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■ •'vvwv; THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper fn the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. •w Ledger. 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. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C„ TUESDAY, JUNE 35, 1901. $1.50 A YEAR* JOHNSTOWN HORRORS 7‘ PROBARLY EXCEEDED Rush of Mad Waters In Po cahontas Coal Region. TERRIFIC LOSS OF LIFE Several lliuiiired I’eople Uelleved to Have 1’ertiihed—Damage to Coal Mines Almost Beyoud Computation, Comiminitied Wiped Out. Bi.UKfields, W. Va., June 84 —Thii entire section has been visited by a flood, the extent of which iu uil probability Will equal or exceed that of Johustowu in 1881), so far as the loss of property is concerned. Early Saturday moruiuK. shortly after tuiduight, a heavy down pour of raiu began, accompanied by a severe electric storm, which steadily increased in violence until 10 o’clock in the morning, then ceasing for several hours and beginning again with renew ed violence. This continued throughout the entire day and night, and a% 10 o’clock l unday moruiug, while the storm had abated, the lowering clouds indicated another terrific downpour at any moment. Many miles of the Nor folk ami Western railroad track, bridges and telegraph lines are entirely de stroyed and commnuication is entirely cut off west of Elkhoru, so that W is im possible to learn the fall extent of the loss of life and property, but officials of ^ the coal operations Idbated in the stricken district have sent out messen gers to Elkhoru, the terminus of both telegraphic and railroad communica tion, and have received a report that a conservative estimate as to the loss of life will easily reach 200. Some of the drowned are among the most prominent citizens of the coal fields. Scene of the Disaster. The Pocahontas coal field is located in a basin with high mountain ranges on either side. Elkhoru creek flows through tne center of the basin, which ranges from one fourth to 1 mile iu width. From Ennis, W. Va., to Vivian Yard, W. Va, a distance of 10 miles, miners’ cabins, coal company commissaries and coke plants line this basin. Elkhorn creek, being fed by numerons small streams coming from the mountain sides, rises very rapidly and this water spout came so suddenly that the entire basin between the two mountain ranges was flooded, and before the terror strick en people realized what was upon them they were carried down by the flood, which swept everything in its path. It is now certain that the total list of the dead from one end of the Elkhoxyx valley to the other will reach 200. A full list of the names of the victims can- cot be ascertained at this time. Hun dreds are missing, having taken refuge iu the mountains to escape the fury of the flood. Several hundred mines are reported flooded. At least ^800 mine males were drowned, and at least 25 could be seen swimming about iu the flood and mak ing an unusual fight for life. Passenger train No. 4 of the Norfolk and Western railway reached Vivian yard, the western terminus of the coal field, about 8:30 a. in., met the flood aud was unable to proceed further. Rescued Through Windows. The waters reached such a depth that the coaches had to be abandoned, the passengers being rescued by means of ropes strung from the windows of coaches to the tops of remaning coke ovens some distance away! Between Elk Horn and Vivian yard, a distance of 10 miles, 100 cars are said to be washed away from the tracks and many of them carried down the streams. From present indications it will be impossible to get trains through to Viv ian and points west of there under a week or 10 days. This will render it impossible to get relief into the stricken district, and with those who escaped with their lives, * homeless and without food, indesertba- blo suffering is inevitable. Kuiniiies 8went Away. rent , if Te Three miles west of ~Tazewell. on the Higginbotham farm, the home of Paris Van Dyke, a farmhouse was swept away, carrying tvith it Mrs. Van Dyke aud four children, two of the Van Dyke children, John, aged 17, aud Charles, aged 5, being drowned. Mrs. Van Dyke with the two remaining children, Edgar aud Laura, were found this morning in a dying condition 1 mile from where the home stood by Mr. Van Dyke, who was absent from borne at the time of the cloudburst. While the resening party was search ing for the Van Dyke family they found the body of a white woman, well clad, floating down