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J ^ PISO’S CURE FOR rc •- —ii.il \ m 'll iin 1 1ina— -h CONSUMPTION ^ YACHT RACING EXPENSE “Office over National Hank. Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, u e 'r i s 'r Office in Star Theatre Building. Phone No. 20. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist. Office Over ‘.The Battery. ’Phone 82. Ninety Per Cent JETor Building and Plastering Lime, Goal, and Plaster Halt. Plaster Pans Shingles, Portland Cement. •4 Dynamite, Blasting Powder, fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on Limestone Springs Lime Worts CARROLL S^CO., Lessees. Tdleobone What It Costs to Defend the America’s Cup. BE IN THE SWIM Give me your clothes to clean, press or dye and you will always look nice and stylish. Old suits made to look like new. Experienced workmen and prompt ser vice rendered. W. H. ROBINSON, Tailor. V Over \V. IT. Telegraph Office. William S. Hall. .1b. .iambs A. Willis. HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. STAB THEATRE BLDG. ». O. Notary Public in’.offlce. Prompt attention given to all business.. J. EM1LE|HARLEY, Attorney-at- Law, Gaffney, - - S. C. Notary public.J All business receives prompt and careful attention. MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. of all chronic headaches are due to eye strain. 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. Glasses Fitted With Scientific Accu racy ami all the diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat treated according Vo the latest and most approved methods. When g need medicine “ y 0U should be sure that it is pure and properly compounded. When you have your pre scription work done here you are abso 1 u^t e 1 y certain of freshness and purity of drugs added to skill and accuracy in compounding. S.B. Crawley & Go. 813 Limestone St. Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery. Prescriptions properly filled and promptly delivered. I sell and hang paper, paint carriages, wagons and buggies; also do house painting any where in the city or country. I use paint that has an iron-clad guarantee. Let ms " ' your '. Prices as low as the lowest for FIRST-CLASS work. Yours for business, i). ai. oa-iivb:® Next to PearlfSteam Laundry. THOUSANDS IN THE AGGREGATE. AVheu the International Race* Are Sailed the Reliance Will Represent About $450,000—Conntitutlon and Calnmbta, the Trial Yaeht», Stand For $120.000—Defence of the Cup May Coat $000,000. Occasional inquiries are made by thoughtful citizens regarding the cost of challenging and defending the America’s cup. but the answers receiv ed are always unsatisfactory, says the New York Herald. The conclusion is that the expense must be enormous, bm as it is impossible to obtain any thing like accurate figures th^ subject is generally dropped. On the eve of the international match of this year it may be interesting to refer to this important point and at the same time to place the public in possession of a few facts that will give them a good idea of ,the amounts of money that are expended in trying to capture the old yachting trophy and in the efforts made by the New York Yacht club to defend it The planning and building of a cup challenger or defender involve much time and labor and necessarily the out lay of large sums of money. The de signer and his corps of assistants are {lie first that must be met. Mr. Fife, for the challenging parties, and Cap tain Nat Herreshoff, for the defend ants. for instance, are men who place a high value upon their services, and, as the owners of the yachts are liberal to a marked degree, opening negotia tions with a view to the building of a cup yacht means a fee that in some other profession would be looked upon as staggering in its proportions. With the designer at work the build ers in time are consulted, and with ar rangements satisfactory in this wise materials must be considered, then the riggers kept in mind, as well as the sail makers, while finally the skip pers and crew are secured. Money Is required by all those, and much of it. Even after a vessel is completed and placed in commission alterations and repairs are required frequently at times, while docking the craft for cleaning and smoothing purposes meaus large additional sums. The rather startling statement was made by Sir Thomas Liptou four years ago that the mere cost of the Sham rock I. was between $400,000 and $500,- 000, while the expense of bringing the vessel across the ocean and that of her officers and crew were extra. That seems a big lot to pay for the vessel, but Sir Thomas should be the best authority on the subject of the cost of the yacht. If lie expended a sum approaching half a million dollars four years ago for his challenging yacht the money the present trip is costing.him must be far in excess of the figures named. The Liptou fleet now here is proof of that. It is easy to believe that the Shamrock III. cost quite as much to build as the Shamrock L, and it is quite sure the bringing over of three crews, those of the Shamrocks and of the tender Cruizer, must stand him in a bigger amount than the single crew of four years ago and the additional assistance he obtained in the United States. So, if $550,000 or more represented the challenger’s outlay the first attempt he made upon the America’s cup, it can safely be estimated that something in the neighborhood of $000,000 will be required to foot the bills at home and here