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« THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspape in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. IT > SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. we guarantee The Keiiabiluy of Every Adver tiser Who Uies the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in ail that the Word Implies and to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. ^ HAFFNEY, S. C.. f Hltl OCTOBER 4, 1901. • 1.50 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. * EventH that Have Taken I’laoe from One End of the State to the Other Called from Exchange* for Quick Heading by Score* of Busy People. On Friday afternoon just about sundown, Mr. Aova Cogtreshail, a farmer who lives in Springville. near Darlington, was caught in a gin and badly hurt His wrist was hr 'ken and his head badly cut. He has been able to give only a disjointed account of how the accident happened. At last accounts he was thought to be better. The new distillery on the banks of the Congaree in Columbia has been about completed and quite soon it will be turning our, a good grade of corn whiskey. The smoke can now be seen issuing from the stack, arid the machinery is being gotten into thorough working order. The plant is quite a large one and when once put in operation will be kept working up to the limit. Friends of the old negro man who stays at Muidraw’s mill near Flor ence, claim that the other night some miscreant locked the door of his shanty while he was asleep and then set fire to the building. The old man was severely burned about the body. It is said he had a very narrow es cape from a horrible death. Every thing in the house was destroyed. No one seems to have any idea who committed the deed. J Arthur Morrow and Robert P. PiehofT. of Spartanburg, have be-n notified of their appointment to posi- i tions in tiie United States Govern ment printing office at Washington. These two young a year vor so ago stood a civil service examination for this brunch of government work. Both will leave thi* week for Wash ington. They are good printers and will do well. The positions nay hand somely and the young meo are to be congratulated. While excavating on Saturday in an old cellar at the corner of Main and Lumber streets, Columbia, pre paratory to the erection of a new building, workmen employed by Con tractor May came across a number of jewels that had evidently been buried there during the war between the states. The jewels are marked I. (). O. F. No. 1. It is interesting to note that, the No. 1 lodge in South Caro lina ia the Charleston lodge. How the jewels came to buried in the old cellar remains to be seen. (^uite a stir is occurring in political circles in Georgetown. Recently an organization was formed known as “The White Supremacy club,’' its object being to maintain strictly white supremacy The city now has and has had f‘>r years a number of negroes in office who are by no means competent to d< al with affairs of pub lic interest. The coming election, however will in all probability relegate quite a number to hack seats, and men will be elected who are by far better qualified to administer to the demands of the people. Senator McLaurin, who arrived io Laun-ns Saturday at noon, was the guest of honor at a reception at the home of Colonel McCravy, to which a number of citizens were invited and most of whom responded. To be fair to the senator it may be proper to say that he only agreed a few min utes before the public announcement from the court house was made, to speak Monday afternoon, provided a crowd could be secured. Of course he had no appointment to make an address, but stopped over to see frieuds in and around the city Circulars have been received in Spartanburg by the members of the First and Second South Carolina regi ments of the|Spanish-Americau war, giving notice of an invitation to a banquet to be had by the members of the two regiments. This is to be in the state capitol on the night of Oc tober 30. The fees for the officers at tending will be $'>; enlisted men $1. Several hundred will attend from all parts of the state. Col. Willie Jones is chairman of the committee, and among the other members are Col. John i). Frost and Geo. R. Rembert. Tuesday morning bright and early another boom was put in the big der rick on the top of the State house and the work was going straight ahead as if nothing had happened. It now appears that the other boom did not break from the weight it was carrying, but that the drum at the engine became uncontrollable and let the boom down with the weight so rapidly that it struck some granite work and broke fruiu this contact. One stone was broken and knocked out o! the abuttment work, and one of the lerge pl*ite’’ stones was chip ped. The damage am anted t. about $400. It was 8tate4THle«day that Mr. L A. Riser, the nlfei clerk hurt in the Southern wreck at Eornanep, is Will in a very serious condition. He is at the Columbia hospital and is doing as well could be expected. His mother and sister are with him The injuries are internal. Mr. Riser’s family will bring suit for $20,000 damages Th*’ a v t,orneys represent ing the plaintiffs am Mr. LeRoy Lee of Kiogstree, Mr. Riser’s brother-in- law, and Messrs. Wetmore & Rembert of this city. The Southern road