Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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For an Impaired Appetite. Loss of appetite always results from faulty digestion. All that is needed is a few doses of Chamberlian’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will invigo rate the stomach, strenghten the di gestion and give you an appetite like a wolf. These Tablets also act as a gentle laxative. For sale by Chero kee Drug Co. Its a great moral triumph not to get your name in the papers when it is in a scandal. A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Pro truding Piles. Druggists refund mon ey if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case, no matter of how long standing, in G to 14 days. First ap plication 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. He who boasts that he never kiss ed a girl may be telling the truth, but nobody envies him. West End' I have purchased the stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Confection eries, Cigars, Tobacco, Dry Goods and Notions formerly belonging to J. A. Graves, in ‘ \yest End.” I bought the goods at r ^ iV l^etluotion . '' $' From first prices, and will sell just.as I bought—Low Down. Cal! and in spect my stock and you will find I can save you money. B. F. Gibbs, Graves’ Old Stand— West End. A Chicago Alderman Owes His Elec tion to Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. “I can heartily and conscientlonsly recommend Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for affections of the throat and lungs,” says Hon. John Shenick, 220 So. Peoria St., Chicago. ‘‘Two years ago during a political campaign, I caught cold after being overheated, which irritated my throat and I was finally compelled to stop, as I could not speak aloud. In my extermity a friend advised me to use Chamber lain’s Cough Remedy. I took two doses that afternoon and could not believe my senses when I found the next morning the inflammation had largely subsided. I took several doses that day, kept right on talking through the campaign, and I thank this me dicine that I won my seat in the Coun cil.” This remedy is for sale by ! Cherokee Drug Co. One half the world doesnt know ! how the other half bluffs it. By the Tonic Route. The pills that act as a tonic, and not as a drastic purge, are DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. They cure Head ache, Constipation, Biliousness, etc. Early Risers are small, easy to take and easy to act—a safe pill. Mack Hamilton, hotel clerk at Valley City, N. D., says: ‘‘Two bottles cured me of chronic constipation.” Sold by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney: L. D. Allison, Cowpens. A woman is never too old not to admit she is younger. STANFORD MYSTERY SOON TO BE SOLVED Sudden Death of Woman Has Been Investigated. SUSPECTS WILL BE ARRESTEC WIFE MURDERER TO HANQ. La grippe coughs yield quickly to I the wonderful curative qualities of ' Foley’s Honey and Tar. There is nothing else “just as good.” Cherokee i Drug Co. idodoS fDysgsegis'ia Cure Digests wtaat you oat* Tiie Oaff iey City Land and Improvement Go. Offers for sale Itu! ■ inLr Lots n O is flourisblnR town, Gaffney; also Farms ne t y anl In r« aeb of tl • Fel. . Is of Limestone Springs and of this place, In lots of 3C t.< too acres n iilera) in.e ate.-,; also Agricultural Lands 1o rent for Farm; purposes For f I pan' ul u-s apply o J. V. SARRATT, Agent. N. H.—All persons a re forbidden to enter on, walk or ride through or over the lauds of this company, cutting and removing, timber or fishing, hunting, under penalty of law. Detectives Have Been Actively at Work and the Result of Their La bors Soon To Be Made Known—Sev eral Theories Advanced. San Francisco, March 22.—The Call Bays today: It is announced at police headquar tors that within the next 48 hours the mysteries surrounding the presence ol strychnine poison in the bottle of Po land water which Mrs. Stanford quenched her thirst on the evening ol Jan. 14, at her California street home will have been completely solved, and that possibly one or two persons to ward whom the strongest suspicion is directed, will be arrested. As tc whether the poison was placed in the bottle before the water was drunk by Mrs. Stanford for the purpose of end ing her life, or Injected into the bot tle after she had drank from it, with malicious intent towards Miss Berner the police refuse to say. Tho report of the local detective? just returned from Honolulu has been filed with the acting chief of police and detectives giving the result of the investigation into the death of Terrible Accident Occurs to Man Whc Mrs. Stanford at Honolulu. This Was Hunting Negro. ’shows that the detectives made Dr. Selma, Ala., March 22. News reach Humphries, of Honolulu, who was in ed Selma of a horrible tragedy that charge of the case, contradict himself 1 occurred last night near Schuster, ir on points so material that the detec-j Wilcox county, growing out of tin tives are unable to arrive at the con i hunt by a posse for the negro Will Claimed His Wife Was a Sinner an< Wanted Her To Do Better. Ja kson, Miss., March 22.