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< F. O. Stacy, I’regldmit. J. <>. Wardlaw. Vice ('resident THE HATIOHAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. Capital $50,000.00. TVil.t, buy county claims, receive deposit ttiui make liberal louiis '>n aimroved paper IIvohs. ('ashler. Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Advei tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that thei'ord Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. Hi, 181)1. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., TUFKDA 1, .JULY 11, 181)9. TEACHERS IN WRECK: TWO WOMEN KILLED Passenger Hits a Freight at Stockton, Cal. HUMBER SERIOUSLY HURT Fire lireaks Out Immediately After the Collision, Wlilclt Occurred While the Spicial Was tioiii*' at a Rate of Speed, and Hums Cars. Stoa kion, Cal., July 10.—A special train of nine coaches, filled with teach ers ou the way to Los Angeles to attend ti e Mi.itonal Educational association convention, crashed into a freight train vi inn 1100 yards of the depot at New- iran today. Two ladies were killed and Id passengers injured. Tbo killed and injured: Killed: Miss Ad die Harris, l^t. Louis. Mrs. Lena Hammond, beneca Falls, K. Y. Injured: Mrs Clara Morehouse, Hattie Greek, Midi. Mrs. Elizabeth White, St. Louis. Miss May Oliver, St. Louis. MHs Helen Eutrl'sh, Sr. Louis. Miss Sallie E. May Oliver, St. Louis. Sallie R Smith, St. Louis. Miss Gertrude Rosenberg, Sr. Louis. Miss Luelio A. Welmer, Sr. Louis. Edwin D. Luckey, St. Louis. Robert G. Mills, Lake Civston, S. D. Miss G. L. Mor e, Piiiladelphia. (Talvin Buttock, St. Louis. With ti e exception of Robert Mills, wao was injured about tiie head, though not fatally, the greater part « . the in juries received by the injured are slight. The special was going at the rate of 40 miles an hour and the freight train was faking water on the main track. The freight train took lire and an empty coach and thiee flit csrs were burned*. There were no ba : f?-;e cars between the locomotive of i„c special and the tourist sleepers, so that when the crash came the tender of the locomotive tel escoped the sleeper, killing the two Women in the forward berth and injur ing Id other occupants of th<“ same car. Kone of the other coaches left the track. SHERIFF KILLS HIS DEPUTY. Union Coroner ltd urns a Verdict of Justlliabio Homicide. Union, S. C., July 10.—At the jail door hero Sheriff J. G. Long, who has held that office lor many years, fired both barrels of a shotgun at J. G. Gall- man, his deputy sheriff and lifelong friend. One ioad of buckshot entered the side and the other took effect in the throat, both tearing big holes and pro ducing instant death. There had never been any quarrel be tween the men—they had been friends long before Galimau had become deputy —but it seems that the deputy had been drinking, and when Sheriff Long asked him what he was going to do, answered that it was none of his business. Long made some sharp response, and Gall- man drew ins pistol. The sheriff, wito was standing in his door, stepped buck and got a shotgun from the corner. Coming to the door again, with the weapon ready, he fired both barrels in quick succession at close range. A coroner’s jury returned a verdict of justiliable homicide. Joyner Admits Ills Guilt. Raleiuk, July 10.—Two negroes— Elijah Joyner and Cephas Turnage— were brought hero from Pitt county to prevent a lynching. They are charged with murdering a man in a store and then robbing and burning the store. Joyner, at last, makes full confession and says no one save himself had any thing to do with the crimes. Joyner, after his capture, nearly swore away the lives of half a dozen negroes and also secreted bloody articles from the store near the houses of two other ne groes in orrttw to cast suspicion upon them. CarlTpvi; Two Hen Dead. Beaitout, N. C.. July 10.—Tne “Y” of the Atlantic and North Carolina rail road at Morehead City is located 3 miles from Newport. List night the passen ger train in l acking to it ran over three cows which were on the track, throwing the parlor - ar and first and seconddass coaches off the track, the parlor car punting completely over, killing two men—Mr. Harry Mansfield of New York and a negro waiter at the Atlantic hotel, Morehead City. Preacher Killed by a Train. Glendale, Ky., July 10.