made a frank and full statement of the cause and nature of the wreck the day after it occurred. N> xt Tuesday the machinery of Charleston’s city court will be put into operation and the trial of blind tiger cases will be awaited with inter est by the public, not only in the city but throughout the state. For sev- erabdays the police department has been busv making out cases. Forty indictments have been made out against parties charged with violat ing the city ordinance, prohibiting the sale of beer and liquor otherwise than provided by the statutes. All of the cases have been entered on the docket of the city court, though it is not believed the entire forty cases will be tried at the approaching term of court. Last Monday in the section of the country between Lowndeaville and Arnreville in Abbeville county, Lamar Ciinksales, a white man about forty- live years of age shot, with a shotgun Marcus Winn, another white man nearly sixty years of age and who was a faithful Confederate xoldier After lingering a week Winn died Tuesday morning. The trouble arose over Winn’s having moved his wife’s half- sister from the neighborhood to An derson court hou-e on account of the ill treatment she received at the hands of Oiinksealeb and by whom she had several children. Winn has had th- repuialion of being a quiet, hajd working, inoffensive sober man, while on the other hand Lamar Clink- scales has for years been a hard drinker and looked upon as a turbu lent, desperate man. A deplorable shooting occurred at Horse Gall, several miles from Hamp ton, Tuesday afternoon about 4 o'clock. The parties were from Hampton. Mr Albert Terry and Mrs. Stllie Rivers Smith were in a party that went down to attend a meeting at that place. Mr. Terrv has been very attentive to Mrs Smith for several years, and it is reported that she refused him time and again because he drank ai d that he had threatened to kill himself if she did not accept him. Tuesday afternooi about 4 o’clock he caught her hy the hand ami told her he was going to kill her. She tried to escape, but only moved a few steps w hen he shot, the ball striking her in the back Then he jumped into his buggy, drove hurriedly away and when about one mile from the young lady he tur e;i his pistol on him-elf and fired Both Mrs Smith arid Mr. Terry were still alive Wednesday morning, but it is feared that they cannot. r <-cover. Tin* Will IntercMt .Many. To quickly introduce B. B. B (Bo tanic Bi od Balm), the famous South ern blood cure, into new homes, we will smil, absolutely free, 10 000 trial treatments. Botanic Blood Bairn (B B. B) quickly cures obi ulcers, scrofula, eczema, itching skin and blood humors, cancer, eating, festering s >res, boils, carbuncles, pimples or offensive eruptions, pains in bones or joints, rheumatism, ca tarrh, or any blood or skin trouble. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) heals every sore or pimple, makes the biood pure and rich and stops all aches and pains. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B B.) thoroughly tested for 30 years in hospital and private prac tice, and has cured tbousauds of cases given up as hopeless. Sold at drug stores, $1 per large bottle. For free treatment write to Biood Balm Co.. \tlanta, Ga Medicine sentatonce. prepaid. Describe trouble and free medical advice given. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) gives life, vigor and strength to the blood The finest Blood Purifier made. Botanic Blood Bairn (B. B. B ) gives a healthy Blood supply to the skin and entire system. Over 2 000 men are on a strike for a higher wage schedule in Coal Creek mines, Tennessee the Couk>> »ikI Work* Off the Cold Laxative Bromo-^uiuiue Tablets cure a cold ia one day. No Cure, No Pay Price 25 cents. LOWER CHEROKEE LOCAL CULLINOS. Eleven Chicken Hawks Were Killed by One Man. A VISIT TO THE CITY. Five men were killed and seven in jured by explosions in a powder mill at Oakland N J. DeWitt's Little Early Risers never disappoint. They are safe, prompt gentle, effective in removing all im purities from the liver and bowels. Hrnall and easy to lake. Never gripe or distress. Cherokee Drug Co. Iu Town on Circa* Day-An Epidemic of Sore Eye* An the County—Petli Ion for a Free Ferry at Howells -Fine Crop* of Corn—Personal* and Other Local Items. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jake, Oc 2 —Mr. Chalmers Patrick, of Wilkinsville, has killed eleven chicken hawks this summer, and it has been a very poor season for the business he thinks. Had everything been favorable he could have reported a much larger num ber. If the ladies all give him a chicken pie it will tie a picnic with him for some time yet. We have just returned from Gaff ney where everybody and their neigh bors too, it seemed m yesterday to see the show. No doubt our capital city had more peopie in it yesterday than ever assembled there before at one time. From every part of Chero kee county they cam-, to say nothing of the immense crowds that came from other counties, both in this State and from North Carolina A'l rhe yards, lots and vacant places in town were filled with wagons, bug gies horses and mules and a large numoer were packed in the open space in front of the oil mill and beiween tne bridge and the railroad crossing. M e found our old c imrade, Jack Muilin-x, ihere