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6 THF T EDGEB r GAFFNEY, S. JULY 1, 1897. THE SAGE OF ETTA JANE. GIVES US A BATCH OF INTER ESTING NEWS. TV* “Kern*!;” Ssys Capt. H. P. Griffith Has Set a Laudable Example For Other Veterans to F ollow. (Cc: io. 'imh’.•: pc..* of The I.^dtrer.) Ivn'A .! \v. dune 28—Since my last ;ur our a! ion has lost two of its men. Mr..!. J. (ieorge died at his home last Friday after a long ill- noMS. He was buried at the “(iran- tv ,? McK '.vi. cravevari on Saturday. fi \ D. W. Tltomusson juvnehed the lUiieral serviers at Wiison s chapel i>n Saturday. Mr. O, H- II. (dlarj T ..d m Friday and v.. = hurried at v. iir.th or: '•aturday. Kev. B. I*. Kob; rtsoa c 'nducted tiie funeral ex ercises. For a cord;:* 1 invitation to attend their annua! nicnio the King’s Mountiitn iiattle ground. July Brd, ino ir.emhe:' ; )• tin A: tioch hand have my heartfelt tliur.k'. > . Friday of wee;: before lust I Ram that Miss Uliiun Smarr was seriously hurt by being hoiked by a vicious cow. r!,-re will he preaching at Salem next Sabbath. July 5. Mfriend M. i’. Hammett, of Pine <»rov * section, reported Having cotton blooms last WceK. I’. S. Webber has a line prospect fora cotton crop. Several of our neighbors threshed their wheat and oats last week. Their •Tops were a fair average. : think, [he people of Wilson's chapel have r;ar Ved a weekiy prayer meeting, it meets every Wednesday night. We had an excellent rain last It came in that document also many requests by | I ATpQT flQTTON MILL NEWS. old people have been made that other ! UJUGOl 1VI! UlIUL lUi II V. matters connected with the atrocious crime be published. I regret that I have, after many years of diligent searching, failed to find this original confession, or I would have pub lished it long ago. I here append the proceedings on the day of execu tion—February Blth, l8o2—as pub lished in the Unionville Journal at that time which many of our older readers will remember. Here it is in full: Th e farmers Wed t. c sday morn i n g. *he very niche of t:i::e. wanted it. There is a kind cf superstitious idea that some good people indulge m, of putting silver in the milk to make the butter come. It has a!- viivs b en the ca. e that silver would i ring butter—especially in the mar ket. Your correspondent has been .nite unwell for the past few days cat is getting some better now. <•:>»: day week bMnv last our ::i ghijor, C. F. It:man. bihed a blue rune on his place that measured *jy feet and two inches from tip to tip of its wings and five feet and two Inches in height. Miss - is visiting Miss I’earle and (iruce Wiiisor.ant, of Wilkinsville. i had tlie pleasure of attending tha Wilson’s ciuipei prayer meeting on Wednesday night' of last week. The young mvn have a prayer meeting that meets on Sabbath nights. Fapt. II. I*. Griffith has set a lau- dibh* example for other officers and oldi r» of the lute confederacy to follow in giving their personal recol lection of the late war. These are .he writings we have trie 1 so Jong 4nd s hard to get up in order that a trao history of our troops might be transmitted to posterity. They are invaluable to tlie historian and ibe- sides they are facts which the most Uinr-dulous dure to gain-i.y. It i a lamentable fact that the writing of these reminiscences has been put oil so long that they can never supply ‘.he want they once would have done. Truly procrasti- -i':*>o is t.he thief of tiua . r. A. Goforth is complaining. V. Ih Gofortli. who ha* been at tending the Landrum H gh School, sat home spending hi -i vacation. The North Bacolet Sunday School L’onvcution met at V.'b-on’s chapel yesterday. The cor.gregu'ion was a ‘arve one for the bad weatiier. The Me.v$i ootamia choir was assisted by Me i’.int Hill and Salem churches nod the music was grand. hast Saturday Jimm: • Strain cele brate:; his twenty-first birthday. Htverui of his friends took dinner *ith him. ' weather is intensely hot and •■•tpv. and other cror .