Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Letter, Note Bill Hads Or any other kind of Job Work Neatly and promptly excutcd at the Times Job Office. Beef, Mutton, Port -?INT SEASON AT 4. II. G. BAILEY'S BEEF MARKET I als j handle Frc-h Vegetable aiv a full line of Ilcavy and Fancy Grc cerics. First Class Restauran With polite servants. When i need of an\thing call on t -r t?<k i~i. u. JDaney HERE YOU ARE J. T. SEXTOS IS HEADQUARTERS Fjll ? Heavy and Fancy Groceries Fruits and Vegetables. Fresh Bread Always 01 Hand. BACON, FLOUR, HAMS. canned goods and fresh garden vegetable: at LOUIS D. SMITH The Housekeeper's Friend. DON'T. Buy your coal till you have seen us We are strictly "in it" and will gi\ the trade the benefit. Bear in min that when you buy coal from us yo will not get dust and dirt. Respectfully, McLURE & GILBERT. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons having claims against tli estate of K. M. Litlhjoho are herel notified to present the s,niie j>roperly a tested to the undersigned, and all pei sons indebted to said estate must inak prompt settlement. Reiki C. Lit llejohn. 24-4t. Administratrix. S. MEANS BEATY, ATTORXEV AT I.AW. Rooms No. JI and 15 Foster I3uil< ing. DR. J. GARNER, Physician a ad Sukoeon. Will practice medicine in all of i branches. Office in front of c<>uit hon* residence on South street, l'lione N< 05. 4-ly. J. FRED ricLURE. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Will practice in all courts. Ollic corner Main and Judgment struts. AGENTS WANTED?For "The Lil and Achievements of Admin Dewey," the world's greatest navi hero. By Murat Hulstend, th lifelong friend and admirer of Hi nation's idol. Biggest and bet hook ; over 500 pages, 8x10 inches nearly HX) pages halftone 11 lustre lions. Only $1.50. Enormous d< mand. Big commissions. Outti free. Chance of a lifetime. Writ quick. The Dominion Companj Brd floor Caxton Bldg., Chicago. Fresh Glenn Springs Water. 1 have regular shipments of Glen Springs water at 20 cents per gallor J. C. iiuiitei. i \ HAMILTONS / /\ ROMANCE. A O H W Xr^ strange WINTER. [Copyright. 1S09. by the Author.] V ??: , - , -~-=: The result of this chance meetingai: con versa tion with an utter stranger wi that Mary went straight away to a ee tain school of typewriting and at o.o< entered herself as a pupil for the cntii f coarse, and then she act herself to wor t She was an apt pupil. Her well ha anced mind, tinged by disappointiuei and trouble, lint unruffled by the grea or passions of life, quickly grasped tl intricacies of tho curious dots ai i dashes which seem so mysterious ai , confusing to tho majority of mortal She made rapid progress, and before tl six months which she had allowed he self for her pn pi la go had come to i o end she found herself established iu tl office of a small (inn of brokers at salary of l.> shillings a week. It was of course but a beginnin Still it was a beginning, and Mary In (accepted it gladly, both for what brought her and as an earnest of bett things to come. And each evening win sho had left the office and had had t at the nearest X. Y. Z. shop she we off to the school and worked hard at li shorthand. A few months more saw her in dilien t circumstances, for she left the iii of brokers and engaged herself to lawyer of largo practice, who paid h 30 shillings a week and treated h pleasantly into the bargain. After no; ly a year in this office her employer sn " denly died, and she was thrown out work. Not that sho was destitute?by means. She had lived carefully, alnn * frugally, keeping always in mind t possibility of a rainy day in time ~~ come. Sho took a week's holiday a spent it at Doverconrt, where she sat the glorious sea, basking in golden sr shine and the keen brisk air. reveli in novels and drinking in a full supj of health and strength, which wot last her for at