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|kJ * J ..X THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. '•f. Ledger. '•rSiil SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GU] The Reliability of tiser Who Uses tl umns of This PapN A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. • ESTABLISHED FEU. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C., TUFSOAY, APRIL 2, 1901. 81.50 A YEAR. 'THEIR OWN FRUIT,. If disfranchised Illiterate Negroes Have Only Themselves to Blame. HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY / Blr/^urman Talks About the Politi cal Legislation Recently Enacted by tbe Maryland Legislature—Demo* crats Have No Apologies to Make. ’ Kew \^)RK, April 1.—Ex-Stonator Ar thur P. Gorraau of Maryland, in au in terview regnrriipg tha recent political legislation enaefed at Anunpolia, which nppearti in a special from Washington, Bays: “If there are many illiterates in Maryland who will be afft cted by the passage of the present law the blame lies with themselves. W« have had the most perfect system of public schools for CO years of any state south at Penn- eylvani.v Since 1870 the negro popula tion have had ample opportunity to learn to read and write by means of the schools furniijljed by tho white taxpay ers of Maryland, and if after these years of honest effort on the part of the white people in supportingtl>ese schools there are, as is asserted., 20,000 of them who cannot read or write, the fault can be attributed only to their lack of desire to obtain knowledge. If they prefer to remain in ignorance, there is no way to conjjjpl them to learn, unless the in centive to vote may hereafter oucourage them to attend schools. An Undcslruble Element. “The Maryland people would have no trouble in regard to suffrage, provided it yeas confined to the legitimate resi dents of the state or the persons who have iutere.-.t.- there; but the exclusion of negroes from participation in elec tions in the southern states and, we be lieve, the systematic efforts of certain employers to obtain cheap labor, have .been the means of bringing great num bers of undesirable negro men into Maryland, who have no interest in our community, and possibly do not possess sufficient nitelligrnce to enable them to vote without assistance. “They have been used, however, by the politicians, and threaten good order in the state. The Democrats of Mary land intend to protect tho state agatMt snch yiroads, with all the attendant ills thot have followed in tho wako of this immigration, and we have uo apologies for our course.” WORK. WAS CLEVERLY DONE Urowu Paper Put la tbe Place of $.",000 Package. Columbia, S. C., April 1.—Last Thurs day the Dank of Columbia of this city forwarded to the Bank of Commerce of Hew York $5,000 in paper money. When the package arrived at its destination Baturduy it was discovered that the money had been removed and biowh paper substituted for the money. The Columbia banJc was astounded to / receive telegraphic Information to that effect and an investioatlon was at once ordered. The package Was put up by a bank official in the presence of the pres ident, Colonel W. G. Guilds, aiiother official carried the package to the ex press office. The Columbia bank is absolved from all blame und the financial less is apon tne Southdru Express company. Captain O. M. Sadler, general super intendent of the Southern Express co&x- is at work on the case, believed hero that the package in rlj ‘ in New York city al and that iIrc substiturton was made there. The workth represented to hate been cleVer and the package bote no evidence of having been tampered With. p- ' Cat hollo Easter Offerings. | New York, April 1.—Archbishop Cor rigan sent to all tho pastors of the arch diocese last week a circular letter, which was read in the churches, announcing that the money aunuallb collected In the jChristmn.- - and Easter offertngH of the ^different churches, heretofore used for the orphaus under tbe care of the Oath- /oUc clinrcji iu rtie city, U ia future to be used for religious educational werk here. The amouut avetvgeji yearly Ut most $10,000. The change In tneAaea to which it is to be put i| maAspessibie by the recent sifio of thB two Cathalic or phan sites iu the city. Theee sites, ac- rquired from the ci(y at a nominal price 60 years ago, were iold lor $3,006,000. A Jury at the Theater. Rale'gh, April 1.