incidental to bis third trial to win the old trophy. With the amount that it costs the de fending side, however, the interest is more widespread. By the time the yachts are called to sail the first race for the cup the Reliance, selected to defend It, will have cost, one way and another, $455,000 or more. That is a staggering amount to contemplate, but when everything is cleared up at the end of the season it may be $450,000. In addition to this sum, there must be considered that in placing in com mission the Constitution her running expenses reached from $05,000 to $70,- 000, while the Columbia has cost Mr. J. IMerpont Morgan $45,000 or possibly $55,000. These figures will therefore show that the defense of the cup this year will approach the very respectable amount of $575,000 or $000,000. The building and rigging of the Re liance cost a fortune. The yacht’s con struction required the best of work men, while all the standing and run ning rigging was expressly made, and her canvas occupied the attention of a large body of sail makers for months. The Reliance has possibly a hundred different sails, and $15,000 or so will represent the cost of a suit. In this particular the Constitution and the Co lumbia have not been so expensive. The tenders Park City and Satellite are said to have been purchased by Mr. E. D. Morgan and Mr. Angost Bel mont respectively, but they are valu able assets and need not be seriously considered in this financial summary, i The tender Sunbeam is chartered, and there can be no return from her, but Sir Thomas’ tender Cruizer will be valuable after the match. With a crew of about fifty-five on the Reliance and a crew on the tender Sun- , beam there are many men to be looked after daMy. The yachts’ sailors are paid big wages—$35 a month or more— and there Is a scale of prize money ar-1 ranged by Mr. Iselln so liberal that a Reliance man, if he is saving, win end the season with a tidy amount to tils credit. Racing crews coat prodigiously to feed, as they are men lu the best of health, while their work naturally gives them excellent appetites. There are quite as many stewards and cooks on the Sunbeam looking after the wel fare of Mr. Iselln and his associates and the officers and crew of the Reli ance and their own ship as are found in a good sized city hotel. All changes in the yacht’s fittings, all alterations or repairs to rigging and spars, are paid for extra, xvhile the docking bills are very larj’e. The $450,000 or more that the Reliance will cost must not be included in any way with the' New York Yacht club’s ex penditures in arranging for the races. The nine men who own the defender will bear the burden of that vessel's expenses, but the syndicate does not meet the personal bills of Mr. Iselln, the managing owner. It may cost fke club $25,000 or more |o see that the match is properly sailed and the challenging vessel receives all that is due her, while the amount in cidentally expended by the public that it may witness the races need not now be thought of. A MINT FOR MENELEK. f7AR’^ I ATF^T MHUF Breathitt county is keenly feeling *■**■811 ^ Ln I LO I IVIUlL. the disgrace of being a t.eighhor to such a lawless State as Indiana. Reforms Instituted to Show Mercy to His Prisoners. CHAINING 00NVI0TS PROHIBITED. Abyssinian Monarch to Make His Own Coin. King Menelek of Abyssinia is getting along in the world. Fir^t he thrasbc^J the Mahdiats. Then he drove the Ital ians out- of his kingdom. Then he wel comed the diplomats of European na tions, playing one against another. Now he is to have a mint, says the New York World. What an advance this means may be realized from the Jaet that Abyssinia until recently has been getting along with cubes of rock salt for cash. A small amount of coin * minted in France has of late been in circulation. Now the king will make his own. Consul Masterson of Aden reports that lie has saved up 110,230 pounds of gold for the-purpose. There are 400 tons of mint machin- ory. It was sold by a Stettin concern and was landed at Djibouti, East Af rica, with a competent mechanic to set it up. The machinery will be transport ed by rail to New Harrar, about 150 miles, the end of the road. Thence it will be transported by caravan to the capital, Addis Abeba, the caravan jonr- ney occupying more than a month. The Cup Defender. Our gallant yacht Reliance Has nobly borne the teat; Of all the Yankee racers She’s speediest and best. In breezes strong and fickle, In smooth and choppy seas, She met her friendly rivals And vanquished them with ease. She met the old Columbia, The yacht with twice won fam«t But that once stanch defender Was never in the game. The speedy ConstltuUon Was also left behind In rushing and in drifting On seaa of every kind. And now the swift Reliance Is chosen to defend The trophy that bold Ltpton From us desires to rend. Against the latest Shamrock Our newest yacht will yao% And both, as we’re believing, Will set % lively pace. We’ve heard a lot of boasting About the Llpton boat; We know Sir Tom regards her The fastest yacht afloat, But just the same the spirits Of Yanks go soaring up. And all are sure that Shainreek Will fall to lift the cup. The time is fast approaching For test of every claim. And soon the rival racers Will make their bid for fkiD* We on the swift Reliance Our hopes of triumph pin. But let there be no favors. And may the best boat win. eTneodore H. Boice in Pittsburg Ohn Icle-Telegraph. “GIN