least a year to come. Among the books she had taken do^ with her was one which had been h to her by In r one intimate friend, t girl Lucy Chalmers, who had ffrst giv her information about the life and < reer of a typist. Mary had been th golden days by the sea ere sho began read it It was called "A Lover's C'r< of Love." 1L 1? ill 11 Mir* L impt'MSIUlU IUI Iliu iw the effect that this story hnd upon Mi Celt way. It was a story of passion p sionately written 't was fervid, full life and stir and color, and it was cl< and iv}iuhwiie"jJi> ..t'A'k' w*Vrlnalf t in imagination who was yet full common sense and sound judgment, fascinated, enthralled, amazed her. went to bed and dreamed of it. She read it over again several tii S during the rest of her week's holidi leaving the other hooks unread after 1 first glance into their, to her, meanii less pages. During those few days i lived with it. Then she went back to London, f was feeling stronger and more rea ' - .// '1 1 y ' re it fascinated, enthralled, amazed tie free just then than she had overdone all her life before. She was independe she .stood face to face with the world, ? is true, but it was no longer a world which sho was afraid. She stood fi h pun her own feet. She owed not a pi ny to any man. Her first errand was to go to a gr j. shop where typewriters are sold. "I wish to put my name down your books," she said. "As typist?" "And stenographer." "What is your speed?" "One hundred and twenty," si Mary, with quiet assurance such as c ried conviction with it. "You are used to our machines?' "Yes; I have used no other." ? "Well, if von will give me yo name and address, I will let you kn< if anything suitable offers itself." "Thank yon?Mrs. Conway, 301 W lington street, Bloomsbury." The cleik wrote down the name a ? pddresa, and Mary turned to go. "] the bye," he said, "I don't know if y I wouldn't bo just the one for a gent 1 uian now on our list. Let me see " | turning over the pages of a big book 0 ; " 'Lady?not young girl?quiet?mi 9 , have speed over 100.' Yon miuht | and see this gentleman. I'll give you 1' card. It in Mr. Alan Stacey, the nov l" 1st." "The author of 'A Lover's Creed 'k Lovel' " cried Mary, breathlessly. ,e r> CHAPTER VIII. ALAN STACKY, THK NOVKI-I8T. Jt was with a beating heart fill with nervousness and apprehension th n Mary Conwuy fonnd herself waiting i. the honso of Alan Stacey, the novelii inJKn|haiu. 1 11' was evidently a somewhat old hinso and was inclosed in a high walled | garden. It was at the jpate of this garden doer that she waited patiently after > giving a hum bio ptill at the handlo of the bell. : neh as she wonld not have given at the door of a duke. At last she rang again, and then her summons attracted attention. She heard footsteps on the other side of the door, and then it was Hung open, and a man in the usual? decorous garb of a servant stood to hear what sho wanted. "Does Mr Alan Stacey livo beret' ? she asked. Kl "Yes. ma'am." [13 "Is he at home?" * "Mr. Stacey is not cat. ma'am." the man replied, "but ho does not usually I see any one at this hour. Mr. Stacey is l{ in his study, ma'am." . "Stil1 1 think ho will sro me. " said i,t Mmy. eagerly, "if you will give him ^ 1 tl.is card. " i "Walk this way. ma'am." said the j,j num. taking the card between bis linger 1(j and thumb in the peculiar manner of a ; well trained servant. n i .i *1. . - jy i i 1 I I ne u*ii iiiu way uowa a uruau nagg'.u j pathway which led to the lion.se. It v.:s : covered by a kind of veranda, and cn lu'; either side a charming garden spread #i ' until bounded by the old wall It was a charming garden, rich in ancient. tr mossy turf and gay with many flowers ^ i All manner of creepers intwined thein ^ selves about tlie pillars which supported (<r the sheltering roof overhead, and great ! hydrangeas bloomed at the bases