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URGE ATTENDANCE ON COURT Of INPUT Interest Increases as the End Approaches. SCHLEY WAS CHIVALROUS Sliijor Muiphy tells How, When the £>pi!iiirtr<la surreuderetl, the Caiihiio- dore l<#qnestrd Mi* Men Not to Hu miliate I hem by < heerlu*. Washington, Oct. 24 —Every availa ble seat in cue larjje room in the gnu- uprs workshop at tue navy-yard, where the Sculey court of inquiry is sitting, was occupied half an hour today before the court was called to order at 11 o’clock The anuouuoement of the ap proaching close of tue case, and of the possiuihty that Admiral Sculey would take tne witness stand during the dav, had the effect of increasing the public interest and of bringing to tne court room a larger number of persons than could be conveniently accommodared, and a far larger number tuan could hear the proceedings. When the se?siou began a number of yesterday’s witnesses were recalled as usual for the correctiou of testimony a.Jh after they had coucludfd Lieuten ant Commander Charles H. Harlow con tinued his testimony. He had concluded his statement in chief when the court adjourned yesterday aud he was imme diately taken in hand today by Captain Lsmley for cross examination. This was devoted principally to the notes taxen by Mr. Harlow of the battle of July ;$ from the deck, but was not very extended. After Commander Harlow, Rear Admiral Barker and Captain M. C. Borden of the marines were intro duced to testify to moments of the Cu ban campaign. Captain Charles E. Charke, whose record on the Oregon during the cam paign of 1898 is the boast or every Amer ican, was caiiea as tne third witness of the day and the last witness in Admiral Schley's behalf to be heard before tue admiral himself should come ou. Lieutenant Wet * Kt-ealie<l. Lieuteuaut B. W. Wells was the first of former witnesses called for the pur pose of correcting testimony. He said in response to a question from Captain Lcinley that ne hau made a translation of cipher dispatches prepared at Commo dore Schley’s instance on May 24. 18!)8, but which was never sent aud to wnicu reference was made while L euteuaut Wells was ou the stand yesterday. “Was the disnarcn sent?'’ asked Ad miral Dewey, and when he was told that it had not been, tne admiral said it was not relevant. “We only want the facts,” he said. Major Murpny corrected his testi mony of yesterday so as to say that the vessels of the flying squadron in steam- «ang back aud tnrrh at night in front >f tne mouth of the harbor at Santiago had gone only about 8o0 yards to either side of the uarbor instead of 1,500 yards, as stated yesterday. In response to a question by Mr. Ray nor. Major Murpny detailed an incident in which Commodore Scniey figured at the close of the battle of July 3 Major Murphy said: “I remem oer the incideut distinctly, because it made a very great impression on me at tne time. It w as wueu they were preparing a cutter to take Captain Cook to tne Colon to receive cue surren der of that snip. She had hauled down her fl ig and was ashore. Tne officers and many of the men were gathered forward in tne neighb uh .ou of the forecastle, ami Commodore Schley au dressed tne men, cautioning them not to cheer when tue Spanish captain came on board. “He spoke of their gallantry—that they had made a good fignt aud that they should not lie humiliated; mat we should treat them chivalrously and not humiliate them by cheers. It was a gallant speech, and we all felt it very deeply, i'ne commodore made the same speech about midnight of tne some day when w T e were ranging alongside cue Iowa, and we nad learned that Admiral Cervera aud his officers were ou board that snip. It a: ter ward developed that Admiral Cervera heard Commodore Schley make tne remark and he ap proved it very much, so we were told. ” Coaling a > fllcnl ,|< b. Major Murphy was tnen excused aud Commander Harlow called. He said tnat on Mav 26 no one would nave at tempted to coal a ship aud that without experience coaling could not have been undertaken in tne forenoon of May 2tf. “Notes lakeu by mmself during the battle of July 3. did not, ne said, give the exact time consumed by the Brook lyn in making its turn, but showed the time to be less than 25 minutes. Wneu asked how muen time elapsed after tne Spanish vessels came out oi the narbor before tuey turm-^ to tne westward the witness said that the time was only •uch as would have been consumeed lii going a few snips’ iengma Ho .