The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 28, 1901, Image 13
[HED FEB. 16, 1894.
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Reigning Monarchs.
5IAN VERSUS ITALIAN
UramAson of C'zar Nicholas Kecclvcs
Severe Swur<l Thrust In Stomach at
fluuds of Cousin of Italian King.
Heinark About t^ueen.
New Yoisk, July 8.—According to a
Rome dispatch m tho World, the Duke
of Aosta, oernsm of tho King of Italy
and heir presumptive of the throue,
fought a duel last week with a Russian
Ufcnce, believed to bo Duke Eugene of
Ucutchenburg, grandson of Czar Nicho-
.las I. Tho Russian received a severe
sword thrust through the stomach.
Duke Eugene is known to bo suffering
from peritonitis, ami from this it is
concluded that he was the Duke of
Aosta’s antagonist.
The duel has excited wide interest,
because of the rank of the principals,
and there is much speculation as to its
cause.
It is reported that tho Russian nf-
frouted tne King of Italy recently by
making in his presence a slighting re
mark about the queeu while on a visit
to Naples.
SHE IS SORRY FOR IT.
Russia 'Tired of Her Retaliatory
Tariff' Acts.
New York, July 8.—It is annouuced
iy a Washington dispatch to the Jour
nal of Commerce that a decided dispo
sition to counteract the acts of retalia
tory duties imposed ou "ertaiu Ameri
can products has recently been shown
by the Russian government. It would
seem, from ^10 earnestness of the rep
resentations made to the department of
State by tho Russian ambassador before
his departure from Washington and by
the charge d’affairs since then, although
it is not openly acknowledged, that
Minister De Witte regrets his action in
retaliation duties, causing friction be
tween the two governments.
The Russian government seems to be
seeking a reopening of the case in re
gard to the countervailing duty on su
gar. Ic is not the volume of Russiau
Sugar imports into tho United States
which determines the anxiety of the
Russian govt-rument in the matter, but
rather its general policy of avoiding
friction where nothing is to be gained.
The assurance of friendship given by
Count Casini and the charge, M. De-
Willant, made a favorable impression at
the state department, but do uot prom
ise any immediate result.
The single result which may follow
the ropresentatious of the Russiau am
bassador is the removal of the reciproc
ity negotiations which were abandoned
last winter
Hou. John A. Kasson, who dealt with
most of tho reciprocity treaties, is now
ou leave of absence. Defiuito arrange
ments for a treaty with Russia will
probably uot be made uutil his return.
DEATH IN A LANDSLIDE.
Kidnaping Assuming Alarming Pro
portions In China.
Seattle, Wash., July 8.—Canton ad
vices by steamer give details of the
loss of 300 lives by landslide and flood
occurring at Lu Lon, China.
Native accounts state that a great
flood of water poured out of the moun
tains, carrying everything before it.
Two hundred houses were swept away
and the fields swept bare of crops. Sev
eral thousand landslides occurred, car
rying a large portion of Lung Kong
into the bay.
Wbat appeared a tidal wave followed,
making it impossible for a^y who were
carried into the water to escape.
Robbers in the Wang Tung provinces
are kidnaping people to realize money.
Dozens of women and children have
been abducted, though the kidnapers
are always killed when caLght. A
Buddhist uun, convicted of Lmrhoriug
kidnapers, is being publicly exhibited
in a cage at Cantou. Six kiduaped wo
men were fouud in a convent.
Raleigh's Public Schools.
Raleigh, July 8.—The aunual report
by the superinteudect of Raleigh’s pub
lic schools shows auenrollmeutof 3,091,
of which 1,«11 are lu the white schools,
with 1.067 average daily attendance;
and 1,480 in the negro schools, with 872
average daily attendance. School was
taught 88 weeks, two weeks longer than
ever before. There has been great im
provement in buildings and in school
work. The report ou county schools
shows uu enrollment of 4,914 whitesand
4,265 negroes, this excluding Raleigh.
There is an increase in the white and a
decrease of negro attendance. The per
centage of white Illiterates is 6 2 8 and
of negroes 7 2 0.
Not Acquired Ily .Morgan.