—The Rev. T. J. Barrow, pastor of the Elizabsth- town Baptist church, was instantly killed here by being struck by the en gine of the Bowling Green accommoda tion as he was attempting to cross the track in frenr of it to reach the plat form. He had preached hero yesterday and was about to take a train for home when he was killed. Stuckey Released on Rond. | SpartanBuuo, S. C., July io.—The jury rendered a verdict in the Stuckey case of guilty of manslaughter. Judge Gary •cuteuccd Stuckey to ten years in the penitentiary at hard labor His at torneys gave notice of appeal and made a motion for bail, which was granted, the umonut fixed being $3,000. The bond was soon made and .Stuckey is a free man again. Yellow Jack Under ContjoL Washington, July 10. —Surgeon Gen eral Sternberg has received a dispatch irom Major O’Reilly, at Havana, in which he says that Surgeon Havurd has w ired from Santiago, under date of Jnly H, that no new cases of yellow fever have developed in the past *44 hours. The (amps are in good condition and the otuloek in favorable. Wcmaii ('sums n Trngrdy. Middlehboro, Ky., July 10.—Samuel H 11 shot William Auleome with a re volver last night at Powell’s Switch. Aulsome died today. A woman was the eiuho of the trouble. Hill fLd, but the police here expect toliud him. NEGRO PRISONERS ESCAPE. A Jail Delivery at Fairliiii-ii, Ga. t In Which Ten Gain Lcbetly. Fairblrn, Ga., July 10.—Ten of the 15 prisoners in jail here, all negroes, escaped through the carelessness of a man left in charge of the prison, who failed to lock the bar. Among those who got away were the four negroes who are charged with being implicated in the incendiaries at Palmetto. They weie Ishaui Brown, Clem Watts, W, G. Tatum and John Jimmerson. Pos-es were at once formed, and while they were searching for the escaped prisoners, it was reported that Isbam Brown was in a certain house and the searching parties went to th^ place. Three or four negroes ran out, and when ordered to halt did not do so. Believ ing that the fleeing negroes were some of the escaped prisoners, the posse fired upon them. Two were shot. Abner Calhoun was killed outright and his brother was se riously wounded. These were not the men wanted. Of the teu negroes who escaped six were recaptured, four were placed in the Fair burn jail again and two were taken to Atlanta and placed in the Tower. GROVER NOT YET CHOSEN. I'rinceton Will, However, Establish a < Imlr of Politics. Princeton, N. J., July 10.—The re port that former President Cleveland has accepted a professorship at Prince ton was pronounced untrue today. One of Princeton’s leading professors said to a correspondent when asked about the rumor that was afloat several days ago: “It is true that a chair of politics will be established next fall, but the selec tiou of the first iucumbeut'hus not been decided upon. The report that Mr. Cleveland had been decided upon is un true, as no selection will bo made until the meeting of the trustees in Septem ber." The belief seems to bo general that tho ex-president will be offered the place. \ ID III 1 dii’ 1 iii,™ - wm B. H. HOWELL. [The American Oarsm \u Who on Friday of Last Week Won thm Diamond Sculls at Henley-on-Thames, Defeating Eng land’s Cracks.] * •/ YELLOW FEVER MAY ENSUE. Old Settlers Kettr hii Outbreak In T< x-is After the Flood. Austin, July JO. — Information re ceived by Governor Sayers indicates that the Br.wos river is rapidly receding and leaving about 20,000 pcqplc, mostly negroes, absolutely destitute. The known dead number 28. Subscriptions received by the gover nor today reached 110,000. Ex-Con gressman Neidringhouse of New York, an old friend of Governor Sayers, sent §1,000. Total money subscriptions sent the governor foot up 130,000. A great deal of sickness is reported among the flood sufferers. Oid settlers fear an outbreak of yellow fever. The last four epidemics of fever were pre ceded by' tremendous overflows in tho Brazos and Colorado rivers. Tin Workers on a Strike. LiSB in, O., July 10. — Tho skilled workmen in the local tin mill went on a strike this morning for tho recognition of tho union. As a result every depart ment of the plant is stopped and 800 men are idle. A branch of the Amal gamated association was organized, al though tho mill had been paying the scale. The tru.it manager in charge of the mill announced that it would never be run as a union mill and in view of the strike it is probable that the plant will be abandoned. Tho men had been warned what action would be taken in case of a strike or attempt to force recognition of the union. Hoarder Perishes In » Fire. New Oklkans, July 10.