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F. 0.8TACT, J.O. Wardlaw. 1’rt‘Nldont.. Vico ProHldoo THE IIATIOML BANK OF GAFFNET. Capital $50,000.00. W im, buy county claims, receive deposit and make llberitl loans on approved paper D. C. Itoss, Cashier. A S£HI-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 EEB. 16, 1864. GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1900. 81.00 A YEAR. STRIKERS' DEMANDS WILL NOT DE GRANTED Terms Proposed Are Not Ac ceptable to Operators. WORKS ARE STILL CLOSED Predicted Break In the Hank* Did Not Occur — SUu.itlou at Various Points Practically l ucliangod—Min ers Awaiting Instructions. Siia.mokix, Pa., O.'t. 15.—Thu terms of the Scranton convention are not ac ceptable to operators and representa tives of coal carrying companies in thic place ami Mount Carmel. The Reading officials do not think th« sliding scale will be abolished by the company, while operators arc averse to signing a contract binding them to pay the 10 per cent increase until April. No orders have been received as yeL from headquarters of any companies in structing superintendents to resume work. Miners say they will not go to work until officially notiiied by Presi dent Mitchell. The break in the ranks of the strikero predicted by the operators did not occur. A canvass of the situation shows the miners are holding their own. Will N'ot Itccognl/.e the Union. Wli.KF.SBAKKE, Pa., Oct. 15.—Opera tors ask what are the prospects of tho anthracite strike being settled said the men can return to work again as soon ns soon as they accept the offer of the companies to increase their wages .0 per cent. Officially, they do not know of any overtures by the strikers for a settlement on any other basis. They have read of the convention at Scran ton, hat it was a convention of tiie United Mine Workers and they do not ami will not recognize the union. Situation Practically Unchanged. Hazelton, Pa., Oct. 15.—Tho fifth week of the coal miners’ strike opened quietly. A few collieries that have con tinued in operation since fbe strike was inaugurated arc working as usual with the same number of men they had in the mines last week. Two crowds gath ered this morning, one at No. 4 shaft of the Lehigh Valley Coal coinpany'iu this city and tho other at the Cranberry mine on the outskirts of the town, but they dispersed before daylight without causing any trouble. Operators Arc Determined. Shanokix, Pin, Oct. 15.—Not a col liery resumed operations in this portion of the coal region this morning. While the miners generally think tne terms of the convention will be accepted by tho operators and coal carrying companies, operators hereabouts insist that so far as they are concerned they will not, un less forced by tho coal carrying compa nies to, sign an agreement to pay 10 per cent. Wages Deduced; strike Follows. New Haven, Oct. 15.—Three hundred and fifty hands employed at the New Haven Rolling mill jv ( ' u f on strike to day. The men complained of a reduc tion in wages ranging from 5 to per cent. NEELY CASE IS ADVANCED. • It Will Come Up During the Second Week in Novcm cr. Washington, Oct. 15.—The supreme court today granted motions advancing the Neely case and tho cases involving the question of the extension of the con stitution over the Philippines and Porto Rico to the second week in November. A number of minor decisions were hand down today. Youl/.ey Trial to Proceed. Georgetown, Ky., Oct. 15.—When court convened Nelson, for the defense, said the physicians reported Youtsey’i condition unchanged and askexl for fur ther postponement. Franklin, for tho commmonwealth, objected and *aiu that if the accused was always sick when tho trial was on and well between times ho never would be tried. Judge Cautrill overruled tbo motion for a continuance. Km press Frederick's Condition. IIAMbUitG, Oct. 15.—A bulletin issued today says: “The Empress Frederick has been suffering for some time from neuralgic pains, causing exhaustion and acute weakness of the heart followed by secondary catarrh of the lungs with increased temperature and irregular pul sations. There is no present danger, but a recurrence of the weakness would be the cause of unmiueut danger.” Wreck on the Mobile and Ohio. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 15.