The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, October 24, 1899, Image 1
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Rumor That Must Be Accepted
With Reserve.
SECOND BRITISH
VICTORY
Hopr t't rci*H Un<!»r G'ucral Moyers
Slake Another Atlju-lt on tha Kii"-
llf-h Position at Glrneoe Camp ami
An* Kv|'iiIncd With Heavy
London, Uct. 23.--A special dispatch
from Cape T*iwu, dated Sunday, says
that advices received there from Pre
toria report President Ivtuper as now
being in favor of an unconditional sur
render.
It is added that it is enpected the
executive council will meet on Monday
or Tout-.lay to discuss the advisability
oi such a step.
The ivp. rt, it is stated hero, must bo
accepted with reserve.
A dispatch from G.eneoo Camp, Natal,
Bays amuher attack was made by the
Boer forces under General Meyers on
the British position Saturday, which
enabled tko British to score another
ei^nal success. Tko Boer column was
driven pellmell over the plains, losing
over ilOO kii cd and wounded. In addi
tion, the Brandi captured several hun
dred horses and made many pri uiiors,
who are being well cured for.
The Boer hospital ha« boon taken un
der the wing nf the British hospital
corps, ns the Boers had only tv single
doctor wi ll a primitive staff, who was
unable to tope wit a the wounded.
The dispatch adds that as it lias been
rain mg all nightlong and the weather
heavy and misty, it is hardly expected
that the Boors will make another at
tack today.
Bor is Eight Valiantly.
The British victoriesiu Natal following
each in their quick succession, though
accompanied br heavy losses on the side
of the victors, b ar striking testimony
to the vuh r of tha vanquished Boars.
They appear to have fiwleii victims to
the veiy plan which they counted on to
drive the But:: a into the sea. They
have been beaten in detail by counter-
stroke, carol ally considered and bril
liantly carried out in the face of the
courageous opnoj-itiou which has done
much to increase British respect for the
burghers, '.\hose splendid valor and de
termination, if universally admitted,
r-ac i< d the hiel.eit level.
Pula r accounts of Saturday’s battle
at E.unslaagte emphasize the sp'etidid
gallantry exhibited on both sides and
tie superiority of the British in a
p.tched batth*, although the Boors
fought with the greatest tenacity to the
last, only yielding when further light
ing was t-opeiess.
An armored train with the men of the
Manchester regiment appeared on the
left of Ladysmith at daybreak Saturday
in support of the Johannesburg Impe
rial Light Horse guards and the Natal
field artillery, with the object of reopen
ing communication at K anslaugte Tho
artillery took up a position above tho
town and shelled the railway station,
from which the Boers ran out, and tho
British mounted infantry entering the
place released tho English prisoners.
i.ritihh Forces lie lire.
The Boers, numbering l,(iOO nmn,
with their guns, occupied a command
ing position. They poured i,u n a well
directed lire on the British and their
scouts were so active that the British
forces steadily retired until reinforce
ments arrived, when tho mounted in
fantry was sent to drive the Beers south
of tho bridge to tiie right. A large
force of mounted cavalry in the mean
while swept over the p ain and up the
hill oti tho right. The Lancers met
■with a heavy fusillade while on the
left. A British battery opened with
good effect.
The British infantry, who had do-
barked from tho railway train in the
interim, advanced steadily over tho
plain and up the rocky ridge previously
cleared by the cavalry. The Boer ar
tillery dropped shrapnel into the ad
vancing columns, but the British dually
scaled the hiil, whence they overlooked
the broad vahey to Three Kooky hills
forming the Bu-rs’ position, their camp
being in the center.
On tho left center tho Boers had a
battery of threo large guns. The smaller
bills were also strongly held. Ou tho
Boer right wr.s tno station in a valley
on the British left. Tun latter’s cav
alry was on both fltuks and a buttery
on the right was busy throwing shrap
nel ai the Boers’ batteries.
The British infantry formed for tho
attack in extended orber behind tho
brow of a inn, the Devonshire's on the
left, with four companies of the Man-
chesters and home of the Gordons on
the right.
Under u T.-rrifie Eire.
At about C p. m. the infantry ad
vanced throngh tho valley us steadily as
on a field day. Halt way down tho
elope they met a ternlie infantry and
firtillery fire and they fell rapidly and
the wounded were carried to the rear.
But in spite of ttie steady work of tho
Boer guns and the sharpshooters con
cealed behind the rocks, the increasing
fire of the advancing British infantry
gradually gained the upper hand and
the Mancbesters and Gordons, edging
towards the right, gamed tno top of the
ridge, thus outflanking the enemy's left.
