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■> _ . . ... ■ . : The Gaffney ledger. A NEWtPAPCft IN ALL THAT THB WORD IMPLIKft AND DSVOTBD TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. dP5*8TABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. OAFFNEY, 8. O, TUESDAY, JUNE 23. 1908. •140 A YEAR. MOTHER, THE SENTI- N4L ON THE TOWER. SPENDS MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS OVER LOVED ONES. No Suffering too Great, or sacrifice Too Costly por Her to Make For Her Children. Wilkinsville, June 19.—If our infor mation is correct regarding crop pros pects in the west, there can be no doubt but that cotton will command of housewifery by assuming the re sponsibilities of the home affairs during her absenot-. She will excuse your inexperience and short comings (if you have any) more readily and gratefully than the surly man who takes you for a wife thinking you bnow all about house keeping when you have never had an opportunity to learn. Let your moth- NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST, EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER OKEE. j eellent family will be away so long. ] and ar e truly glad that it is their pur- I pose to return to Gaffney when the 1 doctor’s term at the hospital has I ended. J On the first Sunday in July at 4 o'clock Rev. E. G. Ross will preach a memorial sermon at the Limestone l Street M. E. church in memory of the late Frank Deal and Dock Phil- 0. THIS SHOOTING WAS JOSTIFIAOIE DEPUTY SHERIFF MILLER ACT ED WITH PRUDENCE. er know she has some one In her home who will carry on her work ;R«cent Happening in an<» Around ”P S - ^ h o were members of the J just as punctually and carefully as an d othor Evonts Gath-i .’ V Th<? is oordiallj in she herself would do and you well; | ' 1 have no trouble in getting her to go; by • Loa Editor ^ ^jj>. will Scruggs and Miss Myrtle out and seek some of the world’s; Rev. Geo. Ratchford filled his re- Ellis were united in marriage at the pleasurers. Let your bright eyes, ; gular appointment at Salem last Sun-, h ome o£ ^ ^de in Gaffney Sunday strong arms and nimble feet take the. day. | afternoon Rev. E. G. Ross perform-1 killed Joseph L. Gibson in the act of 1 place of hers in the performance of 1 the household duties. The world (or, ^ iDform ed the baliffs yes He Was Discharged. Preliminary Hearing Before judge Betts Re sults in Exoneration. GAFFNEY WON FROM LORAY. One of the Snappiest Games of th« Season at Gastonia. In one of the snappiest games of the season the Gaffney base ball club defeated the strong Loray club of Gastonia by the score of 4 to 0. The line up of the home club was one of the best of the season and the boye left home with “victory” as their motto and nothing short of this would satisfy them. The out field of the lj> ray boys was of the highest order and to say they got everything possible, speaks for itself. The infield of the Deputy Sheriff Erie L. Miler, who Tar Heels was not ag good as ^ out ,, , 1 , ed . Jose P h L - Gibson in the act of i field but wiUi one or twQ additions it Jing ceremony. The-attendants were | resisting arrest Monday afternoon, | would be aquall as strong Mo . fabulous - prices ihi's fall and winter. | r& theV ^people of the" world)" will | t-day that it was their business to | anr^Sh^ G^ffne" ! “ ZZ'coZl “ay ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ g0 ° d fontt But this need not quench the zeal of j do the watching and you will not | P r ®^ e ° rd ® r an d he expecte ! ^ M , g8 Etta Glass The bride js | Judge Betts beld that the killing i Gaffn^ 110 'nitehed our people in the cultivation of bread , find it necessary to go abroad to hunt t do so. , the daughter of Mr . P . L . E nis, the ! was entirely justifiable and that Mr. i i i ^ ard feed crops. The cotton crop and a lover. He will find you out. | Logan Warmoth was wearing a j well knowrt custodian of Irene park, j Miller was acting as a prudent officer ! ( , np v hit nn L t ^. ng ° * prices are very deceptive