The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 15, 1904, Image 3
DR. B. L. ALLEN,
Physician and Surgeon.
Offices in the Star Theatre building.
Dr. D. P. THOMSON,
Dentist.
Over Cherokee Drug Co. Phone 65.
J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist.
Office Over The Battery.
’Phone 82
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT—House next to Smith
Cook’s residence. Wood & Carpenter.
11-15-tf.
TO RENT—The store occupied by
the Gaffney Drug Co. Apply to J. E.
Greene. 9-30-tf.
FOR RENT—Five nice rooms for
family use over Gaffney Drug Store.
A. N. Wood. Sept. 9-tf
DR. W. K. GUNTER,
D E P* T ISTT
Office in Star Theatre Building.
Phone No. 20.
Crown and bridge work a specialty.
William S. Hall. Jr. james A. Willis,
HALL & WILLIS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
STAR THEATRE BLDQ.
OA.I*'H^'V , ». C2.
Notary Public in office. Prompt attention
flven to all business.
C. Eskridge B 4 U
~Have your Hlacknnrlthlng Done.
All Smithing,"Iron and Wood Work done
in first-class style and at reasonable rates.
(Fortenberrys’ old stand.)
SUITES OF ROOMS to lot
in the
Star Theatre. A. N. Wood.
3-22-tf
WANTED.
WANTED—Hides of every
descrip-
tion; chickens, eggs and butter. Z.
A. Robertson.
9-9tf.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—Seed wheat,
to W. A. Turner.
11-15, 18, 22, 25.
Apply
FOR SALE—The Perry Holmes
house and lot. T. J. Stacy.
11-15, 18, 22.
FOR SALE—Turkeys for Thanks
giving. H. E. Jefferies, Gaffney, R.
F. D. No. 1. ll-ll-2t- pd.
FIFTEEN SHARES of stock of
Blacksburg Cotton Seed Oil mill for
sale. N. W\ Hardin, Blacksburg, S. C.
11-11,15-np.
WANTED!
“All youi clothes that need brlffhtentnK up,
ortna them to us. Wo will make them look
fresh and new.
All work done by expert tailors.
See usjand join our pressing club.
ROBMSOIIS JOKES, Tailors.
Over W. U. Telegraph Office.
Phone No. 43.
FOR SALE—Several nice residence
lots, convenient to the schools and
town. Mrs. A. V. Montgomery.
11-8-tf.
FOR SALE—Carload of fine mules
and horses. Apply to Gaffney Live
Stock Co. 11-4, 8.
FOR SALE—Good farming land,
well watered and timbered, in Morgan
township. Apply at once to Mrs. Vic
Lavender. 11-1-lmo.
Shoes!
Men’s Shoes!
Ladies’ Shoes!
Boys’ Shoes!
Girls’ Shoes!
Children’s Shoes
All cheap for cash at
I. il. Peeler’s.
FOR SALE—30 acres good land 214
miles from town. Apply at once to
Mrs. Vic. L. Lavender. 11-1-lmo
FOR SALE—“Bay State” organ, at
your own price. Apply to R. G. By
ars, 901 Peachtree St. 10-28-tf
FOR SALE—My residence and lot
on Petty street. J. H. Lipscomb.
10-14-tf.
FOR SALE—Old newspapers; 10c
per 100. Apply at this office.
INSURANCE —Cotton
Wood & Smith, Agents.
insured.
FOR SALE—I offer for sale two of
the most desirable residence lots in
Gaffney. Apply to Z. A. Robertson.
9-9-tf.
THE Johnson-Tillison house for
sale. A bargain. Call on J. C. Otts
9-9-tf.
Or. 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 Eye, Ear,
Nose and Throat Hospital of
Baltimore.
Glasses Fitted Accurately and
Scientifically, jt jt jH
•^Office in Cherokee Drug Co., B’ldg.
FOR
Building and Plastering lime,
Coal, and Plaster Hair,
Plaster Paris,
Shingles,
Portland Cement.
Dynamite,
Blasting Powder, Fuse
and Dynamite Caps, call on
LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORKS.
CARROLL A CO., Lessees.
Telephone 67.
Toys.
We are now', as al
ways, in the LEAD
with TOYS [that are
NEW, NOVEL, IN
STRUCTIVE and
AMUSING. Bring
in the little folks
and see how inter
ested they are.
S.B. CRAWLEY
&C0.
813 Limestone Street.
Dngs, Perfuiies, Stationery
Prescriptions properly filled
and promptly delivered.
NOTICE.
I will sell before the court house in
Gaffney, on Monday, December 5th
1904, my house and lot fronting on
Petty street in Gaffney. Terms, cash
11-15-tf. J. H. Lipscomb.
Murdered
Ai l*hone
Worn an**'Rang \/p' r JVeig/?--
bar When A.ttacKed
by Villain.
USE FANS IN BATTLE.
