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ekly Ledger. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People it Subserves. 10, N°* , * GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., THURSDAY, FE15RUARY 1», 18JW. $1.00 A YEAR. TRAGEDK, WILLIAMS ASSASSI- iD xhu rsday night. ■ •ye D5* d of ViHianous Men— jeautiful vVoman May Cost Three Men Thtir jtiCKSiir* 0 - Feb ” 11 — A I'oauti- .land unpri'H^P^d woman; a ^Ithy and unscrupulous uan; a tlie tool of. his associ- Rwanda ninn whose presence at a ■r '*^ w here be evidently had no busi- M** ^ orm ^ e b ' !> ‘ s a terrible ^jj-nJiieli was enacted at this m njjceUst Thursday night. Charles^. Williams, of Tunnel Hill, Ql *ni*' r i ‘d man with a wife and (focMldr?u> iiighly connected and ^nied iu the community from lie hailed, meets death at the JjjjkJs of a villianous assassin. For tfod»J s I' 10 a ^ a ^ r i-< ^l ir °tided pMn- BOffifrc conwa’ chased a piece of property. Her home was elegantly furnished and she seemed to have an abundance of : wealth, carrying an account with a i Charlotte bunk. On her former stay here she was financially embarrassed and was generally regarded as being , without means. Shortly after she returned her brother, Dan Euckey, ' came here. He secured a position With Reese ami lived with his sister. Thereafter Reese s visits to the An derson domain were unite frequent, in fact she was generally regarded as Reese’s mistress. And so matters went until the night of the tragedy. Tin; v. \ x. M, R. lfee.se rs a large, tine-looking man about forty-three. U<* has made considerable money in iv.il <•.-- lie was generally l citi> li e:;. a l.I.UOKK Saturday lie was in a becoming cutaway pattern. regarded as T> r in but then like most other tlie assassins failed to their work sudiciently to ^jfjd themselves and a story is told late and trading. a good allair. When sentative saw him faultfc\ss!y attired suit of black of t he He looked somewhat nervous and uneasy but would not be taken for the midnight assassin that his fellow ! townsmen have pronounced him to be, DAM.UUXd TESTIMoN V. The most damaging testimony he- ; fore the coroner's inquest, and that on which the warrant was sworn out j given was by Miss Farrington, a dress ’ maker from Charlotte, hut w •Hehis sufficient to condemn. Truly present in the employ of I*. . ... ,.r . n:., . i...... Tlie shoot it). imtnediatelv, ► has 1< ten i* I a brethe j|Mr*y of the transgressor is hard, ftgarc your deed will (ind you out. On Thursday morning a man,*sty lishly dressed and having the beur- ofa gentleman, arrived in the This man was Chas. T. Wil ms. During the day he comtnuni- led with a woman, not exactly a man of the town but nevertheless woman of bad repute. That night nder the cover of a darkened heaven started to her house. Whether or ,j ho ever reached there has never en told and will probably never kuo\fn. -but ho met Death in the mmediate vicinitj' ftml Death came, from the a^assini pistol. M. Reese, libcrlJ* and general bad butwitl^f a man of wealth, regarded as a valu- pected, and Daniel of the fucinating rtunite fc-oman in question, ted is an accessory, ecr’s jury met Friday and ere in session a greater part of two ays. The evidence adduced was ufficient to warrant the arrest of the two men. The ollicers, with a posse went to*arrest them Saturday night. Auckey was secured and placed un der guard. While the posse went after Reese Luckey succeded in elud ing his editors. Reese was never found and sytwo desperate men are permitted fiy the neglect of the prompt action of the ollicers of the law to roam at large. The jury re turned ylie following verdict: “Thj/ deceased, Charles T. Wil- liam^, came to his death from u pis- ;hot wound by the hands of M. eese, and Daniel Luckey acces- y before the fact.” THE WOMAN'. he woman whose perfldity in spired this daring deed is Mrs. M. 15. Anderson, a woman who is renown in this community for her beauty. She is a blonde, not large, but stately, with charming features, and generally wore a smile that would be calculated to drive some men crazy. But oh her heart was so black! She came here first about two years ago from Georgia. She, with other par ties, a man and a woman, opened a millinery store in the Iron City Hotel uiiding. After a few months the an drew out and the two women intinued the business a short while, n Mrs. Anderson run the business e until January '91. In the time she boarded with Mrs. Dfvy, proprietress of the Iron C l 'Vtel, and for awhile hud entre b° best homes of Blacksburg. \ erson wus n l>r a98 ' w, dow. left the hotel and rented *-rt»ms in the rear and above k^tb^y store. Then it was —«Wcy with Reese became as to cause comment, o rife she quit keep- oC this place, almost, if not >k and went to the voices and the lio is at | ,. Drown f cccit red j in front j of Miss Farrington’s boarding house. She swore in substance as follows: ‘d was reading a novel when my at tention was drawn by the three shots in front of the house. 