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F. o. Stacy, President J. G. Wakdlaw. Vice President THE NATIONAL SANK Of GAFFE! Capital $50,000.00. Wii.t, buy county cbiirns, recolve deposit and make liberal loans on approved paper 1). O. boss, Cashier. The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FBIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in ail that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. * ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1864. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., TUESDAV, MAY 29,*1900. $1.00 A YEAB. SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT. Many New Industries Reported During the i’ast Week. Chattanooga, May 28. — The more important of the new industries reported hy The Tradesman during the week ended May 2(5 include coal mines in Ala bama, Texas and West Virginia; cotton mills in Georgia and Texas; cottonseed oil mills in Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tonnesso and Texas; an elec tric light and power plant in Georgia; an electric machinery manufactory in Virginia; flouring mills in Florida, Geor gia, Kentucky and North Carolina; a foundry and machine shop in West Vir ginia; a furniture factory in Mississippi; gold mines and granite quarries in North Carolina; a harness and a $2o0,* | 000 ice factory in Georgia; a knitting Astronomers Mew the IMieuoineiia mill in Virginia; a loom equipment From Various Points in the South. ' manufactory in South Carolina; lumber : mills in Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia; a mining and prospecting company in i Texas; an oflice supplies’ manufactory in Virginia; rice mills in Georgia and | Texas; a roofing manufactory in Ala bama; a shoo factory in Georgia; a soup ! factory in Mississippi; spoke and handle f the saa Result of the Observations at All Points Were Most Satistisfaetory. WEATIIUR WAS PERFECT. Three important Que>tlons to lie Settled liy the Photographic Views Taken—Special Attention Was Given the Corona—Reports From the Sta tion—An interesting Statement. Washington, Ga., May 28.—The suc cess attending the eclipse here was highly gratifying. The first contact was seven hours, two seconds, fifteen and eight tenths seconds, local mean time; second c niaet eight homv, nine min utes, fifty-two and live tenths seconds. The magnetometer showed no disturb ance in magnetic declination. Seven sketches w< re made of the corona and six photograph tale n. Profess »r W. II. Pukering, at the head or Yale’.-; expedition, furnished tho following stat 'inent: “The wcat h r here was perfect and • the observations were entirely satis factory. We secured 3(5 plates with intra-mercurial apparatus and t!l with T3 other camera-, aid'd by 1!) assistants. The plates will iv developed in Cam bridge observatory. Visually, with a fi-ineh telescope 1 , tho corona resembled that of the l-su eclipse. Two large solar protnli ranc s were noted. Our polar FIS TliE PACIFIC 10 THE ATLANTIC Line of Totality Extended From Ocean to Ocean. FIFTY-FIVE MILES WIDE. works in Kentucky; stave and heading works in West Virginia; a tannery in Georgia; tolepnone exchanges in Ten nessee and West Virginia; a tobacco factory in Kentucky; wagon works in Virginia. OFFSET TO FEDERAL CLAIM. Papers of Great Value to Scutli Caro lina Fuuml. Columbia, S. O., May 28.—Papers have been found in the “rubbish room” ut tho eapitol, which, though yellow with age and musty, are worth nearly £000,000 to the state of South Carolina. The papers are more than 100 years old, and are claims against the United States government. Efforts have been made for a number of years to secure the payment of the e claims, hut owing to the absence of tho papers all efforts have been in vain. The federal government has recently begun to push claims against the state filaments, <> .• <• aids in diameter, traced i for £:510,00l) and a s arch was instituU d tho corona about 1 degree. The shadow ; for the missing documents, which have of the moon on tho sky and shadow j just been found, hands were well se( n. Venus and Mer cury were conspicuous. The inner co rona was visible in the telescope several seconds after totality was over. There was no dark band .around the moon’s limb during tin 1 partial phase and no detail on the moon during totality.” Weather Was Perfect. Wauesbouo, N. C., May 28.—The eclipse was viewed hero without a cloud to mar the spectacle. Observations were made by scicnti.