The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 04, 1907, Image 3
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A SALE OF MATTING, RUGS
CARPETS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JUNE Till AND 8Ul
Remember the Date and Save Money
All of this line of goods has advanced since March and will
advance again July 1st.
Three pieces heavy China Matting, jointless, cheap on to
day’s market at 22 1 -2c, our sale price, 15c.
Seven pieces 90-pound Matting, China, cheap today at
25c, sale price, 19c.
Five pieces 180-thread warp Jap Matting, a good 25c
grade, 19c.
Remnants of Matting in lengths running from 3 yards up to
18 yards, suitable for hall, stairs, rugs, etc. at a big saving to
you.
Three bales more of those beautiful Matting Rugs, 36x72
inches for onl% 65c.
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Axminster Rugs, 36x72 inches, a regular $5.00 grade, in
one pattern only, Russian design, 19 of them for $2.98.
9x12 Tapestry Rugs, our regular $15.00 grade, best pat
terns woven, only eight of these, w hile they last, $ 12.50.
“Krex” Rugs and Art Squares
9x1 d Granite Rugs, large enough for a room and cheap at
$5.00, sale price, $3.90. Think of covering your room for
only $3.90!
One Velvet Carpet worth $1.50 yard, beautiful parlor pat
tern, made, lined and laid for only $1.19. A genuine bargain
for some one.
Remnants cf Velvet, Axmmster and Ingrain Carpets from
1 1 -2 to 15 yar2s each, at a saving to close.
Remember the Date--Friday amT ‘ June 7th and 8th. These prices are
for this date only.
Velvet Carpet, two pieces,
only 88c.
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MOTER'SMO LIFE,
Miner on Trial For Steunenberg
Crime a Deep Thinker.
WELL LIKED BY NEWSBOYS.
< W.C McARTHUR,
A
General Manager*
Incident at Denver That Showed Hie
Popularity Among Them —Wealthy
Woman’s Tribute to Him When Told
That He Was One of the Sights.
Charles Il^iry Moyer, president of
the Western Federation of Miners,
known to Boone (la.) friends as
"Charlie” Moyer, was l*orn In Roouo
county thirty-seven years ago, says a
Boone (la.) corresi»ondent of the New
York Herald. The family lived at
Quincy two years and then moved to
a farm of 180 acres on the Boone-Story
line, where they lived for many years.
At the age of two years Charles
Moyer, who is charged with complicity
in the murder of ex-Govemor Steu
nenberg of Idaho, was left motherless.
He was the youngest of seven children,
and the others eared for him during
his early life.
Mr. Moyer during boyhood was not
healthy. His‘father never insisted
that he do much of the farm work.
The boy was allowed to read or spend
the time about the home as he saw
fit. During these years be was al
ways reading, especially news or
stories of the western country. He
entered jthe employ of Clark Ltither
at the age of fourteen years, rhtyng his
pony in going about his work. After
quitting the employ of Mr; Luther and
when fifteen years of age he worked
for Frefi Mills, who lived near Boone.
His health did not improve greatly,
and he went west, first .to Wyoming,
then into the Dakotas, t\nd for some
time roamed ovea the nofcthwest as a
cowboy, studying'the country and peo
ple. He was ( between .sixteen and
eighteen years 6t age, but evinced in
terest in things that generally occupy
the minds t>f older persons. Tiring of
this life, he went to Chicago, hut did
not .like the city within a short
time returned to the western country.
Here he began mining and continued
at It many years. His first employ
ment was in the Homestead mine, in
Lead City, S. D. Here he remained
some time, when he was made the
president of the miners’ union which
was organised there.
He was afterward delegate to the
Western Fedoratloh of Miners In Den
ver and then organizer and ultimately
president of the federation. He has
been elected to this office time after
time. The rules of the federation are
that no one shall be elected to office
wbo Is not present in person. But two
years ago, when Moyer was in the bull
pen at Tellurlde, he was reelected by
acclamation, as he jra^ a j|ar ago,
when he was in jail in Boise City, Ida.
