Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V ' I 4 ’tm, : / THE LARGEST Circulation of Any N:,vipip2 in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. Jtlw j| ■ ! |h k SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Kci.ability of Kvrry 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. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C. FRIDAY OCTOBER 25, 1901. $1.50 A YEAR* THROUGHOUT THE . PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. from XEventH that Have Taken Place from One End «.f the State to the Other Culled from Kxchanjtefl for yulck Keadinff by Score, of Busy People. /The new knitting mill at Jonesville is nearly ready for the machinery. A lyceum has been organized with a large membership at Timmonsville. A commission has been issued to the Aiken kaolin Co., capital stock $;)()- 000 The Palmeto Drug Co., at Union has been chartered, Dr. S S. Linder president. Georgetown is engaged in political agitation to eliminate negroes the city council. Congressman Lever has appointed F. F. Herndon, a young lawyer of Walterboro as his private secretary. • Adjutant General Floyd has recent ly been engaged in inspecting military companies in (he Pee Dee section The battleship Indiana will remain indefinitely at Port Royal, being em ployed in practice cruise in that vicin ity. The Columbia ladies who have un dertaken to erect a monument to lames Gordon Coogler are much grati- ied at the way sunscriptions are com- iipg iu. ' Lee county election was held Tues day. In Sumter county 604 votes werre cast for the new county and 230 against. Darlington county, two pre cincts voted 178 for, 76 against. The town of Bisoopville cast a solid vote for the new county. *Mr. W. H. Wofford was instantly killed Monday by the explosion of a boiler to the engine which was run ning a giuoery. The accident occur red two miles from Glenn Springs at the plant of E S. Smith. Toe d*-ad man is survived by a wife and three children. Friday morning in the United States Commissioner McGowan's court on motion ol Hon. Stanyarne Wilson, attorney for the defendant. Postmaster Inspector Smythe and United States District Attorney John G. Capers, consenting, Postmaster Robinson, of Cowpens, was discharg ed and his bondsmen released. While the immense crowd was leaving Robinson’s circus Wednesday afternoon at Bennettsville, Tom Odom stepped on Jack King’s foot in the tent. King, - who was drunk, shot •Odom near the heart, killing him almost instantly. Odom was butler at Jones’ boarding house and a peace able negro. King is a young mulatto. Governor McSweeoey’s fourteen year-old son, M'les, a hue horseback rider, became infatuated with a cir cus that passed through here Ac cording to the story told to-night he seated himself in the circus train, and with the determination of join ing the show went to another State, where upon the Governor’s telegraph ing instructions, he was taken in charge and sent back to the Execu tive Mansion. A report comes from Hampton of the lynching of an unknown negro who committed burgiery on the resi dence of Dr. Peeples. The man was run down with dogs and hung. The negro, who is said to be a tramp, se cured some jewelry from the Peeples residence. He fired at Dr. Peeples the bullet passing near his head. The neighborhood was aroused and dogs put on the track. The man was hung where caught. John M Wellborn, chief electric ian at the Buffalo Mills, while assist ing in the hoisting of a motor in the null was seriously injured by a rope breaking, allowing the motor of some 4,000 pounds to fall to the floor. Mr. Wellborn attempted to swing a rope, but slipped and a bolt or other pro jection tore the flesh from both arms iu a terrible manner tearing the veins and muscles to pieces. His head rfnd nip was badly bruised. Fortunately the motor did not fall on him. Tuesday night Hiinon Ellis, color ed. shot and instantly killed his cousin, Uhas. B>rd, at Union The dfeeuB*-d whs shot twice with a shot gun. »Soui*‘ tim^ during thr ev mug the two had m quarrel 'tbout a woman and Ellis walked home a mile, goi his gun and returned to Byrd’s house and coming up behind the house, allot him, and ins father, standing m ar wn> also shot, hut not seriously. Eilis austnnted to es'ape, but was arrested by a negro and lodged in jail. There was a shooting affray In Barnwell in the office of the New Sentinel Monday between Charles Lott and Joseph Owen. About seven shots were fired. Both were wound* ed. neither fatally, but Lott the more seriously of the two. Mr. Charley Brown who was endeavoring to keep the peace between the two. received a glancing shot on the temple, which bled profusely. Lott was /ounded in the body and in both cheeks. Owens was wounded in the face, a flesh wound. The difficulty was about trespassing stock. LOWER CHEROtEE LOCAL PULLINGS, Numerous Letters on Num erous Subjects RECEIVED BY MR. STRAIN George Edwards, a young white man, of Greenville, was accidentally shot by Dick Jenkins, Wednesday morning, while out hunting in com pany with three other young men