-.aid he remembered the incideut of Commodore Schley’s transferring his flag from the Brooklyn tu the Massa chusetts on May 31 for the purpose of making a recounoissauce, the Vixen having been used for that purpose. "What, if anything, was said when returning about the guns that were dis covered or developed?” “A remark was made, I think, by my self, that at any rate we had developed the battery. Commodore Scnley replied that ‘That was wtiat we went in for* A remark was made by Mr. Schley about tu*' 13-incn gun on a disappenng carriage whicn we did not believe. We fouuii afterward the disappearing car- nag * was a tree. ” “What was the manner and bearing of Commodore Schley on this occasion?” “Commodore Schley looked badly and as I would have suspected from a man who probably nad been ut> a great deal at night aud laboring utmer > eat deal of feeling of responsibility, r'rom the impression at the time, he s> eim d to be senou-ly affeced by tiie situation as a result of hi> watching and ft eiing of re sponsibility. ” Have you ever said in regard to this matter at mis time mat ne w a* worried over tne situation, ‘that mere is no doubt but what Schley was worried over me sit uh "ion, aud a train to take the re sponsibility?’ ’ ”1 said mat in my private notes, my diary, a* my opn ion at me time.” Describing the course of the Brooklyn dnt ing the battle of July 3, the witness sain: “I saw the Brooklyn receiving and returning almost the entire fire of the two loading Spanish snips with au occa sional stint from the Colon. I was in a position to see a flash and shortly af terward the fall of the projectile and this showed that a large ship was about tne Brooklyn. The Colon evidently was C'ing smoKeiess power and I wa* not a ale to tell so well where her shots fell.” The witness said he was satisfied that the lire from the Brooklyn set tne Vis* cay* ou fire. CALEB POWERS TRIAL. Jim Howard If ill He Drought From Krauiifori to Testify. Georoktown, Ky., Oct. 24.—When court couveued this moruing Attorney John Smith, for Powers, asked for an order to bring Jim Howard here from Frankfort jail to testify iu the prison er's behalf. Howard was condemned to death for Goebel’s murder, but was granted anew trial Tne judge granted the order for Howard’s removal, but said if Howard was uot here by the time the defeuse closed the court would not wait ou him. Tne attorneys for the defendant say that they will positively close tueir side of the case today. A Cut lu Glucose. Nkw York, Oct. 24. —According to The Journal of Commerce local glucose dealers are of the ooinion that the cut in the price at Chicago of $1 per 100 pounds means au interesting contest be tween the jarious glucose companies. It is generally believed tnat the Glucose Sugar Refining company or the inde- peudent companies are aoout to attempt to supply tue demands both of tms country and Europe. Hank Hesumes Business. Reading, Pa., Oct. 24 —Pursuant to the report announced from the comp troller of the currency, the Boyerstown bank opened lor business today. There was uo run and business was conducted as usual. Bank Examiner McDougall is still in charge. It is now known that only $30,000 in securiaes a.e missing, but Cashier Morris' surety is sutticieut aud the bank is perfectly solvent. The Prune Prop. San Jose, Oal„ Oct. 24.— Local pack ers estimate the amount of prunes of the crop of 1900 now on hand at 1,000 car- loads. Tne estimated crop of Santa Clara county prunes tnisyear is 40,000,- 000 pounds, which, together with the estimated 20,000,000 pounds of the Ital ian variety produced by Oregon, Wa>n- CCLD SEEKERS FLEE FROM ARCTIC BLASTS Steamship Portland Arrives at Port Townsend. SHE HAD 500 PASSENGERS It Is S»aid There Are Hundreds of Peo ple Congregated at N< in" Awaiting Tram-portaiIon—>teamer Acc inma- datlons ln«uftl«deut. Port Towns«sd, Wash, Oct. 24 —The steamship Portland arrived here today, bringing 620 passengers and 3 tons of gold, most of which came down the Yu kon to Sr Michaels. Passengers arriv ing report that winter has practically set iu and that the ice has begun to form along the shore at Bt. Micnaels. At Nome hundreds of people are con gregated, all seeking transportation, but accommodations of steamers due to sail is not nearly sufficient for the demand. PETITION WAS WITHDRAWN. Cotton Buj’ers, Hankers and Kallroad Men Reach Agreement. