Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ THE LARGEST ’Circulation of Any Ne wsp ape in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FEIDAY. Wt UUAKAN f'EE The Reliability ai Every Adver tiser Who (Jses the Col umns of This Pape». A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C. FBI P v Y OCTOBEH ll, 1901 $1.50 A YEAR. THMHIUT THE PALMETTO STATE, Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. Event* Hint ll«»\e Taken Place from One Kntl of tbe State to the Other Culled from Exchange* for Oulck Reading by •‘core* of Hu*y People. The Anricultunil Fair and Stock Show will fake plaeo at Woodruff on October 17th and 18th. T. J. DeBruhl, the policeman at Lucknow who killed Dave Brown last Saturday niuht. surrendered to the Sheriff at Camden on Monday morn ing. Governor 'TcSweeney has offered a reward of .foO for the arrest of Lucius Durant who killed Frank Trisdale in Berkeley county. Durant is said to be an Orangeburg negro and the re port is that h^ has left the State. A naval recruiting station has been established in Greenville, the men in charge having arrived Sunday from Columbia. The same recruiting force was in Greenville a few weeks ago and secured fifteen young men lor Uncle Sam’s service. A commission for a charter was is sued Tuesday, to the Palmetto Drug •Company, of Union. The capital stock of the company is to he $8 (MX) and the corporators named are L. L Linder, J. 1) Timmons and W L Linder, all of Union. A meeting is called for the 12'h of October in the interest of recognizing the Alliance it. Laurens county. Pres ident Etird will he there. Congress man Talbert has also been invited and writes that he will he;preseiitjuu- less providentially hindered. The South Carolina Medical Col lege has opened with the largest at tendance in its history. The fresh men class numbers more than 1(H) men. The Charleston city schools. Porter Military Academy, the South Carolina Military Academy and many other academics and schools were al so opened. The attendance of the citadel is also very large. T. H. Lines, who runs the Gem Cafe at Greenville, attempted to com mit suicide .Sunday. Mr Lines is a widower and it is rumored that he is in love with a worn m in tnat city to whom he had proposed marriage and she rejected him. It is said that in addition to his love affair he was heavily in (debt. It is not thought there is any danger of his life and in due time he will recover from the wound. The cloth room of the Newberry cotton mill was broken into Saturday night. It could not be usc-rtai ed how much cloth had been taken out Will Hargrove, who works in the cloth room was found Sunday rn“rn- ing about o o’clock lying on top of about 400 yards of cloth on the side walk in front, of tne mill. Hargrove was drunK when found andcouid giv no account of himself whatever. IL- was arrested and carried to jail but is now out on bail. ’ Truman CheeK tbe two year old child of Mr. and Mrs. G. F Cheek of the Monaghan Mills, Greenville, was killed by an overdose of laudanum at the home of its parents Sunday morn ing. Mrs Cheek was engaged in giving her infant child a few drops of laudanum for an infant complaint. She placed the bottle containing the poisonous medicine on a chair and the little two year old boy took it and drank its contents before Mrs Cheek could prevent it. The plans for the completed state house call for a terrace about five feet in height to run entirely around the building. On the front and rear sides of the building this terrace was built long ago. but it is necessary to build up tbe terrace at each end of the structure and around the two porticos. No provision for this was mAde In the contract for the build ing, but the secretary cf state has undertaken to carry out the work by degrees with the convicts at his disposal. (juite a stir is occurring in political circles at Georgetown. Recently an organization was formed known as “The‘White Supremacy Club” its object being to maintain strictly white supremacy. The city now bus and has had for years a number of negroes in office who are by no means competant to deal w ith affairs of pub lic interest. The coming election, however, will in all probability, dele gate (juite a number to back seats, and men will be elected w :io are by far better qualified to adaiaister to the demands of the people. Miss Clara Whitman, a young