Tacoma, July 8.—George B. Dodwell
of Loudon, head of the Dodwell line of
steamers, and Fred,Dodwell, American
manager, have returned from a trip
down the sound. Manager Dodwell
•aid there was absolutely no foundation
for the stories sent out to the effect that
the Morgan syndicate had purchased
the Dodwell Oriental and Alaska lines
«f steamers. ,
Alabama Troop* In Camp.
Montoomeky, Ala., July 8 The lo
cal military companies, accompanied by
all of those wen and north of uere
which belong to the Second regiment,
Lave gone Into camp ut Eufaula, undei
command of Lieutenant Colonel F. A.
Wiley, who has named the rendezvous
Camp Sum ford for the late governor.
A-nnulted and Murdered.
Mihiilesboiiouoh, Ky., July 8.—The
body of Martha White was found dead
today near town. She had been as
saulted and murdered and there was a
bullet bole through her body. No olut
M been fouud.
OVER THE STATE,
Newsy Items from Other Counties Grouped
Together.
The Anderson Intelligencer says
that Judge Benet's famous charge to
the jury in the Anderson slavery
cases has demoralized the negro ten
ants of farms, and white owners find
it nearly impossible to hold the farm
hands to their signed contracts.
G. Frank Bamberg, of Bamberg,
has a curiosity at his stable at
that place. It is a mare colt
whose mother is a mule. This is a
freak of nature which is very rare.
The mother of the colt was bought
in the west by Mr. Bamberg last
winter a year ago, and the following
April she gave birth to the colb.
An attempt to wreck tho south
bound Seaboard Air Line train was
made early Friday morning near
Abbeville. The fishplates ou one of
the rails were removed. The rail re
mained in place till struck by the
sleeper, which was derailed. No one
was seriously injured. The authori-
lives believe recently discharged em
ployes from the Abbeville shops did
the work.
H. B. Mitchell, of Spartanburg,
clera in the secretary of state’s otiice
in Columbia, found a very handsome
stone in the corridors of the state
house Friday morning. It looks, to
the unprofessional eye, as if it is a
genuine diamond. It was probably
lost, by some one visiting the state
hiuse, from a ring or some other
piece of jewelry. Mr. Mitchell holds
it subject to return to the loser who
proves tho property.
Several days ago when Capt. J.
W. Marshal, of Rock Hill, had a col
ored man to go upon the top of one
of the big iron tanks in which kero
sene is shipped from that place, in
order to take the temperature of the
oil, the man while taking off the top
lai(L tho instrument upon the tank
and in a few minutes the mercury in
the thermometer exploded. The
tank was exposed to the sun and the
oil within was so hot that the man
could not bear bis hand in it.
Magistrate Bates, of Jonesville,
bad an unusual case before him last
weea. It is reported that a few days
ago Mr. Ed Rochester and Miss Mat-
tie Minton ran sway and were mar
ried by Mr. L. K. Littlejohn, a notary
public. The father of the girl is
very wroth and he indicted Mr.
Rochester for enticing his 14 year
old daughter away and marrying her.
He has also indicted the notary
public for performing the ceremony.
Mr. Rochester is not yet 16 years of
age.
Col. W. A. Neal has succeeded in
giving the !|!2,000 bond required of
him by the court, pending the result
of bis appeal to the state supreme
court, and he has loft Columbia for
his home in Anderson, considerably
worn out with bis last week’s trying
ordeal in the court room. The
bondsmen were Messrs. F. H. Weston,
Haltiwanger and J. M. Graham.
Nothing can develop in this much
talked of case until the arguments
are made in December and ths court
renders its decision.
Two little sons of Mrs. P. F.
Creighton were drowned near Mc
Cormick, in Abbeville county, Thurs
day. It was the sad ending of a
Fourth of July picnic. The boys
were aged respectively 9 and 11
years. They had gone in bathing
some little distance down the river
away from the crowd. They waded
out over their depth and when Dr.
Manly Brown, who was the first to
discover them, came upon the scene
they were just sinking the third
time. Ho called for assistance and
immediately sprang in. A large
crowd quickly gathered and they
soon succeeded in finding the young
est one of the boys, but the body of
the elder]wus not found until it was
too late to save him.
