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, O. Htac v, I’resldeut. J. (1. WAKDI/AV. Vice Presldcu THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNET. Capital $50,000.00. Wii.i. buy county claims, receive deposit and make liberal loans on approved paper 1). ti. 1!oks. Cashier. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, GAFFNEY CITY, S. TUE8DA1, NOVEMBER 7. 1899. 1*3 GENSOS THE HEW 5 This Statement Made by Otis Himself. PROCTER'S LITTLE GAME lie is Making an effort to Side Tiilok Dew « j’a I.ittle llooni Cor President McKin ley l.euders Aktriurnl—John K. Mel.e«»n’# Cliunea *. [Special to The Ledger.| Washington, Nov. 0.—A dispatch fiom Manila quotes (Jen. Otis as say ing that lie cares nothing about cen soring news of the war, and in fact never approved the censorship. It is not denied at the war depart ment that (Jen. Otis made this state ment, in substance, in u dispatch to tiie Adjutant General of t he army. The significance of this will not es cape attention. It means that the censorship was established by the Washington authorities, and not by Gen. Otis; that the Republican ad ministration desired that the news concerning the war should not be given out, and that the American people should be kept in ignorance of the military operations in the new possessions The dispatch from Otis, staling that the censorship had been abol ished was not given out at the war department, and its text was not made public. It is apparent that Otis, to set himself right with Ameri can critics, bluntly stated the trutii. It is not surprising that the depart ment cut otf that portion of his dis patch which stated that he never hud favored the concealment of facts, be cause that shifted the responsibility to the department ollicials and (lie administ ration. Republican leaders have induced Senator Procter to announce that Dewey, wbc is a native of the Sena tor's sftite, Vermont, is not a candi date for the presidency. At the solicitation of Washington Republi cans, Proctor has written a letter to a small newspaper in Vermont, stating, in effect, that Dewey is not seeking the presidency. The Ad miral, says Proctor, has no desire to enter politics, lie is making no ef fort to secure political honors. This is not a very emphatic dis claimer. It has not been at a!! necessary to slate tual Amiral Dewey v.ou!d*Iiat enter a scramble for tin; Republican nomination for the presi dency. The question which most disturbed the McKinley managers has been, whether or not Dewey would, at the proper limo hereafter, permit it to become known tiiat ho would accept gracefully the nomina tion, if tendered him. Senator Proc tor’s statement leaves that question unanswered, and in fact, indicates that if it comes about without k- ing, Dewey will not hesitate to ac cept the presidential nomination. The McKinley men, therefore, re main in the same st ^to of disturbance and anxiety as to the Admiral’s ulti mate intentions. The prolongation of the war in the Philippines, with no encouraging report of progress there,..together with the approach of the new Congress, is adding con tinually to the probabilities of going outside of Ohio for presidentiu! material next summer. Reed lias re tired from politics, but Dewey, who desires no more sea duty, is a possi bility fraught with unknown difli- culty to McKinley supporters. M' fh Dewey in the White House, Ik* would he as antagonistic to many McKinley influences us Bryan would he; and that faction of Republican leaders which trains with Hanna, and Klkins, is yet on tiie anxious bench with re gard to Dewey’s position hereafter. The intended marriage of Dewey to the sister of John R. McLean, Demo cratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, will not at ali injure the chances of the latter, and this will be proven when the votes are counted next Tuesday evening. The fiiendship of Dewey, while he enjoys his present great prestige, if it does.not directly influence votes for a man, certainly is not detrimental. It is known that Dewey personally is on cordial terms with McLean, and it is admitted that personally he would like very well to see his future brother-in-law honored with the Governorship of Ohio. The announcement of the engagement, coming but a few days before tiie election, was very pleasing to Demo cratic managvre. It is one of many other circumstams s which arc con tributing to McLean’s sucee-..