Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.1 P»SO S CURE FORiro (j\ n CONSUMPTION ^ CURES WHERE AIL ELSE FAILS. | Best Cuutfta rfjrup. Tastes Goud. Uso la time. Sold by druKRlsts. ‘V11.LIAM S. Halt.. .Ir. .iames'A. Willis. HALL & WILLIS, Al'l’OKNSVS AT LAW. STAR THKATRB BLOO. OA. fcC Y. ». c;. Notary Public in ofliee. Prompt attention ifiven to all business. J. EMILE HARLEY, Attorney-at-Law, Gaffney, - - S. C. Notary public.)i All business receives prompt and careful attention. MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE AmniilnK Incident on One of the Weatern TTI|>« of the Former Com mander In Chief Related by an Army Man—CIever Coop Executed by Miles on a Train. Although it is generally understood tin the sense of humor of General Mil s, who has just been retired from the United States army, is not suffi ciently developed even fo enable him to hold a position on Punch, a story is told of him which would indicate that under provocation he can indulge in a sportive practical joke, says the Wash ington correspondent of the New York Tribune. “The incident.” said an army man. “is accepted by some of us as an explanation of some of the friction be tween General Miles and his colleagues which vears of association have devel- ,5r. C. T. LIPSCOMB, “A number of years ago Miles, who L> E5 T 1 S T is a big man physically, and another o o •u’ well known general, clean shaven and Office ill Star i heatre IjUlidlllg. 0 f small stature, were detailed to re port to a western garrison. As the in- Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. dPOffliie over National Rank. ANECDOTES OF MILES. How the General Indulged a Practical Joke. In FELLOW OFFICER THE VICTIM. Phone No. 20. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist. Office OverJThe Battery. ’Phone 82. Ninety Per Cent 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 aud all the diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and ^Throat treated according to the latest and most approved methods. the Parlor Market has been open all this summer, and has carried the very finest of meats and hams, an 1 will c.mtluue to do the same good business this fall and winter. I am pre pared better now to s.dl to my customers than ever before. Come to the PARLOR MARKET and ask my prices; !• can give the lowest prices on most anything you want to buy. 1 have meats from 5c 15c. Gome or ca'I Phone — - M mess will till vom order at short notice. I want locall the attention of the tobacco chewing men; I will sell for the next 50 days Schnapps, Kite ami EibertyiBell for :!5c. and IT you can heat tills price, that is the place toony: if not. eome and see me. I am loaded 1 for ducks or tobacco. * J. ^VliLUOHiS. eident which I am about to relate has never been forgiven by the small gen eral. who still bridles at suggestion of the indignity he suffered, I shall omit his name. “To this companion of Miles was as signed the duty of arranging for berths on the Pullman ear. The two generals then were friends, but each took pleas ure in getting the better of the other, all with apparent good nature. Wheth er there was conscious or unconscious jealousy at the bottom of their amiable conflicts I do not know. “On this western trip the small gen eral selected of the only two available berths the lower for himself. .When Mill's found ^iat ke had to climb to the ton bunk he protested, saying that inas much as he was by far the bigger of the two bo should have had the lower berth. But the other general was in flexible. and Miles bad to climb labori ously into the unwelcome port. “Down below the triumphant general chuckled, while the notes from the up per berth, where Miles was trying to adjust himself for the night’s sleep, could by no means have been mistaken for a vesper service. “By midnight the Pullman’s diapason of snores indicated peace. Suddenly an uproar disturbed the sleepers. The trouble was between a very insistent woman who had boarded the train at a town in western Pennsylvania and the porter. “General Miles pushed aside the cur tains. ‘Madam,’ ho roared, ‘what In heaven’s name is the matter?’ “ ‘Matter!’ she repeated. T arranged by telegraph for a berth In this car, j" and the porter tells me that two army PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. WOMEN AND SOCIETY. People Yon Know and People Yon Don’t Know [All Communications to tills column shoulu be addressed to P. O. Box 504.1 t m n * x. L , . I Io addition to the collars of Venise I. M. smith and wife, of Thicketv r i u i were in the city Tuesday. “Uncle’’ or Iri8h lace - the tendency is to ap-; Ike says his watermelons have not P* i( l ueB andj incrustations, This lat- come on ytt, but will be on shortly, 1 ter form of trimming is Introduced and that he bus one vine labled “Led- on a gown of hydrangea blue voile ger, and that aa aooo a. they are diaplaymg the popular mutton-leg ripe we may prepare fora watermelon . T . . ulu,,lun ,e 8 ftast. sleeve. Incrustations of white Ve- ^.Rochelle Rodgers returned to the D * 8e * u doral pattern add richness city Monday night after a very pleas- llQ d beauty to both skirt and bodice ant stay in North Carolina. The stitching at the head of the ^ d ’ Ezell and family have re- p| a jt 9 , which vary the sleeves and turned to the city after an absence ,• .i , , of several days. skirt is done with Cortioeili stitching Mrs. Boyd Hanoes returned from 3il * £ The r0UB ding neck is a feature Wrightsvilje Beach Tuesday. . | of late designs for warm days. Mrs. Nathan Lipscomb has returned to the city after a short stay at Marion, N. C. Mr, and Mrs. Chas. Humphries re turned to the city Wednesday from Spartanburg, where they had been visiting for several days. J. Q. Little, accompanied by bis son Eckford and daughter, Miss Cleo, returned Tuesday from a trip to Sloan, Charlotte and other points in North Carolina. The highly respected and popular Mr. Clinton Smith is expected to be at the association at Macedonia this week. He will doubtless see many friends and “intended relatives.” ! We hope that he will have a nice time. W. C. Carpenter and family re-1 i urned from a visit to Wrightsvilie Beach Tuesday. H. K. Osborne returned to the city Monday after an absence of several weeks in North Carolina. Coronor Vinesett was in the city Wednesday shaking hands with his numerous friends. N. W. Hardin, Esq., of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday on profes sional business. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Smith and son, A TRUE STORY. How a Young Wife Regained Her and Beauty. He* Lltll O’ F--<: We shall not entirely depend on Irish lace for whole dresses this year. There is a coarse rneke of thick lace, between Cluny, Maltese and Yak, which is adapted to the same pur pose. Chiffon is employed much for Wa!ter Wat*t*returned*froirTAsheville eveniu g g° WI18 > and one of its adapted Tuesday. U8e8 * 9 a8 a ^ ri( Ial veil, seen on the J. E Gault, of Gowdysville, was a Continent, but not as yet here. It city visitor yesterday. * 8 a material that lends itself to soft Mrs. A. W. Doggett and daughter bouillo " ue8 and tuck- returned to the city Tuesday from ' D S 9 - Tulle blends best with silver Don’t Forget I sell and hang paper, paint carriages, wagons and baggies; •also do house painting any where in the city or country, I use paint that has an iron-clad guarantee. Let me estimate your work. Prices as low as the lowest lor FIRST-CLASS work. Yours lor business, D. IVY. CiA.IIXI£» Next to Pearl Steam Laundry. mon bavo got accommodations and that I must sit up.’ “ ‘That’s all right, madam,’ replied Miles. T can arrange matters for you. My little boy is occupying the berth under me, and you can turn in with him.’ “The excited woman calmed down, expressed lu'r thanks and proceeded to make ready for the night. At this Juncture the little general was awak ened. “ ‘There now, little boy,’ said the city Tuesday Marion, N. C. Miss Lucy Thompson, of Blacks burg. was in the city Wednesday. J. B. Bell made a professional visit to Waynesviile and Asheville the first of the week, returning to the city Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lipscomb and daughter returned to the city Wednes day from Shelby, where they have been spending several days with friends aud relatives. Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, of Limestone College, went to Campobello, Spar tanburg county, Tuesday to attend a meeting of the Spartanburg Baptist Association. Prof. W. G. Hopper, of Stice, N. C., visited relatives and friends here this week. Will McCraw came in from the farm for a short while Wednesday. Dr. McKown, of Cherokee Falls, was in the city Wednesday on busi- ne s. Will Brown, a prominent planter of Ravenna, was in the city Wednesday. Messrs. Henry Tate, of Union county, Miss., aud Will Tyser, of New Albany, Miss , are visiting rel atives in and around Gaffney. Mr. for evening everywhere. wear, and tassels fall Mis. Essie Morgan, of Spartan burg, is visiting relatives in the city. Miss Florence Griffith returned home Wednesday after a pleasant visit to relatives in Spartanburg. Mrs and Mrs. J. T. Brown have re turned home