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GEST kny Newspaper TCongressional Pet of S. C. The Ledge SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTA15L1SIIEI) FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY. 8. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1901. 81.50 A YEAR. ffl HIGHEST COURT GOES GREAT LAWTER William M. Evarts Called to Tribunal of Last Resort. BRILLIANT LEGAL CAREER Cou^H Kor United State* Govern ment In Cmes of Great Importance. Attorney General, United Stale* Senator, Secretary of Stale. New York, Feb. 28.—William M. Evarts died at bis home in this city to day. Mr. Evarts was S3 years old. His death was caused by pneumonia. For Boveral years past ho had been without the use of his eyes and was otherwise so THE COURTS AND THE PRESS How Great Kdltortals Are Made—In teresting Address. New York, Feb. 28.—About 200 WILLIAM MAXWELL EVARTS. R>eble that he was unable to leave his home. Up to the time of death he was the nominal Head of the law firm of Evarts, Choate & Beaman, although for many years he had not been in active practice. From his early childhood William Maxwell Evarts gave promise of that fan;, and brilliancy of career which ho I afterwards fulfilled. His intellect was 1 a heritage. Ho was one of the numer ous descendants of that giant of the revolution, Roger clvrman. Mr. Evarts’ family on the paternal side was Puri tanic. His father was a man of stern piery and the editor of a religious paper, and although he lived in Boston, the family traditions induced him to send young Evarts to Yule rather tVian to Harvard college. Among his classmates were Morrison it. Waite, Samuel J. Til- ien and Edwards Pierrepout. years aider his graduation he was admitted to the bar in New York city. He attracted attention at once. He had little of that dreary, heart-sick ening waiting to experience before suc cess came to him. Ho seemed to know the law by intuition, but that was be cause his habit was that of a scholar. In 1861, Mr. Evarts being nearly 44 years of age, he was made the candi date of the Seward Whigs for election as United States senator, and he had to face as a rival a man with whom he was in earnest rivalry for more than 20 years—Horace Greeley. Had Mr. Evarts been able to secure this election, his friends felt that he would recover from the wounds he received when Seward was defeated for the presideutial nomi nation. He saw himself the glorious opportunity which awaited the senator from New York who supported the ad ministration in the senate chamber dur ing the war. But this consolatiou was not to be his. He could not secure his own election, but he could prevent that of Horace Greeley, and so he withdrew in favor of Ira Harris, who was elected. The great victory of Mr. Evarts’ ca reer came a few years later. He was appointed by General Grant, with Ca leb Cashing and Morrison R. Waite, counsel to represent the government before the commissioners who met in Geneva to pass upon what are called the Alabama claims. Mr. Evarts’ con duct of that case is one of the most mag nificent of professiohal achievements. It brought to him the highest tributes from the English bar and from the emi nent counsel representing Great Britain at that time, and its practical value to the United States is evidenced by the fact that Great Britain was compelled by that award to pay to this country «15 ,000,000 for damages done to our commerce by the confederate privateer Alabama. President Hayes chose Mr. Evarts sec retary of state, rather against the advice of leading Republicans and certainly against the wishes of the dominant ele ment of that party in New York state, and after his term as secretary had ex pired and ho had returned to the prac tice of <iaw hsu^as chosen, us a sort of compromise Candidate, a United States senator. Attorney general, secretary of state. United states senator as he was, he had a greater share of high publio office than has been the lot of most men who have gained eminence in politics. DON’T SUIT INSURANCE MEN Southeastern Tarilt' Association Is Harred In Alabama. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 28.— The bill introduced by Mr. Long, which effectually prevents the operations in Alabama of the Southeastern Tariff as- location, which is claimed to he a fire insurance trust, has passed the house by A vote of 54 to 3. It is an exceedingly radical piece of legislation and the local agents are exer cised about it. They insist that it will ruin their bu- iness, for the reason that solvent companies will decline to do business in the state. The bill wont to the senate, and the probabilities are it will pass that body. Horrible Death on the Kail. Greenfield, IikL, Feb. 28.