The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, July 20, 1900, Image 3
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At Bull Run,
Comrade <’hr.s. Flms. of Mechanlcsville,
N. Y., wad struck by a jib.'i'cn of shell which
later causeu sevoi o heart trouble, lie saya:
W “At second Bull Run a piece of shell
^.lodged in n y shoulder, and later
j^vheumati^m set u;, which in turn af-
HBected my lie art to such extent that
^several doctors pronounced my case
incurable. Dr. Miles' New Heart
Cure relieved my pains, shortness of
breath and enabled me to work: also to
sleep soundly, and prolonged my life.’'
DU. MILES’
Heart
Cure
Is sold by all druggists on guarantee
first 1h>u1m benetits or money back.
y Hook on heart and nerves sent free,
[Dr. Miles Medical Company, Elkhart, Ind.
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Notice.
1 > accordance with an aet of the (leaeral
Asvmbly passed the ITtli l eb., ItKKlall nvls-
tration tiel.ets issued prior t^i April 1st, r.**l,
are hereby called in.
All persons holditiK recist rat ion certificates
issued betore April 1st, limit, will either pre
sent them in person or send them so as to
secure a new t leket.
We will be in ollice on the first Monday iu
teach mouth.
II. A. Tatk,
W. 11. 1»KMHSKY.
J. A. WlllSONANT.
Superv isorsof Hegistrat ion.
A. N. WOOD.
BANKER,
does % ge*.u ]r al Bunking and Exchange
busine**. Well secured with Burglar-
Proof safe ami Automatic Time Lock.
Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate
rent.
Buys and sells Stocks andBonds.
}J^ays County and School Claims.
Your hnsiness solicited
Fire!
Call on Jj. RAKF.lt and buy you a good
Extension Ladder and have it on your
;premises in case of tire.
^ Good Extension und Step Ladders for
ryale, but little above cost. Made of liest
Jtorr iy Pine and well painted. Only a
few left.
L. BAKER.
DR. J. F. GARRETT
DtCntist,
Gaffney, - * - S. C.
'Office over J. ft Tolleson’s now store
In office from Ibt to 26tb of each
'month:
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB,
Dentist,
Office over R. A. |onei & Co ’■ Store.
Ca,iiVfct.’our)d at office six days In the week
D.&.Danc^n O. P.Sanders. ' W. S. Hull, Jr
DUKCAH, SANDERS S HALL,
Attorn eys-at-Law.
.Office over J. K. Tolleson's & Co.’s Store.
J. E. WEBSTER,
A.€tx>r«*e t y-A.t-
Offlceln Court House. (Probate Judge soffice
Gaffney City, S. C.
Practices in all the court*. Collec
tions a specially
C. JEFFERIES
GAFFNRY, S. C.
Com ml*, t < ‘ lH * N-uw. Corporatlun Ij» w
Krai Instate I .aw.
Money to loa. -1 ,,n approved security.
JAMfS A. WILLIS,
attorney at law,
< j A. l-l<'rsi l< V . M. CJ.
KrAar>' Public In offiee. Prompt attention
Kiventua.il business.
Office over It. A. Jones & Go.'n store.
J. OLODOH WALOACt. j OHNKLICS OTTS.
WALLACE & OTTS,
LAWYERS.
AH business Intrusted t<< us. given prompt
and viKoruu attent ion. Oftb e up tttairH. next
to R. A. Jones /k Go. ’1'bone
hardin & McWhorter,
A.ttorne.vH at
GAFFNEY, - - S. C.
Money to loan on city real estate.
office over K A. Jooee It Go'a (tore.
TREATISE ON TROSTS
AND COMBINATIONS.
They nre Considered Hurtful
to the People.
PRICES ARE REDUCED.
Sam Junes Slums Mint Combines Make
Commodities Cheaper and that They Do
Not Hurt the CubHe-*Demagogue* and
i’olitU-hiti* More to be Feared.
the large trusts and combinations
already formed and being formed by
aggregations of capita! are considered
hurtful to the masses and the common
people. This is a theory. Theo
retically, a thing may be so, and
ptaclically it may bo very untrue.
When we speak ot trusts und com
bines we think of the Standard Oil
Trust, the Sugar Trust, the Tobacco
Tiust, etc. When the Standard Oil
Trust was formed 1 was paying Luly
cents a gallon for kerosene oil; 1 am
getting it now for ten cents a gallon.
I was paying twelve and one-half
cents for sugar several years ago, but
when the combines set in we got it
at live amt one-<iuurter. v\ lien the
Whiskey Trust was organized I was |
in hones it would put up whiskey
where the poor devils couldn’t get it,
but they have seemed to cheapen that
down to where they cun pay the gov-
erraent $1.15 a gallon revenue on it
ami yet sell it for $1,274 which dem
onstrates that they are making it and
letting the public have it at about
twelve ami ono ijuarter cents a gallon.