after a pleasant visit to relatives at Jonesville and Pacolet. Misses Lucy Littlejohn, Dora Scott and Lillian Jones have returned home after a pleasant visit to Jones ville. , ♦ ♦ Mrs. T. M. Nesbitt and sons are visiting at the home of Dr and Mrs Crawley. Mrs. Tom for a visit to Ga. Petty left friends in Wednesday Gainesville, Misset Adelaide aid Julia Barrow, who have been visiting at the borne of Dr. J. F. Garrett, have gone to Taie is a cousin to Mr. M. M. late, of j£i n g H Mountain for a short stay be e i* 81 ^ nu WI 6 P l:nd sfewral fore returning to their home in weeks in Cherokee. cord Misses Cora aud Eloise Wilkins re- Con- woman, detecting signs of uneasiness turned home the first of the week The Swell Don Shoe in the darkened berth; ‘don't make any noise. Your father told me to sleep here.’ “ ‘What does this mean?’ exclaimed the now thoroughly aroused and wrathful little general. “The woman repeated her instruc tions. “ ‘Madam,’ came the voice from the lower berth, T am General X. of the United States army, and I command you Instantly’— “He never finished his stern order. With a shriek the woman snatched her belongings and fled to some remote part of the train. But. while the rest of the awakened and convulsed occu pants enjoyed the performance, there ensued a colloipiy between the general and Miles that was suggestive of a field of carnage. The little man could not be mollified. He swore vendetta against Miles, and the enmity has In creased with years.” Don Pure Rubber Heels on every pair, Perfect Heel on 'a perfect Shoe, In Patent Colt Skin Bluchers $3.50. BBTIl The R. S. Lipscomb Shoe Go. Shoes and Hosiery FzclosiTely. General Miles has proved himself a strategist In more ways than one, but be never more clearly Showed the true soldier spirit than by a clever coup he executed on a train between Washing ton and New York the other day. On taking his seat in the chair car he found himself In close proximity to a young woman whose family had long been on terms of Intimacy with his own and a young man to whom had boon confided the pleasant duty of act ing as her escort. The gallant general Immediately entered Into conversation with the twain. ’Hie day was hot and the escort had lost ranch sleep the night before, so that soon after the train pulled out of the Baltimore sta tion the young man was nodding. A waiter announced dinner “In the dining car ahead," but the young man slept on, apparently lulled by the con stant flow of the general*s conversa tion and the rhythm of the train. That was the general's opportunity. lie In vited the young woman to dinner and she accepted. When the general and from a we3k’s stay at Love Springs. Mrs. Lula Huskey, with her chil dren, is visiting her mother, Mrs. S. A. Maness, and other relatives in Gaffney. Magistrate George D. Scruggs, of Ezell, was an early visitor in the city yesterday. Wm. Goforth, of Ravenna, was in town awhile Tuesday. Dr. W. G. Kirby, a prominent traveling man, of Spartanburg, paid us a short call Wednesday. Tom. L Brown, Albert Lipscomb. A. W. Doggett, W. A. Turner and William Fort were among the Gafl- nayites to go to BriGinrure >a the Merchants excursion this week. Henry T. Green, of Pwaridge, N. C., was in the city last, Monday and Tuesday. Mr, and Mrs. W. O. Lipscomb, of Konxville, Tenn., have been in the city for the past week visiting rela tives and friends. They leave today for home. Mrs. J. W. Smith left yesterda/ morning for an extended visit to Rock , Hill. J. W. Sparks, of Asbury, was in theciry yesterday. He was regis tered at the Commercial Hotel. Mrs. Hettie Sloan passed through the city Wednesday on her way to Grassy Pond, where she goes to visit her parents, Capt. and Mrs. J. J. Mag- ness. ’Squire J. W. Alexander, of Lawn, Ulcers and Piles threaten. jpent Wednesday in the city with bis Cherokee Dfhg Co^ son, J. L. Alexander. Miss Winnie Davenport returned to the city from Shelby Wednesday night, after an enjoyable stay with friends and relatives at that place. Vi W. E. Birch, Afton, "Va., an extensive fruit grower of that place, writes the following letter to the Peruna Medicine Co., ot Columbus, Ohio. We print the letter in full: Afton, Va., June 4 1900. The Peruna Medicine Co., Colum, s, O.: Gentlemen—“The country is so hooded with patent medicines of every kind that are worthless aud a humbug, that I for one, am glad to be able to say I have found one that is everything and more than is claimed for it. •‘My wife was very much run down and out of sorts in every way. She had a pelvic disorder which left her very weak, nervous and