—Freight train No. 31, a double header, with 17 loaded cars, was wrecked on the Mobile and Ohio, when about 1 mile the other side of Columbus, Miss. A broken truck caused a car to jump the track. The ac- cidnit happened right at tho beginning of a trestle and the entire Crain went down, 15 of the cars being burned. Texas Negroes la Distress. DaU.a*, Oct. .15—Much alarm is felt here over tho situation of negroes in tho northern part of tho state, who hurried to this section from southern Texas when the September hurricane occurred. Fully 10,000 have nothing to live on or work to do during tho winter. Does Not Meet Their Approval. Raijeiqb, Oct. 15.—It is said that tho Daughters of the Confederacy do md favor the proposed “Stonewall Jackson” decoration “for valor.” They are also opposed to a statnc of Lee at Arlington. Reports and Address#*. Kansas City, Oct. 15.—Reports and addresses today again took up the time of the American Christian Missionary society's sessions. ETTA JANE LETTER. Newsy rnragraptui from the I.ower Hart ■ -if Cherokee County. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Oct. EL—Yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary of the death of General Robert E. Lee. When it comes to the matter of counting its inhabitants nearly every city in the South is solid for expan sion. The cool nights and mornings make tires and thick clothing com fortable. Mr. J. T. Williams is making up his molasses. He has a fine crop of it. Mr. H. Maynor will move to Cow- pens this full. He says he can’t stand the chills and he wants better school advantages. Mrs. Jane Wiltnond is staying with her daughter, Mrs. Mike Sellers. She says she can’t do without The Ledger and the Union Times—her old county papers. Farmers are gathering their corn. The crop is turning out better than was at first expected. That planted after wheat harvest and the July freshets will make good feed, and there is a good crop of it in this neighborhood. Messrs. F. A. Goforth, John H. Wilkins and Jas. L. Strain are jurors in the U. S. Court which meets in Greenville next Tuesday, 10th lost. Isn’t it time our people were think ing about what they want their legis lators to do for them this winter? ilefore they meet in Columbia they should know the sentiments of the people for or against any measures that should come up before that body. We wish to call attention to a clipping from the Fee Dee Advo cate, which doubtless will be sub stantiated by numerous circum stances, going to show that the free schools and tho school laws are ma nipulated in the interest of a chosen few who “stand in” with the admin istration. rather than that of the many children of the State who are the proper beneficiaries. Here is what the Advocate says: “The State Board of Education lias made a contract with the publishers of certain school books to supply the whole Stat« for six years at a higher price than they tyere offered to the- writer in small lots before the State adoption.” Something is evidently rotten in Denmark and we want our represen tatives to do their full duty in ferret ing it out, and if they will locate and remedy the evil unborn generations will rise up and call them blessed. Rev. J. P. Marion will preach at Salem, and Rev. Landrum Ezell at Abingdon creek, next Sabbath. Our friend and neighbor, “Bud” Robinson, has chills. When Bud moved down here Mid Maynor says he had two cats which took the chills and died. He got three more and the chills have killed all of them. The county commissioners have very wisely and prudently ordered the cleaning out of the obstructions in Thickety and Gilky creeks. This work fails upon the land owners along the banks. Getting hands to go into the water at this chilly season is a difficult matter. The work is very expensive to the land owners and they should have some help from the county for the simple reason that the farmers along the smaller creeks and branches emptying into these larger ones allow their lands to wash away, and the sand coming into and tilling up the larger streams give the land owners along their hanks trouble. If everybody would keep their sand and washings at home these larger creeks would not cause so much trouble. The best ornament for an empty head is a cocked hat and a cigarette. Rev. Sum Jones has been “shaking up” the people of Union and some of them, no doubt, needed it. He gives the dudes and dudesess down the country. But Sam don’t appear to he the proper one to do this ef fectively. A minister of the gospel who can’t take the communion of the Lord's Supper for fear that the taste of the wine will lead him into a drunken debauch, hasn’t got much of the grace of God in his heart. If women do tell more than they know, that is no excuse for men to know more than they tell. Oiie of our neighbors is bothered over the solution