A.<rsk1afice Came Uoo Late—She
Wo-r Throtun Into a CUiern
With Her Child — "Died
Calling For Help.
The fantastic play, “At the Tele>-
phone,” of a French dramatist was
enacted in real life In the atrocious
murder one night not long since of
Mrs. William M. Starbuck of Newcas
tle, lad., and her baby. Between her
struggles with her assailant she made
Another wedding pres
ent, give us the oppor
tunity of showing you
our assortment of
Cut Glass.
We can please you and|
we invite you to com
pare our prices with
what you have been
paying for this ware.
The Gaffney
Drug Go.
Prescription Druggists
Look (or tho Horushoo Sign.
•3'/,.
SHE MADE TWO EFFORTS TO CALL FOR
HBIjP BY TELEPHONE.
two desperate efforts to call for help
by telephone. Her murderer wrested
the receiver from her grasp.
The nearest neighbor, a mile away,
whom she called up, plainly beard the
sounds of violence and a woman’s
shriek for mercy. Then followed a si
lence so intense that the ticking of a
clock on the wall near the telephone
was distinctly audible.
A man who was accused of the crime
was arrested. Tracks through the corn
fields were traced to near his home,
Hundreds of angry farmers surround
ed the jail where he was confined. The
mob was a powder mine, waiting mere
ly the spark of leadership.
Before her death Mrs. Starbuck said
us her husband lifted her in his arms,
“He came In by that window and
dragged me out that way.” She was
sinking fast.
“Who did it?" asked her husband,
heading down to catch the faintest
gasp. She either did not hear or did
not understand. “Why didn’t they an
swer? Twice I tried to call by tele
phone,” were her last words.
In the presence of the bodies of his
wife and four-months-old daughter,
which he bad found in a nearby cis
tern, the half erased husband and fa
ther made a vow of vengeance. “I will
take no .rest until the ones guilty of
this awful crime have been punished!”
he said, lifting bis hands and then kiss
ing the faces of his dead wife and
child.
The postmortem developed that Mrs
Starbuck’s death was due to hem
orrhage of the lungs, caused by her re
peated screams for help when she
■tood to her armpits In the water in
the abandoned cistern where she was
thrown by her murderer. The baby
was drowned. It Is supposed that as
■he was dragged from the window
Mrs. Starbuck caught her baby In her
arms.
One other man was suspected, a man
who had been in jail for wblppinr bis
mother. He was suspected because he
was seen with the other accused mao
on the night of the murder. The ac
cepted theory Is that three men were
concerned In the crime, though Mrs.
Starbuck spoke of hut one.
When arrested the supposed princi
pal In the crime turned pale and t *em-
bled.
“I know nothing about that murder,”
he said before the sheriff told him his
errand. He told conflicting stories.
When asked regarding the contradict
ory character of his stories he said
that he bad got up In the night and
gone out. “Before God, 1 am Innocent
of this crime,” said he as he peered
through the bars of his cell.
The crime was committed between 0
and 10 o’clock at night. The strongest
evidence against the second suspect
were tracks found through ihe corn
fields from the scene of the crime to a
point near his home. Bloodhounds fol
lowed a scent for a mile and a half
from the cistern to a hitching post.
Neighbors said three men were seen in
a buggy there. Though the sheriff said
he did not seriously fear trouble, he
and his two deputies and the chief of
police were on duty at the Jail, all
heavily armed, and deputies sworn la
for the occasion were within call. A
dozen repenting rifles were at the Jail
to be used in case of emergency.
|apnneiie Soldiern Carry Breeze
ItulaerM I'reaented by Mikado.
On one side soldiers fiercely fighting
to the accompaniment of the rifle’s
deadly barking and the sullen roar of
cannon. On the other side some In
fantry reserves rhythmically swing
ing dainty little fans before their noses
while awaiting the summons to go Into
action. Such is a remarkably early
morning scene in Manchuria (^scribed
by Frederick Palmer in Collier’s.
The soldiers with the fans of course
were Japs. Of no other nation under
the sun would such a thing he possible.
The astonishment of the Russians
upon first witnessing this custom of
their enemies may he imagined, hut If
from it they gained the impression that
the little men were effeminate they
have long since learned their mistake.
Mr. Palmer suggests that the cool
and deliberate actions of the Japanese
soldiers may he due in part to the fans
they carry, which are presents from
the emperor. On them Is inscribed in
the handwriting of Marquis Oyama,
the commander in chi< of the army,
the words, “Do your best for your
country.”
“On a hot day,” writes Mr. Palmer
from the front, “a fan may b t up a
breeze in front of a soldier s nose
which will save him from su« mb-
ing.”
Contrasting the methods of the bur
ly Russians with the agile little yellow
men, the correspondent says:
"A Japanese general knows that any
force, however small, will stay v here
it is placed—stay, alive or dead. One
company is us much like another as
peas in a pod. No special units, no
rough riders, no king’s own, no stlf en-
ing of weak regiments with regiments
of volunteers or regulars. There Is an
approximate level of courage and skill.