no appetite at all. “One day I happened to bo at my father’s store, S. A. Birch, Coresville, Alb county, Va., and noticed your medi cine he hod there for sale. “ 1 thought it might help my wife, so I brought a bottle of it home and within a week she commenced to eat and now she is hungry all the time and not half the medicine has been taken. We both agree that it beats any medicine to bring on an appetite and to put the nerves in good shape that we have ever had any thing to do with. Wo had our family doctor to give hei medicine and ho did least. She has con sumption in her fam ily and she was in such bad shape; so run down, nervous, weak, and could not eat, that I had begun to get very uneasy, but your medicine made an entirely new woman of her. I believe she eats and feels better now than she has for years. **/ have not the slightest doubt bat that your medicine has saved her from a long spell ot sickness, it nothing more. All my family had begun to get uneasy, but, of course, she did not know it and I have only Just told her of It since she has Improved so much. / had no Idea It would do halt what it has and don’t think there Is another medicine made that will begin to com* pare with It. W. E. Birch, Fruit Grower, Afton, Alb county, Va. I? you do not derive’prompt and satis factory results from the uso of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will bo pleased to give you his valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of gll he could, but she did not improve the ; Tbo Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. O. Mrs. C. O. KitcbeJl and Miss Fan nie Kitcheli, of Birmingham, are the guests of Dr. aud Mrs. Crawley. Mies Mary McCollough, who has been visiting at the home of Mr. W. F. McArthur, has returned to Wil- ainsville. Mrs. C. Allen and children arrived Wednesday from Greenville and are visiting Mr. and Mrs Goudelock, on Limestone street. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs, C. Cox and son, ofJohnatoc, are the guests of Mrs. Fannie Mont gomery. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. John Littlejohn, of Jonesville. is visiting her sister, Mrs. R. A. Joness. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. Robb. McCraw spent a few days this week at Boiling Springs. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. A. V. Montgomery has re turned from a visit to Spartanburg The Heath Penalty, A little thing sometimes results in death. Thus a mere scratch, insignifi cant cuts or puny boils have paid the death penalty. It is wise to have Busklen’s Arnica Salve ever bandy It’s the best Salve on earth aud will prevent fatality, when Burns, Sores, Only 25c, If You Want The People To See Your Advertisement, let it be legal advertising or otherwise, you must necessarily place it> in The Ledger. It is the only paper in Cherokee county read by the masses. Notloa. To Whom It May Concern: On account of persistent rumors to the contrary, I desire to state that I have no partner in my business, Crime is a wrong to yonr neighbor, sin is a wrong done to yourself; yon can’t hurt God unless you strike your brother, or inflict pain on your own body. knosrn as the Cherokee Commission his fair partner returned, the escort sdll ; Oo-i »nd that no person, nor persons, slept, nor did he awaken until after are interested with me. either directly the dining car had been detached. When he ascertained that be was too late for dinner he apologized profusely, bnt the general and his fair partner In the deception only smiled, and the rav enous young fallow could not under stand why his fair friend was not as hungry as himself when be reached New York. or Indirectly. Any statement to tbs contrary Is false and circulated with malicions Intent. Paul V Gaffney. The Manila cable, which was open ed on July 4, was so gammed up by tbe taffy messages sent over It that It has been closed for 15 days for re pairs. Designing men have always tried to bar women from the pulpit. The snap is too soft to share with those who might supplant them. Tbe me st dangerous people on earth are those who believe they are favor ites with God; for this makes God a discriminating deity. Wrong is nothing more than a scheme to plunder tbe week, and pri vate gain is always tbe Incentive to do wrong. Men suffer through ignorance, but content tbemeelvee with the hope that Ignorance will be rewarded in tbe uext world. A WANT ADVERTISEMENT ...PLACED IN... THE LEDGER ALWAYS BRINGS RESULTS * Are You Administrator 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'CarolinaCongression 1 District.