of ea ' thvm . nt j Tho honso was long and low, had cr I long windows opening like doors and a wide veranda running its entire length. This veranda was paved with brilliant colored tiles, on which were Hung hero . j and there rich looking rugs. Iluge easy ' chairs, wicker tables and a hammock made a plea sari lounge, and there were 1V llowering plants everywhere. , "Will you take a seat here, ma'am?" said the man, indicating a largo chair. "I will inquire if Mr. Stacey will see no >'on*" )sj. Mary sat down, and ho disappeared j)0 ; into the house. She sat drinking in the t ) i pleasant scene, doubly pleasant after j tho arid stretches of Bloomsbury brick j)V and mortar, to which she was aceusj* toined. To her it seemed like a sylvan ' retreat far, far away from the rush and turmoil of cities where strife lives. She lid t'oub1. hear her first acquaintance, tho servant, speaking and a man's tones answering: "All right. 1 11 coino out, said the lit , . . , man s voice. The next moment 11 tall man in light L gray clothing canioout l>y the window Mary was in Alan Stacev's presence. I "Mrs. Conway," he said, looking at the card in his hand and then at her. "e Mary sprang to her f?. t. "Yes, I am ,, Mrs. Conway," she said tremulously. . "Messrs. lilooniingby thought that I should suit you. " "As a typist?" "And stenographer," she added UU?U, .. ( j kindly and himself pulled a chair near jt enough to talk with ease. "What is She yor,r speed as a shorthand writer?" "A hundred and twenty." u "Good I You look intelligent, which is more to the point. IIuvo you been the iin5* author before?" "No," answered Mary; "I have been sj^e with a solicitor, and that, of course, was work needing great care and pre,j)0 cision." ,, "Ah, yes! And why did you leave y him?" "I did not leave him," she replied. "Unfortunately for me, I10 died." "I see. Do you think you would like my kind of work?" "Yes," said she promptly. "I am not very easy to work with. I'm no prnnltotlv aa moot li f ... ..m v?n/wmvwvj ??k3 iiu;qv viiH l lilUKU J i men." Mr. Htacey said. "I have just got rid of a man. an excellent fellow, for no reason than that ho sat on the edgo of his chair and waited. I would bv--' havo forgiven him many things, but r his waiting becaino oppressive. It killed t every idea 1 had. Before that I had a D, young lady. She knew Shakespeare by ^ heart and could quote Xenophon, but jr"; she would mend my copy as she went on" ? 22* "Ob, bow dared she?" Mary burst out Mr. Stycey looked at her with a vague sense of amusement. "I assure . you, Miss?well, never mind her name; I,1 it is immaterial, but Miss Blank w?; will call lier?thought very small potatoes of me. 1 can't write hy hand. I've got writer's cramp,-and I have alII,1 ways a terrible lot of work in band. If LU* I bad gone on with Miss Blank, I should have been as dead as a doornail by tliis time. She could not do my ? work without ironing it out as she ou went along, so that every vestige of stylo and individuality was eliminated pniimlntnl v '' vv...r.w.v.j . Mary gave a littlo gasp. "But, 1 thought she took down what yon dic141 tatert," sho said almost breathlessly. ur* "Yes, lmt if she saw what she thought was on error she was always kind enough to inend it for me." paid Alan Btacey, smiling at the remembranu*. lTnf "She knew just a little too much for jW me. She must have been overeducatod or something. My last helper had, on e'* the contrary, no ideas. He had a notehook and a sharp pointed lead pencil, nd When I was in form, iio wafc excellent. By When I had to get a certain amount ?>f ?o copy turned out by a certain time and le* 1 hadn't so much as the ghost of an idea #' in mylieud, he used to sit on tho edge ? of a chair waiting till I did get an idea. If he would have read tho newspaper, H? gone to sleep, walked about tho garden; 1 n if he would have yawned even. I should cd- not iiave minded, but he never did. He said once it was all in the day's work whether he worked or waited So, when I couldn't work, ho waited. 