acting as wagon master. It reminded one somewhat of war times to see these wagons all packed about over t he fields and open spaces while a stream of humanity was constantly passing into the town and beyond, toward the show ground. It was really the largest crowd of men we ever met wtio had gone to town against their will Everybody it seemed had comecs'.ens bly to take care of somebody elst—we mean of the men alone— ‘The old ’oman and children wanted to see it and I just come along to take care ot them. ’ was about the average c-XCUSe made. The Ledger was well represented in the throng and we hope some of its many correspondents will let us hear form them—what they saw and what they thought of the show. An epidemic of sore eyes is spread mg ail over this county, ijevc rl here iidti them and others are now taking them. They are very distressing. E der C. \V Whisonant, went to Greenville to represent rtaiem church in the meeting of Enur* e Presby tery, which is now in session in that city Several of the citizens of this sec tion and township -xjeett to meet the county board at its meeting nex Monday with a petition asking for a free ferry at Howell’s Only those who nuv ■ had this inconvenieoc to contend with can properly appreciate what such a convenienc as a public ferry will be. York count) has long ago agret d to join Cherokee and maintain a free ferry at that point. It is estimated thar $75 per annum will oe ampiy si.ffi lent to pay either county’s expends and we hope the board will see its way clear to grant the petition. Just as we predicted he would do the slaver of President McKinley broke down under the weight ot nis enormous crime as he reached the door steps of his last pr son house on earth, and seeing the exasperated crowd of 2U0 awaiting his arrival. Then it was that the devii gave him up to his fate and the poor guilty wretch was carried to his cell where he will remain till the time comes for him to pay the penalty of his crime. Should be live till that time we venture to say he will have to be carried to the chair of death and then he d till i be death dealing instrument does its work. And vet some people say he was a brave man to do the deed he did! Poor judges of true courge ! Brave men are always tender hearted; cowardice is the parent of cruelty. In answer to our question as to the pronui ciation of the name of President McKinley’s murderer—‘ Czolgoez ” we hav.. a Dumber of answers which “mix up” rather than settle the matter One says it is “Sbnll- gosh”—short o in both syllables— another “Sholl-goze’’—short o in thu first and long o in the second syllable. Another “Tahol-goss”—short o in both syllables, and another says “Zol gosh ” While guessiug is iu order we will be glad to hear from others. Our own pronunciation is “Zol goz*-;” we don’t say it’s right. Ler us hear from others. We haven’t given the names of those guessing, as we didn’t feel at liberty to do so. We are glad to learn that Mr. I Beatty Morris is getting along very well with his biokei leg. He is able to get about on crutches. Mr. G. S. Black has some large sunflowers that would make a cred itable show at the State fair if be were to send them. They make excellent feed for laying hens we are told. We should take a good deal of interest iu c ei g that the resources of our county are properly exhibited and that it’s several industries arc represented. Mr. James Eison has finished his sawing and will remove his mill this week to Grindall Shoals. Our old friend and comrade Elias (Bali) Horn, of Grindall, has made a fine crop of corn this year. He has in addition seventy-one bushels of wheat. He is in much better circum stances than most of his neighbors are. Mr. “Gad” Wright was with the throng at Gaffney yesterday. He is one of Cherokee county’s best farm ers and all-round clever fellows. He reads The Ledger regularly and when things do not go to please him he can * kick” as strong as anybody. He isn’t afraid to talk He don’t care if eve.ryboy hears him and what he has to say Mr. add Mrs. H B. McDaniel, o Hickory Grove, and their ch Idren were on this side of the river thi- weeK We w* re glad to meet several of our friends from the Ba'tle ground section at Gaffney, but s rry t • hear that their crop prospects are much like our own—unfavorable—too much rani for both corn and cotton Yesterday we met a bevy of good looking girls from the t ouotry at The Ledger office who called to see tne printing presses in operation. That’s right young ladies. You wont find a more gentlemanly set of men and boys in the State who will take greater pleasure in s.'owing • ou round than tho^e in Tha Ledger office when their work is so they can do so Go and see them. J I. s THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. Thonsanil* Sent tutu Exile. 