The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, March 06, 1906, Image 8
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•MORE EGGS;
Did you ever think what &
J a profit you could make if
| your liens would only lay I
K as well when eggs are high ^
as when they are selling at f>
g the lowest prices^ Start
■ giving your hens
[Poultry Powders‘
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I No more, sick poultry,
but plenty of
iggs! Eggs! Eggs!
You will find it one of
| the best investments you
! ever made, for it will sup*
j ply your hens with just
I‘what is needed to make
them lay. It will keep
them laying at the time
you want them to lay, and
your flock will be the envy
of your neighbors.
It’s Here!
That delicious Quaker Puffer Rice
that you have been calling for so
much since our first lot went so
quickly. We hardly expect- .
ed it to go so fast, although
we knew it was a good
thing. But we’ve got
you now—just came
in last Saturday—
and enough for
every one of
yju.
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Cherokee^
k
Company!
Agency for
100,000 TO 200,000 FEET LUMBER
TO CUT AND FOR SALE
close to Thickety mountain. For
terms &c apply to
W. M. WEBSTER, Cowpens, 8. C.
Feb. 9-lmo-pd.
MONEY TO LOAN
On farming lands. Long time, no
commission charged. Borrower pays
actual cost of perfecting loan. For
further Information address
JOHN B. PALMER & SON.,
Box 282, Columbia, S. C.
May 30 pd.
Quaker PUFFED RICE
for dyspeptics, for the sick, for the
■ children, for mother, for father
>wt breakfast, dinner, or supper.
We have also a fresh shipment of
the old reliable
Quaker Rolled Oats.
THE “B, B," STORE
Phone 123
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We’d like for you to come
and see for ycurself, but if
you can’t come, ’phone us.
GEORGE HASTY
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FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—One fine bay mare,
good condition. Well suited for farm
or family use. Apply to Limestone
Mills. 12-8-tf
WANTED.
WANTED—1,00 • cc: word; wtll
pay highest market price. Gaffe*
Manufacturing Co. 8-25-tl
Wanted—Chickens, egi;s, green
salted hides. Highest cash price
paid. C. C. Kirby. ~ 1-19-tf.
LOST.
LOST—A pair of nose glasses.
Finder will leave same with J. C.
Lipscomb and get reward^
GUILTY OF MURDER
(Continued from pafle 4.)
dant fired. With Will and Arthur
Hasty U> aid he illustrated to tne
jury th§ direction of the bullet. He
used a string from the mouth of the
pistol to show the direction. He
argued that bulW had an upward
range, substantiating the defendant’s
statement that he was on his knee.
Defendant could not have faced that
woman in the dining room had he an
noyed her so. Mr. Osborne argued
that Mr. Parrott did not hear shots,
but according to his view heard the
screaming because the latter was in
the dining room and shooting was in
hall. «
He then made an appeal to local
prejudice by declaring that the .testi
mony of Southern women should be
taken before that of Northern vromen
are more interested because they seek
vengence.. He declared that Miss
Sheridan’s testimony could not be
belived. for there w r ere half a dozen
contradictions and because she said
Bennett was shot through the> heart
and had run several steps. This he
declared to he preposterous.
Mr. Osborne spoke tw T o hours and 25
minutes and gave Solicitor Sease and
thef other at&rneys something to
think about.
The jury was sent to a wing of the
hotel where the members were kept
apart from outsiders until yesterday.
They were allowed to get fresh air
under care of baliffs.
Attention Court Attendants!
I invite all who attend court to call
and take their meals with me at the
W. Sam Lipscomb building. First-
class service; reasonable rates.
W. H. SPEARMAN.
Feb 16-lm-pd.
MONEY TO LEND.
To memebers of The Farmer’s
Mutual Insurance Association, in;
sums of $100 to $300, on first mort
gage improved real estate.
J. Eb. Jefferies,
Sec. and Treas.
Feb. 27 tf.
2,000 TO 3,000 CORDS WOOD
FOR SALE
on the stump, seven or weight miles
from Gaffney. Apply to
W. M. WEBSTER, Cowpens, 8. C.
Feb. 9-lmo-pd.