—Calvin Hallows, aged 43, an employe of the Trues Manufacturing company at this place, was instantly killed by the Penn sylvania fust mail this morning. The body was horribly mutilated, both legs and arms J eing severed and the nock broken. Papers found on bis person showed that he was u graduate of Co lumbia college and that ho had recently 1**' R ib the employ of the Edison Eleo- trig jcinpauy in South America. members of the Brooklyn Bar associa tion attended last evening a reception and dinner ’given them in Brooklyn in honor of Judge Edgar McCullen of the Court of appeals. Responding to the toast, “What the Courts Can Learn From the Press,” St. Clair McKelway said, in part: “Now, what can the bench learn from the press? It can learn, I think, for the history of the press constantly teaches the lesson that the greatest ben efit and the surest nud longest fame are involved in the promulgation of funda mental principles on the line of moral right in their application to humane contentions and to all conditions of gov ernment and of men. The newspapers of notoriety will stand for an example of the perishable influence of mere sen sation. The newspapers of power and of principle will stand for an example of the permanence of justice, candor, fair ness and self-respect. And the judges who are but for a day and the judges who are for all the time noiut the same distinction and personify .he same dif ference. “iiie decisions and the opinions which have made notions or sot them forward, or which have added to the world’s wealth and moral ami political security, have come from judges in touch with the world as well as with the library, and sympathetic with means as well as saturated with the books. I was greatly impressed with the state ment that I lately saw attributed to Johu Marshall. It was that he used to say: ‘This is the decision of the court. Brother Ellsworth will please discover the authorities to fit it. ’ “That is the way great editorials are made, and the authorities for them can always bo found in the logic and in the conscience of an enlightened citizen ship.” THE BOYCOTT IN ALABAMA. In BUI For Its Prevention Pending the Legislature. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 28. — The bill introduced in the house to prevent boycotting, which was referred to the judiciary committee, has not yet been acted on. Colonel N. F. Thompson, secretary of the Southern Industrial as sociation, in a letter to persons inter ested in the measure, says: “It is eminently a step in the right di rection, and both myself and the South ern Industrial association will be glad to render it any aid in our power, pro vided the same is based on broad lines and in the public interest. There are many cases in Alabama where petty spite, originating in a purely personal matter, has been used by labor organi zations to injure and destroy the busi ness of some one who has paid lor his privilege to transact business aud is entitled to state protection.” In an open letter to the press and people of the south Colonel Thompson says: “Under the pernicious rule of the boycott, not only is the special person against whom it is directed ‘held up,’ but also others in no sense responsible for the act or deed which originally culled it forth.” THE SEABOARD DIRECTORS Board Holds an AlLDay Meeting In Richmond. Richmond, Feb. 28.—The board of directors of the Seaboard Air Line was in session here all day yesterday, but little other than routine business was transacted. No action was taken, Pres ident Williams said last night, with reference to the appointment of a suc cessor to Mr. St. John, the general man ager. The reports turned in showed the gross earnings of the system for the six months ending Dec. 31, 1900, to be $5,- 097,784. The receipts for the six months ending Dec. 31, 1899, were $4,710,704.73. Fifty shares of Seaboard Air Line pre ferred stock was sold here today at 28%. The stock has been a point higher with in a week. TO BE RUN BY ELECTRICITY. New Cotton Mill Project Is Well Under Way. Athens. Ga., Feb. 28.