Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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9 When the cry of fire is raised your attention is at once arrested. The Battery and The Bee Hive Call you to-day, and it will pay you to come, and come a running. Prices cut in two in the middle and set on fire at both ends. Never before have we been in position to offer better values. NEW GOODS ROLLING IN EVERY DAY. LISTEN! LISTEN! To the music of low prices: It is enough to cause even the miser’s purse strings to burst asunder Hosiery and Underwear for Ladies, Men and Children at knocked-out prices. Men’s fine fur Hats at all prices, and Boys’ wool Hats—black, blue or red—slightly imper fect, only 5c. Men’s fine cassimere Suits, all wool, for only $4.98. Boys’ and Children’s Suits as low as 49c. 100 Overcoats from $ 1.25 up. Towels, 2>£c each. 200 pairs of Blankets from 47c up. !! for Men, Ladies, Children. Children’s Shoes, 1 Oc a pair. All the better grades, too, 25, 49, 75 and 95c. DRESS GOODS! Broad Cloths, Worsteds and Repellants in all colors, 54 ins. wide, at 49, 79 and 89c. Black Taffeta Silk and Wool Dress Goods, double width, only 10c. Mohairs and Brilliantines in black and blue at 25 and 49c. For Only One Cent! THE BATTERY. Two lead pencils, two penholders, one tablet, five pen points, one box tacks, one box mourning pins, one paper needles, one paper pins, two thimbles, one memorandum book, one comb—many other things not mentioned. Come to-day. The cheapest stores in the State. J. C. RATLIFF, PROP. THE BEE HIVE. HAPPY CHARLIE HARPER. He Forgeti a Cotton Welghert* Blank and Comet* to Grief. Last Thursday, after making him* self handy around the cotton scales for some time, Charley Harper se cured one of the weigher’s blank tickets and filled it, substituting a fictitious name for his own as having sold a bale of cotton to Mr. J. D. Jones signed the“name of Mr. X. C Snead, the weigher, to it and pre sented it to Mr. W. 0. Johnson, who pays for Mr. Jones. Mr. Johnson gave him a chejk for the amount call ed for, something over fifty dollars. Harper presented the check for the amount to the Merchants and Plant ers Bank, collected the money and took the first train for Spartanburg The forgery was soon discovered and Harper was spotted as the guilty man. The Spartanburg officers were notified and Chief of Police Lockhart and Sheriff Thomas followed on the midnight train. Careful search was made for Harper during the night, but he could not be found. The sheriff returned on the morning train and Mr. Lockhart remained in Spar tanburg to continue the search. He ultimately saw Harper on the streets and arrested him and brought him back to Gaffney, where he was placed in jail. Mr. Lockhart secured over half the money. Saturday morning Harper was carried before Magistrate Speer where he was identified by Mr. N. C. Snead as having been loitering about the cotton scales, by Mr. W. O. Johnson, as the man who brought the weigher’s forged ticket to him, and by Mr. C. M. Smith, cisbier of the Merchants and Planters Bank, as the man who brought the check to him, and the man to whom he paid the money. Magistrate Speer com mitted him to jail in default of bond for $300 to await trial at the next term of court, which will be in March of 1904. This is a sad case. Harper, though a man of bad character, has a good wife and several children who, for some time, have, owing to Harper’s general misconduct, been living with her parents in North Carolina. Be- j sides he is a member of one of the ; most worthy families in this city. His worthy parents are bowed down with grief for his shameful conduct and have the sincere sympathy of all j our good people. Faying Premiums. Last Friday Mr. E. K. Belue, agent of the Union Casualty and Surety Co., of St. Louis, Mo, paid over $1,250 to Miss Della M. Rhyne of Blacksburg, a sister of Mr. Fred Rhy ne, who was killed in the Fishing Creek disaster. He also paid $1,000 I to Mrs. D. H. Brickman, whose hus band, Henry C. Brickman, was killed In the same wreck. These were ac- ; oident policies held in the above com pany. —The R. 8. Lipscomb Shoe Co. is giving to its customers $20.00 cash. One key with each dollar purchase. Three keys to unlock the box. First key gets $10 00, second key $6.00 and third key $4 00. Mr. David T. Day, chief bureau of mines and minerals of United States geological survey, was in the city Saturday to examine Capt. S. 8. Ross’ tin mine again. He is still highly pleased with the prospects and pro nounces it a paying property. Capt. Ross is working his mine every day and getting out the ore in such quantities as to make it highly profitable. One day a short time ago he dug one nugget that will weigh fully a half ton. Mr. Day went into extasies over this nuggett and sug gested that Capt. Ross send it to the St. Louis Exposition and then pre sent it to the Smithsonian Institute. The captain will send it to the expo sition but will consider the Smith sonian proposition further before he decides. PISO'S CURE FOR rCURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. t Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Else ■ la time. Sold by druggists. l+KFVL'TikiWZm THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THE COUNTY OF CHEROKEE, THE CITY OF GAFFNEY, AND THE PEOPLE THEREOF Entrust their Money to our Keeping; Wliy IVot Deposit Yours Here*.