- ii.’)<.iy. i..*: Saturday we v.em to the county seat on bus'iie-.s. But few o' :try people wen i: ‘ wn that da Lv.rynody at v u. Mr. and Mrs. *11. B MnUardel and di’ -Ln n visited us last S • jrelay. S. • ‘•ral of our peop!- w. nt to GafT- ■•■‘■y '■ - week on bu- n. of differ e” t s • • Is. \Ye :ire vcvrt uses) rear *; was at tk .• itivention yes- tv 'iv. He s about ; s v ; ,u: g. active md uood looking ap;. a.vr.ily ns hr* was Mi'-n he used to sc ;u: around the Federal lines \’ir i la in the “sixt c-.” \ KXKt l'TIOX OK T’HINF.AS H. JOHXSOX. “This unfortunate man underwent the penalty of the law, at this place, on last Friday the 13th insl. He was taken from the prison at 11 o’clock, and accompanied by our worthy Sheriff Gibbs and his deputy, proceeded to the place of execution, guarded by the Unionville troop of calvary, who had been ordered out for that purpose. As the mournful procession passed through the streets, we caught a glimpse of the criminal; he was dressed in his grave clothes and seated upon a plain white coffin ‘ which was so soon to receive his dis- 1 honored remains. What an awful j sight, to witness tlie living clothed in the habiliments of the tomb—to *oe the strong man, with all his body faculties unimpaired bv disease thus solemnly prepared for the habita tion of the grave 1 Thousands of anxious spectators had assembled to witness the execu- 1 lion. When tlie procession arrived at the gallows, a most solemn and impressive sermon was preached by W. T. Farrow, fmm the following * text, “And as it is appointed unto men j once to die, but after this the judge ment.'’ Heb. ix 27. This text was 1 selected by the prisoner himself, and ' t:ie funeral was preached at his re- ! quest. After the funeral sermon j was over a most touching and elo quent prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. i’ursley. I. G. McKissick, Esq., then read to the assemblage, and in the hearing of the prisoner his confes sion of the crime, as we published in our last number, and when the read ing had been iinished, Mr. Farrow a:>ked him if the published account was true? He replied that it was: and the following additional revela tions were then made, he having i stated them to Mr. Kisslck, on the i night previous to his execution. “In addition to my confession of | the murder of Mary Ann Hyatt. I make tlie following statement: 1 was hut slightly acquainted with her prior to tht year 181*5; during which however, sheattended Sunday School | in which I was a teacher and being ' thus thrown together we became j intimately acquainted; by assoeiu- ! ting with her 1 became attached, j loved and courted her; we were soon engaged; I was taken sick an 1 con- lined to my bed for several weeks, during which time, at the entreaty of some of my relations and from other cases, I declined complying with my marriage contract and soon as able to travel, I visited her on Sunday previous to her mother's leaving for the state of Tennessee, an 1 requested her to release me from my engagement, stating to her that circumstances did not justify of i our marriage, and insisted on her go ing with her mother, hut, contrary to my wishes, she declined, saying she could not live here. After this I was occasionally in her company; but I sought Root with any intention of marrying her; our intimacy continued until