Rlum creek. No one thus far has been able to identify her and it is supposed the body had washed down for some distance. v A report comes from Witteus mill, a small station between Bluefleld aud Tazewell, that three children, Christian names unknown, belonging to Raleigh Brush, were burned. Town Washed Away. It is stated that everything in tha totvu of Keystone was demolished or carried away by the water save one, aud that a barroom which stands on a bill The normal population of Keystone is 8,000, aud as last night was Saturday night, there is no telling how many mi ners had gone into the town to swell its population. It is estimated <hat 200 lives were lost at Keystone alone. Dead bodies could be seen floating along the valley by those who gained a place of safety on the heights. Executive Appointments. Washinotov, Jane 24.—Among the appointments made by the president to day wore the following: Chandler Hale of Maine, secretary of legation at Vi enna, Austria; James J. Bailey of Ken tucky, second secretary of legation al Guatemala aud Honduras. Dorse aad Rider Killed. CdU'MitlA, S. C., Jane 24.—WhiL riding on a public highway in Apder* eon county John Hall, Jr., was struck by lightning. Rider aud horse were killed. Mr. Hail was 26 yean old. Re ugviii • wif* tod two children. OVER THE STATE. N<nv»y Items from Other Counties Mrouped Together. The Citadel cadeta are now holding their annual encampment at Darling ton, where the student soldiers are being royalty treated. The Barnwell Sentinel, one of the oldest newspapers in the state, has suspended as a result of the fire which recently destroyed its plant. * The State company, which pub lishes the Columbia State, has in creased its capital stock to $100,000 and brought the property of the old State Publishing company. The new State prison building is rapidly nearing completion. The floors of the cells have to be laid in concrete yet. As soon as this is done the prison will be occupied. J. Frank Clyburn, twenty-six years old, committed suicide Friday morn ing in Elmwood cemetery, Columbia. There was no known reason for his rash act. Young Clyburn was a native of Lancaster. Prof. Robert Kennedy, head of the Camden graded schools, has made a very interesting historical discovery in finding the original tombstone of the Revolutionary hero, Baron de Kalb, who was mortally wounded at the battle of Camden in 1780. B. F. Arthur has announced a new bank at Union. The capital stock will be $60,000. There will be a new bank building, and possibly a new postofflee. The bank is said to be very much needed, because the two banks are very often pushed to their utmost to accommodate the mills in and around that place. The people of Columbia are anxious to know who will be the next post master. For a long time it was thought Dr. Ensor would have uo op position. But there seems to have been opposition from an unexpected quarter, and “a republican adminis tration has been asked to turn out a republican,” is the way a friend of Dr. Ensor^puts it. The Pacolet Manufacturing Com pany, in addition to the elegant school building which (hey now have at their mills, will erect and equip a comfortable building for kindergarten purposes. The kindergarten depart ment will be an interesting feature of this progressive school. The Pacolet Company has shown great liberality and interest in the cause of education in that community. Governor McSweeney announced some days ago that it was bis inten tion to call a “Good Roads” conven tion to meet some time during August. The correspondence with county supervisors has been favor able to the convention idea. The state geologist and bis assistants, who are familiar with the aspect of economical development, will be con sulted before a date for the conveu- lion is made. The mayor of Yorkville does not receive any compensation for his services. There seems to be a growing sentiment in the town that be should be paid, and The Enquirer has undertaken to ascertain the extent of the sentiment and, as a result, it publishes interviews with about a dozen leading bueiness men on the subject. Without exception they eay that, in their opinion, the mayor should be paid something for hie services. Mrs. J. Adger Smyth, wife of the Mayor of Charleston, died suddenly at her home on Wednesday night. Mrs. Smyth’s maiden name was Miss Aonie Briggs, and she was a sister of Mrs. J. R. Henderson, of Spartan burg, who attended the funeral. Mrs. Smyth had frequently visited rela tive! in Spfcrtanbnrg