Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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( 11b. over to haiii ■ on til it' s k e 1 elo a. 1 ’ (’ )1 ’ ib! ,’t Sciiw.ib and glve it. :my \\ J1 • ni •. 1 li:i • 1 iusf ♦*n oiigh ig Wild with to s.-ive Ml \ (»\ vn life 1 1 s! aye ■•I there lived In Los with tl: -* j)< K )V hf* ast tint 1 it d ;.'d It ; he stlsp leion tot t.-red ovr r :i Md fell \ < ‘ f * soon I felt irom l-jiiT.. . in/ (. •\iui. < am n<»! well \ 1) ii l i nt, i ..A rvmn i' ia C 'ioSina ChemicaS C > , L Ml. tlie ixr* • • • -t copper •• ■ m.line In t he BO b" 'i 1 y that 1 crieil w! MM it die 1. i . - no.'. ‘ elng fort ne 1 ”W e got to w liter fin} illy. and I Imr- ■ i. '« • ( c.ctro! (; ;•(•(• u wa ter. rh’d 1 hack to tim 1 my TIM i't in ■r. He hm! h is ai ; 1,11 l ai ' (Ut' (: - .01 s. says the f lie' 1 ill M i'll a b: md "f wntnlering \ngel !’; il it's. India ,I S 'i'll.".- had J/c ‘MeroM^ly if mm •••nva t .•i- lies i.i Iny" c iiiity. ( 'ai., him .rater from tb” !r 0 i\vn supidi* and ji! ill" f .' -1"!: (■ .ge • (1 1 ie.it li V.li S.l VC' 1 bis life. We ;/ot 1 CM* k at length t' i 1 r' • • t 0 -pp.M' CiUI lt 1 \ to ( ifecti water aft er re. -".ling our (li -co • ( .'Oil. ' ll ho :-ali the ! 'act (•lain is. Y’e .li id IK rit lose a foot of be,Ml ; epi'U'-iby Hen led. Mr. Bir- gr mi id in our . 'irigli VA\ \or: it ions. We admits Ihat Senator \\ A. Cl. irk. tie vet • hml a con test Oil any of them. Ihitvv ('lark of M 1: mlvfMitnrers m^y ^atrMSL* ••<«»* WHO GETS THE GIFTS ? No. 1282 Gets the $25.00 Gift No. 381 Gets the $ 12.50 Gift No. 1095 Gets the Doll. ujriroi.lifiiu I’ / S,ns * Heinzo iric.i to iutnp on** f >nr < liiini>;. >fy par:"‘>r had aono for th.'“ mail, and I u - a> a loin- in i , :imt>. ! ’. • , ..ut ai rived ami staled tli(*ir inttmtion to stake out our elairn. I said nothing nntil tin* men laid down their arms and miran to stake out tin 1 elaim, wiien I **j i v v,.i; ,f i ii^. i mi cure 1 i irriif d the or.tuts. • • ..i the fuii^ti' -ns, ■ .. in the replace a misplaced orenr iU. AF^VICE At Every Drug Store in $1.00 Bottles. * Jia \ e ! • .ned a hm trust frl'ln* ohjert is tu |,r» \ out i d- :.o i dumped on the market from the. ■ enormous de posits :;! 11 ! - e* • a vsi i * * r p>o rapidly. p. mo, sa; s ihat e omh eopjier lias alreai \ been uncovered at (Ir*?euwa- ter to loop a smel'er rmiiiinu a thou- sand tons a day for many years. The mineral dispart extends for twelve tnih's and is tour miles wide. A wild rush of prospectors is at its heisrht one mad scramble to ret to (ireenwa ter. The only pe:-on wtn* has s('eii it and not g..ue dipuy with exeitemeiit Is tills w in , |i*: iri man. who wander ed in there two year ago an 1 wander ed out again a millionaire. An Indian gave him tlie tip which led him into Gi'eenw ator. Kirnev was not i lendcr- d I . (»n peo-sjiei i illg for WINE OF ! i 1 !■ p Parties holding these numbers will please come and get what is coming to them. If numbers are not presented in a short time a second drawing will !>e made. The Gaffney Jewelry Co. foot. .veai' had hn a n wh- for I.o 1 ad e c can nd llvo ! tUl'cs ol la tl ftaiotle i- o i ■ ■ > blind ho it of t! His fat Ii t lifer of 1 Ul.li'e his Strike lie ' I- to die of thirst, near it a man knew the a ■ fill tor hoy. He knew the i st storms and the tel Ml desert sun is m ri h shoe manufae- st. p.irney came over here. 1 '...a man;, other young irishmen, looking for Hdveniure. Instead of he drew my gun and told them I proposed *o die right there rather than let them steal our hard earned property. They seemed convinced by my arguments, and I then offered to guide them to another place where there were good copper showings. They accepted my offer and bate since made a lot of money out of the property I showed t hem.” When Hirney got out to civilization the world knows the rest—how the mil lionnire mining magnates of the conn try promptly •fell for" < Ireen water, came tearing out in private cars and began gobbling up mines. Furnace creek, where the mines are. is one of the cheerful names given to geograph- iea lints , '.out ! 