Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NOTICE. The last day for registration before the election in November is the first Monday in October. It is, therefore, necessary that all who desire to vote in the general election in November at which time the election on the ques- n ^ ie tion of “dispensary” or “no disptn- sary” will be held, be registered. All persons not registered will not be al lowed to vote. Only those who have changed their precinct in the past two years or who have never had a registration certificate will be re quired to get them. Sept. 13-tf. FIRST AND SECOND WIVES. Read This! [f we convince you that we will sell you your OJ FURNITURE, STOVES, ^ CROCKERY,; lilASEWARE, fe CHINA, ETC. r Cheaper than anyone else. I we have done you a favor. i We run a regular house- S tarnishing business, and < ur stock is now complete. | We have almost any kind of S dishes you want at till ( prices A beautiful line of | Glassware. Also a nice line { of Rogers’ Silverware, Carv- ^ ing Sets, Etc. [ A nice lii e of Rugs always 1 in stock t'onte ti> see us I and we will convince you | that our prices are right. A j car load of the best stoves | on tartli just received, and | we are going to sell them 2 cl sc Our motto Is (|ulck ( sales and close prolits. (live | us a trial. ! W. V. I HUMPHRIES & CO. | lust Across from Battery. Dr. S. H. Griffith, PHYSIC AN - SURGEON - OCULIST. Former pupil of the celebra ted Oculist, Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, ot Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad uate course in the Kye, Kar, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. Edith Sessions Tupper Declares the Latter Have all the Best of Life. Edith Sessions Tupper, writing for the Chicago Chronicle, says: I heard a heated discussion the r evening on the subject: “Does second wife have a better time than the first?” Most of the ladies present took the negative. They agreed that a man’s first, love is always dearest, that she is loved more and in consequence has more advantages and privileges than the second or third. Moreover, that as a man grows older he grows poky and prefers a quite life and ex pects his wife to conform to his ideas. I think they are wrong, if I were a young, attractive woman and look ing for a nice, soft sinecure in the way of a livelihood, I should lay siege to a middle aged widower. 1 consider such a man about the softest pro position in the market. A widower is like a baby. He is helpless. He weeps constantly fora while. Then he sits up and takes notice. He is just hungry for a sweet consolation and grateful to the one who bestows it. The first wife works and scrimps that the second may spend. That is shown every day. Poor dear Maria Jane does her own housework, makes over last year’s gowns, denies herself all the luxuries that woman so dearly love in order to lay by for “a rainy day.” The “rainy day” materializes in the shape of Eugenia Maud, who, after Maria Jane, tired out, is laid under the daisies, steps in. takes her place and makes the old man pay the freight. That is life in America. So, whenever I see a woman fret ting and stewing and worrying over piling up a fat hank account 1 wish to say to her: “For whom are you scrubbing and pinching? For tlie next wife?” The widower just cannot help him self. No 1 was so kind, so forgetful of self, so economical, so prudent and made such lovely pie crust, and he is so lonely. So the first young girl with a dim pled chin and a saucy air who makes ••goo goo” eyes at him sets his middle aged heart a flutter. He weds Eugenia Maud, implicitly believing he has caught another Ma ria Jane. He is soon undeceived. Put this new wife is so graceful, so pretty, so vain, so lazy, so help less that he at once becomes her slave. For after all there is nothing a man so absolutely adores as a help less woman. He may admire an aleri. independent woman, but when ii comes to doting he wants a clinger. I have seen big, strong, splendid men the absolute serfs of languid, lackadaisical, helpless wives. It’s grotesque and it’s pitiful, but it’s true. The second wife quickly persuades | "papa’’ as she is fond of calling him. that what went before Jane died is now impossible. Poor Jane’s best black silk and gold brooch shrink away abashed before Eugenia Maud’s chiffons. The house, too. must be brought up to dat ' nd ' -’ must have a span . c.nd \:r: i . . or Jane drove an | old nag hitched to a side bar buggy. Servants? Jane had one hired girl, j Maud has three maids and a man. | Everything changes on a like scale, j The queen is dead. Long live the queen! Will furnish you Building Material of And the poor besotted king? Well, the best that the markets alTord and at at first he is rather trigntened. But, the lowest living prices. No. t heart pine bless you, he soon grows to like it Shingles and Laths, and Devo’s cele-1 all—the show, the style, the extrava- brated Faints—guaranteed logo further gance. especially the bewildering lit- aml last longer than any other in the i tie creature, half child, half wife, ‘ who cuddles him carelessly and cajo les