1 had to get rid of him. I found him an excellent billet and swore I would never have another helper of any kind. Then my hand ed came in and said 'No; I'm hanged if at you shall tiso me. I'm delicate.' Sol at pent to Blooniingby's. So now, Mrs. Cosit, way. jmvL-goo what kind of man lam tv? deal ?rr rvcics -irrit;:blc. almost eccentric." * "I am not afraitl." said Mary. Finiliug. This man was wholly delightful to her. surrounded l>v a halo or romance. still young. strong, nneouveuI tional and wholly human. "Ilavo yon seen any of my work V he uslfud. -1 have read the 'Lover's Creed a , down times at least." she answered "Ali! Then you will to a certain extent understand me. 1 should need yon from It) to '? each day. Well, not on Saturday afternoons. That goes without : paying." "I ani ready." said Mary. "You would lunch here?by the bye. ! whore do you live?" : "In Blonmskury.' | "That's a far cry. " "1 should seek for rooms in this neighborhood," she said quickly. "1 am tint wedded to my present quarters.' "Still better. Yon are married. Mrs ! Cosway?" "My name is Conway." she said j gently "I atn a widow." "Oh. forgive me! One likes to know everything. Have von children [TO UK CONTINUED.] Sick head ache i wiatl ou the stomach. I b'.li -ufncs1, nause?, p.re quickly cured ! I y a ft-w d( si a of Dr, M. A. Simn one ; L ver Medicine. The platform of the Kentucky Democrats lias the ring of true metal The dargsrs ol a malarial atmosi plnre may be averted by t CMsionnlly ! taking J)r. M. A. Simmoua Liver | Medici no. i The war tox cannot be dispensed with under Republican rule. DoWill's Little Esrly Risers bec! . P . ,l_ rp| 1 1 I e.i> permaueuuy, a uvy icu*? afcsblniKc to nature, causing no pains or weakness, permanently curing coni ftipation and liver ailments. Sold by ; F. C. Duke. President McKinley has not yet ' told the country what we are fighting j for in the Philip ines. E. F. Kenemur, Pickens, S C. writes: l)r. M. A, Simmons Liver ; Medicine ha9 for ten years greutly i benefitted mo and many othors. 1 think it abettor medicine than B ack Draught; use it in preference as it is | m'lder, yet nnre efficient. { A movement is on foot to organize j a national anti-trust league. It ! ought to include in its membership I - all outside of the trusts. ; DeWitt'a Little Early Risers exi. pel from the system all poisonous accumulations, regulato the stomach, bowels and liver, and purify the blood. They drive away disease, dissipate melancholy, and give health and vigor f>r the daily routine. Do not gripe cr sicken. It will require a good many Ivlon1 dikes to supply the new demand for gold created by India and Japan coining into the field as competitors i for that metal. Thomas Rhoads, Cenferfield, O., write-: "I suffered from piles seven or eight years. No remedy gave me relief until DeWilt'd Witch Hezd , Salve, less than ono lv>x of which permanently cured me." Soothing, healing, perfectly harmless. Beware of counterfeits. Sold by F. C. Duke President McKinlcy's timidi'y about issuing a call for volunteers to fight in an unholy cause demonstrates that lie has not yet concluded that the American people are totally depraved. A disoasul stomach surely und?p-; mines health. It dulls the brai.. kills energy, destroys the ncrvoue system, and predisposes to insanity and latal diseas 8. All dyspep*jj troubles are quickly cured by Kodol r* r*. i * -i x^jrp|,e:j?!sm. VvUlU. it uas cured 111! u sands of cases and is curing them ev< r y day. Its iugredients are such that it em't help curing. Slid l>y F. C Duke. ? . tlanna will have to put a check upon the cupidity of the gold trust and induce it to let up on its work for a year or so or the