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™ •'**•*. M P. G. Stacv I'resldtiut. j. G. Wahdlaw. Vice President TilE SATIOm BASK OP CAFF8ET. Capital $50,000.00. Wilk, buy oouniy cluitns, receive deposit fcud make Iibi:j'iil fonns on aujirovod paiier 1). C. Uoss. Cashier. The Ledger. 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, 1894. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C.. TUE8DAV, MAY »8, 1900. *1.00 A YEAH. REMAINS MATTER GF MILITARY PROGRESS Peace Can Only Be Had or Unconditional Surrender. BRITISH ARE STILL ACTIVE Will IU* No Halt lu Operuflous—Boon Will K.vliaiist All Efforts In America Before Kruger Sues For Peace—Bob* erts* Report. London, May 21.—No message from President Kruger direct or iudirect hnl recently been received by Lord Salisburj or by any department of the British government nor, it may be added, is any communication expected from him dealing With the question of th( cessation of hostilities by them ii; the immediate future. The prox imity of peace, according to the gov ernment point of view, will remain y matter of military progress. How soou the latter may bring about the former is still too suppositious for a serious fore cast on the part of any government offi cial. The consensus of opinion, as gleaned at the government offices, is that the Boer delegates will exhaust every effort in the United States before President Kruger sues directly, though Lord Salis bury himself does not believe that the delegates will accomplish much in America. All Doubt Dispelled. Official confirmation of the relief of Mufeking does away with the lingering doubts which existed in the minds of a few people who have got into the habit of believing nothing but war dispatches. General Baden-Powell will bo made a major general. Mufeking was relieved by Colonel T. B. Mahon, who arrived in the Dongola and Kilo exjy-ditions with General Kitchener. Lord Roberts’ latest dis patch merely continues his description of the organization of the tram-port of supplies and the rest* for the men that the British in tim Free State and Natal found nocesoary after their long, < a nick marches. A dispatch from Kroonstadt says a British convoy on its way to Liudley was attacked by the Boars and obliged to halt. The result of the attack is not known, but it is evident that the Boers facing the main British army are on the alert and aggressive. Roberts’ Daily Report. The war office has received the follow ing from Lord Roberts at Kroonstadt: “1 biller reports that his advance will Ik? delayed 1 >r a few days on account of the way in which the railroad has been destroyed. Randle reports that Lady- brand has k-cn occupied. Hunter is pushing up the railway with supplies for the Mufeking garrison andisarrang- ing a hospital train for the conveyance of tlie sick and wounded to Kimberley. Mi thuen lias left Hoopostad to co-oper ate with this force.” Defenses of .Johannesburg. Lohen/.o MAKquEZ, May 21.—The de fense works of Johannesburg are pro gressing rapidly- Six guns, brought from the iron;, have been emplaced in a fort, while sciian.- -s and trenches inter sect Katz •enuidAneur Klip river burg, behind the race course. SOUTH CAROLINA HARBORS. Appropriations Will Be Made For Their Improvement. Washington, May 21.—Congressman Klliotc has been notified by the appro* priatiou committee that they had re ported favorably the appropriation of JjfiJ.i.oOO for building the Sullivan’s island barracks, which has already passed the s mite. In addition to the provision in the emergency riwr and harbor bill, which has just piirsi d the house, for the im- provcmeih of Charleston bar, there was also passed a provision providing as to Winyah Lay taut the dredge, when pre vented by bad weather from working on the outer bar, could work on the shoals between the bar and Georgetown. The Charleston item provides that the $175,000 heretofore appropriated to build a dredge for dceiK iiing Charleston bar be used for dredging the bar, either by contract or otherwise, which, with the $45 ,000 inchi i -d in the sundry civil bill, makes $215,000 available for dredging at Charleston until the passage of the reg ular river av.d harbor bill. . Columbus’ New Mills. Columbus, Ca., May 21.—The contract for the :k),000-spindle mill of the Bibb Mauufaetming company on North High* lands will k- Id shortly. Plans arc be ing prepared, and when complete, bids will be a-!, d for. 