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•* 1 1 1 r .edger Readers Should Patronize Ledger Advertisers. FT. Ledger. To Reach Consumers in this Section Adver tise in The Ledger. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People it Subserves. VOL. HI. NO. 28. GAFFNEY CITY', S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1896. DIED SAVING HUMAN LIFE. THE NOBLE DEED OF CHARLIE LANCASTER. Our Etta Jane Correspondent Contrib utes His Usual Interesting Let- - ter Telling the Newsot His Section. (CofrePi>on>lenco of The Ledger.) Etta Jank, Aug., 17.—Miss Ethel Strain celebrates her fifteenth birth day today. One of the prettiest things we see in domestic circles these days is the home made bonnets the ladies are wearing in place of those nonde script hats heretofore so universially popular. Hut; Old Flaw will find flault just the same with them. I’ay no attention to him ladies. Prof. R. A. Foster will close his singing school at Mespotamia next Saturday, the 22nd inst. A picnic will be given by the patrons of the school to .vhich the Indies are in vited to contribute and Tiik Lkdgek force to attend. I bad the pleasure of attending the Mount Tabor Sunday School yester day. J. V. Askew is the superintend ent and Miss Minnie Gregory, of Cross Keys, the organist. Jas. Garner, of Pinkney, is quite Unwell. He is confjned to hjs ropm iposj of the time. Your correspondent hw* bpen c° n ' sjderahly qnder the weather fqr the p^st week- Bliss Sallie Powlcr, one qf KcRcm’e beautiful young ladies, is visiting frjends ami relatives in this neigh borhood, Jf the boys don’t mind she will steal some of their hearts, The colored people had an enjoy, able day at Wilkin’s church last Saturday. I have received a very kind Invita tion to attend tho closing exercises of Miss C. Lula Wood’s school at Beth lehem, on the 28th inst., one of the delightful features will he a picnic. Berry Estes, col., has been going around trying to truce up a report that some of his friends and acquaint ances don’t want him about them. It’s like trying to find a needle in the hay stack, or catching hold of the rainbow. Berry, you’ll never over take it. Whut-you-muy-call-him is a gentlemen everybody knows by character but with whom nobody is personally acquainted. The rain last Thursday caught a fine lot of fodder down in this com munity. John Estes and Sam Lee went over to Sharon last week to see some pretty girls I suppose. I attended the campaign meeting at Union last Monday, 10th inst. It was a tamo affair for Union. Our people know how to behave them selves as well as anybody when they want to, and they were in a behaving mood last Monday. Judge J. M. Greer expects to re move his family to Union this week. They have* been having ctiiils all year and can’t get rid of theltt, I regret to hear of the ifofcth t)f Miss Lillian Mosely which fttoit place at Gaffney week before IhSfe. A. few months ago she loft tlda neighbor hood with her father’s family, the very picture of health and strength. Eye witnesses say that Charlie Lancaster, whose untimely death was announced last week, was caused while he was trying to save the life of a colored man, by the name of John Little, in which he succeeded. This wn* a commendable feature in Mr. Lancaster's character. He was al ways ready to do his duty where hu manity called him. Little ought to work for his wife and child until they get able to work for themselves. He owes his life to Charlie Lancaster be yond a doubt. } am heartily in favor of naming our new county Gadberry when we get it as your correspondent “New County” suggested. His reasons are plain enough why it should be so called. Nobody in this country bus a bet ter chance to know that the devil is still loose than tho poor woman who has to live with a drunken brute of a husband. A good lady oj this county has given me a history of tho wounding and death of Lt. James Norris, who was killed at Hittops Head, Nov. 7. 1801. This will be valuable material for our Houth Carolina war history, I hope others—both gentlemen and ladies—will follow her example and let justice bo done to all—both dead and living. *- \V. C. Kirby’s fine colt which fell in the gully several days ago, is dead. Wo sympathize with him in his losses. Tho Gowdeyville and Etta Jane alliances (with their old members) aie requested to meet at Sunnyside school on Haturdiy the 22nd at 4 p. m. to transact some important mat- ters\ “I.