-ts from the Smithsonian institution at Wa-hingtou, the English Astronomical society of Loudon, the Yorkes observatory, Princeton univer- siry, Charleston Military college and a representative from the Toronto Astron omical society. Many photographs were taken hy all the parties at intervals, and especially of the corona. Several telo- sco]m.s Weis• used in trying to discover more satellites between the sun and the planet mercury. Eclipse at Atlauta. Atlanta, May 28.—At this place, 40 miles from the licit of totality, the eclipse of the sun Was very noticeable. At 7:10 o’clock, the moment of greatest totality, the usual brilliance of the sun took on a very yellow cast and shadows were dim and thin. At the government weather bureau observations of the temperature were taken every 15 minutes from 0:25 until 0:10 o’clock, central time. There was a variance of about 1 degree. President Views Eclipse. Fort Monkok, Va., May 28.—The gun was totally eclipsed at 8:35 o’clock in a cloudless sky. The president and party watched the phenomenon from the Dol phin near Lambert's point and Secretary Gage and parry from tho lighthouse ten der Holly. The Dolphin came over from Norfolk at !»:55 o’clock and after a sa lute from t!). 1 Kcamtrgo passed on up the bay lor Washington. Observations Were Successful. PiNKHUUST, N. CJ., May 28.—The ob servations hero were a gratifying suc cess. Tiie la st contact occurred at the predicted time—7:30 o’clock. The be ginning of totality was the signal for the work of the morning, which was ac complished in a short time of !il m-j- speetrum photographs were ends. Five obtained with the flat gradient and the concaved grating. Perfect Mew at Thomaston. Thom astox, Ga., May 28.—The eclipse observation.', here wore conducted under perfect conditions, the totality being a scant 85 seconds. Standing some dis- tanen from the corona’s outside rim a brilliant sta was distinctly visible. Tho effect at the lime of complete obscura tion was that of a deep twilight. Tho astronomers be gan work at 5 o’olock. llinls Go to Roost. Mobile, Ala., May 28.—The eclipse was a decided success hero, though not entirely total. The birds went to roost, tho animals in the Monroe park menage rie became restless, and all nature wore a weird aspect. During the period of totality stars were visible almost direct ly overhead. Corona VlsiL! • to Naked Eye. Montgomory, Ala., May 2s. — The eclipse began here approximately ut 0:50 o'clock and was very near totality at 7:30 o’clock, central time. The elicit was so mar totality that the solar corona was visible to the naked eye. The papers are known as “Black’s ex hibit A,” and on the back of them in Black’s handwriting is a summary of the claims of the state against tho United States as follows: War of 1812 (with interest to 1858 only), £202,2 50.0'); Florida war (princi pal), 020,000.00; Mexican war (principal), £52,Ki?. 11; inten st on above (ls5s;,£23,- 00 1.00; revolutionary war (no interest), £310,017.00; total, £501,310.17. On this entire sum no interest after 1858 is calculated. With interest tho total claim would amount to about £1,- 500,000. MARKETING COTTON CROP Planters Will Endeavor to Secure Jlet- ler Prices For the Staple. Macon, May 23.—The Georgia Plant ers’ association, after adopting a con stitution and by-laws, granting a salary of £1,000 per annum to the president and £1,200 to the secretary of the association, have taken action with a view to secur ing better prices for cotton. The presi- dt ut is authorized to proceed in the most expeditious manner to perfect organiza tions in each county throughout the cot ton belt of the state, and call conven tions in other cotton growing states with a view to organization. The lumli needed for carrying on tho official work of the association shall be raised by county assessment. Tho mini mum fee toh'' paid the state organization by county organizations to be £50 for less than ICO members, and the mini mum of £100 for each county organiza tion of 100 members or more. The an nual dues after the first year to be half of these respective amounts from each county organization. BIG INDUSTRIAL MOVEMENT. >1. P. Walsh Doing Mneli For the De velopment of Augusta. Augusta, Ga., May 23.