1 turned down a leaf at the place i was reading, laid the book on a trun window. I heard shuffling of feet on the outside, and a man say ‘Don't say a <1—tn word j about this.’ Two men then went 1 into Mrs. Anderson’s house. As the door opened 1 could sve from tlie re flection of the lamp in the hallway that they were M. it. llcrseand Dan Luckey. The figures were about their size.” Blacksburg Notes. Capt. D. Jr Anthony, manager of the Virginia and Carolina ('hemical Company will start the manufacture of fertilizers this week. The plant is most a extensive one and we think it useless to say will thrive with such able management. Capt. Anthony has already made numerous friends in the city by his courteous manner. John H. Crawford, one of the ablest and wealthiest citizens of this place passed away at a late hour Saturday night. He leaves a wife hut no chil dren. The whole community is grieved to learn of his death. He has been ill for mnri; titan a year and his death has been looked for for some time. He was 7J years old. We are glad to leant that Mrs. Ira to see some one shot down. When Chief Duncan got in plain view of the object, he discovered, it was an old burnt stump. The crowd which were landing breathlessly awaiting results in front of the Merchants Hotel, soon dispersed when Chief Duncan mount ed the stump and waved his handker chief. There were none of the on lookers ready to guy t lie brave cap- turers of the stump on their return, us the joke was on the crowd as well. • * Flaw Picker’s Pickings. [Correspondence of The Ledoek.] You may cull Ole Flaw a ‘‘doubtin’ ! Thomas” or whatever else you may like, but this dog-bited ghost bisness is somethin’ I can’t believe in to save my life. Superstition has the fust time to enter into my head yit. The time 1 went a possum huntin' an the 1 bi.zzards scared me an the dogs nearly to-death broke me from this here ghost fake. Before 1 found out i that night that it was buzzards, j I said, ‘‘shorly, ef this nint a ghost i tliar never was one,” and when I | found it to be buzzards a floppin’ j around, 1 said, •‘yes, an it’s the way; with all the rest of this’erc ghost bis- ! ness you hear so mutch talk about, j I’ve prowled around this ole coalin’| groundan hits tributaries at all hours ! of the darkest nights that God ever: I I sent, an I aint never seed a ghost | yit—nothin’ more n buzzards an squitchowls. This cunjerin’ bisness is somethin’ else I don’t believe in. Battler, my good hound purp, strayed oil—like a hound purp will, you know—lust Monday, an stayed, an stayed, art stayed. I had begin to give him up fer gone, but yisterdy (Sunday) morn- I hearn him give two er three NO FINANCIAL LEGISLATION IS PREDICTED AT THIS SESSION OF CONGRESS. Populists to Vote With Republicans to Elect Senate Officers—Sen ator Allen’s Flowery Speech. Hardin, who has been confined to he; to V r ? G°^ oU( gQttitent to board with Dr. W'r 4\vo«Uy respected citizen. \tv ftbo^mnd came to the *oUg^ tt V year ago ^ ^bc % Rev. Mr. John- tb* "\er the re-mar be**® \ Ho has not rtfe is thought Source ol p - '•ed bed with LaGrippe, is now able to be up again. The measles are thriving lu re, ^ix or eight families are down With th< in. I'p to yesterday we have hail 191 cases in this cominnuity. The friends of Mr. A. C. Forney will be glad to learn that he wdl !,e able to return to his work in a few days. He has been cnnlimd to his bed with phenumonia for t wo weeks at Rutherfordton. . \V. M. Webster, <-f Galfney. came over for a few hours Saturday. We are glad to see Webster, our old friend “Billy-boy” at all times. Miss Emma Simpson, who has been attending college at Columbia, is at. home for a few day;; on account of sickness in the family, She will re turn to Columbia in a few days. Mrs. Jno. F. Jones gave a delight ful whist party, at the Cherokee parlors, last Tuesday evening, which in rakes on the door with his paws, an— well sir, you jist ort to seed me