There : s no doubt about the aggre
gation of wealth, with brains controll
ing it, that they can manufacture any
ar'icle cheaper than it is or lias been
manufactured on a small scale. Ihe
great railroad combinations, many
think, will eat us up blood rare. Oc
casionally 1 get on a little jerk-water
road that is not in the combination,
and 1 want to double my accident
policies and be satisfied with a 1b-
mile-an-bour gait and console myself
witli the idea that J can ride all day
for a dollar, but when 1 get on the
I’eDDsyIvania or \ anderbilt system of
roads, with their schedules forty
miles an hour, vestibule trains, with
parlor ears, sleeping cars, dining cars,
1 have a hotel on wheels carrying me
towards my destination, and all this
for about two cents a mile. Give me
the road that is in the combine to
carry me w here 1 am going.
Public sentiment is ihe safeguard
which is thrown around all uggre-
uations of wealth and all combi-
rations. The Standard Oil. the rail
road combinations, the Sugar 1 rust
are us sensitive to public sentiment
as the snow-bank to the rays of the
sun. Trusts and combines will not
hurt the public, but stockholders may
sulfer later on, when these great
bulky institutions become unwieldy
and ‘fail with their own weight.
Fifty thousand men in the United
States, perhaps not more, are inter
ested in the great trusts of the coun
try. Those 50,OX) men know that
there are 70,0X1,000 of other people
in America, and their wisdom teaches
them where boundry lints are, over
which they cannot go without peril to
themselves and disaster to thur bus
iness. No combination now says
"damn tho public, but they hn\e
their weathercocks out on every
prominent cupola watching how the
wind blows.
(If course our political capital pan
be made out of such formafh.n of
wealth, and social orders may raise
the black Hag to light them: hut I
am a thousand times more afraid of
demagogues and politicansthan 1 urn
afraid of trusts and combines. Good
government—which means not only
the well-being of the citizen, but the
overthrow of all that will hurt the
citizen—depends upon good men in
office, and we had better pay Jess at
tention to what we call trusts and
combinations and more attention to
those whom we elect to office in the
municipal, State and national govern
ments. Mr. Stead, i^Jjis book, "If
Christ Came to Chicagh," speaks of
tho “Big Four of Chicago,” and says
of them that their methods are clean
and their tiunsa«:tions are honest,
but that in the road of ijieir success
lies the blood and bones of the victims
over whom they liave run to success.”
The successful man or combination
means the downfall of other men
and other combinations. One
preacher is preaching to 5,000, tw enty
preachers around him consider
seventy-live a full house, and *i hun
dred a perfect jam; one physician
making $10,000 a year, and forty
little doctors in the neighborhood not
making fheir grub. A Wanamaker
selling $50,0MJ.'X'O a year means
many little merchants applying for
clerkship in his store. It is tip* sur
vival of the fittest, it may he. When
(iod made this wurid He made moun
tains towering into the clouds und
valleys below the level of the sea;
He made lakas and oceans : He spread
out the prairies of the West and piled
up mountains arfiUPd Gie little val
leys along the ranges «/ tjje Rockies
und the Alleghenies. |n the opet*n’s
waters we hod whales and some
very small lishesand when the whales
come along the little lish have to
hideout, i have travelled over this
country from ocean to ocean, and from
Montreal to Galveston, annually for
twenty years. I have watched the
progress of events and the processions
as they marched. 1 have yet to know
-if a single instance where combines
and trusts h«ft the masses or perma
nently raised the p?;ce of any prod
uct. I am a thousand litfjes more
willing to deal with b } , ie
combines and purekliS* 1 thpif products
than J am to pu» my money into their
institutions and imperil my hohlinga.
Conscious of tlndr want of stability
and fearing their final downfall-
Of course these great combination*
ulfoct legislation, if they do not con
trol it in many instances; but while
they may protore legislation in their
own interest, yet they /iayp pno eye ,
upon the public aeiitjmpnt M'** /
tune, conscious that they can go.ust
so far and no farther. Heresnd there
they have shut down a manufactory
or closed up an institution and
atfepded some individuals, hut we are
not looking from that standpoint.
When we look at the 70,000,000 of
our population, we say they are only
procuringcheaper and buying for lees
money these products than they could
have done under other circumstance.
With the final disintegration of
trusts and combines—which will
inevitably come when financial disas
ter and shrinkage of values shall
come—of course, the surplus of their
product will be thrown upon the
market, and only the stockholders in
these trusts and combines will suffer.
As sure as that the sunshines, when
ever any institution becomes un
wieldy because of its size and bulk, it
will finally fall of its own weight.