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 24.—The differ ences between the local cotton buyers and bauKs and the railroads over the is suance of bills of lading for cotton have been satisfactorily adjusted at a confer ence. The railroads agreed to issue bills of ladiug upon the shipper producing com press receipts, aud this reii'-ves tne sit uation. Heretofore, this season, the roads have issued bills oi lading only af ter the cotton was actually compressed. From now on delivery at ike compress will be sufficient. Under the agreement reached the pe tition that was to have gone before the state railroad oommissiou Inhay was withdrawn. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. Hut Little Worti Done During Second Da\ N >e-nion. .Att,.v\t\, Oct 24 —The house made a spo.-modic eff ort to get down to busi ness today, but a; tor several futile at tempts to pass measures of members Who were absent, tney gave up in dis gust and adjourned. Tne work of the body is being greatly deterred by the ab'Oiice of memoers, as time is very of ten taken up in reading bills when it is discovered that the author is not in the I hull. Only three bills were passed today, as follows: By Mr. Harvard of Dooly, to prevent the manufacture, sale or giving away of cigarettes, or cigarette paper in this state. By Mr. Taylor of Houston, to prevent the importation of diseased stock in this state, and making such a misdemeanor. L. Mr. Wright, oi Floyd, to amend the garnishment laws so as to make sub ject to garnishment all moneys accru ing subsequent to the summons. Two measures were defeated in the house, failing to receive tne constitu tional majority of KS. one by Mr. Un derwood of White, to allow counties to borrow money in certain contingencies witnout issuing bonus as tue law re quires, and another by Mr. Steed of Taylor to prevent prisoners from being carried out of their militia districts for preliminary trial when charged with an offense against the law. In the senate two bills were introduced to suppress anarchy in this stare, one by Senator Bell aud the other by Senator Sullivan. Scnaiwr Smith introduced a measure to prevent the intermarriage of the races, it being found that there was uo stature law in Georgia against such al liances. TRAGEDY AT WAYCROSS. REFORM NEEOED IN BRITISH WAR OFFICE “Petticoat Influence” Has Been Too Strong. LADY ROBERTS’HOSTILITY DROVE BACK REGULATORS. Home Father and Sun Dei end Their Against a Mob. Knoxville, Oct. 24. — A Bristol, Teuu., special to Tue Journal aud Trio- une says that news has beeu received there from Dickinson county, Virginia, of how a father and son drove back about 50 “regulators,” who hau warned the mau of tueir visit. Having laid in a stock of ammuni tion, the man and boy stationed them- , bnuher-iiTlaw mu valley piu, ^ 8 , lTea lu the Kam , t 0 f ttle h(mS e. Wlien lug ton and Idaho, constitute tne stock the .. regulat f; r8 - opened fire they re turned it with deadly aim. Arrington Unglneer and a Plumber Kngage In Deadly »• ight. Wavcross, Ga., Oct. 24.—Hugh B. Ashcraft, a Plant system engineer run ning between Wavcross and Hign Springs, was killed here by Jack Wil liams, a plumber. The difficulty oc curred on Reynolds street, and young Asncraft lived a half hour after receiv ing the wound. Williams stabbed Ash craft The wounded man walked a block, when he leil He was picked up by a hackmau, who carried him to his room. Drs. Walker ami Iziar were called, but Ashcraft was beyond aid of human skill. The coroner’s jury charged Wil liams with tne killing. Asncraft was a of Colonel W. W. to be disposed of. Kconoin.c Crisis in West Prussia. New York, Oct. 24 —The Berlin cor respondent of the London Times and New York Times says the economic crisis is particularly severe iu West Pru -ia. President Von Gossler, witn capital attracted from West Germany, had