and farm- A s truly as the North pole attracts bouquet from the cotton field of Will while the groom is a trusted em- ; bent on enforcing the law. twelve men He wa ctea * °tt« ing people have no way to guard the magnetic needle so does the ac- Jones yesterday. Warmoth is almost: ployee of the Gaffney Manufacturing ,' The hearing began before Judge u , S , v, 1 complUtimentB , y„ u „g lady »t. a£ aesthetic Oscar Wilde. | Company. j Tancred Betts at 11 o’colck and a '«-rt t« a<>«b «>4 lap, . .ool l»*l tract the attention of worthy young against calamities but by keeping out of their reach as far as possible by raising their own supplies. We hope as men and from their ranks she can R p v. E. G. Ross, of Greer, filled his There wa s a very bad hail storm the time j s past fo r them to be hum- choose tMe one she would like best regular appointment at Draytonvllje j at Thickety Sunday afternoon. ThfJ with murder hugged as they have heretofore been f or a life partner. i Saturday and Sunday. Large crowds hail fell for about fifteen or twenty; j large crowd was attracted to the court room. Deputy Miller was charged minutes doing very much damage to . —- — both corn and cotton. The rain that I ** ' Vho ^!. evldence was m d,reci i bases freeze to them. Bell played ! fell with the hail and just afterwards! _ H u er rown fl rs£ base jjg e a b j g won the hearts of the Gastonia people There were two witnesses in the usual. Mac Robbins, for Gaffney, did the receiving and did it well. He was on his toes all the time and mad* what few runners who did get on and Porter Jones. by depending on cotton alone for a ■ Life is not merely a game of chance were present at both services moDcy crop. It wo,'t do. • „nle 88 wo moke it such. ICs had to The 8ummer , teachen! That our western farmers have suf-' see the furrowed chcehs of a once wm on ^ ^ o£ thIs m0Dttl . fered greatlj from a senes of disas- heautiful yoon B woman, now prana- Thls „ the d that the Asso- — --j Mr. Jones testided that he was slt- irirtt st . n ^ ters goe s without our telling it, and turelv old, by reason of having the ^ ; land. There is several acres of cot-1 . . ^ . T> , . n sut trom the start. He was given It is ompossible now for tl.eir crops duties and responsibilities of a home (ld IOn W con\ene in our c y. | ton that was fine, that i s now washed (lei f ce with Brown and * w ^ n : the credit °f being the best first ba«e- to attain even normal conditions, thrown upon her without a full knowl- The fence around the baseball park, up and beat up so that it can not be Ije p utv jj B j er approached S Gibson ' eVer 8660 00 & Gastonla dlar This state of affairs brings calamity edge of their requirements; or even will be completed today and work on, worked anymore. The damage in broke and ran jumping through a niond ’ to the whole country in that as the; a knowledge of the habits, temper t the grand stand will be commenced ^is section to growing crops will run ; wJndow goin < around the a den rlint Robbins played rin S 3 around high price of cotton necessarily makes | and disposition of the man she mar and pushed as rapidly as possible. | up in the fbousamis. This is by f»r, ’“T ^ '•?««»* gobbled up s never consider- : 'be worst hail storm that section has ' ever »' thl “* <»“»« iis , Curry everything else high on the general market—no doubt about that. Gardens, generally, are giving sat isfaction in the yield of vetetables. ries. These she has ed ana now it’s too late. Her only : li “ rr y Hardin, colored, brought a bad in many years. weapons for defence in life’s battle! Cotton bloom to Thfc Led S er office : are her tongue, tears and temper- \ esterday \ Berr - V ha * been amongthe He Had Hie and Then Lost. nearly everybody has plenty and some miserable comforts indeed—all o; them. fil st T< ’ br> n g blooms for the last Jwo | In a game of ball that interested ^ to spare, we need a ruarket for it.! Wilbinsville is the emporium for Too far from town to lose the time! musical instruments in lower