^ad us not into temptation,” is u pras'er I fear we often fail to offer at th\fight time and in the right spiriLm^'hen the temptation is fa away we pray earnest'y to be kept from temptation, hut when the temp tation is upon us we do not pray so earnestly for deliverance from his influence, and offer fail before it. I have received a note from R. W. Davis in which he withdraws from the race for the magistracy of this township. He says he can’t afford to run against an old army comrade with whom ho has so often shared the dangers of army life. Bob was a good soldier. The lust act of his military career was his capture by federal cavalry and trial by a federal court martial which sentenced him to confinement in Fortress Monroe until after the close of the war for his belonging to the Hume Scouts, a band of so-called gurrillias. By a private letter from Williams burg, Ya., I loam that the body of Robert Gotten, of Texas, also a mem ber of the Hume Scouts A. N. V., who was killed near there by federal cavalry and buried by a few old men and ladies of Virginia in Rev. Mr. Sintoe’s garden has been removed to the soldier’s section of Cellar Grove cemetery where it awaits tho the resurrection morn. Boor Bob fought to the last and fell pierced by :57 bullets. Our friend and neighbor, W. R. Walker, of Sunnyside, is building a princly mansion in the town of Union. It wil soon be ready for occupancy. Willisone of the hustling, moving spirits of this county. Besides he is a perfect gentleman. Miss Florence, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Kirby, is quite unwell at present. She is a member of my Sunday school class and is a goocj little gir). The protractiij meeting don’t seem to be doing a great deal of good in this county this year. They never do so wel| in campaign years, The people have too much politics and not enough of the Holy Spirit in them. Two perils seem to beset Hie average pulpit of today. One is n sort of transcendentalism that deals in sublimated theology, that does not bring Christ down to men’s hearts and homes. The other is a tendency to seculize tho pulpit. To deal ex clusively with material conditions and so leave out the higher motives that comedown from heaven. Either method by itself is a failure. Chris tianity that isn’t applied isn’t Chris tianity. We must continue the two. We should preach the things below. What we want is to hitch the earth onto heaven if we want to lift the earth upward. I regret to learn that James T. Brown’s family, of Gowdeyville, are suffering with chills and fever. Most of the families along Thickety creek are similiarly distressed. What effect the ruins will have up on the cotton crop remains yet to be seen. Some think it will shed most of its fruit. A very short crop will be made anyway. I haven't heard how Dan Gallman’s Morman church is getting on lately. I think he ought to let us know and if he wants that twelve mile capacity bill he ought to have it. Mitt Kennett was to see us last Friday. He is selling a patent bed brace. A very useful article in my judgement and one well worth what it sells for. Terry Estes is still complaining. He gains strength slowly. From the statistical report of the Boston Sunday School Convention I find that South Carolina has this year 2,417 Sunday schools; 21,17') teachers; 217,7)00 scholars; total 211,741—a gain of 11,513 over the last report. The Executive Committee of the Union County Sunday School Con vention have appointed the 1st and 2nd days of October as the time and Klbethel the place for its next meet ing: Tenclior <>f tin 1 Infant mind. lloavt'ii presents to tlp-ea soil; He the seeds of goodly kind So shall hlessinus crown thy toll. God of (grace, the sower hless, God of Love, enrich the field: So shall hninyn happiness (•lory to t he (-1 ver yield. Mortal! ne'er complain of death Since to thee the hoon is ((Ivcn, Seed* of truth to sow on carth For the harvest home of heaven. J. L. H. • -«•»- • — Unclaimed Letters. List of letters remaining in office uncalled for to date : A. J. Bishop. J. A. Cantrell. W. S. Cash. Jimmie Clary. Joe Crews. Miss Sallie Dixon. Elpurt Griffin. Mrs. Bonin Hill. Htttnuel Kenedy. Mias M amie Marshall. . P. I). Wiseman. N. B.