Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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We will make, line and lay Carpets for a short while until the Spring rush is on without extra charge. Clothing, Hats, Shoes and Furnishings. Easter comes very early this year, so we have in not , ready for inspection, a splen White Goods at Special F rices. Owing to the “slow freights,” we have received many special things in Laces since our “February White Sale” was advertised ; so we have decided to continue the special prices on what we have left and what has arrived since our sale at special prices until March 1st Skirts. Special showing of Ladies’ and Misses’ new Skirts in Voiles and Mixtures. Shirt Waists. New Shirt Waists from 48c to $1.24. Worth one-third more. did line of two and three piece suits for Men, Youths and Boys. New and Nobby—just from the manuf.tctu er-. Hats—“Stetson,” “No Name,” “Howard” and our own desigusof newstyles just in* We can please you. Shoes—“Dunlap,” “Barry. . ■>« two names are small, but they mean a great deal in correct Shoes. See us for new styles. We always have them if we do not advertise them. / Complete line off Groceries at the right price. CARROLL & BYERS. / Gaffney, South Carolina. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ DOG POINTED A LION. Ail Game Looked Alike to This Mucky Little Fox Terrier. * , The following incident is perfect ly true and absolutely unique: As a member of a colonial mount- ad corps, the British South Africo police of Mashonaland, Rhodesia, South Africa, it fell to my lot in April, 1903, to enumerate for offi cial statistics the white residents of Eusapi district, which is 180 miles •outheast of Salisbury, the capital, and sixty-four miles west of Umta- li, near the Portuguese border. It ▼as upon my return journey to the main camp that the following dog feculent occurred: On the 18th day of April about 4 p. m. 1 reached an outlying farm house close to the railway and in the vicinity of very suggestive look ing hills. As I knew the owner, 1 decided to outspan there for the night. My horse having been sent to water with a native boy, the tanner and I entered the house. In a few minutes a Mashona herd boy dashed in unceremoniously, crying: ‘‘Baas! Baas! A lion is down near the cattle!” After questioning the hoy, who was much excited, we set off, accompanied by a fox terrier, and upon arriving where the cattle were grazing we at once found his majesty’s spoor (track), which we followed until lost on the hard ground. After searching the most likely ■laces we gave up hope of finding aim and, turning about, headed for home. After crossing a vlei (open grass land) we entered a thick bush and proceeded a short distance. Then I missed the dog and, looking hack, descried him pointing in the orthodox style, the hair on his back fiercely bristling and body as rigid as a statue. Retracing my footsteps and looking over the bushes where he was, imagine my complete sur prise to behold a magnificent lion, full length, with face toward me, barely fifteen paces off. At sight of me he growled softly, and then I shouted, “There he is!” But by tii v time my friend had run up and T -1 recovered from my surprise 1r, n was bounding off, much to h p TaAgrin of my friend. The bush tui-eVC* lOf Grip !*• w e tooli and we had to fire at ran he got clear away, to say a few choice epi- [•e slung at me by the other it all happened very ^ 1 was totally unprepar- ^a close view. Moving ( tubscrlbt for Th$ ^ bushes* we found ^■HJanf-a cents the seed the skin and entrails of a sheep, which had been devoured, bearing out the statement that the lion will not eat the intestines of his prey. All this time the dog was jumping around and at last started off on the trail, and we had a hard job to get him back. The evening was getting dark, and we had no wish to meet the lion among the hush in the dark. After reaching home the farmer-placed some strychnine on a piece of meat and placed it on the veldt, but our visitor did not return that night. It is not often a dog has the op portunity to point such royal game. Talking about dogs, I remember seeing an Irish terrier rout out a. hedgehog, and there ensued a ter rific onslaught, ending in the death of the spiuey one and leaving Box er, the terrier, lull of quills, which I plucked, much to his discomfort. —Forest and Stream. No Infallible Success Rules. Power to see the future has a cer tain place in business, an exceeding ly humble one, however. It is em ployed professionally by some la dies and gentlemen at an average price of about a dollar a sitting. They can see things afar off, but not the landlord who is coming up the stairs to throw them out or the policeman who is coming around the corner to run them in. Presci ence and clairvoyance have no place in the equipment of men who are able to make a living in less hazardous and persecuted callings, says Will Payne in Everybody’s. There are plenty of infallible rules for success. Some men who have succeeded are rather fond of lay ing them down for the guidance of the young, but nobody, least of aii ffheir authors, ever infallibly suc ceeded by them. Cuneiform Writing. On the old Babylonian and Per sian monuments there were wedge shaped characters, or arrow headed or nail headed characters, as they were sometimes called, which con stituted what was known as cunei form writing. After the reign of Alexander the Great this writing became obsolete. The Persian cu neiform writing contains sixty let ters and the Assyrian GOO to 700 characters, partly alphabetic. The most celebrated inscription in cunei form writing is that in the ancient city of Behistun, Persia, cut on the fece of a rock 1,700 feet high and recording part of the history oi Darius.