—Fire de stroyed Dan Shea’s boardinghouse and some surrounding property in Carroll ton at an early hour this morning, after the flames had been subdued the charted remains of William A Odsifei A'ere found ju the rums. Odsifcr was a paperhunger and decorator and boarded with Shea. He was a native of Baltimore and lias a sister living there, Mrs. Pat Reilly. The property loss was $0,300. A Pardon For Guiseppp. Paris, July 10.—General Gillctta di San Guiseppu, the Italian officer who was arrested at Nice Jane 12 on the charge of espionage and sentenced two weeks later to live years' imprison men I and to pay a fine of 5,000 francs, xill be pardoned upon tho occasion of tho French national fete July 14, tho anni versary of the fall of tho Bastile. Husband Dead; Wife Accused. Liiie, Pa., July 10.—Clarence E. Bhattuck, one of tho proprietors of a Lilliurdroom at Four Mile creek,' near hero, was shot and killed early this morning and bis body placed ou tho tracks of tho Erie motor line. His wi:u, Ella Shatiuok, is locked up charged with murdering him. Crept Damaged In fllntl*. TkoitaU, Austrian Silesli, July 10.— In oouscqnence of tho recent storms, tho rivers in eastern Biiesia are over flowing their luniks and considerable damage has btwu done to crops. PRESINT APPOINTS VOITEEROFFICEfiS Lieutejt Colonels For the )j Regiments. ALL HDENED VETERANS REPUBLICANS GATHER TO NAME CANDIDATES THE LATEST COT TON MILL NEWS. THE SUMMER SCHOOL. Kentucky Convention Will Bo Items of Interest to Textile Held at Lexington. Among It* Niimi’d Are Men Who Saw Ae S-rvlca During thu War Willi Si and Showed Gallantry In Act Around Santiago. Washidn, July 10.—The president has appod the following lieutenant colonels oluuteers: Major b\ Bell, assistant adjutant general (olnuteers, now serving in the Phiiues. He was appointed from Kesky to West Point in 1874. He went Manila with General Mer ritt and Iliad charge of the bureau of military irmation. Captailerbort II. Sorfeant, who was colo»f tho Fifth immune regi ment dig the war with Spain. Ho was appted to West Point from Illi nois. CaptaiJohn B. Breretou of the Twonty-rth infantry. Ho was ap pointed n New Jersey to West Point and graded in 1877, since which time he has b with ihe Twenty-fourth in fantry. was in the battlo at San Juan hand highly commended for his coolaand bravery. CuptaE. H. Plummer, Tenth in fantry. was appointed to West Point frtMaryland in 1873. Daring the Span war he was ou duty in Cuba as gade quartermaster at the headquars of tho Fifth corps Cap tain Plmer was recommended for brevet f gallantry in action at San- tiago. MEN SEP ABOVE WATER. Heavy Ins Around Manila Cause l.-ouil’ort to Soldiers. MANlLluly 10. —It has been rain ing and giuing almost constantly for two daymd the country along the AniericaDuth and bay lines is liter ally flood Tho soldiers are suffering great disafort. The Thsenth infantry at Paray is in the wo position, being practically Hurroundtiy water. Tho bridges that were usedr getting supplies have been washed ay, and some of tho compa nies are w separated by streams li feet deep, n many cases the men are sleeping vh 3 feet of water beneath their but, which are elevated on cracker bjs. The company cooks, when prepug meals, stand, knee deep in water. Some ofko roads leading to Paray are simp!impassible, and tho rice fields on ivddes are one great lake. A high wiuddow over several tents of the Seeomeserve hospituj. Manila y is impassible of naviga tion by ei»r launches or canoes and no vessels e leaving the harbor. The Unid Slates transport Centen nial is reai to sail for San Francisco with discbged soldiirs, but the latter have to sitrouud the water front all day, drenod to the skin, waiting for a launch t ake them to the steamer. The Hit Pasig and all the other streams aiswollen, and the city streets at low poit are covered with water. TWO VFERAN REGIMENTS. General Gs Gables the \uiuber of Mt Who Will Knlist. Wasuincdn, July 10.