- So great, have been tiie efforts of McKinley’s lieutenants to elect Nash, and so wide is tiie Republican mar gin in Ohio, that conserve'.iv« Demo cratic leaders here are careful about predicting confidently that they can carry the State. It is a fact, how ever, that daily the advices from Ohio are of increased Republican di - a flection, it is admitted now that the Republicans will have their 1: ■ lal anxiety of McKinley’s friends over the result in the presidential state. If Nash is defeated, there is a quiet but general admission that it means the turning down of McKinley in the next national convention ; and it is doubtful, in fact, that McKinley would permit his name to go before it for nomination if McLean should bo elected. In private conversation with Republican leaders recently, Mr. McKinley has expressed doubt about liis acceptance, explaining the difficulty of any president securing re-election and with such a repudia tion of him and his policies as Mc Lean’s election would imply, there is very good reason to believe the president would in advance retire from all candidacy for re-election. Un ties for si Working Girl. [ Denver lieinihlicun.] Miss Abbe Eastman, cf Phoenix, Ar /., fought with genuine American pluck ngaiust straightened circum stances, hut she is now finacialiy in dependent. Yesterday at a local hotel, where she was a guest, she told the story of how ten days ago one of her copper claims netted her ij!l,>,0< () Miss Eastman is only 2S years old. She lias always worked fora living. But nature has given her much energy and a strong will, and when three ycais ago In r uncle It-fi her five copper claims in Arizona, not far from Phoenix, she visited her claims to learn tiie value of her inheritance. She consulted a lawyer. “He told me,” said she yesterday, “that the claims looked promising, hut that in order to hold them a certain sum of money would be required every month. Then I considered where that money was to come from as I had none of my own. *So after fail ing to find any other solution, I re solved to get t inployment in a hotel. When 1 told the lawyer what I inten ded do:i)' and how I meant to set mnjoniy down so materittllv -if it is not indeed wiped out entirely-— that it will he, morally, a Demo cratic victory and elT'-etuul repudia tion of the McKinley administration. If Republicans win by but a nominal plurality, none of tluir spokesmen will venture to claim tiiat it is u vie- been poured into tory. the 8 gers, Hun n levied ploye jney h by the aside every cent that could be spared from my wages, in order to develop tiie claims, lie said lie admired my j determination mu wondered whether I 1 should stick to it. But it has 1 finally come out all right; and I j guess now I shall be able to live with out working so bard.” After the conference with her law yer. Miss Eastman lost no time in getting a position and spent her savings to hold her claims. The money came a little at a time but the work nrogressed elowly. Miss Eastman has a pleasant face, dark eyes and prepossessing manners. Among the hotels at which she was employed was the Hotel Green, Pasa dena, Cal., and this summer at the Hotel Colorado, Gienwood .Springs. Tin guests never suspected that the girl working at the hotel had a for tune in sight. •Ilist before the sale of the claim for-$1.') 000, when more correspond ence than usual was 1 ecessury, it leaked out at Gienwood Springs that Miss Kistman was soon to come into considerable money. Simultaneously, it is said, a suitor appeared, but the shrewd business women knew a thing or two. Tiie enterprising young i man got no encouragement. Finally the deal was closed, and I with large credit there were those | who expected to see the young wo- I man’s head turned. But they were badly mistaken. Her dresses were exceedingly modest. Miss Eastman was in Denver yes terday on her way to Phoenix, where the rest of her copper claims are located. Those of which she bus not yet disposed of are four in number. Her piutiH for the winter are not yet announced, except on one point—she will not have to work as slit* did last winter. I'j. In tin* ID)) Country. (Corresnomlenctt of The Ledger.* Li.noik, Nov. JI.—1 am up in the hill country once more, where wag ons c.imo in daily with such produce us cabbage, onions, turnips and fruits. At tins writing, !) a. m., the town is fuli of mountain wagons from Watauga and Ashe counties. There are some as fine cabbages here as I have over seen. Borne beaus neigh ns much as seventeen and twenty pounds. A man brought in it load of turnips the other day, which he sol<l at 20c. 1 got a half bushel measure and toid him I Wanted a bushel. 