it terminated in the commission of sin—which has led to the worst of consequences. I’min'f.as H. Johnson.” Signed Feb. 12th, 1852, in presence I. G. McKissick. A few minutes before 1 o'clock the prisoner ascended the scaffold and spoke a few words to the assemblage. His voice were wry weak and feeble, ; and he could smrcely b** heard even * by those* nearest him. He cautioned | his friends against the commission of : crime and bade them take warning J from his fate. He was tin n n»ked by the sheriff if he had v thing ; further to say, an ! not re; . mg the cord was severed and after a short struggle, he was dead. Thus lias a most outrageous crime met with its just punishment and the majesty of the law i: id been abundantly vin dicated. So certain is it that crime will meet its reward and the violator of the law, Loth human and divine, be br light L* an untimely a:. » igno minious death.” j. l. s. Shirts at a bargain at u: have a W. O. Lipscomb& ITEMS OF INTEREST TO TEX TILE WORKERS. North and South Carolina Mills, Their Improvements and their Ad vancements—Opera tive Personals. Huggins, of Darlington, Bro.’s this week. IVe hope he will live a long Line to Ml of hi- u \« and downs with the Yankees. IF -ays Uncle Y<*m Goudelock reports having eaten ‘•»:e of the largest messes of roasting vara on record while a* uiiuncellors- idle. Ya. “CTib'’ is a funny fellow and 'iways has something new to tell an “’ ncle Jake’” or somebody else. The Christian Endeavor society wet a* F. A. GoF rt.'s > yesterday evening. There will be a young ; le’s pie- a • :. this section j me time this ruin!*• - to which “old’’ Flaw, the banjo and T:!Leim fk will be in- »:• .I d mad nbun lantly v.fclcoine. I reckon old fo ks can go and look »>r Y! : publication in Tun I.kixjek of the nv-uth sentence, as passed upon i’iiineas H. Johnson by Judge Jnliii Beltin O Neale, for the mur- "h r of Mary Ann Hyatt in ISoJ ' v .used a widespread leading of A Visit to the Convict’s Camp. Thk Eedgkk is indebted to Super visor Lipscomb for a pleasant drive to the convict camp on the Midway road on Tuesday morning. Overseer l R. M. Jolly is doing a good piece of road work over there and he is also getting a great deal of it done for the amount of labor he has. The road is being atraightend and leveled. The convicts look like they are re ceiving humane treatment. Al though the number of convicts is sm<.ll it is practically demonstrated that It pays to work convicts, Chero kee has started right and it may he depend on that she will continue to steer in the right course. Tou may hunt the world over and you will not find another medicine equal to Chamberlain’s Colic, Choi- era and Diarrhoea Remedy, for bow el complaints. It is pleasant, safe ‘ind reliable. For sale by Dul’re ; Drug Company. The cotton mil! at Stubbs, N. C., is adding new machinery. J. F. Cunningham, of the Fort Mill Cotton Mill, Fort Mill, S. (J., was in Charlotte last week. The Piedmont (S. 0.) Mfg. Co. have commenced building their new penstock and wheel-house. R. \Y. Mitcham, Superintendant Camden (S. O.) Cotton Mills, was in Charlotte last week on business. Chas. T. McDade, boss weaver in Swift Creek Cotton Mills (box 50i) Petersburg. Ya., wants 10 to 15 good men weavers at once. Mr. Riley, who had charge of the twisting department in the Atherton Cotton Mill, Charlotte, has gone to the Alpha Mill, same city. R. >1. Thacker, overseer in tlie Swift Creek Cotton Mills, Petersburg, Ya., has given up his position and returned to his home at King* Mtn., N. C. The I). A. Thompkins Co., Char lotte. has accepted tlie agency of the Foster tube and cone winding mach inery, manufactured