MONEY TO LOAN.
I am prepared to negotiate loan# on
improved farms fpr a term of year*
in amount* of $1,000 and upward, at 7
per cent, and from $300 to $1,000 at
9 per cent Apply to
J. C. JEFFERIES,
^ Gaffney, 8. C.
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Big Cut to Close Out!
1 lot Children’s 15 cents Hoods cut to 11c each
1 lot Children’s fine Wool 20 cents Hoods cut to.. 13c each
1 lot Ladies’ fine Wool 15 cents Fascinators cut to. 11c each
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1 lot Ladies’ fine Wool 20 cents Fascinators cut to. 13c each
1 lot Ladies’ fine Wool 35 cents Fascinators cut to.22c each
1 lot Ladies’ fine Wool 45 cents Fascinators cut to.34c each
1 lot Ladies’ fine Wool $2.00 Sweaters cut to.. . .$1.48 each
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1 lot 10 cents Outing cut to 7|c yard
Come quickly,
J. R. Meson & Co.
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For Victor Records,
Needles and Talking Ma
chines, call and see me. I
am the regular agent for
them in the town and
county, I can supply you ^ "m* ■*•▼*••• v****"
with just what you need and also fine Clocks and the In st
Sewing Machines you ever saw. /.*.
Limestone Street.
V. J. Haness’s Big Store.
The court that is trying the now
celebrated Hasty murder case was
continued yesterdav. The testimony
and arguments have been completed
and the case was given to the jury;
about 6:30 o’clock yesterday. The
crowd at first in attendance did not
seem that it would reach tha liiflit
attained on the previous days. How
ever, when argument commenced the
number grew and when court opened
it was fully as large as heretofore.
J. C. Jeffries, Esq., opened argument
for the prosecution. He commenced
by reading a brief on the law of self-i
defense. He then told the jury that
he realized that their task was an
unpleasant one, but that he felt sure
that they would nerform it. neverthe
less and regardless. He stated that
the State would bind the prisoner
(George Hasty) in the blackest dra
peries of guilt and would tear the
white robe of innocence from around
him. This white robe which the de-j
fense. he says, would have him sur-'
rounded by. He stated that the press
could not he blamed for spreading,
the news from one end of this Uniteu
States to the other. He said further j
that every effort had been made to|
draw the'attention from the case in
hand to another object or diversion i
viz: from Hasty, the prisoner, to the
newspapers. Referring to Mr. Os-:
borne’s attacking the -' omen, he said
that the women were not on trial
here, but George Hasty. He referred
to women as all good. He praised
Misses Bishop and Sheridan, and said
that counsel on the other side want
ed and would ask for a mistrial; that
counsel had admonished jurors to
stick to any opinion they might have
expressed in order to have a mistrial.
Mr. Jefferies said that they wanted
a mistrial because the two young la
dies could not possibly cbme back.
He cautioned jury against it. He fur
ther said that counsel for the defense
had said in effect t > the jury. “If you
can’t give us a mistrial, don’t con
vict us of anything more than man
slaughter.” He scoffed at this, quot
ing a brief from law on the subject,
touching particularly on malice in
connection with this case. Ho stated
that it was impossible for George
Hasty to have shot from his knees,
as alleged by counsel; that he would
have had to shoot from up and not
down. At one time during his speech
when Mr. Jefferies dwelt on Miss
Sheridan kneeling by side of her dy
ing or dead lover, (Milan Bennett)
and offering a prayer. When counsel
raached this point, little Miss Sheri
dan. who has borne up wonderfully
well during the trial, which can noi
be but proving a terrible ordeal for
her, thought she has seldom given
way, Miss Sheridan was seen to sob
convulsively at the terrible memory
which creep over her at the word
picture being painted. Referring to
th testimony of Miss 'Sheridan, coun
sel referred to questions counsel said
in his most blandet manner” and that
then they turned testimony and turn
ed it in an effort to find something
to contradict her with and then
“Come down, ma’am” of the bland
Col. Johnstone. Then he referred to
the testimony of Will Hasty when
he said that he was forced to em-
"’oy both a table and a chair before
he could get over the transom. He
asked the jury to look at the differ
ence in size between Will Hasty and
George Hasty, then, too, he called
their attention to the fact that Will
didn’t want to get into the transom,
but was experimenting, while George’s
motive was a fiendish one. Mr. Jef
feries stated that George wanted to
apoligize to Mr. Bennett. He made
the moment a dramatic one when he
held up the beautiful wenpon. the
cause of the tragedy, and of the trial
now in progress, which is of pearl
and gold, that this pistol was the
weapon used by Hasty, the murderer,
in apologies.
