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J. u. A 1(1)1.AW. V1<H) PrMldent THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. Capital $so,c.?o.03h KVif.r.buy county claims, receivedepoalt iiml m.iVr llbcrul loitua on approved paper U. t'. Uoss. ('nshior. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Keliability of Every Advei- tiser Who Uses the CoJ- umns of This Paper. •-X'KJMMMMra A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESI ABLISirED FEB. 1G, 1894. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., FBI DAI, JU.NE 9, 1899. ■ ■ i " i .-— ..i 5? 1.00 A YEAR. ^0 Karris Foley Fatally Injured In New York City. WAS HEATING HIS GIRiAS U ittvr M.ilfjind Ilor Clilld Appeared on Ihe Seene, lie Suys, and \> liile the Iforiner II.-id Mini the Latter Used a ristol and an Ax. New Yokk, June 8.—Harris Foley, ei’.ffering from two bullet wounds and cats in the bead, accuses his wile and her dufthter, Hannah Pool, of atteuiptiug his murder, and the two women are in custody at Shenpdieuu Bay. Foley says 1 is wife held him while his stepdaugh ter shot him. Foley is CO j'ears old and a mechanic. He has lived at Sheeps head Bay ail his life and has acquired considerable prop erty. H:s family consists of his wife, Ellen, 4? years old; u daughter, Hannah Pool, and two little girls. The younger ciuluieu, according to the wife and elder daughter, wcTe the cause of his injuries. A disturbance in the Foley household attracted the attention of neighbors and the police lan night. When ctlioers in quired ror Foley his wite and step daughter said they did not know where he was. The house was entered by the policemen, who found everything in a state of confusion. In nearly every room the furniture had been bent and smashed. Ail the windows wore broken. On the floor the police found blood stains which led down the stairs to the basement. There Foley was found seemingly dead, lying in a dark corner under the siairway under a washtub. His face and clothing were covered with hood. A close examination showed that there was a large bullet wound in his head from which blood was still flowing. Another bullet wound was found in fhe nmu’s neck just under the right jaw. There were also three vicious looking cuts on Foley’s head, which ap peared to have been inflicted with a dull ax. The wounds had evidently been muds ssvoial hours before. Au ai*bu- Inuce was eail-jd and whsc it arsivsd tbs surgeoa applied rustorailvaa Ten uduates uinpevi before Foley showed elgiis of returulug ocusciouiBeis. •‘Who «hot and beat you'f” asked the poiicemau. “My wife Ellen and our daughter Hannah,” Foley ropiied. “My v/ifo held me fas ' while ' my daughter bred at me with a revolver.” “Where did this happen?” “Heie in the house,” Foley said. “They got mad because 1 beat the chil dren.” Before he could say more the injured man lapsed into unconsciousness. He was taken to the hospital with no hope for Ins recovery. The women both de nied Foley’s story. They said they had been shopping in Brooklyn and arrived home at fl o’clock. Foley was drunk, ami had broken nearly all the furniture in the house and a half dozen panes of gla-^s m the windows and was beating the two little girls. As the wife and daughter appeared, they say, Foley threw a lighted lamp at them. Mother and daughter fought with the father and finally put him out. They knew nothing more about him until his body was found in the basement. FITZ A STRONG FAVORITE. Hotting on the Cuming Hattie Con- tinut-s to Increase. New Yokk, Juno S.—Despite the fact that Chiei Devery has threatened to in terfere in the Fitzsimmons Jeffries eon-' tost, betting on the battle continues to increase. Fitzsimmons still remains a strong favorite over Jeffries. So confl uent are the lanky Australian’s admir ers that they offer a to 1 freely on the result and in some instances Hto 1 has been secured. Jim Corbett bet $1,000 to Jti.OOO on Jeffries last night. Richard Dougher ty’s effer of $1,000 against $550 on the champion was accepted by a well known banker Jimmy Carroll has bet $100 against $750 on the Californian. He says he has a commission of $1,000 to back Jeffries at 1 to‘J. Sunuei Austin also has a few thousand to back Jef fries. Harry Corbett, brother to Jim Cor bett and a prominent bookmaker on the Pacific coast, will arrive in town today with a large sum to bet on Jeffries. Modi ni Woodmen Celebrate. Kansas