—The move ment to establish a new cotton mill in this community is well under way. The gentlemen who are behind it have al ready disposed of a considerable amount of stock in the new company and other stockholders will be taken iu from time to time. The now mill is to be capital ized at $300,000. A party of the promoters has gone to Columbia, S. O., to inspect mills oper ated by electric power, as the new mill will bo operated by the power generated at Talluseo Shoals, Smiles from Athens, where a big electric power plant is now being constructed. THE WAR REVENUE REDUCTION BILL Measure Now Likely to Be Passed by Congress. THE CONFEREES AGREE International Yacht Itaee. London, Feb. 28.—The reply of the New York Yacht clhb to the latest sug gestions from this side on the subject of the international yacht race reached th« Royal Ulster Yacht club today. The an swer is regarded as clearing up the am biguity in regard to the starting rule. Sir Thomas Lipton informed a repre sentative of the Associated Press today that he is perfectly satisfied with the Now York Yacht club’s reply and con siders that the Royal Ulster Yacht club’s suggestions have been met iu u sportsmanlike spirit. Germany’s Chinese War Expenses. Berlin, Feb. 28.—The third supple mentary estimate of 3,000,000 marks for expenses incurred by the war iu China has b ien issued. Transportation and tho purchasing of remount; will require 2,000,000 marks, while provisions nud forago will call for 1,000,000. This brings the total voted for the financial year to l>5,809,000 marks. Greatest In the World. Pittsburg, Feb. 28. — The second now furnace of the Carrie group at Rankin, Pa., owned by the Carnegie Steel company, was blown iu today. Tho first one was blown In last Tuesday night. Their capacity is 75) tons a day, which is said to be tho greatest of any furnace of this character in the world. Compromise All Along the Llai Be- votnmended—Kates of Taxation Pro posed on Tobacco, Cigars,Clgarettls, Beer, Banking Capital, Etc. Washington, Feb. 28.—The con ferees of the senate aud house upon the war revenue reduction bill today an nounced the result of their deliberations upon that measure. As already stated, the report of the committee shows a compromise all along the lines of tha bill, the changes in the present law be ing as follows: Tobacco—Twenty per cent discount of tho original tax of 12 cents per pound, as against 2a per cent redaction as fixed by the senate and none as the bill passed the house. The rate agreed upon will make the tax $9.60 per 100 pounds, aa stated in these dispatches yesterday. Cigars—On those weighing more than 8 pounds per 1,000 the house rate of $3 per 1,000 was retained, as against $8.50 us fixed by the senate and $3.60 as in the present law. On those weighing loss thac 3 pounds per 1,000, the senate rate of 18 cents per pound was allowed to stand, as against the rate of $1 per 1,000 as fixed by the existing law, which was not disturbed by the house. Cigarettes—Ou those weighing nol more than 3 pounds per 1,000, the sen ate action fixing the rate at 18 cents per pound prevailed. The house did nol change the existing law. Beer—The house rate of $1.60 per bar rel and repcaliug the 7% discount was retained. Bunkers’ capital — Present law re tained, the senate receding from its ameudmeut. fc The stock brokers’ tax is repealed by the original action of both houses. Certificates of stock toansferred— Rato of 2 cent for each $100 is re tained, and the senate amendment mak ing the law include tho transactions of bucKetshops was accepted by the house conferees. Sales of products at exchanges—The senate ameudmeut exempting sales of merchandise in actual course of trans portation was accepted, but the rate of 1 cent for each $100 as fixed by the present law was retained, the senate amendment making the rate $2 being disagreed to. Bank checks—Repealed in accordance with the fioiiae action. Certificates of deposit—Tax repealed. Promissory notes—Tax repealed. Money orders—Tax repealed. Bills of exchange, foreign—The rate fixed at 2 cents for each $100, in accord ance with the senate amendment. Bills of lading for export—Repealed. Express receipts—Repealed. Telephone measages—Repealed. Miscellaneous bonds—Tax repealed, except upon bond of indemnity. Certificates of damage and certificates not otherwise specified—Repealed. Charter party—Repealed. Conveyance—Exempted below $2,500. Above $ 2,500, 25 cents for each $500, in accordance with the senate action. Telegraph messages—Tax repealed. Insurance—Tax repealed on all kinds of insurance, in accordance with the ac tion of the house, the senate conferees receding on all senate amendments. Leases—Tax repealed. Manifests tax—Repealed. Mortgages—Repealed. Steamer tickets—Tax repealed below $50 in value and the rate fixed at AO cents for each $50 in cost for that price and over. Protest—Tax repealed. Warehouse receipts—Tax repealed. Proprietary medicines—Tax rep3aled in accordance with house action, the senate being disagreed to. Perfumery aud cosmitics—Tax re pealed. Chewing gum—Tax repealed, legacies—Law modified so as to ex clude from taxation legacies of charita ble, religions, literary or educational character. The total reduction of the revenues as made by the bill as agreed upon will amount to about $41,000,000, as against a redaction of $10,000,000 as passed the house and $45,000,000 as amended in the senate. The bill will take effect July 1 next. Adopted by the Senate. Washington, Feb. 28.