1 only got seven turnips, three in the first measure and four in tiie next. I soon saw the mistake 1 had made. The turnips were 20c per dozen, so I lost five turnips in the deal, enough to last my family sevcrnl days. My squirrel man comes to see me t wice a week. He said the weather was against him now, us he could rot kill more than iifteui or t wenty these short after noons. He has only brought me in 10.> in tin* last tv. ) weeks. We will hav qua I on toast now, an I notice 1 he bird d< g- are being hunted up and m w guns being bought. lli*' muitum and one daughter left us yesterday for GulTney, where they go to Visit relatives and friends. We have sort of divided up, she taking one with her while 1 keep the two smart oms, thou: that take after me. Wishing The Ledger and all my friends much success, 1 am yours respectfully. Unclk 8am. ID r,>t>l«'i! Tilt >yfr|;ttiiN, do'^tpr* told Ruoiek Hamilton, ubnc mu 1 prom j i,„ n 1 4 uy u assessments have been collected upon federal em- id yet at tiie closing of tin* All of w 18 in woul It 8 | with 1 > >P 1 h licuns dare not campaign u predict success, it would be hard to overstate the and the in cents a ho Company. Vrsoii, </■, after eullcring ' rluim Ryotui Fistual, he un\ts y costly operation 1 ;\li he cured himself | 1 Arnica j n Earth, n HtwWorld. 2.'* est J 'int b: I (lit jcrfoi live boxes/f^dlticklen tho Kurtdft PiRs^uro t wlvi 'Bold by XJherWwe Drug FMflULENi STAMPS USED IS NEW YOffi Government Is Losing Five Thousand a Day. SEVERAL ARRESTS HADE Chief of the Internal Itcv^nu* ItiiroHii Says Illicit* Nam Gtilt>*rd In Conse quence of the Operations of War lax S\v iii<Ut*r.*w Nuw York, Nov. 0. — Frauk G. Thompson, chief of tho internal reve nue burcaa in this city, declared that at least 10 per cent of tho revenue stamps used daily in tho Wall street district, having already been caucellcd, were fraudulent. Chief Thompson said this when askod about the arrest by him in Newark, on Batuniay, of Caleb L. Crockett and C. J. Lee on a charge of restoring can celled revenue stamps and selling them for use a second time. Mr- Thompson's jurisdiction extends to northern Naw Jorsc-y, and lie raid tiiat for two mouths he had been watching Crockett. It is estimated by Chief Tuompson tiiat tiie government is defrauded of at least $5,000 a day ly the use of second hand stamps in the section of tho city south of Fulton street. He says that revenue stamps worth about £.‘)0,000 are daily required in tho transactions of that district and that 10 por cent of this total is represented in restored stamps. Chief Thompson, who made the first arrest fer this crime six months ago, said the work of restoring cancelled revenue stumps was being carried on to a large extent, and that bo Was striving to arrest tho swindlers as fast as his varied riuttes would permit. Ho said there was no connection between the arrests in Newark on Saturday night and that early in October of Freeman Strait in this city. Chief Thompson sail stamps taken front Crockett averaged a higuer denom ination than any ho had previously ectzed. Messenger boys, Mr Thompson said, are engaged to a largo extent by the stamp swindlers in carrying oy their work. He told of finding ten $f>0 biils on a messenger boy ho recently called to his office. “I wiil venture to assert,” tho chief said, “that I can go through Now or Broad street and take iato custody the first 50 messenger boys indiscriminately, and by searching these 50 boys find at least 25 with wn-hod or restored reve unc stamps. Bcme houses allow mo-*- Beuger bovs and clerks to affix and can cel stamps aud even if the hors receive gool stamps they often substitute washed stamps and sell the good ones at a discount. Chief Thompson said that although the denominations of revenue stamp* varied rout one eighth of a cent to $1,000, he has never discovered nuy greater thru $50 being discounted. He said that stamps of tho doitont.nations of $1, $5 and $i0 were most offered and that tho $1 stamps were used with greater frequency by swindlers. HOBART SLIGHTLY WEAKER. Vice I’rcsWL-nt Fully Keuliz s Tiiat liIk Mini E., Near. Patexson, N. J., Nov. 0—The condi tion of Vice President Hobart was but little changed today, except ho was slightly weaker. He slept a good part of the night. Dr. Newtou again spout tho night at Carroll Hail aud said at 8 o'clock this moruing that Mr. Hobart