I am an expansionist, and I believe
| that one of the causes of tho strin
gency and shrinkage of values In this
country is because wo have not gone
out over the seas with our products as
we should have done. While there
is a demand for our products of the
farm and manufactory of this coun-
■ try there will always be plenty of
! money; but when wheat and corn
, and cotton and all kinds of manu
factures are a drug on the market,
! and no demand for them, then we
have stringency and hard limes.
But when the highways over the seas
j shall be laden with our products into
fuieign countries and the gold is
brought back in the ships, then we
1 shall flourish perenially. These great
j combinations are the only powers in
this country th3t can do this thing
for us. A negro ana an old mule can
make corn and cotton; a fellow with
a two hundred dollar saw mill can
make lumber; but only aggregations
of wealth can build ships and open
markets in foreign lands.
CHILDREN’S DAY AT SALEM.
Ad Intert-Ktlng itud Varied I'rograui for
that OecaNioii.
Ktta Jank, July 14.—The follow
ing is the program of the children’s
day exercises which will take place
at Salem on the 2(ith inst. The ex
ercises will open at 10:30 with
prayer by Kev. J. N. Isom.
Opening Address by Willie Black-
well.
“Welcome”—by seven little girls.
"Welcome”—by Miss Florence
Wright.
“A little lady”—by Bessie Isom.
“His faith”—by Mary Blackwell.
”A mother’s grave”—by Miss Ma
mie Comer. At the conclusion of
this recitation a trio will be sung by
Misses Mamie Comer, Ethel Strain
and Mattie Estes.
Recitation—by Nettie Sprouse
“In the storm” — by Minnie
Fowler.
“Faith”—by Annie Comer.
Dialogue, "Caught by the tide”—
by three young ladies.
“Trust”—by Maud Davidson.
“In blossom time”—by Asa Black-
well.
“Patience”—by Mattie Lee.
“Love”—by Jesse Strain.
“A little maid’s sermon”—by
Maud Mitchell.
“The child of Nazareth”—by Miss
Sallie Poole,
"A little boy’s wish”—by Fred
Comer.
"Over the sea”—by Zella Black-
well.
“Mother’s face” — by Lathrop
Dowdle.
Recitation—by Mary Robinson.
“Like unto ships’—by Edgar
Blackwell.
Dialogue, “Lighthouse”—by six
girls.
Recitation—by May Wright.
Recitation—by Kate Comer.
“Polly’s Dilemma”—by Grace
Good.
“Our JJay”-r-hy three little girli».
“SurniRer’s Message”-—by Willie
Kirby.
Recitation—by Bessie Williams.
Recitation—by Carrie Kirby.
“The best of childrens day”-—by
five little girls.
‘ Land of fresh air”—by Louise
Kirby.
I’rayer—by Jesse Estes.
“A little lads answer”—by Acme
Comer.
“A child’s heart”—by Maggie
Estes.
“An oration on the American fjag”
—by Ham Htraiu.
AFlKKNOON PROGRAM.
Lecture on Temperance—by Rev.
J. 8. Moffatt, of Chester, pastor of
the A. R. P. Church.
“A Southern volunteer”—by Ethel
Strain.
“Aroen^*”—by Clarence Davidson.
“The lost glasses”—by Walker
Edwards.
“A soldier of Robert E. Leti”—by
J. L- Blackwell.
“The sailor boy”™by Bert Greg
ory.
Dialogue, “Bashful boy”—by four
boys und four girls.
Dialogue, “Freedom’s Jubilee”—
by two boys.
“Good Evening”—by Willie Black-
well.
4li persons friendly to tho cause
are cordially jnyjted to attend the
exercisea, und domt forget to bring
your basket L■ led w it h eatables. Mr.
W. R. Walker lias kindly tended the
use of one of ids large cotton boats
to accommodate all the pedestrains
from east of tho Broad.
8. J. Stkain,
Sec’y. 8. 8
4 f'af.’tfMl 4t'fjdeop
Gur young frjerui, Charge Hum
phries, met with a very painful,
though nut serious, accident yester
day. He was unloading furniture
from a wagon when a hegvy piece fell
upon him, knocking him down and
severely mashing one of tlis Angers of
his left hand. Dr. Griffith dressed
the wound; and w hile it was a pretty
bad mash, still it could have been
worse. Charlie is now carrying his
hand in a sling; but we hope he will
spop h* 9 able to play ball again.
£ OooJ Couglt )|u<ll< iue.
Many thousands iiaye heep ryslpred
to health and happiness by the use of
Chamberlain’* Cppgh Remedy. If
afflicted with any throat or lung
trouble, give it a trial for it i« certain
to prove beneficial. Coughs that
have resisted all other treatment for
years, have yielded to this remedy
and perfect health been restored.
phat seined hopeless, that the
climate",Qf flMhQhV resorts fail
ed to benefit, have ijeeff
cured by jis lisp, yor sale by Chero
kee Drug Cu,
DR. CRAWLEY AT HARRIS’.