white woman of the Beth hden sec tion of Newberry county, was acci- uiorning by her brother-in-law, Earn est Schurapert About daybreak Monday Schumpert thought he heard some one stealing chickens and he went out in the >urd with his gun. He could see no one and was going hack into the house with his gun in his hand. When he got just inside the door, the gun in some way «a* discharged, the load entering the right eye of Miss Whitman, who was standing about three feet inside the door, killing her instantly. Mr. Robert C. Furr died at his home in Clinton. Saturday, at 10 o’clock, at the age of 72 years Many people throughout the State will remember Mr Farr as having represented The Southern Presbyterian for a number of years. Mr. Farr was a native of Union county and up to the time of his death held his membership in Santuc Presbyterian church, where he was also an elder His wife and live children survive him. The tu- neral services were held in (Minton Prehyterian church Sunday afternoon ai 3 o’clock, being conducted by Rev. J B. Parrott of the baptist church and Dr. W. P Jacobs of the Presby terian church Thi* Will Interest .Many. To quickly introduce B. B B. (Bo tanic 111 >od Bairn), (he fumoua Soui h- ern blood cure, into new homes we will Send, absolutely free, 10 000 trial treatments Botanic Biood Balm (B B. B) quickly cures old ulcers, scrofula, eczema, itching skin and biood humors, cancer, eating, festering s-res, boils, carbuncles, pimples or off-nsive eruptions, pains in hones or joints, rheumatism, ca tarrh, or any blood or skin trouble. LOWER CHEROKEE LOCAL CULLINGS. Reunion of the York County Regiment. THE LADIES GINE AID. A Splendid Dinner Wa* Spread and w Free Invitation Kxtended -The ••KeriHd” Cal’* the Compositor to Aecount—Neighbor hood Note* (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Oct. 0—The reunion of the York county regiment of Con federate veterans held last Wednes day at the dam of the Catawba power company on Catawba river, was a wuoci ss far beyond the expectation of its most, enthusiastic friends. The crowd was variously estimated at from 1,000 to 2,000 peop:e including about 200 veterans. The ladies of the S. IX Barron chapter of the Daughter’s of the Con federacy were not only present in per son to make the occasion a grand success but they organized a choir of ihe best musical talent winch added greatly to ihe pleasure of the occa sion. The choir was composed of tin- following: Alexander Smyth, tenor; A. R Banks, bass; Miss Mattie Smith, organist; Mr. and Mrs, John A. Steele, Misses Agnes Shurley Botanic Blood Balm (B. B B ) heals } Oner N ^iy, (> a Barron. Fannie B-ek- every sore or pimple, makes the blood pure and rich and stops all aches and pains. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B B.) thoroughly tested for 3d years in hospital and private prac tice, and has cured thousands of cases given up as hopeless. Sold at drug stores, $1 per large bottle. For free treatment write to Biood Balm Co.. Atlanta Gu Medicine sent at once, prepaid. Describe trouble and free medical advice given. Botanic Blood Balm (B B. B.) gives life, vigor ami strength to the blood The finest Blood Purifier made. Bo ante Blood B tim (B. B. B ) gives a healthy Bio* d supply to the skin and entire system. A Missourian has quit chewing to bacco after forty y ears of indulgence, but for fear thur his example might be of valite to somebody he announ ces that he has been worthless evc-r since “I had long suffered from indiges tion,” wiites G. A. LeDeis. Cedar City, Mo. “Like all others 1 tried many preparations hut never foU”d anything that did me good until 1 took KoJ.il Dyspepsia Cure. One bottle cured me. A friend who h -d suffered similarly I put on the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He is gaining fast and will soon be able to work. B-fore he u*ed Kodoi Dvs- pepsia Cure indigestion had made him a total wreck. Sold by Chero kee Drug Company. You must never kiss and tell, but If you see anybody else doing it you must tell it »o everybody. ! uin, Josie Ft-well, Pauline Davis. Kieta Sieele, Carrie 1'oag and Julia Thornwell. In true old Confederate style tney sung some of the soul in spiring pieces which fired up the Soutneru heart and elicited applause t oat was a reminder of the sixties Among them wefe ■Dixie Land.” ••.My old Kentucky Home.” •'Bonnie B.ue Flag,” “The ?