Chero- and saw Deputy Miller shoot him. p layed a b5g third base and hia tWow . His testimony showed that Deputy ing wag something finei u* UitXe ! Mlller was not on] y actiD 6 Ms played short like a Texas leaguer and years. i rights but in self defense. kept ginger in the boys all the time. The Grassp Pond section of Chero-1 j 5 necessary to market it for the prices kee. Mr. Boyce Whisonant has a one ke e county wag visited by a destruct- f the faSt araateur team from Spar ‘ The daiiiage to the cotton crop was considerable. it would bring. We are always on the line of these with a full supply of the ive hail storm Sunday afternoon extreme—a feast or a famine. | music. Call, see and hear for your- Some cases of typhoid fever are re-; selves. * ported on the York side of the river. J Sam strain is laying by his oldest None dangerous ag yet. 'corn. It’s no w silking and tasseling. A splendid rain fell Sunday after- Mrs. sallie Mitchell and her boys We have never seen a better prospect noon - Some hall fell also but we are ^ th e best of smith in the pitching line have bought land nea r Rock Hill and fo r a corn crop than we have now. j Mad to sa y that the quantity was not: an d would have won the game but will move there this fall. We hate Most of it has been well worked and )arge en °ugh in this neighborhood to to lose any of our good neighbors but the seasons have been favorable, so do an - v & reat damage, want them to do the best they can far. In a few weeks we will be en- ,k., „„ , '' 0aStms earS '' ,ti 0t!ler '' eSe ‘ It VeTDom'ywteT^ W r e are sorrv to learn that Rev. J. 1 tables. . / about three hundred fans last Thurs-| ' VIr ' Brown wll ° ha d harbored Gib- The out field of the locals was fast I day, Gaffnely went down in defeat be- ° n dur * n g the night testified that he and covered by Snead, Campbell and • fv.™ x and J° ne s remained in the house and ; Littlejohn. They were afraid of that Jones could not possibly have Snead and 6e didn . t get a c - flance . seen the shooting. Campbell made a pretty ctacb In Mr. Miller, testifying in his own be- center and Wells Littlejohn did tfie half, described the occurance leading hitting for Gaffney, securing two up to the shooting and said that Gib- dean hits. ’ L. son turned on him and pulled a pis- ^ tob whic b be attempted to use. Mr. Ba ra ea Notes. for the errors of his team mates, i 1 sa * d ^ us *' as be Arod Gib-| The lawn party given by the Ba- three of them being charged up to .° n ducked down and the bullet raca clas s of the First Baptist church T , , , Curry. Snead wa 8 the candy kid I „I uck flini ln the bacb of the head - at the home of Mrs. Edna Harris last Judge Hydrick took occasion to let; with the stick for Gaffney, he having he rau up 10 him ’ Gibson with Thursday evening wag one of the burg by the score of six to four. Mack and Clint Robbins formed the battery for the home team, while Lynch and Smith performed for the Spartans. Robbins had considerably E. Swann, of Bullock’s Creek, is in' We haven’t as yet been able to would not put up with any feelishness 'hi 7 T ir lth ' j*‘° U H gh . ^ a ' otton l),00 “- Tlle c « t " M '■ 1 connMterwith the'eo^ 8 ° r ° tlle ” able to do his work. He’-was at one backward though it is growing off time pastor of Salem church and nicely where It has been well worked., Reports from different sections of everybody libed him both as a man j Upon the guano bought by farmers! the county indicate that the hail Sun- aud a minister. "We hope he will take this spring, some are basing their es-| da y afternoon did considerable dam- a rest and find it will be a benefit to timate of an increased cotton acreage., age. The Grassy Pond and Thickety ki m - But this won’t do. More guano has' neighborhoods seem to have suffered Mr. C. W. Whisonant, who was been used on corn this year than ever | roost severely, caught in the machinery of his mill before and still it is being applied as last week and “shaken up” consider- the crop grows off. * P er8onB w bo