At the last meeting his picture was
placed In the president's chair and was
greeted with cheers.
Moyer has always been known as a
man of wonderful courage and at times
when a youngster would often display
a will of his own. He was a deep
thinker and often would sit In deepest
thought, as If trying to solve some
perplexing problem. Then he would
brighten up and start whistling, happy
in the success of his meditation.
Mrs. Bayne, his slster-ln-law, tells of
a little incident that occurred In Den
ver which showed the popularity of
Moyer among the newsboys. Mr. and
Mrs. Moyer and Mrs. Bayne were at
one of the large theaters of that city
one evening. The gallery was crowded
with newsboys. Soon after Mr. Moyer
entered he was spied by one of the
youngsters, wbo erted out "Waat Is
the matter with Moyer?” Instantly
scores of boys took up the yell, and
Moyer became the cynosure of all eyes.
When he was in prison in Cripple
Creek, a wealthy woman from Chica
go who was visiting in the west went
to the jail, having been told that hs
was one of the sights of Colorado.
The ceil door was opened, and this
woman stood and looked in upon him,
lorgnette at eye. She said, "I have
been told that you are one of the sights,
so I have come to see you.”
Mr. Moyer gently replied: “I am will
ing any one should look at me who
wishes to do so. I am sorry I am in
the center of the stage, but I cannot
help myself.”
The woman was so Impressed by his
gentlemanly manner and appearance
that she apologised several times, ex
pressing herself as covered with shame
and saying she would never again be
guilty of such an act. ‘T did not think
you were such a man as you are. I
thought of you as a sgrt of wild beast.
I am sure some mistake has been made
and you are not guilty of the" things of
which you are accused.”
Two wcbks before he was arrested
and taken out of Colorado for the al
leged murder of Governor Steunenberg
he visited his brother, S. F. Moyer of
Boone, and his sister, Mrs. Willard
Foster. While there he renewed old
acquaintances and spent several days
in Boone. He was suffering much
from asthma and was then in a crltica'
condition f>om the disease. A news
paper man in Interviewing him at that
time was Impressed with his sincerity.
"We are right, and we will win our
fight with the aid of that justice which
the constitution guarantees to every
American cl^zen. We will show the
people of this country that the West
ern Federation of Miners is not the
barbarous organization that tbgy have
been led to believe.”
Boone friends are watching the scene
of the battle with Interest, for all liked
Charlie Moyer, and hia relatives en
joy the confidence of the community.
All want to aee him have a fair trial
and if Innocent acquitted of the charge
against him.
EXPENSIVE CIGARS.
Cost $4 to $5, but Are Only Smoked on
Special Occasions.
A prominent tobacco importer of this
city was asked the other day whether
there was anything extraordinary in
the gift of $2.05 cigars sent to King
Edward VII. by Baron Rothschild.
The baron, It appears. Is accustomed
to send to the British ruler a box of
these expensive "smokes” once every
year. /
“That’s not a record price by any
means,” replied the importer.
He produced a box of enormous ci
gars, rich brown in color, with fancy
red bands around them. "These,” he
said, "retailed for $4 apiece.
"You can get them as high as $5,”
he added. "Look at tly? Havana price
list here. You see this one? It costs
wholesale, without duty, $1,550. The
duty is somewhere in the neighborhood
of 80 per cent. The cigar when we
get it will sell for $4. Our profit/there
fore will be more than 30 per cent.
However, we don’t have enough de
mand for such cigars to make a for
tune on them.