—Tho senate has adopted the report of the conference committee on the war revenue reduction bill. MOST DASTARDLY OUTRAGE Negro Brute Compels White Woman to Cook Ills Breakfast. Atlanta, Feb. 28.—An unknown ne gro entered the residence of Mrs. Buch anan, at 86 Spring street, in tbj hear! of the city, this morning, and compelled her to cook his breakfast. Then, tying her feet and hands, ho quietly ate the lireakfast, after which he set fire to tbs house by placing a quantity of paper in a bed where he had forced Mrs. Buch anan to lie. The negro escaped without being de tected. Mrs. Buchanan screamed, and assistance came before the fire had gained much headway. A search is now being made for the negro. Extensive Coal Deal On. Cincinnati, Fob. 28.—A conference is to be held here today having for its object tho formation of a consolidation for acouiring of extensive ooal lands in West Virginia and their development on a largo scale, including the acquisition or building of lines of transportation. The Marmot Ooal company and the Winifreds Coal company are in confer ence with the representatives of Johu W Gates. To Suppress Slave Traffic. Ban Francisco, Feb. V8.—Attorney General Griggs bas directed United States Attorney Coombs to use all nec essary efforts in co operation with the state authorities to suppress the slave traffic in Chinatown. MILITIA BLEEPING ON ARMS Superintendent of G :III i Knitting .Mill la Serious Trouble. Griffin, Ga., Feb. 28.—Tho Grifiln Rlfios, Captain Smith commaodiug, passed the greater part o? last night in tile company’s armory, fully equipped I aud ready for action at the command ing officer’s word. Monday evening H. F. K. Booth, su- C riuteudeut of the mill, ordered Mrs. Lvouia Moore, an employe, to do a ■ certain bundle of work. Bhe refused to i do it without a ticket for it He told j her the others were doing it and that ; she would have to do the same or get out. Mrs. Moore, according to iiooth’s j claims, used strong language to him, i whereupon he laid his hand upjn her | shoulder aud iu turn was attacked by ; her with a needle, which she dr^/e into his hand. He says he then aeiz- d her by the wrists aud defended himself. Mrs. Moore, who is confined to iter bed, emphatically denied having used any improper language to Booths She says she refused to do the work because there was no ticket with it, and that Booth not only ordered her to lente, but grabbed the chair she was sitting in while at the machine and attempted to roughly use her. She arose, protesting, and he pushed her against the wall, grabbed her wrists, pulling her to the office, where he again assaulted her and then roughly put her out of doors. She says she used the needle she had as best she could, as it was her only weapon. Mrs. Moore is the wife of J. L. Moore, a school teacher, who has been in bad health aud was assisting to support the family by working in the knitting mills. Late this afternoon Superintendent Booth asked to go before Mrs. Moore aud apologize for his conduct, but on reaching the Moore home several per sons had congregated and strong di-ap- provals were being expressed toward his conduct. Superintendent Booth is now under bond to answer to tho charge of assault. He has been ordered to leave town, but is still here, being guarded at his home on Taylor street by friends. THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY. Eloquent Address Delivered by Hou. Bourke Coc!ir..ii. New York, Feb. ;i8 —Bourke Coch ran was a speaker la->t evening at a meeting of the United blntes Catholic Historical society. Ilis subject was “The Church and Social Problems.” In his remarks, Mr. Cochrua main tained that the solution of tho social questions of tho present day lay with the church, declaring that while the remedy lor economic evils must lay in economic laws, there was no difference between the