are in any way in- ably, is getting on nicely. Calvin Is For the last few days the ground | cemet ^ a hustler in business. He had a close has been too wet to plow and people call and one not very healthy. have been cutting oats. The crop Is In a few more weeks at the farth are requested to meet there on Fri day morning, the 26th Inst., for the est. the time for visiting and family reunions will be at hand and we hope I of the year, or a little later, when pretty good—especially op good laid. | ,u 7 >08 « « <* Bring Befo de woh,- about tbla seaaon 00 3 WI T° u - Re*. S. B. Harper will exchange for all our readers a happy time. ; squirrels were plentiful, people would , pulpits with Rev. C. C. Derrick, of Girls, now Is the time for you to have neighborhood squirrel hunts, i Blacksburg, next Sunday Mr Har- begin planning to give your mother’s Two men would divide up the gun-^ per has been invited to preach a ser- • pleasant outing this summer. Give ners and pick out a spring or wash mon to the Pythians of our sister up for a while at least, this puerile place to meet at on a certain day at town on that day. nonsense of wanting to marry as if a specified hour. When the day came secured three hits and a sacrifice in the pisto1 S ra3pe d in his convulsive most enjoyable social affairs of the right hand was dying. season. Solicitor Pride, who represented The night was ideal and the dum- the state, asked Judge Betts to bind my carried the Baraca s and their Mr. Miller over to the grand jury. guests eut at eight thirty. Douglass Cay lor, who represented About the lawn were hung numer- t e defendant, asked for a complete oug Japanese lanterns and in the cen- exonoration and cited the law to ter of the lawn, with a natural drap- prove t t Mr. Miller acted with pru- ing of ivy, was the punch bowl, where e ® ce ‘ Miss Alberta Harris and Master Wll- Jhdge Betts held that the shooting: bur Sumner, of Asheville, N. C., serv- wa 6 entirely justifiable and the de- ed the guests. ff ndant officer was discharged from one feature of the evening was am apple race which proved amusing, son wag once a resident of Gaff- The object of the race was to see ney ’ j which couple with a tea-spoon and ah—» ... . , , using only one hand, could pick up Alien . Minetr,,. coming. , * arr / t0 ^ ba8k ; t ^ ™ four times at the bat. Bell played sta r ball at first and got two hits. The Spartanburg players are a gen tlemanly set of young fellows and made many friends while here. Following is the box score: SPARTANBURG. AB R H PO h B Floyd, 2b 5 1 2 0 3 0 Lynch, c. .. ..4 2 1 6 1 0 Wrightson, lb. Harris, E., ss. .. ..4 0 Beacham, 3b 6 1 Johnson, If ..4 1 Boyd, cf. 3 0 Bomar, rf 3 0 Smith, p 4 0 9 27 13 5 Total 37 6 GAFFNEY. AB R H PO A ■ Robbins, M., c. ..5 1 1 12 3 1 A muchly battered cotton 8taJk , gnead^rf 5 2 2 11 ° ° one going his own route—but making wbiCfl 8uflere d considerably from the “l* ’ 1 n 1 n 1 9 Bing of misery, sorrow and trouble. | it a point to reach the place at the bail of Sunday, was brought in The 1 ^ >> 4 0 10 13 that was the crowning of all human happiness. With many it’s the begin- the gunners would start out—each » , M !r rel S110W8 8a,e pl<* in two minutes. Miss Jessie Lip- a pertorm^ce .« the comers of 15th :s00mb and Mr H110tw Eucceeded f-ou-H Hm S .v. il? i nlKtlt 8 carrying eighteen to the basket ' t “ . '' 8 arge pavilion At ten o'clock vanilla cream anti whol a rf 11 08 capacity. The C ake were served by Edna Earl Harris. from T W H, C f“ a ” d rree Sumner, Willie Harris and trom any objectionable features. The Botbwel] Butler . taster if ng wtas very pretty, being The social committee of the class ue,„ , „ I m T* the 8 ” tlre 18 composed of W. K. Gunter, Sam .t:"!^.® ' 7 j “ 1 1 2 1 ' a?va r„»ea “fff '“f ' 1 by two I-iPscomb. Jr., and Victor Up«=omb. 4 0 ! 