—Th< death sentence administered to Ton Butler in the circuit cuort of Copiai county was. affirmed by the highei tribunal and Wednesday, May 3, fixec as the day of execution. In several of its aspects this is tht most atrocious case of murder tha; has been before the supreme court a Utis term. Butler was convicted foi killing his wife, and admitted thf crime, entering the plea of guilty be fore the trial was commenced. Nev ertheless, the trial judge decided tc go through the formality of a trial, al though he had the authority to sen tence the prisoner to death without further proceedings. Butler confessed on the stand that he had killed his wife by beating het with a club and flogging her with a rope; that he was engaged in beating her for several hours, the crime hav ing been committed in the woods a short distance from their home; that he finally tied a rope around her neck hound her hands and dragged her V the hotise and placed her on a bed where she died a short while later In explanation of this horrible pro ceeding the murderer said that hi? wife was a very sinful woman, and he wanted to te ach her to walk in the straight and narrow path. He pre tended to be imbued with deep reh gious fervor. That Tired Feeling lo a Common Spring Trouble. It’s a sign that the blood is deficient in vitality, just as pimples and other eruptions are signs that the blood is impure. It’s a warning, too, which only the hazardous fail to heed. Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills Remove it, give new life, new cour age, strength and animation. They ch uiise the blood and clear the complexion. Accept no substitute. “I felt tired all the time and could not Bleep. Alter taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla a while I could sleep well and the tired feeling had gone. This great medicine has also cared me of scrofula.” Mrs. C. M. Root, Gilead, Conn. Koo:”s c >^>-s?.pj»ri!la promises to euro and koepj tne promise. PARDONED BY THE GOVERNOR. Lincoln’s Humor. Lincoln’s humor often got him out of trying situations and tempered his refusal of favors, as happened dur- the Civil War when a gentleman asked him for a pass through the Federal lines to Richmond. “I should be happy to oblige you,” said Lincoln, ‘‘if my passes were respected. But the fact is, within the last two years I have given passes to Richmond to a quarter of a million men, and not one has got there yet.” Action Taken in Case of John Cooper, of Darlington. Governor Heyward Friday pardoned I John Cooper, convicted in Darlington county of manslaughter at the last! term of court and sentenced to two ; years in the penitentiary. Cooper is a white man and killed Stopehen Low ' A mans Idea of a fine holiday is being allowed to drink coffee for breakfast that doesnt agree with him and to throw cigar ashes on the floor. CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE. We are again prepared to fill any and all orders for Early and Late va rieties of Cabbage Plants. They are best known to experienced Truckers, are grown in open air near salt water and will stand cold without Injury. Price $1.50 per 1,000 f. o. b. here. We make special prices on large lots and solicit correspondence. All plants packed in light baskets and shipped C. O. D. when money does not accompany orders. We guarantee satisfaction. Address all orders to W. N. Sands & Son., Meggetts, S. C. Jan. 13-la w-3mo. NOTICE OF ELECTION. MEMBER OF POSSE KILLED. A Liquid Vegetable Compound that takes the place of Calomel Laxo is a perfect laxative; prompt and powerful but pleas antly gentle. It cures biliousness, torpid liver, dyspepsia and constipation, dispels colds and headaches. Contains no mineral. Manufactured toy The Laxo Co. , Durham, H. C. 35 fjfS- 35 ClS. Sold by Leading Druggists All Over America. ^ a For sale by • GAFFNEY DRUG CO., Gaffney, S. C., CHEROKEE DRUG CO., Gaffney, S. C. BLACKSBURG DRUG CO., Blacksburg, S. C. THE TAILOR MADE Hand Welted Sole. Exten sion edge. Ideal Patent Kid. SEE THAT THIS M/'k r I / k ' When You Buy Shoes You want tho very best you can get for tho money. Wo have no old stock to offer you and we do not hesitate to say we will give you more rca value for the price than any firm in town. If you need shoes come tons. We have the sizes to fit any foot. If you do not 1 RADE/^MARK IS BRANDED ON EVERY SHOE. what we have any way to show you. need them now, come in and see Always glad elusion that murder was committed. Their only findings are to the effect thus far that an overloaded stomach, a weak heart excited by over-indul gence in exercise attending the aged woman’s outing on the day of death and the use of cascara with strych nine improperly prepared, combined to bring about her death. RIVZGS RECEDING AT PITTSBURG Streams Falling Rapidly and All the Danger Is Now Passed. Pittsburg, March 22.