Mr. Jefferies’ speech consumed one
hour and ten minutes.
Senator T. B. Butler next spoke
for the defense. He referred to this:
case as being the longest, with the
exception of one, that has occupied
the attention of a court in Cherokee
countv. and that was a civil one;
about a dispute on a road auestlon.
Ho spoke of Sunday as a good dayj
intervening as it did. in this case a
day for rest and thought on testimony
in the c^se. He defended his witness- (
e«, and spoke of this as a very impor
tant trial. He stated that the de
fense wanted an impartial trial, no
more, no less, and that he belived
that they were going to get it. He
asked that they be not overawed by
public^ clamor or opinion, but that
then- read their verdict through the
clear glass of human nature and not
through the blacenned glass of preju
dice. He said the State paints George
Hasty as a red handed fiend. incaf-
nate and murderer. He described
Hasty as a gentleman, and disputed
that he was a fiend or red handed
fiend. He blamed the State for deny
ing that Davison had a knife. "Gib
son. he said, told the truth when he
said this and he denied that he is a
liar or pejrurer. He dwelt on the
fact that 1 Gibson saw a white handleo
knife and that Davison’s was such a
knife. He brought up the fact that
Smith Raines had not stole meai
from Carroll. He said that Davison
could have had knife and that L. M. j
Cook not have seen it. He said that
Davison not only could have dropoeu
it into his hip pocket before he un
buttoned his jacket', when testimony
says he had none. That Estes,
(their star witness) is a tnitnful|
one, and spoke of the reputation ol'
his family for truthfulness. That
while he would not assail a State
witness that he would belive Rufe
Estes before he would others, and that |
the State would have George Hasty!
drunk when counsel denies his client
being intoxicated. Referring to the
testimony of James Swafford., he
read questions asked him. He call
ed this a corobaration rather than a
conuadictiop saying the same of B.
D. Hallman, who had had conversa
tion with Arthur Hasty. He referred
to this. too. as a confirmation. Mr.
"Butler claimed that as he said, the
oft repeated queries “Where, oh.
where, are the powder burns” is
easily explained as tber:* should be
powder burnes. He thinks that they
may be op the clothes of Davison in
New York or that the powder may
have been too expensive and would
not burn. He alluded to the fact that
Hasty had a right to have a oistol
on his own premises, and ridiculed
the statement that taxes were heavy. |
as being a small matter, the life of
a human being was at stake: that the
witnesses for the State can be easily
brought hack and that it will not be
difficult as counsel represented. He
said that newspaper comments were
the expressions of only one individual
while a jury was twelve, and said
that he had a right to his opinion as
well as newspapers. He said that
no one heard the screams of Misn;
Sheridan when she called Milan Ben
nett, and that Capt. Bell had noj
right to refer to the number of home-
cides in Cherokee county if the jury
turned them loose. In clo-ing he
said that he felt confident that they
would do their duty.
He spoke one hour and thirty j
minutes.
J. C. Otts spoke next. He said the |
yerdict of this juA would answer
the question as to whether or not
human life is safe in South Carolina.
He stated that Hasty took too long,;
entirely, to get that lunch leaving
his companions in the darkey’s room.!
