Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspape r in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The 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. IB, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESD \ SEPTEMBER 17, 1901. S 1.50 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE, Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. Kvontx Hint Taken IMaee from One F,n«l of the State to the Otlier Culleil from Exeliangcx for Ouh k Keiullnf; by Seorea 'of Kuxy People. Tbe Fairfield cotton mills have filed an application for an increase in eanital stock from $l7o 000 to .f2o0 O00. At the regular meeting of th ■ (T- lumbia city council it was decided to build a crematory for the consump tion of dry garbage. A Marlboro exchange states that Judge Townsend, Senator McLaurin’a private secretary, has resigned on account of his inability to stand the rig rous winter climate of Washing ton. President Joseph Lee, of the Lan drum knitting mill. sa>s the mill will likely be running in thirty days. The machinery has nearly all arrived and is living put up R L. Lee of Lnion is the superintendent. Shelton Derutnple. colored, was arrested in Spartanburg Sarurdaj night by the police by request of the officers of the western federal district of North Carolina. He is accused of forgery. Col. R. W. Simpson, of Clemeon College, who was recently carricii to Johns Houkins Hospital to undergo a severe surgical operation, is repor ed to he rapidly improving, and is expected home in a few days. The contract for building the doubletrack bridge at Pacolet Mi s with a side walk between the tracks, was let Saturday toMr. T. O. Hu;- rill, who will begin wor* at once. The price to be paid for the work is $1420 A Id-year-old negro girl living in the bade yard of Mit-s Lizzie Phillip- at yVinnsboru developed a fun esse o- smallpox the .other day. Dr. Bab cock of Columbia went up and con firmed the diagnosis of Dr. Buchanan With Sunday’s issue, The Spartan burg Herald ended its eleventh > • ur «s a daily newspaper. During these years the ownership of the papt-r h r- changed four times, while it has re mained under the same editorial management, through all of its vary ing fortunes. Douglas Lawrence, colored, saw a bag of oats on the sidewalk in front of the Charleston Live Stock Com pany's establishment Friday after- boon. The negro shouldered the grain and maae ulT down the thorough fare at a lively clip. He was over taken by a policeman and locked u; . Sam Dawson, a workman in the employ' of the Exposition Company, was overcome by ohe heat Friua.i afternoon. This is the first actual beat prostration that ban occuneo in Charleston this summer. Dawso was carried to his •home, No. 34 Alexander street, where he soon re vived. The governor’s office is being daily nioified by the police departments oi the big cities of the receipt of the circular ull ring lh>- rew ard f ;r th-- slayer of Watson at Br>*ni:hville— Bartow Warren. Each superinten dent states that bets having inquiries made about the man wanted. The new main prison building at the Mate penitentiary has at la-t been completed in ail its details ana has been turned over to the authori ties. The prisoners are now hous d in their new quarters, and they are glad of it. There is probably no bet ter arranged or more secure prison building in the southern States than this new structure. Sunday evening about G:4o o’clock there was another shooting » tfair in the mill district of Columbia. Joo . Livingston was shot by J E . Boih are mill operatives The bulo-t struck Liviugst <n in the th: fc h. I : e wounded man was placed m the lo.f ol w*gon and carried to Dr. Gibbe’ office where he was given attention. Jicotr, was taken to police headquarters bhd locked up Alor zo Addison and Roland Boyd, colored, were bound over iu Magis trate McGowan's court Saturday on the charge of housebreaaiug in the (Juy time and larceny. 