—The unusualaight of a jury at a theater was witnessed at the Academy of Music Saturday night. The jury iu the Maugiun murder case were worn out by ([he idtg MMioa of court, and they asked the aiwrift to tfk* them to the locator, whore th# Una they enjoyed tho play hugely. Some of them wanted Judge Styrlmck to adjourn the court in the afternobn so that they pould attend the matinee. North Alabama Presbytery. Birmingham, Ala., April 1.—The Pres bytery of North Alabaina will meet at the East Lake Presbyterian church on Tuesday evening next and will continue in session for about three days. The opening sermon will be preached by Bev. J. D. Snecedor of this oity. A large attendance is expected. Club Kooins Raided. ( Birmingham, Ala., April L—The Bir- | tniugham ]K)lice force yesterday raided ) a poker game with eight players, all ) white. Th*. Magnolia Social ami Read ing club, the bon-ton negro social club of Biruiinghaip, was raided and 91 well known m-groes were arrested on charges V gaming. Salisbury Doing Well. Loniion, April 1.—Although uo bul letin bus been issued, it is sold that ,‘Jjord Salisbury is progressing satiifao- [torlly toward reoevering from his ill- ftess. OVER THE STATE. Newsy Items from Other Counties Grouped Together. A through registered mall service is now run from Columbia to the northern cities. The Columbia postofflee has been advanced to the first-class. Tbe receipts now exceed $40,000 a year. Carney Gaskins, an aged citizen of St. Georges, killed himself with a pistol Thursday. He had been in bad health. John Dixon shot and killed James Barmore Wednesday near Lender- man, about ten miles from Green ville. Both are colored. The trouble arose over a bicycle. The Exposition Traction Company, of Charleston, has been granted a franchise and will build a car line from the city to tbe exposition grounds. It is thought the line will be in operation in six weeks. An attempt was made Friday night to destroy by fire the premises No. 27 Broad street, Charleston, the first floor of which is occupied as a stencil and printing supplies store. The fire was started in a passage way at the rear of the store, leading to the steps of the upstairs apartment, occupied by the family of Mr. T. 8. Galloway. Quite a sensat'on was created iu the Central hotel at Florence Friday night when Deputy Sheriff E. B Milan,(Of Spartanburg, walked in and presented a warrant for tbe arrest of F. D. Dean, a traveling salesman who arrived in Florence Sunday and re gistered as F. D. Deand, of Rich mond, Va. The warrant colleges that in January or February that by false pretenses and misrepresentations Dean obtained tbe signature of J. H. Milster of Spartanburg to a con ditional note for $1,000—and gives the names of Guy Harris, F. D. Mc- Eowen, S. B. Jones, J. D. Boyd, Geo. Hodges and others as witnesses to prove tbe same. Dean made no re sistance and declares that he has done nothing wrong, and expressed his willingness to return to Spartan burg with the deputy. Capt. W. D. Starling, one of the State board of pensions, has been in formed that a man, calling himself Dr. DeLeon has been going among the pensioners in Orangeburg county, armed with a list of that county’s pensioners and, representing himself as an agent of the State board, has been collecting $3 CO from each pen sioner, representing to each that it costs this amount to get the money. Of course “Dr. DeLeon” must be a fraud and those from whom he has collected this sum have lost their money. The State board has no agents and the county boards have none. Every old soldier[entitled to a pension will get it, and no one can help him get it if he is not entitled to it. There is no room for an agent to operate under the South Carolina pension act. Early Friday morning, on the plantation of Dr. M. A. Rennick twelve miles from Newberry, one of the most dastardly crimes in tbe history of Newberry county was com mitted. Mr Walter W. Abrams was, without a moment’s notice, killed by a cowardly villian. Mr. Abrams, who was overseer for Dr. Rennick, reprimanded Press Gillian, oue of tbe negro laborers, for coming late to work. Tbe negro replied impudently and a dispute arose, when the negro picked up a rock and threw at Mr. Abrams when his back was turned and struck him iu tbe back of tbe head. He fell to the ground insen sible and never regained conscious ness, although be lived for two hours. Gillian fled, but was pursued by tbe citizens of tbe neighborhood. He was captured near Whitmires this afternoon and is now in jail. At first there was great excitement and strong talk of lynching, but Mrs. Abrams, the