At (3 the bugles sounded the '•charge”
and tho British swept ahead. Tin Bo rs
fought to the last, only attempting to
escape when further fighting was hope-
le‘8
In the meantime the Devonsbiros,
pressing steadily un the left, were
strongly opp< sed at ilio Boer camp and
from the llaukiug hills, but they ear
ned botli a' the charge, with wild
cheers und begin blasts.
By 7 o’clock the British had gained
tho position and ‘cease fire” vas
Sounded.
Three 1 * .j pounder Xnrdcufeldts were
captured, with quantities of munitions.
'J he Boers’ dead and wounded among
tho rocks, who were numerous, were
attended to as far as possible in the
da i k.
General French thanked tne troops
on the field, e-,p*ci.iUy mentioning Col
onel Ian Hamilton's splendid handling
of -'he infantry.
J lie British bivouuce l on the cap
tured | osiib a huimu v night. Home
animates pace tho Baer losses at
at oOO men, but this is probably exag
geruted.
Killed amt Wounded.
An official dispatob from Ladysmith,
tho British headquarters in Natal, dated
10 p. m. yesterday, gives tno following
list of casualties among the prominent
Boers at the battle of Elanslaagte:
General Vilijoen, killed; General
Kock, wounded and captured, (since
died); General Kock’s son, killed; Col
onel Schiol, (German officer command
ing the artillery) wounded and a pris
oner; Commander Pretorius, '"ouuded,
prisoner. Several Boer standards cap
tured.
Tha following is an official list of the
British casualties at the battle of Elans
laagte:
Imperial Light horse—Colonel Scott-
Chisholm, killed; Major Campuon, Cap
tain Orr, Captain Mullens, Lieutenant
Curry, lieutenant Shore, Lieutenant
Barnes, Lieutenant Forbes, Lieutenant
Campbell and Lieutenant Norman,
wounded.
Second battery field artillery—Cap
tain Campbell and Lieutenant Mauley,
wounded.
1 ir^t Devonshire regiment—Captain
Lafone, Lieutenant Gunning, Lieuten
ant Haley. Lieutenant Green, wounded.
First Manchester regiment—Colonel
Curran, Captain Melville, Captain New-
bigg ig, Captain Heaton, Lieutenant
Danks. wounded.
The following casualties occurred
among the rank and file:
Filth lancers-Three troopers wounded.
Imperial Light Horse guards—Two
sergeants and four trooners killed and
3.1 nouccmmissioued officers and men
wounded.
Twenty-first field battery—Three gun
ners wounded.
Forty-second field battery—Two gun
ners and a driver wounded.
First Devonshire regiment—Twenty-
nine noncommissioned officers and men
wounded.
First Manchester regiment—Eleven
noncommissioned officers and men killed
and kb wounded.
Severe lilovv to Goers.
Colonel Scott-Chisholm, the only Brit
ish officer killed, was formerly attached
to tbo Ninth lancers. Ho served with
distinction in tho Afghan war and or-
giuizod the present Imperial Light
Horse, a majority of whom are refugees
from tiie Band. The dea:h of General
Viljoen is a severe blow to tho burghers
and tho death of General Kock and the
capture of General Prctor.us will hand
icap the further movements of this
column.
According to advices from Durban,
Natal, tiio Boers have entered Zululaud,
a large column advancing towards Me-
loth.
Tbo best opinions do not credit thero
port- tb it tne Boers are suing for peace,
or that they are likely to yield at pres
ent, though th*sy think the Boers prob
ably will retreat to their iine of defense
in the mountain passes of Laiugs Nek
and Drakeubnrg, where they have
blocked the passes with great boulders
and masses of rocks blown up eu each
side and where, if they so desire, they
would bo aole to hold out nutil tno ad
vance of Major General Sir Redvors
Bui U r througii the Orange Free Stare
should compel them to leave tha Natal
side to meet the invasion from the south.
Tho sensational rumors of tho designs
of the foreign powers inimical to Brit
ish interests meet with scant credence,
though it is admitted that it is difficult
to explain the immense forces on land
which Great Britain is now mobilizing.
Kiigsbi to Get OutH.
In Vienna it is reported that the Brit-
i'h naval movements are due to a ru
mor that Russia, with the assent of
J ranee, is about to acquire from Spain
Ceuta or some other naval station on
tiie African coast. ;
Elsewhere it is stated that tho move
ment of tho French Mediterranean ileet
m tho neighborhood of tho Levant,
where it could easily bo joined by the
Russian Black sea fleet via the straits
of tho Dardanelles, is occasioning sus
picion.