1 hey waived preliminary and were sent up to court. It is alleged that they broke into ami entered the castle of Caleb iientry. clolor^d. and extracted there from a suit of cloths belonging to Caleb's son, Charlie, valued at $15 Theyf,carried the suil t*. a second hand clothinc store aud realized on it i the sum of $2 50. Frank Williams of Columbia had a j aorufeous thirst Friday, but as th..t was the 13th day of the month he met with much bad luck. Although he and a pal succeeded in breaking into a box car in the A C L. yards and making away wi h 30 pints of g d old corn bo -ze rtie minions of law came down upon them like a long primer eader and Fiank will speud a tew weeks in jail ruminating upon a likely story to tell Judge Watts. He was given a preliminary Mturlay before Magistrate McMas- ter. The governor has received some communica i ns in regard to the Wa ren proclamation. ;When Banow Warren silled young Watson a few Weeks ago T he governor offered a re ward of $400 for his ’'apprehension, cap'ure and conviction.” It is claimed that, the proclamation is reported to have been changed as to the “c o.vicriou. ’ The governor .vi-hes ii t be Known t.iat no change has been made and the proclamation still reads ’apprehension, capture and conviction ” and further that there will b»- no change BEFORE THE MAYOR. Sera pperx a ml lliMird.-rliex J'ay Tribute for tiieir Wieltednes*., In the raa. or’s court tVednesday morning a young man, whose pr - pensi \ for getting into trouble with the taw has only be6n equalled by bis ability to get out of it. was fined $4f> or thirty days on the gang for the re Klesa use of a knife upi ii tile per son of anutlier young man wno ban given no offense whatever The aoifedid not do any very serious damage, fortunately, but it was i ot i be fault of the user that it did not. as according to his own statement tie was drunk and did not rea - izi what he was doing. The very nature of the offense made it a serious one, and the major was com pelled to make the fine a heavy on , 1 he offei der is now serving the days, and h i was indeed fortunate to get off with so light a Sentence. Another case on the same morning which attracted considerable atten tion, was that of two young white men woo hud indulged in a little * bout.” the day before, without g 1 ov•.-—aud without either the To- iioe Gazette or Marquis of (^d^ds- burj rules to govern them. After hearing the whys and where fores of tne cast Mayor Littlejohn impostd a fine of $3 oU on one and dismissed the other. The fine was p > d. Yesterday morning Mayor Little- j -hn had to deal with a quartette of c dorrd specimens of humanity with w om ’disorderlj co luct” seems t hav become a chi n c disease, i aiisadia Bates, who ^ nxme im- plif J th t the ff^. der was of the feminine gender, was the first "dis- orderly o c / uud.-r the Pan of His Honor’s displeasure Four wit nesses t stifi d as to CanB .d’a's un- x»emly, unwomanly and uncalled- for conduct and to appease ttse may or s wrath she was ca'.ed upon to give- up two dollars iu cash or to la bor for ten days on the streets of the city. Man Montgomery, a colored mortal of the ma e per&uasiou who is oy no means a s'rangtir in the mayor’s court, insomuch as lie has ’’been there before many a time and oft,” was also up for having been guilty of some d<«ord*-rly conduct. Man was given $o 00 or twentj-five days on the gang Lum vVh'tesides. who is also a fa miliar figure in the city court and whose name appears in many places on the records of the court proce* d- i*gs. was up for an offense of winch he seems to he unusually fond—th u of whipping his •spouse.” Lum was before the mayor not very long ago fur ihe same thing, but as he claimed that he was tbe i; jur-d one and as the evi fence on the iitonr side was rather cm fltciing, Mayor Littojobn reprimanded him gave him swooe good advice and disini-sed rhe Case against him—promising him. how ever. rhat h- would make it warm” for hirn -hnu.H -o-*h a thing h>’pper; M gni 1 . I die h p agsin. and as a cons qc e,. D , u A -||| do thirty dav- time o. the ga ' owing to his inas bility to pa- $15 <A) in cash Rich Lockhart a colored youHi who was not ’ rich ’ enough to pur chase a b >tHe of soda wafer proceed ed to purloin one from a sfore in the city, and thereby kot himself into trouble Thera was the cr arge of petit larceny against him in tw ca-ex, and his fines agire^a r e r ! $7 •ii) or twenty-five days He is doing toe days \\ III Close ThunttlHy. By order of Post master Gener l, the post' ffice will be closed on Thu s- day. from 10 o’clock a. in., for the day. n A. R. N. Foujatk, I’. M. LOWER CHEROKEE LOCAL CULL1NGS, Smith’s Ford on Broad River Filled Up. A RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. Mr. Itratty Morrlx II;ih Ills l.ej; Kroken by a Kunaivay Mint- A Cotton Merchaul’x Itet Cotton Opening anil Being I’ickcU Stliier IieniH. * iCorrespomlence of The Ledger.i Etta Jaxk. 8ept. 14 —We are to’d by gofid authority that there has been no crossing at Smiths, ford Broad river in about two months on account of the mud and sand washed into the ford during the late freshets. From Cherokee Falls to Lockhart mills, a distance of about 27 miles, there is no public erossini: The ferry at Howell s is about done, except when ex» ra help is employed to push the fl it across by hand We had a rain Thursday evening that caught >* quantity of fodder and hav down. We very much regret to learn that Mr Beatty Morris gut, his leg broken last Saturday and will probably lose it His mule ran away with his bug gy Mr. Morris is an honorable, poor hardworking man with a wife and family of small children and we truly xympaih'z 1 ' with him in his affliction. I he accident took place four miles this side of Union C. H Messrs Hill and Scruggs, of Gaff ney were around this week hunting chickens, eggs and butter for the Gaffney market Th-re is not a great many chickens for sale in this sect ion. Mr. T. Jeff Hughes spent one night with us this week. Mr. John L Estesjwent, to Union on business last Thursday and re turned yesterday. We have just received a copy of "A Shorter Course in Phonography,” by. James E Munsen This is the first work of the kintf published in tie 20t h century. What Gen’l. R R Hemphill says under the caption ’’Foolish Ostenta tion” should be read by every one It is brimful of good sense and truth We have always said the flowers strewn in Hi- pathway of the living were productive of better retuRsJthart when strewn upon the Cuffing and graves of the dead Could the ex pressions of sympathy which fall list lessly upon the inaninate day of the dead have greeted the ears of the liv ing what au inspiration it would have been to the performance of higher duties and more praiseworthy act?. The coffin of the man or woman who never had a flower or kind word of approval or evc-n encouragement in life, and, who seldom, if ever, was greeted with a smile is now cov ered with the most fragrant and beau tiful of earth’s flower-’, while the sod that hides them in their resting place is wet with the tears of hypocritical mour ers and unfaithful friends. In- sr--ad of all this show of atf ction for the dead let some of it be bestowed upon the living, and inst* ad of such hypocritical grief at their departure let us he sincere and true to them while fighting life’s battles here on fsrth ••.May lh-who t,audit th j ruoi-ninir stars to sinu:, I'.’re k-ep our chalice pure and fresh and sweet. And iM-.int us so wit h loviny hearts to brintr Kofrestniients to Mis weary ones, and nact Their thirst with water from Pod’s music spriii>r; And iM ariiur thus to pour it at Mis feet, if w couid o; 1. make t his our true sen'im-nt we cou'd with blind Miss Fannie Oosby sing: “oh. what a happy soul am I: Though | caimoi see. am resolved that in this world < ‘oatent '.(I | will Ii- llowjnany loessuuis | enjoy That other people don't; To weep ami sieh because I’m blind I eaunotand I won't.” Mr V <' 0 oiner. of Hopewell, vis ited friend- on This side of the river thi- week Several of our people are picking cotton It’s opening fast in many p!«e. s. Rumor says that a prominent cot ton merchant savs h.e will bet $1 000 that cott• >o will nrirtL' 15 cents this season—between now and next spring He can buv all the cotton he warns nw it 10 cents per pound and have it de iv hs fas' - as it is gather-d if be wan's it that way. While r ”“ f-r'i'-r- will lose heavily on the falling off of their crops they will ' •s- 10 cent* round for all they make and ih-i- it will not pay them for all the wortc thev have done and Hie i-x- pen-e th»-y have been to make and gath-ri’ Tit- farmer has noticed Dn* 11 • nation in the prices of cot ton so tong without any vis»h ! e reason for its doing -it that he h»s settled dmvi upon the id* a H:a* "supply and denial,it’ are no longer factors in the marsei — they atv obsolete ii-riiis. •S-veru' mowers -re now running gathering the hav that is in sight. 