at Westfield, ! Muss. \V. J. McDonald, lafe overseer cf ! carding at the Atherton Cotton Mill, | Charlotte, has become machinest 1 with K. H. Turner's Lincoln Foundry A Machine Works, Lincolnton, N. C. J. S. Lamb, second hand in the weave room in No. 2. Mill, Henrietta, N C., has, it it reported, been pro moted to the overseership of the weave room of No. 1 Mill, same place. T. E. Beeves, late of the Granby Mills, Columbia, S. C., is now engi neer at the Ft. Mill (S. C.) Mfg. Co. 11** is a nephew of .las. Reeves, carder at the Arcade Mill, Rock Hill, S. C. In the recent fire at the Orange Cotton Mills, Orangeburg, S. C., tin* main driving belt was destroyed, and a correspondent says the new belt will contain one hundred and twenty live large ox hides. “I want (> or 8 good spinners and 2 doffers.” writes H. A. Bell, foreman carding and spinning Camden (8. C.) Cotton Mills. He adds that every thing is moving along nicely, making lull time by steam. W. S. Huffstickler has changed from Mt. Holly. N. C.. to McAdens- ville. N. C.; Cuas. M. Burgess from Clifton. 8. ('., to Pacolet Mill No. 3, 8. C.; J. H. Thomas from Bessemer City, N. C., to Asbury P. O., 8. C. The rope of the elevator at the Lex ington (8. C.) Cotton Mills broke re cently, and the elevator caught Alonzo Rikard and 8. L. Smith, two employes in its descent, breaking the thigh of the former and painfully bruising the latter. J. M. Harris, loomfixer at Lockhart (8. C.) Cotton Mills, visited the Tex tile Excelsior Friday, on his way to make a few days’ visit at .Salisbury, N. C. He says all the machinery is running steadily at Lockhart now, wit’ll plenty of help. At 8tee!e Mills, Rockingham, N.C., J. E. Shaw is overseer of the weaving, not J. E. Allen, as formely reported. Mr. 8haw, before being engaged at tlie .Steele Mills, was overseer of the weaving department at the Pilot Mill, Raleigh. N. <!., and more recently at East Durham, N. C. The Granite Cotton Mills, Haw River. N. C., are putting in their dyehouse a Klauiler-Weldon raw stock dyeing machine sold to them by fttcwart W. Cramer, Charlotte, N. C. Mr. Cramer has also sold the Glencoe Mills, Burlington, N. C., a new C. A G. Cooper engine. The Spartan Mills, Spartanburg, 8. C., after a careful examination of Cie various forms and systems of hu midifiers, have placed the order for In • equiptneiitot tlii-ir mills with the A merman Drognphore Co., Boston. Mass. These mills will be equipped with gold medal double nozzle Droso- phores. The Cornelius Cotton Mill, David son College, N. C., has been stopped for two days on account of some de- K-Ct in the engine; thereby the John Crowley Towel Weave Mill, Char lotte, N. C.. had to shut down for the same length of time for the want of yarn. Both operation. drams of aromatic sulphrurlc acid. Dr. Hamilton was quickly summoned and administered an antidote which soon brought heraround again. The cause of the act was jealousy. The family are from Rock Hill, S. C. I). P. Rhodes is Supt. of the new Gaston Cotton Mills, Cherryvillo. N. C. Ed. Burnett, formely of Gaffney, 8. C., is now overseer of weaving, with ins brother, W. G. Burnett, second hand. J. Hugs is overseer of carding and spinning in day time, W. P. Hurt at night, the latter having heretofore been starting tlie warpers, slashers and cloth room machinery in the mill. The officers and managers at Fair mont (8. C.) Cotton Mills now are. W. J. Harris, President and Treas urer, his son L. G. Harris, book-keep er and Superintendant. K. D. Whitak er, general manager; G. R. Wliitaker, overseer weaving, with Robt. Hughes, 2d hand; Lea Greer, late of Pelham, is 2d hand of spinning. James Greer is card