and spent several enmmers at Glenn Springs, where many friends will sincerely re gret to learn of her dflpth. Three sons and two daughters survive her. Messrs. George Bellows and Leo Walsh, of Beaufort, captured two man-eating shark* Friday after noon; the two boys were fishing iu Beaufort river opposite the town near a spot where they captured a large shark last season. The two caught Friday measured respectively six and seven feet iu length and belonged to the species known as tne white or man-eater abark. The juvenile cap- tors were very proud of tbeir achieve ment, although one of them bad his hand severely cut by the line while playing one of the gamey fish. Thurday afternoon the passenger train from Aogusta on the Charleston and Western Carolina, Conductor Col- cock, jumped the track near the trestle over Tyger river, two miles from Roebuck, just below Spartan burg, while taming a sharp curve at the rate of thirty milea an hour. All the cars save the Pullman coach were thrown off the track. The locomo tive turned over and the cars tilted. There were about twenty-live passen gers on the train. Engineer Henry Ztlgler and Fireman R. P. Turner, both of Aogusta, were the worst hurt, the former having aevere cute in the head and Internal injuries. He was UDOousoious for hours and his re-' covery was thought to extremely donbtfal. Fireman Turner'i face was braised, , left arm and shoulder burned and thighs badly Injured. W, E. Bcbauelsle, news butcher, fifteen years old, had left leg broken between ankle and knee; face slightly bruised. Wm. A. Wallace, of Lau rens, baggage-master, was Internally injured, right foot bruised and face scarred up. Mr. M. J. O’Conner, of Augusta, a veteran express mesaen- gar, wm broiled on Ibsbsa4. Ban NOT QUITE SO BAD AS FIRST REPORTED Stories of Flood Were Some what Exaggerated. DETAILS ARE COMING IN NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Number of Deaths Reported Rave Doubtless Been Exaggerated—Nev- erlhelese. Disaster Was Bad Enough us It Wu.,—News la Slow. Roanokk, Va., June 24 —The passen ger train from the west over the Nor folk and Western railroad which is due here at 1:5o p. m. did not reach Roanoke until haif.past 5 this moruiug. When the train came in there were many peo ple at the station who had waited anx iously all night for the belated news- carrier from the devastated coal fields of West Virginia. Among those who came in on this train and who bad been in the storm was a prominent business man of Roan oke, several railroad men and a woman aud two children. They came direct to Roanoke from Vivian, and were com pelled to walk a distance of 11 miles from that place to the small town of Eauis, where they were enabled to get a train for this city. Thifse passengers declare that the number of deaths lute beeu exaggerated aud feel confident that not more than 100 persons hrfve lost their lives, though they cannot say with any certainty as to the uuiuoer. Tho mountain districts lying back from the railroads probably have suffered heavily aud the exact loss of life will not be known for several days. S ory of the Disaster. A railroad man who has been work ing at Vivian told tbe Associated Press correspondent that the raiu started last Friday night and continued for some time iu moderation, but shortly after midnight the heavens seemed to open and poured out great volumes of water. When the cloudburst wm over Viviau a passenger train was standing iu tbe railroad yards About 40 passengers, of whom three were women, were in tbe cars. The water rose rapidly and soon was over the trucks of the cars. Houses and curs were being washed about be fore the eyes of the frightened passen gers. Ropes were thrown to the cars and tbe male passengers caught them and waded through the water, which was now waist deep, to places of safety around the coke ovens on the adjoining hills. Tbe ladies were too much fright ened to get into the water and were placed on the tender of the engine, where they were safe. Some Narrow K-capes. Other nortious of tho railroad yards were washed out aud 100 box cars were wrecked. Tbe house in which the post master lived at Viviau was washed away. A young sou of the sectionmaster rode on dm twood for 4 miles and was then lodged in a tree, from which he was rescued. A negro section hand who was in the sectioumaster’s house when the flood waters struck tho building was drowned. Tho raiu ceased falling about 9 o'clock Sunday morning. There has been uo rain since that hoar and the