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THE LAUGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in tin; Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The KeJiabilily of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in ail that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C„ TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1901. 81.50 A YEAR. OVER THE STATE. fc'rwKy Item* from Other Counties (irouped Together. Tho anruul uieetin,' of statu alli- uucu will to liu:o in Columbia .lull ii<l 2r> uti(1 will bu an important one, an an til r». to rtj-orgaoize the “noble order” is to be* made. A party of white men about three iiiiluH aoutiitast of Newberry took a negro pr turn r out Thursday and gave him a decent thrashing. The cause of the thrashing was his immoral conduct. The men were not dis guised and went about the business a business way. The dose will be ^repeated if necessary. While holding court in Charleston Ju ige Booet slopped the proceedings and requested one oi the attorneys to follow the rules and put on a black coat insit ad of the gray one he n*d on. The lawyer borrowed a coat from a balitl and court proceeded. Wonder what Jwdge Benet would do to a shirt waist lawyer. Mr. Tom J. Fowler, of Union, had the misfortune to get three lingers of his right baud cut oil with a saw in the machine shop at the now Union Mill Wednesday afternoon. Mr Fred handers, working at the Furniture Factory, also got three of ths Angela of his right hand badly cut with a raw the same day. About Boilings Springs the electri cal storm of Tnflrsday night seems to have been particularly damaging. A mule belonging to John Cantrell, who lives near that place, was killed In the barn. The bolt struck the barn in the loof.passed down through tho ioil where a negro was sleeping end tore up the floor. The mule was badly mangled. Tho barn was not fired and the negro was unhurt. A horse belonging to Captain Buck Bishop was Killed. The governor has granted a pardi n %o Benjamin Burrill of Greenville, who was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill and sen tenced in March, IS'J.), to ten years Hi the uenitentiary. lie has served years, which Is a remarkably long period for such on offense. He was pardoned becaas# of the certificate *1 the superintendent of the prtien that he was non compos menHa, or very weak minded, a constant suf ferer from dropsy and totally incapa ble of any work. STRIKERS WATCHING COMBINES ACTIONS Would Resist Attempts to Operate With New Men. THE CENTER OF INTEREST Situation at Plttsburj and Allegheny Kcinulns Same as on Saturday—Com ments From President Shatter of the Amalgamated Association. Pittsburg, July 2a.—The strko situa tion today Is practically the same as on Saturday, Wellsville and McKeesport being the points around which the in- terebt centers and any new development will, no doubt, emanate from these two places. Tho rumored accession to the force of the men at the Wellsville plant did not take place, and the 28 loyal men who have stuck to the company went to work as asaal this morning. It is expected, however, that the company will endeavor to increase this number within the next few houra. Color is given to this by a report that the man agers of the Pittsburg mills held a secret meeting in this city last Saturday where, after a deliberation upon the situation, they decided that, owing Sim Marshall, a colored man at work on the dam of the Catawba Power Co., at Rock Hill, had his right It g crashed last week by a tub of mortar failling on him while being hoisted by ft derrick. Amputation became mcessiry and this was per formed by Ur.f. R. Miller,who cut the jog of! below the knee, hoping to be able to save that joint. Another ^operation became necessary, how- over, and Thursday the leg was cut oil above the kue6. The unfortunate man is suffering very much. Ehrhardt, of Bamberg county, is la fine luck. A flowing Artesian well ha* been secured that furnishes water at the rate of about l. r >0 gallons per minute. The well is 570 feet deep and the water comes out of the earth with sufficient force to raise itself forty or fifty feet above the surface when confined in pipes. No analysis of the water has yet been made, but it Is said to be clear and sparkling and excellent for drinking purposes. Vhe well was sun* by Mr. Hughes of Charleston. John Young, an old colored man who lives in the Cross Keys neighbor hood, has been notified th^ bis son Ross has