wife of tbe murdered man, re quested that tbe law be allowed to take its course. Everything is now quiet, and there is not much prob ability of a lynching. On|Tbursdsy night, a small negro shanty was burned in Columbia aud it received only a brief paragraph, but there was an incident connected With the burning that even the fire men were not aware of. As a matter of fact a. negro woman and several of her children came very near to being burned alive. The alarm was from box 14, and, o. course, the Are ma chines had to take a little longer than ustral In getting there. Indeed, there was nothing to Indicate when they arrived that the house had been occupied. But it had been occupants. A negro woman and her children were asleep in the place when a bar ber passing on his wav home saw that the hovel was a mass of flames. He rushed to the door and banged away thereon. There was no re sponse and he went off. He was not satisfied, however, and in a few momentt) went to a window and smashe i it in. Tbe bead of a bed was close to the window. By this time tbe ceiling was falling in. In the bed was the woman and her children. “I can’t move,” she cried to her rescurer, being completely paralyzed by fear. Her children were in tbe same condition. The barber, whose name is Lewis, then broke open tbe door and brought the helpless ones out, the last getting out just as tho roof fell in. It Girdle* Th« Globe. The fame of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, as the best In the world, extends round the earth. It’s the one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns, Bruises. Sores, Scalds, Bolls, Ulcers Felons, Aches, Pains and all Skin Eruptions. Only infallible Pile cure. 25c a box at Cherokee Drug Co, DEAR'S 01TIMAT0M TO TDE BIO DRAGON China Must Sign the Manchu rian Agreement. RUSSIAN PATIENCE ENDED IVrmtnatlon of DlplomaUo Intar- couctc la Threatoasd by th* Coar*s GovaraMeaS If UM Calestiol Author- Itloj Persist la Pras—t Oourae. Waskjtotoh, April 1.—Informotlaa has reached here to the effect that the Rfossioo geverumeat, being seriously perthrbed by tbe course of China la not signing the Manchurian agreement, largely because of protest made by the several powers, has conveyed a distinct and unmistakable Indication to China that if this course Is persisted In there may bo an Interruption of diploraatio relations between Russia and China and a termination of the present intercourse between them. This Is a little short of an ultimatum that China mast sign or tale tbe conse quence of A termination of her friendly relations with Russia. To what extent the United States will take cognizance of Ruiisln’s disposition to enforce the signlno of tbe agreement has hot yet been made apparent. It ap pears to be tho policy of the Chinese authorities to consider this a subject which enneerns the powers quite- as much os It does Chino. Complications. The matter has become further com plicated bv ntports reaching Washing ton that tne Cnloesi n that the Chinese authorities them selves are divided on the Ocmrte to be { mrsned, some of the most htfluenttal, nclodlng Id Hong Chang, urging that acquiescence be tflven to tbe Ros.lan proposals, while dthers Insist on reject ing the agreement. The attitude of Li Hung Oh&hg is accounted for by his well known friendliness for Russian In terests. In this case, however, there appears to be Arrayed agairst him the strong Infiuetics of tbe southern vice roys, Chan Chi Tung and Lla Kun Yl, who oppose fhc signing of tbe treaty. Somewhat Peculiar. The reports reaching here this morn ing showed that the agreement had not yet been signed. Its status is most pe culiar. The time within which it was to be signed expired last Tuesday, but on that day Yang Yu, the Chinese min ister at St. Petersburg, fell iu the lega tion and hurt his head, so that he was unable to transact business. This mis- foitune has caused much amusement hero ,.nd soma irritation in certain quarters, a? It has been recognized as a most timely me..... of avoiding a direct Issue on the subject. r ‘ Is not dear to what extent tbe Rustlnu has gone, but in anv event it gives an ur gency co China’s course which has not been presented thus far. IT WOULD BE A GOOD MOVE To Hoseuo Chinese Emperor Prom Hands of Reactionaries. London, April L—The correspondent of The Globe at Shanghai, In a dispatch dated Saturday, March 80, says he un derstands that the Yang-Tse viceroys and Yuan Shi K&i, the military gover nor of Staan-Tung, are prepared to dis- latch 100,000 troops to Sian-Fu to res cue the emperor from fhe hands of the reactionaries and escort him to Peking. If a tittle pressure and promise of moral support is forthcoming from the powers interested in the open door. The correspondent adds that the sug gested expedition would provo popular in Central and southern Ohhm, wottld result iu tbe destruction of the anti- foreign elements And would lead to the establishment of a progressive govern- ment in Peking. Demand« of Workmen Granted. Cleveland, April l.