bounce out of bed an open the door to wel come the prodigal hack. Here's the subject I’m drivm’ at: After a sertt- tinizin glance at my purp I observed that some durn fool had clipped all the’hair oif of the tip end of his tail, an that wunjerin’ bisness popped into my mind right at once—to cut the hair oil of the tip end of a dog’s tail an burry it under the door’s steps that the dog wont leave. Now, I want to inform that tliar Mr. Whoev- er-he-is, that the best way, an the only way, outside of the tiein’ pro cess. to cunjer my dog, Rattler, is to feed him better than ole Flaw does, then he maby inought stay with him. If I believed in cunjerin’ anything, I would count myself a natural born mystic fool. Here I .ii with |x>i'iry tit li iml. Writ i**i! Iiy s.iine full- yomi:: niiiii. \Vli.» c is ind (|iiim I iild-: cMouyl) T<i iniId siicli iiri>! timI. rult i'll si uit. Yd, I (ain't eoixtc!)) Tlie luil)'' of I5■•i lilvlii'iu. He JliiiiKS Its ili.’rfcrt Kiiini ;in:| li'-'iit To junij) on I'law v.illi all Ins inivlii. Yet his hi ai! is just t hi 1 size To iioid ;i ton ol lertili/.e. ^’et. I eun't eonileni Tlie lialie of I5et lileliem. Ip e fixe.I ii up t iii., very i!ay. Tliat <1. I., s. niusl lie tlie j;iy: I’el flaw will liowii lil in ini t lie spot. )■ ur ;ill lie writes Is only rot. Say. v iio wont eonifeni '! les lii:!ie u! Itetlilelieiu. J'T.aw ITckek. — - ■ More Messages from Midway. [Correspondence of Tm; 1 jcdokk. | Midway. S. (’., February JO.— Albert Lipscomb was in this sec tion Just Tuesday. Waddy Roundtree had a chopping last Tuesday and a party at night, ffuite a crowd of our young people attended. All report a nice time. 1 Mrs. Ammy Oglesby and Miss : Maggie Waters visited their mother, 1 Mrs. R. Ann Waters last Tuesday. Misses Nellie and Mary Roundtree ; and Hattie Tunic r attended a quilt ing at Miss M. J. Waters Wednesday. ; Mrs. S. H. Turner and Miss S. H. Turner visited friends at Martinsville last week. l Rev. T. M. Phillips went to the burg, Va., are vi. iti: g the family of i county seat on business last Shitur- Supt. A. Tripp, at the Cherokee Inn. ( L.V. The Iron City Hotel is to he re- Pink Campbell went to Oowpens opened in a few days, under new l U! d Saturday on business. no t of was greatly enjoyed by her young friends. Miss Ira Withers, of Yorkviilc, is in the city, visiting Mi- ; s !. da Jackins. Dr. and Mrs. W. J). King, of 1’itt.s- manugement. J. J. Whisonant proprietoress, and Julian N. Boss manager. Mr. A. Tripp, Kuperiutendant of the O. R. «fc C. railroad, and special party consisting of Mrs. Tripp, Dr. and Mrs. King, of Pittsburg, Va We are glad to learn that Miss Alice afj Blanton is out again. The seool trustees and patrons met at Midway School house lust Tuesday to settle a little didlculty, which was very easy settled. Mr. Garrett was accompanied by V\ot te*®* *npe*' vt V0« b n «*» \ 0)0 Vfi" ear to have that she turn and f having e was ttm freely VlO^p SUB- she L vid- n- le! the Messrs. Bert and John Tripp, left for' Rvv. M.. Garrett, of your city, a tour through Florida Saturday, and ; We have a flourishing school at are now at St. Augustine. Reports Midway, with about Uu scholars with from them say they are having a Miss N. A. Blanton at its head, most enjoyable trip. They will return Hev. G. G. Wood, of Byarsville, N. in a few days. 0., was in this section last Saturday. A very amusing incident occurred Miss Nannie Stacy, of Maud, visit- Sunday afternoon. Everyone was of cd Miss Alia Petty last week, course interested in the expected G. L. S. capture of M. R. Reese and Darnel Luckey. About 2 o’clock in the after noon Gllliard Cline came running after Chief Duncan and reported having seen a man walk down the mountain side and sit down on a log. Duncan and Cline then m -iunted two of the Livery Stables fastest steeds and rode ,o the mountain. Dismounting, they ’opt very cautiously towards the Itet, which Cline thought lie saw, It pistols in hand. There were All Free. Those who have used Dr. King's New discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the opportunity to try it free, ('nil on the advertised Druggist and get a Trial Bottle, Free. Send your name and address to H..E. Bucklcn & Co., Chicago, and get a sample box of Dr. King’s New Life Pills Free, as well as u copy of Guide to Health and Houso- t 75 people at Thompson’s Hot*d hold Instructor, Free. All of which 'lug the proceedings with In- is guaranteed to do you good and cost ' you nothing W. 11. DuPiv.Dri^g store. interest. Everyone expecting [Correspondence of Tm; Lcdoek.I Washivoton', D. C., Feb. loth.