been sentenced to a term on the chain gsng in Lancaster county. The old man deposited Ijl25 in tho hands of Sheriff Sanders, of Union, for his release. The sherilf lias received a telegram saying that tho $25 would secure Ross’ release and ha has sent a check for the amount. O.d man John does not know what his boy had been dolpg to get on the gang. Old “Uncle" Paul Klstler, a man well known and mnch beloved by everybody In Bamberg county, as well as other sections of the state, died at his home near Denmark, Sat urday. He was an active member <J the South Carolina Methodist Con ference for more than half a centnry and though superannuated several years ago on account of hla ago, he delighted to proclaim the Gospel even to the last, and lost no occa sion to preach when an opportunity presented and his health permitted. The citizens of Anderson are ex ceedingly interested In the receat sale of the Blue Ridge Railroad and are even now working for practical results from this sale. The leading business element there has always worked hard for Increased railroad facilities and this sale Involves op portunities that have been long •ought. People there consider this the Important and logical through route to Atlanta and Charlotte for the Southern Railway, and thla opinion Is now receiving official at tention. There was an Interesting trial In Magistrate Barron’s court at Fort Mill Tuesday in which Louis Roth, a local merchant, was sued by John eton, King Jr Co , «J wholesale firm of Baltimore, for a bill of $17. The firm was represented by counsel, while Mr. Roth conducted hla own case, and won It. Roth contended at he had given the salesman for firm an order on condition that k ood« be shipped out In a limited or GfcriBtmsi tsad*t that d pot get there to the weak ness of Wellsville as an Amalgamated stronghold, they would start up that mill. In this they feel sanguine of suc cess. Tho strikers at Wellsville have been watching very closely all the move ments at the plant and a close scrutiny is kept upon the railroad stations for any strangers that might Como into the town. None, however, have as yet an- peared, but the vigilance is kept up in the most orderly manner and without any hostile demonstration. Strikers Watching Trains. At McKeesport everything is black this morning. The Dewees Wood com pany did not make any attempt to go Into operations, as was expected. Ru mors of great moment were rife through out yesterday and unusual excitement manifested itself. It was stated that the company would bring in new men this morning and the strikers were watching every Ingress to the city. Hundreds of men were parading the streets watching the railroads and even watching the river bank, because it was said that the men would be brought iu by boat up the Mououguhela river. A significant feature here is that the men. instead of leaving the place and going into camp or taking a holiday in some other manner, are all remaining and keeping an eye on every movement that is being made at the mill This demonstration on the part of the men, while all is do.S 1 in an orderly manner and the orders of the Amalgamated offi cials are being obeyed, is looked upon as ominous, because if the company should make an attempt to bring new men into the mill, it is not unlikely that the strikers will make resistance. Tho Amalgi^raated people are greatly elated over the fact that they succeeded yesterday iu organizing a lodge among the emjAoyes of the National Tube works. The formation of this new lodge of Amalgamated men at the National Tube works may extend the conflict to that plant, inasmuch as the Amalga mated association officials say they would undoubtedly protect these men by calling out all the workers at the mill iu case the company discharged them for having joined the union. Hi nation at Pittsburg. The situation this morning through out Pittsburg and Allegheny, in the strike district, was about the same as Saturday. Contrary to the expectations of many no effort was made on the part of any of the plants to run. At the Painter mill.West End, every thing was quiet. Not one oi the strikers was about the place and the plant was closed down except for a few laborers at work cleaning up the floors. A report was circulated yesterday that the mills would be opened today, non-union, but this had no apparent foundation. The management is evidently preparing for a long shutdown, as there is no raw material coming in and all the flulshod material