—General Otis ci\Jes the flowing: • Two veran rogiments assured. Will cnlistbont 1,000. You cau ap point 11 soud lieutsnauts for First and nine 1- Second regiments to re cruit in ihe'nited States; ail other offi cers ffilod. legiments styled First and Second Phippiuo United States vet eran voluutir infantry.” Adjutant eneral Corbin cabled Gen eral Otis tin. these designations could not be allowl for tha Philippine regi ments and i order to save confusion they would >e called the Thirty-sixth and Ttnrtyeveuth United States vol unteer infanry. ComiiilRouer Stevens (letter. Atlanta, uly 10.—Commissioner ol Agriculture J. B. Stevens, who hat been coniine to his homo in Griffin with illness for tho past teu days, it greatly iiuprved and is expected to be back at bis Mice at the capitol tomor row. Ho wts bitten by an insect and the illness (tint resulted was thought ai first by hi physician to be of a very !*eriou8 injure. It found necessary last week to perform an operation on the injurid member and since then Conimisfcbner Stevens has steadily im proved. I'ny For Nava! Militiamen. Wakiiinitos. July 10.—Acting Comp (roller Micholl has decided that state naval milliauien who entered the ser vice of th> United States navv during tho war wth Spain are entitled to pay for the tine they expected their appoint tnents eider by mail or by entering upon duty and not from the date of their appontments. So (Mr* to Q* ell Riots. WlNDsot. Ont., Jui, 10.—Forty local militiamen left this afternoon for Lon don in response to a call from tbo dis trict ofllcet for troops to aid in quelling tho street <ur riots there. It is believer that the presence of tho troops will hold the rioters in check wltuout any actua fighting. Austria’* Proposal Krfusrd. Vienna, July 10.—The United States government has declined the proposa of the government of Austria Hungary to arbitrate tne claims for damages arising from the death of Austrian Hungarian subjects during tho rioting at Hazleton, Pa , in September, 1807. Aldn on Wiicrlai’« Mtiifr. Wahiiinoton, July 10. — Lieutoaant 1‘rauk C. Bollos, Sixth infantry, has been assigned as an aide ou General Whcyler's stuff and ordered to report to the general at Sau Francisco. TAYLOR LOOKS A WINNER Present Attormy General of the llliie Grass State Likely to He Nominated For Governor In Opposition to Sen ator Will la in Goebjl. Lexington, Ky., July 10.—Tho can didates and delegates to the Republican state convention will not begin arriving until tonight when headquarters will be opened. County conventions will be held today, but will make uo material change in the situation. Attorney Geueml Taylor seems to have enough instructed votes to win the gubernatorial nomination, although the Stone and Pratt leaders insist that Tay lor’s strength is overestimated. The opposition leaders say that tho figjit ugamst Taylor is not personal, but is based upon the claim that he is not the strongest candidate at this time, and that thousands of Democrats are believed to be ready to vote the Repub lican ticket. The only hope of the opposition to Taylor seems to be uniting ou some such man as John W. Yerkes, member of the Republican national committee, who is popular with,the rank and file of the party and a more acceptable man to the Democrats. Contests for minor offices on the ticket have not commenced to take shape, but a host of candidates are springing up. WEATHERFORD Man NOW IN JAIL. Father Accused of Killing His Tiik.tu to Huntsville. Huntsville, Ala., July 10.—Sheriff J. S. Gresham and Deputy Will Don- nellu of Colbert county have reached Huntsville with John Weatherford, who is charged with the murder of his fa ther, Engineer Weatherford of Tuscuga- bin. Tne city of Toscuinbia was greatly excited last night and the officers feared an attempt would be made to lynch the prisoner. Bhenff Gresham spirited the prisoner out of tho town and boarded the early morning train for Huntsville, and immediately upon its arrival placed Weatherford in the Madison county jail for safe keeping. Engineer E. Weatherford of the Flor ence branch of the Bout hern railway was assassinated in cold blood SaDurday morning at Tuscumbia. He had pulled over to a sidetrack to await the ttaiu ou the through Hue. lie went into a car and laid down to slMep While in this position a man climbed up ou a car op posite, took deliberate aim at the sleep ing figure and sent a bullet through his brain. Tho engineer never moved after being shot. When the news of tho murder spread through the town, Tuscumbia was thrown into a high state of excitomeut. Bloodhounds were put on tho trail and went straight to the homo of the mur dered man's son, John Wea'herford, who was immediately arrested. The theory to bo advanced by the state in the prosecution is that the dead men had a large insurance ou his life, and his son, who is his only heir, com mitted tho deed to secure the money. Weatherford was one of the oldest railway men in the south and had been an engineer 43 years. Coat Talloi# May Strike. New York, July 10.