>tir Spangled Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is not a mere stimulant to tin-d nature. It affords the stomach complete and absolute rf-st by digesting the food you eat. You don’t have to diet but can enj ;y all the good food you want. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure instantly relieves that distressed feeling after eating giving you new life and vigor. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. From a cliff 1<>0 feet high one with clear vision can see a ship at a dis tance of forty-two miles. Mothers everywhere praise One Minute Cough Cure for the sufferings it has relieved and the lives of their little ones it has saved. Strikes at the root of the trouble and draws out tiie iii'fi unmaiioD. The children’s favorite Cough Cure. Cherokee Drug Co. About the time a boy begins to think about his sweetheart his mother begins to forget hen. W. T. Wesson. Gholsonville, Va., druggist, writes: ’ Your One Min ute Cough Cure gives perfect satis faction. My customers >ay it is the best remedy for coughs colds, throat and lung troubles ” For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. It is sald|that the Governor of Geor- gai has received a number of letters threatening his life Do you suffer from piles? If so do not turn to surgery for relief De- Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve will act more quickly sur-ly and *afeiy, sav ing you the * xpense and danger of an operation. Cherokee Drug Co. ’Love is cheap, but being a lover is expensive Stops tli« Cough anil Work* OfT the C Id Laxative Bromo (/iiinine 'tablets cure a cold in one da.,. No Cure, dentally shot and killed Monday No Pay Price 2o cents. Bniner” and last of all and (>e»t of an, ’God be wirb us till we meet again,” was rendered in a most ap propriate style. Takin all and in ail it w»-n grand meeting of a grand people in a grand cause. In calling the meeting to order that morning Captain Ireuell Jones said the meeting was merely for plea-ure, there was neil her business nor p.itic* in it, nothing but s cial in erecurs-. and no attempt will be made to govern any of yu in any other wa> tnan us some of you govern your wive.^—oy telling them do us tile) please. A splendid dinner was spread and a free invitation was eXiended to ail to come forward and t -k^ a part. In tne afternoon Col. James F. Hart, commanding the regiment. pr*-sided over a business meeting of the v derails wi.i e Cap . Ireded Jo .es adjutant, acted a* secretary. Captain Jones introduced and made a speech in behalf ot the following resolution, wine i was adopt'd: ‘ Resolved. That Itiis large audi ence, composed of 1 000 Confederal* veterans and representative citizens of York county earnestly and enthu siastically approve of the purpose to erect a Confederate soldier’s home in .South Carolina oy means of a «uffi cient appropriation by the general assembly.*The time has a nv d when a gr* a’ necessity exists for the care of those now growing old and fas' j becoming incapacitated for work, j wno. in their youthful vigor and | manhood lost ah in defense of tbe j scale That, in our belief, tne state i of South Carolina cannot afford longer to withhold this merited com pensation for services already ren dered to the honor and glory of the state.” Upon motion it was ordered that the colonel commanding appoint a committee of three in each township to take charge of and prosecute the work of organizing additional camps in tbe various township*. A design for the regimental badge was adopted. Just after the death of President McKinley The Gaffney Ledger was among tbe first if not the first to repeal the dying wordsjof a number of distinguished personages. Several papers have followed its lead and brought out some important facts that may interest our readers. From ‘TheCommoner” (of Oct 4’h inet.,), the paperjedited and nublished by Hon. William J. Bryan, we take the following: “The newspapers are now printing the “dyimr words of the world’s great men” and among these Daniel Web ster is credited wnh, “I still live.” as his last utterance. An interesting • xplanation ot Webster’s last words is given by Ben: Perley Poore. He bool boys have been led to believe that Webster’s la*t utterance was an assertion of immortality nr perhaps a declaration that though dead he would live in the hearts of hi» country