is being shipped out. With the exception of one or two guards there was not the least sign of the 700 strikers. It is said that the Amalgamated association has so ar ranged thatiu the event of any effort being made to start the plant with non union men, an alarm would be sounded and over two-thirds of the strikers would be on hand in a few minutes pre pared to stoutly resist any movement by the management to operate the plant. At the Olark mill, Thirty-fifth street, .he situation is unchanged. No men ore at work and the strikers are keeping away from the mill It was reported this morning that over 25 non-union men applied for positions at the plant. Superintendent Brown is reported to have said that no men will be hired un til the strike is settled. ▲t the Lindsay and McOntcheon laut, Rebecca street, Allegheny, there nothing new. The plant is shut that there might be a movement in progress by the otficials of mat commis sion to bring about mediation iu tbs present strike. Mr. Shaffer said: “If Mr Farqubar is quoted correctly, and is endeavoring to bring about an adjustment of this strike, I believe that if be puts tlie same assiduous efforts into his ta-k us he did when ho ques tioned me during the sessions of the commissions, ho will accomplish some good results. I do not know if he is at tempting any such movement, as he has not communicated with me or with any officials of the Ainalgumateu associa tion. ” In commenting on the possibility of tho National Tube company discharg ing the men who joined the Amalga mated association yesterday, Mr. Shaffer said: “if tho company should discharge these men we shall have to protect them, and as we consider discharge under these circumstances grounds for encor ing article 19, section 85, we should have to request the reinstatement of those men and their recognition as mem bers. If that were not done we should be compelled to call out all Amalga mated men working iu the plants of the National Tube company." In reply to the question, “In organiz ing these men bad you planned to draw them into the strike?” the Amalgamated president said: “As our last conference proposition to tbe manufacturers practically limited the strike to the sheer, tin «ud hoop eompauies lor the time being, it was Mot our purpose to organize these men M involve the National Tube company. ” While suli hoping for an early settle ment of the striae, Mr. Shaffer would hot say that any steps had oeen taken in this direction, and so far as the general officers of the Amalgamated association were concerned, they all declared that they had not been approached by any person or persons on this subject. Among the manufacturers there was the same general silence preserved re garding the situation and concerning prospective plans for operatin'; tho now idle mills of the three companies. MORE MINES RESUME. it is Said Strike of Kireinen Will Sooa He Oillciully Declared Oil'. WiLKESBAURK, Pa., July 22 —More mines, with the aid of the United Mine Workers, resumed operations in the Wyoming vailey today. Committees from the striking stationary firemen waited apw tfto superintendents of she iMous coni qsmpttfiies and aakod to he feiufttaSnL Jjt Some of she saiuea Aie *a ward toU that the places of the JWihers Ware filled. At others the names of (he uki Ircmea were taken and the eomimtteSfc were told that if their ser- rices were needed they would be sent for. In accordance with the agreement en tered into at tne conference last night between tho executive officers of the Jnit-d Miuo Workers and the officers A the Stationary Firemen’s association, ‘ome of the men belonging to the Urn- ed Mine Workers gave notice today ,nat tuey will give up their 5>ositious. i’nis will make room for the old firemen. There seems to be no question but hat the strike will be officially de- dared off tonight and that ut least 85 >er cent of the strikers will bo back iu ueir old places tomorrow, when it is •xpeetod there will be a general resump- fun of mining operations. S-trlkei sat Jcruntou Uesuiue Work. Sciuntox, Pa, July 22.—The striking bilermakers, machinists and foundry- ten at th? shops of the Delaware, kckuwauna and Western Railroad •mpany returned to work at the old 4to of wages today, notice having been jsted by the company, following a res- Sution of the men to return, that all of te 273 men on strike eight weeks ago trnld be taken back. Two men were 4>eliurged for cause. The 900 men era- I dyed by the Allis Chalmers company nain out, pending a settlement at tho tops of the company iu other cities. Hakers strike at < liarleston. Charijcstox, July 23.