—Persons calling for these letters will please say advertised in The Ledger. • T. II. Littlejohn, P. M. Aug. 17, ISfMi. — - - -«#e» • —- Mr. Featherstone Withdraws. C. C. Featherstone has withdrawn from the race of solicitor. In doing so Mr. Featherstone takes occasion to thank those who had tendered to him their supoort and assures them that it will he his pleasure to await their future command!). Mr. Featherstone hup made many friends by the gentacl manner in which he conducted hij campaign. J. H. BLASSINGAME KILLED. FROM THE COALING'GROUND. He is Murderously Assaulted by A Negro Burglar. Capt. John II. Blassingame was killed last Sunday afternoon in the house of his brother-in-law, Maj. J. M. Elford, at Spartanburg, by a negro burglar named Chris Cannon. Maj. Elford’s house had been entered and robbed several times just pre vious, and Captain Blassingame was in the house to guard it while Maj. and Mrs. Elford went to dinner. The burglar soon entered and Capt. Blassingame met him in Mrs. Elford’s room. Firing seemed to have com menced at once, and those attracted by it saw a negro man escape from one of the windows. On entering the house they found Capt. Blassingame lying dead on the carpet in his sister’s room, shot through the heart. The tracks of the escaping burglar were followed by citizens and officers to the house of Chris Cannon, a negro about twenty years old, where he was found severely wounded by a shot in the side just above the heart. The negro was arrested and turned over to Sheriff Dean, who has him in jail. The negro denies shooting Capt. Blassingame, but admits his presence and tries to implicate others, but, so far. without effect. There was some talk of lynching the murderer, but the will of the bet ter disposed prevailed and the law will take its epurse. Many ii.deed were the lamentations of the many friends and old war com rades of Capt. John II. Blassingame when it was announced in this city that ho was dead. That his taking off was the act of a burglarious assas sin. Morrow was detected in every face, ns it seemed to realize that nature’s nobleman, the model citizen, the pure patriot, the daring soldier, tho Christian gentleman, John II. Blassingume was no more. Trough Shoals Newr. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Troi'gh Shoals, S. C., Aug. 17.— Young America “cut up much” the night the county candidates came to enlighten the voters of this section on their peculiar merits and the demer its of their political antagonists. \.ho have aspired for the same official honors. Homo armed himself with paper and pencil to take some word snap shots of what they might say fut the readers of The Ledger, hut Young America had already taken posession and scarcely a word could be heard. Their voices rose much higher than the speakers in their lu- dicious remarks and all kinds of questions not suited for the occasion. Even those who had served their country and were short an arm or leg were not at all exempt from their loud, ill-mannered remarks. Your scribe has served as a pedagogue for one-fourth of a cci.lury and has seen seven years of Sundays with one hun dred to spare, but has never seen any thing that anyway resembled the conduct of the boys of this place on the night of the county campaign (attempted) speaking at this place. His Honor Hamlet Murph had Obe Turker up before his court on charge of “assault and battery (principally the battery part) on one of his wives. Tho session lasted all night and the preliminary is not at an end yet. Obe is not very proposessing and is a German of much color and mrny wives, (i to 1 is the ratio, and with his present headway, if let alone, it would soon have been Iff to 1. Pos sibly that was what Obe; was aiming at. Three were present who wran gled some about whose lawful lord he was. One who aspired to that honor, whose arguments were refuted by Obe that they were m t “regally” married, said, “I don’t know nutfln bout your regal, hut I’m the gal that stood up afore u man wid you who nounccd us as man and wife, and wo done like married folks does and 1 don’t no what else to call urn.” Uncle Ligo. who has a dialect of his own, thus accused him: “You no Obe, you dun went and stole my wash pot and my axe and sold them, and that didn’t satisfy you and den you cum ft d stole my wife. Yes Obe, you no you did and you needn’t ny it.” Magistrate Murph committed him to jail on the charge of assault and battery and bigamy to await another preliminary when ho can get up all his wives. Uncle Lige, we would pre sume, can rest easy about his earthly possessions, also his wifely for some time, as far us Obe is concerned. Homo. — —• - ■ •— Called Home. Miss Eliza Byars, daughter of A. J. Byars, died last Friday ttt the resi dence of her father in this city. Miss Byars was in the bloom of young womanhood and had many friends bore. She was buried last Saturday at Draytonvillo c mrch surrounded by a large number of sorrowing friends. The family has the sympathy of The Ledger, • • — The tmir, when not properly cared for, loses its lustre, becomes crisp, harsh, and dry, and falls out freely with every combing. To prevent this, the best dressing in the market is Arer’a Tlair Vigor. It Imparts that silky gloss so essential to perfect beauty. WIFE-BEATING IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY. Flaw Picker is Hot Because the Parson Got Disorderly and “Beat His Wife an Raised a Great Scandalization." (Correspondence of The Ledger ) Draytonville, Aug., 17.