of the following problem and we hone some Ledger readers will help him out: A rented land to B for the fourth. B planted ! it in corn, and when the corn got in 1 roasting ear A, going through I he field,putled fifty ears and told B to do I he same when he felt like it. But when B got ready he found hi* corn too hard,arid so he went Into A‘s own fi Id near by to get his roasting ears (A’s corn was then in good tun**.) j Now. the question is, how rrianv ears of the same siz. must B get iff A's corn to make them even? j I. s the Grave. A ‘‘tartling incident, of which Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject, is narrated by him as foil >ws: ■ ‘ I was in a most (irradful condition. My skin was almost yellow ey< s sunk en, tongue coated, pain continually in my hack and sides, no appetite— gradually growing weaker day by day. Thr e physicians had given me up. Fortunately, a friend advised trying ! Electric Bitters: and to my great j *y and surprise, the first bottle made a decided improvement. I continued their use for three weeks, and am now a well man. I know they saved my life, and robbed the grave of another victim.” No one should fail to try them. Only /Wets, guaranteed at Cherokee Drug titore. MR. DRYUN SPEAKS AT M'KINLEY'S HOME Democratic Leader Is Greeted by a Large Crowd. STEVENSON IN THE EAST Vice Presidential Candidate Makes Several Speeches In New Jersey. Roosevelt In Kentucky — Glvcu • Warm Reception at Lexington. Canton, O., Oct. 13.—Mayor Jones of Toledo and former Attorney General Monnett joined tho party on tho special train of Mr. Bryan before it left Akron this morning on tho invitation of Mr. Bryan and it is understood that Mayor Jones will coutiune with the presiden tial candidate on his New York tour. Mr. Bryan spent the night in his sleep ing car and did not emerge until an hour after the train had palled out of the Akron station. The first stopping place was at Can ton. This place was on the itinerary only conditionally, and when Mr. Bryan was told that he could have a stop there of live minutes if he so desired, he re plied simply that whether he si>oke or not depended whether there was a crowd at the station. Mr. Bryan hud just sat down to breakfast when this point was reached. As tho train drew into the station there were cheers and a goodly crowd was there to meet Mr. Bryan. H>- was received with cheers and made <> five minutes’ speech, referring pleas- an'l\ to the president and saying that it Mi McKiuley should not bo re-elected In- could always be an ex-president, as the‘ex’was a title that once earned could always be held. Introduced by Breckinridge. L?xt\GTON, Ky., Oct. 15.—Second only to the r -ception extended to Gov- ■•rnor U ;OS veil at Louisville was that af this plac e this morning when the flr*t Slop of the day was i made. Apparently evorybo dy in Ijc.\ ington was at the dl'p ’t Ol ■ a : i lie sptM tkar’s stand in front of tile c< >ur! th' Uso. Governor Roosevelt v.v.- iur rod uco-i by ex Congressman W. C. P. B 1 Of] km ridge and Co n pi roll* r M. .1. i>ur:i am , who si .rved during Clove- La d's lir.sf administration. Stevenson In X: \v.J(*r«oy. Pin.-Atou im'.a. Oat. I.'..—Hon. Adlai L. St. veu ou. D -moentic candidate for vice prod.tent, passed through this city this morning from Wilmington, Del., ami cro-sed the Delaware river to Cam- d ■*!, X. J., where he h ‘gan a TJ hour stumping tour of South New Jersey. Ho m,'da - p * o..os at Camden, Bridgeton, Millville* and Woodbury. Hanna Slarta West. Chicago, Oct. 15.—Chairman Hamm of the liepriMloan national committee started ou his toar of the west today. The party will travel ou a special train and made tho first important stop at Waukesha about 3 o’clock this after noon. ALABAMIANS ARE INDIGNANT They Deny the Statements Attributed It) Wheeler by Roosevelt. Mgntgomkky, Ala., Oct. 1.1. — Tho friends of General Joseph Wheeler are busily engaged in writing letters mak ing a general denial of the statements of Governor Roosevelt and other Republican politicians to the effect that he is with McKinl *y and backing up the McKinley administration. The statement is made that while on a visit to Alabama Gen eral Wheeler made a speech in which he lauded up tho McKinley administra tion, Tnis is the cause of the great lu- dignati >n among the general’s friends. Letters have been written to the gen eral by people who heard him make tho speech at Florence, Ala., in which the statement is made, in strong terms, that no refarenc' whatever wa> made to pol ities or anything bearing on politics, and that no political deductions were povsible. People who hoard the sjteech do not hesitate in duaying that General Wheeler has ever uttered a word since his retirement from the army that could be inferred as placing him in any other party except with the Democratic party. PRITCHARD IN TENNESSEE. Xortli Carolina Nenalor Bilterly Do- iioitiiei'S ’.lie Democratic Party. Johnson City, Teun., Oct. 13.