—A strike iu a ry bakery in Charleston where union Itor was employed occurred yesterday. le men refused to work because the oners of the bakeries refused to sign ■agreement regulating a new scale of ages and many of the establishments «1 be unable to luruish bread tomor- tv. The Twice, it is announced, may i increased for the consumers. Efforts iseek a settlement by arbitration have fied and Orders have been sent to aer cities for new men. by the conditions confronting us, f we have everything iu readiness just snob a winter as will result if strike is not settled." With reference tej To Itesiime Work Ati<. 1. iTolkdo, Jely 22.— The Toledo rolling all of the Republic Iron and Stculcom- uy will resume after several years' etivitr. about Aug. 1. Four hundred n will be employed, with a monthly roll of $80,000. THE APPOINTING POWER. verul Otlioeserkori 31 ado Happy by the i , re>-!<leiit. Washixoto.v, July 22 —The president ay made the following appointments: State—Richard Spraguo, Mussachn- its, consul at Gibraltar, Sonin; Ed- urd A. 0. Reovoy, Connecticut, iuper- g down and there is not a striker in sight. al Gmuchau, Saxony; Samuel Superintendent Hall was seen but he ^ imfl * o' c< ’ l , ltU l at Moscow, had nothing to say. ivu>Hia; K. o Reynolds Hut, Illinois, _ * l *‘rd hecretary United States embassy Shaffer was ia a good humor. He hmlf 1 ’^ rao l °®’ recovered from bis slight indisposition Treasury—John V. Wild.seooudlleu- of Saturday apd was at his desk at at? e, ' n 7 m * a **,'' u , t y ler ^er vice, early hour. lie would not discuss his War—Bldeu »t» t Jr., first lienten- plans for this week. Mnch depended auc <, I!~F Morn, /second lienten- on circumstances. The general planiSf 11 ’ ** u0 provisional regiment, of the Amalgamated association were at * 1 “ nr > r second ' lieutenant, ariil- coarse laid out and will be followed ti cor P* the letter. There are so me startlini . 7 surprises in store for the mannfaotnreS A tenuessee l ragrdy. when the proper time oomes for sprinj Kxoxviu#, July 22. — At Notchey lug them. He said: Creek church Azell Crafts and Walter President bhafTer Talks. Hooper, both aged about Hi, became eu- “Our people have been Having an gaged in a quarrel over remarks Hooper have fortified themselves against huo is alleged to have made concerning a an emergency for three years. Atpruyou.-f lady friend of Crufts’. Hooper put we are simply taking our mac! drew his knife and stubbed Crafts in the Heeded vacations. When the cooli heart, killing him instantly. Hooper weather arrives we will be in shape | fled, settle down for tbs winter, undisturl Killed In Wind Sioriip NaW-K “July 22 — A severe »rm wrought j/uch damage here fen early hoar BjOTYroruing. Several igs weresaiown down. Henry it was erns^pd to death aud/' ■tAhsad a NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Happenings Amt (lie lining* of Our Xrlgh- hor* At-ro** tlie l.lnn. The Newton Enterprise says that Mrs. John Little, aged sixty years, was found dead in her bed at her home, near Denver, on Tuesday morning of last week, and that she was the mother of Messrs. W. F. and Lock Little. Linoolnton has some weighty youngsters. Ralph McClain, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. McClain, is two years and a half old and weighs fifty pounds; Robert Hinson, son of M?. and Mrs. i’. D. Hinson, is twelve years old aud weighs 105 pounds; Charles Heim, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Heim, is twelve and welgbes 100 younds. Mr. W. S. Fisher, who lives near Stanley, in Gaston county, carried his twelve-year-old son Washington, to Lincoiutou Sunday night to have The Journal's madstone applied. The boy was bitten on Saturday by a bound which was supposed to have been suffering from hydrophobia. Tbe stone was appled Sunday night and adhered for several hours. It adhered again Monday. Andy Phipps, of Yancy county, drew $1,020 in gold, the savings of twenty years, from the Battery Park bank at Asheville, and put the money in a satchel which was tied to the buggy. When be and bis compan ion reached Point Fork in Madison county, Mr. Phillips missed the money. The Asheville Citizen says no clue to its whereabouts has been found, A burglar raided the kitchen of Mr. C. C. Moore at Iron Station, in Lin coln county, Monday night. The cook was sleeping in the kitchen and her terrified