The secretary of State decided
Thursday, under the terms’of the re
cent act of the general assembly,
that building and loan associations
must pay their charter fees upon the
basis of their ultimate and not their
original or starting capital. If a
building and loan association ex
pects its stock at maturity to be
worth iJiriOO.OOO then the charter fee
must be based upon that amount and
not upon a portion of It. If the as
sociation started out with a smaller
capital there would have to be con
stant increase from month to month
and this would occasion a great deal
of trouble. A building and loop as
sociation with an ultimate capital
stock of $500,000 will have to pay a
charter fee of $800 and one with a
capital stock of $150,000 will btve to
pay a fee of $125 before beginning
work.
Ned Smalls, a negro residing on
St. Helena Island In Beaufort connty,
was lodged in the county jail at
Beaufort Saturday on a charge of
wilful murder committed on the
Fourth of July at Frogmore, P. O.
In an Interview with Smalls in his
cell at the jail Saturday morning be
stated that be had an altercation
with bit victim early on the morning
of the fourth and met him on the
public road In the course of the fore
noon on which occasion John Mitch
ell, the murdered man, accosted him,
remarking that he wished to spesk
with him, Smalls stated that he re
plied, “See rue some other time.”
The two met again In the afternoon
and, according to Hmalla story,
Mitchell drew a knife and pistol
upon him. He, (Smalls,) stabbed
the former In the neok once, Inflict-
log a frightful wound Jioa which
ths victim died liter ip the day.
;C., TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1901.
CHRIS
GET DO
International Convention of
Christian Endeavor.
THE TWENTIETH SESSION
tVogrmns of Exercises Observed In
tlie Ureal Uaiiierluxa at Cincinnati.
Some Very Interesting Topic Dis
cussed at Opening Proceedings.
Cixcixxati, July 8.—The regular pro
grams of the twentieth international
convention of tho Christian Endeavor
began today. Several of the largest
churches in the central part of the city
were used, in addition to Odeou hall
and three large auditoriums heretofore
used for exposition purposes.
Two quiet hour meetings were held,
from 8 to 9 a. m., conducted by Floyd
VV. Tompkins of Philadelphia and Cor
nelius Worlfkiu of Brooklyn.
G. Campbell Morgan of Baltimore
conducted a meeting on Bible teaching
and J. F. Carsou of Brooklyn one on
“The Holy Spirit.”
Miss Margaret Koch of Waterville,
Me., eondueted a conference ou “Bod
ily ami Vocal Development.”
At the Auditorium, President Clark
presided, and tho “Twentieth Century
Homo” was the topic, with addresses
by Clarence J. Harris, Atlanta; Edwin
Forrest Hallenbuck, Albany; Ira Lau-
drith, Nashville; J. E. Pounds, Cleve-
laud; \V. G. Marsh, Adelaide, Austra
lia, and Robert Johnson, London, Out
Various Addresses.
At the First English Lutheran church.
Secretary Baer presiding, there were
addresses ou the “School of Methods
For the Junior Christian Endeavor,” by
Miss Nellie F. Whirofield, Kildare, O.
T.; Mrs. Fraucis E Clark. Boston; Miss
Florence S. LeBaroime, Chicago; A. J.
Turtle, Allegheny, Pa.; Miss Clara L.
Boyer, Dayton, O.; Miss Kate H. Haus.
St. Louis; Mrs. M. L. Hageman, Muu-
cie, lud.; Miss Ella M. Brown, Eau
Clair, Wis.; Field Secretary O. E. Eber-
man, Bostou; Miss Elizabeth Gluey,
Providence; Jeuks B. Robinson, Phila
delphia; Treasurer William Shaw', Bos
ton; George W. Pollock, Buchauan, W.
Va.; George B. Craft, Boston.
At Odeou hall the new field secretary,
Clarence E Ebermati, presided, and ad
dresses were made by local, district and
state union officials.
The noonday evangelical services were
conducted by Dr. C. L. Work.
CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS.
Deutli Cm* No hlgure. According to
I'recrdent*.
Washington, July 8 —Alexander
McDowell, clerk of the house of repre
sentatives, today opened and seut to
the public i.riuter the te-timouy iu the
case of Johu Leutz vs. Emmet Tomp
kins, involving the congressional seat
from the twelfth Ohio district. The
papers consisted of Lentz’s charges and
tho testimony taken in support of them
and Tompkins’ answer. Tompkins’
majority was only 18, and Leutz al
leges that it was secured by the use of
mouey. Tompkins makes denial of all
the charges but offers no testimony.