'enlh ruHoy. The Green water country was hinted many years ago In tim Indi. ns Horn a tiny Spring wiio-e aier w hen it runs at till is tinged ie,mi from cupper ore. Two railroaus are imw rushing for that |iieuires,|ue section. Horax Smith’s to the Lila ('. Inga mucker and a M iw hard and false ,u ‘ u road nil! eomt mine, about twentv miles away. Sen alarm like ‘•Scotty.” Blimey is a man of education and g it p ■rsonal charm. IF* started <)ii tliat lue’.y trip to Green- water on the Idth day of the month Dec. Id, Ibo!. ”1 had a partiuM - named Phil Crea- ator Clark is already at work on an ex tension of his Beatty railroad to swing round into A-h Meadows, then to Beat ty. This millionaire copper trust has lioimhi up the Ash Meadows creek, sor. Bmd Birnev the other day. “Me where the water nuts warm. An enor- I i,.,n, ism; The Southeastern Life Insurance Company. SPARTANBURG, S. C. Ol’l ICKKS. Ku.urrr Kstks, President, A. II. Twircin i.t., 1st Vice President. Gii.ks L. Wir.soN, Secy, md '1'res. John H. Ci.kvi r.ani>, 2nd Vice President. Gi:< ki'.k R. Dkan, M. I)., and GkoRi.k W Hi imtscm. M D. Medical Directors. DIRHCTORS. A, Ii. Twichku,, Preiident atn! Treasurer Clifton Mfg. C ,. and 1). K. Converse Co. Jno. B. Cl.KVKl.ANI>. President X X- W. C Railroad and Whitney Mfg. Co. Jno, A. Law, President <•- . Tii.t-urer Saxon Mills ami Presnltmt Central National Bank. L. K. Cakrigan. President People’s Bank of Darlitigtou. W. S. Montcomkry, President and Treasurer Sjrartan Mills. Stobo J. Simpson, Attornev-at-Law. Arc. \V. Smith, President Woodruff Cotton Mi'N and Bank ot Wixxlrufl. A. L. Whitk, President Merchants and Fanners Bank. Eij.ioTT MsTi.s, President Southeastern Life Insurance Co. A corjioration chartered by the State of South Carolina, founded and controlle*! by South Carolina men, ami writing strictly nan-speculative, straight Life in surance of the safest kind only A South Carolina home company for the protection of South Carolina homes rACENT WANTED FOR CHAROKEE COUNTY. ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, Spartanburg, S. C. $1,000 Insurance On Your Life For 10 Cents a Week or $5.20 a Year And in .1 Horne Company managed entirely by home people whom you live among, know, have confidence in ami can find it any time. Alrsolutely the only Home Conmanv in Cherokee Couritv and it wants to hclo von in wo wavs. ist. By furnishing you m Insurance cheaper than anv other reliable company. 2nd. J»\ helping yon build up your own town and state, bv keeping vour money at home, thus making money more plentiful. 1 J h i s .5r 0 I ,ipan - v ‘ nslirer ’ against Death, Total and Permanent Disability and Old Age. This Company insures all temperate men ami women Between the ages of ii and so years of age who are strong oid well ami follow healthful occu pations. The name ot this Company is the Carolina Mutual Benefit Association And.its Home Office is over the Merchants & Planters Bank. Gaffney, S. C. Notice Its Officers and Directors. A. N Wood, Brest. (V -Brest. M. P. Bank.) W C. McAktih k, \ .