—Argonaut MOVING PICTURES. Amusing Experiences of the Men Who Produce Them. Did you ever thiuk how many, man> feet of film pass through the machine that produces the moving pictures used nowadays in the vaudeville nousesV Of, course this depends entirely on the length of the entertainment, but usu ally about 1,000 feet of him are used in every performance. This film costs 8 to 12 < ents a foot, an item of expense so larj, r e that the many sets of pictures are sent over the whole circuit of houses, just as the actors and actresses, the dancers, the comedians and other entertainers are sent. There’s an interesting story in the way these pictures are f -ocured, espe cially those that depict a chase after an escaping convict, the pictures you see while the orchestra plays the quick, exciting music and some one back of tbe stage is doing things that make it seem sure enough, when shots are heard—also l ack of the stage—and you see little puffs of smoke in the picture while the convict gallops along over hill and valley, splashes through stream, falls off bridges, climbs fences and finally drops exhausted and Is re captured and led back to prison, head bung low, bis face wearing a look of dejection. Life would never seem quite the same if Mike should change the chase music. It has become a part of the show business that people have a right to demand. The firms that produce moving pic tures have regularly organized the; t- rical companies. There are rehears t, just as In a theater. The men and wom en really speak the words of tbe play or scene, and when the performance is perfect the photographing machine takes the pictures^ Wh<*re some one falls off a house or bridge or down the side of a canyon a dummy figure is used, and tbe section of film that would betray that fact (s cut out. Once In a very great while these trick changes are awkwardly done, and then the au diences laugh. When a chase is to be photographed the men or women and the crowd—and the dog—actually go over the course that you see in the picture. It Is all arranged beforehand, so that the law abiding Inhabitants don’t be come nermus and Interfere. Some times tbe arrangements are Imperfect It was so one day recently. A New York company was making a series of chase pictures In which a man was dressed In prison stripes and was try ing to escape. A policeman wbo bad not be4n notified Joined In and made things interesting with a regulation po lice revolver. It was due only to the proverbial poor marksmanship that tbe pictures were procured without the “convict” being killed. One of tbe peculiar features about moving pictures is that a blustery, windy day usually Is selected for mak ing the pictures. Trees may be seen swaying* skirts finttcring and hatg roll ing down the street. It’s the aetiou they want, and the wind produces It. In “The Escape From Slug Sing,’’ which is’one of tbe popular chases pro duced by the moving picture machine, a number of'the pictures were taken on the roofs In New York city. This is one of the most exciting chases. The criminal may be seen leaping from roof to roof, while people lean from win dows and shoot at the fleeing man. In getting the proper effects the promot ers were compelled to resort to many schemes. RevolveV shots in the down town portion of New York would have caused no end of trouble. As a substi tute the men in the windows wbo were supposed to do the shooting threw handfuls of flour. This produced the effect of smoke, and the picture was a success.—Kansas City Star. Carlyle In Italy. In a recent number of Poesia, a magazine published at Milan by the poet Signor F. T. Marinetti in the in terest of the extreme impressionists of Italy, there are printed two short pieces of verse by Carlyle and his wife, which the editor vouches for as “aaso- lutamente Inediti.” He does not state how the manuscripts came into his possession. The spelling of these pieces is quite amazing, but an Italian com positor and neither Thomas nor Jane W. Carlyle can be responsible for that. The lady proves herself a better versi fier than tbe philosopher, who is rep resented as singing: Wath is man? A foolish baby; Vainly strives and fights and feta. Demanding all, deserving nothing. One small grave la what he gets. The sentiment is perfectly Csrlylese, and “fets” is delightful. The poems are turned into Italian, which Is bet ter than the original English, by Zaira Vitale.—London Mail. Garden Hints For February. Put soil In good condition by break ing eight or ten Inches deep. Sow In hot beds, early Cabbage. Beets. Let tuce, Radish, Egg Plant, Tomatoes and Pepper. From middle to last of month sow in open ground, early Peas. Kale, Beet Splnoch, Carrot, Raddish and Paisly. Set out Onion Sets. Early planting of Potatoes can he made. Some gardeners wonder why their neighbor has nicer vege tables than thev can raise. Often the trouble Is In the seed. They spare no expense nor pains in fertilizing and cultivating but overlook the all important matter of the quality of their seed. We guarantee our seed to be sound and of pure selected strain. New seed just arrived. GAFFNEY DRUG CO. — Try a bottle of “Nature* Cough Remedy” and a box of “Grip Tablets” for that cough and cold. If they don t cure the Gaffney Drug Co. will re fund your money. Is that fair? Costfc nothing If thev don’t cure. —6ne 50c bottle Nature'# Cough Rerr. :dy will put an end to that coug 3—no cure, no pay. Gaffney Druf Co. Tbe Only Semi«Weekly Newspaper in South Carolina At SI .00 READ THE LEDGER. FOR ALL THE LATEST COUNTY, STATE AND FOREIGN NEWS THE LEDGER x Is The Best Advertising Medium ln]> Upper South Carolina / It enjoys the LARGEST CIRCULATION in the Fifth Congressional District of South Carolina and has A LARGER CIRCULATION In Cherokee County Than Any Other Paper Its subscription li«t is a bona fide one, each t-ubscriber being paid in advance. The cir culation is in no sense padded and names are lifted from the list whenever time paid for expires, thus savinf the annoyance incident to dunning the people for back subscription. In other words, it reaches the people who have money to buy what they want. Tilt Wise Advertiser Will Take Tire Hint! / r- m V- ; . ,