men, but Mr. Poore gives an alto- that Webster had a special liking for brandy. Sometime before the distinguished patient died his doctor called, felt his patient’s pulse and said to the nurse, ‘■Give*him a tablegpoonfui of brandy and if at 11 o’clock he still lives give him another tablespoonful of bran dy.” A large clock occupied a place on the wall at the foot of £he bed where the patient's eye could readily re*t upon the time piece. VVhen the hands pointed to the hour of 11 Webster looked at the clock and then at the nurse. The nurse made no effort to ■comply with the doctor’s instructions and by way of reminder the great statesman fixed his eye upon his nurse and said: “I still live. ” The doctor’s instructions were promptly carried out. This is pre sented by Mr. Poore in all seriousness as tbe correct version of Webst r’s last words and Mr Poore adds that the statement is verilied by reliable authority. If Mr. Poore’s version is- correct the words are robbed of the ■ugnifiettoce which has generally been given to them ” We often find ourselves quoting these words: “God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform.” And the longer we live the mere truth we see in them. In paying a tribute to President McKinley Mr Arnold B Hall, of ^Pen lergrass, Georgia, said among ottier tning-’: •‘At the ba Me of AnMetam. the bloodiest aa.v in American history one of General Stonewall Jackson’s brave men raised bis gun to tire at a Union soldier who stood on the oppo site side of the creek. As he was about to fire General Jackson said : “Stop, lower your gun I huv- watched that bov all day. He is to" brave to be killed. ” “The boy in blue was none oth*r than the late president, then oni\ seventeen years of age. These word.* w>-rc an eternal tribute to Stonewall Jackson, and were indicative of the regard be had for true courage even in his enemies. The types make our last letter n little aw*.w.-r 1 and if the compositor d-in’t mind we will call him to »n account one • f these davs It was pears Mrs. Carrie Inman i»>iVe us instead of peas. Mr .L*s Garner belonged to the loth regiment instead of ’ he 5 h. Its the 1 .g**st parei Yieses in th*- scripturi-.- a d not b rgest we want to find. Th« pa*t f-*w d -ys have been fa'Or- able for co’.ton p.eking Tbe boil- art opening fast and the lint i beautiful. Thet open before th rar s Jjha-JI’-een s'ained to some ex tent oui fortunately tbe/e is no great amount of it. From all the information we g-1 tne crop ot cotton can’t possibly average more than a half crop Fr<»m our friend Mr G iven Blsck, who iiv s in the Grassy Pond n 'gh- borhood, we learn tha' he has never had a better crop lie is one of Cherokee’s best farmers and make* it h'-i first cere to ra'*‘» h s “hog and hominy” a home H>- ba* ids next year’s supplies already on bun'’— wonjjr have to buy a bushel or pou (1 of anything like bread or meat And one of the Hecr- ts of h;s succe*s i* he makes cotton as a surplus crop. Horn*' good woman would do well to set her cap for him. The people of this section an- highly elated at. the prospect o gel ling a fr$e ferry at Howell’s, of which so much hav-Jo. on said heretofore in this correspondence We hope tt,a TARHEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. the diffi'-ult.es have !been removed and that the people in York and Cherokee counties wiii soon reuliz*- the advantages we rlaim it wi 1 give them. In behalf of ours**lves and those represent we tak‘- off our bat and thank the county board** for their fair ami Unpnrtial consider ation of our needs. From another progres*ive young Ghcrokecan whos* opinion is worthy of considf-ration we get another pronunciation of the name ’ Oz'd- go*z ” He says: “The pronuncia tion I use is something like this — ‘ Hhawl gotch.” The letters used to give it the true Polish sound are these “Tchol gotch.” Let us hear from others. j. i. s. A TypU-al South African Store. O. R Larson, of Bay Vila. Sun days River, Cape Colony, conducts a store typical of South Africa, at which can be purchased anything from the proverbial “needle to an anchor. ’ This store is situated in a valley nine miles from the nearest railway station and about twenty-live miles from tbe nearest town. Mr Larson says: ‘I am favored with the custom of farmers within a radius of thirty miles, to many of whom I have supplied Chamberlain’s reme dies. All