grinder, while Thos. T. Roddy is the machinest and master mechan ic, the miller, the sawyer and black smith, as well as a dozen other things all combined. John T. Moreland, boss spinner for the Langley (8. C.) Mfg. Uo., has ten dered his resignation, to take effect June 30. Mr. Moreland goes to Hen rietta, N. C.. where he will have charge of the spinning in mill No. 2. Our corespondent from Langley adds the following: “Mr. Moreland is a first-class man in every respect. He lias held his present position for seven years, during wh>ch time he has given entire satisfaction. We congratulate tiic* managers of the Henrietta Mills in securing the sir- vices of such a man. PREPARE your sys'hlh rc!i the discasub of ... BY USING PRICKLY ASH j iv ?F C'JM.rXtt ^ 1 • • • y OS i A JOL sOa- < ? —Y* d* 2 stren.cthenr, the kiJneys, dc.tnr.c5 rnd rcmjlr.tes the liver, jf> •vi t'p tlie stomach and perihe; the bov/c!::. Thus the ' .'9 * s d in advance to resist the influence rf rnf.LrLi, J tcry, cholera^liver disorders and n .rv u5 debility. M Equally effective used as a preventive or cure. *.} ( r i > * *> --> f, .q r-...iv.. . .—.• fy. Preprrtd&g o4 Pricld> Asti Bitters Co., St.Lorjtfi. Sold by ; ^ • * r >‘ * ^ “f V •J' V *.? <!*> •*,? V ;;i> «»> ‘VC' r J iZ Chorokee Drug Co. Special Agents. Drugslrl * ■Vr '•J&'r' WE ARE Closing Out at Cost rT-csra Something to Depend On. Mr. James Jones, of the Drug firm of Jones A Son, Cowden, 111., in speaking of Dr. King's New Discov ery, says that last winter his wife was attacked with the La Grippe, and her case grow so serious that physi cians at Cowden and Pana could do nothing for her. It seemed to de velop Into Hasty Consumption. Having Dr. King’s New Discovery in the store, and selling lots of it. he took a bottle home, and to the surprise of all she began to get better from first dose, and half dozen dollar hot ties cured her sound and well. Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to do tliis good work. Try it. Free trial bottles at Dul’re Drug Co’s. - ■ ' ' ^j» A Dollar Saved —IS— A Dollar Made. We will sell for one week at the following prices; 200 yards of 2.”> cents Cash mere to go at 15 cents. 200 yards of all-woo! Atlantic Mills Cashmere, worth 50 cents to go at 21 cents. 150 yards of extra fine Hen rietta, worth $1.00 to goat 40 cents. 200 yards of Black Lawn to go at 0 cents, worth 14 cents. (>ne lot $2 pants to go at $1.4S. A lot of $3 Pants to go at $1.08. A lot of Ladies’ $2.25 Shoos, odd numbers, lo go at $1.75. Sample Corsets, I’ndervests, Gloves, lIo>e, Parasols, Ties, Bows, ifce. A BIG LOT OF gga Al-o Men’.* Cravats, Collars and Cufis, Umbrellas. Pocket Books, Suspenders, Shirts, Hats, Pant-, Ac., Ac, PASTS CHEAPER HERE THAN ANYWHERE. BATS AT TOPS OWN PRICE. Call at once, at J. R. Tolleson & Co.’s Cheap Store. Commencing Tbursday, June 24t}i : WE WILL SELL f A- jVIcmi'ss concerns are again in . i Miss Josi Howell, aged 15. and Henry Elsinore, ago 10, ran off from the Lockhart (S. C.) Cotton Mills 1 las: Sunday a woe;: ago and wore married at Union. After a couple days’ honeymoon the youthful couple returned to their respective duties at Lockhart, she to her drawing-in and he t o hi* loom*. The new Gaston Cotton Mills, Cberryville, N. C., now have their 2JM) spindle* running night and day. and 78 of the IHJ-inch loom* in operation, and all will be running in a few days. All of the machinery is Whitin. This factory wa* plan ned for a five to six thousand spindle ! one, and the balance of the machin ery will be put in next spring. Mrs. Plyler, a boardlng’honae keep er and wife of a . weaver at the Un ion (8. O.) Cotton Mills, attempted suicide last week by taking four When you come to town be fore buying your goods be sure to come to THE BOSTON STORE. POLIAKOFF BROS. Summons for Relief. (('oni|ita!i:t no! served.) Tlis State of Scutli Mini, 1 ; County OK ClIKUOKEK. ' I’l' as. Aii<ir<‘W 0< dor lit, I'lidi.lKT. Aviiirisl Mniioii it. K<‘' s<\ F. A. Tp-voI t. .!