* Capital, $75,000,00 Surplus and Undivided Profits, $10,000,00. DIRECTORS: A. N. WOOD, Prest. It. It. BROWN. VIce-Prest. (’. M. SMITH. Cashier, W. C. CARPENTER, It. M. WILKINS, .1.0. LITTLE K. A. JON ES. W. C. HAM KICK. O. E. WILKINS. The Merchants and Planters Bank le Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company Offera for sale Building Lots In this flourishing town, Gaffney City; Also Farms neai by and in reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, in lotg of from 30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur poses. For full particulars apply to V. J. A^ent. N. B.—All persons are forbidden to enter on.‘walk or ride through or over the lands of this company, cutting and removing timber. Ashing or hunting, under penalty of law. A. Triumph of Worthy Goods Phenomenal Sales. Increased Patronage. Wonderful Growth of Business During the present season, ir jre conclusively than ever before, we have demonstrated the fact that we are THE LEADERS IN THIS PART OF THE MERCAN TILE WORLD. We have achieved triumphs in our business this season that we have never attained before; we have captured an element of patronage that we have never before been able to reach, and our entire trade has grown at a surprising rate. Why? The reason is plain to all— IT IS A WONDERFUL TRIUMPH OF WORTHY GOODS AND PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION. TRUE MERIT IS THE CHIEF BASIS OF OUR IMMENSE BUSINESS. High Art. Clothing The “Mark of the Monument” means first aud foremost integrity of fabric and manufacture. Our‘‘High Art’'Clothing has been tailored just as perfectly and thoroughly as though the wearer always stood beside the maker as he cut and sewed the garments. It is cut by a special system which absolute ly insures as perfect a fit as making to individual measure could give. Every piece of goods undergoes a rigid examination and is carefully shrunk before being made up. This insures PERFECT GOODS AND A PERFECT FIT during the long life of the Suit. WE POINT WITH PRIDE TO OUR STOCK OF “HIGH ART” CLOTHING. Ladies’ Fine Dress Goods. In this department, we have all the latest fabrics in the leading weaves and designs. Our line was never more complete, and we are showing some of the prettiest things ever brought South. Chief among* the hand somest and most stylish'are Broad Cloths, Zibelincs, Camels Hair Goods, Scotch Tweeds and Scotch Plaids, Boucl£ Zibelines, Himalaya Cloth, Poplins, Mohairs, Mercerized Piques, Melrose Cloth, Silks and a beautiful array of Dress Trimmings, Ornaimmts, Buttons, Belts—in fact EVERY THING that is worn by women, of all tastes [and in all walks of life. A FABRIC TO SUIT EVERY FANCY. The Autocrats of Footwear. “KING QUALITY” “STETSON” AND “DREW-SELBY—talismanic names that are synonymous with all that’s good and desirable in Shoes. “King Quality” and “Stetson” for Men, and “Drew-Selby” for Women. These Shoes were designed by artists who are [ORIGINATORS and not fol lowers, built of the finest selected stock and possess every requirement that easily places them at the top of the long [line of Footwear—the Autocrats of the Shoe World. You must see these goods and wear them to fully under stand their indefinable, indescribable merits in style, quality and comfort. We have a full line of Shoes in all grades and all the correct styles. In our Ladies’ Department we are showing a swell line of Cloaks and Jackets, in Black and Tan, Shawls, Fascinators and Furs—everything for the winter season. We invite the Ladies to inspect this line Iparticularly, as we believe they are the prettiest and most desirable goods ever brought to this market. We can’t give them full justice in cold words. We haven’t mentioned prices—they are a second consideration with us. Cold weather has apparently the same effect on our prices this sea son that it has on iron and steel—it shrinks them. Hence by a paradoxical sort of good luck you can now fit yourself out for the winter from our various lines at a greatly reduced valuation. Let us convince you that we are truly your friends, THE COMPANY STORE THE COMPANY STORE