Warm Word* of Praise for this PopaUr
II fill Mi KesaPt.
Harris Springs, 8. G\, July 10, '00
Editor The Ledger :
Gaffney. 8. C.
Mr. Editor:—I am at the end of
iny second week at Harris Llthia
Springs, enjoying the benefits of cer
tainly one of the best mineral waters
in the country, and also the no less
fascination of being entertained by
the genial and affable proprietors,
Messrs. Harris .t Fox.
Mr. Ed Harris’ lithia water is no
common water born to clever adver
tising, but has n reputation founded
on true, unvarnished merit—an en
viable, well-merited reputation that
is as sure to not only live on but to
grow and expand, as human ills de
velop which require its recuperative
power. Just so sure as this highly
favored spot of our grand old “moth
er earth” continues to send forth its
liquid volumes, sparkling and bright,
“for the healing of the nations,”
just so sure will Harris Lithia Springs
occupy an enviable and imposing
place among the greatest of our miii-
eral springs. For about twenty
years I have been an humble observer
of those agento that exert t heir cura
tive und reconstructive effect upon
humanity and the many ills to which
it is heir; tint I must confess that I
have never seen anything to equal
the universally beneficial effect that
I have observed upon those who have
availed themselves of the benefits of
this water.
Almost continually, and from and
to all parts of the country, they
come and go, und with some excep
tions they leave with more buoyant
spirits and stronger and more vigo
rous bodies.
Now, Mr. Editor, I am not a be
liever in the “panacea for all ills,”
“aing cure alls” or anything of the
kind, and do not wish to be thus
understood, and certainly do not lay
such claim for Harris Lithia Springs;
but I do say that very few who come
here to be benelitted and remain for
a sufficient length of time for this
great scavenger to perform Its func
tion, go away without being able to
feel that they have been bem fitted.
This water acts in a general way
as a universal scavenger of the sys
tem through all of the prime organs
of elimination—the bowels, the liver,
the kidneys and the skin.
My friends may he interested to
know of my improvement. I felt for
the first ten days that I would be
disappointed, but am glad to say
that at this writing I feel much
more like myself than for many
months past. I close with thanks
to my generous hosts for tho kindest
of treatment and excellent “grub.”
With all the other boarders I agree
that “our Fox’s brush is handsome.”
8. B. Crawley.
A Modal Kveut.
On last Friday evening quite a
number of the friends of Miss Addie
McA r thur assembled at ber hospita
ble home, in response to au invitation
from her, and spent a few hours most
pleasantly in social intercourse, in
terspersed with dainty refresbrm nts.
Miss Add'e is a charming hostess;
she did the honors of the occasion
with queenly grace, and it is needless
to say that those who had the pleas
ure of being present enjoyed them
selves beyond measure. The favored
ones were: Misses Minnie Goforth,
Olive and Edna Sarratt, P>a Ross,
Grace Gibson, (one and Agms Little
john, Ethel Hilemun, Willie Bobo,
Bessie Kendrick, Annie Brown, Beu
lah Ballenger, Nellie Wood, Mr. and
Mrs. W. 11. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. W.
F. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. E. Littlejohn,
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Lipscomb, Mr.
and Mrs. Hugo 8. Dodenholl;
Messrs. Robert Monroe, Henry Phil-
liqs, John Swygert, Brooks Simpson.
Tom Clarkson, Bob Lipscomb,
Charlie Humphries, James A. Willis,
Clarence Gray, Lawrence Wood, Sam
Reid, Eb. Jefferies, Maynard Smith,
Will Johnson, Howard Littlejohn,
Park Thompson, D. C. Ross and M.
8. Dantzler.
A Small Wreck.
There was a small but rather
costly wreck on the Southern at
Gastonia, X. C , last Monday after
noon. A cab that had been left on
Ihe iniun track by a switching train
was rum into by another train with
the result that the cab was smashed
to pieces and the front of the engine
torn off. No one was hurt, as the
cab was empty of human occupants
at the time iL was struck. Passen
ger train No. 12 north hound, was
delayed several hours.
4 WciRori^l.
I W1VE.J
1 tvau-lied lilm I lore k<>iux from me;
(All ! would to God I had died,)
And I prayed to our Father
To stay the turn of the tide;
For 1 knew that my own was dyiuir.
At the turn of the tide he must go;
And my heart cried out In Us ajrony
That God should have willed it so.
Then I prayed once more to the Father,
For I s,|W t|iu; l|is yvlll was best.
Aua the sea carried slowly Lack ward
The spirit of one who is at rest.
For i feel that we shall meet again
in that land beyond the sky.
Where n<> part lugs or no heart pains
Cause, luls question Wliy'r
Charles Christman and little daugh
ter, Ruth, are in the city today visit
ing Mrs. W. 8. Lipscomb on Victoria
avenqe. Charles has a host of
friends heto who are glad to have
him with them again.