him to the top of his bent. When she trails her laces to his side and puts her peachy cheek close | to ins and murmurs. “Who is the dearest, loveliest old thing in the A Habit Based LYING. on Fear, Malice. The word at the head of this arti cle is an unpleasant word. However, the thing itself is unpleasant, and it would he impossible to find pleas ant words that would accurately de scribe it. in this short article it will be pos sible to do little more than describe some of the many forms of deception. The most obvious form is down right lying. Men will lie for money. Others like Peter, who denied his Master, will lie for fear. Still others will lie for show. Annanias and Sap- phira belonged to this class. They wished to be thought very benevo lent. Political campaigns are most fruit ful sources of this sin. The friends of a candidate paint him in bright colors, whereas nents picture him altogether colors. Both pictures cannot Equal to the Emergency. As an old colored preacher who had Cupidity and been conducting a revival meeting was reaching the end of his series, he appeared before the congregation one night, says the Indianapolis News, and spoke thus: “Brethren and sistern, I come befo’ you all wholly unprepared with my text. I hah been preachin’ all so’ts of things and to show the brethren and sisters that I have not said all that I know, I will ask that some membah of this congregation suggest a subject and I will preach about it to you." For several minutes mere was an embarrassing silence while the min ister scowled over the top of his glasses, waiting for some one to pro pose a topic. No one seemed anxious to take ad vantage of the opportunity, until fin ally a little fellow in the back part of the church yelled out, “Pills.” There was a snicker as the preacher altogether; cleared his voice and said: his oppo-; “Pills. I hab been requested by in dark | some membah of this congregation to be true. I discourse befo’ you all on ‘pills.’ A Season of Danger. \ou’re wise if you have an Insurance Policy safe and sure. If you have not, you run a good deal of risk. The excessive heat, storms and cjclones, and the dangers of travel at this season, all make life a little more uncertain and property unsafe. I SUCCEED the late F. G. Stacy as agent for all the companies in hire, Life, Tornado and Accident Insurance represented by him, and shall lie pleased to serve you in any line. IX C. Ros There is falsehood somewhere. But j Now bretheren and sistern, I am not these exaggerations are not so bad as familial! wid the ways of medicine for the falsehoods that, are circulated j am a preacher man, but as I said for the purpose of injuring an oppos-i i would talk on any subject that was ing candidate. This practice cannot | proposed, ‘pills’ will he my text. Now to begin with, there are quinine pills, calomel pills, big pills and little pills what, the doctor do prescribe when the flesh am sick. But I propose to talk to you about the kind of medi cine what de soul needs when it am sick—gospills.” ’ Glasses Fitted Accurately Scientifically, d* J* and J Office in n.,,., Qn.. R’lde. The Builders Supply Co. Successors to L. Baker. market. When in need of anything in the building line, call and see us; we’ll treat you courteously and mace your es timates fi.- nothing. II a. k e Vice-President and Manager. Fruits and Confectioneries, Go to the Kandy Kitchen, next to Postoffice, when you want Candies that are PURE AND FRE^H. Everybody knows that SUBER makes the best. California Fruits fresh and luscious, will be kept when they can be had. Some nice peaches now on hand. Call and see what I have. S. I<£. Wnl>or Next door to Postoffice. NOTICE I have moved my stock of goods into the Byars building next door to Carroll, Carpenter & Byers, and will continue to handle Gro ceries, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Crockery, Glassware, Light Hardware, and almost anything you neid. I will open up a Meat Market in rear of my store on Oct. 1st. Your patronage solic- cited. Yours to please. I. M. PEELER. world?” he rises like a fish to the I bait. Poor, dear Jane was always too busy and too tired to pet him. | But Eugenia Maud knows her busi ness. of course there are times when he i thinks about Jane. He uneasily re- ! (alls her unselfishness, her thrift. He! wonders what she would say could ; she see all this extravagance. But when he falls to dreaming of her. lying in her grave with her tired hands—those rough, toil-worn hands —crossed meekly on her breast, he hears a swish of silk and presently two satiny hands—hands that know no work, hands to lie kissed and fon dled—are pressed over his eyes ali i a seductive voice whispers: “Bless i . his old heart! Did pap want hls min s hand against little girl?” 1 The minx! She understands how to wheedle. Decidedly the second wife has tlm better, the easier time of it. So my advice to wives is this: Don’t bother too much about that “rainy day.” For it may turn out to be “a rainy dairy.” he too severely denounced. A man who will purposely circulate false re ports about his opponent, or whose friends do