1 o sud, eu i news of 1’rt-itienf Mc Kinley’s death has just reached us. We sympathize with the people in common at this great loss to our na tion. We regret to learn that Hlara E'tie, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs, George B Estes, died with typhoid fever at their home in Brookston, Texas, last Monday, the 9rh inst.. at the age of eleven years exactly to a day. 8he had been sick for three weeks. She was buried at Pleasant Hill cemetery on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Estes are some of our Ledger patrons and to them and their grief- strickcn family we extend our heart felt sympathy and devoir Ii commend them to Him who can wipe away’ all tears from their eyes and fill their hearts with jov and gladness. Heaven now retains their treasure, Ka i t h alone t he casket keeps. Aid ihe su-tlieams 1- vc to linger Where theirilarling Kitie sleeus. In urtdi’ion to our Presidential sta tistic- published in yesterday’s paper we might add that an attempt whs made by a craze man to take the life of Andrew .Ini-ksi n. Friday. 30th of January. Is3.‘t while he was passing from t.’ie rotunda of the Capitol to his carriage; but ’ Old Hickory.” equal to tbe emergency, ‘floored’’ him with his walking cane and went on without so much is creating a sensation. Then too, Z-n-h irv Taylor, who died in the presidential office, was born or Friday, Sept. 21 1784 He served as president, onlv one year, four months and five days. Millard Fillmore, vice president, served out his term And lest but not least the first blood in tbe great civil wur was shed on Fri day, April 19, 1801, in Baltimore, Md. .i l. s. THE GRADED SCHOOLS. Began Monday Willi u Bond Attnd tUU - A New school. The Gaffney Graded schools began lustMonday morningon what promises to be the most prosperous session in their history. A large number of students were in attendance at, each school and of course the numbers have increased -ince the opening All the old teachers were in their places, while a number of new ones have been appointed for the ensuing year. A new school has also been estab lished at the Limestone cotton mill, which is known as Graded School No 4 'Phis school was opened uo- d-r v*-ry adverse and discouraging circumstances. It is locH’.ed across Hie railroad from the mill village and parents balurully obj-ct to their children, especially the younger ones, crossing the railroad track—conse quently the attendance at the open ing was not so large as it would have beeu bad the location been in »» m<?re convenient place. To two or thre weeks, however, the school will be moved over near the mill, and then the attendance will increase rapidly. The total number of students at the opening of the schools was 530. Bv schools it was: No. 1.302; No 2 80; No 3. (colored) 139; No. 4 9 The last named is the nnwly es- ittbi'shed school and the cause of the email attendance is explained above. The opening of a school at the Limestone cotton mill was a good move or. the parr, of the officials, as it is a great convenience to the mill people, and to others who live on that side of town The distance from the m'll to the other schools in the city is too great for the yourger children to walk, and as there are Jots of them at the mill who are ea g. r to att> mi school we are cot fident that No. 4 will fl mri-h as the green bay tn-e when it shall have been moved to a more convenient position in or nearer to the mil! village Mi-s Edna Norfhey Jins entire charge of this Kcboni aud as she has had con siderable experience in teaching, ana in tbe care and traini* g of children, we feel quite Mire chut t he new school will prosper under her management. A Titluahle Ant Krajili. Our friend. Billy Aden, of this city, has a relic of the late I’resi tent MoKmley which he prizes very high ly, and which is doubly precious to him now. This relic is the I’n-si- denr’s autograph. Some time ago Billv named one of his boys in honor of Mr. McKinley and appriz-d that gpfHeman of the fact, Mr Oor- tetaron. the President’h secretary acknowledged the honor in a grace- fill and appropriate manner, at the same rime enclosing a card bearing the President’s signature in his own hwol writing Billy is justly proud of his rreasure and could Hi-arvely be indue* d to part from i* under any cur»*idt ration. The, citizens of Columbia will make ample arrangements for the accom- modal ion of all visitors. Phe famous K r.o-v Bros, minstrels will tie In Gaffney next Tueedav night. 