economic and moral laws, the church, he asserted, was uot merely the depository of the moral laws, but the truest exponent of die economic laws. He defined prosperity as an abundance of commodities equitably distributed among the people who could best use them, and held that the system -under which the greatest abundance of commodities could be drawn from the earth was the system toward which all human energy aud all human laws should tend. All wealth, he said, must be produced by the hand of man and drawn from the earth, adding that all the powers of the law or man could uot make two blades of grass grow where but one had yowu before, nor the greatest potentatf?create fertility on the battlefield. Among those present on the stage was Archbishop Corrigan. FIRST SPIKE A SILVER ONE TOO LITTLE REOtllD FOR LAWAHD LIFE. Grand Juries Have, in the Main, Been Failures IN. ENFORCING THE LAW. Beginning of Track Laying on Green* vllle Extension. Quitman, Ga., Feb. 28.—Track lay ing began yesterday afternoon on the Greenville extension of the South Geor gia railroad. Tho first spike, a silver one, was driven by J. T. Davis, general freight and passenger agent of the road. All the force, 200 or more in number, which has been grading south of Green ville, will be put on track laying, and the company expects trains to he run ning into Greenville within 60 to 90 days. The first spike was drawn and will be u-;ed for a similar purpose on the exten sion south of Greenville. New buildings are springing up all over Quitman, 15 or 20 stores and dwell ings now being built. Pennsylvania Railroad Mileage. Philadelphia, Feb. 28.—Chief En- giueeer Brown has made public his re port on the mileage of the Pennsylva nia Railroad company for the year end ing Dec. 31. The total mileage of the company is 10,440—5,788 78 miles east of Pittsburg and Erie and 4,651 60 west of Pittsburg. The Pennsylvania sys tem comprises a total trackage of 18,- 602.79 miles. During the year there was an increase of 872 miles of new track on new lines east of Pittsburg. Ulilne->c Immigration. San Francisco, Fob. 28.—Colonel Hector Btratton of this pare has re ceived from Washington a ruling that has an important bearing on Chinese immigration. The department rules that Chinese should be taken back to the place from which they came, if re jected. A resolution to this off-ct hat been submitte i to tho congressional committe s in Washington by Secretary ot the Treasury Gage. Huiid-tonie Resilience II irned, PnTKBURC, Fob. 2* —Brue-Mar, the handsome residence lately owned by John G. Leishinauu, minister to Turkey, aud recently bought by Colon. 1 Frank J. Hsarne, first vice president or tho National Tube company, was totally do' strayed by fire at an early hour this this morning. Los* $100,000. The ori gin of the lire is unknown. a Tragedy In Saloon. Midd! ■KRORopoH, Ky., Feb. ‘-8.—At a saloon between here and Mingo mines, Charles P. Ridmore, aged 23, was killed in u general row About midnight. Mike Welch, who is accused of tho murder, was shot in tho leg. Brttlxli Naval KsMiu'ites. London, Feb. 28.—The supplement ary naval i-sliinates, amounting to 41,- 200,00J, have been is-ued. Their Heemnincii-littlon* Often Treated With Contempt and They Submit Grace fully One Murder Case From Etta June. Other News. (Correspondence of Tlie Ledger.) Etta Jane, Feb. 27—Last Friday night and Saturday our section was visited with tho first snow of the season. It was of that kind generally known as “dry snow.” The plows did not even stop, except for the frozen ground. Our section furnishes one of the many murder cases which blackens the record of our county and which will probably come before the ap proaching term of the court. Of these unfortunate cases we do not propose to speak further than to ac knowledge that our section is no bet ter than other sections of the county. The great misfortune is. there is too little regard for morality, law and even human life. There are too many people who will wink at rather than prosecute crime. Our grand juries have, in the main, been fail ures, when it comes to enforcing the law. Often their recommendations are treated with contempt and they sub mit quietly and gracefully. Some of them serve a whole term with a full knowledge of the crimes and outrages being pernetrated around them, yet they fail to bring these matters to the attention of the court and often they will say that “nobody came up and reported.” If a grand juror knows, of his own knowledge or even from a train ol circumstances, that the laws of his country are being violated and has it within his power to name parties who are iu possession of the proof, ho is gmlry of perjury, if he fails to put the court on traok of the crimes. We do not claim that Solicitor Henry is a better man th:i i any other prosecuting officer iq tho .