and terrifying squalls aroused the neighborhood and scared the burglar half to death. Tho raider is believed to be one Will Deck, who is dodging the officers aud who has a penchant for raiding kitchens and dining rooms, and he was probably about as thoroughly surprised and scared as the cook, as he is doubtless very well aware of the fact that the cook aud victuals very rarely occopy the same room. He has not yet been caught. Sam White, who was injured in a fight growing out of a game of base ball at Graham last Thursday, is in a serious condition t td it is believed he will die. lie was removed to his home at Mehane the day following the light. It was not supposed then that his injuries were fatal, though it was expected that he would be permanently crippled by tbe fracture of his knee cap. Judge Shaw, upon being informed of the critical con dition of White, issued a bench war rant for Longest and Holt, who are alleged to have assaulted him with baseball bats. They are now con fined in jail and feeling against them is very strong. The news was sent from Warsaw Thursday morning that Mr. O. C. Sasser, who conducts a fresh meat and fish market in that town, blew his brains out with a pistol about 8 o’clock that morning at his home. He was in a room alone and his wife hearing the report of the pistol went to his room and found him prostrate on the floor with an ugly wound in the top of his bead and the pistol still smoking in his hand. He had been drinking heavily of late, so it is said, and despondency and remorse are assigned as tbe cause of tbe rash act. He leaves a wife and several children and has relatives in Greensboro, where he formerly resided. He was a brother of Mr. Boaz Sasser. A very peculiar and destructive wind storm swept across a small section of Lincoln county Tuesday afternoon. It commenced near Mr. John G. Warlick’s and went south as far as the Pioneer Mills. At the same time another storm gathered in the neighborhood of Daniel’s church and swept east. The two storms appeared to have met about Pioneer Mills and then either dis sipated or rose into the air. On this side of the Mills only ono tree was blown down, while between the Mills and tbe residence of Hon. A. Cost ner, hundreds of large oaks were up rooted. Fruit trees and forestry were destroyed along the paths of the two storms, yet strange to say corn was not badly blown down, but the tops of the higher corn were broken. M. 8. Welton, who married a Miss Wilson, of near Greensboro a few weeks ago, and who it was afterwards learned has three wives, has been located at Keyser, W. Va. Two weeks ago be left his bride at Wood- stock, Va., telling her he was going over to into West Virginia on some important railroad business. When he left he took nearly all his wife’i money and a portion of her jewelry. Tbe arrival of Deputy Sheriff Weath- eilyin Woodstock a day or two ago was the flrat intimation the young woman had of the fact that she had married a bigamist. Hbe refused to Relieve that she had been betrayed by Welton until confronted with in disputable proof in the stupe of let ters to Sheriff Jondan from two of his other wives. Deputy. Sheriff Weatherly and Mrs. Welton' In Greensboro this morning a met at tho atation by ti^fld were father. Welton repre^^^^latter’s ■tojufeNo. 4 as an impaented himself or^^T^told her tli&tont raLoad •omk b« bad a ^ ^Walng 1 Ja plausible eaptyj^B An tff LOWER CHEROKEE LOCAL CULLINGS. Lively Campaign of Matri monial Candidates. “BACHELOR” IN THE RING A Valuable Hello of the Confederate War— C'ou pen* 1’ark Mutter Corn Crop Drown ed Out- SyMtein of I’lionograpliy—Per sonals aud I.<ocalM. (Correspondence of The Ledger ) Etta Jane, July 19—Several of our people will attend the big politi cal meeting at Union on the 8th of August. From tho amount of speakers invited wo hardly think there wiil be any lack of chin music. We.have been looking around some lately and find that, although this is an off year in politics, the field is full of matrimonial candidates aud we expect to see or hear of some ac tive campaigning. We know of some good chances for somebody. Cupiu's arrows are flying in every direction and it is hard to tell where they will strike. Oa the field we find the se date widower, the sturdy bachelor and tbe brilliant chevalier. Then, there is the gay widow, with ali her domestic attainments, the indus trious matron with all the accom plishments for making her home the dearest spot on earth and she who