Edwards and Jenkins were hunting in the neighborhood of the Norris farm, Picken county. While Jen kins was engaged in loading his ham- merless breeach loading shot gun in some way it was tired, emptying both loads of shot in Edward’s right leg just above the knee. Jenkins placed Edwards in a buggv and drove in a run the entire distance of nine miles to Greenville, making the trip in forty minutes. The wounded man was given proper attention. A totally erronous impression seems to have found favor in certain quarters that Charleston is filled to overflowing with crooks, bunco- steerers, grafters and murderers. It has been published that the city is regarded as a heaven of safety for criminals from neighboring states and localities. The grounds upon which to base such assertions are difficult to imagine. The records at the po lice station and the county jai! do not bear out the statement that crime runs riot there. And it is a noticeable fact that the fugatives who go to Charleston with the hope of escaping the hands of the law are invariably caught and sent back to the scenes of their deeds. Visitors who attend the exposition this win ter will receive every possible pro tection against crooks that the county and city officials can give them. Ttil» Will Interest Many. To quickly introduce B. B. B (Bo tanic Blood Balm), the famous South ern blood cure, into new homes we will send, absolutely free, 10 000 trial treatments Botanic Blood Balm (B B. B) quickly cures old ulcers, scrofula, eczema, itching skin and blood humors, cancer, eating, festering 8'<res, hoi's, 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 blood pure and rich and stops ail aches and pairs. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B B.) thoroughly tested for 30 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. 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 Balm (B. B. II) gives a healthy Blood supply to the skin and entire system. The settlement of' She steel strike seems as far off as ever, and though the dispatches say every day that the men will at once surrender, they are still out. “I had long suffered from indigeg tiou," writes G. A. LeDeis. Cedar City, Mo. “Like all others I 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 on the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He is gaining fast and will soon he able to work. Before be used Kodol Dys pepsia Cure indigestion had made him a total wreck. Sold by Chero kee Drug Company. Despite more activity in the mar* ket for cotton goods, says Duo’s Re view. and placing of government con tracts. the staple shows no great strength. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is not a mere stimulant to tired nature. It affords the stomach complete and absolute rest by digesting the food you eat. You don’t have to diet but,can enjoy ail 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 l)r«g Company. C».r'oll County has the greatest number of post,offices of u-'y county in Georgis, the number being 41, and Clara*- County has the sinallcat num ber, two poHtofficea Th<« K«*hI t'r>'»« , rlptlon for Mitla ■ ia. Chills and K ver is a bottle of Grove s Tast» less Chili Tonic. It is simply iron snd juinine in a taste less form. No cure--no pay. 1’rice OOo. An Kudarsement of Col. ft. W. Hunt, of the Southern—The South Carolina Monu ment at Chlckamauga Park—An Appeal for the ‘Captain." (Correspondence of The Ledger-) Etta Jane, Oct.—We receive numerous letters on numerous sub jects, growing out of our feeble at tempt at journalism. These it is impossible to answer in detail. We try at all times to give attention to such subjects as we think worth attention Often from these letters we learn that the writer is not a patron of The Ledger; but has acci dentally (or somehow else) stumbled upon something we have said and wishes to get further information With due courtesy, we must decline to answer some of these enquires simply because it is Impossible to do so and it is not treating The Ledger right. It kindly published our weak letters for the benefit of its patrons who find time and curiosity enough to read them. And when they are thus sent out in printed form then if something that is not made quite as clear as it should be, is reported to us for explanation it will receive at tention through the same medium. If the many flattering assurances that our letters are appreciated con tinue it will almost be a miracle if we escape an attack of “enlargement of the head.” For the edification of those whom these remarks effect we will say March up to Captain DeCamp’s desk, plank down the china for a year’s subscription—receive the editor’s blessing and join The Ledger brigade, and the paper will do its best to make your home happy. In each Friday’s issue during the winter months, at least, we expect to giv** a sKetch on some particular sub ject, incident, plea or personage that will be of as readable a nature as we are capable of making it. N* xt week we exp*ct to give a copy of John Brown’s letter written four days before he was hanged for