—The gen eral appearance of things in this, the coalin’ ground, at this pencilin’ is a gittin’ ruff. It’s wife-heatin’ that’s the order of t he day. Now, I’m not the best feller that was ever set up as an ornament to a community, but I’ll jist be doggoned ef I hadn’t druther he shot with assafidity an then killed fer bein’ offensive than to bear the name of beat in my wife. Man, you may think that you can go on an beat your wife an nobody will ever know anything about it but it’s a sad mistake, the reason you never hoar of it a bein’ circulated around is because your nabers is actually ashamed for you. Honestly I’d rulher bear the na no of heatin’ a pnor widder woman out of a board bill orstealin’ from an orphan than to have the name “wite- beater” stamped upon my forehead. Hit raises the very devil himself within meat the idea of siteh an un- principaled, inhuman, cowardly scamp. , Ef I couldn’t live with a woman in peace, harmony and happiness I’d pull up stakes an git. There’s so many women in llie world that you can’t help but find one somewheres that will do you right. Ef u man can’t get along smoothe with his wife, I say flat-footed that he’s to blame—unless she forces him to marry her, then, on in that case It wouldn’t he mutch odds ef he whaled her every day—until she got ready to rue buck anyway. The reason a man is to he blamed in the first place is this: You see an know a girl before you marry her—ef you don’t you ought, to—an ef you marry her and git a bud bargain its your fault. But this is erawlishin’ from the suj“ct. Bright an early t’other moridn’ a news carrier (plenty of ’em in this settlement) come over to my house an told me how the parson had got disorderly an heat his wife an raised a great scandalization, an it made me as hot as they say it is way down in the bottomless pits of —south. I’m jist what I am, an what I ain’t, I don’t propose to be, an hit makes me so infernal ma 1 when I see a feller actin’the hypocrit till I feel like I could throw a dyn amite through him before it exploded. Instid of us a jinin’ hand in hand an mukin' this ole world better, hits a a ill in’ worse an worse every day in the week. Hits a confounded shame, so it is. The very idea of the parson heatin’ his wife—but its strait goods fer Mr. Busy Body tole me that he heard the pitiful cries of the parson- ess an said hit alarmed the whole of the nabers, too. Honestly, before God, beljre I would striae Mrs. Bicker a lick I would bid her good bye and kiss the little Peckers an pull up my stakes and pull out. Hits bud enough for a drunkard to come home an beat his wife, much less a preacher. 1'd rather git on my knees, take off my hat and show my hum bleness to a drunkard rather than give a preacher that heats bis wife a pleasant look—-but 1 ain’t goiu’ to do nurry one ef 1 know it. Flaw Picker. -• «•» • — A Few Short Items- If you want to vote eomo in and join the club today. Its your last chance. The home of Mrs. Sallie Lipscomb is completed. It is a handsome building. The architect and painter have both displayed good taste. Remember you can’t vote in the primary unless you join a Democratic club at least live days before the elec tion. This is your last day so come in and place your name on the list at once. The Ledger force returns thanks to Miss Ethel Strain for kindly re membering them on the occasion of her fifteenth birthday. May hers he tho pleasure of many happy returns of the day. Ed Edwards, a deaf colored man who lives on tho farm of J. L. Strain, Esq., paid visa visit lust Tuesday. Ed came to town to get some medi cine that hud been shipped to him to cure his deafness. He says if the medicine man fools him he will tell him of it sure. -- - *- - —- Married. (in Sunday Mr. K. II. Humphries and Miss Vumie Burgess were united in marriage at the home of ^r. \V. ' T. Thompson, notary public, by that official. If mitrrhurv I* a failure ull tin- ^ann*. they have taken stuck, Hut if a success, may these at I he dis»r of fort unu knock. Willie Locals. (Correspondence of Tne Ledger.) Wille, Aug,, 17.