City, June 8 — A drizzling rain almost thwarted the plans of the Modern Woodmen of America for hold ing a grand celebration today. Mayor Jones had declared today a holiday and hundreds of delegates had arrived to participate. The program provided for a grand parade, addresses by William J. Bryan and other features of enter tainment. Despite the rain 8,000 Wood men marched in the parade, which was comprised of divisions representing the different states attending the conven tion. Payment of Cuban Troops. Havana, June 8—Colonel Randall, in paying Cuban soldiers at Mutauzas yesterday, found that iho majority of them had turned over their arms some time before to (ieueral Pedro Betan court, the civil governor of Matuuzas. A few of them had certificates, but the mujoriPy of them had not. CoiiNequeutly Colonel Kanoall experienced difficulty and only paid 517 men, though over 5100 were in waning and wanting money. A Translator’* Kutal Kail. Washington, June 8. —John,! litlor, a trumlator in the office of the dinctor of the mint, Inst his balance and fell from the second floor in the treasuiy department tpdav down the shaft which the stairway suirounds, to the the base ment. probably receiving fatal injuries Mr. La lor is a ifrell known writer oil political economy and is tbc author of tui encyclopedia on (hat subject. { Mi-lan I) inga-rously 111. London, June H.—A spec'al from Vi enna says iha sis tan of Turkey is dau- gcroualy ill LARGE DLAZE IN AUGUSTA. (Quarter of u Million Dollars’ Worth of Property Desire ,ed. Augusta, Ga., June 8.—Fire here has destroyed $250,000 worth of property in the business district. The flames started in the drugstore of Davenport & Phin- ily. A negro was mixing a pot of veuus turpentine. Fire got in the pot and the tlamos spread so rapidly that the em ployes in the front part of the store barely had time to escape. In a short while the following stocks were burned cut: Kress & Co., 5 and 10-ceut store, loss $10,000, insurance, $7,000; Lamkin <£j Co., grocer, loss $7,000, insurance $5,000; Thomas & Barton, musical instruments, bicycles and furniture, loss $24,000, in surance $24,000; Alexander Drug com pany, loss $17,000, insurance $12,000; Davenport & Phiir.zy, loss $24,000, in surance 422,000; Skull) & Co., liquor dealers, loss about $5,000, insurance about $51000; Smyihe & Co., china store, loss about $7,000, insurance $7,000; Wil liam Schweigert, jeweler, loss very slight, fully covered by iusurrnce. The buildings burned were valued in the aggregate at about $150,000; in surance about $75,000. Besides these there were a number of smaller losses, as the upper stories of the buildings were used as ofllces, mak ing the total losses iu the neighborhood of $250,000. Savannah and Macon were tele graphed to for assistance and the Cen tral railroad had special trains iu readi ness to bring engines and hose when word was Sent that the fire had ex hausted itself. OPERATORS E-M0ARRASSED. Proprietors of Mnail Coal Mini** Un able to Pay- High Wages. Bikmikuham. Ala., Juno 8.—Coal op erators who do not manufacure iron are much embarrassed by the extraor dinary advances in coal miners’ wagei accorded by tha large coal operators who make iron and pay their miner* according to the price of iron. Coal has not advanced like iron and iu consequence the exclusive coal oper ators cannot pay the advance and make a profit. If they do not pay the wage advance their miners will quit them lot larger companies who need more CONGRESS DISBANDS; 1GDINSLD0 DICTATOR the men. The outcome is ex{>ecied to be a temporary shut down of a number of domestic cool mines and the eo opera tion of the smaller coal operators with the coal mines for a uniform summon and winter wage scale without refer ence to the price of iron. In Walker county, where wage con tracts were made with reference to iron, the situation is cheering and no cessation of work is expected. A gen eral readjustment of the wage matter is being urged for July 1, when tho present contracts expire. DEATHS FROM SMALLPOX. Hoard of Health Hvoretury Lewis Kr- ports on tbo Disease. Ralbigu, June t>. — Dr. Riohard II. Lewis, secretary of the state hoard of health, has made a report on smallpox iu North Carolina from Jan. 1, 18518, when it first appeared at Wilmington, to May I, this year During that pe riod there were 61d cases and 17 deaths. The death rate among the whites was J percent, the