—The crest of | home that night, and the posse left Ptomey, who last week shot Professor Claude Hardy near Pineapple and wh up to this time has not been appro bended. J. B. Rowell, a well known citi zen of Pine Apple, who has been with the posse many times since the shoot ing of Professor Hardy, located Ptora- ey late Tuesday afternoon in a swami near Schuster, and notified the citi zens of Pine Apple, who immediately formed a posse and surrounded the swamp. Mr. Rowell stared to th- crowd that he could not possibly leav the flood was reached at. 8 o’clock ihls morning and the rivers are rapidly re ceding. The highest point reach- d was in the Motiongahela, the stage being 29 feet. The rivers started to fall at their headwaters last night and early morning, and the stage will last only a few hours as the streams will fall almost as rapidly as they came up. While not passed the flood Pitts- him with that understanding. While the posse was waiting for reinforcem< nts, before closing in on the point where Ptomey was supposed to be in hiding, Mr. Rowell, for some unknown reason, left home and came up the very road which he nad indicat ed the negro was most likely to take, and walked up to the two guards— Kyser and Brantley, who hailed him. Mr. Rowell evidently thought he had burg has experienced the results have run upon Ptomey and raised his gun been serious enough. Scores of mills! to fire, when both guards fired upon him, killing him instantly. The posse was horrified to learn of the mistake have been forced to shut down in va rious parts of the Pittsburg district, thousanti. of workmen thrown out of employment, hundreds of families com pelled to abandon their homes, rail road schedules disarranged and tele- strange Case in Indiana of a Woman’s MEDICAL SCIENCE BAFFLED. graph and telephone service crippled. In fact, all branches of trade have Death Causes Investigation. Chicago, March 22.—A special from The R. S. Lipscomb Shoe Company. Gaffney, S. C. been more or leoS affected by the high Tell City. Ind., says : wator ' 1 Mrs. Susan Sulzer, who apparently It is estimated that tho loss to lo dropped dead ten days ago, ns she was cal industries since the flood began will exceed $1,000,000. entering her home in Cannelton, ami wlio-<> body was placed in the ceme • tery vault two days later, is believed Antarctic Explorers at Buenos Ayres, by many persons to be alive New \ ork. March 22. The French Her relatives are convinced that Antarctic expedition, under Dr. Car Rfo is not extinct, and a spocialis cot, arrived in port Tuesday after from Cincinnati has been summoned noon, cables the Buenos Ayres, Argon and an investigation will be made tine, correspondent of tho Herald During the time that the body ha.- French associations with flags, and t'n been in the vault it has been watched banks, a representative of the min- closely, and several times apparent ister ol marine, and many officers of signs of life 1 have been detected, the Argentine navy, met the party.; Since her supposed death the wound members of which were escorted on her head caused by tho fall has ashore and given a warm reception. | continued to bleed at intervals, and Dr. Charcot, replying to an address, her face remains flushed. A few of welcome, said tho dangers of an! days ago a local physician punctured antarctic expedition were not as many one of her fingers and brought blood as he believed existed in tho streets, from it. of Paris, with their automobiles. \ which were, perhaps, more dangerous; than antarctic seas. Lincoln, Neb., March 22.—Tho state State of South Carolina, County of Cherokee, It appearing to the satisfaction of a few weeks ago, self-defense l)°ing County Board of il ducat ion, that put up by the attorneys for Cooper. 