cre ating the insurrection that led to the great civil war. The authorship of this remarkable document is vouched for by the pri son officials, and we think will be read with interest by a number of our L-dgerites It is dated Charleston. Va.. Nov. 27 1859 Circulars are being sent out for all those who want to furnish anything for our (Cherokee) eounty exhibit at the South Carolina Inter-State Exhi bition. This is a matter in which the county, as well as her sister counties of the State, ought to take an especial interest Anything that grows in the field, forest, vineyard, garden, orchard or flower yard, to getherwith mineral products, will be received. Mr. Fr-d G. Stacy, of Gaff ney, we presume, can furnish blanks to those who haven’t got them. Let Cherokee county be represen ted in its every industry as well as mineral resourses. The C. E. Society met at the home of Mr. W. G. Fowler last Sabbath evening. Some of the young men made talks and the ladies read essays on the less >n topic—“A bad bar gain,” Gen. 25:29-34 verses. We would be glad to know who is county chairman of the woman’s department of the exposition. Some of our lady friends will doubtless have some exhibits from Cherokee county. Union county has Mrs B. G. Clifford for its chairman. With pleasure we endorse what the A R. Presbyterian says of Col. R W. Hunt, division passenger agent of the Southern Railway Company. We know Col. Hunt, and everything the Preshyterin says of him is true. He is one of the most popular and efficient officials in their employ. He went with the South Carolina dele gation to the Memphis reunion of U C. Veterns last May, and he will accompany the delegates to th* General Assembly of the A. R P. church, and we can assure the brethern that they will find in Col. Hunt a gentleman and an official of which his road and company may well be proud. We have a letter from little Jesse Sparks, son of Mr and Mrs. Charlie A spark** of Clifton, that is a cr* Ult to a child of tns age. Mr. Sparks I akes I'iii- Ledger In com oiling the list of volunteer* who went from tills county to the war heiweei the States, we find that of what was known as the Onion mess mi Company A 12ih South Ct.. ima Regiment. The following were members, tn-wit : Calvin Goudelock. Win. F. Mc Culloch, George McKown, Jefferson Estes. John A. M. Estes, John O. Montgomery, William Lowery, Jan. G Love. John M. McKown, I«aac Parker, Robert Jenkins, William J. Lee, Sam M. Strain and Archie W. Strain. Only three of them are still living, to-wit: John A. M. Estes, James G. Love and W J. Lee. Alick Goodwin and Birt McKown, their colored cooks, are dead. We find about the Name preceotege of deaths among the other companies of which we have accurate lists The August number of the Con federate Veteran contains a photo graph of the South Carolina monu ment on Cbickamauga battlefield, taken by Albert Kern, of Dayton. Ohio it is one of the most beauti ful pieces of architecture that adorns that grand park. Your correspon dent* had the pleasure of visiting it last May, and took many notes that have not yet been published. In a future letter we propose to give a pen-picture of the Cbickamauga park. The base of the monument is of native granite with a large artillery men and infantryman facing east and west respectively. It is thirty-three feet in height being surrounded with a large palmetto tree about ten feet high. On the front side is the fol lowing insumption : “TO HER FAITHEITI SONS AT CPICKAMAITOA, SOUTH (’AKULINA ERECTS THIS MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE VOLOKTHEY PROVED AND THE MVES THKYOAVK. ON THIS BATTLEFIEIJ}.’’ On til*- reverse side are the names of the comrades which took part in that battle. In the Limestone museum is a piece of b >mb shell picked up last spring within a few yards of where the South Carolina monument stood, and where her troops did some des perately hard fighting during that battle. j l s. THR00GH0UT THE TAR REEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Tlie KnterpriHiiig Southern. The Southern railway announces excursion rates for the winter season to the various resorts of the South. Tickets are now on sale, with final return limit May 31st, 1902 For de tailed information as to rates, sched ules, etc., call on any agent of the Snottiern railway or connections. The Southern railway has issued a beautiful booklet entitled “Hunting and Fishing in the South,” which is a very attraciive publication giving full and concise information relative to the best hunting and fishing grounds along its lines, together with information as to rates of board, game laws, names of guides, and whether nr not lands are posted, etc. This publication is complete in every de tail and will he of great benefit to hunters and fishermen desiring to lake an outing. Copy may be had hv addressing any of the Southern Railway Company’s agents. Strikes a Kich Find. “I was troubled for several years with chronic indigestion and nervous debility,” writes F J. Green, of Lancaster. N. H.. “No remedy helped me until I began using Electric Bit ters, which did me more good than all the medicines I ever used They have also kept my wife in excellent health for years. She says Electric Bitters are just splendid for female troubles, that they are a grand tonic and invigorator for weak, run down women. No other medicine can take its place in our family.” Try them. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co. Of the males of voting age in New York State 62 4 per cent, are either of foreign birth or foreign parentage, and the actual foreign born const • tutes 38 4 per cent.of the whole num ber. Mothers everywhere praise One Minute Cough Cure for the sufferings it. has relieved and the lives of their little ores it has saved. Strikes at the root of the trouble and draws out the inflammation. The children’s favorite Cough Cure. Cherokee Drug Co. This Is a sad world for the poor girl whose only new clothes are some of her mother's old ones 0. M Pnelps, Forestdale, Vt., says his child was completely cured of a bad case of eczema by the use of De- Witt’s Witch Hszel Salve. Beware of all counterfeits It instantly re heves piles For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. A girl is naturally in love with her self after she and man of her choice are made into one. When you have no appetite, do not relish your fond and feel dull after eating you may know that you need a itoHe of Chamberlain’s Stomach snn Liver Tablets Price 25 cents. Maniples free at Cherokee Drug Co. If a man has a sense of humor he knows when not to get funny. To Cure a Coltl In iiu.i l>„y. Take LaX'iMve Brom i) imiue Tab lets. AH druggists refund t'«e money if it fails to cure. E W Grove's sig nature is on each b >x. 25c. IntereHting Item** Concerning Oar Neigh bor* Beyond the Line Which May Prove Kntertain-ng Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Readers. To-morrow 150 convicts will be sent from the penitentiary to do grading on the railroad extension near Marion. Governor Aycock has called a State good roads conference, to be held at Winston-Salem, Friday and Saturday of next week. Judge W A Hoke swept the dock et of criminal cases by noon Wednes day at Concord and every offender was either fined or sent to the chain- gang. Court adjourned this evening. Three divorces were granted at this term. Four passers of counterfeit money were arrested at the fair grounds at Raleigh vVednesday on information given by Richard Sylvester, the man who was in jail thereon the charge of theft and who claimed to be a report er on a New York paper. Major Andrew Haywood, colored, in jail in Raleigh on a charge of swind ling the War Department in a claim for expenses for raising troops for the war with Spain, was released Tuesday. His sister. ofWashing ton, D. C., went on his bond. A bank officered and managed by negroes is in trouble. It is the Dime Savings Bank, of Kinston, N. C. which has suspended payment. The liabilities are stated to be about $6 000 assets $15 000. A run on the b«i 'z by negro depositors caused the tr ole. Charles F. Dunn, the presi dent, who for years has been a leader of the negroes, says the suspension is only temporary. The Concord Water-Works Com pany has contracted for another ar lesion well, to be drilled on the same lot as the first one. only nearer the street. Work has already begun on this well, which, according to con tract, will be 700 feet deep The old cistern, from which the town has been supplied, will be filled up. so that nothing hut pure water will flow through the pipes. The case against the Rnyolutinn Cotton Mills, charged with maintain ing a public nuisance in the shape of a pond of water, came up in the Su perior Court at Grensboro Wednesday The indictment alleges that the pood breeds malaria, which has caused the sickness of 400 or 500 people in the vicinity. It is further alleged that it is impossible to improve sanitary conditions along the creek by drain ing the low. marshy land unless the dam at the foot of the pond is re moved. The sheriff of Richmond county went to Raleigh Monday and took from the jail Wat. Ingram and put him iu the penitentiary. Ingram was taken to Raleigh one night last week to save him from lynching He killed a rival, was tried for murder in the first degree, but got off with mur der in the second degree and a 15- year sentence. Even from this he appealed, but now his attorneys with draw the appeal for a new trial for fear that in such a case the verdict would be murder in the first degree and Ingram be banged. Clayton Moore, the nine-vear-old son of Mr George Moore, who resides about eight milee northwest of Reids ville, was seriously burned Tuesday and died Wednesday morning. Young Moore had gone out into the yard, where a fire had been started to heat water 'or doing the washing, and his clothes became ignited while he was standing near-by. Mrs. Moore was in the house at the time with a sick daughter, but heard the screams of her son and. she and her daughter ran out to extinguish the flames. In their effort to do so the hands of the young lady wnre badly