—Sena tor Jeter Pritchard of North Carolina, ia a sjeech at this place, said of the Democratic party: “Tho Republican party is the busi ness man’s party, while thieves, dead b ats, tramps, crooks, bdlotbox stuffers, rebel-., traitors, nigger killers mid every low debased order of lazy people make up the iPmocrntio ?nrty wno, wtieu they go t<* i *•11 will l>e found holding a •> ;ro h* two *ii tit ni and ths fire. The i !< in. ia s inv ■ n itin r the honevVy nor in M-n-e nen "iiry to manage the af- :'a •■ >f ibi* g.\ at nation and they never w il i: iv • a euaiico again.” I T a as I-. Ilopi'fiil. Cif'M'anoog s, (Jet. 15. — Hon. II. I",.,' Lr.m a , co*nin* .-i*cut of patents, ; mg a .u -it In Tcunos-eo mo • u-.iu:: ad : - s in the threo di- . -i* i m ' i le -: *' in b* : ilf ol the -'ato el ■'••ors ami coiigre-Momil R •pabli'-an te (, 1 tr tonight lor Washington. Ho < *p. -s , the b net Hi;u the chan'*o is go H for the" election of MeO.iU (K'*p.) lor gov -rnor of T* nne-e*. and auin- emu/..' of ou<* or two from lids state in tho Ib'pablio in representation in con- g«M*. ( r ,k**r Makes Denial. Ni»w Ygi:K, Oct. 15.—Richard Cro- k< r t >day emph.itic.illy deulu l tho story that tfni.OO) lias boon contributed by him it- co ning from Tammany Hall to the I) aio rafic national comiiiittoe. “ I’nis conimittco lias no* given one sin g!r* doil ir,” he said, “to either Demo cratic *taf or national committees. It is not true that fh • dinner for Bryan to morrow night is to cost f50 a plate. It will cost $o a piato. ” FOR MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. Charleston May Build Her Own Wa terworks System. Charleston, Oct. 15.- New compli cations in tho plan to give Charleston a magnificent water supply have arisen, although it is announced that these will cot affect the orginal plans. The move U in the direction of municipal owner ship. When tho contracts had been drawn up an exclusive option had been given to T. A. Beall, who failed to file his bond for $200,000. In the original plan the committee named by city council to manage the waterworks matter, was given authority to purchase the Charleston Waterworks company's plant at a cost of $350,000. Some of the bondholders of tho old com pany refused to deliver their bonds for loss than ]»or, which would make au ex tra cost of $40,000. To get around this council has given the new committee tho right to refuse to buy the present plant at all if the plan can go through without it. FELL DEAD CHASING THIEF. Young Man Dies Under Peculiar Cir cumstances at Albany. Albany, Ga., Oct. 15.—Hershel Ad ams, a young white man, met death un der peculiar circumstances. Adams was employed as a clerk in A. F. Church- well & Go’s store. While tho place was crowded with customers Chnrchwell detected a negro in the act of passing out from the door with some stolen goods in his possession. Chnrchwell gave chase, being joined by Adams and another clerk. Adams was on the sidewalk running rapidly when he was seen to fall. Think ing he had merely stumbled liis com panions left him, but when they re turned shortly afterward they found him dead. A post mortem examination showed that heart trouble was the causa NEGRO DANCE ENDS IN ROW. Over ICO Shots Fired and Only One Man Wounded. Yorkyillk, 8. C., Oct. 15.—A negro dance and hot supper on the plantation of William Dobson was broken up by a shooting affray. Over 100 shots were fired, but, strange to say, only one negro was struck and his wound is only slight. During the progress of the dancing somebody blew out the light and at tho same time a raid was instituted ou tho refreshment stand. This was followed by a fusillade of pistol shots. At the first shot the com batants fell upon the floor and contiucd to shoot until their ammunition was ex hausted. Aaron Barnett attempted to make his escape and was shot as he ran. The walls of the room are literally rid dled with bullets. FORTUNE OF $20,000,000. That Is What Captain Joseph McCul lough Expects. St. Louis, Oct. 15.