1 ,T < loro than one-third of tho voters re- The following letter was received •'■J'kng within tire proposed School Dis- bv the governor from Judge Dantzler, I ^" k° leturn real or personal W ho heard rho case: property for taxation, have petitioned The above stated case was tried 1 fn ', s ^ ( ).trd asking that an election be here at the presont term of the court, OI, lered to determine whether or not and the verdict “guilty of manslaugh- ln af klitionaI le\\ of _ mills be voted ter” with recommendation to mercy, was rendered by the petit jury, and hence the verdict is correct, and the law is vindicated: hut the evidence as developed at the trial made out a case which I am satified should exempt the defendant from punishment, and. in for the purpose of supplementing tho regular constitutional and other school tax of School District No. 13, which district shall have the boun daries as set off by survey of G. B. Fowler in 1903, containing nine and forty-four one-hundreths (944-100) my opinion, it is a case calling for sr F ,a r0 miles (a trifle more or less) on executive clemency, by an immediate and unconditional pardon, and I so earnestly recommend. With great respect I am. Very truly yours, Chas. G. Dantzler, Presiding Judge. Strikes Hidden Rocks. When your ship of health strikes the hidden rocks of Consumption, Pneumonia, etc., you are lost, if you don’t get help from Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. J. W. McKinnon, of Talladega Springs, Ala., writes: “I had been very ill with Pneumonia, under the care of two doctors, but was getting no better when 1 began to take Dr. King’s New Discovery. The first dose gave relief, and one bottle cured me.” Sure cure for sore throat, bronchities, coughs and colds. Guaranteed at Cherokee Drug Co., price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. There is hardly any insult a woman can resent more than for you to inti mate that her rival has naturally curly hair. The Colonel’s Waterloo. Colonel John M. Fuller, of Honey Grove, Texas, nearly met his Water loo, from Liver and Kidney trouble. In a recent letter, he says: “I was nearly dead, of these complaints, and, although I tried my family doctor, he did me no good: so I got a 50c bottle of your great Electric Bitters, which cured me. I consider them the best medicine on earth, and thank God who gave you the knowledge to make them.” Sold, and guaranteed to cure. Dyspepsia. Biliousness and Kidney Diseases, by Cherokee Drug Co., at 50c a bottle. the waters of Limestone, Thickety and Beaverdam creeks, as surveyed March 17th, 1905. It is, therefore, ordered by tho i County Board of Education for said i county and State, That such an elec tion he held at Beaver Dam church, in said district, on Tuesday. April 4th, 11905, at which election only such elect ors as return real or personal property for taxation, and exhibit their tax re ceipts and registration certificates, shall be allowed to vote, as provided in Vol. 1. Section 1208 of the Civil Code of South Carolina. Those voting for such additional' school tax will use a printed or writ ten ballot on which is the word “Yes.” Those voting against such additional school tax will use a printed or writ ten ballot on which is the word “No.” For the purpose of connducting said election the School Trustees for School District No. 13, D. C. Tindall, B. F. Petty and L. F. Blanton, are appointed managers. By authority of the County Board of Education for Cherokee county, South Carolina, March 11th, 1905. J. L. Walker, R. C. Sarratt, J. C. Jefferies, County Board Education. When you hear of people who fair ly blaze with diamonds you may rest assured that they are not going to set the world on fire. Christian Scientists Barred. ShoeSafetyinWalkoverSlioes Shoe safety means a lot of things that you want when you spend your shoe money. It means being sure of good quali ty, good fit, good style, good'value for the price. It means satisfaction to you in every respect. You are sure of this when you get a shoe w ith the name •iMTcmo “Walkover” on it. FOR SALE BY J. R. Tolleson & Comp’y. Telephone Rates Reduced. New York, March 22.—Official an nouncement of a reduction of telephone j tolls In Manhattan to take effect on May 1, ha'- been made by Union N. i Bothell, first vice president and gen eral manager of the New York Tele-! phono company. All direct line busi ness subscribers of tho company will be charged the new schedule of rates which is a reduction of 10 per cent regardless of the rates wnich Is a re duction of 10 per cent regardless ol the rates named in the contract now existing between tho subscribers and company. Tho revision refers to the schedules of toll rates between the several telephono districts in New York city. senate has passed tho Christian Sci I once bill, already passed by the house, | which Inquires all healers to take a four-year course in medicine and pass the examination required of regular physicians. If the governor signs the bill all Christian Science nealing, for fees, will be stopped in the state until after the healers have obtained li censes. Gaffney, South Carolina, New York Hospitals Filled. New York, March 22.