negroes per cent. Dr. Lewis says the disease was far worse in northeastern North Osroliua than anywhere else. There are 510 fam ilies infected in Gates county, and peo ple there are taking no precautions and tiie county re!uses to elect a superin tendent of health. The people will not permit disinfec tion or tho destruction of infected cloth ing. Dr. Lewis says as a result he is perfectly sure there will bo a bad epi demic next winter. The disease has so far been mild in type, as a rale, though it is trne small pox. The disease was brought into th.e slate fr< m Sooth Carolina and south eastern Virginia. Invalid I’rt-veiits a Wrick. Columbia, S. C., June 8.—The pas senger train on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens road from Atlanta had passed Irmo, miles from Columbia, and was running at a high rate of speed when the engineer saw a danger signal. He pnt on brakes and stopped on a curve. Jnst beyond the engine a large trestle was burning. An old farmer who had been sick and was very weak saw the fire and made' his way up the road to meet ihe train. He did so just in time to avoid a terrible accident. K erultlng Officer Leaves. Jackson, Miss., June 8.—Lieutenant Herbert O. Williams, recruiting officer of the United Suites army, stationed at this point, has received a telegram from the secretary of war ordering the office closed and ordering him to report at once for duty at Charleston, S. O. Lieutenant Williams will leave this week. Hostoiiiuns I'lirchasa Land. Chaklkston. June 8.—The Bradleys of Boston are said to have purchased a large tract of phosphate lands on the A slice poo and Kdisto rivers, about 60 miles from this city. The purchase in cludes <i,0o0 acres of land bearing high- grade rock and is a majority of the un- mined lands loft in the state. Mrs. Hester White Dead. Asheville, N. C., June 8.—Mrs. Hes ter Shermag White died here last night at the age of 74. She was a native of New York state, an aunt of Mrs. Brad ley Martin and a great aunt of Countess do Craven For several years Mrs. White had lived with her niece, Mrs. U- T. Collins, hero. Suicided Hi lore Ilia Wife. Andkkson, S. C., June 8.—Claude Dixon, aged 255, committed suicide here by shooting himself with a pistol. Thi act was done iu the presence of his wife. There is no known cause for the suicide. H'-nrriil Wulk**r No More. Atlanta, June 8—General W. 8. Walker, a distinguished veteran of the civil ami Mexican wars, U dead at b>s home in this city. A Change In Filipino Affairs Rep,orted at Manila. REBEL CHIEF’S BOLD STEP He Is Said tc Have Dissolved the Na tive Lawmaking Jlody and Pro claimed Himself Absolute Killer Over ihe Philippine Islands. Manila, June 8.—It is reported this morning that Aguinaldo has dissolved the Filipino congress and has pro claimed hinir df dictator. The United States cruiser Boston, Captain W. H. Whiting, has sailed for San Francisco by way of Nagasaki, Japan, with long service officers and men from the various American war ships. The battleship Oregon will soon be stationed off Dagupan, iu the gulf of Lingayeu, on blockade duty. The United States gunboat Albany, cue of the vessels purchased from the Spaniards, and commanded by Kusigu W. H. Standley, has captured three sailing vessels and one steamer off the island of Negros. Nino of these boats (of the Albany class) are now in com mission and are doing good service in the shallow waters of the southern islands. Favorable reports are stinl l)eing re ceived from the party of 15 Americans, belonging to the gunboat Yorktown, headed by Lieutenant J C. Gilmore of that vessel, captured on April 12 by the Filipinos not tar irom Baiou. The pris- oixeis are all well and are receiving fair treatment. SITUATION AROUND MANILA. Admission to the City !)