Lady Randolph Churchill and Mrs.
Arthur Bug,it are organizing a fund
among American ladies in England,
with the intention to completely equip
a hospital ship for service on the South
African coast at a cost of Ts.OOO. Lady
Curzon and Mrs. Bradley-Martin have
been invited to join tho oouimlttoo.
Tho authorities in Australasia are
mach exercised at the reports that tho
imperial government has ordered canned
meat in America though the war office
had promised to conserve Australasian
interests. Those in tho best position to
judge, however, predict that the pack
ers of tho United States will secure
large orders, as the British colonies are
unable to supply a tithe of tho quantity
required, if the campaign continues
long,
BLACK REPLIES TO OUZTS.
SensniioiiMl Dlspi-nsury Exposure Slay
Cuuse liloodsliril.
CoLOtniA, S. C., Oct. 23.—Some peo
ple think tho recent dispensary expo
sures by D. A. Ouzts will result in
bloodshed. Tho members of the board
of control ate out of town, but Captain
John Black, who was attacked by Ouzts,
has written a card that seems to call for
action if tho men meet. He also con
voys a kind of challenge.
At the same time Ouzts has written a
card, in which lie says ho hears much
ta;k behind his back, but that lie is still
in Columbia, is not hiding, and then
gives his address.
Black’s card is altogether the ‘ warm
est” thing that has been written in Co
lumbia for many years. He denounces
Ouzts ns u “scoundrel, thief and liar.”
Further derolopmonts In tho affair are
expected.
Advance In Freight Rates.
Hirminmham, Ala,, Oct. 25. — The
southern iron committee makes formal
announcement that there will be an
advance of f>0 cei ts per ton in export
iron freight rates, effective Not. 1. This
applies in North and South Atlantic
an 1 gnlf ports from the Birmingham
: district. 'I he rate to Pensacola as a
I bum is fixed under tiie now scale at
./O per ton. ’The advance in rates is
! in line with tho policy of the roads to
run up freight charges when prices ad
vance to the point where tho additional
freight charge is justified.
Uallwiy llriitge I>«-stroye<l.
Bi.ACKbHC.Ka, S. C., Oct. 23 —The
Soutlurn railway bridge over the Broad
river, 2 miles south of here, was almost
totally destroyed by fire la,t night. The
can o of its catching on firo is not
known. The trains will bo run over the
! Uaffuey brunch.
KOBiRT MAY NEVER
SIT IN SENATE AGAIN
His Long Illness Grows More
Serious Daily.
SLIM HOPE OF RECOVERY
DEWEY WILL NOT COME.
ii«*
In the Almost Certain Kveut of the ;
Vico President’s Absence From the
Chair When Congress 31oets Senator j
Frye Will Prvstde. jfff
\V ashinoton, Oct. 23.—Vice President
Garret A. Hobart may never appear
again in public life. So obstinate is the
nature of the illness which coniines him
to his home, in Patersen, N. J., that
even if he recovers ultimately the sen
ate will have another presiding officer
during the coming session.
In the almost certain event of Mr.
Hobart’s absenoe from the presiding
officer’s chair in the senate ids expected
that Senator Fr/e of Maine will fill It
much of tho time.
Mr. Hobart has been unable to leave
his bed for more than a week, and tho
most sanguine have been unable to see
any improvement since he left Long
Branch. No one except his immdiato
relatives, his nurse and physicians sees
him.
It is feared that lie is suffering from
Bright’s disease, although the doctor's
have said that the stomach is the seat
of the attack. He has lost more than
30 pounds in weight during the list few
weeks, and although some of tho moat
famous doctors in the country have been
called in consultation he grows worse.
Mr. Hobart suffered from grip in Feb
ruary last and was ill for a week. Whep
congress adjourned be went south with
the president aud Senator Hanna, con>
pietoly worn out by tho work and anx
iety of the session. He was serionsty
ill for two months. Then his doctors
thought it sate to remove him to Long
Branch.
President McKinley’s anxiety about
the vice president’s health Is most
marked. During his recent tour ho sent
messages of sympathy or inquiry to
Mrs. Hobart daily.
COTTON RATES ADVANCED.
Dttwsun May Appeal to the Interstate
Coiiiinrrce Hoard,
Dawson, Oa , Oct. 23.—The Central
of Georgia railway has, without notice,
raised the cotton rates to North and
South Carolina mills from 51 cents to
73 cents a hundred, making an increase
of $1.10 on every bale of cotton shipped
to these markets from this point.