rested as well as could bo expected under the circum stances. He denied emphatically tho statement published iu one of the morn ing pipers to tho effect that Mr Hobart was suiferiug from cuucor of the stom ach. He said that tho statement given out by hint several days ago with tha con sent of the family covered the malady of tho vice president aud added th:.» there had been no new development of the diueaso. IBs official moruing bul letin courained nothing beyond the above assertion. Dr. Nowtou said today that Mr. Ho bart took a lively interest In tho news of the day, extending to tho Boar situa tion and tho coming election, but that he (Dr. Newton) and the members of tho family discouraged such discussions as likely to unduly excite him. Mr. Hobart takes no solid food and comparatively little liquid nourishment. His vitality, upon which he is living, is remarkable, aud his cheerfulness is a strong factor in sustaining tho members of - the family in iheir nllliotiou. Ho fuily realizes that his end is uear. A GAMBLING DEN RAIDED. Inmates Jump Into the Ulvt-r and Two of Thrill Drown. Chattanooga, Kov. 0.—Officers laei evening raided a gambling place on the banks of the Tennessee river. About CO inmates were surrounded. Mtny of them, seeing escape from every quarter cutoff, pulled off their boats, jutni-ed into tho icy water and swam for the opposite shore. Officers secured boats and gave chase. Pistols wore fired iu the nir, which had tho effect of scaring many of the ne groes so that they surrendered, and 11 of them were in this manner captured. Sam Nina and Noah Grow worosoizsd with cramps and sank to the bottom be fore ashistanca could roach them. Want Low lt>»t- on Flour. St. IxtuI 1 *, Nov. fl. —Tho bor.rd of ; managers of tho St. Louis traffic bureau i have adopted resolutions requesting offi cer* of tho euetbound line* to comply with tho order of tho interstate com merce commiHsiou by reducing the rate on flour milled in St. Lou;.* when for export to the tame rato as on wheat for export, aud that any proportional rate made to apply from East St. Louis on flour ground west of tho west bank of the Mississippi river bu made to apply on flour ground at St. Louis. Plenty of Money In Uussln. Sr. PKTKiiauuiKl, Nov. (1. The Offi cial Mofsonger publishes a oommuniia- tion from M. DeWitte, the ininister of ! fiuance, refuting the current iumois at : a (iimiuutiou of tho monetary circula tion of luu country. He Even Makes a New Sortie Against Joubert. MORE TIMID ARE UNEASY Evacuation of Colenso and the lb- ported Wiliidruwul of the Hrltlsh Force From Stormberg Still Unex plained In London. Lokdon, Nov. 0.—An immense weight was lifted from the public miud by a brief official dispatch published this moruing by which tho continental Etories of disaster at Ladysmith wore MAP SHOWING COIENSO. proved to bo false, although the dis- patch Itself did not relieve the anxiety of the more timid iu another direction, us it indicated that General White, in stead of sitting tight aud acting wholly cn tho defensive, as it is hold iu many quarters ho ought to do, persists in making sorties and risking another Nicholson’s Ntk disaster. Generally, however, the cheery tone of the dis patch, showing that there is no anxiety at Ladysmith as regards the ability of the beleaguered garrison to hold its own, has had an excellent effect on tho country. From the fact that General White is aide to take the offensive aud shell a Boer camp it Rooms that Ladysmith is not so closely besieged us was supposed. Not much importance, however, is attached to tho shelling of the Bo.r laager, as the war office has no confirmation of tho story tiiat the Orange Free Bearers’ camp at Hester’s bus been captured. Were ibis true, it might have consider able eff ect cu the attitude of tiio Orange Free Blato, winch is not so directly con cerned in the conflict as tho Transvaal. Tho movement of the Boers into Capa Colony is beginning to awaken British fear that they have greatly underesti mated the forces tlioy will have to meet aid that even General Buller’s task may not be so easy as anticipated. It is becoming apparent that all the British calculations, based on the loyalty of tho population, aro bopolerslyat sea or there has boon a very serious leakage of Dutch sympathizers from Natal and Capo Colony. Otherwise there is no account ing for the large forces of burghers re ported from all directions. The war office, consequently, la being urged to have more troops