—The indus trial movement on here is (mite marked. There are in projection a dozen ventures that are nearing successful issue. One 1 especially i > a project that will attract attention the sotiih over. Others arc more local in their nature, but signifi cant to Augusta, in that they mean de velopment on an extensive scale. The fact that the hand of M. P. Walsh is seen in many of these movements is attracting much attention to that gen tleman. lie recently became prominent in politics in eastern Georgia, but it is evident that his limn and attention are not to bo given to political matters. Like his uncle, Hon. Patrick Walsh, ho is a firm believer in tho south. Negro’s Miraculous Escape. Montgomi ky, Ala., May 28.—Whileo freight train was being made up, the boiler of tho locomotive that was to pull Famous Astronomers in Charge of Va rious Observatories—Millions Spent Hy Government and Educational Institutions to Study Phenomena. Atlanta, May 28.—The eclipse of the sun, visible throughout North America, Europe and Africa, but total only in sonio parts of Louisiana, Alabama, Geor* gia, North Carolina, South Carolinaaud Virginia in tho United States, was an event of first importance, not only to astronomers, but the world at large. It was unprecedented in more than one re spect. Its,path of totality, instead o( extending through sparsely settled re gions or running over vast expanses of water, crossed six states in a populous portion of the country, all of the region being easily accessible by rail and water. It has been 11 years since any similar event was witnessed, hut the advance ment of astronomical science and tho marvelous improvements in telescopes, photography and electrical appliances i insured more complete observation® than ! ever before known. The U States i government and all great eh .national j institutions made elaborate and costly preparations to get tho best possible ob- ! bcrvations, and millions of dollars wero exijendcd in this way. i While great interest attached to the | eclipse itself, the object of the astrono mers composing the “eclipse expedi tions” from all parts of the country was not alone to observe the.pus.sing of the moon befole the sun, but the; study of the corona. This particular branch of the many phenomena generally attend ing an eclipse, has always been an un- Bolvable problem. It is the belief of many astronomers that the corona is a product of the sun and has nothing to do with tho earth or moon as formerly suspected. Two spectra, one of bright lines and the other continuous, have been revealed at former eclipses. Hydro gen gas has been indicated and a rare element called helium, recently detected in the volcanic rocks on the earth has b ■( n seen. Of whatever substances the corona may be composed and whatever may be the true nature of its physical and chemical constitution, it is certain that it is of extreme tenuity. So rare is it that comets in their swift flight uroaml the sun have been known to i>ass through it without sensible resisteuce. Surrounding tho sun is a gaseous sub- stiineo termed by astronomers tho “chromosphere.” it is believed to bo from 5,000 to 10,000 miles deep. Pro jecting through this chromosphere are observed with total eclipses the shoots or limbs which rise often to a height of 100,000 miles with amazing rapidity. ’1 hi'cc Lines of Work. To tho accurate observation of this paramount feature of the eclipse, every appliance of the instrument maker’s art combined with the astronomer’s knowl edge was directed in the hope of reach ing a solution of this “philosopher’s stone.” Generally speaking tho ob- Tuitions taken by the astronomers were confined to three separate lines of work: The old method of telescopic observation; viewin'* of the eclipse with the naked eye, and the photographing of the phenomena of the eclipse. The path of the totality began in the Pacific ocean just west of Mexico. It passed eastward across Mexico, and entering the United States near New Orleans proceeded in a northeasterly direction until it left the continent close to Nor folk. Then it crossed the Atlantic, touched Portugal, and afterward passed across northern Africa, leaving the earth finally near the northern end of the Ked sea. In this country the cities of New Or leans, Mobile, Montgomery, Raleigh and Norfolk were in the totality. Besides these cities the path of darkness in cluded 30 other towns. While tho eclipse was visible all over the country it was only within the path of about 55 miles in width, extending from N<av Orleans to Norfolk, that the obscuration was complete. Profess >r h'imtheon J. Brown, United States astronomical director, was in charge of the naval parties in the south, which numbered about (50 persons. Pro fessor Brown’s headquarters was at Burnesvillo, Ga. A branch of this naval observatory jiarty was stationed at Grif fin, Ga., a few miles away, in charge of Professor G. A. Hill. The third government station was lo cated at Pinelmrst, N. O. Professor A. N. Skinner was in charge. Dist ingiilsl.cd Astronomers Present. The eclipse stnMon of the Cals it ob servatory was located at Siloam, Ga. The party was sent out from the home it exploded, while tho fireman was sit- ting in the c ib. J he fireman hud a nar- j fhg off^ rvatory, Oakland, Cal., by row eseape, a* the engine was u total Professor James Dalbeer, a noted astron- wreck. 