streams are gradually falling. A big furniture store aud a large clotbinghouse were washed away at Vivian; also there were about a dozen small dwellings which were sit uated iu tho lower portion of the village. Two dead bodies, both negroes, were seen at Eckman and three negroes and one white corpse at Empire. Two iron bridges were washed away at Vivian and another at North Fork Junction aud three persons are supposed to have been drowned near the latter place. All the bridges and trestle work have beeu washed away on tbe Simmons river branch of the Norfolk and West ern system. All the telegraph lines are down aud tbe tracks are badly washed out, on this division. Stories Have Been (exaggerated. The people who came from Vivian did not come through the town of Keystone, hot only around it. They state, how ever, that the damage done there is not near as great as was at first reported. They think that not more than a dozen bouses were washed away. They can not say how many, if any, lives were lost at Keystone. Of the 10 miles of railroad between the town of Viviau aud Ennis it is stated there is not ICO yards of track in one place, and it is thought this division will not be repair ed fora fortnight. Fifty persons walked over this w ish oat territory Sunday to get from Vivian to Ennis. luetiamage done all over the coal fields is immense, but every one seems to have been too greatly excited and too anxious to get away to take time to in quire into the affairs of bis neighbors It is certain, however, that much Valua ble machinery has beeu washed away. Many of the wrecked cars along the Elkhorn valley have beeu washed down the river aud probably will be a total Iosl East of Ennis the train had little trouble gettiug through to DluefLldt. Two bridges are goue between Vivian and Welch. At Shawnee, the Shawnee Goal com pany lost all their mine mule*, which were iu the stable when the storm swept down on them. l*e»tlterlou« Negroes. A report from Keystone has it that a mob o negroes there refuse to work for $2 a' ay. but are lonflug around ami warning their chance to steal from the debris. Another report says that the number of dead there is 17, aud that of this number 10 have beeu buried. News paper men have gone to the coalfield* to get reliable information, aud it Is ex pected that something definite will be Known within the next 24 hours. Hiormsand Washout*. MoNTOomkhy, W. Va., Juno 24.—It is estimated that the storms and wash outs of Saturday did 975,000 damage to property iu this vicinity. The greatest uatuage was to the coal tipples, which were partly demolished. No lives are kopara to b*v« be»u Imi. Happenings and the Doings of Our Neigh bors Across the Line. The woman’s board of foreigh mis sions of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, which has been in session at Asheville, the past week, has adjourned. Charsleston, was chosen as the next meeting place. At 2:30 o’clock Sunday morning at the house of Josephine Jackson, col ored, in Charlotte, Ben Henderson, colored, cut Mag Stevens, colored, dangerously with a knife. He slash ed tbe woman acrosg tbe neck and back, inflictingdeep and ugly wounds. The physician thought she would recover. Henderson was arrested by Officers Weddington and Johnston. On last Wednesday John Crowder, of Upper Cleveland, committed sui cide by hanging himself to an apple tree in rear of bis barn. His mind had been affected for some k time, and he had threatened and previously at tempted to commit suicide. A few days previous his wife was danger ously bitten by a snake and her pre carious conditon it is thought added to his woes and mental disturbances which resulted in suicide. While passing over the mountains s few days ago, Messrs. Sam McSwain and Campbell Jenkins, of King’s Mountain, heard a strange but un pleasant sound. On looking around they saw a large rattlesnake and a rabbit sitting near by. They killed the snake and the rabbit tumbled over dead. Perhaps the snake had bitten the rabbit, but they think not. It seemed to have the animal “charmed.” Tbe occurrence was a little singular, but unaccounted for. Rush Parks and family live on Mr. John H. Griffith’s place in Charlotte township, several miles south of the city. Thursday afternoon during the storm, Cherry, the oldest child, was killed by lightning. The parents were in the field and the three chil dren at home in the house. After the storm Parks went home. He found tbe oldest child lying dead be fore the fireplace, with her feet toward