> iiied Natives by (it n(-i’llI Otis. Washington, June 8—The sitnatiou in the Philippines is described by Gen eral Otis in tho following cablegram: ‘•Result movements Morcng province was to drive insurgents into mountains, capturing Antipoli and other towns in liiat section with point of land project ing into bay. They retreated and scat- |ar«d. before our advauea, leaving 25 kUu'u cm tivd; our loss, four kihed and few wouneed, mostly slight. Ohy of Morouc only utu laud routs on buy gar- nil ail other troops withdrawn. tan ts of Movinoa* profess friendship, ask protection; large num bers wish to enter Manila; refused, as city population increasing too rapidly. Leading natives throughout island, iu- c.tiding active insurgent leaders, seek permission to send familios to Manila; considered only place of personal se curity.” General Otis cables as follows regard ing the return of the volunteers: “Oregonians request to defer time of departure until twelfth; will leave for Rurtiauu in transports Ouio and New port. tifxth infantry upon arrival will relievo Californians at Negros. Han cock sails in a few day* with Nebraska and other troops.” Among the reports which accom panied the report of General Otis re garding operations about Miuiiia are those relating to the subsistem-e of the army. It appears from these tnat the subsistence corps was prompt in every way iu supplying the troops with food. Tho conclusions drawn by war de partment officials concerning the condi tion in the Philippines givea m the dis patch of General Otis are that tho in surgents are little more than marauding bauds, which will continually die oaso when the men find that there is life and liberty under American government. These bauds are regarded as some- thing like the bands of Indiana 25 and o0 years ago, and the people who arc coming into the American lines asking protection are considered like those who sought protection in the forts dfariug the early stages of American develop ment in the west. Nothing is yet said as to tho inten tion of General Otis to continue active hostilities, but this is a matter that will be left wholly in his discretion and lie will no doubt fight or rest as the cir cumstances determine. rumue ■lueui *ii •lu'Uublt; i A YOUNG MAN DISAPPEARS. > His Companion Arrested on buspicioii and Put In .Lilt. Elubville, Miss., Juno 8—News i from Waco, Smith county, tells of the mysterious disappearance of William Thornton, a very popular young man who was attending church at Harmon three Sundays ago and after service left with Bill McAlpin, another young man of the settlement, and since that time has not been seen. McAlpin has been arrested on suspicion aud placed iu jail at Raleigh. » McAlpin lias, since the Sunday above, had in his possession a horse belonging to Thornton. He docs not give any Sat isfactory account of his separation from Thornton and circumstantial evidence being so strong against him he was at once placed iu jail. Trial liegins at Mancliester. Manchkstek, Ky., June 8.—Tom Baker aud his brothers, who arrived here last night under guard of Major J. Embry Allen and 20 soldiers, were ar raigned this morning before bqiecial Judge A. King Cook lor tho murder of WiLeti Howard and Burch Stores. They pleaded not guilty. Many of the witnesses are absent and details of sol diers were sent after them. They are afraid to come to court. Judge Cook has lieen requested by Governor Brad ley to hurry through the cases, us the troops are costing the state $3U0 a day. Anirrican Gold Kor Europe. New Yobk, June 8.—The National City bank will ship $1,000,000 gold to Europe on steamers sailing Saturday. The total amount shipped by ibis insti tution is $3,500,000.' Knur Wcin •n Hiirn to Drnlli. Vienna, June 8.—The market town of Liusea, near Ostenbeim, has been to-- tally burned. Four women perished in the flames aud a number of people were injured. AFRICAN SITUATION GRAVE. Kruger and Ilia UrKIcti CoiumjA-tlouer Uuable to Agrer. London, Juno 8.-*The advices re ceived here today from South Africa emanating from British sources snow more completely the utter failure of tho recent conferences at Bloemfcnteiu be tween President Kruger and the British high commissioner, Sir Alfred Milner. The London afternoon papers ail refer to the dangerous situation. A dispatch irom Matjes Fontein says Sir Altred Milner’s proposals iuciu-ied grantiugihe Uulauders additional scats in the Kami district. President Kru ger. under pressure, finally offered three additional seats. The British high com missioner 'hereupon imiuted cut tho in adequacy of the president’s proposals, adding ihar ho had come to the confer ence in the hope of being able to inform her majesty’s government that tho pres ident oi tiie Transvaal was prepared to afford sncii liberal measures of rolortn as would enable the Uitiauders to help themselves and relieve the government of the obligations to intervene in order to redress narticular grievances. Through ut, it is added, President Kruger s' ngbt to urn the franchise pro posals as