•ouH*. hut we do claim that if the people and grand jurors, especially, wi>1 come to his support in the discharge of his duty the gambling deus and other disreputable institutions >ti!l he broken up. lie will sure pull them. But no, somebody has a hand he wants to keep at work or an axe to j grind of some kind and so the matter, instead of being pushed for the good of society, is covered up. The offi cers of the law can’t discharge their duties without the people’s help. We shall watch to see if the present grand jury is an improvement on its predecessors. Last Monday Captain A. Urquhart, of Blacksburg, began the repairing of the roadbed graded through this sec tion nearly eleven years ago and which was then known as the Au gusta division of the Three C’s rail road. lie has authority from head quarters of the S. C. <k G. E. railroad to employ engineers and hands and proceed with the work at once. He informs us that preparations are be ing made to begin work all along the line and it is possible that the long lost and almost forgotten railroad will yet be a reality. Bo mote it be. Col. Griffith is right about getting a list of our Coufedci.ite dead and filing the same for the use of the future his torian. Tho work can bo done by the camps if they will go at it in earnest. W’e will venture to say that the name of the last one of them cun he gotten up, even at this late day if the work is entered upon and prose cuted vigorously. There is scarcely a family within the bounds of Chero kee county who has not some loved one whose name is fast fading from memory and whose lives and actions are worthy of a better fate. ’ Will the living consider their duty to them and perform it ere it is too late. The Winnie Davis School of His tory at Limestone College, as Col. Griflfjth suggests, is tho very place to file these rolls and not only the rolls but biographical sketches of the men as far as they are obtainable. Every county in the State is tqually Inter ested in this work, hut it can never bo fully accomplished unlll the full list of our Confederate dead is on file. Many of the rolls iu tho adjutant- general’s office are anything but per fect. Bouoe companies are omitted entirely because nobod^jfeas taken the trouble to fill throTout and many of those on file are made out from mere memory and are not so ab solutely correct us they could and might ho made. Besides the army rolls I lu re are other tilings which ought to hi turn- LIMESTONE LOCALS. llapTH'iiiiiK* at tli«* Cullt-ge and IVrsoual Items. tCcrrc-spondenco of The Ledger.) Thinking, perhaps, that the readers of The Ledger will be interested 'n Limestone College and her happen ings, we take great pleasure in giving a few items of college news. We are glad to welcome into our midst at the beginning of the second term the following: Misses Emma Wyclifle, of West Union, Gussie Blount, of Appleton, Elizabeth Dowell, of North Carolina, Eiiie Blyth and Lillie Fratt, of Greenwood, and Laura West, of Vera. Several much and long needed class rooms are now nearing completion and the laboratory is being made much larger. We hope in the near future to see the foundation of the W innie Davis School of History laid. This will be quite a handsome building and will add much to our already attractive campus. Misses Louise Mackey and Ethel West have returned to Greenville, after Spending several days with Miss Ethel Chambers. Mr. R. B. Hester, of Columbia, spent several hours with his cousins, th« Misses Ford, on last Saturday. Misses Marie and Lucille Mont gomery, Bessie and Lucia Thompson and Macie Ezell have returned, after several days visit in Spartanburg. Miss Fredrica Cleveland, accompa nied by Miss Maude Hopkins, spent several days at her home last week. Misses Mattie Allen, Agnes Thomp son and Vera Gross have resumed their studies, after a short visit to their homes. Miss Adelle Bristow, who for so long a time has been suffering with a PRICES OF IRON STILL ADVANCING Past Week a Most Notable One In the Trade. RESULT OF ACTIVE BUYING Influence of Recent World’s Greatest industrial Consolidation— General Conditions Stronger Than at Any Time In Rust Twelve Mouths. Cleveland, Feb. 28.