the fire. She bad been killed by lightning. It is supposed from the way she was lying that she was standing in front of the fireplace, and that the lightning ran down the chimney.! An orphan girl, Lizzie Scarlett, of Durham, who is now fifteen years of age, has been living at the home of F. H. Brown, a photographer of that city, but who recently w$it out of business and is now working as a car penter. The girl says Brown has ruined her, that Brown told her that she had no home and that he would send her away unless she did as he told her. This was a little more than three months ago. On the other band, Brown denies all that the girl says, and asserts that he knows noth ing about the matter. A story told by the girl was published in The Dur ham Heral and it has caused a great deal of talk throughout tbe city. People who know the girl say that she is not altogether what she might be; that she has been at several pieces and ran away. Friday morning the gardener of Mr. R. A. Evans, of Charlotte, discovered on going to work about 7:30 the body of a negro baby lying in tbe garden by the fence next to the street. The baby was in a small box. Tbe box at tracted the gardener’s attention, and on opening it be found the body of the child. He at once notified Mr. Evans of his find. Tbe latter 'phoned to the police. Tbe body was taken to tbe police office and Dr. Hawley sent for. Tbe body was matured. It was evident that the child had been killed shortly after Ite birth TVhrsday night. There was a cut on the body. Tbe box containing tbe body had been thrust through the fence in Mr. Evans’ garden. There is no clue as to the mother. The body was buried Friday morning. Parks Hoffstetler who lives near Gastonia, had a carving at his barn Thursday morning when his two ne gro tenants started to work. Tom Crawford and Will Nealy are two ne groes with families and got into a quarrel over their women. Ai a re sult Crawford let into Nealy with a knife and covered his body with flesh wounds and left him in blood. One gash in his side took eighteen stitches, another in his shoulder took fourteen stitches. Crawford gathered some of his clothing and hastened to leave. He was pursued by hounds for some distance but was not caught. Efforts are still being made to capture Crawford. Crawford was not injured. Mr. Huffstetler is out of help just at a time when he needs It most on his farm. It was at first thought that tbe negro would die, but now be may recover. A marriage very much out of the ordinary occurred near Llncolnton last" Sunday morning. Mr. D. W. Putnam, the well-known bricklayer, who pleads guilty to 40 years, was tbe groom, abd Miss Myrtle Terrier, aged 15, was the pretty bride, abd Eeq. / Jen did the work for them. The groom called at the bride’s home and took her into the carriage with him. Then, accompanied by tbe bride’s folks and numerous frisuds, they drove about a mile Into tbe woods and were married aittlng in the carriage. Col. A. Lee Campbell and Capt. B. F. Grigg were groonqe- men and Judge W. E. Grigg and Rev. Dr. Bob Michael were the maid* of honor. Prof. Bart Shipp was to have delivered a fatherly discourse, but didn’t wake up until two hours after it wm over. Prof. Hals took ssvsral photographs of th« bsaatlful tod rovtntit ••m. LOWER CHEROKEE LOCAL CtLINOS. Recent Rains Rendered Road Work Useless. NOVEL NEGRO REACHER. Notes of Interest on Cliickamauea Park— Irish Potutoe* Kalneri Despite the Hugs— Partners Packing Away Wheat for the Thresher—A Hudtlen Death. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, June 19.—Owing to the space our reunion notes occupy we are compelled to discontinue their publication in The Ledger and trust to furnish them to our readers at an early day in a more readable form than they can be from the files of the paper. The space they have occu pied has prevented our giving the neighborhood news since we began their publication. The most of our readers who already have the service of the associated press have a general outline of these. notes and would rather have the county news than that they have gathered from other sources, and we will try to gratify their wishes. A few notes on Chickamauga Park may intereat some of our readers and we give them as follows: The park contains 5,700 acres; its acreage is three and three-quarters miles long by three miles wide and it has sev enty miles of turnpike road. In round numbers there were 121,000 troops engaged on both sides. The casualties in both armies is pot down