succeeded in reviving the industry aud commerce of Danrzic. These are now menaced by the prevailing depres sion. Anthracite Coal Production. Philadelphia, Oct. 24 —The produc tion of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania | this year will be the largest in the his tory of the trade. Appr ximarely the j output will be about 10,000,000 tons ! more tiiau in 1900. The production last ‘ year was 45.107,484 tons: iu 189947.606, 000 tons, aud fn lo98 41,889,800 tons. President ILiO . In Washington. Washington, Oct. 24. — President Roosevelt umi party returned to Wash ington at 10:80 today. Tue presidential party was driven directly to the White House. Tne president went immediate ly to his office wnere a large accumula tion of business awaited nun, and ue- nied kimselt to all callers. Arrested lu < hattanooga. Chattanooga, Oct, 24.—J. S. Hunt was arrested here on tue charge of de- ' sorting from the army at Fort McPher son. Ga. He says ht became dissatis fied with the treatment he received at Fort McPuers m and left there Tuesday night, coming here. He will be held till officers come for him. lieomond »nd Party Sail. Queenstown, Oct. 24—Messrs. John E. Redmond, Patrick A. McHugh aud i Thomas O’Donnell, tue Nationalist members of pariiumeur, wiioure to vi-it the Uured States in behalf of the Irish cause, sailed for New York today ou tue steamer Majestic They were given a great send off. and Roberts, two member*of the party, were instantly killed. The “regulators” fled, leaving the dead behind. The names of the parties attacked have not yet been learned. Volodyb>ki Wins Stakes. i London, Oct. 24. — William O. Whit ney’s Volocyoski won the Saudowne ' foal stakes of 2.000 sovereigns for 3- I year ulus, distance about 1 mile and 3 furlongs, at he Saudowne park autumn meeting rod), v. Transparency was sec ond and Dundonald, Mauer, third. Five hordes ran. To He Made Por's of Call. San Diego, Cal, Oct. 24 —Captain ^ W. W. Deihleuburg of rheCo>mosliiii'r ! Ramesis says that San Diego aud San Francisco are to be made ports of call for the Hamburg American line of steamers and that the steamers of that line are under insiruciious to take cargo for tnese ports from all the southern and central ports. Asked ns to stations near | Cosmos aud Hamburg-American lines, the captain replied that all business would be done in the name of the Cos- j mos company, but rhat me present two district lines would be mainramed and that this arrangement would be oou- I tinned so long as the business was sufficient. Monumeni Dedicated at Knoxville. Knoxville, Oct. 24. — A monnmeutof | Tennessee marble, erected to the mem- ; cry of the 32,000 Tennesseeans who eu- 1 listed for service in the federal army in I the civil war. 6.000 of wnom never re- 1 turned home, was dedicated in the Na tional cemetery iu this city today. The orator was Juige Newton Hacker of Jonesboro, Teuu. It had beeu expected that Secretary of War Root womd formally receive tue monument as the representative of the government, bat he was detained by illness. Impnr hiiI Decision For Chicago. Springfield, Ills., Oct. 24 —The su preme court today affirmed the judg ment of the circuit court of Sangamon county in what is Known as the Chica go Teacher’s tax case. I’uis in effect was a writ o: mandamus against tue stare board of equalizuiou to compel it to assess the stocic. including franchises of 20 Chicago corporations. Tne cash value of tnese stocks, including fran chises over aud above the value of their tangible pronerry, is alleged to aggre gate $235,000,090. | Snarpe. He was 33 years old and was i unmarried. Williams is a son of Bill I Williams, late of Brunswick, and is about 30 years old. He was arrested I and placed iu jail 1 In 1861, wnen a regiment of confed erate soldiers was stationed at Bruns wick, Bill Williams, the prisoner’s father, shot Cans Dixou from his bread wagon as he was delivering bread to the soldiers. Dixon, who was a brotner of Nick Dixon, tne well known saw mill mau. aud Williams nad fought tne nignt before and Dixon had seriously cut Williams’ iace. Willinms was ac quitted at the trial on the plea of self defense, Dixon having threatened his liie. Jack Williams will be tried at tue apnroaching term of tue Ware superior court. He ! *>ll to His Death. Memphis, Oct. 24.