1 In was tho only man injured, being blown out of tho cab. His injuries, while not severe are pain ful, he being burned and bruised con siderably. Three Cent Furrs. Atlanta, Ga., May 28.—Beginning in a few days, the Atlanta Rapid Transit company, better known as the Collins Park and Belt Line company, will in- uugurrte a system of approximately 3 cent lares, selling tlir.-e tickets for 10 cents. Two of the company’s lines are now completed up to the center of city, and in active oisiration. the Tillman For Llcutcuunl Governor, Attended by Almosplierie Phenomena. Galveston, May 28.—Cloudy weather interferred somewhat with the eclipse , observations here. The eclipse was ut- 1 tended by many atmospheric phe- ' noincua. Columbus Hus Good View. CopuMRUS, Gt, May 23.—Columbus had a fairly good view of the (dips*, the sky was jxirtly clouded. ! onn r of Sun Francisco, and members of the Royal Astronomical society of Lon- dun. Professor Charles Burckhalter, in charge of the ]>arty, went originally to Union Point, Ga., where he hoped to bo in the lino of totality. Arriving ut Union Point, Professor Burckhalter found, however, that he was several miles from his desired location, and he moved aero -s to Siloam, Tho jiermauent stuff of the Yerkes ob servatory of the University of Chicago located their station at Wadosboro, N. C., with Professor Edward E. Barnard In charge. Thre.- parties from the big institutions of tho cast and one from the west were situated at Washington, Ga. Tho Mas- suclmsetis institute of technology sent a Ekcekii li), >S. C., Mav 28. It is cur- i ff, legation in charge of Professor A. K r ntly reported that C »1 >i|el James H. Burton, Tillman will enter the race for lieuten ant governor. Colonel Tillman was r< Professor W. H. Pickering directed the party sent out hy Harvard. Ho was C'ntly elected by the state Demoerafni J- 1* although Wh- a ('or.iplete Success. tfiLoAM, Ga., May 28.—The observa tions hero wore a oomplolo nucccs*. convention u delegate, to tho national 1 Umoerntic e invention at Kansas City. He deoliue■> to deny or affirm the rumor of his candidacy. ( liiclniuitl (•4uikI stund Destroyed. Cincinnati, May 28.—The grand stand of the Cincinnati baseball clnb here was almost totally destroyed by fire. I.bout £15,000. »\t t w< 11 of the same institution Blue Hill observatory, Boston, sent out A. L. Rotch and party. A party of four scientists from the west were also at Washington. Princeton’s delegation was located at Wudesboro, N. C., with Professor C. A. Yi'iiuy at the hoad of the party. Professor Famuel P. l-angley, secre tary of tho timithsoniun institute at Washington, at the houd of u carefully selected corps from that institution, was also at Wadesboro. The University of Virginia considered Winnsboro, S. C., the most suitable spot and sent Professor Ormond Stone of tbo Leander McCormick observatory and his co-workers there. Union Springs, Ala., was honored by a distinguished body of astronomers. Everything was in readiness weeks ago at Thomaston, where the Lick ob servatory eclipse expedition had a splen did site. The government weather bureau ob served the eclipse at Newberry, S. O., under the direction of Professor Bige low. Professor Lembke and Wattles, of Brooklyn, were also at Newberry. Every station had its guests and distinguished co-workers. Scattered throughout the eclipse belt wen 1 located undoubtedly the most distinguished as semblage of astronomers and scientific men ever enlisted in un enterprise of this nature. At Thomaston, as the guests of Pro fessor Campbell, observations and notes were made by Professor A. A. Nyland, Ph. D., director of the Utrecht observa tory, Holland; Professor J. N. Wilter- dink, of Leyden observatory (the Royal observatory;, Holland. These men were sent out by the Dutch eclipse committee of the Holland Academy of Sciences, at Amsterdam. Professor H. C. Lord, the astronomer of the Ohio State university and direc tor of the Emerson McMillan observa tory of that institution, was at Barnes- villo upon special invitation of the gov ernment expert, Professor Brown. Otis Ashmore of Savannah, the fore most astronomer of Georgia, was also at Barnesville. A distinguished delegation from Phil adelphia, in charge of Prs.forr.or Snyder of the Central High school, reached Barnesville several days ago. DENOUNCED THE ICE TRUST. Chattanooga Minister Refers to It In His Sermon. Chattanooga, May 28.