at 33.000. There are 598 mon uments and marks on tbe park. There are 248 pieces of artillery still on the ground to mark the place where it stood during the fight. The wheels of the gun carriages rest on granite to protect them. The car riages and guns are all nicely pointed and they look as if they were ready for immediate use. These guns are arranged in two lines, marking the position of the two armies. B ‘tween the lines there is an open field of perhaps forty acres—as level as a floor. To see these long lines of death-dealing instruments pointing at each other makes one feel solemn when he remembers what took place there nearly thirty-eight years ago. Around the muzzle of the cannon in plain letters cut in the metal is a brief history of the gun. The woodland is none the less in teresting. The trees standing be tween the lines show evidence of tbe terrible conflict. On either side we find gnarly spots showing where a shell, grape shot, or mir o ball struck it. These are as common as knots on a log. S)me trees have had their tops shot off and have branched out again. Here, there and yonder the observer finds a mark that tells its tale. On the ground is an old blacksmith shop built of scalped oak logs that show many bullet marks. The South Carolina monument is a very nice one and reflects credit on our State, The chaingang has worked a por tion of the Limestone road between this place and Wilicinsville. The re cent rains have rendered the work worthless—the road is washed into gullies in many places and the ditches are filled with mud and debris. This year goes inlb history as one of freebets. Not even the year 1886 surpassed it. It has been a record breaker—a freshet every month. For the first year in several we have raised a crop of Irish potatoes. Although they have been attacked several times with bugs, yet a few ashes or slacked lime has driven them off, while others have used more expensive remedies for their exter mination. Cotton blooms will be scarce tbe fourth ft July this year. Recently this section has been treated to a novelty in the way of a colored woman preacher. She came we learn, from the York side of the river and holds forth at Walker’s church, the colored school house, and Union Grove. She had large audiences at some places of both white and colored, so we are told. On the third Sabbath in July the Fair Forest congregation will cele brate the fiftieth anniversary of Rev. A. A. James, pastorate. The com munion of the Lord’s Supper will be celebrated in connection with the services. Rev. J. P. Marion will preach at Salem the first Sabbath in July at 11 a. m. By raieprints in our letter in Tues day’s Ledger we are made to say Miss Ida Blackwell, instead of Miss Ida Bullock, died at Gaffney and was burled at Abingdon church. Also that cbildren’a day will come off at Salem on August 11th, instead of August 1st. These, we hope, our readers will note and govern them selves accordingly. Your correspondent leavee today for Cli'ton, where he will visit Mr. Willie Horn, who is lying danger ously ill at that place. Mr. Boyce Whieonant hae laid down hie algebra and other like books and is wielding the yard stick at his home at Wilklnsville. Mias Lillie Foster is still living, but her sufferings are intense. Her case has been pronounced appendici tis. A few farmers are hauling in their wheat and packing it away for tbe thresher. They don’t wish to risk the raloi any more than they can help. Kwywbirt w« go iri bur Tb« Ledger well spoken of and it is en couraging to our new county to know that it has succeeded in this impor tant particular, as well as many others. No people can rise to success and usefulness without a high-toned newspaper to speak for them. It takes good work to make a good pa per, ai d this The Ledger certainly has. The mill dam at Thomson's mill was broken by the recent freshet and the mill is not in operation. We have heard of a great many sudden deaths this summer. The death of Mr. Adolphus E. Carroll, of Lowreysville, Chester county, will be sad news to many Ledger readers in this and other states. He died suddenly last week. He had. it seems, a presentment that he would die suddenly and was always careful when leaving home to tell his family where he was going. On the morning of his death he went to the pasture and told his familv that if he did not return as soon as they thought be ought to they had better look after him. Mrs. Carroll, , thinking be was slow in coming hack, went to see about him, but met