This is the last contest case to be
opened by the clerk There were seven
of them. One involves the contest from
the seventh South Carolina district,
which was accorded to Dr. Stokes, who
has since died. According to prece
dents in the house, the contest will be
prosecuted, regardless of Stokes’ death.
The coutestauts failed to file their pa
pers.
TWELVE FIREMEN FELL.
Uuried In Wreckage — Rescued by
Their ('onipaiilons.
Chicago, July 8.—Twelve firemen fell
with n floor and were buried iu the
wreckage at a fire here todfry, but were
rescued by their companions. The lire
occurred at 190 aud 192 Washington
street, occupied by Merle & Heaney,
dealers iu saloon aud store fixtures.
While handling a heavy load of hose on
the first floor the support gave way and
the men were precipitated into the base
ment. They were quickly rescued by
their comrades, and it was found their
injuries wero uot serious.
The total loss is approximately $60,*
000, much damage being doue by water.
Eighteen Uiilldlng Uurued.
CoLKimooK, N. H , July 8 — A fire
broke out here early today. Eighteen
buildingi, nearly all business places,
were burned. The loss is estimated at
$215,000. L
Marshall Is I’ardonsd.
Jackhon, Miss., July 8.—Governor
Longiuo bus pardoned John H. Dabney
Marshall. Six yea. h ago Marshall
Roliert Fox and Harry Coleman, promi
nent young Vicksburgers, killed R. T.
Dinkins at Brandon, for c rculaifug in
juries stones about Marshall. Fox aud
Coleman were pardoned by Governor
McLiuriu, three years ag>. Marshall
was always feeble and it now a physical
wreck. Marshall and others were con-
vicioJ of murder aud sentenced to the
penitentiary for life.
An Irish Philanthropist.
Mobils, July 8.~Bishop Allen, at*
eistnd by many Catholio clergy and Je
suits from Spring Hill college, Sunday
dedicated the new home for the aged
C ior. The home is in charge of the
Utle Sisters of the Poor, and woe do
nated completely by Major P. O. Han*
nan, a local Irish philanthropist.
< harbon In Mississippi.
Jackson, Miss., July 8.—Governor
Longiuo is informed that charbou hi
broken oat iu Washington, Sunflower
and Shark.ey counties. The disease
lias attacked the mules ou tho state
farm in Sharkley cjuuty.
tiibmi leu eh Mrs.
Nxw Yokk, July 8.—Sixteen school
teachers from Cuba were pu»*eng>T» by
the Red D 1’ue steamer Uurocus wmoh
ftrrlTud Uft wulog,
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Happenings and the Duli>g» of Onr Nelgh-
Ixirs Across the L.lne.
A Miss Fisher was killed last Sun
day by a bolt of lightning, which
entered her home near Bull Creek,
Madison county.
During the cyclone Tuesday an
umbrella flew into Brevard on the
wings of the wind, and alighted in
front of the Brevard News office on
Main street. Where it came from no
one knew.
Jas. E. Cooper was killed Monday
at Asheville by the evening train
from Bryson City, while trying to
board it at a street crossing. He
worked for a transfer company and
usually caught the train at Murphy
Junction, but on this occasion he
was too late. He was the son of Mr.
Hannah Cooper.
D. M. Williamson, a prosperous
farmer living about twelve miles from
Asheville, disappeared in that city
last Tuesday morning and nothing
has been heard from him since. His
brother, J. F. Williamson, is here in
Asheville to investigate the matter,
and the police and sheriff’s officers
have been searching for him, but be
has vanished completely.
While trying to escape Saturday
morning Frank Moffitt, a negro from
Orange county, who was serving a
four years sentence on the public
roads of Guilford county, was shot
and killed by Guard John Harrill at
the camp a few miles from town.
Moffitt was a thick heavy set black
negro about forty-five years old and
was known as a despe.ate character.
James Atwood, an employe of the
Daniel Manufacturing Company of
Lincolnton, who lives in town, at
tempted suicide Saturday evening by
swallowing four grains of morphine.
The doctors pumped him out and
kept him awake, thus saving bis life.
He was despondent and remarked to
his wife as he took the poison that
he “bad no friends and was in the
way.”