-—It now seems probable that the threatened strike of the carpenters in this otty will not take place. It Is stated that fully one half of the contractors have agreed to pay the Increase demanded and It Is thought the remainder will do likewise Shortly. The building laborers’ union also de manded an advance today df 95 per cunt or 9‘i per day. TUe employers, it is said, have generally conceded the demands. Recruiting the New Army. Knoxville, April 1.—The report of the army recruits secured daring Feb ruary has just been received here. It shows that East Tennessee furnished more recruits than any other section except New York. Kndyvllle and Su burbs enlisted lin New York 143 and Cincinnati 75. All other stations were bo low ?5. The rectal tlttk officials dial Eh that the eastern TenneSfce soldiers are amdng the best hi the Army. Threatened Strike of Egg Testers. Cihtaoo, April 1. — A threatened strike of egg testers, which promised to seriously affect the Chicago egg market, has been averted by commission mer chants agreeing to the demand of the Egg Inspectors union for a uniform scale of 25 cents per hour, a 10-hour day ami 10 cents extra for each case of eggs handled after the regular close of the working day^ * Petroleum Discovered in lowu. Dick Moines, April L—A special from Spencer, la., confirms the rumor that petroleum In large quantities was dis covered Saturday night at Greenville, In Clay county. Many locations have been made. Great excitement prevails and people are fiodklng to that locality in great numbers. Tins is Che first oil discovesy in Iowa. Va ntous^l utlClan Dead. Londpx, April 1.—Sir John Stainer, organist, composer and writer on musi cal topics, is dead. He was born In llHO. HYench Premier 111. Paris, April 1.—The premier, M. Waldcok Ronssoao, Is suffering from an abscess iu tho ChAnrt. ETTA JANE ETCHINGS.S DoIiik* of I'vople nml llHppenlnRH In Lower Cherokee (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, March 30.—Your cor respondent has been right sick since bis last letter to Tbe Ledger. We had a very pleasant visit yes terday from Mr. Johnnie Sprouse, one of Pea Ridge’s oldest and most substantial citizens. He is now sev enty-seven years old, but is wonder fully well preserved iu both mind and body. He was a member of Company H. loth 8. C. Regiment during tbe late war and still has the silver dollar paid him by the Confed erate government at the close of the war. Ho came over to visit his daughter, Mrs. William G. Fowler, and fish some. He caught five nice scale fish out of Thickety creek. Rev. J. P. Marion, of Hickory Grove, paid us a pastoral visit on yesterday. He and his family have all been down with la grippe Farmers are repairing their terraces since Monday night’s rain. At our last writing it was impossible to fairly estimate tbe damage done ploughed land by tbe terrible rainfall. John F. Estes and Sam Strain went over into York county yesterday on business. Dr. L. J. Wood, of Kelton, was in this neighborhood yesterday on busi ness. It is rumored that Dr. Henry Tate expects to locate in this section. He will get a good practice and the peo ple are all anxious for him to come. We have heard some of the best far mers in this community say they are willing to stand good for tho doctor bills of their tenants if the physician was willing to trust them. Lots of the guano pat in the ground before last Monday’s rain is now in Broad river on its way to the ocean. Enoree Presbytery will meet at Lockhart on the 10th of April. Mention was made in our last let ter of Mr. P. S. Webber’s injuries. In addition we are very feorry to say that fears are now entertained that be may lose the use of bis arm and shoulders. A good deal of garden work had been done before the rain came last Monday and set it back. Those who claim to know say that there will not be such a very large crop of peaches this year, even if frost should not affect them. Master Willie Graham and Miss Alberta Moore have sent correct