1 0 0 iP'-sn tnlted States dags. The sing- tu. 1s tte ar8t 0 , a 8e ries of Look to the happiness of your appointed hour when the count of We, Ledger office yesterday. The hail »» Campbell cf parents and see that they have all the game was to be made, a wash-pot Thicket y where the stalb was grown T .... ’ “ ^ ^ v v iT i ’ anri h- n i J"’ 0, “ e Tm s is the first of a series of enter contorts and pleasures you a.e able woul a be prepared to do the cooking. is 8aid ^ have be en terrific as the! n ’ r ® J * J 5 average d T> 1 Dg wa ® far above tae tainments planned for the class, to provide for them. Consider young Sometimes it took more tbanone conditl <>n of this stalk will show. | P 4 ? \ The^_ performance was Those pwent were Mifl8ea BeMle ! Byars, If. 1 > rr Y\i 4 l • a vv CM3 iYlJSSCS man. young woman, that your moth- 1 wash-pot to cook the game They! The. * < ♦♦ v.i 1-j-* 88 . 4 0 0 1 0 0 i 0 ^ cose ^ a rip-roaring Kendrick, Marie Sarratt, pearl Draw er has all these years been your; put dumpings in Hie stJ. Th^ ts t J ' ^ b,0 ° m , ^ br ° Ught f ° rth a Ola Uttle, Irene Wheat, Myrtle guardian angel. She has been the irilVad birds too, but it toob so many f 6 *h offioe caJne ,n S atUT,da 7 ^ otal •• •. ••••38 4 10 27 8 6, orm ap P^use and sent every- Little. Lola Stacy, Amy Gaffney, Jee- sentinel on the watch tower, who birds to be equal to a squirrel They YnY r-h 8 * 1 ^ ^ A J ’ McCraw ’i b ^ nn * Dg ® : y aughing. The Allen gie Lipscomb, Bess Shuford, Genie - ‘ to 0 qu i to a squirrel. They one 0 f Cherokee’s most enterprising 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 j M-nstrels have paid Little Rock a Pee]er( KatIe Hamilton. Marie Sar- gave the alarm when danger was ap- would have a w of whiskev and all 7 * ^enterpnsing a ^ o » o p / » proching you in your infantile weak- who would do "o wouTd take a drink ^ * hU8tler Tn 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 Ls. and inability to heln vonr^lf ^ _ _ Aw “ k and hl8 friends ^k for him to pro- Gaffney 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0—g visit every year for a number years, j - att, Volina Hamrick, Mattie Simme, nes B ana inability to help yourself. ’ and the losing side would foot the duce a kj "1' , Remember, the many sleepless nigktB bill. Nobody hardly ever got drunk— ^ b f anvbod y else she spent watdbing over you in sick-: just gentlemanly tight, ness while the angel of death hover- Sometimes when the York people fed over your bed ready to snatch you have a fiddlers convention we want from her arms. All your lifetime Mr. T. Jeff Hughes to go over and from the plantation of A. J. McCraw, you have been the object of b£r care show them bow an old gentleman can J of the Grassy Pond neighborhood and and ; flection. No suffering wan too dance. He is now in his seventies was raised on the crop of Eli Bor- great and no sacrifice too costly for and is as nimble on the floor *ag a! ders, a colored tenant of Mr. McCraw. „ „ 0-4 | out tbvj- have never disappointed an, 01Ue DoUoBi Elo|se ^ M Blr4 Summary: Strucb out by Robbins.; •‘“fonoe.-Gasette, Uttle Rock. Ark Roia utUe Myrtle Roger , Rreemu Tbe drat cotton bloom of for Lbl.t by’ LST* W " , ‘ , " W ^ n *'~" '»* ^ Cherokee county was sent to The Led ger last Saturday, jun* 20th. ’ It came her to make for you and she did It without a murmur or a moments hesi tation when duty demanded it. Her whole life and strength has been spent in jour service and for your benefit And now the sun of her life is go ing down behind the hills that separate you from her earthly cares, anj the clods will soon claim her as their treasurer, won’t you see to it that she has a respite from the cares of life that you can well afford to fnnt her? She may not be the hind of a mother somebody else might want to have, but she Is your mother and that settles it so far ag you are concerned. Insist upon It. young la dy, that she take an outing and see ■ome of the pleasures of Ufa and show her when she returns home that you are fit to become some lulu’s wife who is worthy of a good one. It’s yosr opportunity to learn the lessons boy of sixteen, if they have one of hig age who can beat him dancing we are ready to give it up. The