it with his sanction, is not worthy of the votes of his fellow-citi- / »ns, and he should he left in private life. Another form of this sin is making false returns of property. That this is done is notorious. In one of the counties of the upper part of the State an investigation was made a few years ago. It was found that the real estate that had been bought in the past ten years had been returned on an average at just about one-fourth what was paid for it. Many people never think of returning money at all. A substantial citizen in one of the best counties of the State told ihe w-riter that it was currently re ported in his county that only two persons in the whole county returned money. I cannot think that this re port vps altogether true, yet the practice of not returning money is far too common. That, too, after an oath nas been signed that all property, money included, had been properly returned. Thi« sin. like’s Cain’s, cries unto the Lord for vengeance. Another form of t he sin consists in assigning a probable reason for the true reason. One neighbor excuses himself from visiting on the gtound that he did not have time. Now. in all probability this was not the true reason. The true reason was that he did not wish to make tin* visit. This was a plain falsehood. He declared that, one tiling kept him from visiting whereas wholly a different thing was the cause. Our artificial society is a fruitful source of insincerity. Two deadly enemies meet at the home of a mu tual friend and they must profess to lie very much delighted to see each other. A caller is announced, and one sees a wry face. But in the parlor only extravagant expressions of de light are heard. It is very important to lie polite, but it is of more im portance to be true. Many people would not think of being untrue in matters of impor tance. yet in smaller matters they do not hesitate to deceive. They call these falsehoods “fibs” and “white lies.” Circumstances makes one lie worse than another, lint all are wrong; all are contrary to the law of j God; all do harm. The liar is not only displeasing to | God, hut is an enemy to all society. Every lie tends to destroy confidence, and want of confidence makes society impossible. Says Dr. R. L. Dabney: “If you cannot trust the postman who engages to carry your letters, the con ductor who guides the vehicle in which you ride, the pilot who guides your ship, the cool who engages to dress your food, the agent who trans- arts your business, you can neither write, ride, sail. eat. nor transact any business." All business would bo stopped because of mutual distrust between employer and employee. Education would bo impossible lie- instructor. Love would bo impossi ble, because one cannot love where he cannot trust. The home with al! its blessings would vanish, because without love and trust the members of the family would be driv en nmrt. Every man would become 1 e, ditary IshmaoMte, his hand against °very otho»’ man’s hand, and every his. Every falsehood tf>nds t<> bring about just this state of things. Men can never he too careful to tell always the ex act truth. j. K. Hall. LAND FOR SALE 2!3 Acres of Well' . 'Land lying on waiers of Buffalo Creek, in Cleveland County, N. C., three (3) miles west of Grovei, two (2) miles of Earls and lour (4) of Blacksburg Contains thirty (30) acres bottom and ninety (90; acres upland in cultivation. Two good dwellings, barns and cabin on premises; good spring near each house. This land will lie sold as one tract, or divided into two lots. Terms to suit purchaser. For further infor mation apply to 8-23-imo o. jv. r 1 Blacksburg, I* IV 1ST*, South Carolina. Bank Pays Four Per Cent. On All Deposits. Gaffney Savings Bank. Capital Stock Paid In Miss Whittaker, a prominent club woman of Savannah, Ga., tells how she was entirely cured of ovarian troubles by the use of Lydia E. Pinkhara’s Vegetable Compound. Deau Mits. Pixkham : — I heartily recommend Lydia K. Pinkliam’s Vegetable Compound us a Uterine Tonic and Regulator. I suffered for four years with irregularities and Uterine troubles. No one but those who have experienced this dreadful agony can form any idea of the physi cal and mental misery those endure who are thus afflicted. Your Vege table Compound cured me within three months, I was fully restored to health and strength, and now my periods are regular and painless. What a blessing it is to be able to obtain such a remedy when so many doctors fail to help you. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is better than any doctor or medicine I ever had. Very truly yours, Miss Easy Whittaker, G04 3'Jth St, W. Savannah, Ga.” — $5000 forfeit If original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be produced. The testimonials which we are constantly publishing from grateful women prove beyond a doubt the i»ower of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to conquer female diseases. FOR ALL COUNTY NEWS, IM PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE AND EVENTS OF INTEREST IN FOREIGN LANDS, TAKE AND READ THE LEDGER. Thousand Dollars. D. C. Ross, Brest. J. Q. Little, J. A. Carroll, B. L. Hamks, J. G. Wardlaw. Vice-P. Directors. J. N. Lipscomb, R. M. Wilkins, W. C. Carpenter, D. C. Ross. Maynard Smyth, Cashier. WIL LI A M J E P E i: RIES, J. G. Wardlaw, O. F.. Wilkins, To Accommodate Depositors we will Keep Open Till 5 p. m. EXECUTOR’S NOTICE. All persons holding claims against the estate of L. M. Holland, deceased, are requested to file, same, duly at tested, with the undersigned execu tor on or before October loth, 1904, and all persons indebted to said es tate are hereby notified to make pay ment to Edward A. Trescot, Executor, Blacksburg, S. C. September 10th, 1904. l-a v-it. I Palmer’s Skin Success 1 positively cures all skin diseases and produces a healthy and fair skin. It preserves the complexion. It is a boon to young people, who are embarrassed by pimples and blackheads. It Cures Hczema, Ringworms, Tet ter, Scrofuja and Barber’s Itch 25 Cents Per Box At FOR Lime, Building and Plastering Coal, and Plaster Hair, Plaster Part*, Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORKS. CARROLL A CO., Telephone 67. on THE LADIES favor painting their churches, and therefore we urge ev ery Minister to remember we give a liberal quantity of the Longman & Martinez Paint toward the nainting. Wears and covers like gold. Don’t pay $1.50 a gallon Tor Lin seed Oil (worth CO cents) which you do when you buy other paints in » can with a paint label on It. • 8 & G make 14. therefore when you want fourteen gallons of paint, buy only eight of L. & M., and mix six gallons pure Linseed Oil with it. and thus get paint at less than $1.20 per gallon. Many houses are well painted with four galons of L. & M. and three gal lons of Linseed Oil mixed therewith. These celebrated Paints are sold by Smith Hardware Co., Gaffney: Blacksburg Drug Co.. Blacksburg. When troubled with constipation tv v ^hamborlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and produce no griping or other unpleas ant effect. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison, Cow- pens. Acid Iron Mineral cures all diseases involving inflammation, by purifying the blood and directly healing the irri tated parts. Try it on an external see and watch its magic healing. It act in exactly the same way on all inter nal inflammation such as Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Rheumatism, Kidney Dis ease, Stomach and Bowel Troubles. It has no equal for diseases peculiar to women. Tones up the entire sys tem. Trade A-I-M- mark on every bottle. Sold by Druggists. Acid Iron Mineral Co., Columbia, S. C. Very Little need lie aliout our said Photographs t o those who have seen them. Their beauty and fine finish lift them high above the work of the ordinary photo grapher. :: :. We can make an artistic picture of anyone. Every individual has some feature or ex jiression which makes him at tractive. We find this and catch it with the camera. June H. Carr, Phone 176. Residence, 171. 625 Limestone Street Personally Conducted Excursion to World’s Fair. The Southern Railway will operate a personally conducted excursion to St. Louis (World’s Fair). Special train consisting of coaches and pull- man cars will leave Columbia, S. C., Tuesday, September 27th, at 7:10 A. M., and arrive in St. Louis at 4:50 P. M., next day, going via. Spartan burg, Asheville, Knoxville and Louis ville. This train will be in ch irge of one of our most experienced passenger agents, who will look especially alter ladies and children traveling alone. This train will be a solid througn train, and upon application in advance we will reserve for each passenger one whole seat, also accommodations and board will he engaged at St. Louis, by giving notice in advance as to what rate desired, length of stay in St. Louis, etc. For full information as to rates, schedules, etc., apply to R. W. Hunt, Division Pass. Agent, Sep. 27. Charleston, S. C. | The Gaffney Drug Co. Prescription Druggists. ^ Look For The Horseshoe Sign. 3 3 All The Details necessary to the safety of our customers, stockholders and directors are carefully followed at this bank. If you are seeking courteous attention, liberal treat ment and absolute security, let us have your business. We will be glad to confer with those who wish to open an account, let the amount be large or small. DAMAGED LUMBER FOR thousand SALE. feet of NATIONAL BANK GAFFNEY OF ’GAFFNEY, S. C. STATE, COUNTY AND CITY DEPOSITORY. Capital, $50,000.00 Three hundred damaged lumber, all heart and per fectly sound, saved from the wreck of the Clifton and Pacolet Mills, com posed of 3x10 flooring, 6x8 and 8x10 sills, various lengths, column posts of Surplus and Undivided Profits 33,000.00 different sizes, and over five hundred , floor beams from 14 to 16 by 22 and so Stockholders Liabilities, 50,000.00 feet in length. ' This lumber can be seen near Protection to Depositors, $133,000.00 at’a’bariialif aD '‘ be b0Ught D. C. ROSS. Praaidant. For particulars, address, J- G - WARDLAW, V.-Prca-t. C. E. SPARKS, 9-2--lmo Jonesville, S. C. MAYNARD SMYTH, Cashier. CHAS. W. HAMKS, Asst. Cashier. To Accommodate Depositors we will Keep Open Till 5 p. m.