him returning. He told her that it was his last trip, and sure enough it was, for when he reached home and rested a few moments he went out into the yard, but was unable to get back alone. Death had struck him. He .vas a quiet, peaceable citizen, a member of the Presbyterian church and a Confederate veteran. Our worthy and vigilant Congress man, Hon. D. E. Finley, is having printed for distribution a card show ing all the changes in the war reve nue taxes which go into effect July 1st. It shows the items repealed, those modified and those retained. It will be a source of valuable infor mation to our people, especially those affected by the law. Any who wish copies can get th.m by writing Mr. Finley, at Yorkville, 8. C. The county authorities will do well to look after the public roads in this section. They are almost im passable in places. The ferry at Howell’s is about done. The ferryman, Mr. Edwards, says he will not attempt to put any one over without help till the chain is put in place, and even then only in urgent cases. j. l s. Night Wan Her Terror. “I would cough nearly all night long,” writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate, of Alexandria, Ind., “and could hardly get any sleep. I had con- eumption so bad that if I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood, but, when all other medi cines failed, three $1.00 bottles of Dr. King’s Now Discovery wholly cured me and I gained 58 pounds.” It’s absolutely guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds, Grippe, Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung Troubles. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Cherokee Drug Co. Albert Horton, son. of Mrs. G. W. Horton, of! Saxon Mills, iu Spartan- bnrg, disappeared from his home on Tuesday June 1. He is 12 years old, has black hair, large blue eyes and is well grown for his age. Any infor mation as to his whereabouts will be gladly received by his parei.ts. Dyspeptics cannot be long lived because to live requires nourishment. Food is not nonrishing until it is digested. A disordered stomach cannot digest food, it must have assistance. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests all kinds of food without and Md from the stomach, allowing it to rest and regain its natural functions. Its elements are exactly tbe same as the natural digestive fluids and it simply can’t help but do you good. Cherokee Drug Co. Pleasure shortens life; happiness prolongs is. Take care of your living and your dying will take care of itself. “A few months ago, food which I ate for breakfast would not remain on my stomach for half an hour. I used one Dottle of your Kodol Dys pepsia Cure and can now eat my breakfast and other meals with a relish and my food is thoroughly di gested. Nothing equals Kodol Dys pepsia Cure for stomach troubles’, H. 8. Pitts, Arlington, Tex. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat Cherokee Drug Company. Wooden shoes are worn by about 50,000,000 people in Europe. Most of them are made of basswood. “The Doctors told me my cough was incurable. One Minute Cough Cure made me a well man.” *Norria Silver, North Stratford, N. H.—Be cause you’ve not found relief from a stubborn cough, don’t despair. One Minute Cough Cure baa cured thous ands and it will cure you. Safe and sure. Cherokee Drug Company. One doesn’t have to stick a pin in hope to make it spring eternal. The bilious, tired, nervous man cannot successfully compete with hie healthy rival. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the famoue pills for constipa tion, will remove tbe cause of your troubles , Cherokee Drug Co. Canned fruits are sealed propcials for Interior department supplies. A surgical opeifction is not neces sary to cure piles. DeWitt’a Witch Hazel Salve savei all that expense and never fails. Beware of counter feits. Cherokee Drug Co. Triplets are problems that can be solved only by tbe rule of three. Kczeuia, saltrheum, tetter, chaflng, ivv poisoning and all skin tortures are quickly cured by DeWitt’s Witch Ha zel Salve. The certain pile cafe. Cherokee Drug Oo. WITH HONORS OF WU DAILIES SORRENDERS Filipino Chieftain Gives Up to the Americans. TREATED AS A BRAVE HAN Gallant American Commander De* ollncs to Receive the Sword and Colors of (he Captive—Oath of Alle giance to Stars and Stripes. Santa Cruz, Province of Laguna, P. I., June 24. — When General Cailles sur rendered here today, with 650 men and 500 rifles, he entered Santa Cruz to the music of native bands, which