1 his i- <in^ af tin- ino-t noted minstrel I'ganizatioriH on the road and H>ey will doubtless do a good business here. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Interesting Items Concerning Our Neigh bors Beyoml ttie lane Which May I’rme Kntertaiii'iig Keailing tor Hundreds of Ledger Headers Mr Edgar YV. Brooks. Jr., and Mr. Henry G. Wright, traveling salesmen were very painfully hurt in a railroad accident Friday night at Steele’s Sid ing near Rockingham. Sheriff A. B. Suttle. of Cleveland county, at.d Mayor W. H. Jenning-, of Shelby, went to Murp' y to hUoti- fy the dead negro suppo--d to he Jim L iw^ rv, and telegraphed Friday morn- it'g| »< 8 o’clock that the negro was not Jim L iwery, the slayer of Chief of Police Jones. Ed Pinkston, a negro convict, es- cap-d from the Union county chain- gang Friday night. H-- was sentenced to two years at the August term for larceny. It was reported later that he had been seen near town and the officers are out now following the trail. The Cummock coal mine, formerly known a- Hie Egypt mine, at Cum mock. Chatham county, has been sold by Samuel A Henzy and asso ciated to the Chatham Coai and Iron Company, a corporation organized under the laws of North Carolina. Mr. George M. Murr died Friday evening at 5:30 o’clock at his home on East Depot street, Concord, after a painful illness from gangrene in one of his legs. As reported in The Ledger, this serious condition was brought on by inflammation which started from the bite of a ehigger. A verdict of $2,000 damages was awarded to P 1). Butler iu his suit against the South Carolina it Georgia Extension Railroad at Rutn-rfordton Friday afternoon. Mr E J Justice aud McBrayer A Justice were Mr. Butler’s lawyers. Mr. E Y. Webb, of Shelby, appeared tor tbe railroad Jno. Radcliff** and family occupied and owned the property. The loss is $loO; insurance $300. The annua) meeting of the North Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will be h.-ld in Charlotte Octob-r 91-0 Tbe convention wilt b*- called to order at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning. Oc tober 9th. Every chapter in tbe State i- entitled to one delegate for every 25 members aud fraction there of over seven. Each chapter of tbe Children ot the Confederacy, wir.h its lead-r, is ivited to be present. Special rates have been granted by the rail roads. and it is expected rhat the meeting will be the largest ever held by the Daughters of the Confederacy in North Carolina. Mr J. M. Gowan. foreman of & chain-gang in Spartanburg county, S. C. states that recently there es caped fr**m his cemp a negro named * John Sarrstt who said he came from \ Charlotte and had servt-d a term on the chain-gang of Mecklenburg coun ty. Mr. Gowan savs he has in his pnsses-iori a gold watch that he had reason to believe had been stolen from some one in Charlotte. Mr. Gowan will keen the watch in his possession for 20 days and will be glad to hear from any one who can give information as to its ownership or the whereabouts of the escaped convicL Deputy Sheriff H. C. Hunter, of Ktmersx ille, was shot Tuesday morn ing by Ade Walker, a white man, who has the reputation of being a bad man and dangerous character. The shooting occurred in the rear of Walker’s r-s:d* uce The officer went to Ade’s home to arrest him on the charge of drawing a pistol and threat ening to shoot P F"Uce. Walker resisted the arrest and told the officer he would not go with him. The dep uty star'ed toward him when Walker drew his shot gun and fired The m>-n were about fifty yards apart. Sixty or m -re shot took effect in Mr. Hunter’s face, back and one arm. Fortunately his injuries are not con sidered serious Blood fl >wed from the shot wounds quite freely until dressed by a physician Shi r ff Als- paugh was notiffid by telephone if the shooting. He and Jailer Thomp son went to Kernersville and arrested Walker. WANT TILLMAN EXPELLED. The Monroe Od and Fertilizer Com pany a few days ago received a check for $100 from the Gulf Bag Company, of New Orleans, as the result of a guess on last year’s cotton crop They had forgotten all about it and do no' now remember thy npmjjer of bales they gtiesBed 80 the check came as a surprise to them. The aldermen of Greensboro