It is claimed that the purpose of this
action was to make the rate to the Caro
lina markets virtually prohibitory,
throwing all of the cotton from this sec
tion which has heretofore been pur
chased by the Carolina cotton mills at
better prices to Savannah for export.
This would be considerable loss to the
farmers as well as business men of
Dawson, aud indignation at the aotiou
of the railroad is general
The raise, it is claimed, is in direct
violation of the reoelit order of the in
terstate commerce commission, equal
izing Dawson freights with those of
Albany, Americas and Eafaula, and
Dawson will appeal to that body for
redress.
Lion Almost Kills a Hoy.
Ai.bany, Oa., Oct. 23 —Fred Morris,
aged 10, visited Cooper’s circns, which
is exhibiting here. Eluding the vigi
lance of the koepers, he seized the tail
of the biggest lion and gave It the se
verest twist his small hands were able.
With an angry roar the beast thrnst Its
paws through the bars, grabbed the
child's head and almost pulled it off be
fore he could be rescued The soelp
was nearly tom off, and tho claws
scraped the skull in a dozen places. The
child is seriously injured.
Captain Fails Near Manila.
Washington, Got. 23.—The following
telegram, confirming the report of the
death of Captain Quy Howard, son of
General O. O. Howard, was received at
the war department from General Otis
today: “Captain Ony Howard, assist
ant quartermaster and quartermaster of
volunteers, killed yesterday near Ar-
rayat, while on launch ou the Rio
Grande river, by concealed insurgents.
His clerk, a civilian employe, and a na
tive wounded.”
A New Trial For McKnlgtit.
Cincinnati, Oct. 23.—Judge William
R Day, announced tbe decision of the
United titatei court of appeals today in
tho case of J. M. MoKclght, former
president of tbc German National bank
of Louisville, Ky., who had been sen
tenced to seven years’Imprisonmeat for
alleged misappropriation of the Hindu
of the bank. The court reversed tho
judgment of the United States district
court with directions to award a new
trial.
Montana Troops Welcomed.
Buttk, Mont , Oct. 23.—The First
Montana volnuteors arrived here today
at 10 o’clock a. m. aud were given a
rousing welcome. At Dillon a commit
tee formally welcomed them to the state
aud escorted them to Butte, where many
thousands of people from all parts of
tho state met them. After speeches and
a dinner the men were presented with
special medals of honor by United States
Senator Clark.
Castro Kilters the Capital.
Caracas, Venezuela, Oct 23.—Gen
eral Cipriauo Castro, the insurgontoom-
maniler during the recent revolution,
has entered this city. A warm recep
tion was accorded him. There was no
trouble when Castro arrived and no fear
of renewed fighting ts felt, as everybody
wants peace without retaliation.
Hsrlous Itiots In Moravia.
Vienna, Oct 28 —Anti Semite rlote
broke oot at Halleechau, Moravia, yes
terday evening. Jewish houses wers
stoned, stores were pillaged, a honss
was burned aud tha gendarmes charged
tho rioters, killing three persons aud in
juring several others. The military re
stored order.
CaiK-cls Ills KiiKHRi-uient on the Advice
of HU riiyslclan
The Sunday papers contained a
dispatch saying that Dewey would
not visit Atlanta. We note that the
papers in this section are generally
poking fun at Atlanta for tho failure
of Dewey to come. It would be well
if they would take a little of their
sarcasm to themselves as the majority
of them were making tremendous
efforts to get up a Dewey demonstra
tion in honor of the hero as he passed
through their respective towns. It
seems as if we are all left in tho soup.
We give the dispatch in full:
Washington, D. C., Oct. 21.—Ad
miral Dewey, on the advice of his
physician, has canceled the dates for
his visits to Philadelpta and Atlanta,
and will accept no more invitations
of this sort before next spring. The
following official statement on the
subject was made at his office here
today:
“Acting on advice of his physicians,
Admiral Dewey finds it will be neces
sary to cancel all engagements lie has
entered into to visit certain cities and
to decline all invitations for the
present. He finds that the mental
strain incident to such visits is se
riously affecting his health.”
It is said by one of Dewey’s friends
that this must not be taken us un
indication of an alarming condition
in the admiral’s health, but to a man
of his temperament, excitement and
the mental strain incident to the
various public functions in which he
hts been a participant have proved
unusually trying.