—Tho Iron Trade Review jhis week says: The coincidence of further awakening - in the market aud the organization of the world’s greatest industrial cousoli- datiou make tho past week a notable one in tho iron trade. Prices in nearly every quarter of the market have ad vanced during the week, aud the United States Steel corporation begins its life under conditions that could scarcely bo more, favorable, barring the one draw- i back of dwindling buying for export. ; Speculation as to what is ahead is plen tiful, hut as far as the iron market is concerned, what was said m this paper’s j, review a week ago may be repeated: the activo buying movement is to bo at tributed to inherent conditions rather i than to negotiations in New York. !• urther Advance In I’ig. Pig iron has made a further- advance. ; The purchases of ba«ie iron by the lead- j ing ^ interest, put at 53,00.) tous last week, wore ir-urer 100,000, it now ap pears, aud to this are to be added buy ing for Pittsburg aud Shenaugo valley j op u hearth plants and a considerable j amount in eastern Pennsylvania. Bes semer iron is still iu demand and sales a _ have been made at prices ranging from sprained ankle, is gradually improv- $14^to $14.50 m the past week, ing- I Miss Lena Lipscomb spent several days last week with friends in Gaff ney. It is hardly necessary to say that our holiday on the twenty-second was enjoyed. Many of the girls spent part of the day in very pleasant drives in and around Gaffney and in the evening were most highly enter tained by the Literary Society. George Washington, the subject of the evening, was discussed in several well written papers and aiong with these wtre appropriate vocal and in strumental solos and choruses. As a whole, tho program was a most en joyable one. Nina. Choctaw dipping*. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Choctaw, Miss., Feb. 23.—We have an abundance of snow. It began falling about 12 o’clock yesterday aud continued till 9 o’clock this morning. It now measures from four to six inches in depth. At this writing, however, the weather has cleared up and is very pretty over head. Farmers here are badly behind. We have the stock law in this state, and having so many pasture fences to build has put us behind with farm work. The health of our community is very good at present, only a few cases of slow fever and pneumonia. Several aged ones from this section have recently passed away to their eternal , rest. Cotton soils here at from 8i to cents; corn 35 and 60 cents a bushel; j flour $4 40 a barrel. Cotton goods range in price from six to eight cents a yard. I have a living brother who is sixty- one years old, and I am fifty. At . one time he was twice as old as I, But will never be again. How old was I when his age doubled mine, and what was his age? Let me hear from you South Caro linians. I was once a native of the State and I love to hear from friends and relatives there. .i j. ii. BLOOD POISON. On early delivery metal §14.75 has been touched, and some furnaces have their figure at §15 iu the valley. Bar Iron Advance*. Bar iron has advanced ft a ton and is uo*.e sold at §1.45 at Mahoning valley mill. Steel bars range from $1.35 to §1.45 at Pittsburg, according to condi tion of the seller. Sheets, after remain ing on a level 1 <r veral jnouths under heavy demand in ail mills, have moved up for blue uuu- aied and $4 for cold rolled. A notable rail order booked at Pitts burg the po-r v.*.-ok L for 4U.OOO tous for shipment to Ecuador. C nidi non , inroughout the market are stronger than at any time in a 12- niouth, and the wise heads in the trade arc already sound'ug a caution. Ore prices, contrary to report, have not yet been established i >r 190h ed over to the Winnie Davis hoo! of History, or to some other suitable place for prestrvlng them, as for in stance, James G Love, of Smith’s Ford, has, or did have, in Ins posses sion tiie litter on which ho was brought home wounded after the sur render of General Lee; Mr. James .McKown, of Gaffney, bus his purol which he got at Appomattox; also Mr. John Dixon, of Gow leysville, has hla parol ;Capt.G. Wash McK iwn, Commander Camp Jefferies l C. Veterans, has an ounce ball he re ceived in his arm at KpottajIvania, also a teHtuinent. he had in his pocket which was penetrated by a ball that would, no doubt, have end d his life had it not been them. There are hundreds of other things we might speak of. Miss Ethel Strain is quite sick with cold. J. l. a. Cured l»y 1*. IS. B- Free Bottle to SulTerem. Deep-seated, obstinato cases, the kind that have resisted doctors, hot