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t I THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Ni-vipipi in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. r I—I Li I Li SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. we guarantee j< t! * y o‘ ^very Adver. .3i r Wn U-es 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., TCJESD v\, NOVFMBEit .9, 1901. 81.00 A YEAR. THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. Kvpnt* Unit llxvr Taken Place from One Kn.l of tlio State to the Other Culled from FvehaniceH for tjnlck Reading by Scores of Busy People. (jaite a number of side show men, fortune tellers and fakers are appear ing in Aiken, evidently! on their way to Charleston to net their pickings out of the exposition. The Stcr 'tuy f plate has granted a charter to the ilntne Life insurance Agency society, uf Yorkville. Cap tain J it. Lindsey is president and treasurer, and Mr. James M. Starr, secretary. Mr. N. (». <Sonzales, the brilliant editor of the Stute, was married in Manning Thursday morning, the bride being Miss Lucie Barron, of that city. The bride was until re cently the vn ry capable State libra rian. A white dwarf twenty-four years old living in Creenville will he placed on exhibition at the Charleston show. He is only o(’> inches high, weighs J»7 I pounds and wears a number child s shoe and u number t> hat. His name is James Walter Mauldin. A small fire occurred in Mr W. H. Chaffee’s gin house in Aiken one day last week while the gin was in mo- , tion. It was put out before much i damage was done. The loss was one bale of cotton and about $10 to the gin. All covered by insurance. A fiock of wild pigeons, the first seen in tnis section in more than a quarter of a century, passstl over Rock Hill just after daylight Thurs day .morning. Older citizens say that as early as 35 or 40 years ago thousands of these birds were to be seen in the forests every winter. May 13th next year, has been des ignated as Odd Fellows’ day at the Charleston Exposition. Grand Mas ter Weathery has issued a circular letter calling upon all the lodges in the tstate to participate, and request ing Odd Fellows throughout the country to participate with the State brethren in the celebration. Friends of Mr. R. V. Macon, the Fort Mill agent of the Southern Rail way who is reported to he short in his accounts, claim that he will be able to satisfactorily explain the shortage in his accounts; that be has □ot misappropriated any of the com pany’s funds, and that he has not in bis possession one cent of the money which is unaccounted for. When the woman blind tiger who was captured as she returned to Rock Hill from Lancaster last week with a basket full of dispensary whiskey in pint bottles was taken in custody, ahe gave her name as Sally Brown. That patronymic seems to have been assumed for the occasion, as her name is Emma Rodman. The real Bailie Brown raised Cain because "dat tri- flin Emma tuck her name.” The governor has been formerly notified of the death of Mr. H. L. P. Bolger, the probate judge of Char leston county, and of the fact that Mr. W. H. Dunkin had taken charge of the office until the successor of Mr. Bolger has been commissioned. The governor proposes to give the matter his attention in the next day or two Judge Bolger was a member of the State legislature in the ’80’a, and was well known in different parts of the State. During the Charleston exposition while President Roosevelt is there a sword is to ue presented to a gallant soldier Lieut. Gov. Tillman aud Col. Willie Jones have taken in hand the matter of raising a fund for the purchase of a splendid sword to be presented to Maj Micah Jenkins of this State, who was the junior cap tain of the Rough Riders, the presi dent’s regiment, and who was pro moted to be major for gallantry. The president himself will be asked to present the sword. President Roose velt some time ago in a letter pro nounced Maj. Jeukins to be one of the most gallant men in the service. The words of the president in that letter will be engraved upon the sword. A horrible accident occurred in Beaufort Thursday night which re sulted in the instant death of Joe Myers, a cripple negro ooy. From the ^acts divulged at the coroner’s inquest Friday, it appears that Myers occupied the same sleeping room with William Lawrence, his first cousin, ami that the two boys were very friendly. According to Law rence's version oi the affair, they were about to retire to their respect tive beds, which were only a few fer- apart, and Myers was on his knees engaged in prayer when his cousin, according to the latter’s testimony before the coroner’s jury, pulled a blanket from bis (Lawrence) bed preparatory to entering it, and in do ing so jerked a musket which was leaning against the headpost of the bed to the fioor. The weapon was discharged and its entire contents entered Myer’s right side and head, literally tearing him to pieces. The boy’s clothing was on fire when as sistance came, but he wasdead. The coroner’s jury exonerated Lawrence from all responsibility in the unfortu nate affair. The dead boy was well thought of and was a pious, hard working little fellow. One of the most brutal and inex plicable crimes ever committed oc curred in Sumter county last Satur day. Nelson Shaw a negro, who runs a small couutry store near Scarborough’s Mill, four miles from Sumter, whipped Nathaniel Williams, a negro boy 11 years old, to death Saturday morning, for stealing a can of sardines. The boy was the child of a woman living with Shaw and the boy himself had been required to wort in the store. The coroner held an inquest yesterday and the testi mony of numerous witnesses showed conclusively that Shaw had whipped the hoy for hours in a most brutal and inhuman manner. The body of the hoy was itself a most horrible testimony of the brutality of Shaw. It was a mass of bruised and lacer ated flesh from head to heels and more than two hundred bleeding whip marKs being counted on it. Shaw has confessed that he beat the hoy and the proof is positive that the h »y was killed by him Shaw is in jail, but has