—Twenty million dollars is the total fortune of Captain Joseph McCullough, now pilot ou tho Mississippi river steamer City of Padu cah, hopes to inherit as his portion. All the heirs are supposed to be living in the United States, but their identity lias not boon established. Captain McCullough is a well known Mississippi and Ohio river steamboat man ami pilot. He bus served out of St. Louis for many years. Formal I*tescalation. Atlanta* Oct. 15.—The stained glass window' placed in the Uuiversalist church by the Atlanta Federation of Trades was formally presented to the con gregation yesterday morning. Special exercises had lieen arranged for the oc casion, tho speakers being S M. White, editor of The Journal of Labor, and Dr. W. H. McGlaufliu, pastor of the church. Tho auditorium was crowded, nmuy memliers of the federation attending. The window is of opal glass, rich in col oring and bears the sympols of organ ized labor. _ New Carolina Enterprise*. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 15.—The secre tary of state has issued a commission to tho Georgetown Lumber aud Timber company, which is capitalized at $250,. 000, The Palmetto Gobi Mining com pany of Spartanburg has applied for a charter. The capital stock is $1,000,000. The Fidelity Building and Loan associa tion of this city has obtained its charter from the secretary of state. The capi tal stock is to be $400,000. Clayton’s Curious Will. Lonpon, Oct. 15.—Tho will of J. B. Clayton, son of the late member of par liament of that name, has just been pro bated. By it he leaves his two daugh ters a fortune of £144,000, with the cu rious provision that the money is only to be payable if they attain the age of 35 vears without marriage either with a citizen of the United States or a Hebrew. Baumtu Ends His Life. Flqrkkce, Ala., Oct. 15.—MaxBanmm of Meridian, Miss., formerly superin tendent of the Florence Gas company, committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart with a pistol. Buumm left a note stating that he was without money and friends and had no object in living longer. Negro Thief Killed.* Greenville, S. C., Oct. 15.—Ben Morgan, a merchant at Central, Pickens county, shot and ki’led a negro tramp. The negro entered Morgan’s store. The negro Jumped from the store window and ran. Morgan tired, the charge en tering the back of tho head. Young Woman Found Dead. Phiuphhuro, Mon., Oct. 15.—Aman da Furman, a prominently connected young woman, was found dead in her room having been shot with a shotgun which was found lying on tho table. The suicide theory Is denied and it is be lieved she was murdered. 'Authorities Are Enjoined. Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 15. —United State* Judge Townsend, in the Indian Territory, hat restrained tho trihal un- thoritio* from closing stores for non payment of tribal taxes. SUFFERING AMONG THE STRIKING MINERS Want and Ruin Prevail In the Anthracite Region. SITUATION IS DESPERATE Families Who Lived In Comfort Are Undergoing Many Privations—Once Prosperous Merchants Arc ou the Verge of Bankruptcy. Hazelton, Pa., Oct. 15.—Want and rniu have followed in the wake of the strike in the anthracite region. Fam ilies who lived in comfort while the mines were in operation now feel tho pinch of privation and the bare necessi ties of existence seem like luxuries; busi ness men upon whom prosperity had Smiled have been brought to the verge of bankruptcy.; thriving towns have be come stagnant, casual travelers have forsaken them, and newspaper corre spondents aud labor loaders constitute the most important element in the float ing population. The production of coal constitutes tho sole industry of this section. There is no farming in the neighborhood of the collieries. Tno land is rocky aud bareu. When President Mitchell’s order for a strike went into effect four weeks ago every mine in the Lackawaua aud Wy oming valleys came to a sudden stop, and work was suspended in many parts of the Schuylkill aud Lehigh districts, leaving only the comparatively small Panther creek section in full operation. Since then the missionary effects of organizers o£ tho United Mine workers ers have resulted in the closing of the majority of tho remaing collieries, the neighborhood of Tamaqua alone escap ing. Strikers who had some little money ou hand for an emergency have cut their living expenses down to a min imum, baying nothing but food, and little of that. In many instances they are able to obtain some credit from local dealers, but the bills cannot run very high. Every Line of Business Affected. Merchants who had large orders out standing when tho strike begun promptly cancelled them, refusing to make purchases until the trouble ended. Commercial