He denied that he went for a lunch
at all. referring to his mission inj
search of the alleged lunch as a “hel-|
lish purpose,” and that the true facts
in the case were that Baker and Cur
ry were waiting for reports and not
for a lunch. He also said that Baker
gave the weapon used to Hasty, that
night because they knew that he had,
gone up against the wrong one. and
was afraid. He spoke of the knife i
secreted in Hasty’s stocking as a
“deadly knife.” and one that would
have been used had occassion offered,
to stab the officer and escape. He
stated that Bennett was asked into
the hall for the purpose of assasana-
tion. because he felt alfraid of eye
witneses if he shot in the dinins’-
room. Mr. Otts’ speech covered j
much ground, but it is impossible to
give a detail account. The principal)
point of interest in his speech was
that the brother for defense. Col.,
Johnstone, made an effort to call him
down. Then he asked the couH to
rr.l! him down, if he strayed from
testimony, but stated that if Col. ;
Johnstone attempted to call him down
he would remain perfectly indiffer
ent. Counsel retorted that he would
call him down whenever he felt like It.
Both gen '.e:nen looked angry and de
fiant The judge closed the incident.
Mr. Otts created some excitement by
saying that he '’id not believe testi
mony of Mill and George Hasty; that
if he did he would have all them in
dicted for mmder.
Col. Johnstone next spoke. His
speech was more common place than
was expected. The oply time interest
was aroused was when he quoted
from Scott’s “Lay of the Last Min
strel.” when referring to Mr Otts. he
quoted in part “I-ord Augus thou hast
lied.”
Solicitor Sease followed him in a
bri’liant speech. The snesiches of
Col. Johnstone and Mr. Sease were 1
both splendid efforts but were not
secured in detail by the reporter.
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On The Lookout
For new business. We always are,
and want yours; no matter how small
or how large.
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We Loan Money on Cotton
And on other approved securities.
If in need of funds call on us. . *.
4 per cent/paid on Savings Deposits. Interest
Compounded'4 times a year. Funds may be with
drawn at any time. . \
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Merchants & Planters Bank
CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS OVER 590,000.00.
C, M. Smith, Prest. A. N. Wood, V-Prest. R. S. Lipscomb, Cashier.
A. Louis Wood, Asst. Cashier
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To Our Friends!
It is with great pleasure as well as pride that we
announce the opening of The Hurphries Shoe Co.
After carefully looking over the situation, we be
came convinced that there is enough business for
a first-class Shoe store in Gaffney, and with this
in view we have bought The R. S. Lipscomb Shoe
Co., and we can be found at their old stand. That
we may make room for Spring Goods we will sell
these Shoes at a gaeatly reduced price. We also
have a lot of Shirts, Hats, Ties, etc., which we
will sell almost at your own price, as We will not
continue this feature of the business. We expect
to carry the most distinctive line of foot wear in
Gaffney and have bought large shipments of
Spring Styles and will soon be in position for you
to make this one of the best exclusive shoe stores
in the State. If fair treatment, high quality of
goods and right prices will win the confidence of
the Gaffney people, we expect part of your shoe
trade. Trusting that we may be honored by a
trial from you, we are yours respectfully,
I Humphries Shoe Store,
Exclusive Shoe Dealers.
Gaffney,
South Carolina.
Letter to J. F. Garrett
Gaffney. S. C.
Dear Sir: If you mint two houses
alike with two different' paints, ana
one takes twice as much paint as the
other, you know which paint to buv
after that—so far as go-far—don’t
you?
One of these paints is Devoe; the
other is any average paint. The worst
are worse than that; the better are
not much better; no other paint than
Devoe is anywhere near Devoe In go-
far. Devoe is go further; the rest are
go-short go-middling and go-three-quar
ters.
Yours truly
F W Devoe & Co
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P. S.—R. M. Wilkins A Co. sell our
panit.
NEW ARRIVALS
‘ In Men's and Boys' Spring Clothing
and Furnishings. You are cordially
invited to call and see them.
—Nowhere will yon find such real
hn ■ rr ->in- as at Nelson’s.
SECURE FOR M
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FOR SALE—Two coda fountains,
ice cream packer, refrigerator, pea
nut ronster, two show casus, two
00v differs, mirror, cijalr. gasolene
v '»aMng stoves and other articles.
,T ’''Vter & Jefferies. Mar 6 tf.
RENT—Two store rooms on
Yuson street. Webstt A Jefferies.
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