—Miss Janie Su- deth died the . r )th inst. and was buried at Pleasant Hill the (5th. Miss Sudetli had suffered extremely for several months with some affec tion of the muscles of the leg, an affection, it seems, that her physician did not understand. Drs. Black, of Greenville, and Walker of Greers, were called in on the 4th inst., to consult in regard to the propriety of the amputation her leg, but decided that the disease was too far advanced for the process of amputation to be of any benefit to her. Miss Sudeth was one of the most beautiful us well one of the most accomplished ladies of this section. The Mayor of Phila delphia as he passed through Green ville with the Liberty Bell presented to her a beautiful budge us a prize for her beauty, not only among the Greenville girls but of all the girls with whom lie had met in the Mouth. Weure very sorry to have to chron icle the very sad and extraordinary death of our friend Tandy Bruce’s baby. Tuesday the lith inst., while Mrs. Bruce was dressing the other children preparatory to going to church the baby, which was only thirteen months old, fell into a tub of water and was drowned. Mrs. Bruce had a jar of milk setting in the tub of water which perhaps was what induced the child to climb upon the tub. It was hurried at Holly Springs on the 12th, the funeral services be ing conducted by Rev. L. C. Ezell. Rev. L. C. Ezell held a series of meetings at Holly Springs last week, us a result of which there were twenty members added to the church. He was assisted in the meeting by Rev. Amos Clary, of Gaffney. Tho lirst of July we had the best prospects for a crop that wo ever had but now we have about the poor est prospect that we have ever had. The dry weather, together with the extreme hot weathor, have ruined the cotton crop to such an extent that we can’t possibly realize more than a half crop. It is reported that while one of our U. S. Deputy Marshals was cutting up u moonshine still one night lust week a few miles above here that a stray bullet passed very close to his head, in fact it passed through his hat, and that lie very suddenly changed his mind in regard to cut ting up of that particular still. Now 1 will leave my readers to imagine the tiling Hint ne actually did do. Mrs. John Caldwell and son Mel vin, of Gowensville, were visiting relatives in our section last Saturday. James Lavan and family, of Tryon, X. 0., were visiting the family of \V. \V. Whelchel last week. Jairi's. • •- - — An Enjoyable Occasion. (Corresponui nco of The Leiiser.) Kki.tox, August 1(5.—Last Satur day it was our pleasure to visit the McGowan school house for the pur pose of attending a picnic. The school gave a free barbecue and bas ket picnic which proved a grand suc cess. Everything was beautifully ar ranged and the best of order prevailed. E. N. Gault did the cooking and he did it well. The following committee served: \V. II. Sims, S. (). I’almer, J. M. Wright, J. Z. Gault, D. J. Farr, Charley Fowler, G. T. Gault, \V. E. Sims, Mrs. 11. B. McKissiek. Mrs. J. Y. Young, Mrs. J. F. Wright and Sallie Fowler. When tho dinner had been spread Miss Sallie Greer, the teacher, marched her school up on one side of the table and then the ladies and gentlemen were arranged and divine blessing invoked by Mr. G. T. Gault. Everybody had plenty to eat and a fine time. After dinner was over Mr. Wm. McKown and Dr. M. W. Culp addressed the crowd with short but excellent speeches. Every body, both old and young, seemed to enjoy themselves. Jt was certainly an honor to the school and commu nity. Wo are told that W. E. Sims was due the greatest honor for the dinner, as he taken hold and pushed forward in making it up. Will is a boy who likes to see everybody enjoy themselves, and I am sure, would do all he could to make such a thing a success. Wo hope to be able to visit that school again on such an occa sion. The 21st of August is campaign day at Kelton. There is to bo two barbecues there that day, one by J. N. Borter and one by J. 11. Sprouse. Come on, hoys, you can get your din ner cheap that day. Last Friday a terrible storm passed through this section which done much damage to corn and cotton. The dry weather up to that time had cut the crops off considerably, but we hope to get more for our cotton by not mak ing so much. The Ledger is gaining ground very fast in this section and wo predict it u crowning success. A. Bov. *- Six weeks ago I suffered with a very severe cold; was almost unable to speak. My friends all advised me to consult a physician. Noticing Cham berlain's Cough Remedy advertised in the St. Baul Yolks Zoitung, I pro cured a bottle, and after taking it a short while was entirely well. 1 now most heartily recommend this rem edy to anyone suffering with a cold.