spreads sunshine wherever she goes. Then comes the rosy-cheeked maiden, who has just passed her sixteenth summer. She bears upon her face and in her actions the impress of heaven’s richest benediction—purity. No amount of word painting can add ought to the worth of either of these aspirants for connubial promotion— they speak for themselves. From what we consider good au thority we learn that “Bachelor," of Buffalo, Is in the ring now and we may look for a lively time in matri monial circles. Oar informant says: “It may be possible that ‘Bachelor’ will soon he a thing of tho p ist." Of him we can say he Is well prepared to take care of a wife. Mr. John McKown, of Gaffney, has been putting in good time looking af ter his farming interests and helping tho boys kill grass. Ho was raised on the farm and it don’t come awk ward to him. Little George Mack Wool bright, son of Mr. James Woolbright, of Sun- nyside, is at home spending his vaca tion. He has spent a year ut Cedar Springs attending the school for the blind, and has made considerable ad vancement for ono in his condition. He will return in the fall It has been suggested that a sing ing school be started in our commu nity just after crops are laid by. It might be beneficial to young people if they would take the proper interest in it. As it is, many of them go to singing school and on preaching days never come near the choir or take any part in the singing, and in this way tho school is of no practical ad vantage to tbe church or community. It only affords boys and girls an op portunity to have a “big lime." We understand that Mrs. D. R. Mc Pherson, of Home, has the sword her husband, Sergt. McPherson, carried through the late war as a member of Capt. Alick Walker’s company of cavalry from Chester county. It would be a nice relic to place in tbe Limestone museum where it cun be preserved for all time to come. Rev. S. T. Creech expects to com mence a protracted meeting at Meso potamia on the fourth Sabbath in this month. From what we have said heretofore about tbe park at Conpeos battle ground, we understand that an im pression is abroad that we were re flecting on the management of that enterprise, and it has had a tendency to hinder the work. We can’t see it in that light or be responsible for what others think. The president and those acting under him on the various committees can only do what they have the means to do with, and the olame, if any, attaches to those who have failed to respond with the means to carry on the work. We understand that the land has been bought and paid tor, or rather that there Is money in hand to do so when the papers can be made out. It’s not the fault of the officers any more than that of tbe individual members of the association that this work has not been completed. We are all to blame to tbe extent of our individual re sponsibility. We are satisfied that with the com mittee this has been an uphill busi ness. Some people who do not in tend to help will, either by word or action, or both, injure the work to the extent of their influence by speaking discouragingly to others •bout It. It is the intention of the commit tee to carry on the work to comple tion, and we hope every man, woman and child in Cherokee county, at least, will help them. They can do so if they will, and lose nothing either. The way to accomplish this is: J et those who will help give the and those ■£3ttee what they can, ana who won’t or can’t give anythl keep their mouths shut and I will go on. We ipe aatiefl The Ledger will do K carry on the wor*.* Ibis H account of rain lately. Mo^t of them have had ground whore the plows and boos could Keep at work and, gen erally, they have done so. Oar neighbors have kept up with their crops very well. Ver> little corn or cotton has been abandoned from inability to work it out. We predict that with favorable seasons and a late fall a fair crop of cotton will be made in this section this year. Tho corn crop has been drowned out on most of the bottom lands and some of it has not been replanted. That planted over and worked looks well enough, except that it is small. The York county people are work ing for a monument to the Confeder ate soldiers of that county and they won’t stop till it is finished. It is proposed to have the names of every soldier from that county engraved on brass tablets aud attached to this monument. Congressman Finley givts fifty dollars to the monumental fund. Thirty yiars ago when Munson’s system of