— “There will he no financial legisla tion at this scs-ion of Congress.” That prediction is now heard on all side?, and the surface indications point to its correct ness. It is claim ed by silver men that sixteen Repub lican senators have bound themselves in writing to vote for no bill increas ing tlie tariff that does not carry an amendment providing for the free coinage of silver at 1(J to 1. If that,claim be e< rrect the Senate is merely wasting time with the House tarilt hill. Last week the finance committee reported the same free coinage substitute for the tariff bill tliat 1 he House is about to refuse to accept ax a substitute for the House bond bill, hut as I write an attempt is being made in the .Senate to send the bill back to the finance commit tee for further consideration although it is not easy to see how tliat is going to change the status of things. It is expected that enough of the Populist senators will vote with the Republicans to elect the Senate ollicers nominated by the Republican caucus, but t here seems to ho a fear on the part of the Bepublicans that some of their own senators will block tiie game by not voting. Tlie debate on Senator Hans- brough’s resolution, directing the Secretary of Agriculture to buy and distribute the seeds for which a Gon- gressbmal appropriation lias been mai^ has brought out some breezy speeches. The bitterest attacks upon. Secretary Morton have come from senators of his own parly ami the bitterest of them all was made by Senator Vest, of Missouri, in a speech that will not he forgotten for u long time. His word picture of Secretary Morton swinging a golden censor filled with incense at the Ex ecutive mansion and shouting. “Holy. Holy, art thou, oh Grover, King of Kings and Lord of Lords,” was a mas terpiece of its kind, alth lugh most people will admit that it wasn’t a good kind of picture to Lc exhibited in the Serialc chamber. Senator Allison is a candidate for the Presidential nomination of his party, and ho is also chairman of a caucus committee apppointed to con sider and report upon a proposition fathered by Senator Hoar, that a messenger be provided for each sena tor. There may be no direct connec tion between these two things, hut it is not probable that the senator’s Presidential aspirations will, what ever his personal inclination, have a tendency to prevent his favoring this proposed extravagance on the part of the Senate. A week ago it looked like the fight made by tlie yqunger members of the Senate, led by Dubois on the Repub lican side, Hill on the Democratic side, and supported by all fhe popu lists, for a distribution of tlie appro priations among the committees in stead of putting them all in the hands of the Committee on Appro- priations. was hound to win. but it didn't. By a vote of JO to 2S it was killed, by referring the resolution providing for the change to the Com mittee on Rules, with instructions to report it back to the Senate on the •first Monday in next December. The result of this fight is believed to have practically made it certain that the fight for a change in the Senate rules will also be unsuccessful. The report of the Nicaragua Canal Commission, which was transmitted to Congress without Presidential com ment, has killed any chances that might have existed to get a hill through Congress guaranteeing the bonds of the Canal Company. The report estimates that the cost of the canal will be almost double what the company claimed that it would be, and says that radical changes must be made in the plans to build it at any price. What Congress •will do is problematical, but the report makes it certain that it will go slow in what ever it docs. If the canal company was less greedy there would be a chance to put through a bill buying its franchise for the United States Government, but those who arc rep resenting the Company will rot be satisfied unless they can get out dol in's for the cents they have actually put into the enterprise. Congress made short work of pas sing the b'<il prohibiting prize fight ing in the Territories and the District of Cotunibia. ami President Cleveland made even shorter work of attaching his signature thereto. What a pity they cannot agree as well about some other needed legislation. .Senator Allen, of Nebraska, can make flowery speeches with the best of them. In a speech in