travelers, usually the best patrons of the hotels, changed their routes, as they could sell nothing in tho coal regions. Tho theaters haye been unable to at tract audiences and many of tho best attractions that had been booked can celled their dates, to the further detri ment of hotel keepers. As there was little coal to be hauled the coal roads had to lay off th#*erews of most of their coal trains. There are actually in the enormous yards at Mauch Chuuk several hundred coal cars, which, under normal conditions, should be scattered ou railroads from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In many towns it is now impossible to obtain coal for domestic use at any price. The stagnation of trade here is, of course, felt by the manufacturers and wholesalers of the eastern states, who furnish the Supplies, aud as tho mer chants can obtain no cash from their cus tomers they must appeal to their credi tors for leniency. Appeals are being made to the United Mine workers’ or ganization for funds for the relief of tho destitute strikers who can get no credit. LANE’S MURDERER ON TRIAL. Entire Day Was Consumed In Secur ing a Jury. Marysville, O., Oct. 13. — Roslyn Ferrill was placed on trial for his life bore today on the charge of murdering Adams Express Messenger Lane, on Aug. 10, 1900. Ferrill made a written confession of his crime in which all the details of how ho shot Lane aud robbed the express safe were set forth. Tho purpose of the robbery was to secure money for his (then approaching) mar riage with Miss Lillian Costello, The only defense will be insanity aud an attempt will be made to prove him a degenerate. Those associated with Fer rill since the crime was committed, as well as those who knew him previously, ridicule the insanity theory. Efforts to secure a jury occupied all of the day. Cotton Thieves In Carolina. Anderson, S. C., Oct. 15.—Last year a number of negroes were sent to the chaingnug in Anderson for stealing cot ton aud cottonseed and a certain family of whites did their part in producing evidence against the n igroes. It now develops that the negroes, while there is no doubt as to their guilt, were used by certain white people to cover up their own crime. Near Honea Path several white men were detected raiding a cot ton house. They were pursued for miles and flnallv run to earth. Henry Morrison and his son-in-law, Joe White, have fled the county, while Dan Hall and B. L. Morrison are in jail. Henry Morriaon was pursued with hounds, but shot the dogs and escaped. Florida Farmers* Institute. Lake City, Fla., Oct. 16.—The Flor ida Agricultural college has arranged for a series of farmers’ institutes, to be hold on the cast coast this mouth, be ginning at Jensen, Oct. 18; West Palm Beaoh, Oot. 18; Miami, Oct. 20; Titus ville, Oct. 22, and Daytona, Oct. 23. ; Professor Stockbridge will have charge of the institutes, and ho will s[>eak on the soils, fertilizers, etc. Beat the Boy to Death. Union Springs, Ain., Oct. 15.—Ou the plantation of O. E. Qhooton, Henry Hough, a negro, killed a 10 year-old ne gro boy who lived with him by beating him to death, breaking his neck and limbs and then leaving him to rot in a dotton patch because he ran off from homo aud did not return at the regular hour. Profeseor Mully Critically 111. London, Oct. 15.—Professor Friodrich Max Mully, corporate professor of com parative philology at Oxford, who has boon ill for some time, has suffered a re lapse aud his condition Is now critical. HER HUSBAND MISSING. Mrs. .lohii Mathis Looking for the Spouse Who Had Left Her. The Winston Sentinel of last Thursday says: “Mrs. John Mathis arrived here on the Mooresville train yesterday afternoon in search of her husband. She says she was raised in Hickory, hut le.t South Carolina a few days ago, saying she was coming to Winston. The hus band is a brick mason and electri cian, says the anxious wife, who spent the night at the Wilson board ing house. The policemen have been assisting her in trying to find her husband. “Mrs. Mathis came to the Sentinel office this morning. She said she left Gaffney City, S. 0., last Monday and came to Gastonia, where she vis ited her husband’s brother until yes terday morning. She has a seven- months’-old child, and of course is very anxious to find her husband. She said he had always been kind and affectionate to her. He left Gaffney three weeks ago last Monday.” “It will be recalled that Mrs. Mathis came to Statesville week be fore last in search of her husband and was unable to find him. On Friday, September 28th, she appealed to