—Rev. J. W. Brougher, pastor of the First Baptist church, denounced tho local ice com pany Sunday night. Ho stated that tho company was nothing more nor less than a conspiracy to oppress the poor and curry favor with the rich. Tho man of means can get ice cheap; tho poor man can’t get it at all, because of the prohibitive price of small quantities. Closing ho said rather dramatically. “Now, I say for a combination of cap italists formed into an ice company to take advantage of the people’s misfor tunes to squeeze money out of their pockets, is absolutely unfair, unjust and morally criminal. It ought to be made legally so. The ice company seems only too ready to take advantage of the |>eo- ple’s necessity to rob them. The proper steps ought to be taken to get some re dress in this matter. ’ ’ MR. BACON MAY GO TO CUBA Democrats Want Him to Serve on In vest {gating < oinmlttee. Washington, May 28.—It is probable that Senator Bacon will be called on to serve as one of the members of the com mittee to investigate the scandals in Cuba. The Bacon resolutions provide that the investigation bo conducted by the committee on relations with Cuba, but it is altogether likely that some changes will be made in the personnel of the committee in order to have the work done. Several of tin 1 Republicans on the committee do not want to serve. The minority membership is in a shape which calls for change also. For those reasons his Democratic as sociates are declaring that Senator Bi- con must he one of the investigators. The work ahead of the committee is any thing hut pleasant, but somebody must attend to it, and the indications are that Senator Bacon will have to accept*tho duties. TO MAKE WARON SEABOARD. Louisville and Nashville, Southern and Mobile and Ohio Combine. Montgomery, Ala., May 28.—Those who arc familiar with the railroad situa tion in Alabama predict that there is soon to be a lively rate war between the Georgia and Alabama system on the one hand and the Southern, Louisville and Nashville and tho Mobile and Ohio rail roads on the other. The Seaboard sys tem has recently developed so. much energy and aggressiveness, that it is l>e- coming a formidable rival for the other railroad systems doing business here, and for this and other reasons it is stated that the other systems centered here have entered into agreements not to turn over to the Georgia and Alabama any business that can bo routed by other ways. New Collar Hutton Patented. McDonough, Ga., May 28.—Among the patents issued last week at Wash ington is one on a collar button, issued to L. H. Brooks, of this place. It con sists of a head jsirtion formed of a pair of oppositely disjiosed spiral webs eon- i nocted across tho top of the head by a flat entering projection, so constructed that with a slight pressure it will i>ass through the huttou-holc with the 1 utmost case, injury by cutting or distorting tho edges being entirely avoided, and at tho samo time clasping neckt ies or bows in such a milliner that they are prevented from riding the collar. Judge Way Exonerated, Savannah, May 28.—Judge Walter A. Way of the Liberty county court has been tried and acquitted on a charge of malfeasance in office. It was alleged that Judge Way settled eases out of court. Judge Paul E. Heabrook pre sided, and Solicitor General Osborne prosecuted tho case, Judge Way was ably defended by T. A. Parker, A. S. Way and M. Clark, South Cnroliua Invention. Pickens, S. O., May 2H.—B. <), Jones of this county 1ms invented and pat ented a plow set which is a most useful, • mveiiient and practical attachment. It can be attached to any kind of an iron foot plow stock and can be adjusted while ‘he plow is in motion. Charter Issued. Raleigh, May 28.—A charter has been granted the Raleigh Development company, capital $25,000. It proposes to build railroads, mill?, etc. INTENSIVE VS. EX- TENSIVEJARMING. This Fact Demonstrated by Cherokee Farmers. THE WHISKEY PROBLEM. The RlHpciiHitry System is the Best Solution of that Mooted tJiieNtion But Its Most Ardent Supporters are Its Worst Bim* lilies—Persona! ITrragraplis. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, May 25.—We have had fine rains recently and there is a marked improvement in tho anpear- ance of the garden and field crops, especially the grass and weeas. General Green is going to give the farmers trouble from now on. The wheat and oat crops are very good in most places, espec.ally where the land was well prepared before sowing. We spent the day with the Fowler Brothers yesterday on their farm. Their’s is one of the finest farms <n Cherokee county. It lies on Broad river and Thickety creek, where the latter empties into the former. The complaint of bad stands of cot ton heretofore, is net so general as it was since the rains set in. Most far mers have plenty of it now. Potato bugs are beginning their work as heretofore. Last year and yiur before they literally ruined the ciop of Irish potatoes almost every where. Mrs S. F. Estes has been unwell for a few days. Ed. Edwards, colored, is a model fanner. His work for neatnets and thoroughness can't be beat by any of his white neighbors that we know of. lie won’t plant a piece of land until he has it thoroughly pulverized, and then he cultivates it like a garden. His farm demonstrates the superiority of intensive over extensive farming. It’s not so much the acres as the work that tells on a crop, all other conditions being equal. Before farm ing is made ‘‘to pty” in this country the intensive system must be adapted and carried out. On this our very best farmers have long since agreed* With few exceptions the farmers are done planting. Most of them will plant their best stuble lands in peas and corn after the wheat and oats come off. We understand that Mr. Mike Sellers who has charge, somewhat, of the weather bureau, at least to the extent of predictions, says that the next eight or ten Jays will largely decide the fate of the crops, on the low lands—that certain movements of the stars and weather s'.gns on the meterologicai check hoard will give a due to the kind of weather we may expect for the remainder of the sea son. We are glad to hear from brother “X,” of Pacolet. Gome again, old fellow. We feel your hard licks, hut they make us think that you are af- t( r the other fellow, too, and helps us to see ourselves as “others see us.” Mr. Sam Foster, our cattle dealer, went to Gaffney tills morning. Sam is all right, and il he don’t marry some good girl it will not be because he don’t deserve one. Kjveral of our people toon advan tage of the wet ground and muddy water to go a fishing yesterday. Messrs Richard Sprouse and Noble Bl ackwell, two of lower Cherokee’s young farmers, went to Gaffney this week on business and come hack be fore night. Many of our older peo ple take all day and part of the night to make the same trip and have no more business to attend to than Richard and Noble had. Dr. Durham was among the vete rans at the memorial meeting at Sa lem last Saturday. Mr. John Robinson, one of our over-the-river neighbors, has cotton forming iquares. He is generally in advance of his neighbors, especially on his farm work. Besides being one of the best farmers, he is one of the best men in his neighborhood, and you never meet him without learning something. In planting corn he says: ‘‘Drop one grain for the blackbird, And two for the crow ; Two to pull up and Leave one for to grow ; If you follow his advice you will al ways get a stund of corn. Ho is one who farms on the intensive plan, and he is a success, too. From what we deem 'reliable au thority. we uruierstund that a “blind tiger” and a black one at that, was prowling around a colored meeting house not fur from here lust Sabbath. Sumo white hoys, members of good families, had scented it and were in hot pursuit. This thing is certainly known to the officials and could be broken up with little trouble if they would do their duty. We must frankly admit that the dispensary “is tho best solution’'of tho whiskey problem ever tried in South Carolina. Yet we must also admit that among its friends are its very worst enemies. Men will shout for, vote for and light, if needs be, for the disnenst.ry, and then patron ize and protect every blind tiger with which they come in contact. Every man who openly opposes the dispen sary they denounce us its enemy. If the dispensary is best for tho Ktate, it is also hist for tho people and shout 1 have their support. On the other hand, no man can conscien tiously vote for prohibition who vio lates Its aim. “Consistency is a jewel.'