Thursday night the store of Aber-
nethy & Howard cf Alexis, in Gas
ton county, was broken into by
forcing the front door. A supply of
clothing, suspenders, shoes etc. was
taken. The value can’t easily be
estimated. When one of the pro
prietors came the next morning to
open up he found that the store had
been entered, the door had been
pulled shut.
Since the announcement was made
that there is to be an automobile line
run from Greensboro to Winston,
some of enterprising citizens of
Greensboro have been working ou a
scheme that would eclipse anything
yet suggested. They propose to
erect large Ferris wheel fans on
every corner in the city and furnish
wind on hot days during the summer
months to those who are willing
to pay for same. An anemometer is
to be placed on each fan to measure
the velocity of the breezes.
There is an old darkey near Alexis,
in Gaston county, by the name of
James Johnson. He is about forty
years old and has crazy spells. Wed
nesday night while in one of his
lunatic spells he grabbed a razor and
ran from his house declaring that be
was going to kill himself. He fell in
a gully while on his run and consider
ably crippled himself. He lost his
razor and didn’t cut himself. He
was found later lying down in a
neighboring field and carried home.
He created considerable excitement.
John McDougald, charged with
selling whiskey near Fayetteville,
was tried before U. 8. Commissioner
Morrisey Saturday morning and
bound over to the Federal court. A
$800 bond was required, which he
failed to give and was placed in jail.
Grey Toole, a prominent negro who
keeps a store in Redbone, was ar
rested Saturday -morning by Deputy
United States Marshal H. B. Averitt
on a charge of retailing whisky. He
was required to give a $200 bond for
his appearance at trial on the I9tb
instant. F. P. Williston went his
bond. Toole was • lieutenant in the
Charlotte company of the Third Regi
ment (colored) during the Spanish-
American war.
The Fayetteville and Wilmington
Steamboat Comany has a large force
of men at work on the Council Hall
Cape Fear river front, short distance
below the old boat landings, excava
ting, levelling the earth, etc., In the
construction of a dock and wharves
for the steamers of the line. From
that wharf will be run the electric
trolley line through the business
portion of the city, and freight and
passengers will be landed at the boats
or in the centre of the city. Long
years ago a wooden street railway,
with mules as motive powe", trans
ported goods to and from the Cam-
belltou wharfs. Id the laying of
some sewer pipes, the old wooden
track was found uodsr tbs surface of
Hay street.
Tbs burglars struck Bessmsr Tues
day olgbt. They entered the post-
office there by pressing the door until
tbs bolt gave way. This gave them
entrance to the lobby. They unlock
ed the door that lead into tbs privets
room of tbe office. They took all
tbs mall from the general delivery
and a small qusolty of stamps end
postage due stamps. They failed to
Hod any money unless they found
some In the letters stolen. D. J£.
Tate lives In the rear of the postoffice
and his dog barked considerably
during tbe night but as he does that
occasionally no attention was paid to
his barking. No noise was made
sufficient to attract tho attention of
any one and tbe burglary was not
discovered uotll Wednesday morning.
Tbs poilmtslsr wm la tbs postofflo*
ftboQl blit pul Mb q'qIqqIk it plfbt,
LOWER cm
LOCIL CULLIWOS.
Thompson Mill Dam Broke
by Last Freshet.
FAITH CURE DOCTOR. WOMEN AND SOCIETY. WHAT THE LEADER SAYS
A Short Crop of Wheat anti Damp When
ThreMheti Out—Hoy Itantes a Kucuh by
Going to Sleep In a Hath Tub—A Mem
phis Trophy.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Etta Jane, July 5.—When a min
ister loses his sermon and wants
time to get up another he can do as
one we heard of once who, on a simi
lar occasion, asked his congregation
to sing the 119th psalm throughout.
The Fourth of July is about like
other days among farming people
who are in the grass and generally
behind with their crops in other re
spects.
We regret to learn that Mrs. Julia
Roberts, of Hickory Grove, died at
Kings Mountain last Monday night.
For a long time she had been in bud
health and went to the home of her
daughter thinking a change might be
beneficial. But too late. The fatal
disease, or rather complication of
diseases, had done their work and
she kept sinking lower and lower in
health till death came to her relief.
She leaves a husband and five chil
dren to mourn her loss.
The county chain gang is working
the roads in this section. They are
not worked, either, oefore they need
it.