an swers to our question of a week ago. The tea costs sixty cents per pound and the sugar ten cents per pound. The rain set in last night again and plows will not ^ parted before next week. It is astonishing tbe amount of good the people find out was in a man after he ia dead. But poor fel low, he has to die before anything can be said about it. When will tbe world realize that it is far better to strew flowers in the pathway of the living rather than upon the coffins of the dead? J, L. s. It GazzleH The World. No Discovery in medicine has ever created one quarter of the excitement that has been caused by Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. It’s severest tests have been on hope less victims of Consumption, Pneu monia, Hemorrhage, Pleurisy and Bronchitis, thousands of whom it has restored to perfect health. For Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Croup, Hay Fevsr, Hoarseness and Whooping Cough it is the quickest, surest cure in the world. It is sold by Cherokee Drug Co., who guarantee satisfaction or refund money. Large bottles 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free. A landslide occurred recently in Switzerland. An inn and its gar den and outbuildings sMd down a hillside a distance ol 35 feet without being in the least injured. Two stately elm trees In the garden were also moTsd without Injury. “I have been troubled with indi gestion for ten years, have tried many things and spent much mouey to no purpose until I tried Kodol Dyepepsia Cure. I I have taken two bottles and gotten more relief from them than all other medicines taken. I feel more like a boy than I have felt in twenty years.” Anderson Riggs of Sunny Lane, Tex. Thou sands have testified as did Mr. Riggs. Cherokee Drug Co. The Case heirs of Lexington, Ky., claim $20,000,000 worth of property in Cleveland, O. Suit will be insti tuted for possession. There are 500 plaintiffs and 900 defendants. You will waste.time if you try to cure indigestion or dyspepsia by starving yourself. That only makes it worse when you do eat heartily. You always need plenty of good food properly digested. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is the result of years of scien tific research for something that would digest not only some elements of food but every kind. And it is the one remedy that will do it. Cherokee Drug Co. It is represented that game in Maine Is dying out by reason of the long, cold winter. There have been heavier snows in the state this year than for^ long time. You cannot enjoy perfect health, rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes if your liver is sluggish and your bowels clogged. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers cleanse the whole system. They never gripe. Cherokee Drug Company. THE WATER POWERS OF BROAD RIVER. What is Capable of Being De veloped in Cherokee. FOUR FINE POWER SITES. The Mlolmuni Flow or the Klver Would Give 17,250 Uontr Power, While the Maximum Would Give 23,400 Home Power. Broad river, the main stream and the one supplying nearly all the wa ter power facilities within the county, has a possibility of development that once accomplished would gteatly in crease naturally the counties wealth for taxation, but would magnify to a wonderful extent its wealth produc ing capacity, add largely to its per manent population and thereby make it a trade centre and a hive of humming industries, which would reach and benefit all classes and most especially the farmer and the owner of real estate, nor even would this class be the greatest beneficiaries in the lists of its people. Tbe Gaston power is, in some re spects, the grandest of all the Broad rives powers in Cherokee county with its twenty-eight feet fall and a storage basin above of twenty-four feet capacity, thus giving ail the river under fifty-two feet tread. Here tho gneissoid rocks cross the river and huge blocks quarried by natural laws lay in abundance around or are seen jutting from adjacent cliffs sufficient to make all structures of development. Some seams of this gneiss change into granite as can be seen by close inspection. In superstructures here the size of the blocks used would be the limit of the power used to move them into position and this would cheapen the cost of development very much in deed. Long ago the United States gov ernment selected this site whereon to build an armory. Work was actually begun on it when, from some doubt as to the validity of the land titles offered, the site was abandoned