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 or Con sumption will cure you at home. It’s the most infallible medi cine for Coughs, Colds, arid all Throat and Lung diseases on earth. The first dose brings relief As tounding cun-s result from persistent use Tiiul bottles free at Cherokee DrugCompany. Price 50c and $1.00 Every bottle guaranteed General McArthur says that only a thousand Filiuinos are now under arms. The rest are just fighting for the fun of it. That is why the troops do not come home. A Typical South * fricau Store. O. R Larson, of Bay Vila, Sun days R.vcr, Cape Colony, conducts a store typical of South Afric* at which can he purchased anythb g from the proverbiisl needle to an anchor. ’ This store i» situated in a valley nine miles Tom t ;« Qe*r» st railway s’atiou and al) >ut : eaty-five miles ram the neu e-to town. Mr. Laiso.i says: I am favored with ihe custom of farmeis within >• radius of thirty miles, to many f whom I have supplied Charnb riain s reme dies. All t'-stify to their value in a household where a doc or s advice is almost, out of the question. Within one mile of mv store the population is perhaps sixty Of these, within the past twelve months, io ie-s th n fourteen have been absolutely cure i by Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. This must surely be a record.” For sale by. Cherokee Drug Co. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. In place of the Eiffel tower, the 8t. Louis exposition in 1903 will have a globe 700 feet high. Its differ* nt stories are to be divided into restau rants, theatres, circuses, etc. “I had long suffered from indiges tion,” writes G. A. LeDeie. Cedar City, Mo. “Like all others 1 tried many preparations but never found anything that did me good until I took Kodal Dyspepsia Cure. One bottle cured me. A friend who had suffered similarly I put ou the use of Kodol Dysp-psia Cure. He is gaming fast and wili soon be able to work. Before be used Kodol Dys* p-psia Cure indigestion had made him a total wreck. 8old by Cherb- kee Drug Company. A young woman who attempted to shoot Niagara rapids in a barrel was killed. The other fools who aided and abetted her in the exploit should be prosecuted. A new remedy for biliousness is now on sale af Cherokee Drug Co Ir is called Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets It gives quick re lief and will prevent the attack if given as soon us the first indica' on of the disease appears Trice, 25 cents per box. Hample free. Interesting Items Concerning Our Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertain ng Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Readers. Dick Lucky, a negro man, was de tected in the act of entering a box car near the freight depot, in Salis bury, Saturday night. Policemen were 'phoned for and arrested him He was sent to jail io await trial by the Superior court. Luckey says he only wanted to get some sar dines out of the car. An attempt was made Friday night to wreck the northbound vestibule on the S. A. L. near Cameron in Monroe county. Spikes were drawn and rails prized apart. The engine, tender, baggage, two express, a mail and second class passenger cars W‘ j re de railed and engineer D K. Wright. R C. King, fireman Priee and two negro passengt-rs were ii jured, but probably not fatally. Miss Lem ley, a sister of Judge Ad vocate Lemley of the Schley court of i quiry. was burned to death at, her horn** in Winston Monday. MUs Lemley was cooking fruit cake and her clothes caught fire from the range. Her screams brought Mrs. Brooks, her sister, to her assistance. Mr*. Bro iks succeeded in extinguish ing tha Himes hut in doing so her dress caught fire and she was dan- gerously burned. Judge Shaw, of Greensboro, orders a new trial in the ease of Miss Ber tha Fitz against the Southern Rail way, in which she was awarded a ver diet for $2 000 The court was not satisfied with the matter and ordered a new trial so that the jury can pas* upon the question of negligence. D they find on the next hearing that :her> was negligence then the amount of damage stands, otherwise the whole matter falis through. The wont of surveying and locat ing the route of the Durham & Char lotte railroad between Pittsboro and Gulf will begin in a few days, states (he Chatham Record. Captain Tull, the chief engineer, and his survey ing party will have their headquar ters at the farm of Mr. Joe Griffin, about two and a half miles from Pittsboro. Grading will begin be tween Pittsboro and Rocky river as soon is the route is located. O.i motion of Mr. G S. Bradihaw, who represent s some of the stockhold ers of the High Point Trunk and Ex celsior Manufacturing Company, be fore Judge Snaw, in Greensboro. Tuesday, a receiver was appointed j for said company and ordered to take I imtin diane control of the property | for the benefit of said stockholders i and the creditors thereof. Mr E. I). ! .'Steeb was appointed receiver and nis bond has been approved by the clerk i For some time the law abiding ne- I grogs who live on Silver Hill, in Oon- ! cord, have been disturbed by a gang j of toughs and a mischevious set that I is always creating a disturbance. Tuesday a negro named Neal Cowan was shot over there within a short distance of the church Who shot him is a mystery. Only last Sunday there was a shooting going on at about the same spot and it was re ported that a gambling gang broke into a free-for-all fight in which sev eral shots were fired. There is not much to be learned of Tuesday’s scrap except that Cnwau was hit and had to be carried home. William Peay who was employed in the capacity of coupler on the A. & S yards, in Asheville, Monday, re ceived injuries while coupling some freight cars which may prove fatal. Mr. Peay’s physicians say that he can’t recover, although he is reported as resting well and not