— Win. Kell, (578 Selby Avo., St. Baul, Minn. For sale bv the Dul’re Drug Co. $1.00 A YEA It. THE S. C. S. S. CONVENTION. Time of Meeting Changed From Au gust 25-27 to September 2-4. Several of the State Sunday School Conventions arranged Jo hold their meetings this year the last week in August. This made it impossible for Brof. Hamill, the ropresuntative of the International Convenvention, to meet with them all. Mr. Jacobs, Chairman of the In ternational Executive Committee, re quests us, if possible v to change the time of meeting so that Brof. Hamill could be with us. Upon investigation it seemed prac ticable and convenient for us to do so, and the date for our meeting has now been changed to September 21, 3d and 4th, instead of August 25th, 2(>th and 27th, and Brof, Hamill, of Illinois, one of the leading Sunday School teachers of America, and author of the “Legion of Honor Nor mal Bible and Training Lesson,” will be present. He is already well known to a great many of the Sunday School people of the state, and his presence is suffi cient guarantee that the meeting will he one of great interest and profit. Let no pastor or Sunday School worker, who can attend, miss tho treat in store for us at Florence, S. C., Septemh r 3J, fli and 4th. S. B. Ezell, Ch. Ex. Com. — -• •--- — Tl e Queen of Home. (Corret oondence of The Leilger.) Cross I oads. Aug., 18.—It is un- questiona de that the highest quali ties of woman are displayed in her relationship to others, through the medium of her affections. She is tho nurse whom nature has given to all humankind. She takes charge of the helpless and nourishes and cherishes those we love. She is the presiding genius of the fireside, where she cre ates an atmosphere of serenity and contentment suitable for the nature and growth of character in its best forms. She is by her very constitu tion compassionate, gentle, patient and self-denying. Loving, hopeful, trustful, her eyes shed brightness everywhere. It shines upon coldness and warms it, upon suffering and re lieves it, upon sorrow and cheers it. Her silver flow Of siil)tlc-f;i('<>(l coniivcl in (lUlrivis. Rlglit to heart mid hratu. though un lc- scrlhcil. Winning its way with extremegeiitlciics.s Through all the outworks of suspicion's pride. It was characteristic of woman that she should have been the first to build and endow a hospital. Good women are better than riches. How happy a man must feel when he can say when he enters his home “Every care vanishes the moment I enter under my own roof.” And Luther, a man full of human affection, speak ing of his wife, said, “I would rather not Exchange my poverty with her for all the riches of Croesus without her.” 1 had better slop this subject us I am not married and old Flaw might give “S” another blow. The weather is hot and dry. The cotton has dropped off half its fruit. If cotton should happetyto open 16 lbs. to $1. we poor little farmers will have 1(5 debts to .tl to pay with. Fodder pulling and cutting hay is the order of the day. Cotton is opening pretty through this part. Effie Harris, of Morcsborough, N. C., spent last week with her friends and relatives In this section. Mrs. X. M. Wood spent last week with her daughters at Boilings, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Elliott, of Blacksburg, are enjoying the fresh air around the old Gowpens Furnace, at their son’s, W. Y. Elliott. Mrs. W. T. Thompson, of Gaffney, was in these parts today. Mrs. Bolly Ann Clary has been very sick for tho last two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Moore, of Lan caster, are visiting Mrs. Moore’s parents Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Waters. Mrs. Counts, of Clyde, is also visit ing her parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. 8. Waters. n Mrs. R. Ann Waters had belter put on her best pair of spectacles and look through them with a sharp eye, for I heard that somebody was going to reply to “Tell your wife,” with “Tell vour husband.” I guess they had better*lot her alone if they want to live and do well. The good peoplo around Piedmont had better look out for rations, for I think most all the people around here are going to attoud the associ ation up there the last of this week. s. -• -*•»- ^ — A Bank President. Mr. W. T. Nelson, president of the •Second National Bank, of Jackson, Tenn., says: “For Indigestion and Nervous trouble, I would rather give up the use of any remedy I ever tried than King’s Royal Gormeteur. 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