old soldiers speak in the'high est terms of the reception they had at the Birmingham reunion. How could It have been otherwise, gentle men, when the flower, wealth and beauty of the late Confederate States conspired t© make the occasion a memorable one? J. l. 8. A Remarkable showing. At a meeting of the board of direct- ora of tbe Limestone Mils held yes terday morning it wag decided to pay a S per cent semi-annual dividend July 1st . The managnwii rignM be proud of this allowing in face of the fact that most of the mills are said to be losing money. The lime stone Mills ha« been successfully operated trpa the beginning R. G. Allen, representing Allen’s Big Minstrel Show, was here last Fri day arranging for the appearance of his show here next Saturday. He la a clever gentleman, somewhat sporti- ly inclined, being a fancier of game chickens, and has traveled In' the Blast Fruit of every kind la more plenti ful this year than for several years before, and the quality is of the best. An immense amount has been canned by the thrifty house- wives, and as a consequence the sale of fruit Jars has been larger than for several seasons. Dr. B. B. Steedly and family left the city Saturday for New Tort where the doctor will remain for a year in' hospital practice. Gaffney sincerely regrets Chat Dr. Stsedly md his ex- Littlejohn; three base hit. Beacham; two base hits, Lynch, Snead; double plays, Beacham to Floyd to Wright- June 27th. Unclaimed Letters. List of letters remaining in Gaff- son, Smith to Beacham; wild pitch, ne y postofflee unclaimed for week Robins 1; time of game one hour and forty-five minutes; umpire, Humphries; attendance, 300. Everything New This Season. A. G. Allen’s Minstrels Is billed to appear here under canvas June 27th. Thig company was organized in New Orleans more than 26 years ago and has been before the public ever since, and comes rich in experience in the art of entertaining. There Is nothing said or done that will be un fit to the eyes and ears of children and ladies. Our business is to enter tain and amuse, and at tbe same time elevate. Come, laugh with ns. Tbe man who waits until he gets home to open his pay envelope gen- •rally bsgtes work Monday morning flasEng well and happy. D. W. Cooper will can Tuesdays am; Fridays. Jane if St pd. fending June 22, 1908: Mn-. J. m. Atkinson, Mrs. Agnes Bryon. Mr. J. B. Breeden, J. J, Blan ton, Mr. Luther Brown, Mr. Cliffed Cregs, Mrs. Annett Cony, Mr. A. L. Christy, Mrs. Sarah A. Goodlett, Mr. Bynum Hord. Mr. D. O. H#wkln, Mr. Docty Himphlll, Miss Ruth Hampton, Miss Daisy Harrison, Mrs. Jane Hoov er, Mrs. J. G. M. Hill, Miss Minnie Jones, Mr. Edmon w. Jones, F. A. Kirby, Mrs. Geo. Kirby, Mrs. Sallie Key, Mrs. Tva Littlejohn, Bob Laaey, Mrs. Florence Moore, Mr. Daford Norise, Mr. Garland McSwaln, Mr. Jamer MsCray, Mr V. McSwaln, Mist Mamie McCathey, Miss L. C. Pressby, Mr Robert Perry, Mrs. A. Reynolds, Mrs. Lee Stevens, Mr. Cabe Towry, Mr. Graham Gaffney, R. N. Tanaahill, Mr* Florence Luene Summer. Call for totters advertised. Ons cent due on oach. Thomas Hester, Postmaster. Garrett, Ola Stacy, Elma Clary, Rena Wesslnger and Miss Yarborough. Messrs. C. M Smith, Geo. Jefferies, Clyde Peeler, Ray Campbell, Joe Black, Kyle Davenport, Broadus Pry or, Jno. Snead, Speight Hunter, Vio- tor Liphcomb, Charley Kirby, Lamar Wood, Sam Lipscomb, Jr., Eddy George, J. Eb Jefferies, Leon Gaffney, W. K. Gunter, Furman Dobson, Ed win Lipscomb, Ralph Hamilton, Os car Myers, Jessie Goodwin, Vernon Phillips, Forest McCraw, Lance Hop per, Ed Stacy, Lucy carpenter. Mr. C. C- Green, the Bancs dele gate to the convention in Cincinnati, returned Sunday, but did not reach the city in time to make a report. He will report next Sunday, and let every member be present. Mb. Oscar Myers is off for a month’s vacation. We will miss hftm from the class, b ’t hope ha*may have a pleasant vacation. The proafiart moment In a young man’s Mfe fa whan the barber says. Tour beard la getting tough.” Snbaeriba far The Ledger. fiLM.