suffering any great amount of pain Mr. P^ay was caught between two coup lers. He was endeavoring to adjust a coupling pin when the accident oc curred- It was found that he had sustained serious internal injuries. He was taken to the Misenheimer house near the passenger depot where his wounds were dressed by Dr. Hil liard and where he remains in a most critical condition. Dr. 8ervier is also in attendance. Sheriff Cline, of Lincolnton, bad quite a lively experience up near Johnstown on last Monday night. He went to a house to make an arrest, and instead ot finding the man he was after he had the pleasure of forming the acquaintance of two savage looking dugs about the -ize of young mules, In th- yard. The lady of th- house found out who be was and then tne fun bt s/an After call ing him a “little rascal,” and other pet names, she proceeded to sick the dogs on him in the good old fashioned way. Of course he did no! run—just picked up a rock and knocked dogs and sli out of bis way. We do not know whether the sheriff got his mao or not, but we do know that the dogs did not get the sheriff. Julius Coble was arrested in Greens boro, Tuesday afternoon, charged with highway robbery on W. C. May. The facts as related by Mr. May are that on Saturday afternoon last, Co ble got in his wagon and rode with him towards May’s home southeast of town; when near Moriah church May says that Coble suddenly caught him by the throat, choked him into insensibility and then took $6 50 in money from his pockets and made for the woods May says he has been crippled up with rheumatism for some time and could not run uf- t**r him. He went to town, got ft- warrant and this afternoon Coble was arrested on South Eitn street, not far from the depot. He had a hear ing at 3 o’clock and was bound over to court by Justice Eckel in a bond of $200. failing to give which he was locked up. Tuesday morning between 12 and 1 o’clock a disastrous fire broke out in East Durham and destroyed two six-room houses, two three-room bouses and a store, all the property of W. R. Barbee. Mr. Barbee’s loss will ainiiunt to some $3 000, with about $1 000 insurance. The loss to the occupants will amount to some $1,500 or more The fire originated in the store room occupied by F J. Lynn. The goods were eonsidera bly damaged by moving. The dwellings were occupied by Messrs. Oakley, Barbee and Hinton Hose Company No. 1. which went to the scene of the lire, put on one stream. A stream was also turned on from the cotton mills. They saved other property from being destroyed, one of those thus «aved being the new residence of Charles Scoggins. The light of the fire illuminated the whole eastern sky, and quite a num ber of our citizens started to the scene, but many turned back on ac count of the distance. Deputy John L. Bain, of Dillon 8. C., Tuesday took Pink Jones, white, an escaped convict, back to the peni tentiary at Raleigh. He had been awnv six years and was finally cap tured in a section of Robesou county called “Black Ankle” where he hud j »ined a desperate gang committing numerous depredations. He was sent to the penitentiary nearly eight years ago from Columbus county for two years, but made his escape with mx months of his term unserved. Deputy Bain caught Johnson once before but be slipped away. He says that Johnson got mad with a mulatto in Black Ankle and has given testimony which landed the latter iu j iil for murder. It seems that the mulatto ai d a negro boy, both being drunk, were riding in a wagon when the boy fell out and broke his neck. Recently Johnson went to Lumber- ton, where he was unsnown. and swore that he heard the negro say be fore that he int-n le i to oreak the boy’s neck. On this the grand jury returned a true bill and thy mulatto is now in jail. This directed atten tion to John-un and the friends of the mulatto brought about his eap- i ure. He Kept Hi* Le£. Twelve years ago J. VY\ SulLvan, of Hartford, Conn., scratched his leg with a rusty wire. Inflammation and blood poisoning set io. For two years lie suffered intensely. Then the best doctors urged amputation, “but,” he writes, “I used one bottle of Electric Bitters and 1 1-2 boxes of Buckleti’s Arnica Salve and my 'eg was sound and well as ever.” For Eruptions, Eczema, Tetter, 8alfc Rheum, Sores and all blood disorders Electric Bitters has no rival on e6rth Try them |Cherokee Drug Company will guarantee satisfaction or refund money. Only 50 ceuts. The destruction of property by fire for the first six months of the year shows a falling off as compared with the corresponding six mouth* of 1900 amounting to nearly $10 000 000. To Cure a Cold In On« Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund tne money if it fails to cure. E W Grove’s sig nature is on each box 25c. Hecretay Gage will buy bonds to re lieve the present stringency in tha money Market and will afford cash for moving crops. He will take $20,- 000 0<H) worth of bonds. Kodol Dyspepsia ('ure is not a mert stimulant to tired nature. It afford* the stomach complete and absolute rest by digesting rhe food you eat. You don’t have to diet but can enjoy j alt the good food you want. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Instantly relieves that distressed feeling after eating, giving you new life and vigor. Fof sale by Cherokee Drug Company.