iu readiness for all possible demands. The evacuation of Coieneo and the re ported withdrawal of the British force from Storm berg are still unexplained. The former may ho due to either tho Boer artillery rendering tho place un tenable er to the fact that pressure else where, possibly at Pietermaritzburg, has necessitated tho concentration at a threatened point of all available troops. It is said that if the objective of tne Pcrrs traversing Zululand was Ptoter- ir.arltzbnrg they ought shortly to bo heard from. That the position of tho British is regarded as serious is ap parent from the fact that British cruis ers nro hurrying to the Cape station. With regard to Btonnberg.it is claimed that if It turns out to bo true that the place has been evacuated, it may either be due to the impossibility at present of f irovldihg an adequate garrison to de- end such important supplies against tho Bcter raid or to a change iu General Puller’s plans, whereby General Methn- eu.-i’ division will be landed at Durban to i dievo General V/hitc. NEGROES ORDERED AWAY. Governor Itu sell Will ISe Appviilcd to For Protection. Rai.kigi', Nov. 0.—For many years it has been the boast of people living iu tho Rock creek section of Mitchell county, this state, that no negro can live there. Unco a negro baud was taken there from Ashovtilo'during a po litics! campaign, hut the bandsmen had to flue for liisir lives. News comes to day of a serious state of affairs there. Work on the Ohio rivar and Charles ton railway has begun iu Mitchell conuty, and several gangs of negro la borers have either been driven ont or else mot at tho boundary of the Rock errek district aud tol l not to outer it under pain of death. A special says tills bus aroused Intense feeling, and that blood will flow freely unless the state authorities protect these laborers. Tho situation is extremely perilous. The railway authorities will appeal to Governor ittisscil for protection. \\ lif-elcr to Keep Ills Seat. Flokkmck, Ala., Nov 6.—Hon. W. J. Wood of this city has received u private letter from General Joseph Wheeler, stating that he will ro.-ume his seat in emigre's when that body meets. The letter does nor Mato whether or not the general will bo homo from tho Philip pines in time to take his seat at the opening of cougn-ss, but it ficts at rest the speculations of tho politicians. tint Dniu -.gt-K For Slander. BlfftKK.a, Oa., Nov. 6 —Mrs. J. A. Ennis has recovered a verdict of $2,500 in Worth superior court against D. H. S Davis for siandc Davis had accused Mrs Munis of retliug lire to tiie barn Iwloiigiug to bis tiepliew, D. D. Davis, j and was unable to prove it to tho satis faction of the jury. WORKING MULES ON R, R. FATTENS THEM. This Statement is Made to the “Kernal.” LOWER CHEROKEE NEWS The Death of the l.ittle Son of Mr. ninl Mr*. S. M. Klee, Jr., of Union, Cause* Much Sorrow.--The Kev. Mr. Isom Returned. Other News Notes. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Noe. 4.—Ono of our friends, in speaking of working mules on the railroad said that they will fatten on it. that they will soon gain forty pounds more flesh that they now have and work every day. Per haps that is correct, for if they gath er flesh everywhere else like they do on their legs they have already gain ed it. Mr. “Dock” Webber is a first-rate blacksmith. He attends to the shop work in his father’s absence. “Pink’' don’t feed his children on idle bread. The recent storm has scattered the cotton over tho land and ruined it in some places. We received a letter from our friend, Mr. A. L. Hammett, lust Thursday. He is travelling in the interest of a vinegar and cider house and has made a thorough canvass of this state in the interest of his firm. He is an admirer of The Ledger. He was in Charleston on the 80th ult. when lie wr»)te. Our old army comrade, Mr. R. C. Thompson, and son, passed here last Thursday on their way to their plan tation in York county. Mr. Thomp son is ono of our largest and best far mers and, although a wealthy man, learns his boys to work on the farm. Hon. C. W. Whisonant has had a great improvement made on his well by sinking it deeper and putting in a new wall. Mr. R. E. Kerr, one of our near and best neighbors has bought the Jim Burgess place on Gilky creek and will move to it next year. There is a good deal of cotton in the field yet to open. If farmers can got it all they will make nearly a half crop—at least of what they planted for. With few exceptions our farmers have laid in an abundance of hay for next year’s supply and we think that the best lot of corn has been cribbed this year we ever saw. it is all sound and well filled. W. A. Whisonant, of Wilkinsville, one of our wide-awake merchant-far mers was in this section last Wednes day on business. Miss Bettie Blair, of Biuirviile, will commence school at this place next week. 