Refry patetic~“RleaBe, lady, help
4 poor tT)4n What's bin outer work far
more'n a year.”
Kind Lady— “Here’s a quarter,
poor man. Can't you find anything
at all to do?”
Perry Patetic—“No, lady, it'a so
long since I done a job o' work dat I
don’t tink I’d reckernizeone now if it
come up an’ took Its hat off ter me.”
—Philadelphia Press.
Everytirpe Miss Amanda, whose
understanding is somewhat largo,
stQp«4ta hotel, she cleans her own
•hoes, and sets outside her door a
small pair, which she carries with her
expressly for that purpose.
If you want a pair of boots to last
four years, melt and mix four ounces
of mutton tallow; apply the mixture
^I)i)e warm, and rub It in well; and
tbeVpqt the bouts ip some clo«*t
*«d-^o barefoot.
SECOND ANNUAL MEETING.
Southern Industrial League In Se-sion
In Atlanta.
Atlant\, July 18.—The necoud an
nual convention of the Southern Indus
trial league is iu session bore. After an
informal reception to the delegates at
the Kimball House, the convention
was called to order by President J. K.
Orr. Governor Candler delivered an
address of welcome, which was respond
ed to by Hon. J. J. Willett of Alabama.
Following these addresses the con
vention proceeded to business by the ap
pointment of sp^tcinl committees. Ke-
norts of various committees ap(*ointed at
lust year’s convention were heard. At
the afternoon session, Hon. Hoke Smith
addressed the convention on “Industrial
Education of tho Young Men of the
South.” In the evening the delegates,
by sjiecial invitation, witnessed tho play
at the Grand.
SHOT OVER CAME OF CARDS.
Two White Men .Mortally and Two Ne
groes. Serlmi*ly Wounded.
Saluda, S. O., July 18.—As a result
of a shooting and cutting aff ray in the
Brushy Fork section of this county,
Wurpp and Pope McCarty, both white,
are in a critical condition, while Elliott
Johnson and John Banyan, nogrocs,
have pistol balls in their bodies.
The trouble arose over a game of
cards. Warpp McCarty was terribly
slushed by the Johnson negro with a
razor across the back of the head and on
the arm, breast und shoulder. Pope
McCarty, barely 20 years old, is suffer-
ing agony from a pistol shot by Buuyan
iu the abdomen. The chances for recov
ery are doubtful. Johnson was ahot
through the right arm and in the body.
Bunyau was shot iu the leg and could
not travel He was left in the woods.
TENNESSEE MINERS TO MEET
Convention Will Be Held at Coal
Creek—To Ask an Advance.
DEATH IN OUR MIDST.
Two Little Lire* Co Out from Once Ifrtp-
!») liorues.
The infant eon of Mr. P. C. Davis
was buried Hunday morning at Lime
stone cemetery in the presence of a
few of the relatives and friends of
the family. Appropriate services
were conducted at the grave by Rev.
W. T. Thompson. The death of
this child is a double affliction sent
upon Mr. Davis, as his devoted wife
was taken from him only a short
time ago, and he has the heartfelt
sympathy of the entire community
in which The Ledger sincerely joins
“Tlie pure In heart their God sh ill si c
lie gave, Me has taken, so mote it he
let in I Jim comfort, the sail heart (iolli liml
I by will, oh Go<i. Ihj mine.
I lie lioutmuu keeps coming,
For their is Joy over there.
Little Charlie Elkins, the 11-
months-old eon of Mrs. Addie Elkins,
died at the home of her sister, Mrs.
<). A. Reeves. Wednesday morning at
10 o’clock with a complication of
diseases. Little Charlie had been a
great sufferer for sumo time, when
death relieved him; his scul whs
wafted from its earthly temple uno
transplanted in the eternal realms 01
everlasting peace to dwell forever
lo Mrs. E kins we tender our sincere
sympathy and may she bow in hum
ble submission to Him who doeth ail
things well, and in this her sad hour
of sorrow, may she calmly say, “Thy
will be done, not mine, Oh Lord.”
His remains were interred in the
family burying ground at Pacolet
Thursday morning.
beaven above we hope to meet thee
1lien our days on earth have lied;
And with joy eelestial irreet thee
Where no farewell tears are shed.
A Fhiekd.
WHO IS THE SCOUNDREL?
Thieve* at Work.
Last Tuesday night about 11
o’clock some miscreants, evidently
acting upon the idea that the world
I owed them a free and unconditional
1 living—an Idea common to most crca-
, lures of their stamp—attempted to
break into the house of Mr. J. T.
Wood, who lives just below th« Sec
ond Baptist Church. A gentleman
wtio was fortunately iu the house at
the time heard the noise they made
by raising a window, and wrhen he
went out to investigate, ihe W’ouid be
thieves became alarmed und ffed.