the municipal authorities to send her back to Gaffney, S. C., as she had no money, and she was given a ticket to Charlotte. The next day her husband came here looking for htr and left in pursuit of her. It is evi dent from the Sentinel’s story that she didn’t go hack to Gaffney from Statesville. The whole business has a shady appearance an^the woman and her husband may be\vorking a game on the public.” The above is from tho Statesville Landmark. The husband in the above'ease is “Jack” Mathis, who is well known here, having worked in the power house, and at several other places in the city for a number of years. Some time ago he gave up his job at the power house and left this place; but we know nothing of the above circumstances, save that his wife followed him a short time afterward. Jack appeared to be a good, honest kind of fellow while here, attending strictly to his own business; and he and his wife seemed to be a congenial couple and to live happily together. It may be that the occurrence at Statesville, mentioned above, was merely tho result of a total ignorance of each other’s whereabouts, and that nothing of a “shady” character was intended. Neither of them has returned to Gaffney. Mrs. Isom Improving. Mr. Editor:—Will you indulge mo a word to ray friends in Cherokee, and the members of ray church (Mos- sopotamia.) We arrived at the pa son- age a few days ago from Campobello by way of West Springs, with Mrs. Isom’s general health much improved, and yet in other respects she is almost an invalid. On her account it will be impossible for me to visit among my members and take the conference collections; therefore, I will send out collectional envelopes by thefstewards with assessments already made out by the district board, which I trust will be respected, and that the envelopes will be returned to me through the stewards with full assess ment enclosed and sealed. Fourth quarterly conf< rence for this charge will be held at Fost« r s chapel Oct. 31st. Hope all collections will he in hand by that time. Thank you, Mr. Editor, for your kindness through The Ledger. J. N. Isom. Kvjol< <*Hlu Prosperity of Limestone College. llluptUt Courier.] We understand that arrangements are being made for futher enlarge ment of Limestone College. One hundred boarding pupils enrolled at present is evidence that more room w : U he needed, and steps are being taken for enlarging the main build ing, affording additional dormitories. We congratulate President Lodge and rejoice in the prosperity of Limestone College. A Thousand Tongue* Could not express the rapture of Annie E. Springer, of 1125 Howard 8t., Philadelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption had completely cured her of a hacking cough that for many years had made life a burden. All other remedies and doctors could give her no help, but she says of this Royal Cure—“it soon removed the pain in my chest and I can now -deep soundly, something I can scarcely re member doing before. 1 feel like sounding its praise throughout the Universe.” So will every one who tries Dr. King’s New Discovery for any trouble of the Throat. Chest or Lungs. Price 50c. and $! 00. Trial bottles freest Cherokee Drug Co’s. Drugstore; every bottle guaranteed. Because one can play first has** in a ball game, it does not follow that he can successfully fill tho position of first bass it) a church choir. The pitch is defferent. It is well to know that DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Halve will heal a hum and stop the pain at once. It will cure eczema and skin diseases and ugly wounds and sores. It is a cer tain cure for piles. Counterfeits may he offered you. Bee that jou get the original {DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Cherokee Drug Company. P0PU1RITY OF THE AMERICAN GENERAL Conduct of Our Troops Gives Chaffee Great Influence. CONDITIONS FINANCIALLY Coin aud Bank Notes of All Nations Arc Accepted by Everybody—English and American Uold Much Bought Alter by the Other Xatloualities. Peking, Oct. 15.