the means of obtaining a promise to settle the differences under the couvetiMon by arbitration, bur the British c> mmissioner refused to treat tne two rejects as inter-dependent, taking tin ground tiiat internal reform in the Transvaal was necessary in any case in order to preserve the inde pendence of the republic, and as regards arbitration there were certain questions upon whi h it could not be admitted, while on other questions arbitration was possibly admissable, provided a suitable tribunal was suggested, not in volving th- introduction of a foreign ptnver. which the government would never allow. LONG PASSES ON THE SIDS Ha IKeldi s to Purchasen Small (Juun» tliyof Armor Kor Mup*. Washington, Jane 8. — Secretary Long has passed upon the armor bids submitted recently, deciding to pur chase a small quantity of armor and to let the next congress decide what shall be done towards securing the remainder needed for the armored ships already authorized. Theai: -r companies having stated that they could not furnish Krupp ar mor of tho grade required by the de- partm«H,at the pritw axed by the law, but that t'uiy could continue supply of Haiveytzf.'l armor at tiUO per ton, tho secretary, nas ordered tu« purchase of some of tha latter. The bu.iau chiefs have reported that this llarv yized trnror would answ'er the requirements for the armor of tho four Mon ors to bs built and also fqr the diagonal plates of tho barrlshipa Maine, Mi souri and Ohio now under construction. The diagonal plates wore wrought into the ships at a comparatively early period of the construction, aud the sec retary’s < - cislou will go far towards preventin': the delay that would ensue had it been decided to purchase no armor. ADDRESS BY STERNBERG. Surgeon Gt-nt-ral of i-hu Army lieforc Doctors at Columbus. CoLUJtLi s, O., June 8.—This was the big day of the American Medical asso ciation convention, deb-gate* having ar rived until the expectations of the local committee were far exceeded by the number of persons who were iu attend ance. 'ihe Grand Opera House was fairly packed with physicians. The interest today centered largely in tho presence of Surgeon General Sternberg of the United States army. The fact that he was to make au ad dress overshadowed all other considera tions and the delegates flocked to hear him. General Sternberg was accorded tho closest attention and ho was warmly applauded. The subject of his addiesa was “Hanitary Lessons of the W'ur.” Cruiser Goes For Dreyfus. Cayenne, French Guiana, June 8.— The dispatch boat Goulaud will leave here at 2 o’clock this afternoon for Devil's island iu order to take Dreyfus on board the cruiser tifax. which will anchor tins afternoon off the island. The governor of Cayenne issued orders yesterday to the authorities of tun Uses Du ffalut (Salvation islands) to prepare the quantity of coal necessary for the voyage of the Sfax. wnose hurried de parture from the island of Martinique only allowed her to take on board the stores she needed. Thfe Sfax will proba bly leAV£ for Brest tomorrow’ morning. To Agi».- on n Wage Scale. Detroit, June 8.—The w%ge com mittee of the Amalgamated Association of iron, Steel and Tin Workers and representatives of the iron anti steel manufacturers returned to Detroit to day and Logan their final conference upon settlement of the wage scales for the coming year. Eighteen of tlio workers, including President Schaffer and Secretary and Treasurer Williams, were present. The Republic Iron ami Steel coni (-any, American Hoop and Steel company ami the Federal Steel and Iron company are represented at the meeting. Louisville Man Confesses, Cincinnati, June 8.—Fred Freiden- heimer of Louisville, Ky., who was ar rested hi re charged with being impli cated in obtaining $5 000 from the Ger man Insurance bank of Louisville on Monday by telephoning a request pur porting to be from the cashier of another bank lor a loan of that amount and say ing he w uld send two men to got it, has made a coufeesisu implicating two other young men, hu’ their name* are withheld uuul arrests arc made. The ycuug m in is willing tore)urn to Louis ville wituout waiting for a requisition. Tru* * Launched at Dover. Dover, Del., Juno 8—The secretary of state today issued certificates of in. corporation to the American Grass Twine cnipany of New York for the inauufcciure and tale of twine of all kinds - apital stock, $16,0u0 Otlif, Ai»o the 1>. ware Colton company of Wti- in lug iv u, Del , for the inumilacture and sale of cotton goods of all kinds aud qualities. Capital stock, $250,000. THE FARMERS IABE GETTING UNEASY, Because of the Continued Dry Weather. THE CONFEDERATE YETS. They are Preparing for the Meeting at Chester in July—('apt. Jus. 1!. Itell De livers an Address ffefore the Ladies Me morial Association nt Kalutn. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, June 5.—The Ladies Memorial Association held a meet ing at Salem on tho 2(>th ultimo. Gupt. J. B. Bell, of Gaffney, de livered an address which w as highly complimented by all who heard it. The following officers were elected for the ensuoing year: Mrs. Sallio B. Estes, president; Miss Bonnie McClunney, first vice-president; Miss Mattie Estes, second vice- president; Miss Minnie Moss, third vice-president; Miss Ethel Strain secretary and treasurer, 'i he graves of the Confederate soldiers were deco rated by Hie ladies and Sunday School children. The continued dry spell has put long faces on many farmers whose cotton hasn’t come up yet. Much corn is still in the ground waiting for a rain to bring it up. W T e crossed the Owen’s ford bridge on Thickety creek last week and from appearances it is needing re pairs. The pillows seem to have given away and the bridg" is swag- uing Our farmers have done faithful ser vice since tho rains quit off in the spring. They have done all that men could do to make a crop (that is those wlu) pretend to work). If they cun only gel rain and keep their health and get anything for their products they will he all right We are tired hearing that “fenners wont| work.” Those idlers we do not tak in the count when we enumerate the] faithful laborer)'. They might jus 1 as well bo counted in with othe professions—ti.'-y certainly are no farmers, whatever their pretentio may be. Our section is still troubled wit dulls and fever. This is getting t he a serious mu*ter with us. Tberi must be some local caus n . and if it i not attributable to the filling up an obstructions in the streams then w are at a loss to toll what it is. If we have a county or Stale board of health it might discharge its duty to humanity by tufking an investiga tion into the causes. Nol long ago a prominent physician said that the people along Thickety and Gilky’s crocks would have to move out if something wusn t done for their re lief. M iss Bel tie Blair and lor mother, Mrs. Mag Blair, of Biuir-viilc. came over on a visit last week Mrs. T. J. Estes and child are both quite sick. 8am Strain had a chill yesterday. Rev. Mr. Samples will preach at Abingdon creek next Sabbath at 11 a. in., and Rev. J. N. Isom will preach at Mesopotamia in tiie after noon. The South Carolina Division of U. C Veterans will meet at Chester, July 2()th at 10 a. ni. Elaborate ar rangements are being made and will be made to entertain them. Chester don’t do things by halves,* and those who attend will see that we are cor rect in our prediction. Let Chero kee county veterans make a showing. Many are speaking of going in wagons and camping out during the meeting. To many this will be a very favorable opportunity to attend the greatest re-union of Confederate veterans that may be held in this part of tho State for many years. And we assure them that nowhere in the State will they be welcomed with warmer hearts Ihuti they will lind in the patriotic people of Chester. Boys give the old town un ovation and let everybody keep sober and orderly. Messrs. Lem Brown, John Estes, Miin Foster and Jimmie Strain are our committee on cows. If there’s anything they can t tell its because they don’t know. Fain Foster, Sam Strain and Misses Mattie Estes and Ethel Strain atten ded Hie Comm, ncement Exercises at tho Hickory Grove High School last Friday and Friday night. They speak in tho highest trims of the school and its management. State Superintendent of Education Mc Mahan, was present and made a talk in which he complimented York county for having the best system of schools in tho Slate. The North Pacolet Interdenomina tional S. S. Convention will meet ut Mesnpotumiu church on the 2.ilh in stant. By the last this week farmers will be cutting wheat. The wheat crop is not very good and outs are a perfect failure—i. e. spring outs. j. L. s. A Cartt of Thank*. I wish to say that I fed under last ing obligations for what Chamber lain’s Cough Remedy bus done for our family. Yi’e have U“**d it in so many cases of coughs, lung troubles and whooping cough, and it lias al ways given the most perfect satisfac tion, we feel greatly I ml bt cd to the munufacturles of k lhis rena ly and wi-h them to picaso accept o it hearty thunks.