t-stify to their value in a household where u doctor’s advice is a!mo*r out of tbe question. Within one mile of mv store the population JntereHtlnir Item* CMcernin^ Orrr Neigh bor* Iteyomi the I.ltie Which May Frove Entertain hr Reading for Himdred* of Ledger Reader*. A large number of people are at tending the fair at Greensboro this week. A rumor is afloat that a Republi can newspaper will be published at Lexington at an early date. Tobacco is selling high on the Dur ham market this season Yesterday ooe lot from Granville was sold for •1*04' per hundred. Ade Walker, who shot Deputy Sheriff Hunter in Kernersville, a few weeks ago. plead guilty Tuesdav morning when arraigned before the Huperior Court at Winston-Salem Judge Starha'-k gave him two year* on tne county roads. A horrible accident which occurred at Einmon’s mine, in Emmons town hip. Lexington county Monday. A man nained Tvsinger while working in th- mine whs crushed to deaDi hv to enormous rock, which required 12 men to-remove from his body. President Rosevelt ha* been invited to visit Charlotte. The President could not come to a better section of ■ he South than the greet Piedmont belt of North Carolina and could not find a more thriving city than Char lotte,’ savs the Gastonia News; Governor Aycock offers a reward o f *2(M) for George Stranger a mulatto -vho in Halifax county, waylaid his wife shot her three times then cut oer in many place*. It is character- ’Z-d as the wor*t crime ever commit ted in the county. The woman will die The Hicks Collar Company’s build ing. at Hickory, is completed and the •ouipany will commence operation next week This is an enterprise which ha* few rivals in the country and it will fill a long-felt want. The factory will be equipped with the most mrxlern machinery. In the suit of F. \l. Monroe versus Min N.'vassa Guano Company for $20 01 0 damages for alleged injury to nee lands and growing crop* by fume* from the company’s plant, on trial lor two weeks in Brunswick Superior Court, tbe jury Sunday morning re turned a verdict for plaint II fixing tbe damages at $o.7o0. The defend ant company appealed. Supervisor J. C. Leashiey left the penitentiary Tuesday, with 126 oon- victs, who will grade the mountain section of the railroad familiarly known as the “ Three G’s.” The fir*t camp,”' or stockade, will bo abour 12 miles from Marion. Under the contract work began Thursday. This •viij he the third railroad the cor vict* will have ouilt across the Blue Ridge. The Wilmingt'm street railway wa* sold at auction Monday, under fore* osure of mortgage, and was bough' by Hugh MacRt<- A- Co., fop$U)l jOO MaeR-u it Co., fepi'-sent a syndicate wmeh recently purchased toe Sea- coast Railroad, extending from Wil mington to tbe ocean and. the inten tion it is understood is to consolidate and operate the railroad to the oeacii by the trolley system. During the pretty weather for the last fortnight, rapid progress has been made on the building of the Hickory and the Thomas J Martin Furniture Factories at Hickory. Tbe machinery will be in operation be fore a very gieat while. The class of furniture that, will he turned out ha* not been definitely decided upon, but ia thought higlx-ciass goods will be made, having the finest of raw ma terial in this section to select from however, be may be convicted and given a term in jail. The young de fendant was arraigned this afternoon. Through his counsel he plead not guilty. Sam Maewey, a negro, whom the offi cers of Salisbury have been want ing for the last two months, was cap tured at his Bouse in that place Wed nesday morning at 2 o’clock. Mas sey. entirely without provocation, stabbed G*be Jenkins, a well-be haved negro, ail but mortally. The officers heard that Massey, who had left town, had returned and was probably at his home They went to the house and proceeded to search it, in spite of the protestations of Mas sey’s wife that he was not at home. Sure enough, they-found him under the bed, and took him into camp. Monroe Clark, colored, who lives near Rock Cut. Iredell county, was on the war-path last Saturday In the morning he belabored Charley Lewis, colored, with a-large stick. It seems that he did not hurt Lewie badly Not being satieii-d, be at tacked Lawson Rhinohard. colored, who lives near Monbo, in C»tawb» county, with a knife about 11 o’clock Saturday nignt, inflicting several