He will remain as quiet ns possible
for the balance of the winter and it is
hoped that by next spring he will be
able to take a short trip south and
visit some of the places whose inhabi
tants have been so anxious to wel
come him.
Tho invitations for the Philadelphia
and Atlanta trips were cancelled by
telegraph today and the situation was
explained to the Charleston delega
tion which was anxious for him to in
clude oouth Carolina in his Southern
journey. Tito admiral’s indisposi
tion will have no effect on Lieutenant
Brumby's visit to Atlanta.
DOES NOT FEAR BURGLARS.
A Clierokt-c Man Who Turiia Snalcea I.oouc
In IliH Store at Night.
The following Greenville special to
tho Columbia State will interest
every person in Cherokee who is
acquunted with Jesse Pinson, the
genial postmaster at Thickety :
Mr. Jesse A. Pinson, the postmas
ter at Thickety, Cherokee county,
who is also a farmer and merchant, is
a successful business man of original
and independent ideas. Hois in the
city attending the federal court be
cause a colored gentleman of educa
tion and leisure committed a very
elaborate robbery at the postoffiee
and store in Thickety two months
ago, and he has inaugurated a novel
means of preventing a recurrence of
these annoyances.
Mr. 1’inson has in a box in his store
four largo and villainous looking
snakes, which all customers are in
vited to inspect. It is firmly believed
that ho fastens a string around the
neck of each serpent every night as
he closes the store aud that the ser
pents are turned loose to catch rats
The scheme has developed several
advantages. Tho colored population
does its trading before night and the
proprietor never has to leave his bed
at night to sell cheese and tobacco,
having only to remind tho belated
customer that the snakes are out.
This plan is better for keeping away
rogues than rats. Mr. Pinson is
confident that if his place is ever
robbed again it will be by an alien
and a stranger or by white home
talent arrayed in sheet iron. His
store is us thoroughly secured against
nocturnal prowling as if it were
situated in the middle of a big grave
yard, or were “hanted” by a well-
authenticated ghost. He is negotia
ting for the king of terrors, a four-
foot rattler, and when he shall lead
that captive home he believes his
troubles will be at un end and his
premises immune for generations.
IIIh Life Wu Saved.
Mr. J. K. Lilly, a prominent citizen
of Hannibald, Mo., lately had a won
derful deliverence from a frightful
death. In telling of it he says : “I
was taken with Typhoid Fever that
ran into Pneumonia. My lungs be
came hardened. I was so weak I
couldn’t even set up in bed. Noth
ing helped me. I expected to soon
die of Oonsumption, when 1 heard of
Dr. King’s New Discovery. One j
bottle gave me great relief. I con
tinued to use it, and now am well
and strong. I can’t say too much in
its praise.” This marvelous medi
cine is the surest and quickest cure
in the world for all Throat und Lung
Trouble. Regular sizes DO cents and
$1.00. Trial buttles free at Cherokee
Drug Co.’s Drugstore. Every bot
tle guaranteed.
H. L. Withum, Superintendent of
the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills,
Atlanta, Oa , has tendered his re
signation He is leaving to take un
interest and the management of the
Hartwell, Oa., Cotton Mill recently
purchased by W. H. Withum, of
Atianta, Oa.
At tlilM N«*a«i»n of tho y oar there are always
imiiiy deaths, particularly among children,
from summer complaint, diurrhu-a, dys
entery, cholera morbus, cramps, etc., ami
every o e ought to know that a sure and
speedy cure can easily he nhtained by taking
Pi huy Davis’ I'ain-Kii.i.eb in sweetened
water every half hour. It never fails. Avoid
substitutes, thero is but one 1 aiu-Killor, I
Perry Davis’, Price 25c. aud 50c.
CITY AND COUNTY
CONGLOMERATED.
Local News from Town and
Country
TOO SHORT FOR A HEAD
liut None Too Short to Mention, Hence
They Are llolleri Down For quick Head
ing by Busy Ledger 1‘atroiis Who Arc
Pressed for Time.
T. C. Petty brought to The Ledger
office Saturday a sweet potato that
was remarkable for the fact that it
grew into a bone that was deposited
in the soil near the potatoe.
We are in receipt of the Evening
Telegram, a five column folio after
noon paper published in Spartan
burg. It is a neatly printed and
takes the Union Associated Press and
has a lively local air.
W. J. Maness, who has been clerk
ing for L. W. McGuinn for some
time, has resigned his position and
gone into business for himself. Mr.
Maness is located in the building
opposite. Tiie Ledger office. Mr.
VVestmoreland succfeds Mr. Maness
at Mr. McOuinit’s.