—Resp> ctfuliy, .urs. > Doty, Des Moines, Iowa. For sale by Cher okee Drug Company. Aslxiry Nlatemeut*. (Correspondence o( The Ledger.) Ashuky, June 1.—The weather is, very dry at this writing, everything seems to be needing rain, tiie gardens i are burning very bud. The wheat will soon be ready for cutting, but as much i^s I can suy of the cats is we ! uro not going to make very many, ; they will not get high enough 1o cut. , We wont gel our seed buck. Some , cotton seed are in the ground yet, and are likely to stay there untii rain, j W'e are glad to see :Wr. “J. L. S.” i pieces in The Ledger, if we had more I such men in our country. Nothing would he better for our country. The daughter of Air. J. R. Litth - ! John has just arrived from Ail Heal- ! mg school where she has been at- | tending school for the lust two sea- ] sons. W’e hope that siie has made u 1 success. Prof. Cooks, of Wofford College", j gave a line lecture on education Just ■ Sunday at Asbury church. I think it would be the duty of the 1 people of Asbury church to meet some Saturday evening and clean the ! graveyard off. It has grown up in briar patches and bushes. Let this have immediate attention. Our people are too careless, let them cure for themselves, but not all for themselves, let them care for others. The Asbury High School will give an entertainment June Dth, the ex ercises will open ut 8:510 o’clock p. m., everybody is invited to attend it W’e are expecting something nice. Asbury always affords something nice, hut we are expecting some thing nicer than ever before. Asbury has soine of the prettiest girls iu Cherokee county u;.d some of the smartest. Plow Boy. ALEX Hill CAUGHT; i IK iiL r L Negro Who Shot Mrs. Hubbard Gapuired at Dover. IN TIIE II ITDS OF OFFICERS Hut it I.s M.vp'cDd I t of Tlndr kfl'oj-ts Lodge IDiii In Jail He Will H- Scrum t.iiy l >, iui.->hetl l us Was His Urotlier. Birmingham, Ala., Juno 8. — Alex Hill, inwrdeier of Mrs. Rufus Hubbard of Centerville, Libb couuty, and brother of Will Hill, his accomplice, wno was lynched at the Hubbard home Tuesday, was caiured ilii.-i morning near Dover, V aiker county. He confessed the crime. The parties who. made the ar rest started with him for the jail ai Jasper A reward of $5o0 ha* been offered for his capture aud as he is in charge of a coiutoble, he will probably reach loe jaii in safely. Will Hid, brother of Alex ILi], 'vqj captured near UcCudey’s mill early yesterday, carried near the s.;ene ai tko ermiu and kyiit-d. His head was shot into a shapeless mass He confessed ho was v itb Alex Hill ut the time Mr*. Hubbard wa? L'diou, end tb;u he and Aiex went to Iltibbard’s for tne purpose of killing Mrs. Hubbard. They hud heard her husband was ab sent and she hud a. tarre sum of money In th ; LOUV s. He wa- nskc 1 if im wisfit 1 to nra y before he was iaiicd and Sai.l ii o did n> •t. The . wd il •st hung* him to a irn i and ’! - n cut hi m down tie fore ho wa i (Vivid. then 11; iy tied him to a tree and fired ?. volley fii to hi* h-jau. It is feuroa ti in tipi e of the ofli- cerf cff'Tts Ahx Hi’l, who waa cap tured toda, , will meet a fate similar to that oi his hr uner. Tne nc-croos ai e much excited and a race war is threatened. TtNNESe£t£ VALLEY ROAD. Will Some One Answer Tills.’ Mu. Editor:—Aa our literary clubs are divided in their opinions as to who the American Daughters of Liberty were we hope you will ask some of your correspondents to help us out in the answer. This is asked for information and not to get up an excitement among your rcadero and correspondents. I am a little girl twelve years oid and read Tho Led ger regularly and lik 0 it very much. Alice. St:ir Kurin Htult'imoitM. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Star Farm, June .'i,—It is still very dry in this community. Prof. Davis Jefferies, superintend ent of the Union Graded schools, is spending a while with Mrs. W. II. Jefferies. Ho will resume his duties again in Union September l8tb. The Ladies Memorial Association was a grand success. 