-Brest. .V Gen. Mgr, i F.x-Supt. Pub. School.) ( M. Smith, Secy, ami Treas. (Brest M. & P. Bank ) B. B. STi i DlA , Medical Director, M D. ) Jno h Lipscomb, (Leading Merchant ) K. 1. LkM astkk, (i'rominent Farmer . left Go! field with four burros and a good prospecting otitlit We bad noth ing in particular in view. We only thought to get into some part of the desert that had not yet been pros pected. * ‘We (I ri ''led down to A li Meadows and stopped with a half breed Indian named Bob Black ut the old Ash Mead- mous pumping plant will lie erected there to supply the waterless town of Green water. Arrangements have already been made to erect big smelters near Green- watcr. and all the ore of the million aires will probably be developed near by If the whole truth were written about the wonderful ledges of copper ows ranch. He t • 1 us of a section of which have been uncovered this would the de-ert about forty miles away that sound like a mining prospectus. The had never ti< en prospected Two days camp has already made scores of men after.'. .1 r ! ! ■•!. murdered his s.ijUaw rich. and her b . Ip r ami wo unded another The other afternoon a little knot of Indian wh under the intlneuce of new made bondholders, all from Green- liquor He ran away and was never water, met in u cafe of one of the big heard from again. He was undoubted Los Angeles hotels and began opening !y killed by the Indians. So many mlu- things to quench their desert thirst. Ing men have taken tips from the In- Enough of the "imprisoned laughter of dlans iind then "ooPy turned them the girls of France” was released to down tha* I wanted to do the right make it hn. hal heard all the way to thing by It.-r in Bob I atn sorry that Gr-enwater. Fiery man who paid for I never can. n bottle spurned the change. The bar- "We Faded the burros with as much keeper is packing up for Greenwater. water as they could carry in five gal- Itull sounds like some fantastic dream. Ion oil cans. ICO pounds of water to birney has been for a long pleasure each auini 1. We then took the route tour through Europe on the small described to u- by the Indian. We hud change of his share of the big find, to put the Imrros on short rations of but the first thing after he lauded In water We ga'-e them one drink a day, the Faited States last October he felt then hobbled iIkmh and let them rustle mysterious call of the desert again for biemse vc all ti ght an( j rus h et i hack to Greenwater, from “We worked our way up to the dry which lie only returned a short time mountains and made earnp one night aK0 . Ills home Is in Spokane. He feci al n point about six miles away from nevertheless a keen Interest In Los the discover;. We were up at day- Angcle- light next morning. About 4:30 I dls- can’t understand,” he said, “how covered -ome litdo pieces of copper th( . merchants of this city can let this stained on- no larger than my thumb )hiuf; m , nvay fr( , n , them. It is the v hlch had evidently drifted down the 1U( ,, t wonderful commercial opportu Get Goods •h Where you get Presents. FJvery person that spends one dollar cash or more with me this week will get a present free of cit trge. This is a sure fact. It i- no faike like you have red of or heard before. Come one come all. 1 can furnish vou with what you want lor Xmas. All kinds of Fruits, Toys and F'ireworks. Watch •nv .vim lo.v, t tis v * *< ia 1 - • • v i i. ' ' .• * i .v t /. 1 i w . ’•*>_ M is: P3 ^ « Don’t Forget bed of a fre-tn t. “When ti iiian lias been on the des ert for niatii .\e.irs he gets to have an Instinct that tell- him certain things. nit.i in the world. Here it Is laid right at your very door. No other city has u chance If you would reach out and take it. Los Angeles is the uatu m:: f X z-WMSsecr* Fire! Fire! Fire! Every man should be protected from loss by fire by carrying insurance. See me. I represent the best fire insurance compasies on earth. Let me write you a policy fhat means something to you in case you are a sufferer by fire. • D. C. ROSS, Agent. Something ".