'f -.'- mill of the Co lumbus Mu lufacturi ag company is prac tically complete. It is probable the dam and powerl>ouso of the Columbus Power company, from which will conic the power to run kith these now mills, will be completed by Aug. 1. Refuses to C.'all a Convention. Jackson, Miss., May 21.—Chairman C. C. Miller of the Democratic state ex ecutive committee, lias positively re fused to call another meeting of the committee for the purpose of rescinding the action of the primary in order to se lect national convention delegates unless forced to do so by an appeal of a ma jority of the members. Michigan Bank Fulls. Pfatwatku, Mich., May 21.—The banking house of Neilsou & Co., failed to open its doors this morning and the circuit court lias been asked to appoint H. H. Bunyea, a brother-in-law of Neil- son and one of the heaviest depositors, as receiver. The liabilities are unoffi cially estimated at $?5,01H). Glanders Among Guttle. Clkmkon, S. C., May 21.—Dr. G. E. Nesom, the veterinarian of the station, who is on a tour through the state, re ports several cases of glanders among cuttle in the eastern counties of the State, some of them being fatal. PRESIDENT IN BAD HEALTH. For this Reason Vice Presidency is Source of Worry. New Yoke, May 21.—Republican members of congress who were in the city last Sunday night said the selection of a candidate for vice president to run with President McKinley was as per plexing as ever, and that the matter had ! taken a new phase. This is caused by the state of the : president’s health. The information i that comes from Washington is that I while the president’s health is not alarm- i ing, it is of a character to cause uueasi- | ness among his intimate friends, to whom the facts are kgown. They will not even breathe a doubt that tire presi dent is likely to serve four years more, yet they arc satisfied that more than • usual care must be taken in providing i ' , , . , . , for the presidential succession. ! Li di-fr nisru-s us sa.\, in speaxing of Usually the vice presidency has been thrown as a sop to the defeated faction. This will not be the case this year. THE FARMERS' LOT NO HOST BED OF EASE. People Who Sit in Easy Chairs Not Judges. LOWER CHEROKEE ITEMS. SnukcM arc rii-ntiful This Year The Vlr- lt-i-s of the King Snake Mrs. Cornelius lv-.li* UllLeii hy a Stroke of Lightning. 1'erm.nal J'aragrai>h8. (Correspondence of The Ledger.! Etta Jane, May 19 —A typograph- ieal (rror in Tuesday’s issue of The ou. •luirch group, ‘‘cliiloh,” instead ot ‘•Bethlehem" Beth-Shiloh— At a recent conference in Washington j only one church instead of two. it was assumed that Governor Roosc vi It was entirely out of consideration and bis name was not presented. In explaining this it may be said that there are very large numbers of Republicans in and out of the state who still believe that the governor will “be drafted’’ at Philadelphia. Still at the meeting in Washington other names were consid ered, among them being those of C. N. Bliss, Secretary of the Navy Long, Sen ator Lodge, Senator Oollum of Illinois, Senator Wolcott of Colorado and Gen eral E. S. Otis. When all was said and done it was agreed that the candidate for vice presi dent who met all political and other ex- egencies had not been discovered. THE SOUTH’S DEVELOPMENT Many New Industries Are Reported For the Past Week. Chattanooga, May 21.—Among the more important of the new enterprises reported by The Tradesman during the week ended May 19 are the following: Brick works in Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky; a canning factory in Georgia; coal mines in North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia; cooperage works and zinc mining company in Arkansas; two cotton mills each in Alabama and Geor gia, and one each in South Carolina and Virginia; cottonseed oil mills in Ala bama and Texas; an electric light plant in Mississippi; an electrical machinery works in Virginia; a fertilizer factory in Florida; a filter company in Virginia; flouring mills in Arkansas and Ken-, tueky; a hardware company in Virginia; a harness factory in North Carolina; iron ore mines in West Virginia; land and development companies in Georgia, l/juisiaiia and Virginia; a $100,000 lum ber mill in West Virginia; a $200,000 manufactory of crushing machinery in Virginia; oil and paint works in North Carolina; a $2,009,000 oil eomiiany in West Virginia; a pai>er mill in Georgia; a stationers’ supply, glue and ink manu factory in South Carolina; a stave fac tory in Louisiana; a sugar mill in Texas; telephone company in Arkansas and Kentucky; a wat^r power company in North Carolina, ami a yarn and knit ting mill in Georiga. THE JAPANESE MILL TRUST. Further Details of Proposed Spinners’ Combine—Plans Outlined. New Yoke, May 21.