—The coat tail ors, it is reported, are preparing to go out on a strike for an advance of wages and a reduction of hours of labor. They are said to number between 10,000 and 12,000 and of these 3,500 are women and girls. Most of these people formerly belonged to the Brotherhood of Tailors that is affiliated with the United Gar ment Workers of America, but they bolted and formed an independent na tional organization. They are nor, how ever, affiliated with any central body, and in the event of a strike it is said they cannot expect any outside aid. Contractor Dead In His Hcd. New Oklkvns, July 10.—Louis H. Hastings of Wilmington, Del, said to boa well-to-do man of that city, was found dead in Led here today. Mr. Hastings came to New Orleans some months ago from Philadelphia to super intend tho reconstruction of the im mense government dock bought by tho McMillan Dock company of this city. The dock was towed to this city from Pensacola in sectional pieces and Mr. Hastings has been putting them to gether. The cause of death is unknown. Telephone For Manchester. Frankfort, Ky., July 10.—Manches ter, C4ay county, famous by reason of the Baker-White feud, is to have tele phone connection with the outside world. Articles of incorporation were filed here today for the Loudon, Living stone and Manchester Telephone com pany with a capital stock of $1,000. Clay is otto of tho oldest of the moun tain counties, but is completely cut off from eivilizatiou, not having a mile of railroad, telegraph or even ordinary turnpiko. _ Mistook Her For a Hurgiar. Augusta, Ga., July 10.—A fow min utes after midnight Nancy Williams, white, was shot in tho breast by Tolborl Daniels, a negro. Daniels lived in an onthonse in the rear of Miss Williams' home. Miss Williams bad occasion to go into the yard. Returning she, by mistake, entered Daniels' house. Dan iels, mistaking her for a burglar, fired upon her. Bhe will recover. Daniels surrendered to tho police. Grand Duke George Dead. 8t. Petersburg, July 10.—The Grand Duke George, brother of the czar, is dead. The Grand Duke George of Rns- tda was born April 27, 1871, and hud been in bad health for a number of years, suffering from consumption. Prussian Governor Dead. Pottsdam, Prussia, July 10 — Dr. von Acheuback; the governor of thu prov ince of Brandenburg, is dead. Workers. OPERATIVE PERSONALS The Improvements and Advancements of the I'ast Week in North and South Caro lina Cotton Mills and Hosiery Facto ries. Ktc. [Southern anil Western Textile Excelsior.] J. W. Hyde, card grinder at Mc- Coll, S. C., changes to Bessemer City, N. C. C. H. Hippy, roller coverer, late at Lockhart, S. C., has located at Pel ham, S. C. The new Delgado Cotton Mills, Wilmington, N. C., are up one story, and 15 cottages are in the course of construction. W. A. Mayfield, section hand has changed from the Columbia, S. C,, Duck Mill to the Springstein Cotton Mills, Chester, S. C. The Highland Park Manufacturing Company, of Charlotte, declared their regular four per cent, semi-an nual dividend on June 30. John Jackson, a loomfixer, and son of Jesse Jackson, ex-overseer of Spar tan Mills, Spartanburg, S. C., was a recent visitor at New Orleans. Edward Lay is now a boss carder of Victor Mill Charlotte, succeeding John (^uinn. James Knight was pro moted to 2nd hand’s position. Ernest Koelia, who recently en gaged as boss carder at Altamahaw, X. C., Cotton Mills, has resigned to accept a more lucrative position. Chus. L. Strolls, who resigned ns boss spinTior at Wiscassett Mills, A'- bemnrle, N. C., lust Monday, has moved his family back to Charlotte. Joe Caldwell, son of the editor of the Charlotte, N. C., Daily Observer, has < ntered the Edgefield, S. C., Cot ton Mills to learn the mill business. The Langley Manufacturing Com pany, of Augusta, Ga.. with mills at Langley, S. C M contemplate increas