* If every mao who supported the dispensary by his vote had been loyal to it, its enemies could never have effected its popularity or useful ness. Whatever odeum may prop erly be cast upon it, is more or less attnputable to the perfidy of its so- called friends. Jimmie and Satnmie Strain are planting the Cane Island in corn and pumpkins. This rich spot Mr. Mike Seller’s calls “pumpkin pie” and says all they will have to do is to bore a hole with an auger and put the seed in the ground. Cane Island is in Thickety creek at the head of the Thomson mill pond, and is part of Mr. T. M. Littlejohn’s* Egyptian premises. Rev. J. P. Marion will preach at Salem on the first Sabbath in June at 11a. m. j. l s. MIDWAY MATTERS. The Cowpeim Olfhnttion Bid Not Come up to the Expectation)*. .Correapondence of The Ledger.) Midway, May 28.—While wo rest today a few moments we will write you again. Planting, generally, has been finished. I do not believe the acreage in cotton bus been much in creased. It was very slow in coming up, but the recent rains has brought it up very nicely and greatly refresh ed all other crops. We attended the Cowpens celebra tion Saturday and greatly enj >yed the meeting with many old friends. We met with two of our own com rades who fought wnh us through some of the hardest battles of the civil war. We cannot help feeling warmly attached to them wherever we meet them. 1 also had the pleas- use of shaking hands with “i’ruella,” a Cherokee correspondent of The Ledger. Wo aro sorry that a passing incident so soon separated us, for wo were pleased with the address of this pleasant appearing young man. The entertainment at Cowpens though pleasing to some extent, did not measure up to our expectations Can it be that so worthy an enterprise as the establishment of a national park on that sacred and time-hor.ored spot is losing its weight of enthusi asm so soon for want of Southern patriotism in so worthy a cause. Let us hope not. And let us in the future warmly aid every effort of the association that it may easily ac complish success. We met our worthy County Super intendent of Education W. F. Mc Arthur up there. He was all the while busy with teachers and trus tees in some way, arranging for the early opening of a summer term 1 of public schools to begin about the 15th of July, and especially urging all teachers to make arrangements to attend the summer training school for teachers, which opens on the 11th of June and closes on the 3rd of July, To us it seems strange that tlios 1 ; who teach, us well as those who expect to teach, should need to lie’urged to avail themselves of the benefits of this splendid opportunity to post upon the studies upon which they are compelled by the school law to undergo examination before they can be recognized us teachers. They must not only undergo exami nation, but must have a certificate from the examining board, or one which they will recognize as good, before they can expect to be paid as teachers. This is exactly right, be cause the day has passed when poor work will suffice in public schoool teaching. We bear it verj often said, that while the Rock Hill school for girls and Clemson College for boys, were especially founded to meet the wants of common farmer's girls and boys that they are, after all, the institutions alone in which girls and boys are the beneficiaries whose par ents have sufficient means to educate them in any of tho colleges of the State. This is, in many instances, true, and can be remedied only in two ways: First, by lowering the standard to which un applicant ap plying must attain to in examination on the common public school studies before ho can be admitted; second, make the work in the public schools so efficient that it will be easy for students to attain to tho required standard in the common schools. We all know that tho standard in examination for applicants is too high, and can only be reached by those whoso training has been done in the higher schools To remedy these disadvantages and to place tiie public school work of the State upon a higher plain, is one of the main purposes of (ho summer training school for teachers. All can see ut once how important, then, this is. One other purpose, then, we might say is to unify tne work of teachers and to bring them more in harmony with each other and more in touch with tiie county superintendent’s work whose every effort, we believe, is directed with the view of bringing about the very best educational re sults for tiie county that can possi bly be obtained. i. n l>. J. Q. Hood, Justice of the Peace, Crosby, Miss., makes tiie following statement: “I cun certify thut One Minute Cough Cure will do all that is claimed for it. My wife cotild not get her breath and the first dose of It relieved her. It has also benefited my whole family.” It acts im mediately and cures coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, ust'Mna and all throat and lung troubles. For sale by Cnerokoe Drug Company. No Japanese is ever guilty of swear ing. for (lie simple reasod that oaths are unknown to the Japanese Ian» guage. ‘ DeWitt’s Utile Early Risers ere the finest pills I ever used.” D. J. Moore Millbrook. Ala. They cure all liver and bowel troubles. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. IS SENEIIIL FREW IN J0HSNNES8URG? Reported That He Has Taken The City. RECRUITS FOR THE BOERS. Foreigners Continue to Join the Trans vaal Army—Supplies Going In Via Lorenzo Marquez—Rundle Drives Boers Out of Senekal. Cape Town, May 28.—It is rumored here that General French has entered Johannesburg. Rundle Occupies Senekal. Senekal, May 28.—General Rundle, with artillery, tho yeomanry and the Wiltshires, Middlesex and Liecester reg iments, under Major Dalbiuc, has occu pied Senekal, whence tho Boers were GENERAL FRENCH. [Who It Is Reported Occupied Johannesburg.] driven by a few shells. A field coronet and a number of other Bixtrs were killed. The British casualties numbered 11. The Boers arc said to bo concentrating near Bethlehem. Recruits and Supplies For ISoers. London, May 28.—Advices received here assert that supplies continue to go to the Boors from Lorenzo Marquez and that foreign recruits for the Boer army proceed from the same point. NEW MILL FORJ>RATTVILLE. It Will Soon He Chartered With $250,- OOO Capital. Prattville, Ala., May 28.—The old Indian Hill mill near here is to be re built and will be known as the Victor cotton mill. A handsome modern struo- ture is to be erected, the building will be 80x300 feet and will have a capacity of 4,(500 pounds of sheeting cloth a day. The capital stock is $250,000. A major ity of tho capital stock has already bceu secured. The mill will lx) equipped with the latest improved machinery for textile manufacturing. The mill will have 10.000 spindles and 300 Northrop- Drapur hxjms. It is estimated that the new coneem will employ alxmt 5500 hands. The sheet ing will lx; manufactured largely for ex port purjxvsos. The old Indian mill was burned in 1880. HEAVY DEMAND FOR PIG IRON Export Trade Depends on Amount That Can He Spared. Birmingham, AH., May 28.—James Bowron, vice president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, who has just returned from a visit to the pig iron centers of Europe, says in an inter view: “The demand for southern pig iron exists in the iron centers of the old world. The iron has been used there for several years and is thoroughly sat isfactory and the volume of shipments made to the continent from Alabama this fall and winter depends, therefore, uixm the amount that can lx. 1 taken from the domestic market for export and the price at which the operators an; willing to part with the product.” New Road Chartered. Montgomery, Ala., May 28.—The Louisville and Nashville railroad has se cured a charter for a road to run from Attalla, Ala., to Oneonta, Ala., a dis tance of alxmt 550 miles. This will give the Lovisville and Nashville a very de sirable belt of the eastern portion of the Birmingham district. Thu proposed new line will run through a fine mineral sec tion and will also develop some good farming laflds. Two Negroes Murdered. Atlanta, May 28. — While Henry Kemp was standing in a Decatur street saloon talking, another negro walked up and stablxxl him in the abdomen, in flicting a wound from which ho died. Dick Holmes and Tube Smith, also ne- groos, became involved in an argument over 10 cents on Peters street, when Holmes stabbed Smith in the heart, kill ing him instantly. Three Miners Killed. Birmingham, Ala., May 28.—James O. Stewart was killed at Brace mines, 5 miles from Oukman, by a fall of slate. Charles Evans, a white miner, wu killed in the luiues at Adger by falling coal. Monroe Ward, aged 18, while working at the G<x;thih; mines, was run over by a tram cur and so badly injured that ho died. Police Officers Threatened. Atlanta, Ga., May 28.—A rumor la current here that threats have bees made again st members of tho city polio* force. The officers have been warned, and an effort is Ix-ing made to run down the would-lx* assassins. SevuntI arrests have un:n male.