long gashes the worst being in the hack, side and thigh. The wounde are not considered dangerous. (Mark was tried b-fore J. A. Ingram, Esq., who committed him to ^ail without bond. The Raleigh correspondent of the Charlotte Observ-r savs: • D is par ticularly desired that North Carolina cotton mills shall mak- a good exhib it at the Charleston Exposition. In ''outh Carolina the mill owners had a general meeting amt appointed A committee, and the latter has ai/retd upon a plan of exhibit. As- soon as Governor Aycock returns your cor respondent will ask that the com missioners for North Carolina confer in r.gard to consolidated exhibits il lustrating cotton, fun iture, and other manufactures in this State. Mr I). A. Tompkins, so widely known in the cotton milling world, has charge of the cotton uaia-e at the ► xposition.” Seven Year* In Keil, ‘•‘Will wonders ever i-ease?” Inquire the friends of Mrs. L. lVa*e. of Law rence. Kan. They knew she had been unable to leave her bid in seven years on account of kidney anil liver trouble, nervous prostration and iiem-ral debility; but. “Three bottles* of Electric Bitters enabled me to walk,” she writes, “and in three months I felt Jik“ a n-w person.’* vY’otnen suffer ng from Hvadache, Backache. Nervousness, Sieepbes- ro-ss. Melancholy, Fainting and Dizzy Speils will find it a priceless blessing. Tr it. Satisfaction i» guaranteed. Only 50c Cherokee Drug Co. It is reported that the Southern Railway will have its freight trans fer business from .Spencer to Greens boro, locating tbe trai sfer shed and tbe necessary side-track between that and Pomona. It is said that a track will be built around the north side of Greensboro, over which the through 'reight trains will be run. For the want of room, tbe transfer business was moved away from Greensboro when the present passen ger station was built, several years ago. In the Superior Court, at W inston- Salem Tuesday, the grand jury re turned a true bill for murder against William Bai'v. the little w.;Ue boy charged with being responsible for Members of tne Georgia Protective Association will hold their cotton for R> cents thi* v ear. htrlfkvil Willi I’aruLv*-**. Henderson Grimett, of this place, was stricken with partial paralysis ami COtnp.etely 1 >st thf use of one arm and side After being treated hy an eminent physician f<>r quite a while without relief, my wife recom mended Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and after using two bottles of it he in almost entirely cur*d —Geo R Mc Donald, Man Login county, W. Va. .■*everal other Very remar*aoie cures of partial paraly sis have been etfeciod bv the use of tins liniment It is most widely known however, as a cure for rheumatism, sprains and bruises. Sold bv Clwokee Drug Company. A poor man who has a rich uncle may not he averse to taking the will for the deed. is perhaps sixty. Of these, within j the death of Fn d Craver a few the pa*t twelve months, no less than | months ago. Hi* trial will lie taken fourteen have been absolutely cured up to-morrow On account of his by Cbsinherlain’s Cough Remedy, j size snd health there are many who This must surely he a record.” For beii*ve that tin- defendant will he re- * gether different idea. Mr Poore says sale by. Cherokee Drug Co. bastd. If the cast goes to the jury. C. M Pnelps, For* sfdaie, Vt., says his ehi'd wa* completely cured of a bad cttSf- of eczema by the use of De- Witt’» Witch Hazel Salve. Beware of all counterfeit* It instantly re lieves piles. fur eale by Cherokee Drug Company. Lots of people pursue a literary career but few succeed in catching up with it. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers never disappoint. They are safe, prompt, gentle, effr-ctive in removing all Im purities from the liver and bowels. Small and easy intake. Never grips or distress. Cherokee Drug Co. A man who i* unable to borrow * dollar suff-rs from financial depres sion. Lewis Ockerman, Goshen, Ind: DeW itt * LitH* Early Risers never bend me double like other pills buk do their work thoroughly and make 1 me feel liken boy ”0*rtsln thorough, geiiuiru Cherokee l 4 >rug Co. Place an apple in the bread and cake boxes to keep the bread snd cake moist To Cure a Fold In One Day. Tske Laxative Brnaoh tjumine Tab let*. AM druggists refund the money if it falls It* < ur«. E W Grove's aig* nature is on each b< x 25c.