favor of the Monroe doctrine, but deprecating war, be said: “If war does come— then for every Grant there will be a bee; for every Sherman, a Johnston ; for every Thomas, a Jackson: for every Sheridan, a Stuart, and the Mason's and Dixon's line will be blot ted from the map of the United States and true Americans, North ann South, welded by the blood of the Revolution, the war of 1812 and the war with Mexico, renewed by the es trangement of 18(51, as lovers renew and intensify their love by estrange ment, soothed and sustained by a united and splendid American man hood, will give to the world a lesson in valor that it has never known be fore.” - •- All Good News Notes. [Correspondence of Tut: Ledgek.] Auioon, S. U.,Fcb.. 11.—Rev. R. J. Tate filled his appoint ment at Mace donia last Sunday, hut owing to tlie incessant rain bo failed to fill his appointment Saturday. He delivered an eloquent discourse Sunday based on II Tim., 1-7. J. R. Phillips, of Miil Springs, N. C.. was here last week on business. He brought down a i tad of mountain “renters.” R. B. Powell went to Gallney last Saturday on business and on his way back home he got with Hugh Wilkins and Hugh decided to come home with him. i suppose they were feel ing a little lively and between J. W. Byars’ and W in. Gardner's they were riding at a right lively gait when Hugh decided to get ahead of Bolt and in doing so he had to cross a small bridge and in crossing his horse fell down and threw him into a mud hole up to Ids ankles, head first, at that. Ho managed to crawl out and get up to Aunt Cassie’s where it took mud till nearly midnight to wash t out of his clot In s. Miss Edith Webber visited Mis? Sarah Byars Sunday. Misses Emilv and Adelah Turn er i visited Misses Bessie and Edna Rich ards Sunday. I Joe Medly went to Gaffney last Saturday on business and walked there and hack. It surely must have been business of a compelling nature or he would have never went through the rain. T. W. Kirby, of Wrights, and J. E. Waters, of Cowpens, were* at Mac edonia Sunday. Junius Clary severely cut his foot last Monday. Last Sunday ns Miss Antoinette Clary and her brother Forest were going to preaching at Macedonia their mule became frightened and ran away disabling the buggy—no other damage done. .bdin S. Byars has accepted a j.od- tion with W. A. Mooie, of Cowpens, J It. Moore is down with the meas les. Artist Davis has pulled up his stakes here mid will drive them down at Thiokcty h* at ion in the Southern Railroad between Cowpens and Gaff ney. SrnscKinEu. WHERE IS E. H. DRADDY? An Ex-Federal Captam Wants to Re turn to Him a New Testment. Coi.t'Mijia, February 7.—Special: Capt. L. A. Harper, who was a gal lant Confederate soldier, and who is here as a member of the General As sembly, is anxious to find the where abouts of E. II. Braddy, who served in his company during the late war. Capt S. 1C. Hornbrook. formelya cap tain in the both regiment of Indiana volunteers, wishes t" return to Mr. Braddy a small copy of the New Testament, with Braddy’s name therein, which t lie captain h is had since February 20. 18(55, hut whether begot it at the burningof Colum bia does not appear. At any rate lie has writ ten to Gen. Ilagood to try and find Braddy, and Gen. Ilagood Ins referred the mutter to Capt Harper. —News and Courier. • • Howells Ferry News. [Correspondence of The Ledckk.] Howells Fluky, Feb. 10.—The measles still hold out in this commu nity. But few have escaped it, al though not a single case in our com munity has proved fatal so fur. Mrs. J. J. Horn is visiting her brother Jas. L. Strain. The water courses have been swolen during the past week. We saw in last week’s issue a good many new correspondents. We like to see it for it makes us feel that The Lkdoek is in many more home.; today than it was twelve months ago and tliat she is growing on until she will exceed any paper in South Car olina. Ha mho. ► — Our people are growing more and more in the habit of looking to W. B. Dul’ree for the latest and best of everything ir the drug line. They sell ChainlxTlin’s Cough Remedy, famous ior its cures of hud colds, croup and whooping cough. When in need nf Mich a medicine give thi- remedy a trial and you will he more than pleasid with the result. HISTORICAL FACTS. A Friend Talks of the Early Settlers in of this Country. Thinking that a little history of our section might be of interest to Ledckk readers I herewith pen you some historical dots. Capt. Robertson, with