BUCK” A NEW DRINK. It In Like u Hickey Except That Ginger Ale Is L’sed. Nearly every summer some new drink is invented and becomes popular in the bars over the country, but so far this season none of several new decoctions that were shifted out as the summer’s fad in the drinking line has obtained a lasting popularity, says the Kansas City Star. In Virginia, the home of the mint julep, an effort was made to super sede this favorite drink. The new bev erage was practically the same as the mint juiep, except that it contained cu- racoa, a cordial. But the new drink didn’t prove popular. Curacoa, howev er, is largely used this summer to flavor drinks. About the only new drink called for at the leading hotels in Kansas City Is the “gin buck.” Tills is quite popular. It Is composed of the juice of half a lime, a jigger of dry gin. and then the glass is filled up with ginger ale. The “gin buck” differs from the rickey only in the use of ginger ale instead of wa ter. BRIGHT FUTURE FOR INDIA. Dr. Tltoliurn Sayn ax ChrlMlian Land It Will Erll|»x<- l‘:iKnn India. The missionary institute at Chautau qua, N. Y., held its final sessions the oth er day, says the Philadelphia Press. An address was given by Dr. A. B. Leon ard, corresponding secretary of the missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church, on “The Vision of the Field." Dr. G. Stanley Hall spoke on “Missionary Work and the Train ing of Missionaries.” In the evening Dr. James R. Thoburn. Jr., pastor of the Cavalry church of Allegheny, gave an illustrated lecture on “India." He said: “Already many of the nations which sought to despoil her of her wealth are seeking to make reparation by car- rying in all the advantages of Chris tian civilization. The bloodiest battles are over, but her conflicts are not en tirely done. There is a groat contest now on. It is the struggle between cul ture and ignorance, between faith and superstition. I believe Christian India will bo a far more wonderful land than was pagan India.” Only Criminals Convicted of l T n- naually Drutal Conduct In Jail to Have Ileadn Shaved—Rannla’a Haler Abollnhex Some of the Worxt Tor tured—Remarkable Effect of Blows Delivered by a FlofCKer In Siberia. The czar sent a confidential official to the principal central prisons in Euro pean Russia and in Siberia last Febru- ary to get an absolutfiy impartial, un colored report about the state of the prisons and the nature of the punish ments inflicted on prisoners for refrac tory conduct. This official, a former colonel in the guards, named Zabelnikoff, has now re turned to St. Petersburg and made a full and fearless report to his imperial master, as a result of which sonic im provement in the condition of things has already been made, says the New York World. For instance, no political prisoner's head is to bo shaved—only those of criminals convicted of unusually brutal conduct while in Jail. No woman and no male under eighteen is to he subjected to blows or stripes from a stick or whip for any offense, and in all cases where whip ping is regarded as necessary by the prison authorities the consent of the governor of the province must be first obtained and full reports of circum stances be sent to St. Petersburg. The practice of chaining refractory convicts to cars in mines or elsewhere has been abolished. The minor punishments, such as con fining a prisoner in a totally dark cell underground, have been much modified. No prisoner is to suffer this punish ment for more than three days. The doctor who accompanied Colonel Zabel nikoff on Ins journey says a week’s confinement in a totally dark under ground cell injures the eyes beyond re covery. Colonel Zabelnikoff’s attention was especially directed to complaints which had reached his imperial master's ears that in the military prisons Jewish sol diers suffered far worse treatment than Christians. Zabelnikoff found this to be the case in only isolated instances and that any difference in the treat ment of the two religions was due rather to the attitude of the lower ranks of wardens than to the action of the prison directors. A Russian traveler and litterateur named Doroshevitch recently returned from Sakhalin, a penal island off the cast coast of Siberia. While there he had an Interview with one Komleff, a man employed to flog prisoners. Kom leff is an “artist” with the whip. Doroshevitch asked him with how many blows be could kill a man. Komleff answered, “Two.” Then, re flecting, he said, “With one,” explain ing that he thought he could break the backbone. Komleff distinguished between ap parent blows and real blows. He told Doroshevitch to lay his thick notebook on the flogging block. The traveler did so, and with one whizzing blow Komleff shattered it into a thousand fragments. “Now put your hand on the block,” said Komleff. Doroshevitch complied and heard the same dreadful, whizzing sound, but his band was only gently touched by the whip. It is optional with Komleff what sort of blow to inflict. TTe said: “I can cither torture or tickle, as it pleases me.” When Doroshevitch told this terrible man that sort of punishment would now be abolished the executioner re sponded fervently: “God grant it may be so!” The March of ProvreNM. As long as people knew no better, they were content to do without the railroad, the telegraph, the tele phone, etc., but who, in this pro gressive age, would dispense with these necessities now? So it is with flour. As long