phonography was in its in fancy it was considered very rapid writing fur u reporter to reach 180 words per minute, and but few had attained that speed. Since then the system has been improved by the in troduction of the halving and length ening principles, together with pho nography, until the reporter is now enabled to write much more rapidly, or, ut least, to do the same amount of work with much less labor. The ordinary rate of public speaking is about 120 or 130 words per minute. Some delicate speakers do not go be yond eighty or ninety words per min ute, while others may reach 180 or more. In either ettsa tho reporter is not pressed to keep up. Were it possible for a speaker to articulate 300 words per minu'o an expert re porter could easily write them. The reporter’s speed is limited by the speaker’s power of articulation, otherwise it is impossible to tell what speed he might attain. The speaker has no mechanical device by which he can increase his power of articulation. This tlie writer has by which he can increase his speed. Phonography, as the name im plies, is writing by sound. The speaker, the writer and the reader pronounce the same words exactly alike. In this particular phonogra phy claims the advantage over other systems of short hand. Human power has a limit beyond which it cannot go. The speaker has no way to increase his speed. On the contrary ho must consider the force of each word before he utters it. The reporter has only to catch the phonographic outline of the word or phrase and transmit it to paper. Tiie mind moves with lightning speed. When we consider how time is abridged by progress in the mate rial world we are not astonished to find ourselves asking the question, “lathis fact or is it fiction?” The advantage of the telegraph and tele phone over the old stage coach as a moans of transmitting news; the lightning express over the ox cart as a means of travel, or tho bicycle over that of pedestrianism are only exam ples in their line of the improvement made or to ho made in short hand. With all these means of condensing time by utilizing the natural forces around us are we to doubt whether the Prophet Isaiah was looking down the line of coming centuries when he exclaims, “The child shall die one hundred years old?” or that Ezekiel had no reference to this day of prog ress when he spoke of the spirit of the living creature being in the whee, s? j. l s. White Man Turned Yellow. Great consternation was felt by the friends of M. A. Hogarty, of Lexing- ton, Ky., when they saw he was turn- ing yellow. His skin slowly changed color, also his eyes, and he suffered terribly. His malady was Yellow Jaundice. He was treated by the best doctors, but without benefit. Toen he was advised to try Electric Bitters, the wonderful Stomach and Liver Remedy, and he writes: “Af ter taking t to bottles I was wholly cured.” A trial proves its matchless merit for all Stomach. Liver and Kidney troubles. Only 50c. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co., Druggists. In the Brookfield, Mo., white school the sexes are represented by exactly tho same number. There are just 099 each of the boys and girls. ‘‘I wish to truthfully state to you and the readers of these few lines that your Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is without question, the best and only cure for dyspepsia that I have ever come in contact with and I have used many other preparations." John Bearn, West Middlesex, Pa. No preparation tquals Kodol Dyspepsia Cure us it contains all the natural digestaots. It will digest all kinds of food and can’t help but do you good. Cherokee Drug Co. The requirements of health can be counted on the fingers of one hand. They are good air, good food, suitable clothing cleanliness, exercise and rest. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Halve should bo promptly applied to cuts, burns and scalds. It soothes and quickly heals the injured part. There are worthless counterfeits, be sure to get DeWitt's. Cherokee Drug Co. Oklahoma millers are arranging to use Beaumont oil for fuel IN t TENEMENT FIDE . FOUR PEOPLE PERISH Early Morning Tragedy In Pittsburg. RESULT OF AN EXPLOSION While Preparing Breakfast For the Family, Mrs. Kaiza Pours Oil On the Kitchen Fire and Fatal Results Follow. Pittsbukg, July 22.