—Further details have been received regarding the pro posed spinners’ trust ut Osaka, Japan. According to a local authority the head office is to be located in OUku, and branch offices in Tokio, Nagoya, Oka- vanta and Kyushu. The limit of time of the trust will ex tend to January, 1901. The managers of the head mills are arranging to cover daily by wire the latest quotations of cotton at Bombay, New York, Liverpool and Shanghai, and, proceeding on the basis of these re peats and taking into account at the same time the cost of production, will fix the price, making it so that sales in home markets will bring a profit of 7 yen a bale to the muuutaeturers. The standard prices thus determined will be reported at once to the branch offices, which shall fix their own stand ard price by taking into consideration the quality, etc., of the yarns produced by t he mills under their control. New Bank For Albany. Albany, Ga., May 21.—Albany is to have another bunk. The new institu tion has been organized and will proba bly open for business on June 80. The new batik will be known as the Albany National bank and will have a paid up capital of $50,009. The new institution will succeed the Albany Trust and Sav ings bank. A cotton mill is another enterprise just getting under way in Albany. Committees have bam ap pointed to secure subscriptions to stock, and work instituted. LuwrcnccvsJIc Mill Located. Lawre.NCEVILLK, Ga., May 21.—The cotton mill has been located and (ho building contract will soon be let. The machinery has been bought to Ik? deliv ered September 1. The mill will nanu- faoture yarns for knit good: ; $50,000 has been subscribed and the charter has been Wheat and early oats are heading out. Our friend, Dove Fowler, has bought him a new harrow with which to put liis bottom lands in fix for planting. People who sit in easy chairs or on store counters and goods boxes, or at country cross roads meeting places and talk about what a good time the furmir has and what an easy indepen dent life he lives and all such ciap- trop as that, don’t know anything about the hard licks lie has to strike and the rough knocks ho has to take to got liis living Generally, after such a vv( t wiiiler and spring as the last row the farmer has to plow and liar- over his land perhaps half a d / n times before he gets it in fix to pia rat. T, .iking is easy when wind is cheap. Rev. Ellison Caperg, of this State, a brave and daring Confederate, has betn selected to preach the annual sermon at the Louisville reunion June 3rd. Many u man puts a costly monu ment to his wife’s grave who permit ted lu r to get up in the morning and make tires while she was living. The happiest man in the world is not the one who has the most, but the one who is thankful for the least. The rain came last Thureday night and was u gnat relief to the farmers. Jt was followed by another yesterday and rhe ground has a fine season iu it. Vour correspondent has been some what under the weather for a few days. Mr. S. F. Estes attended the meet ing at Hickory Grove Presbyterian church yesterday. The communion service will be held there tomorrow. Mr. Meek C. Parker, our faithful mail carrier, broke his carl last Wednesday and bad to return on horseback. He also lost his pocket book but, fortunately, he found it again. Inspector Moore, of the post office department, was in this section this week on official business. The census enumerators have re ceived their outfits to begin w'ork on tin ti>t day of. June. This will be perplexing work until they get thor oughly acquainted will) it. 0.)r peo ple may as well get ready for the cen sus catechism. There has been a great many cases of roseola in this neighborhood, but that disease gets ligh’er and lighter as the weather get s warmer. Nobody