< uni** Uoli- n:*. .1. II. Kiddie, as iiiiadnistrtt.or t stiite. ■ if Clririe-.T. WiUlnra .. .luuc-s F. Start. O. V *. Milrt iiiei .I'liiu K. 11 :iri. i»iirt ivrsiioSnjr lc 'in.-ss ns II irt ti !!:ir:. !u fmU.iiils. T*> i iie I•cfendmils himive nMined: Vo 1 lire li(* i*>y >...: !ii.i»*i< a and r •iiiCrcd I.» aer tin •;.ii<i i:;il in Oil-, artiiai. » iilrli 1 s i !ds nay li!i-«! in I i.e nl'ie -of the » •■rl: i»f I he < nirt of ('(tir.inoii I'lea-. for tin- snld ciiiiiiiy, find to serve a e >,iy of your Hlisii • r to th >aSd i' >tii (da !nt mi t he i iln-r ut Ids o!li • • Mu. fi, J.aw Kanifi'. ^ nrkvllle. S. wlfhl:i twenty dnysafti-r the servlee hereof, exeltislvi- of the dny of slii'h si-rvlee; and if yijii fall to answer ihe eoTiiiilaliit wllhin t!ie ti-.ie . foresail!, t* ida nliiT In this lii-Uon wSil apiily to the (.'nuri for tin- r' li' f de- tiiaiidi i in tin- cornal'ilnt. .1 utii g.V, A. O., i W. W. I.FWIs. IffaSiitifT- Alto; in y. Notice. To tin' n’nsent d- fendant, M. U. Steese: T.i »e Not lee Thai the HUliinioiis of which tiie fnrt iriiins; is a eojjy, toKetht-r wltli llie coiriplulnt in this aciimi. ts ttiisilay tiled in 1 iie ol’dct*of the Clerk nt tlie Court of Cua.- UKin i’leas tor i In* r laiit v of <'herokec. W. W LEW is. IMaiiCiff's Att orney. .1 line rs**. jy.iT. Ian Do; , Figured and Kan- , i ey. in Miff Bosoms. Ne;;li- I K -i* ■ind Work Sliirts. • JVt it PJ&rsrsiin, W. O. LIPSCOMB & BRO., The Hustlers. « Men Run tee Government .i*. 11 # Women Ran tee Home, # and in order that they run the home successfully they must have nice, fresh groceries. Our store is tlie jdace to get them. Yours truly, BYARS & SPARKS, Exclusive Grocers. A New Era Gaffney Hi$ School. Professor I». O. Surratt has associated Prof j S. A. Ch'imlH-rs «ini his wife. Mrs. I,. K j Cli'-im’.M'rs with hliMM-lf for tli'- next tenn I rouirnencinit August Uth. This (.-''nth-miin ami hisi‘iuut>aiiloit will prove an addition to th sui-lal and edtn-utlonul prospeet of our city. Mrs. ChttDils'rs tviil introduce the kln- iierj:arten system in the sotutol and is weil i|Uiili(ii'd from experiems* and recent Diodern trutnlntrtoedueate the little ones in mind. uiDrals. and tnuaners. The kindergarten Is a '.M-aiil Iful and artist !c fi nt lire for l»at»y eit- uea’ion and knowledge will In* so pleasantly and adroitly iciven that unawares theehilil- r*i! an led from sit';> to step. Professor Chamhers lias tieen a tm»*t suei'i -isful educa- I Mr and will prepare O-ffney ls»V'. for eolle*e i or i'U-iiie-.s and ,!iu*» uarents wl.i lied an In- | dueemem to keep their id, 11 Iren In-iieuth tlie t iiooie root. when you come to town that you can get a good square meal in my restaurant for 25c. Nice fresh Bread, (’akes and Pies from tlie Cherokee Bakery daily. Yours truly, jb V J• Wiii'i'C'ii. In J. E. Webster’s old ofiice. The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company, Offer for Sale Building Lot* in this Flourishing Town, G^irjriNlJDY OXYl Also Farms near by and in reach of the school* of Limestone 8nrii and of this place in lots of from 30 to 1(K) acres on liberal time rate*. 4 A1 o Agricultural Lands to rent for farm purposes. For full particulars ap;Jy t* MOSES WOOD, Agent. N. B.—All trespassing on lands of this Company culling and remoyinj timber, fishing or hunting are forbidden under penalty of law.