'The cotton crop being short this year the schools can commence much curlier than usual. There is some needed repairs on our gully bridges between here and Thom son’s mill. They are getting danger ous. The ground is in fine fix for sowing wheat and oats and from wiiat we see and hear farmers are taking advan tage of it. Rev. W. F. Samples will preach at Abington Creek on the 12th inst. at 11 a. m. There will not be a large crop of poultry for sale this full and winter. A few farmers have put up their hogs to fatten. The meat crop in this section will be no big things this season. We regret to learn that Mr. and Mrs. 8. M. Rice, Jr., of Union, lost their little son, Paul Barratt, this week. Ho had been sick for some time but finally had to succumb to the King of Terrors. Our warmest sympathies go out to the grief strick en family in their sore trouble. May God's blessing rest upon their house hold is our prayer. A pm-lous <mt' from Tht-e 11:: - A volet- t Iti y lo\ i tl Is sttlli-J; A plaet- is v.ie-iiiit In tln-ir lionu-, \\ tiii-li nove*r ran In; lillt tl. Ciotl in His wisdom did not spirr Tlir rhlltl His Jovt- li:ui ttivni; lint tliouvil itis btttly slumlti-i-s tn-rr, His stml is safe in lit.-at’i'ti. Mrs. A. F. Orr, who has been very sick for a long time is still lingering, with little hopes of recovery. We regret to hear of the death of Mrs. Polly Ann Harris, which took place at Hickory Grove last week. 8he was the daughter of Mr. George Petty, a poor but honorable man, whose word was his bond. Bhe leaves a husband and several children to mourn her loss. We sympathize with them. We had the lirst killing frost of tho season this morning, un i we presume that the cotton will all be open in a few days. Mrs. Jane Bishop, whose infirmities we have so often mentioned in these column*, has regained iter normal state of health. Bhe is quite old. Kweet potatoes are not very good this year. It is u fact that only the early planting ever do much. Mr. W. A. Whisonant has more small grain sown this season on his place than any farmer we know of. Ho doesn’t approve of the western corn crib and smoko house method of funning. Rev. Mr. Kennedy, of Alabama, will begin the communion services at the Hickory Grove A. It. Church on Friday before the third Sabbath of litis month. He cnim s highly recom mended as a minister, and we hope ! our people, who can, will turn out and give him a full house at each service. '] ho Methodist Conference, which! meets next niorith, would greatly , please our people should it returnltev. ; J. N. Isom to liis present field of la- j bor. Mr Isom has made many strong ^ friends among the other denomina- | lions, and as an ardent, honest, con secrated, fearless preacher of the gos pel he carries with him the best wishes of every man, woman and child in this community. Wherever he goes the devil may expect no quarters. J. L. s. The Killing of li. I-’. Davis. ' (Correspondence of The* Ledger.) Near Bi.acksiu'ku, Nov. 3. 1899 — ^ I hurriedly give you a brief summary of the facts developed in the prelimi nary trial of parties who so cowardly murdered rny youngest brother, B. F. Davis, in Elgin, Texas, the loth ult. There had been a difficulty between my brother and one Tom Holman several years ago. It was continually kept afresh by busy tattlers from one ! party to the other, each, it seems, at j times indulging in hard sayings ! about the other. Ail this was car ried by busy bodies from one to the other. This led to threats, perhaps, from each against the other’s life. The testimony, from an impartial veiew, seetns to make it murder in the first degree. The state estab lished the following facts, which could not be shaken in the prelimi nary hearing: that my brother on that fatal Babbath morning wa* walk ing toward his home with his only little son, and was two blocks away from his home when Tom Holman came running up behind him, two witnesses sav, and began shooting him in the back. He fired five shots, four of which hit my brother, two passing entirely through his body. The lirst one, the examining physi cian says, would have caused