The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, May 25, 1906, Image 2

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The Builders Supply Co. a woman’s ordeal GIASTLY TALE IS TOLD BY GIRL WARRANT AGAINST MOTHER. Successors to L. Baker, Will furnish your Building MsterlaJ of the best that the markets afford and at the lowest living prices. No. 1 heart pine Shingles and Laths, Guar snteed Pure White Lead and Zinc, and Pure Linseed Oil. Nothing better to paint your house with and costs less than mixed paints. When in need of anything in the building line, cal' and see us; we’ll treat you cour teously and make your estimates for nothing. F5 a k e i% MANAGER. Ladies' and Gents’ Tailoring. Having secured the services of an ex pert Tailor froin New York, I am now prepared to cut ami make Suits for Ladie- and Gentlemen in the very latest stvles. LADIES’ TAILORING A SPECIALTY. A full line of samples of the newest fabrics always on hand, Have your clothing made in your own town where you can be sure of a fit. AH work guaranteed. Give me..i trial Clothing altered and remodeled. W. H. Robinson. Upstairs over Settlemyer building TO SUFFERERS WITH CANCER or chronic old sores, write D. B. Glad den, Grover, N. C., and learn how to j be cured without knife or plaster. In-1 vcstlgate before you take other treat ment. Write today: you won’t re-' gret it. Apr. 6-3mo. i DREADS DOCTOR’S QUESTIONS Thousands Write to Mrs. Plnkham, Lynn, Mass., and Receive Valuable Advios Absolutely Confidential and Free There can be no more terrible ordeal to a delicate, sensitive, refined woman than to be obliged to answer certain questions in regard to her private ills, even when those questions are asked by her family physician, and many WILLIAM 8. HALL, JR„ Attornsy at Law, Office over The Battery. Gaffney, 8. C. Prompt attention given to all business DR. W. K. GUNTER, L> le: IN T I « T Office in Star Theatre Building Phone No. 20. Crown snd bridge work a specialty continue to suffer rather than submit to examinations which so many physi cians propose in order to intelligently treat the disease; and this is the rea son why so n*any physicians fail to cure female disease. This is also the reason why thousands upon thousands of women are corre sponding with Mrs Pinkham. daughter- in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. To her they can confide every detail of their illness, and from her great knowledge, obtained from years of experience in treating female ills, Mrs. Pinkham can advise sick women •more wisely than the local physician. Read how Mrs.Pinkham helpedMrs.T. C.Willadsen of Manning, la. She writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: “ I can truly say that you have saved my life, and I cannot express my gratitude in words. Before I wrote to you telling you how I felt, I had doctored for over two years steady, and spent lots of money in medicines besides, but it all failed to do me any good. I had female trouble andwould dailyhave faint ing spells, backache, bearing-down pains, and my monthly periods were very irregular and finally ceased I wrote to you for j r our ad vice and received a letter full of instructions just what to tlo, and also commenced to take Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and I have been restored to jierfect health. Had it not been for you I would have been in my grave to-day.' 1 Mountains of proof establish the fact that no medicine in the world equals Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound for restoring women’s health. The Gaffney City Land and imDiovement Co, Offers for sale Building Lots in this flourishing town, Gaffney; also Farm- n^ar by and In reach of the Scho,Jls of Limestone Springs and of this place, In lots of ■* to 100 acres n liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Fa For full particulars apply to arm purposes J. V. SARRATT, Agent. N. b.—All persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through or over ttie lands o' the company,cutting and rem tvlnv tin.her or fishing hunting, unier penalty of law Josephine Terranova Tells Whj She Killed Uncle and Aunt. ROBBED OF HONOR AND HUSBAND Cast Off by Husband, Young Wife Says that Mysterious Voices Tod Her to Kill Her Uncle, Who Had Ruined Her. New York, May 23.—Josephine Ter ranova took the stand Tuesday in her own behalf at her trial on the charge of having murdered her aunt. The defendant said that she came tc this country when eight years old, go ing to live with her uncle and aunt the Peggios. “I did not go to church nor school,’' she said, ‘‘for seven years after I came to America. My uncle and aunt would not let me. I wanted to go. I did everything, washing, scrubbing, eve*ry thing, and sometimes there were ten eleven and sixteen boarders in the house.” “Do you remember one winter morn ing when you were about eleven and a half years old?” she was asked. The girl replied that she did; that her aunt had taken her to the uncle’s room that day. "That is what. I am on trial here about,” she added. As the girl told of her uncle’s treatment, a woman spectator fainted and the court, proceedings were inter rupted by the resulting commotion The girl hesitated in giving her testi mony, saying that she was ashamed to speak of it. She said that her aunt had forced her to obey her uncle, and had beat en her, breaking a stock during one of the whippings and making the witness so sick she went to bed. The girl said that she was never permitted to play with other children and was forbidden to talk English or associate with ihe boarders in the house. She said she wanted to go to her mother, bi| was not permitted to do so. The Ledger, $1.00 a year Must Be Domestic Manufacture. Washington, May 23.