silver issup may become acute again next year. It is Perfectly Reliable. "We have told many difLreut cough remedies, hut none has given better satisfaction than Chamberlain's," says Mr. Charles HoViauer, Druggist, ! Newark, N. J. "It is perfectly safe and can be relied upon in all cases of coughs, colds or boarsencs?." Sold by Dr. F. C. Duke. Anchor cotton mills is the name selected by the corporators of the new cotton mill for Newberry. It is j proposed to make the capital stock $2f>0,000. Efforts thus far in getting subscriptions have been very successful, and a large portion of the necessary amount has been pledged. Everybody in Newberry who. can ought to tako stock in this enterprise# NEVER TOI TOBI S. S. S. is a Great Blessing to :Old People. It Gives Them but it New Blood and Life. ?* oi'a b?s from which tl the remedy which will keep their systen m thoroughly removing a! /rfil new streuKLh aud 1 lut the appetite, builds uj jffifo-'frtgiving blood throughout " I am seventy years ol well again. I took a dou completely, and I am hi I feel as well as I ever Mr. J. W. Loving, of Colquitt. Ga., say oen years I suffered tortures from a lie my skin. I tried almost every known re fulled one h\* one. iind T was told that II sixtveix. was against me, and that I ci to be well again. I finally took S. S. S., my blood thoroughly, and now I am in S. S. S. FOR THE is the only remedy which can build up old people, because it is the only one whir free from potash, mercury, arsenic ami minerals.# It is made from roots and lit in it. S R S. cures the worst cases of fici Tetter, Open Sores. Chronic UlcerS, Soils, ' Books on these diseases will bo sent free The gold combination can afford to contribute liberally to the Republican campaign tund next year because the success of the Republican patty in this country is absolutely necessary to the success of the gold trust iti completing an industrial conquest of the world. ? ^ An Epidemic of Diarrhoea. Mr. A. Sanders, writing from Co c auut Grove, Kb rida, frays there has bceu qu te an epidemic of diarrhoea 0 there. He had a severe attack and ? wis cured by four dos's of Chamber- A 1 tin's Colic, Cholera ar.d D.arrloei ^ Remedy. lie sajs he also lecum- ^ mended it to others and theytny it it h the best medicine they ever ustd. For sale by Dr. F. C. Duke. . ?,?. , New York paid dearly for lier \ Fourth of July frolic. The number ' i of killed is reported to be three, the . injured 1,074, loss by fireworks 11 - *i&u,ono. ^ , An 'Epidemic of Whooping Cough e , Hist winter during an epidt mic of ? whooping cough my children con* 11 trade J the disease, having severe c coughing 3pe 11a. We had used Cham- ^ berlain's Cough Itemed y veiy sue? f ccs-fully for croup and naturally turned to it at that time and found it relieved the cough and effeoted a com. plete cure.?John E. Clifford, p o urietor Norwood House, Norwood, N. Y. This remedy is f,r sale by Dr, 1 F. C. Duke. ? ? Gen. Joe Wheeler and his son i Major Joe Wheeler are going to the t Philippines. There'll be a hot time r at the Wheeler end of the fighting line, i Pleasure and a Duty. I consider it not only a pleasure hut a a duty I owe to mv ??'t _ - - fc..wv,.o ?y.? | about the wonderful cure tffeoted in J , my caa3 by tne timely use of C rnrr.berlain's Colic. Cholera and D arrh ea Remedy. I was taken very badly with flux and j r icurod a b ttle ol this remedy. A few <lose3 of itcf* fected a permanent cura. I tuke pleasure in rtcommer.diug it to others h buffering from that dreadful disease. i> ?J. W. LvkV?, Dorr, W. Va. This I remedy ia sold by Dr. F, C. Duke. fi Mr. Bellinger and Mr. Gunter are R searching authorities to ascertain if Malt Extract comes under the (lis- ~ pens ary restrictions. The beer privi- , lege men claim that it is a first rate I substitute for beer, and should not ' come in competition with their business. Kentucky Saddle Stallion, Jr. I a - - s-;aiii)i-kk ia ft beautiful mahogony bay, 1G hands high. \Vr.g bred by Neal Harland, of Hawkins county, Tenue&rC?, and was sired by old "Saddler," from Clark county, Kentucky; J he by "Jim Wallace"; he by McDon* aids Halcrom"; dam James Scott's preoiimn saddle marc; 1st. dam by "Brauk", bred by T. 0. Van meter, (,1 I^exington, Kentucky; 2nd, dam by ft Thomas McDonalds Saddle Stallion: [] ho combined the blood of old 4,C >pper j < Bottom" with that of the best racing blood of Kentucky. 