death. It seems to be a case of cool, premed itated murder. All say my brother was unarmed and going homeward There were two m n arrested for this foul deed, Coke Brown and Tom Hol man. Holman was remitted back to jail without bail, and Coke Brown was granted bail on bond for $2 500. As many of my brother’s old schoolmates are residents of youi town please be kind enough to pub lish this. n. n. i). SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. OatlM-red from t it) ami County for >;«-r |{< adt-rs. There were no services ut the I’res- byterian churce Sunday. Rev. C. E. Robertson, tiie pastor, went to Spar tanburg and conducted services. J. S. Peeler last week presented The Ledger with the champion radish of the season. It measured seventeen inches in circumfcruuce and weighed three pounds and two ounces. Can any one in the county beat this? The last round will be put on the standpipe today, and the workmen are busy at the power house getting things in shape. If no had luck happens we will have the water works in shape in a very short while now. Among the first subscribers to the Daily Ledger was Major John F. Jones, of Blacksbuig. We would have bet on the Major taking the daily if we had not have received an other subscriber. Tho Maj >r is one of our valued friends. Clerk of the Court J. Eb Jefferies was the winner of the Joe McArthur pony and buggy last week. Mr. Jef feries and Cashier Claude Ross tied and the former bought the latter out. Little Derbin Jones won tho gold watch. The highest thrown was 41, and the lowest 17. Bishop Duncan will occuppy the pulpit of tho Methodist church next Sabbath morning and evening. The bishop needs no introduction at our hands. The simple announcement that he will be here should hi- suffi cient guarantee that the church will be crowded. A cordial invitation i> extended to everybody to be present. If you want the daily edition of The Ledger during the convention send along your fifteen cents. Sub scriptions have already begun to come in and it will b- well for you to get in Lite push. Every family in Cherokee county should take tli^ paper all the time, hut they thou d take it for that week if not for un> longer. Discovered oy n Woman./ Another great discovery Xas been made, and tiiat too, by a !a/!y in this country. “Disease fa/ened its dutches upon her and foi/scven years she withstoodJts sevciVst tests, but her vital organs wertjr undermined and death soeinted imminent. For three months she Vnij/ie-d incessantly and could not slcejV/She finally dis covered a way to itcovery, by pur chasing of us a h(/t\) of Dr. King's New Discovery /or\Consumption, and was so mud/rdieVcd on taking first dose, that/ho slo\ all night; and with two l/ttles huSL been abso lutely cured,/ Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz/ Thus writVs W. C. Hamrick AVCo., of ShdbY N. C. Trial bottl/s free at CherokVo Drug Company./ Regular size . r ;<\ and $1.00. ery bottle guaranteed. / It requires three years before many specie* of birds acquire their natural j plumage. The Oiealesi IA1.1« ueeFf the tl ! ; 1 T:l iif cholera uioVm , dianlimv, and d;>- Mery is th< iacn-tnu- in tie- d/e 1; rite during tho , eiiiimn r tuouiV yotyr.uiaot be t<>o careful. 1 Ulld pill lit ii'uAlUi idfon should 1 •' p.(id to I tin A should : ,l r n.r - a f.y -Y ■ ml speedy. A < 1 sinful wiil/u i enVordinar^ « . Av 1 t.'ub s./l' r< i Yit .... Berry iJuviw. I’rico 25\ att-l 60c*. $ i .00 A YEAR. KOMN foa PSOMPT ACTION BY CONGRESS Problem of Ruling Filipinoo Must Do Solved. SENATOR GIVES HIS VIEWS Hu Favors a Congressional Conimts- •lou to Visit Hie Islands to Study Conditions I here Hi-fore Trying to Frame a System of Hov< riiuicnt. W asuixoton, Nov. 6. — “Congress should tit once take action in rslation to the Puiiippiues,” said Senator Morgan last night. “This action should bo taken in the discharge of tho duty im posed by section 4, article -i, of the oon- stituiion, which provides that tho United .States snail guirun’oe to every state in this Union a republican form of government. ” The senator said that this imposed a distinct duty upon congress and the dis- chaigeof that dety by action looking to me establishment of a Re nub! lean form of govern men t in the Philippines would be the best answer possible to tbe anti-iuq oriaiLts. II) explained that v/hat ho meant by giving a ret ublican form of government to the Philippines was that tim bast form of a re; nbltcan government known iu the world, which would