as you use Inferior flour and know nothing of the merits of Bransford’s “Clifton,” you may be satisfied with your bread, cake and pastry, but if you try one Sick of ‘ Clifton’’the “cake is dough” with all inferior flours. W. J. Wilkins & Co. Notice to Bridge Builders. I will be at Morgan bridge on Buffalo creek in Cherokee township Tuesday, August 18th, 1903, at 11 o’clock a. m., to let contract to build a bridge across Buf falo creek. Plans and specifications can be seen in my office. A right to reject any or all bids. J. V. Whelchel, 8-4 County Supervisor. Turnip Seed 10 Different Varieties The Kind That Gomes To School Trustees. | CHEROKEE DRUG CO. I can now make arrangements with the Central Campaign Committees to hold an Educational Meeting, or Rally, in two or three, and possibly four different sections of the county. These meetings will be for all communities desiring to consolidate schools, build new school houses, levy special taxes, start libraries, or make any forward movement in the cause of education. If any school dis trict desires such help, please make it known to their trustees, and we can ar range a program. Through this committee I can aid the speakers to the extent of payiug all traveling expenses. Now let us have a general educational revival as far and as much as we can. The children need it, the county needs it, and it is our duty to assist in anything that will help our youth. Everyone should he, I believe, interested in this matter. I will get the very best practical speakers available— preferring local talent. Let me hear from any district wanting such aid, es pecially the large school districts—Nos. 15, 12, 4, 16, 22 and the smaller ones where there is only one white school. I am sure a few meetings like this will he of great benefit to the entire people. J. L. Walker. Prescription Druggists. Limestone and Frederick Sts. if OFFICE DAYS. Until further notice I will be in my office on Friday and Saturday of every week and every first Monday. J. L. Walker, tf Co. Supt. of Education. rospects For those who have decided to have their pictures taken here. Our photographs are produced by the most improved methods, give satisfaction in every instance Stereoscopic Views of Clifton and local scenes of interest foi sale. We carry a complete line of films and other supplies for amateurs. June H. Carr, 625 Limestone St. ’Phone 176. Residence 171. BUILDERS' SUPPLIES ; LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, po R DOORS. SASH, BLINDS, FLOORING, SIDING, Up-to-Date Job Print- CEILING, MOULDING. ing. call at the ALSO A FINE LINE OF Paints and Oils LEDGER office. 50c to $1.30 per Kal. Gaffney, S. C. L. BAKER. I /A A |^T ^ M t ade on Real Estate in City of Gaffney and L (j oun ty of Cherokee. Abstracts furnished. Ac ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Star Theatre Building. Are You Administrator A Novel Induntry. “Song spotting” is a new industry described by T. A. T., the new English penny magazine-journal. The “song spotter” is the accredited and responsi ble agent of the big London music publishing firms—or some of them, at all events. His business is to go from one seaside resort to another all the summer round, spending a week or so at each and “spotting” which ditties "go” and which do not. He knows that some among the songs whose 1 choruses are hummed upon the sands lids summer will lie fhe favorites dur ing the dark winter evenings. So he reports each evening to bfci principals in London. Those latter have, of course, other “song spotters” working : on similar lines In other districts, and should the reports coincide regarding any particular ballad negotiations are at once'opened with the composer for the acquisition of the copyright and have the settlement of an estate? If so, request of the Judge of Probate that your advertisement be placed in :: :: :: It has the largest circulation of any paper in the Fifth South Carolina Congressional District. To Printers: We Manufacture the very Highest Grade of A New Type of Collier. The value of colliers to accompany fleets in time of war was thoroughly demonstrated during the Spanish war. Germany at the recent maneuvers along the Spanish coast experimented with coaling at sea, and now the Brit ish admiralty is considering plans for an entirely new type of collier. The proposed vessel is 550 feet long, 66 feet wide, with a draft of 27 feet when car rying 10,000 tons of coal. The most in teresting fact about it is that the plans call for a speed of eighteen knots, or as high as that of the latest battle ships. The estimated cost of these ships la $1.- 250,000, which will Include patent ap paratus for unloading them at sea. Brass Rules Brass Leads Brass Leaders Brass Galleys Metal Borders Leads and Slugs L. S. Metal Furniture Metal Leaders Spaces and Quads Metal Quoins Send us a memo, of just what lyou require, and let us quote you prices. We are not in any trust or combination, and you will be agreeably surprised at what we can save you over the regular prices. fcl.rt.~-_ - AV R*tlw*y» Plant Tree*. A number of western railways bare found that the growing of trees along the right of way Is profitable, both for ties and snow breaks, and are setting oat millions of cuttings. Old column rules refaced fand made good as new, at a very small cost. Highest prices paid for old Itype, leads, elec tros, brass, etc. PHILADELPHIA PRINTERS SUPPLY CO. 9o8 ITilbert Street \ Philadelphia.!, Pat.