—A money changer with a few thousand dollars capital could make a fortune here in the course of a few weeks, under present condi tions. Coin and bank notes of all na tions float around and are generally ac cepted by everybody. The Mexican dol lar, which is the coin of commerce in Cniua, generally goes in ordinary times at the rate of two fur one American; now, however, for an American $5 gold piece one gets 12 Mexican dollars, while, on the other hand, for an English sov ereign, which is not worth as much as a $5 gold piece, you get 14. The reason for this is that tho sovereign is the best liked ooiu and the Japanese and Indian soldiers are anxious for gold. At the prize fund sale of loot, which takes place daily at the British legation. Colonel Scott, ihe presiding officer, takes in coin and hills of almost every civil ized power and Las a regular charge based on the value of the Mexican dol lars, of which coinage there is a largo amount. The price of lump silver is going down, partly because men with large amounts endeavoring to leave had their silver seized by the military pow ers and a ^demand made as to other powers. a A campaign like tho present, where troops of so many nations have met and watched one another’s peculiarities and characteristics, the conduct of tho troops of any one nation as a whole is especially interesting to watch, and „ America can proudly boast that the men i representing her in China have proved themselves the equal,, if not tho supe rior, of any troops in China. Conduct ot the Americans, The unexampled conduct of the Amer icans has given General Chaffee an in fluence at the meetings of generals which are held every other day ahead of that of any other general. General Chaffee's hard common sense, according to other generals, has helped them solve many a knotty' problem, while ho is per sonally popular both among the diplo mats and the generals, but it is unques tionable that his influence has been greatly increased by being the leader of a body of men who have distinguished themselves, not only in the face of thu enemy, but equally so against the temp^ tatious that exist in a city like Peking under existing conditions. It is also said among foreign officials that tiie workings of the adjutant gen eral’s office of the Americans are much quicker aud much more satisfactory than that of any other nation. And probably the best known and liked offi cers among foreign officials with the ex ception of General Chaffee, is his his adjutant general, Captain Hutchinson of the Sixth cavalry. REBELLION IS WIDESPREAD. Uprising Against Manchu Rule In Southern China. Hong-Kong, Oct. 15.—A column of troops was dispatched this morning to Kowloon frontier with the object of barring armed refugees, either rebels or imperial troops, from euteriug British territory when defeated. The rebels are reported to be 3,000 strong, 30 miles north of the British frontier. One thousand of Admiral Hu’s troops are iu pursuit of them while 2,000 Chinese troops have left Canton over land to intercept the rebels. Admiral Ho has informed the gov ernor that the rebellion was carefully ' placed. The rebels are anxious to cou- i ciliute the villagers and gain the respect of tho foreigners, hence the absence of j outrage and pillage. All indications point to the rising be* ! ing widespread. Outbreaks occurred si- I multaneously iu Kwang-Tuug and ! Kwuug-Si. Aptsircntly Kang Yu Wei, i Sun Yatseu aud the Triads have amal- 1 gamated their forces in the common cause, the overthrow of Mancliu rule iu South China. Some positive indication of tho atti- , tmle of tho foreign jKiwers is anxiously awaited. l A French launch was captured by pi rates Oct. 13, near Moug-Chow. The pirates secured $33,000 iu specie. Japan Agrees With France. Paris, Oct. 15.—Germany is tho only power which has uot replied formally to France’s note ou Chiua, though she has verbally accepted its terms. Japan’sau- swer, received today, accepts the pro- posals, retaining only one condition. This refers to tiie permanent prohibition of the importation of arms. While j agreeing with the principle, Ja]Hin offers suggestions as to how the prohibi tion can bo best accomplished. Chinese Court at Slan-Fu. Shanghai, Oct. 15.—It is stated upon good authority that the Chinese court arrived at Sian-Fu Oct. 12. Large Reward For Watts. Cullman, Ala., Oct. 10.—Governor Johnston has offered a reward of $250 for the arrest and conviction of Dr. J. C. Watts whose assault upon 18-year-old Mattie Reynold*, has excited tho citi zens of the" east end of Cullman county as they have not been excited since tho reign of whitecappers several years ago. Au additional reward has boon offen d by the citizens of this county and the amount of the reward will aggregate several hundred dollars. (•old From itouth Africa. New York. Oct. 15.—I* is announced that the National City bank has engaged $•2,500,000 in gold for Import. Officials of the lank said that gold had been se cured iu South Africa and represents the entire output of mines of that eoiui- try since the breaking out of tho Boer war.