be the best form to be found among tho ideal, and that every step toward establishing a government in the Philip.ones should be an approach to this Inga ideal. Senator Morgan favors a congres sional commission to visit tho Philip pines to study the conditions there be fore attempting to frame a system of government. In the senator's opinion tho United Sta‘ s suoul 1 have charge of the exter na': relations of the islands, of collect ing and expending the revenues, and of ail matters relating to the islands as a group, while tho local affairs should ba confided as far as possible to the pooplo of the different localities. In this con nection, he sooke of the township sys tem of the Now England states as the highest ideal of local self government. The question of who should have the right to vote would have to bo determ ined by congress, and in this connection the senator called atteutiou to the fact that in the first instance tho determina tion of who shall have the suffrage in the states and territories organized un der the Uuttod States is an arbitrary act, iu some placs men only being al lowed to vote, in others men aud women, ami in ethers various qualifica tions being prescribed. Existing laws should bo continued in force ns far as they were goon laws, because tiie people understood tnem. One change that would have to be tundo would be to take away from tho friars and tho religious orders their power of levying taxes on the people. Senator Morgan is of the opinion that, wht'e the United States should under- take at once the solution of the problem of governing the Philippines, the devel opment ol that government into its ul timate form will ha vo to be a matter of growth. CROWDS WELCOME SCHLEY. Hero of BnntUigo Given a Noisy It 'Cfp- tiou In Hirmliighaiii. Eirmingham, Ala., Nov. 6.—Birming ham is crowded today with visitors from all over Alabama come to pay honor to Admiral aud Mrs. Winfield S. Schley. The train bearing tho party to this city was late leaving Atlanta this morning and did net arrive iu tho city on schedule time. A party of escort went to Atlanta on Saturday afternoon aud left that city with Admiral and Mrs. Schley in a pri vate car provided by Assistant General Superintendent J. S. B. Thompson of the Southern railway this morning. The party of e«oorc was joined at An niston by an additional escort of ladies and gentlemen, ana the whole party came thence to Birmingham. When the train bearing the party reached the outskirts of the city every engine in the city blew a shrill blast and all the bell* added to the clang. The depot was packed and jammed with people and tbe streets for a block in cacn direction were a mass of crowd ing, pushing, seething humanity. A large cordon of military, under command of Colonel T. O. Smith, former major of the First Alabama vol unteers in tho Spanish-American war, formed as escort for the admiral from the depot to the Morris hotel. Tho streets were spy with bunting, and pictures of the hero of Santiago, with thoso of Wheeler and Dewey, were prominent everywhere. The reception was enthusiastic m every sense of the word. Cigar Makr-rs on n Strike. Tampa, Fla., Nor. 6.—Tho cigar makers at the factories of Bustiilo Bros. & Diaz aud Ei Modeio have struck. Tho workmen complain, it is alleged, of poor material furnished aud disagree with tho management as to some prices on certain line goods that were not ad justed when the lockout of last summer ended, but were left for future consid eration. Juan La Paz aud El Arte Manufacturing company are also hav ing some trouble with their men, who demand that they adopt the new prices paid in other factories. Samoan Qn stlon Is Settled. London, Nov. 0. —Although tho exact terms of the agreement are still care fully guarded, tiie Associated Press is able to say that the Bamoun question is practically settio-i, aud tho final ties will take place within a few days unless some most unexpected hitch occurs. KoisytliV* N< w Cotlon Alill. Forsyth, Ga , Nov. C.—Capital has been subscribed for a new cotton mill hero and the site has been pnrohaiid. It will use about 5,000 halts of cottoa annually- When this mill t* completed i’( i -yth will manufacture !J,000 bales of cotton more than is marketed hero. ('am* KHD-'i !<■ L'lliislana. Pn</.;! mini:, Ea , Nov. A - Txo thor momoter oa Sunday dropped to 52 do gree* aud tho consc-ti'-us of opinion among tiie planters n'tcr curefui exetni- naii m t» ib >t the bud of the cuuu was thoroughly killed.