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| ' ..-J. . *♦ I '♦ \ A Merrif Mimas “ X * > A Happy New Year! To all the ladies and gentlemen of Cherokee County. I thank you one and all tor the many kindnesses shown me during the year just closing, ami will say that I will continue my Candy and Fruit business at the same stand during the incoming year and shall he delighted to have von call on me at any time while in the city, and my highest aim shall be to give you good treatment and value received for your money in the future, as I have tried to do in the past. Yours truly, S. R.. Suber, “The Candy Man.” Next Door to P. O. Everything For Everybody We are “IT” in Vehicles and Farming Imple- jyjents—Disc Plows, one and two-horse Turn Plows, Wagons, Buggies and Harness. : Everything in these lines not only lower priced than other regular dealers, but equally dur able. : : : : : : : You can easily pay more for these identical goods—why not come in and see? UPSCOMB, GODDELOCK & CO. THE OUTLAW WAS SLUJVJV&D ALIVE. Vareni of Hoy Whom ’“Ziff' Hcirpe Had Slain YooK. "Re~ •c'enge on x'Zurdcrer, When Jo!,n Murrell ami Kino I'ml;- tt met in i rout of the imsiolii •«> ; ! t, o village of Iron Mountain, in t ie moun tains of i.sCll county. K}-., ami wiili a shotgun ami revolver shot the life out of each other, there perished in Mur rell the las' surviving relative, it is said, of the outlaw John A. Murrell. This Murrell had for partners Kiss McCahe, Mason anti the two Hurpes, Big ami Kittle, as they were known. These live men were as bloodthirsty a gang as ever threw their lots.together. In the eastern part of Nelson county was a tavern kept by a man named Harris. The place was reputed to be the rendezvous of the outlaws. It was watched, but nothing save suspicion was aroused. The two Harpes Avere being searched for. and at every road cross ing a proclamation was nailed to a tree offering a reward of JjklOO for either of the Harpes dead or alh'e. Big Harpo us lie was riding along the road met a boy named Gerald. Karpe attempted to take a sack of meal Avhich the hoy was carrying, and the little fellow re sisted. Ilarpe drew a knife and stabbed the boy to death, mutilating bis body in a horrible manner. A passerby found the body of the boy and, noting the tracks made by Harpe, secured assistance and started after the assassin. Ilarpe was watering his horse at a small stream when he heard his pursuers approaching. The outlaw raised his rifle, hut missed his footing and fell, his rifle roiling from his grasp. This gave his pursuers their chance, and they bound him as he lay. Just then the father of the murdered boy arrived. The outraged parent went to the prostrate body of the mur derer of ids son e 1 while Harpe was pleading for his 1 e began to skin the outlaw alive. After most of the skin had been removed from his body Ilarpe died. Then ids head was cut off. A young sapling was next bent down. Its branches stripped to the end, to which Ilarpets head was fastened. The skull remained there for years. After the killing of Harpe the Mur rell and McCabe band again made its appearance at the Harris tavern. The sheriff wanted to make sure of his men before lie raised the posse and sent a spy to the tavern to discover how the outlaws were fixed for de fending themselves. The spy, whose name Avas Denton, reached the tav ern late in the afternoon and entered the barroom. Suddenly from a door behind the bar emerged a man. He Avas of medium size, with a dark, fleshless face, keen, black eyes and hair cut short. He beckoned to a well dressed man in the room, and the two went out together. Denton then knew be had seen John GREETING 1905 A HAPPY U« YEAR ! With the passing of the old year and the coming of the new, we tender the compliments <>f the season to our patrons and friend* and to all others. To those who have favored u* with their patronage in the past years we extend our thanks, and an assurance of our best efforts of serving them in the future. To those who have, not favored us with their trade, we wish to sav that it is our earnest endeavor to offer the people of Gaffney and Cherokee County the best pharmaceutical service that is to be found anywhere. Our only resolution for the coming year is to try to still better those things that we now do well, and to ex tend and improve our busines- in every way possible. May the new year be a bright and prosperous one for you. Cherokee Drug Company Corner Limestone and Frederick Streets* [). , v ; i .. .j.. I I I ; • ’ I [ I W E feel very grateful to .the citizens of Cherok.-e County for favoring us with their trade during the years J902, J903 and J904; also^we have every reason to believe that they are ail well pleased with the Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines that they bought from us, as they are beginning now to sec that quality figures more than a few dollars in the purchase of an article that is to be u.,ed fer a long perirxl of time, if not for a ; lifetime. To those who have not yet bought Pianos, Organs and Sewing Macliines'from us, we invite you to come and see our good; and get our prices, which will be very low during the next 30 days. We are are «At all times able and willing to make every promise true and every guarantee good. So come and see our many different styles of Organs and New Home Sewing Machine, at our store on Limestone St. Abbott Bros. RATS TO AID INDUSTRY. PInit Kor pau-litv,in*; OttileN Adoptcdt lit tilt* West. That orlin..;;. ihy rats can be ot' IT” ! aid in tin* i i.iustrial ile- relopmcut of the cnr.ntvy is ii fulitel fcy i iusi pc i;>le, but a.s c -r i .