1 hoy did not go fur, however, nor re
main idle very long, but aoon went to
another boose in the same locality—
thut of Mr. <>j»ear Reeves—tod -triiiik
upon The door «iih >« l>n.vv
1 here WlisH sick cl;!id 11* 'hi-
and sr' 4 rui ludu ^ W‘»14 £,t j. tip
with it. but 110 mate p« mom was
a I to ut the huuse. 1 he ladies feream-
ed, and a.s the knock on the door had
been heard by others, several men
rushed lo Die scene only to see two
colond individuals making off at a
rupi4j gate, it is a pity that they
were not caught and summary pun
ishment meted out to them; but
they w<re not recognizid by tho-u
who fKA them, and so they are stiil
at large to follow their nefarious caii-
iog. and may meet with success next
time.
Ha* Itecn An Fxi 1 IN-iit Siipt-rv l*or.
[Carolina Sparta 11.1
Nathan Lipscomb, who lies been
an excillent supervisor for Cherokee
countv.entered the race for re-elec
tion. But on accouut of business
and failing health he has withdrawn
from the race.
Sum SurmtC* B«ea.
[Carolina Spartan. ]
8. G- Sarrutt, near Gaffney, has an
apiary. Last week he took out
Knoxville, July 14.—T. J. Smith,
president of division No. 19, United
Mine Workers of America, has issued a
call for u meeting at Coal Creek July 26.
He wants all the operators in the East
Tennessee coal fields to meet there to
confer w-ith the coal miners’ representa
tives relative to a contract to data from
8ept. 1.
It is stated that all the operators will
not attend the meeting, but those who
do not attend will by waited upon by
committees. A demand for an increase
of 15 cents per ton is anticipated. No
trouble is feared, though a strike may
be the outcome of a refusal to grant au
increase if it is demanded.
Contracts Have Been Signed.
Birmingham, Ala., July 14.—Con
tracts have beeu signed between the
operators and miners at the Galloway
mines, Walker county, and the Bril
liant mines, in Marion county. Both of
these mines will hereafter recognise tho
United Mine Workers of America.
GATES AFRAID OF JESTER.
Progress of the Trial ut New London.
Several Witnesses Heard.
Kewuril Offered for u Mlsrreuut Who t ut
Hose.
Ir. another column we publish an
offer of a reward for the perpertutnr
of an act which for malicious mean
ness and contemptible dirtiness hai-
bad no parallel in this citv bifore.
Some time this week, we suppose,
some dirty scoundrel—we cannot cull
him a man, for he cannot possibl}
bear the slightest resemblance to
such a being—cut the hose belong
ing to reel team No. I, but left no
clue by which he might be appre
hended and brought to justice. We
an. sorry to know that we have anj
one in our midst who is so utterlj
reckless and devoid of ail regard foi
himself and for the rights of others
as to be guilty of such a cowardly
act, and we hope that our officers
will make every effort possible to run
down the miscreant and make an
example of him that will he a lasting
warning to all of his ilk.
S. C. &G. E. R. R. CO.
about oOO ooe-pound boxes of fine
honey. He expects the yield this
year will be 1.U00 boxes, for which
he finds ready sale at home.
The India famine relief fund at
New York has reached $102 530.
Bargains in Jewelry!
t am now offering some extraordinary bar-
gaius in
WATCHES,
CLOCKS.
CHAINS,
IlRACF.LF.To,
EAiiRlNGH,
and all kinds of Novelties in jewelry. The
prices on my entire stock have beeu reduced
in order to move the Koods.
Jewelry repairing iu the shortest possible
time. All work guaranteed to be tbe very
best.
Thos. H. Westrope,
in Crawley & Go’s Drug Store.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY. 1
New London’, Mo., July 14.—The last
person who ever talked with Gilbert
Gates as far as known, save Alexander
Jester himself, was placed on the stand.
Ris name is A. W. Bassett and he re
sides near Middle Grove, where the man
so mysteriously disappeared in 1871.
The two travelers stopped at the Bassett
farm and bought some feed for their
teams.
This was the day following the night
Jester choked Gates. The witness testi
fied that lie talked with young Gates
and that Gates told him he had been out
west and was going home. Bassett also
stated that Gates told him that he did
not like to travel with Jester because he
was so crabbed.
Weekly Bank Statement.
New York, July 14.—The statement
of the associated banks for the week
shows the following changes: Surplus
reserve, increase, $4,370,925; loans, de
crease, $1,651,900; specie, increase, $4,-
o8 f i,7J0; legal tenders, increase, $.394,300;
depoaifs, increase. $1,640,809; circula
tion, increase, $286,800. The banks now
hold $19,960,125 iu excess of the 25 per
cent legal requirement.