Friday night instructed Mayor Osborn to advocate and Srdl $130000 of muni cipal improvement bonds, to be ex pended equally in improving the streets and extending th- sewerage This is a portion of the $300 IKK) bond issue authorized by the people two years ago. John Barber, colored, who stole $70 from L ,j vi Aldrich, colored, at R*>ck Hill S C., a few *iavs ago was ar rested in Salisbur Friday by Police man Torrence anil was brought to Charlotte Saturday night. He wa- taken to Rock Hill Monday by the chief of police of that city. William Munroe. the negro mpi-t, was hanged in Charlotte Friday 0 i the morning of August 13 he fou; d Mrs. Lemuel Martin, of Matthews, alone in her home an 1 after much 1 violence accomp'ishtd his purpo-e ile was tried before Judge Ho<e with- i in a few^lays af'er he committed the crime and was giv-m as little respite as the law considered seemly. The Gastonia Oil Mill is no longer an ind pendent corparation Ir is now in the tru-d a branch of the Y*r- j gtnia-Carolina Chemical Uompany 1 The deal which hi" been on f io for ; trie past week was fully cotisutntna'ed Friday afternoon when the las’ pa pers were signed and seaUd It is understood thit there will be no change either in the output or in the management of the Gastonia Oil Mills. .Negro Methodists of Biiltimoro DenmiHi that He Be I'ut Out. Baltimore, Sept )(),—At a largely- attended meeting here today in Beth el A. M. E. church, presided over by BDiiop James A. Handy, resolutions were adopted declaring that the afc- icuipted Rssassiriatiop of President McKinley was ‘‘the fruiton of the seed of tolerance of crimes too abhorent and memorable against tbe native citizen, as represented by P»r* ker, the probable preserver of the life of our President.” Parker was also referred to as a representative of ‘the ejected at home, the regarded offal of American society.” The resolutions further say that since Senator Benjamin Tillman is, by his own avowals an abettor of murder and rapine it is hereby re quest' d that he be ertpeiled from the United States Senate, that the lives of our public officers be not further menaced by the monstrosity of hig pr-sence, the perverseness of big teachings and example.” Here’s The Opportunity. Phe Southern Railway announces greatly reduced rates to the Pan- American Exposition, at Buffalo, N. Y. Choice of mutes via Cincinnati or Washington. Quickest time; Dest line; Pullman sleeping cars and din ing curs on all through trains. Tick ets on sale every day until the close of the Exposition with final limit of five days in both directions and final | limit of twenty days from -late of i sale. Good going and returning on j all trains. Ask any agent Southern Railway for rat-s and particulars. The number and value of the pre miums offered by the State Fair sur pass those of previous years, ag the succ-ss of the Fair of 1901 promist • to surpass all previous record*. -Th-' jur jin the Mack McD >we|| case which has been on trial at Ruther- fordton toi four cja.s returned a ver dict at 11 o’clock Wednesday im r"- ing of murder in the fec-md d-gree, with a pi -a for mercy from th- <-ourt. Judge Justice mol- the sentence ten years iu the penitentiary at hard tab ir. The man's mind being weak, no doubt caused the jury to ask the enuM for mercy. Some of the inhabitants of Mount 1 Holly w re hwa seni d Wednesday night by a right light on D- w-ton Row. Ir ■»* s 11 o’clock and every- boc.j wa- iis'cep except the vgi ant chied of po i "P, who was on h * li cit- on ed rou de 1 was a fir- at d be was iti fi/st to enter the house and only succeeded in bringing i»u» th»-fsm'dy mid u burning bed. Mr. The extensive sale .if fine live stock at auction during fair wr* ek will give all an opportunity to improve their stock Sales are po-otiv*- Through the medium of the State Fair ail branches of industry! includ ing live stock, have been greatly im proved To wash tiair bru-hea and combe, dis-olv* a 'atiii spoonful of Gold Dust H ashing Powder in boiling water; whe*! It is nearly cold, dab the bris tles up and down, without allowing the backs of the brushes to become wet; when tha brushes i<-h clean, dip them in plain cold water and dry tnem either by the tire nr in the open air. Soap turns th*- ivory-back comb* nr brn n-s yellow, the Gold D i-t il'iea nn( injur * Lhi-tu.