<1 me that those bits of ra j ai;( | | u m ( . n i port and market of that i i><u I k(*c]i a! kiiid-i <i! JM* turo Mouldings ^ '•tnd in tkc any -izc FraiiK*-. ” / \V r hct) yon want Wall Paper, '-ail copper portended -omofblng tilg and good. “I left Phil tending t-i tlie pack ant country. Why don’t you reach out and stake out your claims?” birney, who is one of the owners nn b. and I went up on the wash to an( | directors of the Furnace Greek pro-pcct. 1 worked live or six miles L. R and -Co rd tninc. " if 'e- jB ' phint Idhisc-. sltr.'is and du/oie-, repair ^ fu rn i tu re a ii u j / ho!st( i 1 , , Gaines N „. 251 J , vtaoEL mmak mam «a uj) the wash trai Ing the float at dif- Copp*‘f company, says there Is no doubt at all that this consolidation of fei pi"'' mtil I cnine to a point t | 1( , <Jreenwnter copper Interests has where I t :i i| no more flout. This been made. The arrangements are he I he pieces^ of | ni , , ua( jc i a w York, and the public will soon be informed to that effect dl- Pb-.ired altogether ! went up over T ,^ c.^enhelm brothers are to have the b ighm k an-l (low:; Into a little was near the summit, float la d hi - n g.Mting larger until thev REAL ESTATE * % Handled on Commission. ^ Em J haiHl](.■ \Kjt)i (. it\ aiK{ c < i rit • », , • • \ , ♦ < i , making titles. If >ou want to buy -<•. me If \o tt want to sell sei me *1 2 bring buyer and seller together Tbe' ui. rs nearly always cine to me " Those who have lands for sale will act wise bv placing their property with me for sale. . J Z. A. ROBERTSON. bai K an I how draw and there found big bowlders of copper ore Only twenty or thirty feet away was the ledge standing out like a wall. I called Oreasor. and we staked out six elainis. “We then -t itu i at (dice for Keeler to record our cl ni> 1 me of the ter charge of all the smelting interests of the trust. The combination will manage the transportation and smelting of the ore. and the output from the mines will be agreed upon and kept down to a fixed maximum. As It is now, copper mines , , , sell for more than gold mines In the rlble dangers of the desert Is losing deSf>r( ( „ mitrv The ore U sa id to be on ‘'' - i ' ' i" 1 ' "'Tmv learnet t ^ e r i ( .> J ,. v i guowu. It runs 1"( jier cent, to distrust ,b'--.ort maps, which are de-- wher ,, as of thP rk . host of the orated with water holes where there Montann ^ per cent an* no water h dcs We didn't know tlte way to Keeler We got into Death Artlflrlal Hab.e., valley and decided to wait there until ^ professor at the Technical High some one came along who knew Final- BcIir , oI at l8 Pe p 0rte< i t o have In ly a prospector came through, and he a method of producing artificial said he had Jnst come front Keeler ami rubles which It Is Impossible to dis- •o knew the way We took our dlrec tlngutsh from natural ones, saya a tlons from him and almost lost oar p ar i B cn ble dispatch to tlie New York Uvea. gun The cnief material used is titer- “It waa ISO miles We a 1 moat died mlt*. which Is composed largely of alu- of thlrwt on the way We had to m mlnlom. the baalc metal of all rublM. For Sale One improved city farm with ten acres m cit\ limits, six room cottage on same. One store room, fine opening, in West lind. Two nice six room cottages on desirable lobs. One farm, 140 acres, 4 1-2 miles out One building lot, a beauty, 120x100. Many other desirable lots and places can be seen on mv list. Call and see it. < )ne nice farm, 103 acres, ten miles out, heavi ly timbered, good six room house. For Rent Two city farms One four room cottage. See SAM L. FORT, “King of the Soil” rhik ui;i x ,1:w always contains all the atestocal and foreign news. Subscribe now $1.00 ti V