The champion turnip of the season
so far displayed at this office was
brought hero Saturday by County
Commissioner E. P. Richards. It
weighed six and a quarter pounds
and we were told that it was but a
sample of what may be expected of
the soil in the Algood neighborhood.
Camp Carpenter, U. C. V., met in
tho court house in this city last Sat
urday und transacted business of im- I
portance to the old soldiers. A mo
tion that each tnembor be assessed |
his proportionate part to pay for the I
new banner was offered by R. M. i
Jolly, and carried. The said assess- ;
ment is to be paid to Treasurer X.
Blanton by the fourth day of Novem- |
her.
I
Contractor L. Baker has completed
Boyd L. Humes’ pretty little home
on Logan street, while Capt. S. S.
Ross' house has been completed with
the exception of the plastering and
finishing touches. These new build
ings, together with R. S. Cook’s
pretty two story dwelling, gives that
neighborhood a rather new appear
ance. Mr. and Mrs. Haines expect
to move about the first of November.
The Missionary rally at the Gra
ded School building next Sabbath
promises to be ono of the most in
teresting events in religious circles
in this section this year. An interest
ing program has been arranged and
everything will be done to make the
occasion a success. A special invi
tation is extended to all the members
of the Broad River Baptist Associa
tion to attend.
Postmaster Folger yesterday re
ceived a barrel of excellent apples
from New Port, Mich. They were
sent to him by his old friend, Dr. E.
J. Potter, and embraced nine varie
ties and were excellent specimens.
Dr. Potter lived at Easley for a num
ber of years and became acquainted
with Mr. Folger while there, and
every year he sends him a reminder
of the strong attachment that was
then formed. The Ledger is indebted 1
to Mr. Folger for several excellent
specimens of the fruit.
We wish to make a protest against
the butchering of the old familiar
hymns as practiced in the different
churches of Gaffney by singing them
to new fangled tunes. It spoils the
effect on the congregation. If the
choirs must sing new tunes for good
ness sake let them be accompanied
by now words. Perhaps we have no
right to enter our protest in this mat
ter but we know we voice the senti
ments of a large majority of the
church going people of this place
when we do if. Let us have old
tunes to old hymns und new tunes
to new hymns.
Death of Mtm. •Iiillii licaoi.
Mrs. Julia Beam, wife of Mr. Frank
Beam, died a week ago lust Sunday
at ho home, near Grindal Shoals, of
consumption. Deceased had been
in HI health since last Christmas.
She was a member of Mt. Gilead J
Baptist church und died in the full j
fellowship of her redeemer. Mrs. I
Beam was in Iter fifty-first year. She
was known for her Christian piety
and loved by all who knew her. The
interment took place the following
Monday at Mt. Gilead grave yard.
Mrs. Beam was the mother of Mrs.
T. U. Shuford, of this city. The
bereaved kindred have the sympathy
of a large circle of friends in this and
adjoining counties.
The theft of electricity is no crime |
ut present in Germany, there being
no express law against it.
.
Tho cruiser Hartford, flagship of j
Admiral Farragut, has been placed
in commission a second time ns u I
training ship.
Does l.otM of (i<KMl—Yon W ilt I-Iml It ho If
You Try U.
Mrs. T. J. Meador has kind words
to say about Tyner's Dyspepsia
Remedy. “For many years I have ,
suffered with dyspepsia and nervous
ness. I have been taking Tyner’s
Dyspepsia Remedy and find that it
is doing tne lots of good and I am
now in better health than I have j
been for years. It relieves
few minutes of indigestion
If you are oufTering with
tion or dyspepsia of any c
whatever, it would he to your inter
est to try a bottle of this remedy.
Price 00 cents per bottle. For sale
by all druggists.
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Ituracter
VISIT TO GAFFNEY.
Muny KvldciK't’H of Groutli und l’roH|U‘rlty
in tlita I’liHliiiiK City.
L.l. K. Sloan in the Free Lance.]
I was called to attend the honor
able court of common pleas for Cher
okee county at Gaffney on last Tues
day, the JOth, and was in the city a
couple of days and took in the place,
(iatlncy is certainly a live town and
great prospects are in store for tiie
place. I can truly say like a neigh
bor of mine said about a biting dog I
once had. Although he was fierce
and would make believe he would
bite, yet he was noted for his good
qualities as a yard and plantation
animal. He was killed by the train
and my friend and neighbor said he
was glad and sorry too. Sorry that
I had lest my favorite dog and glad
the neighbors were rid of a vicious
animal. And so nrn 1 in relation to
Cherokee, sorry ihut Spartanburg
lost such a great town and territory
as Cherokee and Gaffney are, but now
glad that Gaffney has set up shop
for herself and is making such strides
in such a short time. The years are
not far distant when Cberokee will
rival any of her sister counties in
South Carolina.