—The senate committee on finance Wednesday fa vorably reported a resolution directing that the materials for the Panama ca nal shall be of domestic manufaetur* and production, unless the presideni deems the price for same to be exor bitant. The denatured alcolhol bil was ordered favorably reported Wed nesday by the senate committee oc finance. Son Claims Mother Made Threats Against Hie Life. Columbus, Ga., May 88.—Mrs. Sa bina V. Wiggins has Just been arraign ed before Justice J. M. I^ennard as de fendant In a novel case, the prosecutor being Charley Wiggins, her son, who had a peace warrant Issued against his mother. The case was dismissed by the magistrate after thorough Invest!, gallon. Wiggins, who is an only child, mar ried last October and says that his mother raised objection to her daugh- ter-in-law and '..ould not let the young couple live with her. The couple then made their home on the Alabama side of the Chattahoochee, in Girard. Wiggins claimed that his mother had made such threats against him that his life was in danger. His moth er is tall and ots mg and is probably more than a match for him physically. On the stand the young man swore that he had hoard that his mother would separate the couple if she had to kill one or both of them. He tes tified that his mother had visited his home in Girard at unseemly hours of night and placed salt and straw on his steps and sulphur in his w T ell. Mrs. Wiggins denied these state ments in toto. $1,000,000 Fire Loss at Seattle. Seattle, May 23.—A special to the Post Intelligencer states that the en tire business section of the town of Fairbanks, Alaska, w r as destroyed by fire which started in the Fairbanks ouilding, a three-story, frame structure, at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. De tails of the disaster are very meager, hut it is feared that the food supply of the town has been destroyed an^ great suffering may result. Nothing was left standing in the section lying between the w: ter front and Third av enue and Stacy and Turner street. The loss is estimated at a million dollars, and it is announced that the heavb . business interests of the towi, are al ready planning to rebuild. No lives were lost. Cornerstone of Hospital Laid. New York, May 23.—Draped in the flag which declared the neutrality of the American Red Cross on the battle fields of Cuba, the cornerstone of the new Red Cross hospital on Central Park, \V r est, between Ninety-ninth and One Hundredth streets, was laid Tues day by the president, William T. Ward- well. It is expected that the new building, which is to he of wdiite brick faced wilh limestone, will be ready for occupancy in August. It will cost $120,000, exclusive of the site, and all but $50,000 of this amount has been raised. I lio Dixie Is offering for this week some rare J; bargains in MEN’S HEAVY WEIGHT PANTS. We do not do all kinds of prlntlnf we do the GOOD kind. Also a line of Ladies nice Shoes, numbers 2^ to 4^ at 50 cents on the original cost. Also Men’s Shoes numbers G to 7 at same big reduction. ; : ; ; A brand new style of Shoes and Oxfords for Man Ladies, Boys and Oirls, at priies that does sell them. Everything in Dry floods, Notions and Hoary and Fancy Groceries. Come right along to The Dixie. LITTLEJOHN BROS. A BARGAIN. Half Patent Flour only $2.00 hun dred. Also have Best Patent at low prices, J. R. TOLLESON & CO. JST* jSF* 3ft J&r* 3ft 3ft Sri 3ft 3ft 3ft 3ft 3ft 3ft 3ft an 20 Per Cent. Discount Last ot May Sale All mer^s two-piece Suits in Grays, Browns, Cun Metals, Plaids, Checks and Stripes. These are short lots or broken sizes of our best selling numbers, but only one or two of a kind. If you can get your fit you can save money now while you need them. 12 Black Alpaca Coats, new goods, $1.50 grade for 98 cents. 125 Fancy White Vests for 88 cents. $1.2,5 Yici Oxfords for women, big eyelets, blucher cut. a bargain for last of May Sale ‘JSj $2.50 Yici Oxfords, style, quality and make the best, just the shoe to make any ladies’ loot look neat and feel comforiable from now until the end of May $1 98 $1.00 Tennis or “Ping Pang” Shoes for 65c Beginning Friday morning at 9 o’clock (none ottered until then) we will sell another lot of those “Job Lace Curtains” consisting of 97 pairs, some slight imperfections. 23 pairs at 39 27 pairs pt . .. . 68 24 pairs at 88 *22 pairs at $ 1.19 All worth twice the money. Sale begins Friday morn ing, May 25th, at 9 o’clock. Our regular stock Lace Curtains and Poitiers. 27 pairs 50c Lace Curtains.. .. 38c 22 pairs 85c and $1.00 La<*e Curtains 74c 29 pairs $1.50 Lace Curtains $ 1.19 L i pairs $ 1.75 Lace Curtains .. 1 35 17 pairs $2.00 Lace Curtains 1.65 20 pairs $2.50 Lace Curtains * 1.93 9 pairs $3.75 Irish Point 3.00 7 pairs $5.00 Irish Point 3.85 12 pairs $7.50 Irish Point 6.26 3 pairs $3.50 Tapestry Portiers 2.76 j 4 pairs $5.00 Tapestry Portiers 4.19 9 Imported full sized box Talcum Powders 5c 20 per cent, discount on all White and Fancy Parasols. Best Arpon Ginghams you ever saw* for the price..33c One lot best Calicoes 33c 20 per cent, discount on all 15 cents f-ncy Lawns. Best 10 cents Bleaching by the bolt only 73c All who have attended our former “Job Lace Curtain'’ Sales have some idea of the values we offer, those who have not, should know. : : : It will pay a close shopper to come a hundred miles to attend these sales. Carroll Byers. Carroll Byers. 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