s tuns to care for it, or even try to avoid it. Your correspondent will, after the first of June, give The L“dger realers a month's rest, as ho will be other wise engaged. He hopes, however, the other correspondents, and espec ially Nightingale, will bo heard from during the time. Several of our neighbors went to Gaffney this week on business of dif ferent kinds—most of them on shop ping tours. Wo have never seen lho snakes more plentiful than they are this year. Some people attribute it to fencing up the stock. They say that snakes will not thrive where hogs range. No poison snake will stay where the king snakes are plentiful any longer than it takes to get away. We are not much of a friend to any species of snakes, hut we do believe the ki; g snake is the best friend we have atnoi g lhe diileient speed* s and for that reason we don't like to kill them. They are harmless and worth more than u cat to iun r«ts off. Mr. Mike hellers ha** planted his Thickcty creek bottom corn. We didn’t get to hear l is pi >w rattling on the shelled corn in the laud he is cul tivating, but if wj live, and nothing happens, we hope to see him hauling it oil this fall. He has his land iu granted. It is proposed to increase t he capital stock to $100,090. It is probable fi: >e fix and will work it like a garden, that a knitting mill will lx: added as Mr T. M. Littlej >hn ca 1 * his Gilkey soon as the yarn mill got* in operation. Fire in Huntsville. Huntsville, Ala., May 21.—A loss of $12,000 was occasioned by a fire in the basement of A. fc}. Daniel’s furniture store ou the east side of the pubhc square Sunday. Out of 14 stores and business houses along the row nine have been burned or damaged by water during the past mouth. Incendiarism is suspected. Assaulted With an Ax. Tallulah Falls, Ga., May 21.— Frank Arreudale, who lives near this place, was struck on the head by an ax in the hands of Joe Beard and seriously hurt. The injury is not considered dan gerous. . ^ Shot at Rat; Killed His Wife. Paulding, O., May 21.—Simon W. Oraiuer shot and killed his wife Sunday while attempting to kill a rat. Death was almost instantaneous. Mrs. Urtuner was 00 years of age. creek place Egypt. We hope it will prove so this jea', and the land of Gcohen ut that. The good season in the ground to day will keep many from tt ending the memorial exercises. Farmers are so far behind with thtir work and the seusjti lusts such a short time, that lhey must take advantage of it. From a private letter we learn that Mrs. Cornelius Estes was kilbd by lightning not long ago in Chester county. We are unable to give tlie particulsrs just now. She was th« widow of Mr. John Estes lute of that county, and her host of/datives and friends who read Tin Ledger will re gret to hear the sad news J L s. The easiest and most effective method of purifying the blood and invigorating the system is to take JUWitt’s Little Early Risers, the famous little pills for cleaning the liver and bowela. For tale by Chero kee Drug Company. STRIKERS LOSE IN PHILADELPHIA Carpenters and Plumbers Re turn to Work. PACOLET HAS A LOT OF EDUCATED MEN. They Occupy Three District Divisions. ALABAMA MINERS TO MEET They Will Hold Convention .June 20 to Arrange Wage Scale—Strike Situ, tion In St. Louis Practically Un- cli u nged—Linenre n St r I It c. Philadelphia, May 21.—This is the beginning of f t ne fourth week of tbo strike of the trades councils in this city. The allied council continues to regal’d Brotherhood Carpenters ns non union men, and it is said will make an effort to disrupt their organization. Allied council members are pen nit tod to work on jobs ou which brotherhood men arc employed and this is regarded by tho latter as a i>arti:il victory inasmuch as their refusal to affiliate with the council has not thrown them out of work. Wherever the wage scale has been signed the strikers have returned to work, and there will be no further negotiations between the allied council and the Brotherhood of Carpenters. The plumbers who struck on May 1 for an eight-hour day at $175, have re turned to work, without having reached any agreement with their employers. THE SITUATISN IN ST. LOUIS. Transit Company Preparing to Operate All Its Liucs. St. Louis, May 21.