-nt re cently tried in Des Moin< . la., says the Miniicapfl s Tinas, a which an army of UH) rodents suc< ‘ sf uly laid nearly thirty-live miies of ainieryround cables for Des,Moines telephones i la8 given rats si value far above list* prices they have commanded sis food for Chi namen and has paved the way for a new industry, the catching and job bing of rats. Telephone companies in Sioux City have engaged the army that has com pleted its valuable Avork at Des Moines and Avill introduce the simplified meth od of laying cables in that city after Nov. 1. Omaha, too, is considering the adoption of the “rat" scheme, and in all probability rodents Avill soon be come a necessity in the telephone busi ness. The system is this: A strong cord is attached to the tail of a rat, and be is turned into one of the small sluices in the underground conduit. A ferret tethered Avitli a small rope is then shoved into the same opening, and the chase begins. The rat, intent upon es caping his deadly enemy, hurries through the passage, dniAving the cord in his Avake, and arrives at the man hole, usually a block distant. The ferret is then Avithdrawn, and the end of the cord at the starting place is attached to the cable, which is easily drawn through the small tunnel. Before the introduction of the rats the work of “threading” the sluices was tedious and difficult, but now is “easy money,” to use the expression of the linemen engages! in the Avork. But to return to the ferret. He is not always Avithdrawn before reaching tbe rat, for it lias been found that repeat ed denial of the prize he pursues dis courages the animal, so he is frecpient- ly allowed to catch the rat. The rats Avere obtained at small cost. A “AA’nnt ad." placed in a Des Moines paper offered inducements to youths, and the latter soon supplied the compa nies Avith all the rodents needed to car ry on the work. Stomach Troubles and Constipation. ’ < amber'aln’s* Stomach an 1 Liver Pabl t.3 are the l ost thing for stom th Leu;;! *s and constipation I have ever soui, sajs J. ]{. Cullman, a druggist of Pot erville, Mich. They are easy to take .ad a’.Tay:-; give satisfaction. 1 toll my •ustomers to try them and if not s .iisfacti/ry to come back and get then- money, but have never had a complaint.” For sale l y Ciierokee Da ug Co. \ft r getting a new dress made a 'vonan always wonders how much of the material the drer-smaker benevo lently assimilated. Notice. Notice is hereby given that the health of the people of this county Is in imminent danger and must be taken care of. It has been decided that every precaution be taken to prevent prolonged cases of pneumonia, grippe, etc. The best thing to do is to give a good cough mixture as soon as the cough staits. Get Murray’s Hore- hound, Mullein and Tar. Only ^5c a bottle. At all druggists. Many a young man buys flowers for an heiress merely as an investment. Wedding Presents, The “marrv ng reason” is on now, and of course that means “present nine I have just received a hand some lot of Rich Cut Glass any pace of which would delight the heart of a “blushing bride.” Come and inspect my line of Wedding Presents. f Ilios. Ii. Westrope. Fut! Line of Jewelry. Repairing of all Kuids. J. M. Hambright in the Burnett Block, near McGuiim’s Mar ket, makes and does all kinds of ronairiner of ISnoes on short no tice. Your patronage solicited. Fncfcs rea sonable. Good mate rial used. : : : : THE LADIES favor painting their churches, and therefore avg urge ev ery Minister to remember we give a liberal quantity of the Longman & Martinez Paint toward the painting. Wears and covers like gold. a i, \ i / ■ , . Don’t pay $1.50 a gallon for Lin- AN WOTK Guaranteed, seed Oil (worth 00 cents) which you do when you buy other paints in a can with a paint label on it. 8 & 0 make 14, therefore when you want fourteen gallons of paint, buy only eight of L. & M., and mix six gallons pure Linseed Oil Avith 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 Hanhvare Co., Gaffney; Blacksburg Drug Co., Blacksburg. When a man is intoxicated with love it is up to him to sign the mat rimonial pledge. MUSICAL POSTAL CARDS. Hovel Development of Prevailing Crase Por Coming Season. A striking novelty in picture post cards is about to be placed on tbe market by a French syndicate, says the London Mail. To an ordinary pictorial card is af fixed a very thin transparent gelatine disk, on which Ls impressed a gramo phone musical record. A hole is pierced through the center of the disk, and the post card can be placed on an ordinary talking machine and played in the usual way. The musical post card opens up un entirely new field for the craze. Pho tographs of great singers and com posers will be accompanied by extracts from their Avorks, pictures of national flags ny tne anthems of the different countries and so on in endless variety. Candidates for political honors, instead of sending merely their photographs to constituents, will be able to accom pany them Avith the phonographic records of an election address. The additional cost as compared Avith ordinary cards is very slight. The disk, being perfectly transparent, doc.; not in any way interfere with the picture beneath. A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-1 ing Piles. Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case, no matter of how long standing, in 6 to 14 days. First application gives ease and rest. 50c. If your druggist hasn’t it send 50c in stamps and it will be forwarded post-paid by Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo. Do You Want Your Piano or Organ Tuned or repaired with satisfaction guar anteed, or do you Avant to-buy a Piano or Organ? I’ll sell for cash or on time and give you the Worth of Your Money. W. L. Johnson, At Johmom’ Store. Shoes! Nature never makes a mistake, but » qi , she sometimes leaves a job for the { Men 9 Oboes . dressmaker to finish. Ladies’ Shoes Boys’ Shoes! Girls’ Shoes! ♦ Children’s Shoes; Children Poisoned. Many children are poisoned and made nervous and weak, if not killed outright, by mothers giving them cough syrups containing opiates. Fo-1 ley’s Honey and Tar is a safe and All cheap for cash at certain remedy for coughs, croup and lung trouble, and is the only promi- • nent cough medicine that contains no W | • opiates or other poisons. Sold by I /I CL Cherokee Drug Co. 1 1 » * “Fertilizers for all Hands, Fertilizers for all Lands." ! k.+> : / SHOES GALORE FOR A PRINCE QIS HKAJ> AVAS FASTENED TO THE SAPLING. A. Murrell. Ho had heard the outlaw ; described so often that lie could not be mistaken. That night Denton picked up his saddle bags and announced Lis inie’.uion of retiring. A negro lit a candle and led the way. When safely inside the room, Denton locked ti ■ door and at once examined the Avin- doAv. It opened on the river, and, look ing out, he saw that ids window was only ten feet from the ground. The r >on Avas square, with a stone fireplace in ii;e middle. With the handle of Ids k'.ih’e lie sounded the Avails. All rang < did save the fireplace. This he found " ss a board Avhich could lie removal I’ud admit persons from the outside. With a pair of quilting frames and ids saddle bags he rigged up a dummy figure and plac 'd it in the bed. After examining Ids pistols he put out the L Jit. raised the window and waited. At last tbe board was pushed to one fide, and a man on acred. He approach ed the hod. Der.ion suav the gleam of a knife and heard a thud. Then lie slipped through the Ioav AvindoAV and roflo uAvay. Denlon found Ids posse, and AA’ith thirty armed men at his back lie led the way to the tavern. When they ar- rivod, tin* place was deserted, the out- Iuavs having been Avarned by the dum my Benton had placed In Ids bed. I .liter the officers eought sight of the ’ae'ng rold crs. A running fight en- sued, and several on both "ides Avere wounded. Why Kuru|>:itkln Did Not Want (lie KaiNcr’M Relative at the Front. The reason why General Kuropnt- kln did not want I’rince Frederick Leo pold of Prussia at the front uoav seems evident, according to a Berlin special cable dispatch to the New York Times. The prince desired to carry too large an outfit. Goods ordered by the prince in prep aration for his expected journey have been arriving at Castle Glienecke, Prince Frederick Leopold’s abode, in great quantities. The prince arranged to carry Avith him to Manchuria 250 pairs of gloves, 800 pairs of shoes, and other articles of apparel in proportion. The embarrassment a royal prince of a foreign country with a train of attendants and an enormous quantity of baggage Avould cause at the front can be imagined. Definite Charm In the Chia. Of the many fads of Avoraen the noAir- est to engage the physical culture teacher is “the uplifted chin,” says the Ncav York Cross. Hundreds of wo men are studying the uoav pose. Most girls are given to dipping their chins. This makes Avrlnkles in the throat, helps the growth of a double chin, handicaps the beauty of a dimple and gives an aAvkAvard carriage to the head. If there Is a tilt of the eye or a turn of the forehead or n curve of the nose it is all developed a thousand times as charmingly with the chin lifted as Avitbont. This at least is what the physical cblture men are saying to the women, and many thousands of the prettiest girls are becoming persevering pupils of the ucav method. RUBBER STAMPS Are my long suit. I make any kind except the bad ones. I furnish a Name Stamp and an Indelible Pad for Marking Linen for 40 CENTS. I haA-e some other good things. J. WIJL.fcSOrV Typewriters, Office Supplies, Ktc. 1334 MAIN STREET. COLUMBIA, S. C. \«• \v Typo of lint(loshtp. On tin* recommendation of the gen eral hoard of the navy the board of construction tins requested the bureau of construction and repair to draAv plans for a battleship which shall ciu ry tAvolve heavy turret guns of not loss than ten inches caliber, at least few of which shall he twelve Inches, and a secondary battery of not more tl.au three inch guns, says a Washington dispatch to the New York Tribune, ii Is expected that this type If found practicable will bo adopted for the next battleships authorized by oon- g. es i. Rural Mail Boxes. Go to R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co. for your Engine and Steam Fittings; Gandy, Rubier an«l Leather Belting, Cane Mills and Evapora tors; Wagons and Buggies; Bari) Wire, Wire and Cut Nails. Don’t fail to see us before you buy your hardware—We want your business. R. M* Wilkins Hardware Co* p X R