1st, dam by "Martinette" and "Alborax." Will stand at Union, Lockhart and West Springs. Fee SI0 JOHN T. R03E. ^ si a I m ?ut i>Ain ',<>ok ?f i">r Uttthttii ?rr.."wr??a' OSiI WANlfHUi ilt UlWH, WN rw 3 OLD ~ E CURED. A Re does not. necessarily mean feebleness and ill health, and nearly all of the sickness among people can he avoided. Most elderly 3 aro very susceptible to illness, ; is wholly unnecessary. By keepi pure they can fortify themselves ipo three-fourths of the ailments Iipv Kiiffpr so crenerallv. S. S. S. is is young, by purifying the blood, I waste accumulations, and impartife to the whole body. It increases > tha energies, and sends new life,> the entire system P7 Broadway, South Boston, writes: J. and had not. enjoyed good health was sick in different ways, and in terribly on one of my legs. The count of my age, I would never be '.on bottles of S. S. S. and it cured me sppy to say that iry eruption />n medy, but they W iy age, which is JjBW" )ul<l never hope tjgPwS \j? |f/\ and it cleansed BLOOD other^damaging rbs, and has no chemicals whatever rofula. Cancer. Eczema. Rheumatism, or any other disease of the blood, by Swift Specific Co., Atlanta. Qa. [ teie: H Ml WORLD, TIKICK-A-WEEK EDITION. Practically a Daily at the Price of a Weekly. ti.. i : ?_ i no si/iKiug uuu imj' jrinni events f the last year have established the verwhelraing value of The Thrice-Week World to every reader. Vtrau almost nominal sum it has ;ept its 8uhacriber8 informed of the irogres3 of ail our wars and, moreover, ias reported In in as promptly and ally as if it were a daily. With our aterestB still extending throughout ho world, with our troops operating n the Philippines, and the great 'residential campaign, too, at hand, v ts value is further increased. The motto of TueThrice a Week Vorld is improvement. It strives ach year to be better than it was the ear before, aud public confilence in t is shown by the fact that it now cirulates more than twico as many paters every week as any other newstaper, not a daily, published in ^metioa. We offer this uncqualcd newspaper nd The Times together one year for >1 50. ICE ^ I have jyst received a car of ice and vill continue to handle it throughout lie ssaaon. 'RICES AXD WEIGHT r.llIRANTFPn .. - v. V 1 m DELIVERIES MADE PROMPTLY. Thanking the public fjr their past uitronage I ask a continuance of the ame. U. P. Murphy, 17-iod. Photographs! Photographs! Fetersou <& Bernhardt, the Spartanurg Photographers, are now working n the new gallery in Cap*. A. H. Foster's building in Uniou. Work as ue as any in America. Absolute xtis'action guaranteed. Call soon nd have vour pictures taken. 19?1F. CONTRACTORS' ^BUILDERS'^ fviILL SUPPLIES. C^S'lDQi. " vuiuinnB nna L'liAQ. I IJ..JiKot>?*. W'MjrhtB Tanks, Towers, Ao. Wlro.itnl Manila l(?po, Hoisting Engine# - 1 Pump#, Jacks, Uoi i Ioks, Crabs, Chain and r o !!..!? ? t at( Ji'ivrv Day. flake Quick Delivery. OMBARD1R0M WORKSS SUPPLY CO. A I'fllJST A, OA. Dr. C. W. AUSTELL, Physician and Surgccn, Offers Kis professional pprvice* Jo ih jieop'e i f Union. OtBoo in hank ui'ding. Leave oal'e at Union nv Co. store or ring up l'hj; e No. [) for prompt service. 15 41. / CROWN TORRENCE, M. 0., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. fllco and spartmenis over Duke's Drug Stora.