and the contemplated armory built at Harper’s Ferry, on the Potomac. Down the river, the next available site is at the Cherokee Ford, the site of the old Magnetic Iron Works. Here there is a possibility of 30-foot dam and storage above. Here on the western bank is the finest and most elligible site on the river. By slight excavation the mill buildings would rest on I -ock foundations within a few feet of the'fim-iiw- wh'lr,“ level, or comparatively level, lands adjacent will afford space for build ing houses for operatives. Tbe old development there now in ruins would supply much material for recon struction, thereby^ greatly reducing the cost of applying the power. Next below comes Cherokee Falla, where Broad river, in the very re mote past, was compelled to abraid and cut its channel through the up- heaved slates of tbe prolongation of tbe'Kings Mountain range. The bold rocky cliffs, rising high above river level, make this the most picturesque site on the river. This was the site of the Kings Mountain Iron Works, tbe first built on the river, as far back as 1825. This has a possibility of 25 feet dam and storage above. Here in tbe last few years tbe enter prising managers have built the first permanent water house and dam on the river. Both the water bouse and the dam over the eastern branch of the river are marvels of massive ma sonry, rough boulders from tbe adja cent cliffs well bedded in tbe best of cement. Tbe extension of this rock dam across the western branch will be only a matter of a abort time. One marked feature of this develop ment is the immense storage reser voir of water filled by gravity and a constant flow from springs above, perched on a high hill above the factory building and within 400 feet of the same. This company has perhaps tbe best Are extinguishing capacity of any company in tbe South. Below this comes tbe Macomson power for which nature has done her best and planned all and every point leaving it but to tbe hand of man to gather up and put into place the abundant materials for development scattered around. Indeed, there are bowlders enoughjloose around to dam the river and jutting out from the over-banging cliffs rock enough for all purposes. One peculiarty of this power is the site is on a small arm of the river—tbe cord, while the main river is the arc and so wide that all flood water would pass around it and only unite with the natural tail a mile below so that power could be utilized here at all flood stages of tbe river. This power ia the site of the rolling mill of the old King’s Mountain Iron Co., which mill was built in 1832 and was the first mill that ever rollel a bar of iron south of the Totomac. Here thirty-three feet of bead Is avail able. There is the very best power on all of the Broad river for many reasons. Below the Macomsom, and within two miles, there is twenty feet more of available fall. With these locations and sites tho writer is not familiar. To recapitulate, there is 150 feet of available fall of Broad river iu Cherokee county. Various estimates of the river's water have been made. An expert places the minimum flow at extreme low water at 80,000 cubic feet per I minute and the average flow at 110,- 000 cubic feet. The minimum flow would give 115 horse power per foot of fall; tbe maximum 150 horse power per foot of fall on head. Thus we have 115x 150, or 17,250 Jhorse power as the minimum. 156x150, 23 400 horse power as the maximum power. As l.OOO.horse power will drive 300,00 spindles and the accompany ing looms, the minimum capacity would give 517,500 spindles and the maximum 702,000 spindle 3 and Icoms. 1,000 spindles will give employ ment to 30 operatives, which would carry a population of 45 souls. The entire power applied would support and employ a popu'ation of 23,287 as a minimum and 31,500 as a maxi mum. The daily pay roll of such an operative force would be from $16 000 to $24,000. t At $20 r<*r spindle to capitalise mills h r - to harness aud util za the entire available power would take from $10,850,000 to $14,040,000. While such sums are not to be thought of here today, in time they will be amassed and applied. Only one of these powers (Cherokee Falls) out of tbe five referred to is today utilized, but three others have recently fallen into tbe hands of par ties who hold them for no specula tive purpose but for development in the near future. That the river will ever be taxed to* its utmost capacity is highly improb able, but even if the one-half of the available power is used, such use will create a rich spot not only in Cherokee but a locality equal to any other industrial centre In the State. Should these developments be made Gaffney would be the centre of grav ity for banking business and living and educational purposes and its re tail and wholesale trade and banking business such as no one now ever dreams of. It is safe for speculative and solid business reasons to invest money in Cherokee dirt and the nearer these great water powers the better. L. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Doings of Our Neighbors Across the Line, Governor Aycock, Saturday, par doned William Alexander sent to the penitentiary from Mecklenburg county in 1889 for burglary. Alex ander bad served twelve years. The Governor also pardoned William Core, of Anson county, sent up for five years for larceny. Templotpn Stuart, a well known citizen, committed suicide at his home, near Guilford College, Friday, by hanging himself in his barn. Mr. Stuart bad been in bad health for years. Continual brooding over this is supposed to have caused him to commit suicide. He was seventy » -JH an'* a prosperous farmer. A young boy m yoaii ' ,, »med Randall, accidentally shot himseft in tbe bead last Saturday, while at tempting to pick an empty shell out of an old pistol. The boy’s parents live about two miles beyond Earl station and this boy and a younger brother had started to town with some axe handles for sale. On the way the boy stopped and began working with the pistol and in the meantime cocked it. Presently he Icoied down the barrel to see what progress he had made and the pistol was accidentally discharged tbe ball taking effect above tbe center of his forehead. Dr. Trent attended him, and at last account ho was still liv ing, although tbe wound is very se rious—Cleveland Star. A telephone message last Thursday afternoon conveyed the sad intelli gence of the sudden death of Mr. Lee M. Dellinger at his home near Cher- ryville, which was caused by a stroke of apoplexy. He was in his usual health and was walking about the place when he suffered tbe etroke and death was instantaneous. De ceased was a brother of Mr. J. Pink Dellinger, a prominent citizen of our town. He was a wealthy man and was largely interested in business en terprises in his own and adjoining counties. He leaves a wife and three children and a host of friends to mourn their loss. He was a promi nent Mason and was laid to rest at Cberryville Friday afternoon with Masonic honors, several members of tbe Shelby lodge assisting in tbe burial. A large number of friends and relatives from this place attend ed tbe funeral obsequies. We sym pathize deeply with the bereaved ones.—Cleveland Star. Additional reports from tbe Gran ville county cyclone proves that it was one of the most destructive that ever visited that section of North Carolina. A large number of people were seriously wounded, five killed and thousands of dollars worth of property was swept away. The path of the tornado was about one hun dred yards wide and it cut a track from one side of the county to the other. Everything in the track of the cyclone was swept away and in several instances, where there were settlements before tbe tornado, there is not a bouse left standing now. “One of tbe worst things in connec tion with the cyclone,” said Sheriff Flemmings, of that county, while in conversation with the reporters of the Durham Herald “is the fact that nearly all of the property destroyed belonged to poor people—people who are not able Ur replace the bouses swept away. Of all the houses blown away by the storm there is but one man who is able to rebuild.” Skin troubles, cuts, burns, scalds and chafing quickly heal by the uae of DeVVitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It is imitated. Be sure you get De- Witt’s. Cherokee Drug Company. CIVIL GOVERimi ■ IN PHILIPPINES Uniform Provincial Law Is Found Impracticable ■i BY AMERICAN COMMISSION Multiplicity of Ruces, tlio Groat DU verslty of Interests ami Hrlbery < ou- Mltute au Insurmountable Harrier In Seine of tbe Islands. Zamboanga, Island of Mindanao^ April 1.