From what we learn it will not be
likely khat tbe Thompson mill will
start to grinding soon. The last
freshet broke tbe dam to such an ex
tent that it will take considerable
work to repair it.
J. H. McKissick, Esq , ex-clerk of
the court of Union county, spent a
few days in this section this week.
Among the trophies we brought
home from the Memphis reunion is a
fragment of a bomb shell picked up
on the Cbickamauga battlefield not
far from where the South Carolina
monument stands.
We would be glad to know about
our Cowpens park, how it is getting
on and whether or not the deed to
the land has been made. We have
missed some good opportunities to
make something out of it.
Mr. W. T. Horton, president of the
association, bas done all that be bad
tbe power or that it was his duty to
do to complete it. The public, it
seems, are beginning to think that
tho whole matter is a failure and
they see no chance to have it move
onward. We claim now, as we did at
tbe beginning, that it should be a
national affair and that the federal
government alone ought to mark the
grounds with suitable tablets. It
bas done so at Cbickamauga and at
Shiloh and many other places and
why not give the same recognition to
revolutionary battlefields, especially
such an important a one us Cowpens?
Owing to the Fourth of July beiug
a holiday we had no mail from Gaff
ney yesterday.
Mrs. John Foster, we are glad to
say, still continues to improve in
health. She has been very low aud
is not out of danger yot, we fear.
Most of tbe farmers failed to make
as much wheat as they expected six
weeks or two months ago. Most of
it was damp wheu threshed out and
it will take labor to dry and take care
of it.
We have received, from Hon. I). E.
Finley a list of tbe war tax changes
which he has prepared and had
printed for the benefit of his constit
uents who desire them. The list is
an invaluable aid to all business, and
especially commercial men.
We learn that our neighbors on the
York side of Broad river have had a
faith cure doctor working in their
community. He is a colored man
and it is said he can remove rheu
matic pains, headache or any similar
ailment by simply holding bis hands
near the affected parts and then giv
ing them a sling as if to shake the
disease off. The patient will then
tell him that it is either gone entirely
or removed to some other part of the
body. He then makes another and
perhaps a third application until the
pain Is entirely removed. W’e are
told be removed tbe rheumatic pains
from one of Mr. John P. Williams’
children—a boy of perhaps eight or
ten years of age.
We are told by a respectable white
man that he saw him cure the head
ache on a man at Hickory Grove by
a simple motion of the hands about
his bead, without touching him.
Such treatment, more than anything
else, convinces us of tbe imaginary
Ills with which so many persons suf
fer. i
The children are making prepara
tions for children’s dsy at Messopo-
tamia church on tbe fourth ttabbath
of this month, and on Thursday fol
lowing, Aagust 1st, It will be ob
served at Salem.
Otbo, tbe tbree-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. B McDaniel, of
Hickory Grove, raised a considerable
"ruous” last Sabbath by getting In a
wash tub end going to sleep. They
could not find him for a long time
and raised an alarm. The little fel
low was sound asleep in the broiling
hot sun with his hat over his face
when they found him and it was some
time before he could be restored to
consciousness.
Gardens would be better with s
shower of rain.
Hod. 0. W. Wbiiootut, of Wllkioi*
hiw nWBrrned^^^Pi^rwe cannot
tell.
We have received a copy of the
Honor Roll of Confederate veterans
of Chester county from 1801 to 1805
It is a nicely printed pamphlet of
twenty-five pig s j. l s.
All communications to this column should
be addressed to I*. O. Box 15X)
[THE FAN ]
Of fresh new silk, all snowy white,
And round as harvest moon;
A uledire of purity and love,
A small but welcome boon.
While summer lasts, borne In the hand,
Or folded on the breast.
’Twill gently soothe thy burning' brow.
And charm thee to thy rest.
But, ah! when autumn frosts dcSTcnd,
And winter’s winds blow cold.
No longer sought, no longer loved,
'Twill lie In dust and mould.
This silken fan then deign accept,
Nad emblem of my lot—
Caressed and fondled for an hour,
Then speedily forgot.
Mrs. W. J. Wilkins, two children
and nurse left yesterday for Glenn
Springs.
Miss Willis, of Clifton, was in the
city last week, the guest of Miss Mol-
lie Robbs.
Mrs. Volney Sarratt and children
left yesterday for Glenn Springs.