springs and patent medicine treat ment, quickly yield to B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm,) thoroughly tested for thirty years. Have vou mucuous patches in the mouth ? Sore Throat? Eruptions? Eating Sores? Bone Pains? Itching Skin? Swollen Glands? Stiff Joints? Cup per Colored Spots? Chancres? Ulce ration on the body? Hair and eye brows fall out? Is the skin a mass of boils, pimples and ulcers? Then this wonderful B. B. B. specific will completely change the whole body into a clean, perfect condition, free from eruptions, and skin smooth w ith the glow of perfect health. B. B. B. drains the poison out of tho system so the symptoms cannot return. B, B B. builds up the broken down con- i stl’ution and improves the digestion. So sufferers may test B. B. B.; a trial bottle will be given away free of I charge. B. B. B. for sale by druggists at §1 pt r large bottle, or 6 largo botlles I (full treatment) §5. Complete direc tions with each bottle. Be sure the bottle reals Botanic Blood Balm. For trial bottle, address BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble aud Free medical advice ; given. The leading poultry man in a thriving North Missouri town answers to the name of Henry Coop. Cherokee Drug Co., the druggists, will refund you your money if you are not satisfied after using Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They cure disorders of the stomach, biliousness, constipation and head ache. Price 25 cents. Sample free. RAIDING DIVES IN NEW YORK Movemcut Against Gambling Houses Proving a Success. New York, Feb. 28.—After a con- foreuco with Austin Fox and Robert Grier Monroe, counsel fur the commit tee of 15, Chairman William H. Bald win made this statement relative to the raids on alleged gambling houses in the Tenderloin district: “I am thoroughly satisfied with what has been accomplished. The work as a whole has been a complete success, and it was successful in relation to each par ticular gambling place. Whether the different places were ‘tipped off’ or uot I have no knowledge. While the com mittee of 15 took action directly upon the evidence that they had secured, in stead of simply handing it over to the district attorney for him to act on, I want it distinctly understood that the district attorney was informed of our proposed action, aud it met with his ajv proval, and Assistant District Attorney Schurm.in was present. Tho same pol icy will be pursued iu the future.” THREE SUITS FOR DAMAGES Two Against the Southern and One Against the Seaboard. Atlanta, Feb. 28.—An attachment suit was filed in the city court yester day by Mrs. Julie Shurbcto against the Southern Railway company, claiming damages in the sum of $15,000 for per sonal injuries. A similar action was filed in the same court in behalf of Mrs Mina Ross, for §10,000, against tho Southern railroad. John M. Philips filed suit yesterday against the Seaboard Air Lino railroad in the city court for $25,000 damages. The plaintiff sets forth Thar he was an en gineer ou tho road and in a collision on Dec, 19, 1930, in Florida, iio lost his right leg. Gross negligence is charged, it being alleged' that the employes of the other train violated tho rule of the company. slavery In Twentieth Century. Anderson, S. U., Ftb. 28.—Acting under orders from Circuit Judge Ben- net, tho grand jury of ibis county is making a searching investigation of tho convict leas ■ !-ystom by which negroes are held ii-> slave*. A spi cial term of court has been called for March 7, when it is expec; • d that a slate scandal will com to light with the presentment of tiie jury. Fearing tho wrath of the court and public indignation, the stock ade inauag r have n-1 -ed 21 negroes who wore h ■ i n* dave , and others will. 1 be freed LeAro uio court has finished w.ih the rcuuhd. Volunteers Are Returning. San Franc i.-co. Feb. 28. — The trans- I port M ade is expected to r act port to day iron Manila with the Eleventh cavalry. Todny or tomorrow the trans- l»oi't P< nn-ylvania is txpt. red to arrive with the Thirty-sixth volunteer regi* meat. Hereafter, for tho period of Sev ern 1 weeks, a transport is scheduled to arrive every lew days with returning volunteers. Woman liurued to Death, Gadsden, .Un., Feb. 28.—Mrs. Nan cy Clint n, age 1 28 years, an inmate of the poorbousc, was burned to death yes- t« rday. Sh s was subject to cpileptio with help fit nd near uc one, falling into arrived 1 burned ft. in tern bit ill n was attacked tire. Before body was one mass of She died iu a tew hour^ ouy.