—John F. Couroy of Ur buna, O , fell out of a third story window of the Clareudou hotel at 3 o’cIock yesterday morning aud died of his injuries. No one knows how the accident occurred. Couroy came here two days ago to attend the trotting races. Hrotherhood of America j Sioux City, la., Oct. 24 —Mason City was cnosen today as the permauent headquarters for the Brotherhood of America, and James Raise of Atchison, Kan., was elec en supreme secretary to succeed A. E Ellis, resigned. I<*wi "A ipva Out by i« ire, Memphis, Oct. 24—A Scimitar special from Lamer, Ark , says: Nearly all the business houses in this town were de stroyed bv tire last night. Tne io.*s ag gregated $17)9,000, partly covered by tu- surance. l i.x < oi lector Kvereti U«mIxiis. Jefferson villi . Ga., Oct 24.—J. C. i Everett, mx collector of this county, has. on account oi il. health, resigned, j and S. E Jo; i-s. . x snenff, nas b eu ap- poiuteu oy cue Ixmim of coiumis»iou *rs. His Inilu-itry Hliuts Down. Altoona, Pa., Oct. 24.—The Altoona Iron company, the largest iminsrrial side of tne Pennsylvania railroad shops in this city, employing several hundred men. has closed down indefinitely be cause it is impossible to secure coal Tms is due to the car famine existing on the Pennsylvania lines occasioned by the enormous freignt traffic. The local car shops are working double time to supply the demand. The Standard t ar to He U-ed. ( St. Louis, Oct. 24. — A standard box car forme railroads of tne United States, Canada aud Mexico has been adopted at the semi-annual meeting of the Ameri can Railway association. The dimen sions call for a car 36 ieet long. 8 feet 6 inches wide and 8 feet hign. inside measurement, making a cross sec; ion of 6S -quare ieet. the car having a capacity i of 2.448 cubic feet. The openings are to be 6 feet wide. SIXTEEN BALES ON A WAGON. Planter Receives a < heck For .%V>7 For iiis Turn o t at tun. West Point, Ga., Oct. 24—A wagon drawn by four mules, upon wmch was loaded 16 bal s of cotton, attracted at tention in West Point. It was au unu sual picture, a picture raieiy presented since me sixties, wneu cotton was real ly King. The staple came from the plantation of M. A. Harraisou of Harris county, one of the most successful cotton raisers in this section, ana wi'hm a few min utes after its arrival ou the mart the wagon was surrounded by buyers. Sampling was quick and fast and the bidding wnich immediately followed was spirited, the load finally going to W. J. K’rbv for 7.70. The 16 bales weight'd 7.244 pounds and Planter Har- ralsou’s check called for $557.78 Hridc of Three Days a Corpse. Columpus, Ga., Oct. 24 —Mrs J. B. Hobbs, uue Miss Virginia E*relie Ogle- tree, died yesterday. Sunday nignt sue aud Mr. Hobbs were married. About midnight >he was srricKen with paraly sis and died in a few nours. Sue was seemingly in the best of healtu, aud was apparently well when she retired. Shortly before midnight her husband discovered that she had been seized with paralysis. Sue was men uuable to spe&K aud never regained conscious ness. Fre-h M at»*r KWh l-or Hawaii. San Francisco, Oct. 24—The Cali fornia fish commi'Uiou will ship to Honolulu by the steamer Samoa today a large numb-r of black bass fry. Tne islands are entirely lacking ir> fresh water fisn for food. Tne steamer will carry also some stock-eye salmon fry, sent from Victoria, to New Z-alaud. It Is Saiii She Induct'd “Hob-” to tio to War Office and Demand Order He Issued l*or Weneral Kedvers Duller’* Resignation. New York. Oct. 24.—Interesting de tails concerning the enforced retirement of Sir Redvers Buffer are given in a dis patch from London to The Herald. It is an open secret that what is known as ‘‘petticoat influence” has been far too strong aoout the war officu ever since the Duke of Cambridge resigned and the political commauder-iu-chief has not •scaped it. There are many people who are in clined to applaud the speech of Mr. E C. Richards. K. C. M B.. night before last at Northampton, who declared that if Lord Roberts would leave bazaar openings to Lady Roberts and take tne selections and war office reforms into his own hands, there might be great re form at the