The founders of the city must have
hein possessed of extraordinary fac
ulties of seeing the future progress
in laying out their town. Their
streets rival those of Columbia in
width, none under twenty and most
ai! thirty feeet, and then their public
square contains nine acres. A great
many new houses are going up, and
a new jail completed and capacious
enough to accommodate forty of the
county’s derelicts. Tiie jailor said
lie was very scarce of boarders, not
withstanding the sessions court had
just closed. I th'nk he said he was
hoarding a couple of l.ncle Sam’s
citizens. Another great thing in
connection with this jail is that it
was finished complete at a cost of
$7,700, and it is fire proof. There is
no wrangle about extra fees or extrav
agant expenditures. I suppose we
furnished them with an object lesson.
1 met up with a great many old
friends of both town and county with
whom i had made i xtensive surveys
in days of yore on Broad River, Ab-
ington, Cherokee, Giiky aud Thick
ety creeks.
The streets cf Gaffney will always
be easy to keep up, for the whole
surface approximate a sand bed and
the more rain comes the harder they
are, and so level that the drainage is
imperfect. »So much cf the streets
are unoccupied by travel that the
spaces between the wagon ways und
sidewalks are covered with a luxu
riant growth of grass and weeds.
The stoics appeared to be thronged
with people who were carrying out
great bundles of goods.
J put up at Mrs. John Wood’s
boarding house in full view of and
close by the cotton factory. Tltey
run night and day, having a relay of
hands for night and day’. Mrs. Wood
keeps a table loaded down with
viands, well cooked and hot from
the stove, wi»h everything the mar
ket affords set before you to help
yourself. It is like country ways,
not supplied by a basket full cf little
plates with about enough on
eacli to feed a sick kitten, if I
lived close to her, as a mutter of
economy, J would board with Iter
instead of keeping house.
I staid one night with my friend,
Mr. Oscar Ballenger, son of Major
Ballenger, deceased. He is the dis
penser at Gaffney and has been ever
since the dispensary was established
ut that place tome six or seven years
ago. The dispensary is in the midst
of the business blocks of the city and
the proof of his acceptability as an
officer is tiie length of time lie lias
served the people. But in his home
is where he excels himself. He lives
in boarding house style and the vict
uals prepared by his daughters, who
preside over his home, would make a
sick man think that meal time was
tardy. He has four lovely girls,
three in their teens, and smarter
girls would be hard to find. The
neatness in which the house is kept
and the preparation of meals all con
spire to show what worthy and effi
cient successors they are to their
worthy mother who was taken from
them and their father by death two
or three years ago, a sorrow that no
one can comprehend that never had
the ordeal to pass through.
Everybody with whom I conversed
gave u had report of the crop which
was everywhere from a half down to
one-fifth on good farms.
Thickety l.ofiiN.
(Correspondence of Tne Lodger.)
Thh'kkty, Oct. 23.—Our farmers
arc gathering corn, which is turning
out very good. Very few have sown
any wheat yet. Some are holding
their cotton for better prices.
The health of our community is
very good.
Mr. John Yassey killed u blue
crane a few days ago that measured
six feet from tip to tip and five feet
high.
J. W. Sellars visited this section a
few days ago.
II. E. Tindall and family visited
E. i\ Richards, of Algood, Sunday.
J Al’ltFS.
The enrollment of the Chicago
public schools include 2o Chinese
pupils.
\ olntnic IIon*
Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob
life of joy. Bucklen's Arnica Halve
cures them • also Old. Running and
Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons.
Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruges, Burns,
Scalds, Chapped Hands, Chilblains.
Best Bile cure on t utih. Drives out
Bains and Aches. Only 2.7 cents u
box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by
Cherokee Drug Co.
THE LATEST GOT-
TON MILL NEWS.
Items of Interest to Textile
Workers.
OPERATIVE PERSONALS
Tl*e IiU|>r<>veiii('iitH and Advancements of
the I’ant Week in North and South Caro
lina Cotton Mills and lloHlcry Facto
ries, Etc.
(Southern and Western Textile Excelsior.]
The Clinton, S. C., Cotton Mills
are adding six cards of the Saco Bet-
tee make.
W A. Biatt, of Augusta, Ga., has
accepted a position in the machine
shop at Bath, S. C.
