mistake that many thousands of young ladies have al ready made, and link your destiny to some man£who will lead you a life of wretchedness, will you then kindly re member that one £poor lonely bach elor has loved .you tenderly, that he has loved] you; as his own soul and would even sacrifice his life for you. As for my own part, I would rather Jive and die in the most abject pov erty and have some good Christian woman to love me and to shed a tear over my grave, than to be a mil lionaire, and on my dying bed have to feel that I had been an unjust ex tortioner, and then throughout end less eternity have to be as humble as Dives was to Lazarus. I would rather have some sweet brown-eyed young lady to love me just as truly and as tenderly and as devotedly as I love you, than to own all the wealth of the universe. Oh, those pretty, soft brown eyes of yours! How enchanting they are to met Ooe loving look from them is enough to melt a heart of stone. Bachelor. Fretih Lot Juat Received. We have just received a fresh lot of “Clifton” flour, guaranteed to be the best patent flour iu the market, and will keep it in stock regularly in the future. Try a sack of “Clifton” next time. W. J. Wilkins <fe Co. —Hay,Corn, Oats, Bran and other feed stuff at W. J. Wilkins A Co. GREAT STRIKE THREATENED. Sub Way Workmen In Greater New York May Quit Work. New York, April 29.—Unless the contractors surrender before Friday morning. 50,000 laborers employed on the sub-way and in the excavations for buildings in Treater New York, will lay down th. picks and shovels. At a meeting of the Contractors Protec tive association last night no decision was reached, and it was said that an- othei meeting would not be held be fore My 1, the limit of time given by the workmen for an answer to their ultimatum. More than 95 per cent of the men employed are Italians and few of them can speak English. The contractors say that they were introduced into this country under the Padrone sys tem. The laborers demand a uniform pay for all workmen. They receive at present from $] 50 to $2.50 a day, ac cording to their skill and the location of the work, the higher sum being paid for work in the lower part of Manhattan. The men demand $2 a day for earth work and $2.o0 a day for rock work. The contractors say that under the scale the men demand they would have to pay men who have never seen a pick what they are now paying experi enced men. The contractors demand the right to pay the laborers accord ing to their skill. The laborers also want a day of 8 hours. This the contractors refuse to grant. It would be impossible to carry out their contracts they say, if they agreed to an eight-hour day. WHOLESALE SUICIDING. Three Persons End Life by Drinking Deadly Acid. Washington, April 29.—Three per sons have committed suicide in this city by using carbolic acid as a means of ending life. The three suicides were Leonard H. Ha-ngnm, a former clerk in the census office; Guy E. Padgett, a real estate and insurance agent, and Mrs. Sadie Plummer, a young woman whose hus band keeps a lunch room on Pennsyl vania avenue. Mr. Mangum was a native of North G'aroli-na. but lived for many years in Arkansas. It is said that he at one time was wealthy, but lost his money and was compelled to come to this city to seek employment. He lost his posliton in the census office last July and since then had been un employed. His body was found be neath a tree In the - reservation south of the White House grounds. The cause of Padgett’s death is un known. but it is thought he had be come despondent. He was a mem ber of the Maccabees and Odd Fel lows. Monday night after leaving a lodge room he wrote his wife a brief note inclosing $100 in cash and asking her for forgiveness. Then he went home and his wife found his body in the bath room. Mrs. Plummer was found uncon scious lying across a bed in her room and died soon after being taken to the hospital. She is said to have at tempted suicide once before. IN BEHALF OF PEACE. Women to Hold Council In Favor of International Arbitration. Chicago. April 29.—The seventh an nual demonstration of women in be half of peace and international arbi tration will be held this year on May 18. The announcement, to be issued today, says: “The council has been active in or ganizing a universal demonstration on the recurrence of the date of the con- rening of the czar’s conference at The Hague, in May, 1899. At first it was a cherished intention of the council to preserve in the grateful recollec tion of mankind the date of the con ference, but now, a court of arbitra tlon having been really organized, the date of which that court was formal ly convened, namely. May 18, seems still more significant than May 15. Hereafter, therefore, May 18 will be observed as the date of the universal demonstration of women. The com mlttee having the matter in charge in this country has sent out a letter to the clergy of the country asking that the probabile beneficent result of the International court shall be discussed in some church service of the flrsl or second Sunday of May. “The aid of the press also is solicit ed. The committee welcomes help in this demonstration from all quarters.’ Didn’t Bother Him. A German clergyman who was trav eling stopped at a hotel much frequent ed by wags and jokers. The host, not being used to having a clergyman at his table, looked at him with surprise. The guests used all their raillery of wit upon him without eliciting a re mark. The clergyman ate his dinner quietly, apparently without observing the gibes and sneers of his neighbors. One of them, at last, in despair at his forbearance, said to him: “Well, I won der at your patience. Have you not heard all that has been said to you?" “Oh, yes; but I am used to it Do you know who I am?” “No, sir.” “Well, I will inform you. I am chaplain of a lunatic asylum. Such remarks have no effect upon me.” A Rnaalan Banknote. The 100 ruble note of Russia is barred from top to bottom with all the colors of the rainbow, blended as when shown through a prism. In the center In bold relief stands a large, finely ex ecuted vignette of the Empress Cath erine I. This is in black. The other engraving is not at all Intricate or elab orate, but is well done in dark and light brown and black inks. HIS LIFE THREATENED. Nsw Yorker Persecuted by Bneiwieu. His Little Daughter Abducted. New York, April 22.—Charles P. Shellburg, a watchmaker and Jeweler, reported to the Gerry Society that his 15-year-old daughter, Fannie, had been abducted by a gang of young men. “I am here now, a living man,” said Shellburg, “but whether I will be alive tomorrow or not may be decided by the toss of a penny or the humor of the next member of the gang who meets me on the street. “Almost every time I step outside of my doorway I am cursed and villi- fled and often some burly member of the gang has grabbed me by the throat and with a curse warned me that my life was not worth the snap of my finger, if I did not move out of the neighborhood. ‘Your wife and your daughter can stay here, but you get out of here,’ one of the ruffians told me recently. “For the past two months I have been sick. My child has been em ployed in a factory. During my ill ness she was sent to board with a woman, and through her bedame ac quainted with members of the gang. When I took her away from this boarding house she left me and I have not seen her since. If the gang can conceal her from the police and agents of the society I fear that she will be lost to me.” ANNUAL BOWL CONTEST. Students of Pennsylvania University Engage in Lively Fight. Philadelphia. April 22.—In a fight, compared to which the average broad riot is child’s play, the annual bowl contest between the Sophomore and Freshmen classes of the University of Pennsylvania has been waged in the old Franklin field and the Freshmen won. John Armstrong, a sophomore, is badly injured, perhaps dying, in the universiity hospital. He had been lying under a struggling mass of stu dents for ten minutes. Being uncon scious, he was unable to protect him self from the heels of his friende and foes. A dozen or more students were seri- ously enough injured to be taken out of the fight, but Armstrong was the only man who had to go to the hos pital. Three thousand men, women and children looked on and cheered the combatants. Postoffice Safe Robbed. Frankfort, Iml., April 22.—The safe In the postoffice of Michigantown was blown to pieces with dynamite and the contents stolen shortly before 1 o’clock this morning. The robbery was com. mitted by two masked men, after they had held up Dr. Charles Zinn, who was passing the post office. Citizens fired on the robbers, but they escaped. Newspaper Asks Voluntary Dissoultion New York. April 22.—The Daily American Publishing company, publish, ers, have applied to the supreme court for voluntary dissolution. Cap ital stock $100,000; liabilities $35,845; assets $24,496. Dreyfus Demands an Inquiry. Paris, April 22.—Dreyfus has sent a letter to War Minister Andre demand ing an inquiry in regard to the docu ment in which it is alleged Emperor William in a marginal note declared Dreyfus had supplied documents to Germany. To Wed Russian Baron. London. April 22.—The engagement Is announced of Frances, daughter ol Fitzhugh Whitehouse, formerly of Chi :ago and Baron Constantine Ramsey, 4 gentleman in waiting to the cmr The marriage will take place soon. Grave Diggers on Strike. Montreal. April 22.—The grave dig gers of Montreal are on a strike fsi an increase of 25 cents per day io wages. TELEGRAPH IHC BREVITIES. Alexander Blair, formerly mayor ol Asheville, N. C., was yesterday found dead in a Charleston hotel. Frank Whitaker, a moonshiner who shot two officers near Nashvttle, yes- treday pleaded self-defense. He was given a light sentence. General Gillespie, chief of the en gdneer corps, has left the Metropoli tan Club because of the reflection ol Corbin. Other officers will also with draw. W. K. Vanderbilt denies that he is to wed Mrs. Rutherford in Paris, but his denial is not credited. Five soldiers have been sentenced to be shot at Barcelona. Spain. Whils drunk the soldiers fired on the police. Captain Dunlap wanted for smug gling has taken refuge in the neral station at San Juan and defies the au thorities-. The Shamrock III was placed hi th« dry dock today. It wne found that she had sustained no damage below the water line. At the Epsom Spring meetinc today the City and Suburban handidig* wa> won by Brambilla. Velenza was sec ond and Overnorton was third. Fif teen horses ran. In deference to President Roosevelt'* expressed wish, and to insane bta com fort while in the YueemiU mDey, tick et agents of the Southern Pacific com pany in this city have bean directed to eedl not more than 75 tickets to the Yosemite valley during the time th\t the president it to fee there. The pres ident has askxft for m raadh privacy qt poeaibte darts* the stay in the YoaeoSte.