—A whole family was burned iu a Pennsylvania avenue tenement fire shortly before 6 o'clock this morning. The mother and three children are dead aud the husband is badly burned aud is now at the hopitaL The explosion of an oil can was the cause of the fire. Tne dead: Mrs. Sopuia Rat/.a, aged 30 years, mother of the children. Viola Ratza, aged 8 years, oldest daughter. Kasbier Ratza, a boy, aged 5 years. Wabock Ratza, a boy, aged 2 years. The injured: Francis Ratza, husband and father of t<iu family, badly burned, removed to the Pennsylvania hospital It is hoped he will recover. From what can be learned, Mrs. Ratza was preparing breakfast iu her apart ments on the third floor of the tenement house iu the rear of 2710 Pennsylvania avenue shortly before 8 o’clock this morning. The fire in the kitchen stove was not burning as quickly as she want ed it to aud she took an oil can and poured some of the oil on the fire. In a moment a biaze from the grate of the stove ignited the oil iu the can and an explosion which was heard throughout the house followed. The burning oil was scattered over the room, setting fire to tho clothes of Mrs. Ratza and the children. The husband was iu an adjoining room and his injuries were sustained while trying to save his wife and chil dren. The house iu which the fire oo- cured was a 2*^ story frame. It was owned bv Mrs. Barbara Zankle, who t adactod a bakethop on the first floqa ‘ft Lsm is psteed at $1,500, partial# fcuoredL It ytue occupied by three families, buC the iRatzai Were the only ones in jured. The victims were removed lb the morgue. Big Fire Iu Aberdeen, O. Mayfield, Ky., July 22.—Early today tho large lanyard at Aberdeen, O., be longing to Martin & Riedley, burned together with several small dwellings and other houses, entailing a lost'of $5<),O00. In the storeroom of the tan nery was $3,000 worth of fine leather stock ready to ship today. Fire at Flora, 3IUs. Memphis, July 22.—The postoffleoand eight stores at Flora, Miss., were burned yesterday morning. Loss about 550,000. SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT. A List of New industries Reported For the Past Week. Chattanooga, July 22.—The more important of the new industries report ed by the Tradesman for the week end ed July 20, are as follows: A $20,000 bridge company at Sea breeze, Fla.; a $5,000 canning factory at Durham, N. C.; a $100,000 cigar factory at Tampa, Fla.; a coal mining company at Newcomb, Tenn.; a collar aud har ness factory at Hickory, N. C.; cotton gins at Goodwater, Ala.; a $100,000 cot ton mill at Aberdeen, Miss.; a $100,000 cotton mill at Graham, N. 0.; electric light plant at Tryon, N. C.; a $25,000 furniture factory at Hickory, N. 0.; gas works at Birmingham, Ala.; grist mills at Eufaula, Ala., Covington. Ga., and West Nashville, Tenn.; $80,000 hard ware company at Statesville, N. C.; ice factories at Ashhurn and Douglas, Ga.; a $100,000 lumber company at Pensaco la, Fla.; a $125,000 lumber company at Woodlawn, N. C.; a $25,000 land com pany at Douglas, Ga.; marble works at Statesville, N. O.; a $100,000 oil compa ny at Huntsville, Ala.; an oil mill at Laurens, S. O.; a f2.\')00 quarrying company at Sheffield, Ala.; roofing works at Nashville, Tenn.; a $50,000 sash, door aud blind factory at Nash ville,Tenn.; saw mills at Spring Hill, Fla., and Covington, Ga.; a trunk fac tory at Macon, Ga.; a $20,000 wagon factory nt Winterville, N. C., and a woodworking plant at Athens,Tenn. Eighth Biennial Session. Philadelphia, July 22.—The eighth biennial session of the grand lodge of Theatrical Mechanics association of the United States and Canada began today in tho Walnet street theater. Twenty- six subordinate lodges were represented when J. Frank Eliue of Baltimore, grand master, called the convention to order. The sessions will continue until Thursday. The exercises ot the morning se>sion consisted of an address of wel come by a representative of the mayor, a response by Grand Master EUne and general business. Artist Drops Dead. Los Angeles, July 22.—Colonel Albert Jeuks, a well known artist, dropped dead this morning on the street in front Ot the residence of his friend, Mrs. CL B. Bruhu. The latter and A Langley, the writer aud publisher, were walking with him at the time and were laughinfe and chatting when, with an unfinished joke upon his lips, Colonel Jenks pitched forward and expired. Heart disease was the cause of his death. Shot From Ainbusb. Knoxville, July 23. — News roached hei’o from Tazewell, Tenn., stating that Cllut Legoro was shot from ambanh and instantly killed in Han cock county, Tenn. He was robbed of about $80 which he had on his person.