—About the same number of lines operated last week by tho St. Louis Transit company continue running and efforts have begun to put other lines in shape to resume. A con servative estimate places the number of cars now running over these lines at 200, compared with 800 in operation under normal conditions. Repair crews have lieen sent out over the Easton avenue, Vamdeventer, Boule vard and other lines to repair tracks and replace trolley wires and poles where they had been taken down and carried away by strike sympathizers. The influx of uou-uniou men from other cities to take tiro places of the striking street ear motormou and con ductors continues. As tho now men ar rive iu Union station they are met by committees of strikers who endeavor U persuade th*' men to return home and in some cases succeed in this. SOME USEFUL; S0NE NOT. ALABAMA MINERS TO MEET. Couveution Called For Jui.e 20 to Pre pare Wage Scale. Birmingham, Ala., May 21.—The ex ecutive board of district No. 20, United Mine Workers of America, division of Alabama, at a mooting here, decided to call a state executive miners’ convention to meet in Birminghom June 20 for the purpose of preparing a wage scale. The present wage contract between the mi ners and mine owners will expire July 1. Work at the mines is plentiful, and the present wage scale is the highest ever paid iu Alabama. President Young reported the affairs of the United Mine Workers iu good condition. Strike Riots in Herlin. Berlin, May 21.—The strike disturb ances yesterday were mostly confined to the Poseyhalerthor district. Order was restored at midnight. Two policemen were severely injured and two work men have died from wound;- inflicted with sabers. Fifty others were injured and 108 arrests were made. The conduc tors ou the Karlsruhe electric tramways struck today for higher wages and shorter hours. Telephone Linemen Strike. Cleveland, May 21.—About 425 line men employed by the Bell Telephone company in this city have struck for an 8-hour day without a reduction in wages. The men now receive $2.50 and work 10 hours. The company offered to compro mise ou 9 hours, but this was rejected. Thirty linemen employed by the Cleve land Electric Illuminating company also have struck for an 8-hour day. Lawson Held For Murder. Little Rock, May 21.—Advices from Jasper, Newton county, state that Charles Lawson was taken to Harrison, Boone county, to avoid lynching. Law- son was held to the grand jury on the charge of murdering his wile. When Mrs. Lawson was found dead tho report was circulated that she had committed suicide .by taking strychnine. At the examining trial sufficient evidence was presented to warrant thy commitment of Lawson. New Com press and Cotton Mill. Thomahvillk, Ga., May 21.—Applica tion has been made to the superior court of Thomas county to inoorparato the Georgia-Alabama Compress company. Tho capital stock, $80,000, has already been paid in. It is understood that it will absorb hath the TJiomasville Invest ment company and tho Dothan Com press company. The company proposes to erect a cotton mill and cottonseed oil mill in connection with the compress. Shipping Pipe to Mexlee. Birmingham, Ala., May 21. — The Unit' d States Cast Iron Pipe company are shipping from the Bessemer plant a large amount of 80 and 40-inch piping to the City of Mexico, the same to be used iu that city iu the drainage system now being constructed there. This com- K has several largo orders on their i and will make a number of heavy shipments from tho Bessemer plant dur ing the present year. Negroes Ride Iu a Trailer, Augusta, Ga., May 21.—The separa tion of negroes and whites ou tho street ears has been inaugurated in Augusta. A trailer is run with each motor car to accommodate the negroes, but very few of them ride. The negroes resent this rule, and ore advised by their leader* to boycott the cars. A Pen-Picture of tlie I>i»gru<>efulSight that Mcet« the J&yv at Almoht Kvery Mill Toivu- l>ro:i<-H that Live Upon the Indus try of Others. Correspondence of Ttie Ledger.l I’acolet. May 18 —Pacolef, not un like oil other progri sdive mill towns, has a supply o', cdocated men. They occupy three distinct divisiona, as follows: The first division reiates to those who hold positions of trust ana responsibility with the company; 2d, those who are working in the mill with only one ol jd—to become practical mill men; and third, last and bast, we