burned, s*»d the boy’s body was severely charred. Sheriff McDowell, of Burke county, 111* sU'ty LOOK IO 'lie pelllleuiitllJ f iur convicts. Two of those broke into s store, stole $10, two shot-gui * six pistols, thirteen razors, ten knives hi d 40 pounds of a in mu nation. With ibis arsenal they were captured on a mountain ridge One of them guv •* • M <• > Xeil • e f i >r * h*. t n. r I *1.1 1 bn had heard "a man called Goldoth had killed the rresident,” and added “We ahorely was ei ^wiue after iiiiu. Vs ' lie prisoners were on their *«.' ■o jii' one of them met tils old se'mo teacher. Holding up his menaclen 'im- u* he said, ftee *vhal you iuugh me.” I’he 11*1 annual State full' b. gui Tuesday, under the most fuvorahb auspices as to weather, attendaae*- - and exhibits. It ranks as one n f kbw best fairs ever held in the Moatk.. The procession, which was a verjr creditable one, second to none, corted the governor and Gen Cox,, the president of the fair, togetlMr* with other State and city offickwlw. In the procession were a battaiox mt the State guard, the cadet battaMwwt. 300 strong, of the Agricultural r~4 Mechanical College here, with itt hand and bugle corps, the fire de partment. etc.. At the grounds thw governor was introduced by General- Cox and made an excellent speeefe. In the Supreme Court Tuesday there was argument for three how- in the case o; three gold brick ewix&- lers from Illinois, who were so neatly trapped at Greensboro by Paul 6m* rett. of Weldon. Two Chicago attoc-- neys, Biair and Gilmer, appeared foe • the swindiers. To hear these attor neys talk one would think the Bwio*> lers were as innocent lambs. With these visiting attorneys who brought a brief of vast length. Mr. W. P_ Bynum, Jr.. Attorney General Gil mer appeared for the Stxte. He, too* had a brief of formidable lengthi Mr. Bynum asked for two hours’ tiara- for his side, saying it could not roaho its argument in an hour, the usool^ time allowed. Each side were given an hour and a half. Mr, Bynum says he is sure a new trial will bo grunted WOMEN AND SOCIETY* (All comriunlcatlons to this column sh< be addressed to l*. O. Box 153.) Our beautiful Indian Mummor weather will soon be gone, and withx. pe* p of winter the daughters of will bestir themselves anew to find still more comfortable and attractivw- garmentswith which to repel Jaok Frost and his legion. The shops are bewilderingly beauti ful, that it is almost impossible fco say which is this seasons favor»to colors, but it seems as if the majority- were of plain color and rather soft*— weave. Long sashes are to be much worn. They tie in the back rather than ior - the front of the new gowns. Beautiful evening gowns of Mochn selme de sore and.Chiffon are painted with the flower their wearer maet fancies. The edge of the skirt just above the ruffi-s and plairings show the larger blossoms and the mass of col or gives an effect of weight. The younger shoots and tendrils climb the pannels along the edge of the earns. Mrs. Montgomery who has been-* visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. JL Wilkins, left Monday for her hema in Jacksonville, Alabama. ♦ ♦ ♦ •♦ Mr. and Mrs. Watson, of York ville, are visiting their daughter Mrs. J* B Beii. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Miss Elsie Gaydeo, of Blacksbuay, was iu the city thi-* week. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Rev. end Mrs. Arch, Cree have ra-* turned home after a pleasant visit te Mr Cree’s relatives in N. C. e e ♦ ♦ Mrs. McCraw. of Blacksburg, war in the city Tuesday shopping. The Epworth League held its regu lar literary meeting Tuesday eveologr at the home of Mr W. H. Htxtgvo. A fine program was prepared, and after delightful refreshments, all db*- parted. voting their host and hostM« ideal entertainers. State Fair Note*. Arrange your plans early to afcteodP~ the 33rd Annual State Fair atColuoo- bia Oct 28*h to Nov 1st. If you have anything to exhibit at the State Fair send to Secretary HoW- loway, at Pomana 8. C , for a profloW um list. Do not delay to do so The premiums offered this year ah the 8t*te Fair has been greatly In creased and competition will be sharp* Be sure to get a premium Mat ab- once. It Hattclc* Tlie World. No Discovery in medicine has araw- created one quarter of the excit*»m«»»i« that has been caused by Dr. Kiaf’br New Discovery for Consumptlaak It’s severest test- have been on hopw» less victims of Consumption. Poan monia, Hemorrhage, Pleurisy aaA Bronchitis, thousands of whom ra* has restored to perftet health. Pbr Coughs, Colds, Asthma, ('roup. Hay Fever, Hoarseness and Whooplnp- Cough it is the quickest, surest cara in the world. It is sold by Cherokra- Drug Co., who guarantee satisfactioa or refund money. Large bottles 5tfe and $1 00. Trial bottles free. The oldest inhabitant never boasts, of how lazy he whs wli*ri a boy. Lewis (>i‘kermaii, Goshen, Ihtb: “DoWitt’s LittK h.irly Kisers never bend me double iUe other pills, but do their work thoroughly and make me feel like a hoy. ” Certain thorough v genuine. Cherokee Drug Co.