war office. It is said that ever since General Buller refused to correct his Spionkop dispatches he has been subj?o ed to the bitter hostility of Lady Roberts, who used every effort to force her uusou id to demand his recall. Within the last few days her anti pathy nas taken fresn vent, owing to his Westminister speeches. It is said sue induced ‘Bobs’ to go to the war of fice aud demand tnat an order be issued lor General Buller’s resignation. Such au order was issued, but old Buffer replied with a flat reiusal to re sign. Then Lord Roberts and Mr. Brodrick put their heads together and waited for the king’s return to Loudou to lay be fore ins majesty the alternative of Bul ler’s dismissal or their resignation. At first the King refused point blank to countenance any such drastic proceed- ings. Lord Roberts and Mr. Broderick threatened to resign instantly unless a royal mandate was issued for Buffer's decapitation. His majesty used every effort to in duce the conmiauder-iu-chief to recon sider his determination. Only when ne finally discovered this was out oi the question was the royal consent reluc tantly given to the order for General Buller’s dismissal Itching Skin Distress by day • iid uiy,ht— That’s the complaint of (hose who are so unit iffiniito : - to be afflicted with Eczema or Salt Rheum—and ont^ ward applications do not cure. They can’t. The source of fho trouble i? in fh® h ood—make that pure rind tiffs scal ing, burning, itching skin disease wilL disappear. “I was taken with an itching on rajp arms which proved very Uisiu-reeuiffe. I concluded it was salt rheum and bought » bottle of Hood s r-'arsnparilla. In I wo dny» after I began taking it I felt tutor and tt was not long before 1 was cured. Huvt* never had any skin disease since.” Muss. Ida K. Wako, Cove Point, Md. Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills rid the blood of all impurities and com: all eruptions. SFIDWI C0CA1MS n.-tbit* Cuivi «t r.v inm, In SO ilnj •» I»r retHp.nco*. 2& year* u «i»« iH|lr. HWx/k o»~- Tnwtment nont TKKK .V.l'Ti*. “ WOOLLEY. M.D.. A"..— MONEY TO LOAN. On farm lands. Rasy payments. No c r 'nv- mlssion charged Borrower pays actual cosS of perfecting loan. Interest seven percent, up. according to security. JOHN B. PALMER & SON. Friday’s tDec.2ft Columbia. S. C. BEST FOR THE BOWELS J ftv "lAven’t a regular, healthy movement of l every day, you’re ill or will be. Keep youv- >rvel» open, aud be well. Force, in ihe shape of v>o- e .t hysic or pill poison, is dangerous. T'ie smootlfc- 41 >t .-Lest, most porfeet way of keeping ‘.be bowels •»m md elean is to take CANDY CATHARTIC OCEAN FREIGHTAGE DULL. Corn Exports 3<),000,(KM) Bushels ?h<*ri Compa’ed 19 *9. New Yore, Oct. 24.—Numerous float ing grain elevators, looming above the stores of the basiu back of Governor’s Island, and 1*4 berthed steamers, many of them tossing idly, attest an unprece dented iiuline>s iu oceau freignts, says The World. It is uue to the suortage of the corn cron out we. *. Corn exports are 30,000.000 bushels behind the same date oi 1900. “C. rn makes ocean freiguts and not wheat,” explains broker Luiiuam of Luuham & Moore, freight brokers aim forwarding agents, produce ex change. Experts estimate that 100,000 tons of ocean cargo space are tied up in New York, about tue same amount in Pnila- ! **•! pu ors, and deiptua ami smaller amounts in Bo-ton, Baltimore, Norfork ami New Orleans. EAT ‘EM LIKE CANDY PUjitiant, Palatable, Potent. Taste C,oi>d, PoUooiL *ver Sicken, Weaken, oi .li-ip- . 10, and 50 rentar ■*- box Write for free sample, and booklet OK ••-.'tb. Address £3 ■ VKUM1 REMEDY COMPANY, CHICAGO or NKW TORE. Cgp YOUR BLOOD CLEAff Clerk’s Sa’e. State of South Carolina, i COUNTY OF CHF.KOKEK. f Jan ’ Thompson, vs. Kaster .Teffcri* s, tit. al. In obedience to an order made herein for j partition, dated Oct. 2nd 1901. I Ail) seli at i public outcry at Gaffney, 8. O., before the ( Court House door, during the hours of legal sale. Salesday. Nov 4th, 1901. the fuliowinir described land, to-wit: j All that tract of land lying and being in I said State and County on the head waters of ' London Bridge creek.beginningon a pine at t M. Peeler’s corner; thence N. sH'ff E. 38.50 | chains to a white oak: thence N. 13 W. 14. | chains to a red oak: thence N. 45*/.E.n»- chains to fork of branch; thence N. 83 W. j 4 50 chains to Spanish oak; thence N. 75 W. ; 14.50 chains to a dogwood; thence S. 67 W. 13 chains to black gum; thence to the branch to the fork; thence on Sou'h Fork to ts head; thence S. 5 E. 10‘chains to a stake; j thenceS. 