have the educated “loafers,’ and to whom 1 shall confine my article. I will introduce him to you titling in front of the grocery store, arid, in local slang, “swapping spi;’’ with others of his type congre- gattd around him. In the meanwhile he is merciieealy ^rindinga huge quid of tobacco borrowed from a compan ion.. and continually tquirtiig his filth in a place convenient to besmear the dresses of the women, who are sometimes forced to enter the place where he hangs out. He is of the kmd that expects homage from tho world, end praise from the greatest men of our lime. He expects Con gress to express its appreciation of his advice in tlie language of a Pat rick Henry, end wants it presented by the Chief Executive of our land engraved upon a medal of gold and presented upon a silver platter. He places the President and his cabinet on a third rating in comparison with himself. He is of the opinion that he couid force the Sultan of Turkey to pay that hundred thousand dollars in twenty-four hours. He could bring more influence to bear on the Nicaraguan canal question than all the Senators in Christendom ; and yet why doesn’t he? He can’t see, to save his life, why the English don’t send a million men to “Africky" and whip them denied Bores and be done with it. And right then he hasn’t got the moral courage to go home without a cabbage for dinner, dreading his industrious half’s always convincing arguments with the round end of u broom. The most intelligent minister that ever graced a pulpit is subjected to more criticism by this educated (?) drone than all the Tbeologists in the world could answer to his satisfaction. And I’ll venture to say that if you ever get aback view of him, (which you will seldom see on account of his propensity to sit), you will see a pair of patches on his trousers that were taken from the suit his father wore in the days of ’63. He can murder more of the English language in a single hour than ten of the best gra- tnarians in or out of college could correct in a wetk by demonstration. He can chew more tobacco, say adieu to more cabbage and bacon than the most toil-hardened ox-driver in the forests of Maine. His stock of ad vice upon all topics seems inexhaust ible, yet when followed makes a bee line for a seat on a dead level with its origin. He is the contemptible skunk that criticises his neighbor's wife and children because they wear nice ap parel, while bis family wear shabby attire, because of the lazy “cussed- ness’’ of their father—an air castle architect of vast unimportance. But one thing can be said in his favor: his character is known; he is nc >g. nized as a genno-homo of the bum species, and us a consequence can tifect no injury with his res]less tongue, but rather makes a monu ment of himscll to warn others from being deceived into confidential terms with him. And when he is called upon to face the great VVeigh-niaster of all sins—if there are any degrees in Satan’s kingdom—olej Father Charon will surely hurry him across the river to begin to atone for being a burden to his fellow-man during his sojourn on icrrestial soil. He was a burden to hU toiling wife, a retrograding impediment to his children, and a dead weight upon the hands of his community—are but a few of the many opinions dropped hire and there by his neighbors. And tlie only reason they never g»in publicity is because of the chival/ous r«-ppeci o ( mankind for » f> How being left, as his widow must intvitabU be. And in closing fit me whisper a word of caution to the young man that reads this: Ju.-l stop right now and see if you are following this man’s footsteps, and if you are you will be worth more to your country and a better credit to'your family if you can do no better—to get a j *b sweeping side-walks for sixty cents a day. As many schools as the good o'd State of (south Carolina affords, there are so many advantages for a good education that no person cun have a valid excuse for being illiterate. Nor can thi'y truthfully say 1 didn’t have the chance. In this connection the writer breathes the hope that some young man may profit by the moral convey ed in this badly written article. The writer was much chagrined to hear a Norihern man remark, “Why, we don’t have these people loafing around the grocery stores where 1 Jive!" Even if that is untrue, we should not encourage this “educated loafing" habit, and every one of these educated knights of the chair ought to be sent to a reformatory and be made to work until he outgrows that detestable habit of poking his facial appendix into other people’s business. And I have had men to tell me— that could not read or write—that they felt ashamed when they got within hearing distance of this sage who never practices what he preaches, and who is too confessedly lazy to draw his wife or mother u pitcher of water. X. PACOLET PARAGRAPHS. A Rumor Tliat In h'utircly Without Foun dation. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) PACOLET, May 18 —We enjoyed a nice spring shower Friday and Satur day. The card room in mill No. 1 has run short of speeder bobbins and, us a result, has had to stand idle. The rumor that a number of bauds intend leaving this mill is entirely without foundation. The mills are running on full time with average help. Quite a number of our people at tend the holiness meetings nightly and we hope they aie benefilted thereby. They get themselves work ed into a frenzy and thtir blood curdling cries avd other demonstra tions are very unpleasant. Jr ig far from the wish of your correspondent to criticise any sacred gathering or church, but it is to be hoped that our nerves won’t suffer many more such shocks us they were civen Thursday night. It is joyful to your humble servant to see any one happy in the cause of Chrisr, hut I confess it is raihor aom'yii g to be awakened at midnight by tlie heart rending screams of a woman. Mies Mamie Moorelieud, of AmU r- eon. is visiting her uv-Liier. Miss Sallio Moore head, at ii *y’s hotel She will spend her Viscition litre. She has charge of the primary de partment of tho public schools of Anderson. 8he is a vi ry popular young lady and we arc proud to hav* her cheery face among us. Mr. J. H. Collins has been confined to his room by a severe attack <. £ in- flew-end-ways.” • An ice cream supper was given at the home of Mrs. M. B. Sherbert las: Saturday evening and a number ol boys and gtris minced icecream t*. tluir hearts content. Tiny wer*- made to feel very much at home b;. Miss Rose Sherbert, who is a ver\ charming hostess. Mrs. G. L. Wynne is indisposed this we?k. Mr. G L. PenJand h convatPsceri' after an illness of a week’s duration Mr. J. is. McDuUlel is iodisposid this week. If The Ledger will accept a bit of flattery iu the spirit it is off red. we desire to say. that its presence is al ways hailed ut our hotel (lloy/s) with a scramble to see who can get h first when it arrives. Hopin'- his will escape the waste basket, we will ring down the curtain uutll later. j. h. c. No Kight to I gina-HK. The woman who is lovely in face, form and temper will always hav friends, but one who would be at tractive must keep her health. Jt she is weak, sickly and all run d iwn she wifi be nerveous and irritable. If she has constipation or kidnt .. trouble, her impure blood will cans* pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and a wretched complexion. Electric Bitters is the bc>t medicine in tlie world to regulate stomach, liv* r and kidneys and to purify tlie blood, Jt gives strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich <*oinp!tx ion. It will make a good-lookin * charming woman of a run-down ' >• valid. Only 50 cents at Cheroke* Drug Co A Philadelphia man w ho has just taken the pledge explains this act b> saying that when he was drunk re cently he committed the foily of paying his debts “After suffering from severe dys pepsia over twelve years and u-drig many remedies without permanent good 1 finally be k Kodol Dyspepsh Cure. Jt did me so iniic!i good J recommended it to over - , one.'' write s J. E. Watk ins, Clerk and Recorder Cliillicothe. Mo It diges s what you eat. Tor sale by Cherokee Drug Company. It is said to cost !«i*s to send t!u product ol an acre of wheat from Dakota to Jdugland than it dors to manure an acre in Enalat d so that it enn grow good wheat. W. 8. Mussel 1 , of Millhcini, Pa. save d the life of hi* iittle girl by giv ing her One Minute Cough ('in* whin she was dying from cr >up J* is the only harmless remedy lha gives immediate results. It quickly curts cough, colds, 1 loncbilis grippe, unthma and all throat unc lung troubles. For sale by Clierok* * Drug Company. To remove a glass stopper that has become fast, put a drop ol swart oil or glycerine in the crevice ub *tit tin stopper. In an hour or - so the stop per may be easily removed “I had stomach trouble twenlj years and gave up hope of being cured till I began to u-e K id Dyspepsia Cure. It has d.me me * touch good I call It tin* savior of n;\ life." writ! 8 W. Jt Wilkinson Albany. Tenn. It digests what you eat. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. —Ice at 35 cents per hundred pounds ut J. I>. Alexander’s. United States Supreme Court Hands Down Decision In Kentucky Case. HAD NO JURISDIATI0N Chief Justice Fuller Renders an Opin« ion, Saying That the Case Should Never Have Been Appealed From the State of Kentucky—Courts Had De cided It and There Was No Appeal. Justices Brewer, McKenna and Oth ers Dissent. Washington, May 21.—The Ken tucky governorship case was today decided by the United States supreme court iu the interest of Beckham, affirm ing the decision ol the court of appeals of Kentucky. The opinion was handed down by Chief Justice Fuller and the case was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. He said the court should h r rhe last to over step the bounds limiting its own juris diction and that the determination of cases of this character, contests lor state offices, must necessarily be seettled by tire political branch of tiro government. m I. C. W. DEC It RAM. [Governor of Kentucky.] That branch had acted in the Kentucky case wlleu the general assembly hook ju risdiction. There was no appeal from the assembly’s decision, which was fa vorable to Goebel and Beckham, except to the tribunal of the people, which tri bunal the chief justice said, was always in session. He also said the case was purely a state case—that Kentucky was iu the full possesdon of its facualties as a member of the Union a ;d that tlnr.} was no emergency at this time calling for interference. The opinion was not unanimous, Jus tices Brewer, Harlan, Brown and Mc Kenna dissenting. TAYLOR HEARS OF DECISION He Rntlicr Kx pec ted It Would Bo Favorable to Beckham. Louisville, Airy 21.—Governor Tay lor arrived iu the city from Frankfort at 11 o'clock and went at once to the customhouse. He intended leaving for his homo in Butler county at noon, hut missed his train. Shortly after the de cision of the supreme court was received from Washington the governor was seen by a reporter. After reading tho bul letin the governor said: “I rather expected the decision would be against me. The adverse rulings of the state courts have nmd*- a sort of pes simist of me and I am uot surprised that the supreme bench has overruled the writ of error. “Tliis is uot a time to talk. I will only reiterate my former statements in regard to renominatiou, that it will de pend on the will of the people. Received at Frankfort. Frankfort, Ky., May 21.—The fire bells were rung and wild demonstra tions followed ou tire streets ou the part of the Democrats w’heu tho news of the decision from Washington ciune. Tho decision of the United States supreme court in favor of General Beckham means that there will be tho hottest election iu Kentucky for governor next November ever known in the common wealth. Farmer Stubbed. Tallulah Falls, Ga., May 21.—W. F. Roane, a farmer of Rabun county, was probably 1. tally stabbed by Warren Dunlap at Clayton Saturday. A dis puted business transaction was the cause. Dunlap was arrested and placed in jail. Mrs. Lee Arrives From Havana. New York, May 21.—Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee, wife of the military governor of Havana and member* of her family, liave arrived here ou board the United States transport Sedgwick from Havana. Houtheru Railway Kxtension. Hampton. S. C., May 21.—Grading stakes are being placed and contracts let for the extension of tin* South tu railway from Hardeeville to this place. Work will begin at an early date. Murderer Flcctrocuted. Sing Sinu, May 21.—Fritz Meyer was put to death in the electric chair at •’chx'k for tin 1 murder of Policeman Frederick Smith iu New York city on the night of Oct. 27, 1897. Hooivry Mill and Power Plant. Durham, N. C., May 21.—The con tract lias been let for the building of an other hosiery mill and for an extensive powerhoust, to cost $80,000, and to be oourplcuxi curly iu 1901.