Not Will Support tbe Demand.
Cape Town, July 14.—Replying to a
deputation of his constituents W. P.
Schreiner, former premier of Capo
Colony, refused to support the demand
for unimpaired independence for the
Boer republics, but said ho thought th^y
should retain a certain '.mount of iude-
pendence. He added that he would not
support a policy of amnesty.
Officer Kills a Prisoner.
Asheville, N. C., July 18.—Chief of
Police J. A. Lyerly killed Joe Mc-
Clatchey in the qty jail with g pickax
handle. McClatchey had been placed in
tho dungeon because of the noise he
made and was breaking out when
Lyerly went down. McOlatohey bit the
chief with a buggy spring twice, where
upon the chief struck McClatchey with
A pickax handle, cru king his skull.
Memphis Veterans Meet.
Memphis, July 18.—Company A, eon-
federate veterans, held a meetingfer the
purpose of electing a captain to serve oqt
the uuexpjred term of Captain W. W.
Carnes, who resigned at the last regular
meeting of the company. The election
was held in pursuance of an order from
the Adjutant general’s office. First Lieu
tenant Edward Bourne was unanimously
chosen captain.
Heavy Shipments of Coiftp.
Managua, Nioaragqa, Jqjy ^.- -Guffee
la being exported rapidly, usually via
Gorintq and Panama to Europe or N«w
York city. Much coffee, however, is
shipped this year from Nicaragua to San
Francisco. An unusually large area has
been planted the post mouth in ecru,
lioe, beans and yucca. The planting is
done usually in primitive style, the plow
seldom being used,
$25 Reward.
1 will pay £5 n-ward for tbe arrest and con
viction of tlie party or parties wbo 4-ut tbe
bose of Koel Team No. 1.
born L. Hambs, ('apt.
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11 301
11 :r>|
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5 00
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8 31) :
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10 50'
11 18
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11 45
12 05
12 25
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5 4
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WEST.
1st Class.
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1 40
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EASTERN TIME.
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12 02
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1st Class.
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Hi.
—
Lv. Atlanta,CT
“ Atlanta.KT
“ Narcross .
" Buford.
“ Gainesville
** Lula
M Cornelia..
“ Mt. Airy.
Lt. Toccoa. ,
irTElbertou.
Lv. ElbeHon.
Lv minster.
“ bcueca. ...
“ Central,...
“ Greer.Wlle
^ bpar’burg .
“ Gaffney.*
** Blacksburg
“ King’s Mt.T
** Gastonia...
“ Charloita..
Ar. Gru'nsbor©
Lv. Gre'nsboro
Ar. Norfolk .
Ar. Danville..
Ar. Ki'-hmond.
Ar. WUlngtoc.
** B’more P R
“ Ph'delphia.
“ New tfork.
SeutbbouuS.
LvN.V.Pa.K. 12 15 a
“ Ph'delphia. 8 60 a
*• Bojiknore.. (3 22 a
** Wash ton 11 15 a
Lv. Richmond..! 12 0) n
I Vea.
Nc 12.! No. 3S.
Daily. i Daily
7 62 a
8 50 n
9 30 a
10 U6
10 35 a
10 58 a
11 26a
11 30a
11 63 a
9 00a
12 00m
1 00p
$ 26p
I 45 p
8 Mo
6 40 p
No. lb.
Ex.
Sun.
4 Sop
5 30 p
6 23 p
7 03 p
7 38 p
8 ooy
8 80 p
8 U5p
fl OOP
12 31m
12 52 p
1 42 p
2 84 p
8 87 p
4 20p
4 33 p
• OVp
6 26 p
8 80 p
9 56 p
31 26p
6 00a
4 15 p
6 22 p
« 18 p
6 tfp
7 02 p
• lip
10 47 p
11 46p
8 26a
F.tMa
No. M.
Daily.
11 60 p
12 60 a
1 28a
1 63a
2 18a
2 Na
11 63 pj
6 00a
FstMa
Ny. 55.
Daily
Lv. Danville... i 6 43p
STATIONS.
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BLACKSBURG 7 50 3 00
CHKitOKEE FALKS ! 7 30 2 40
GAFFNEY 7 10 2 30
AM I- M
Train No. 33 leaving Marlon. N. <’. at 5 a. in.
making close connection at Blueksburir, S
G\. with the Southern’s train No. 3b for Char
lotte, N. C . and all points East, und connect
ing with the Southern’s vestibule going to
Atlanta. Ga.. and all points West, and vyill
receive passengers going East fro.in train
No. lOontheC. .V N. W. K R at Vorkvllle,
S. C., at h.45 a. in., and ^muects at Cuindcu,
S. C., with the &uulheru’h train No. 7H arriv
ing In Charleston S. < ’., at >• 17 p in.
i rain Nu 34 with passengercoact attached,
leaving lilacksburK at 5.30 u. m., and oon-
needng at Kook Hill. S, r., with the South
ern's Florida train for all points South.