"The only time anybody buys such a
thing Is when he wishes to give it
away or to use it for some specially
elaborate dinner. For instance, the
other day a Wall street speculator had
a birthday, and several of his friends
came to me and bought these $4 cigars
to send to him. Each friend liought
only one. We wrapped up the cigars
In fancy paper and put them in ornate,
gilt lettered boxes for shipment to the
speculator. I remember, too, a dinner
given by a broker at which a dozen
of the cigars were distributed by the
host. «
"The guests at that dinner were in
hard luck. I know, for I saw the ef
fects of, a $4 smoke on one of my
friends’. I gave him one of the cigars
and watched him bum It up. The feat
required about two hours, and when
be was through he told me he felt
like a wreck. He said he’d stop smok
ing altogether if he had to use that
sort of a cigar regularly. No, it wasn’t
the strength—the high priced ones
usually are rather ffoild. It was t&e
time consume^ in cqntinuously'puffing
away at the tfyjng. Ordinarily even
the most inveterate smoker takes a
rest between cigars. In this case there
was no chance of stopping, unless he
wished to miss part of the treat."
The $4 cigar is about eight or nine
Inches long and proportionately bulky.
According to the dealer, Its value de
pends principally upon the length of
the tobacco leaf from ^bich It has
been rolled.
“Of couyse,” be said, “the tobacco is
of the best quality, but quality In small
leaves is plentiful. The difficulty is to
find a leaf of the size reqnlred and of
the proper quality at the same time. I
should say that the leaf for this cigar
measured about two feet.
"All the finest cigars come from
CuV.. We could get long leaves up In
Connecticut, but they wouldn’t be good
enougli F' e no doubt Cint there is
much tobacco of big sizes in the East
Indies, but there is no country that
rivals Cuba in the quality of its tobac
co crop. Undoubtedly the Rothschild
gif t > King Edward came from there.”
I yV.ontally he told of high priced
eighties. The most costly, be ex-
plume 1, was a domestic variety that he
s)ld f or vldO a thousand, 'or ten cents
upie •«>. There was no imported cigar-
et‘ costing so much, be said.
*Th’ .$100 a thousand sort,” he ex-
iduh.ed. “do not bring that price be
came of intrinsic quality, but largelj
' o 'lnse of the fancy j)ox In which they
are packed. They are larger in size
than the average, but not even an ex
pert could detect a superiority in qual
ity over many a cigarette costing Ifess
than half as much.”—New York Bust.
A Witch Story.
The recent death of Captain Ernest
Rhodes, a brother of the late Cecil
Rhodes, recalls a strauge story told by
Colonel Frank Rhodes, says' London
Tit-Bits. A few years ago Cecil
Rhodes turned a Matabele witch off
his estate In South Africa In conse
quence of some offense, and the old
hag, with hatred in her eyes, shrieked
out, "Thy days on earth shall be short
and two of those who follow thee!”
Curiously enough, five years have seen
three members of the Rhodes family
die shortly after taking possession of
the Dalham estate. Cecil Rhodes paid
$500,000 for the property and only vis
ited the ball once. It Is probable that
the witch story is only a variant of
the legend which has attached to Dal-
bam Hall for years. The place has al
ways brought sudden death or misfor
tune to its owners. This is attributed
to the fact that the mansion was built
on the site of a famous monastery,
which was looted and plundered at the
time of the reformntlc - . Misfortune
dogged the steps of the Affleck family,
from whom Dalham was purchased by
Cecil Rhodes.
The Zionist Movement.
The eighth Zlonhstic congress will be
he!d at Boston in August. In a call
Issued by the Rev. Dr. J. L. Magnus
it is stated that this will !>e “the first
real Balestinean congress of the move
ment.” The call also says: “All differ
ences ns to the fundamental prluclpl.s
go\ erniug the movement have been
settled. The work of real construction
for and In Balestine has been l>eg,jn.
The eighth congress will therefore be
an important one. Inasmuch as Pales
tine will be the center of actual inter
est.” Dr. Max N’ordnn. cn the other
hand, says that the differences in the
ranks of the Zionists have never been
greater than now. and the American
Israelite, showing its opposition to
the un-American movement, says:
"That the Zionists can be a power for
evil they have demonstrated at the
Hebrew ^Jnlon college. Now let them
point to tame good that they have ac
complished.”
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