—Pneumonia grip, bronchitis and kindred ailments are so near epidemic in Brooklyn that the hospitals, like those of Manhattan, with two exceptions, reached the lini It of their bed accommodations. In some of the Institutions patients arc compelled to sleep on tnatressca on tho floor. The condition of the streets, particularly In the residential sections, following tho recent thaw, Is asserted to be responsible for much of the Illness. Search for Bodies Continues. Brockton, Mass., March 22.—Work men today resumed the search for bodies In the debris of the shoe fac tory. Save for the searchers and th< watchmen who patrolled the district wrecked by Monday morning's boiler explosion and fire, tho scene which, for 30 hours had been a turmoil of hu man beings, was deserted. Snow and sleet fell steadily all night. Alabama dets Battle Flag. Madison, Wls., March 22.—The gov ernor of Alabama has asked the as sombly for tho battle flag of tho First Alabama regiment captured by the Fifteenth Wisconsin regiment at Is land Harbor. No. 10, on April 7, 1802 Assemblyman Norcross, department commander of the Grand Amy, has in troduced a resolution asking for the return of the flag. Incredible Brutality. It would have been incredible bru tality If Chas. F. Lemberger, of Syra cuse, N. Y.. had not dono the best he could for his suffering son. “My boy,” he says, “cut a fearful gash over his eye, so I applied Bucklen’s Arnica CIRCULAR TO WHITE TEACHERS. IMPORTANT. Teachers will please answer the fol lowing questions, with as little delay as possible, consistent with a full in vestigation. Send replies to your County Superintendent of Education. Bo sure to put date and name of coun ty on your letter. The purpose is to form an idea of the number of illiter ates in each community, and to that end the faithful cooperation of every teacher is urged. 1. How many children between the ages of 8 and 12, living within three miles of your school, cannot road? 2. What reason do their parents give for their non-attendance? 3. What do you think is the reason for their non-attendance? 4. How many of the parents of those children are illiterate? Salve which quickly healed it and Wow does tho financial condi- saved his eve. Good for burns and ^ on illiterate parents compare ulcers too. Only 25c at Cherokee with t,,ose who can read aiul write? Drug Co. 1 r> - How many children between the ages of 8 and 12, living more than Take care of your pennies while | three ro 11015 frnri ? a schoolhouse, are young and give some chap a chance [ school? to bunco you out when you get old. of your dollars Startling Mortality. Statlstis show startling mortality, from appendicitis and peritonitis. To prevent, and cure these awful diseases, there is just one reliable remdy, Dr. King’s New Life Pills. M. Flannery, of 14 Custom House Place, Chicago, [ Mar. 17-1 a. w.- 2t. says: “They have no equal for Con stipation and Biliousness.” Cherokee Drug Co. 7. How many are not? 8. Is there, in your opinion, danger to children coming to and returning from school in your district? 9. Briefly, what would you suggest to secure a greater attendance of children living far and near? J. L. Walker, Co. Supt. Ed. Cherokee Co. 23c at Occasionally a man earns a living CLERK’S SALE. By virtue of a decree of the Court without getting it, but more often he Common Pleas In the case of Hugh manages to g(t a living without earn- W. Fisher as guardian of J. Gordan Ing It. Ross, plaintiff, against Clarence and i Silas Sanders, defendants, filed March Dangers of Pneumonia. 30th, 1904, I will sell at Gaffney, S. C., A cold at this time if neglected is ; before the court house door, during liable to cause pneumonia which is so, the legal hours for sales on salesday, often fatal, and even when the patient Monday, April 3rd, 1903, the following has recovered tho lungs are weak ened, making them peculiarly suscep tible to the development of consump tion. Foley’s Honey and Tar will stop the cough, heal and strengthen the lungs and prevent pneumonia. Chero kee Drug Co. A juvenile idea of a hero Is a bad little hoy who keeps pestering a good one. Pneumonia Follows a Cold but never follows the use of Foley’s Honey and Tar. It stops the cough, heals and strengthens the lungs and affords perfect security from an at tack of pneumonia. Refuse subtitutea. Cherokee Drug Co. described property, to-wit: All that lot of land in said county and State near Limestone Lime Works, fronting about eighty-seven and one-fourth feet on Twenty Foot street, and running back with land of Thos. Gaffney and lot No. 2 about 1 248% feet, containing one-half acre, more or less, and designated as lot No. 1 on plat made by R. O. Sams, surveyor, on April 25th, 1902. Terms of sale cash; purchaser to pay for papers. J. Eb Jefferies, Ci’k. c C Pi’s Gaffney, S. C., March 9th, 1905, Hall & Willis, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. Pub. March 17-24-31.