were drawn up iu six lines in the churoh- yards. Caiiles aud his staff entered the church, where mass was celebrated by Chaplain Hart of the Eighth United Stam infantry. The column passed in review before the United States army headquarters with arms at port, returned to the con vention enclosure, there surreudered their rifles and received receipts en titling them to 30 pesos each. All the receipts were deposited in the hats of Cailles and his officers, Cailles insisting that the arms were not being sold, but belonged to the revolutionary govern- ment, and that the proceeds mast go to the widows and orphans. During the surrender of arms Cailles and his staff, who were outside the en closure, wept. A Gallant Deed. The officers afterwards walked to i eadquarters, where Cailles tendered da sword to General Sumner, who gal- .antly handed it back. General Sumner also handed back the revolutionists’ flag, which Cailles will personally pre sent to General MacArthur. General Suiu-ie’- congratulated Cailles on his surrender and the latter respond ed that it was a happy day for Laguna province. The president of the Federalists in Laguna made a patriotic address to the former Filipino officers, and then the latter and the rank and file of the Fili pinos took the oath of allegiance pub licly on the public square. Frank Mekin, the deserter of the Thirty-seventh infantry, who had been acting as a lieutenant with the insur gents under Cailles and who surrender ed today, was placed in irons. WAPESBORO-WINSTON R. R. Pennsylvania Said to Be Behind Pro posed New Line. Winston, N. Q, June 24.—It is said that the Peuusylvauia railroad, whioh owns a controlling interest in the Nor folk and Western, is behind the move ment to build the proposed road from Wadesboro to Winston-Salem. A southern connection would prove a valu able feeder and is just what the Norfolk and Western has beeu wanting for years. The amount of coal shipped from the mines iu Virginia aud West Virginia aud given to the Southern railway here would be worth a great deal to the new road, another reason given for the be lief that the Pennsylvania and Norfolk and Western are interested in the plan to build a road south from the Winston- Salem division of the Norfolk and Wes tern. ■ It is said that no less than $2,000,000 will have beeu expended when all tha steel bridges and the work began on the road is completed. Of coarse the rail road officials are not talking for publi cation, but it comes from a reliable source that the Winston-Wadesboro road is a certainty and that when com pleted it will be operated by the Norfolk and Western^ PLAGUE AT OUR DOORS. An Infected Ship Arrives mt a Pacific Coast Port. Washington, June 24.—Surgeon Gen eral Wyman today was informed by Dr. McKay, quarantine officer at San Diego, Cal., of the arrival at that port of a plague infected shipt The vessel is the Carlisle City, sailing from Houg Kong, May 16, and coming via Yokohama and Honolulu, reached San Diego late last Saturday. Dr. McKay reports that there were six deaths enroute, fist of which were certainly caused from plagna and the sixth is supposed to have been. Ail the deaths but one were among members of the crew, the exception being a Chinese steerage passenger. The dead were buried at sea. Dr. McKay reports that all the others on board are in good health. The crew t f the Carlisle City consisted of eight Europeans and 48 Chinese. The vessel carried one European cabin pas senger aud 12 Chinese steerage pas sengers. Fatal Boating Party. Pori Auroyas, Oal, June 24.—Late last night H. Sperry, a telegraph opera tor employed by the Southern Paoiflo company at Benicia, and and Agnes Kerns and while boating on Carqi were thrown into the sudden squall which capsii The Kerns girls managed to( optarued boat, bnc Miss Si Sperry were drowned. The' exhausted when rescued by a flshi Killed the Girl He Loved. Anniston, Ala., Jane 24. — Henry Gill killed Estelle Collins last night ' Embrey’s Bend, on the Coosa riyer, miles north of Lincoln, in this (Cal houn) county, with a shotgun. Dean Collins, father of the girl, was badly wonuded by GUI Sarah Collins, moth er of the girl, wee shot at several times. 1 Gill bonght a marriage lioenee for him-, •elf and Estelle OolUns, bat was reject/ ed by tbe father. That caused ths shooting. Gill is at large. From Trip Around the World./ San Fuakcuco, June 84 —Dr. ^ W. Mitchell, the noyelist, his physicino and his wifs and daughter arrited here on ^ lt * g u 8r from • Wj ■ lam WQflth-