a compa of pioneers from the eastern part of South Carolina, came up into this section about IfflM). The first thing worthy of note on their march was at the Catawba river. There one of their pack horses became entangled with his burden of traps and while they were working to liberate him several came near being drowned. The only thing lost was a bear trap so they gave the ford the name of Trap Ford. The ford goes by that name to this day. It is sup posed that tlie trap is still in the Catawba as we have never heard of anyone finding it. From that place they proceeded west coming to First Broad river, eight miles north of Shelby, N. C. They named it Broad river. Proceeding on west before they reached the Second Broad river they got into a creek which they hud some difficulty in geting out of it. They were in it some two or three hours before they could get out. They named it Russel creek. It bears that name yet. They got to Second Broad and crossing it that evening near Webb Ford, naming it Broad River also, and going on one mile and a half camped. There they di vided into three companies, the Cap tain going direct west, Lieut. French south-west and the other north-west to meet at some point due west. The Captain crossed Main Broad river at what is known as MeCoured Ford near the mouth of Green river, French crossed on the ferry of Goode and Camp and the ford bears that name to this day. The third party crossed m ar the mouth of Mountain creek. They came together at White Oak creek <tnd went into camp. After they all met they went into counsel, giv:r,^ names to all the places, rivera and creeks that they had crossed. They called Broad river Main Broad. Green river is so culled from the cane that grew on its banks. \\ bite Oak received its name from a very large white oak where they built their camp for a few days. The tree burned down and came near killing several of them the first night. They remained at this place for some time. John French wanted them to cross the mountain hutullweie not wil- litijr so they agreed to remain in camp while he could go across the moun tains. He culled for volunteers to go with him and soon got several and they proceeded on their way. They were gone for three weeks. On returning French reported that they found another river on the other side of the mountains running south-west. He asked what they should name it. They decided to name it John French’s Broad river and it retained that name for over half a century but was later shortened to French Broad which is its name at the present day. They had a fine time hunting while in camp round the foot of the moun tains. Bear and deer was the princL pie game though they capettred sev eral wolves and a multitude of tur keys and other game so they had the best of fat things. c. Bowling Budget. [Correspondence of The Leduek.] Bowlinsville, H. C. Feb. 9.—Mas ter Herbert Clary is suffering with an attack of the measles. His surely must be the last ease of the “terifi- able” we’ll have in our settlement, because we think everybody has had them. Mr. (>. C. Fowler, of Jonesville, is visiting the famdj^ x* Mrs. Sarah Welchel. ' fr D. W. C\iyfr 4 n of Clary >k Son, C., visited his friends^ .surday night. 5U; \ j Clary, of Spartun- bungfc \ visiting tour in this settleh.v ^' Rev. J. 1*. Whelchel, of Lawn. S. C. was in this settlement last Sunday. Slim Jim. — —* •• - A Delightful Occasion. The young people spent a delightful evening at Lipscomb’s Hotel night be fore last. Music was furnished by the Italian String Bum], and all were profuse in their praises of the event. Not a few married couples were pres ent to chaperon the young people. The Proper Time When the most benefit is to be deriv ed from a good medicine, is early in the year. This is the season when the tired body, weakened organs and nervous system yearn fora building- up medicine like Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Many wait for the open spring weath er and, in fact, delay giving attention to their physical condition so long that a long siege of sickness Is inevitable. To rid the system of the Impurities accumulated during the winter sea son, to purify the blood and to invi gorate the whole system, there la nothing equal to Hood’s Sarsaparila. Don’t put it off, but take Hood’s Sar saparilla now. It will do you good. Real the testimonials published in behalf of IhKtd’s Sarsaparilla, all from reliable, grateful people. They, tell the stoVy. .