Train Nu. 33 leaving Camden, S. (' . at 12.50
u. in., after the arrival of the Southern's
charleston train connects at Lancaster, S.
C., with the L. A <' R. K ; at ('ataw ba .luucl
lou with tbe K. A 1... going East, at (Cock
Hlll.H. C., with the Southern's train No. 34
for charlotte, N. ('., and all points East.
Connects at Vorkvllle, S. C.. with train No. 0
on the C. A N. W. It. It., for (.'heater, S. C. AV
Blacksburg with the Southern's vosGhnlt)
going East, and the Southern's train No 35
going West, and connecting ai Marion, N. C.,
With VUf tiOethorb both East and West.
’ SAMUEL HUNT, Frasldwni.
A. I Kirr, mi pc rlut cedent.
S. M LCMBElN, liwaT. Pa* Agt. j
Lv. Norfolk. . | 9 00ft
Ar (iro'usboroi 6 35p
Lv. Gre'n«l)oro
Ar. t'ksriotte.
Lv Giistcuia.
“ King * Mt.
“ Biiu-kshurg
** Gaffney...
•• H par'burg.
“ Greenvilis
“ Central
" Seneca
“ Wminater
“ To-coa
Lv. LiTh i \on.
Ar, Blborton.
LL'Mt. Airy ~
•* Cornelia .
“ Lula.
•* Gai.-u-Hville
•* Buford.
*' Norcroe*.
Ar. Atlontc KT
Atiama.cT
6 42*
8 00a
10 15 a
12 41in
Veil.
No. 37.
Daily
No. 11
Daily
4 80p
6 55 p
9 2up
10 46p
11 UOp
1»»
6 26 p
8 60 p
11 25p
2 66a
0 23a
11 OOP;
7 lOp
9 46 p
10 42p
11 2&p
11 42 p
12 26 a
1 Son
I 82 a
3 28(1
ii 45 a
4 18 a
4 36 a
6 02 a
6 26 a
• 10 a
6 10 a
10 45 a
10 68 a
11 U4u
12 80 p
1 S'/p
2I5p
0 UCU
6 46 l>
8 14 p
8 8Jp
4 66 p
8 66 p
6 50a
6 10 a
8 H5p
5 15 a
7 05 a
9 25 a
7 37 a
12 b6m
• • * * • e • e 9
1 38 p
a (rip
8 24 p
s isp
4 »p
6 27 p
5 53 p
6 lOp
6 45 o
1 UOp
7 2»p
7 32 p
8 00 p
• 20 p
8 48p
9 18 p
lOOOp
9 OOp
snr
Ex
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TWi
• 36a
• 67 a
7 20a
V 48a
• 27a
8 80a
8 80a
Between Lola and Atkana.
ffo. !i.
Ex. |No. 13.
Fun. Daily.
8 10 p!
8 ^ Pi
8 501
11 06 a Lv Lula .Ar
1186a " Maysvllle ‘
-Jp] 11 62 a “ Harmony *
9 30pi 18 3op Ar. Athooa .Lv
~Not« close oonaeotiou ~
main line irains.
“A” a. in. ''P" p. m. “If" aooa. "IT' algkv
Chesapeake Line Hteauers A dally aervlea
between Norfolk and Baltimore.
No*. 37 and 88—Daily Waehiagtoa and
Southwestern Vestibule Llmitad 'nireagk
Pullman sleeping can betweea New York and
New Orleans. vU Woahiagtoa Atlanta and
Montgomorr, and also bstwssn Msw Tork and
Memphis, via Waahliigtaa. Atlanta aad fir>
iulugh«iu. Also sleji
OasauvATJOs Cans betwssn Atlanta aad Mew
fork Ktrstclass thoroughfare j W
tween Waaiiington and Atlaata. Dtnlag a
ilngtotj. Atlaata aad fir
gaat PuuuifAV LUMffilT
between Atlaata MtSHmr
thoroughfare eoaohes W
« ^ —waaa V ww dUld A#IkAl4. QftfS
C rve all meats an route’ Leaving Waahlag-
gton Monday*, Wsdnsedays aad Friday*
a foiirlst ales pin gear will run through he* wesa
w ashingtsn aad Boa .Fvaaitdnci without shaags
Pullman drawing-room ele^tog oars
Grsonsboro and Iforfelk.
Norfolk for Ou> Pozur
No* 86 and 88—Uni
solid between Wi
via Southai
LA N. A
rmygi
through without shanas'fae ps«assgse»s^3i
elsssss. Pullman drawing-vet
betwssn Mew Turk aad aow
lanta aad Moatgamerp
min eham aad Atlaata. 1
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