Misses Alice and Gertie Little, of
Blacksburg, 19 on a visit to relatives
and friends in the city.
Mrs. C. N. Littlejohn, of Pacolet,
spent a few days last week at the
home of Mrs. W. R. Lipscomb on
Race street.
Miss Gaston, after a delightful
visit to her friend. Miss Lillian Hop
per, bas returned to her borne in
Blacksburg.
Miss Beulah Spears, the popular
typewriter for Claude Jefferies, E*q. t
leaves this week for her home in
Jonesville.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harris were in the
city last week as the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Fletcher Smith on Victoria
avenue.
ET
IN SETTLING STRIKE
Cause of Grievance of Amal
gamated Hen.
THE MONAZITE INDUSTRY.
In Attracting Increanod Attention in
Cherokee Connty.
In regard to the mouazite industry
in this section of the country the
following is from a Spartanburg cor
respondent of the News and Courier:
“The monazite industry is attract
ing increased attention over in Chero
kee county. Heretofore the sand
was mixed with iron, garnet and
other impurities, which rendered it
unsalable. They have a machine
now for clearing the crude product so
as to get tbe clean sand. One of
these machines will soon be estab
lished in Gaffney. When the con
tractors take leases on monazite ter
ritory they pay a royalty of $20 a ton
on the clean product. A few years
ago there was a small lot of land a
few miles from Gaffney, which paid
the owner several times over and his
land still remained. Occassionally a
little gold is found with the monazite
deposits, but never enough to be
considered. It is expected that the
state geologist will make some dis
coveries in tbe Piedmont which will
open up new industries. This mona
zite sand lays in the gravel strata of
our branches and creeks, and by
ditchers and gold hunters, it was
always considered worthless stuff.
There may be other valuable products
beneath tbe surface of this Piedmont
country.”
Cherokee’s soil id rich in minerals
and valuable ores and who knows
but that at some day in the .'ear
future this section may be one of the
greatest mining centers in tbe
South? Stranger things have hap
pened.
ThouMiitla Sent Into Kxlle.
Every year a large number of poor
sufferers whose lungs are sore and
racked with coughs are urged to go to
another climate. But this is costly
and not always sure. Don’t be an
exile when Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption will cure you at
home. It’s the most infallible medi
cine for Coughs, Colds, and all
Throat and Lung diseases on earth.
The first dose brings relief. As
tounding cures result from persistent
use Trial bottles free at Cherokee
Drug Company. Pripe 50c and $1.00.
Every bottle guaranteed.
A remarkable case of Mormoniem
has been discovered at Crenshaw, Pa.,
where John Vafilko has had two wives
living together with him for five years.
“I wish to truthfully state to you
and tbe readers of these few lines
that your Kodol Dyspepsia Cure ie
without question, tbe best and only
cure for dyspepsia that I have ever
come in contact with and I have used
many other preparations.” John
Beam, West Middlesex, Pa. No
preparation equals Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure as It contains all the natural
dlgestsnts. It will digest all kinds
of food and jan’t help but do you
good. Cherokee Drug Co.
William H. Newman, the new pres
ident of tbejlew York Central rail
road, began life as a switchman.
"I am indebted to One Minute
Cough Cure for my present good
health and my life. I was treated In
vain by doctors for lung trouble fol
lowing la grippe. 1 took One Minute
Cough Cure and recovered my health.”
Mr. E. H. Wise, Madlion, G«. Cher-
Okie Drug Co.
Men Who Were Peremptorily Dismiss
ed on Saturday Must Ue Put Back
to Work Before Negotiations For
Settlement Will Be Considered.
Pittsburg, July 8.—The peremptory
dismissal ou Saturday of 12 members of
tbe Amalgamated associatiou at the
Wellsville plaut of the American Steel
Sheet compauy may seriously affeot the
expected settlement this week of the
irou and steelworkers. '
Wheu seen this moruinp, President
Sbufft. of the Amalgamated association
was very much exercised over the turn
affairs had*tukeu.