ing their capital stock by $100,000 for the purpose of building another mill. John Henderson of Newberry, S. C., has succeeded Joe Roberts as 2nd hand of spinning at the Maginnis Mills, New Orleans, La. He is a son of Overseer Henderson of the same Mills. E. H. Clippard, assistant superin- tendant, of Whitney, S. C., Mauf- facturing Company has purchased a nice tract of land near there called ‘‘Briant’s Hill,” where he will build a dwelling house. The Elizabeth City, N. C., Cotton Mills have begun work on a new ad dition. They now operate 5,000 spin dles on warp yarns. O. McMullan is president, Jus. G. Gregory treasurer, and II. F. Smith, superintendant. It is understood that Hugh McRae, president of the Wilmington, N. C., Cotton Mills, has formed a new com pany there for the erection of a yarn spinning mill with 10,000 spindles. Tltis will require a capitalization of $200,000. All the cotton factories at Rock Hill, S. C., were closed on July 4 and the employes nearly all went on an excursion to Shelby, N. C., w here a picked 9 ol base ball players from the Rock Hill factories were to play the Shelby team. W. F. Fuqua, who has been day boss spinner at the Highland Park Mill, Charlotte, for four months has just changed back to his position as overseer of spinning at the Glencoe Mill, Burlington, N. C. He was suc ceeded at the Highland Park bv Bud. White. R C. Herndon, the boss slasher at the Gastonia, N. C., Cotton Mills, re signed this week to take charge of the slashing at Elberton, Ga. He was succeeded at Gastonia by 0. R. Cato. The slasher lenders of the South look to Mr. Herndon as the old authority in their branch of the mill business. E. A. Holt succeeded Pink Litaker as 2nd band in No. 2 card room at night in Patterson Mills. China Grove, N.C. Last week 15 bands struck bece.use they didn’t like their new boss. Their places were soon filled and the strikers cannot get work any more at the Patterson Mills. At the annual meeting ofjtlie stock- holders of the Grendel Mill, Green wood, S. C., last week tho old direc tors were re-elected and two new ones added to the board. The new members are E. P. Bmith, of New York, and 8. Baldwin of Baltimore. It was decided to increase the stock to $400,000. Huperintendant Cbas. B. Skipper of the Lancaster, S. C. Cotton Mills, is indeed a busy man. In addition to keeping this large mill in tine shape, he looks after the Eureka;Mill, Ches ter. and also runs a brick yard and a farm at Lancaster for tho mill com pany. Mr Skipper is raising a big crop of corn this year on the factory farm. James B Driver, of Hope Mills, N. C., will leave in a few weeks to as sume bis duties as superintendant, of Cumberland, N. C., Mills. Mr. Driver will bo agisted by Sam Jones carder, and Jesse Smith spinner. W, J. Graham, of Holt-Morgan Mills, FayettevlU , N. C., succeeds Mr. Dri ver us earner and spinner at Hope Mills No. 1. It IIhm Itcvn liuiUK | i rii t<*ii t’ii<lt‘r tlic Mont Fa v«irul>le Circumstance*. Cherokee county has in the past made quite an enviable reputation for her excellent schools, and for the great interest she has taken in edu cation generally. It is not surpris- ing, then, when an opportunity is given to the teachers of the county and to those aspiring to be teachers to better equip themselves for their high calling, that there should be forty-six names on the roll of the Cherokee Summer School before the ending of the first week. Our State is to be congratulated that her Superintendent of Educa tion, the Hon. Jno. J. McMahan,who has manifested such interest and such energy in his efforts to place upon a higher plain the teaching in our pub lic schools. In tho work of improv ing our school system there are many problems to be considered, but it must be conceded that the neces sity for making our teachers more efficient is a matter of first import ance. Hence the establishment all the laud of summer schools for teachers. The success of the Rock Hill school, which was created at great pains and expense for the more advanced teachers, has amply dem onstrated the good judgement dis played in its establishment; and the county schools, under wise and con scientious management, will no doubt successfully supplement the good work done at Rock Hill. The county schools established this year by Mr. McMahan differ in several important respects from those heretofore