—Owing to the peculiar condi tions prevailing in the Sulu archipelago aud the island of Mindanao, the Philip pine commission has about decided te organize a departmental government, covering all the islands south of the Visayas. A uniform general provincial law ia impossible of application in the extreme soothern islands, on account of the nec essary debarring of the Mores from self government, except iu cases where they have foresworn allegiance to D.tttos, the saltan, aud become subjects of the United States, aud for the further rea son of the multiplicity of races and tribes in Mindanao and the diversity of interests. The commission will appoint a de partment governor, having authority to negotiate with the Sultan Dactos and act as direct representative of tho com mission. The commission left last night for tha various posts in Mindanao. Judges Kor Philippines. San Francisco, April 1.—Four r*» cent appointees to judicial positions in the Philippines sailed for Manila today on the transport Buford. Those are J. F. Cooper of Fort Worth, Tex., and Charies A. Willard of Minneapolis, who have been appointed justices of the su premo court, court of last resort, in the Phlllipinesj Fletcher Ladd of Lancaster, N. H., and W. A. Kincaid of Galveston, who have been appointed judges of the court of first instance, a trial court with civil and criminal jurisdiction, compajr- iug to the superior court iu this state. SOME FEDERAL FAVORITES Naval Officers Rewarded For Dis tinguished Conduct. Washington, April 1.—The president today made the following appointments: Treasury'-Joseph B. Stewart, to be collector of customs for tho district of Richmond, Va. Navy—Joseph N. Hemphill, Abraham B. H. Lillie, Henry N. Mauuey and William T. Swinburne, to bo captains; Edward M. Hughes aud Samuel P. Comly, to be commanders; Robert C. Smith aud Robert S. Griffin, to be ilea- tenant commanders; Emory Winship, to be advanced four numbers in rank of lieutenant (junior grade), for eminent and comspicuous conduct iu battle; Colonel Robert L. Meade, to be Lrijadier general by brevet in the marine corps, P' r distinguished conduct and public service id the presence of tho enemy at the battle of Tien Tsin,'China;- Lieutenant William C. Powell, to be oaptain by brevet in the marine corps, for disflngnished cbnduct aud public service in the presence of the enemy at Tsin Tsin, China; Thomas F. Hobby, to be a warrant machinist in the navy. Trap Shooting Tournament. New York, April 1.—Trap shooters from all over the United States and Canada at Interstate park, Queens, L. L, teday took part in the ninth annual live bird shooting tournament of the In terstate association. The tournament, whioh will coatiune throughout tbe week, began with the Interstate park introdnetory, the conditi^as of which were eight birds, $5.00 entrance, birds extra, 30 yards rise, 60 yards boundary. 40, 80, 20 and It per cent, high guns, not class shooting, ties not to bo shot off, and moneys divided. There were over 100 entries. James A. R. Elliott of Kansas City led off, killing his first two birds, the third i'allipg oat of bounds aud the fonrth being grassed handily with one barrel Second Verdict Was Double. Greenville, S. C., April 1.—In Jan uary, 1900, J. B. Davis, enriloye of tho Southern railway, was kille . by a freight train at Westminster. His widow brought suit and at the last term of the coart got a verdict for $10,000. The verdict was set aside by Judge Aldrich on technical grounds. This term a suit was brought for $20,000 against tbe Southern railway and the cese was con- clnded with a verdict iu favor of Mra Davis for $11,000. Au effort will be made to sot aside the verdict. Chicago Market Quotations. Chicago, April 1.—Board of trade market quotations, under the recent agreement of the board aud telegraph companies, were available to the com panies today, but not until April 15, if then, will the old order of things be fully re-established. This is due to the immeuse amouut of work wnich the telegraph companies must doiu perfect ing their service and to the necessity of an examination of all contracts by tba board’s quotation committee. Thief Killed In the Act. New Orleans, April 1. — William, alias “Crooked Neck” Delaney, a noto- trions character, was shot aud killed this morning shortly after 3 o’clock by Peter Jones, the bartender in Custer’s saloon, at the corner of Busin aud Canal streets. Delaney was wounded four times. Jones was iu a lik'ht sleep on a lounge iu the room adjoining the liar- room when Delaney attempted to steal his watch. Great Irrigation Cunal. Phenix, A. T., April 1.—The largos! irrigation canal lu tho world was open ed today and tho water of the Colorado river turned in at the gates below Yuma. The canal is 30 miles long aud is navi gable to small boats, which will tie used for carrying freight to lauchori along the route.