71 IV. 10 chains to the beginning corner, containing ttfty acres more or less. Terms of Sale:—Cash; purchaser to pay fov , must comply with bid withim one hour after sale or a resale will be made President Valentine ill. Oakland, Cal, Oct. 24—John J. Val entine, president of tne Wells Fargo Exi ress company, is lying dangerously iff at bis ytsidence in East Oas-iand. Ever since last July ne has beeu suffer ing from acute heart trouble, but uot until recently was nis condition consid ered serious. A short trip to tue snnugs at Sun so Robles did uot no the capuaiist any good aud on Ocr. 14 he returned to his notne aud has been confined to hie beu ever since. New Kiectric Line A-sured. Knoxville, Oct, 24—Promoter W. T. Goffe of Toronto. Canada, alter care- fnl investigation, announces tnat Cana dian capital will build au electric freight an ; passenger hue from Knoxville to Sevierville, Teuu. The line wul be 48 miles long and, according to Goffe’s es timates, will carry 100,000 tons of freight and 300,000 pas-engers the first year. Not a dollar is asked from local people. Working For KutfficHfton. Opelika, Ala., Oct. 24. —The contest i for tne ratification of the new constitu tion lu Alabama is becoming quite in teresting. The white people will vote overwhelmingly m favor of its ratifica tion. The Democratic campaign com mittee of Lee county, Ala, has issued au aiiciress which states conci-ely the reasons why the white pei pie are so en thusiastically supporting it. on same day at purchaser. Hie risk of lilt- defaulting J. Kb. Jefferies. <Tk. O. C. Pi’s. October isth. l!H)l-:i times. Final Discharge. Notice is lieieby given that I will apply fck Hon. J. K. Webstt-r, Probate Judge for Chero kee County. S. O., at his nlHee at the courS house, on Monday, tiie lltli day of November, l!k)l. for a tiual settlement ;*nd discharge as administrator of the estate of J. Carb Me- Craw, deceased. All persons holding claims against,said es tate will present them on or before said date. October 16,1901. J. Eh Jefferies, Clk 0. Pis and Admr Fst. J. Curb Met Yaw, dec’d. Oct. 18 and 35, Nov. 1 and 8. Land Sale. I will sell before the Court House door in Cherokee county, on Monday. November 4th, (Salesday) 1!N>1. at 10:45 three lots of A*xcelk:aS lunu. averaging fifty acre's each; well watered - and well wooded; within two miles of Gaff ney. This land Is what is known as the NotS. gold mine tract. I’ at c.in be see at Ledger office. It O SAM:, llriiish K*T“Ve>' ; \v<* Guns. Lond >N, Oct. 24 - Reporting to the war office Lor*'. Kt'cheiu r wires a- fol lows: “Campbell's column, operating near Slangi i<*s. has recovermi two guns rs had captured at Scheeper’s Nek.” )>. rii tti -how Dead. Ohio \h », Oct. 24 —Marshall ^baw, a well Known 'Merchant aud manmactu rer oi N w Vork citv a:m Ian r o Rock Island, Ills., aied today, age<i 74 yea's. Veterans at Macon. Macon, Oct. 24.—Macon yesterday entertained more than 5,090 confederate veterans, the occasion being the annual reunion of the Georgia division, United Conicnerate veterans. There were in the neighborhood of 10,000 visitors to the EIks’ fair, iu addition to the visiting soldiers. A New <'ani|t < ff Veterans. DuPont, Ga., Oct. 24.—Confederate veterans of Ecnois county have organ- iz-'U a Confederate Veterans’caiim. nam ing it General Anurew J. West camp, ami nave made application to the organ ization oi the United Confederate Vet eraiis’ association lor membersuip. Mrs. L. '*. Ledbetter Is Dead. Ckdartowx, Ga , O t. 24 —Mrs. L S. Ledbetter, wife of Mayor Ledbetter, is dead. She was prominently con nected, being a sister of J. H. Dodos, one of Cedarrowu’s Fading iiii rcaatit*, and of Josepo A. Dodds, manager of tu« local lulepuouc exchange. I Mudving the t Oust it u: Ion. Hamilton, Ala., Oct. 24 —The people of Marion county are reading aud study ing the new constitution. 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