conducted. In the first place there are only three braches taught, namely: Arithme tic, English and Geography, (includ ing Physical Geography). Thus, in stead of trying to cover a half dozen branches in a mouth’s time, thereby doing superficial work, with a dissi pation of energy on the part of both instructor and students, the whole time is given to the above subjects, half the time being devoted to Eng lish alone. Other subjects will be laugh next summer, and hence it is believed that, in the loug run, better results will be accomplished. Again, teachers are expected to carefully study the assigned lessons or topics, recite, write exercises, stand examinations, etc., tho results of such work being recorded as the mark of their scholarship. The Cherokee school has begun under very encouraging circum stances. All the leathers enrolled seem to bo interested, and most of them thoroughly in earnest. Occa sionally we hear of some one who claims that as much as he already has a first grade cirtificate it is un necessary for him to attend the school. Let us answer that such an assertion argues no stronger evidence of the real need of that teacher to attend. Contentment is a virturo under cer tain conditions,, but contentment with one’s intellectual attainments means mental stagnation. Such a teacher, in this progressive age, will wake up some day to find himseli hopelessly in the rear of his fellows. The teacher? in charge of the Cherokee school wish to welcome at any - time to the exercises of the school anyone who is interested in the work being done there. Dt-ath of Mr*. Jenkins. Mrs. Artie Mincy Jenkins, wife of J. Walter Jenkins, died at her home in this city Saturday evening at 8:30 o’clock of consumption. Mrs. Jen kins had been confined to her bed for several months. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. Clinton Jones, of this city. She was in her thirtieth year and leaves a little boy to Hit tender mercies of this world Mrs. Jenkins was a member of the Second Baptist Church and died in the full promise of her Savior. She was a bright and happy Christian. The bereaved kindred and friends have the sympathy of the entire com munity. A Frightful Jiluiuh-r Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald. Cut or Bruise. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, the best in the world will kill the pain and promptly heal it. Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores. Fleers, Boils. Felons, Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only 25 cents a box. Cure guaran teed. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. All men are more or less preju diced—not because they want to be; but because they can’t help it. . $1.00 A YEAR. WHEELER SAILS FOR MANILA ON JULY 20 Little General Eager to Reach the Battlefield. BIDS M’KINLEY FAREWELL Understood That If He Survives the Cainpalgu In the Philippines He Will Return to Alabama and Run For Governor Ni-xt Yeur. Washington, July 8.—General Joe Wheeler sails for Manila from San Francisco on July 20. He was at the war department today and anxious to get away at the earliest possible mo ment. General Wheeler called upon the president today and bade him good by. General Wheeler is much pleased with his assignment to the Philippines. "I believe now that the rebellion is on, that it should be stamped out,” he said. “The sooner it is done the better if will bo for the Filipinos, as well as for tho United Slates. Every loyal American should support the administration in its efforts to terminate the strife and to set up a good government in the Philip pines. I am glad to be able to lend my aid to tho government at this time, when it is in need of support. I shall place myself at tho disposal of General Otis, and endeavor to do my duty as a soldier. ” General Wheeler will not resign his seat in congress, it Is understood, even if he remains in the Philippines all winter. Should he survive the caia> paign it is thought he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor of Alabama next year. SOLD COUNTERFEIT MONEY. Gang Es- DeWitt’s Little Early Risers expel from the system all poisonous accum ulations, regulate tho stomache, bow els and liver, and purify tho blood. They drive away disease, dissipate melancholy, and give health and vi gor for the daily routine. Do not gripe or sicken. Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney. 8. C., and R. S. Withers, Blacksburg, S. C. Columbia University has conferm the degree of doctor of laws upon Governor Roosevelt. Thomas Rhodes, Centerfield, O., writes: ‘‘I suffered from piles seven or eight years. No remedy gave me relief until DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, less than a box of which per manently cured me.” Soothing, healing, perfectly harmless. Beware of counterfeits. Cherokee Drug Co. Gaffney, S. C., and K. S. Withers. Blacksburg. S. C. Between two evils some folks have no choice; they embrace them both. He eats heartily In the hottest weather who u*i‘s PiticKi.Y Asti Hittbus. It keep* hi* stomach, II ver ami i*iwels In perfect ir- Uer. Hold by Cherokee Drug Co. of Slick Swindlers Duped Gambia County Men. Montgomery, Ala., July 8.—A gang of slick swindlers have recently taught Borne citizens of Escambia county, Ala., good moral lesson. One of tho swindlers camo among some of tho farmers who had cashed In their crops and exhibited specimens of counterfeit money which aro said to have been finely executed and explained that ho would furnish $100 of it for $10 and in like proportion up to $10,000. A number of residents bit at the snare, got together something less than $1,000 and selected one of their number to go to Chattanooga with the fakir to deliver the money and secure the bad. The swindler carried his dupe up the steps into a tall building, knocked at a door and bade him remain outside until he entered, exchanged money and re turned. The poor fellow tarried at tho door way for an hour or two and upon inves tigation learned that tho bunco man had proceeded down the rear steps with the good money of the poor Alabama vic tims afid was gone. LAWYERS HAVE ADJOURNED. Elecildii of Onicers and a Speech by Wilson tho Closing Events. Warm Springs, Ga., July 8.—The Georgia Bar association has adjourned after electing tho following officers to serve during the ensuing year: Joseph R. Lamar of Richmond, presi dent; II. W. Hill of Meriwether, first ▼ice president; O. E. Battle of Btbsco- gee, secend vice president; John J. Strickland of Clark, third vice presi dent; B. H. Hill of Fulton, fourth vice president; John W. Bennett of Ware, fifth vice president; Orville A. Pa^k of Bibb, secretary; Z. D. Harrison of Ful ton, treasurer. An address by Hon. W. L. Wilson, former congressman and cabinet minis ter, and now president of the Washing ton and Lee university of Virginia, was the event of chief interest on the clon ing day. TO OUST CHAIRMAN JONES. Ea&tei-n Di-mocrats Bald to lie Back* ing Martin of Virginia. Richmond, July 8.—There is reported to be an organized movement to oust ■Senator James K. Jones as chairman of the national democratic committee and elect Beuator Thomas Martin as his suc cessor. Mr. Martin is said to have the backing of mauy influential eastern politicians, including Mr. Gorman and Benator Daniel. Mr. Martin is a silver man, but not an extremist. His backers advocate making the extravagance of the Repub lican adminGtratiou and anti-imperial- Lin the leading issues of the next cam paign. N« w York Fever Patients. New York, July 8. — Dr. Doty, health officer of this port, said today of the yellow fever patients from the United States transport McClellan, who are at Swinburne island under treat ment: “Miss Clendeuen Is greatly im proved; her condition is all I could ask. Mr. Lackey's condition has not chaused, she temperature is about the seme as last /tgbt, tne pulse, if anything, is stronger. is very weak, but his breln is clear. Twenty-four or 48 hours more will de cide his case. ” All Quiet la Nicaragua. New Obleaks, July 8.—The steam ship Breifond arrived at 6 p. m. yester day direct from Blueflelds, Nicaragua. When the ship s^tled fro(p Nicaragua six days ago, the political situation was very Quiet. The government nndier Gen eral Estrada had begun to move along smoothly and the American %nd foreign bopolatlon were rapidly appreciating the met that General Estrada was a much different man from General Tor res, who hak returned fo the capital of the republic. New Anniston Postmaster. Washington, July 8—The president has appointed the following postmasters: Alabama—Anniston, L. T. Smith. Ar kansas—Junction. Edward S. Pardell, Texas—Brownsville. Joel E Sharpe. ] I v$ . I'l.- i ’.Sz* • ■ ^ a. -