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I*, is away ahead of all other Blood Remedies for cur ing Spring Blood Humors. Try B. B. B. this spring. According',!o the state auditor of Ohio the number of saloons in that state decreased 20(1 during IhliO. Would Not NulTcr Mo AkuIu for Klftj Time* It* I’ricc. I awoke lust night with severe pains in my stomach. I never felt so badly in all my life. When I came down to work this morning 1 felt so weak I could hardly work. 1 went to Miller <fc McCurdy's drug s*oro and they recomended Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diurrlx c t Remedy. It worked like magic and one dose fixed me all right. It cer tainly is the finest thing I ever us< <J for stomach tumble. I shall not he without it in my home hereafter, for I should not care to endure the suff erings of lust night again f ir titty times its price.—G. II. W ilson. Liv eryman, Burgettstown, Washington Co., Pa. This remedy is for sale by Cherokee Drug Company. Ni \v Ltne to Kxtemi Krosii ilarriinan into North Carolina. Mi June 8.—Tho Tennessee Valley railroad has been inter ported and it it aaderstood mas wevk npoa it Will bo emumcuoed at an early date. The fapfr.s of hi corporation eutk’o tho lanes to build a railroad fr®w Harriman, Tenu., south about 75 xnilns, through Rome, Lots'-!on, McMuin and Monroo cov-nues. Tcim., to Murphy, N. C. At V.iirpuy ia#new lino will connect; with ih" Southern railroad, or it may Lo caniod further on to conuent with the Georgia lino aud Re feral sniuil brani*li hue* home distance beyond Muf r»iT Thi now iino will drain quite an im- por\,:;r ‘•eetion o: territory and will b« a vaiuai/le food or to its crurcetions at either c-mk The coumrv ia both min eral uii oral and a railroad through it has long n-. oa desired. JUC3L SPEER ON LYNCHING. Ho Deilvn.. Hilo I! '(■('<)laureate Ad« • uvss IJ* {■•>(•'' M< reer Student*. Ma< <Jn, Juno 8. —The baccalaureate address delivered to the law class of Mvrcer university by Judge Emory Sp er was remarkable in the «• le i< n of the question dead w itu loforo snch an audiunce. Ju'ige Speer devoted Ins whole timn for Laif au hour to au enunciation of hi* views on the attitude of the v\ bite pt-opio of tho soul h, and espeoiafiy of tins stale, toward ihe negro, as a result; of tiie commission of the many awful crimes against white women. Tne Rpeuke? sukI ihutth** punishment of the criminal must ho kept w ithin tho bounds of civi izuuon and within the pale of the inw aud the courts Tho contrary com>e, he Raid, is debasing and c-ffeitivc < uly in delaying final cor rection and prevention. A Coac’Hslo.i to It it'ways. Mont •di. ;rv, Ala , June 8.—An im port an con.'* letme was held here be- t .vccu officials represotiug most of tho transport at: ui inlerests of Alabama, ami tiie Alaocina railroad commission. The rormer intei . sts uppea’eu to tho latter to res in i au order hsuch bv tho commission some time ago establishing a maximum rate of 10 cents on hav and 8 cents < a gram. The commission took the inait**r under consideration ’ and short.v before adjournment adopted a resolution ti ceding to the railroads and rescinding tiie ••nier establishing a max* imnii' !< ai litighc ra'e io Alabama of 10 cents on bay and 8 cents on corn. it .tit * ni it Rob* <4 cirnreii. Donaldson villi:, La., June 8. — Srmo sacrilegious thief entered St. Francis Catholic church at Smoke Bend last night and stripped tho niter of all it* ornament* and appurtenances, breaking i ami desecrating such as were nor con sidered of sufficient value to carry 1 away. Sheriff St. Martin and Ids dep uties are on tno trail of tne scoundrel and it is to ho hoped he will be appre hended. Kish Interests Consolidate, Jacksonville, Flu., June 8. — The headquarters of the Florida Fish com pany, just organized, with a capital stock of $10(> l 0l;0, is in Jacksonville nud tiie ineorporafors are men engaged in the bnainess from all pans of Florida. It is a cuuidiidai’du of all the fish in terests in the state. Duke \ Ids Trinity College. Durham, N. C., June 8.—N. B. Dnko has ju.t given Trinity college of this place $50,000, making a total of $180,- 000 given to that college by tho Duke family. The gift is unconditional and probably will bo equally divided be tween tho endowments of the college and us library. Sinuri Hack* Fitr.stinnious. Hot 'TON, Juno 8 —Dun Stuart ha* wired an offer to J. H. Madtgan of $1,000 to $*i00 on Fitzsimmons. It was promptly taken, but no more was of- terod.