A commander may choose the unit at
hand ns a mechanic takes down any
one of a number of equally tempered
tools from a rack. If you want I
Horatius at the bridge, take the near
est first sergeant.
“The Russians came to the attack
with a splendid confidence—a < Uldish,
mob-like confidence. All the way
across the Siberian steppes In their
troop trains they had been begetting
this. ‘When they see us big burly fel
lows the leather skinned makakl
(dwarfs) will run fast enough. They
will find that we are no colonists and
reserves — we are the little father’s
chosen.’ But the makakl know a mark
when they see one, and they like to
fire at a column in close order.”
Mr. Palmer has found evidence of
the truth of Count Tolstoi’s charge
that many of the Russian soldiers, hav
ing no stomach for the war, are forced
Into It willy nilly. Speaking of certain
prisoners captured by the Japanese, he
says:
“One Russian who had been found
prostrate had been examined In vain
for any wound. Yet It was with diffi
culty that he was got to walking. Ap
parently he had been scared stiff by his
baptism of fire. When another un
wounded man was asked how he hap
pened to he taken prisoner he replied,
T wanted to he.’ When a contemptu
ous comment was translated to him he
said: T have no interest in this war. I
don’t propose to be sacrificed.’ ”
I Good Family Horse.
C. ]%£. Smith. 3
One of the longest days in the av
erage man’s life is the one just before
pay day.
Old age may not bring wisdom, but
It has a lot of fool experience to its
credit.
Lost.
One yellow heifer, with
wide horns, weighs’about
600 pounds, left the butch
er pen last Friday with
rope on. I got her from
M. O. Moore, of Boiling
Springs. I will pay any
one well for the trouble
to bring her back to me
or tell me where she can
be found. Phone 143 or
183. * * * * *
W. J. MANESS,
Gaffney, S. S.
CLOTHING
- AND-
UNDERWEAR
-AT-
Lowest Prices
-AT-
NELSON
THE STAR CLOTHIER
Opposite Postoffice Gaffney, South Carolina
Tim National Bank of Gaffney, S. G.
State, County and City Depository.
Capital $50,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits 33,000.00
Stockholders’ Liability 50,000.00
Protection to Depositors $133,000.00
Everything of a hanking nature entrusted to our care receives our very
best attention. We would be glad to have your business,
D. C. ROSS, Prest. MAYNARD SMYTH, Cashier.
I. G. WARDLAW, Vice-PresL CHAS. W. HAMES, Ass’t. Cashier
OPEN TILL 5 P. M. EVERY DAY
CONVERSE CHRONICLES.
FINAL DISCHARGE.
Notice Is hereby given that I will
apply to Hon. J. E. Webster, Probate
Judge, for Cherokee county, 8. C., on
Thursday, December 1st, next, at 10
o’clock A. M. for final settlement and
discharge, as administrator, cum tes-
tamento annexo, of the estate of Onie
Jones, deceased.
All persons holding claims against
said estate will present the same, du
ly proven, to the undersigned on or
before December 1st, next, or be for
ever barred.
J. P. Shuford,
Admr. Eat. Onle Jones, deceased, with
will annexed.
Gaffney, 8. C., Nov. 7, 1904.
Pub. In Gaffney Ledger Nov. 8, 16,
22 and 29, 1904.
Are You Administrator
and have the settlement of an estate? If
so, request of the Judge of Probate that
youKadvertisementbeJplaced in :: :: :
It has the largest circulation of any paper
in the Fifth South Carolina Congressional
District.
u
Gala Week and King Cotton Jubilee
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 21 st-26th 1 904.
Very Low Rates Via Southern Railway.
The Southern Railway will sell very low rate tickets from
all points in South Carolina, including Augusta, Ga., for
the famous FALL FESTIVAL AND KING COTTON
JUBILEE. Tickets go on sale commencing November 19th
to the 25th inclusive, and for trains scheduled to arrive
Charleston prior to noon of November 26th, with final limit
for the return November 28th, 1904.
Among the great attractions will be the reproduction of
LUNA PARK, direct from Coney Island.
THE GREAT PIKE, direct from St. Louis.
THE GASKILL’S GREAT SHOW’S, containing over 20
district features, ^including Hogenback Wonderful Animal
shows. BABCOCK, in his hair-raising act of LOOPING
THE LOOP AND FLYING THE FLUME.
Great Military parade, the largest that has occurred in
the State in years. Firemen’s Parade. Foot Ball contest.
Over $500,000 to be given away in prizes in the parade.
This will be the greatest show in the South.
For full imformation apply to any TICKET AGENT of
the SOUTHERN RAILWAY, or
re. w. reujisT,
Division Passenger Agent,
Charleston, S. C.