“I cauuot say wheu or where the con
ference will take place,” said he, “but
one thing is certain: there will be no
conference uutil the discharged men at
Wellsville are reinstated. These men
came to us. They violated no law of
the laud, and we shall protect them. If
they are not reinstated aud the con
ference is postponed, the general strike
will come. This is a repetition of
what the sheet manufacturers did
last year. They signed the scale for
Saltsburg and old Meadows and then
stole these mills from us. The men at
Wellsville have been organized for
months. I seut word for them not to
come out, as I wanted a peaceable set
tlement. I do uot blame tho chief offi
cials. As usual, the trouble comes from
some middleman, who cauuot realize
that he may be undoing tho- couserva-
tivo work of thoughtful men of both
sides or that his action may involve the
commercial world.”
Awaiting the Word.
Although as yet no word has been re
ceived officially by the officers of the
Amalgamated association from the
American Steel Sheet compauy and the
American Steel Hoop compauy, request
ing that the wage conference be reopen
ed, it is expected that saoh a note would be
received during the day. If the Wells
ville matter can be settled, the confer-
cuce will theu, it is believed, be quick
ly arranged, an agreement reached aud
the strike declared off before the end of
the week.
There was a resumption of work in
many iron and steel mills today. The
mills have been idle for two weeks for
repairs. It is supposed that fully 12,-
000 men returned to work today.
Scale 1* Mgued.
The concerns which signed the Amal
gamated scale today were the Standard
Chain company, Columbus, O.; Niles
Iron aud Sheet company, Niles, O.;
Lake Erie Irou company, Cleveland;
Empire Rolling Mill company, Empire,
O., and the Pittsburg Forge andiron
compauy of this city.
All the independent companies :
Pittsburg district have now signec
scale but A. M. Byers & Co., and their
signature is expected as soon as tbe
repairs to the plant are completed.
WORK FOR THe'rOPE.
Kit-veil Murder Cases Booked For
Trial at One Court. _ -
Dublin, Ga., July 8.—It has devel
oped that Johu Robinson, tho negro
who on May 24 assaulted and murder
ed Bertha Simmons iu this county, and
who was recently captured in Savan
nah, is wanted in several other places
for mnrder. Yesterday a negro from
Jones county identified Robinson as the
man who several years ago murdered a
negro girl m that county and escaped.
It is also stated that he murdered a
woman in Hancock connty.
At tho July term of the Laurens su
perior court eight murder cases, two for
arson aud one for assault,are to be tried.
Tho murderers for trial are:
J. J. Webb, Frank Davis aud Jack
Haskins, for tho mnrder of Oscar Can
non, July 4, 1900; John Robinson, for
tho assault and murder of Bertha Sim
mons; Jonas Snell, for the mnrder of
Jim Hall, nine years ago, and who was
recently captured at Valdosta; Joe
Coates, for the murder of Sol Robinsc i
a few weeks ago; J. L. Graham, for the
murder of a man named Mimbs, a few
mouths ago, and U. L. Perry, for the
mnrdor of Jack Hester, last September.
Webb, Haskins, Davis and Graham ai •
white men. Thu other capital cases i
be tried are Jack Graham and Dina
Fish for arson and Will Huggins for
assault.
Remurkuble Ball Team.
Raleigh, July 8.—Mr. Billy Boylin
calls attention to the most remarkable
baseball team in the state. They are
the Cnry Red Shirts aud every member
of the team is a son of Mr. Jim Jon'
except one, the captain, and Mr. Jones
fills that place himself. Mr. Jones is
the father of 23 childrer, 18 cf them
boys, so he has enough material to se
lect a crack nine aud does not use t* •
same pitcher every day. Mr. Jom.
captains the team and plavs second base,
while the youngest player is short stop.
New Savings Bank.
Charlotte, N. O.. July & — Tha
Sonthern Loan and Savings bank open-
sd very successfully Saturday lu r
office of the Southern Real Estate, Loan
and Trust company, aud depositors wh i
continued to corns to the bank until tl a
closing hoar attested the popularity of
the new institution. The variety, iu
classes, of the depositors is indicated
b£r tbe fat that tbe deposits ranged from
cents to (9,400.
Keene's Colt Won.
London, July H. J. R. Kcclo's Lot
tie Hampton colt Henry won the Car
ringtoti plate at the Nottingham Jolt
meeting today. Ninon was second and
William C. Whitney's Prickles, flily, J.
Keiff, finished third.
Tarheel Treasury Balance.
Kalkiuh, July 8.—Today the stale
treasury balance was $70,000 aid UU$
was divided 00 Wam