The new’ spinning which the Co
lumbia, S. 0., Duck Mills is adding
is of Haco i’ettee make.
Bud Mills, of Gastonia, N. C., has
been made Superintendent of Yount
and Shrum's new mill, Newton. X.
C.
v.’. B. James, overseer of spinning
and twisting in the Kindloy Mill, Mt.
Bleasant, X. C., was in Charlotte last
week.
The Fork Shoals, S. C., Mills lately
reorganized, will go on plaids and
sheetings when tiie new weave shop
is completed.
Will Going is leaving the Sibley
Mill. Augusta, Ga., to run the spin
ning at night in the Fairfield Mills,
Winnsbcro, S. C.
J. S. Lamb, of Henrietta, N. C.,
Mills, has accepted a position as
night overseer weaving at Steeiea
Mills, Cordova, N. C.
J. E. Yon has resigned his position
as overseer carding at the Bamberg,
S. 0., Mills, und will spend some
time in Edgefield, S. C.
J. 1). W allaoe, formerly of the Sib
ley Mills, Augusta, Ga., has accepted
a position as beamer at the Southern
Cotton Mills, Bessemer City, N. C.
The new knitting mill of tiie Wel
don, X. C., Cotton Manufacturing
Company, contemplates erecting a
mill next spring to supply them with
yarns.
James Johnson, of the Highlam
Bark Mill, Charlotte. N. C., has beer
promoted to overseer of weaving it
place of C. X. Stead, who has re
signed.
B. L. Led well has left Norwood, N
C., to accept ins old position as car
der at the Wadesboro, X. 0., Cottoi
Mills. 11. O. Hawkins succeeds hin
at Norwood.
Wiliam Hovis, who has been car
<L r for the last 17 months at Wades
boro, X. 0., Cotton Mills, has resig
ned to take a position at the Crescen
Mill, Rock Hill, 8. C.
If any one knowing the address o
Chas. F. Smith will forward same tc
It. L. Cumnock, care of Overland
Cotton Mills Company, Denver, Col.
it v.ill be appreciated.
R. V. Porter, formerly of Colum
bia, S. C., lias gone as assistant over
seer spinning, spooling and slashinj
for the Courtenay Manufacturing
Company, Xcwry, 8. C.
G. G. Boone, formerly weaver a
the Diiling Mill, Kings Mtn. N. C.
has resigned to take J. M. Manley’t
place as overseer weaving at Hen
rietta No. 2 Mill, Caroleen, X. 0.
A. L. Coggins who has been loom
fixer at the Salisbury, 0., Cottoi
Mills for the past seven years, hai
accepted a position as overseer weav
ing ut the Bilot Mills, Raleigh, X. C
The Saco Bettee Machine Shop!
are ereciing 72-17 in. cards, 9(i de
liveries drawing and 20 improved rai
heads it: the new Warren Mannfac
luring Company’s mill, Warrenville
8. C.
The Victoria Cotton Mills, Greers
S. C.. has increased its capital stocl
from $170,000 to $070,000. This mil
was charatered and started up it
1.N97, four years ago. and has been, i
is said, very successful.
J. W. Fries, of the well known firn
of F. Sc H. Fries, Salem, X. C.. ha<
invented a now machine for printirq
cotton warps. It is an irnprovemen!
on the old machines, und is now ex
hibited in Manchester, Eng.
The new mill at Mt. Bieasant, N
C., will contain 2 700 to 3 000 spin
dies. J. W. Cannon, of Concord, N
C , will be President and A. N
James, Superintendent. It will h<
ready to start In the coming spring.
A. B. Carter, who has been on.
ployed at tho Holt-Williamson Mills
Fayetteville, X. C., for severa
months, has gone to Salisbury, X. C.
where he will be associated with Dr
Stallings in connection with the new
publication known as the Salisbury
Index.
V. M. Johnson, tho efficient weaver
at Lockhart, S. C., has returned frou
a visit among friends ut Greenville
S C. Recently he was one of a part]
of huntsmen that chased a red fox
It was a success; for, Mr. J. says
“A red fox cun run faster than any
thing I ever saw, except Drapei
looms.”
llie value of the carnet productior
in tiie United States is about $(’>0,000,
(MiG; (>f this about $18,(MR) 000 wort!
is produced in Philadelphia, Pu
With carpet factories now in Greens
boro, N. C , Gaffney, S. C., and An
nisi on, Ala., the South is in a posi
tion to get some of the business thul
Philadelphia leaves.