employed the best legal talent to defend him and it is re ported that he will be released on bond. Mr. \V. I) Evans, of Cheraw, Fri day declared that the publications in regard to the affair at Clemson have been overdrawn. He is a member of the board of trustees and was present when the six cadets appeared before the hoard in behalf of the senior and junior classes There was no threat of leaving made by the cadets in their very respectful petition, although they did ask that the trustees de mand the resignation of Prof. W. 8. Morrison, who is in charge of the de partment of history. After a thor ough investigation into the matter, the board found that it was a mis understanding on the part of the cadets as to the import of the lan guage used by Prof. Morrison. The latter in the presence of the cadets’ committee declined any intention of being offensive. He had quoted some phrases from Sam Jones in regard to dancing, but did not intend to apply it personally. The board did not sustain the student as has been re ported, and the rebuke to Prof. Mor rison was not so severe. The County Schools. Quite a number of the public schools in the county were opened yesterday. Cherokee has comfortable houses for her schools, with modern desks in many of them. Her teachers are se lected with care so as. if possible, to get more efficient ones than taught before. Many of them have been in harness for years and with the new ones employed speak well for the county superintendent, and are a credit to him and the county. Saturday. There was quite a large crowd of busy looking Cherokeeans in the city Saturday, and a more intelligent collection of citizens seldom meet in any city in the State than were In Gaffney then. It was composed of Cherokee’s bright, up-to-date farmers who know all about their business and well are they working at it. From the way they talk many 1901 methods will be improved on in 1902. Parka-Nance. Mr. William Parks and Miss Sallis Nance were married Sunday at Dray- tonville church, by the Rev. F. C. Felmet. Mr. and Mrs Parks are of Chero kee’s most worthy and highly respect ed people, and have the good wishes of their many friends, including The Ledger. tire Alarm. Sunday about 12 o’clock the fire alarm was sounded and a quick re sponse was made. The firemen soon had their reels on the move but the fire proved to be only a chimney burn ing out, which rendered them un necessary and they were returned to the reel houses. Choral Society Meet*. The Limesione Choral Society will meet this evening in Limestone Col lege Auditorium. The Choral Soci ety is fast growing in numbers The meetings are well attended and are increasing in interest. WATCH Your label and tlie date, And pay before Tis too late. LOWER CHEROKEE LOCALGULLINGS. Eighty Per Cent, of Cotton Crop Has Been Sold. PEA VINE HAY CULTURE Cold Weather in the County—Wheat and Oat SowluK Progressing—Small Pox Cru sade Looked For—An Old Comrade’s Death—Personal Items. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Nov. 16.—The Novem ber blizzard reached us yesterday on schedule time and has brought verit- uLmi WiP tto» A itJi it Mr. Sara J. Strain is complaining and has been confined to bis bed for two dujs with an attack of neuralgia. Cotton picking is temporarily sus pended by some on account of the cold weather. Yet wheat and oat sowing is progressing as fast as pos sible. All indications point to a cold hard winter—so say some of our weather prophets. The low price of cotton is still dis- couraging the farmers. In talking with fanners from ail sections of this county we are led to believe that fully eighty per cent, of this year’s cotton crop has already been sold. At Gaffney on Thursday last we had the pleasure of meeting quite a number of citizens from all pans of Cherokee county, most of whom had come to town for the purpose of buy ing or exchanging school books Toe superintendent of education’s office was crowded most of the day and he was kept busy attending to the sale and exchange of books as requ.red by law. If all reports are true we may look out for another small pox crusade this winter. Vaccination is now in order and that is the best way to put an end to tne trouble. We are truly glad to know that our little friend Lewis Gaffney, son of Mr John Gaffney, has recovered from a long spell of sickness. Lewis is a bright little boy, and if he lives he will make a man some day that his county and state will be proud of, no doubt. Mr. Geo. VV. Lemaster’s little daughter, we regret to iearu, has fever. Dr. Brown was called to see her this week. Mr. Lemaster is one of our best citizens. Quite a number of our people have been to Gaffney this week on differ ent kinds of business. We believe the reduction in the price of The Le iger will greatly in crease its circulation simply from the fact that the readers are getting the benefit of the reduction in the price of the white paper, which has hitherto compeiiea the management to charge more for the paper than it is necessary to do now. The masses of our people are all right. They may be poor, and many of them are bard run, but they mean to do right and at the same time to be done right by, especially when they can control the situation so easily as they can that of taking or not taking a paper. Those who keep posted on such matters know very well that there is a constant fluctuation in the markets for all kinds of goods and that paper as well as other articles is subject to these changes. When the consumer is made to feel and know that be is sharing the legiti mate profits in trade he is contented. Mr. Judson Sarratt was in this sec tion this week. The price of pea vine hay seems to have settled $15 00 per ton. This is a long ways better than cotton at present or even prospective prices. Mr. W. Brooks Alexander, formerly of this county, but now of Hammond Mining Company, Mount Pleasant, Tenn., with bis little son, William, recently visited bis mother at his old home near Lawn. Mr. Alexander has been gone eight years and his friends are glad to see him. He is a brother of J. W. Alexander, Esq., magistrate, and of Mr. Judson A. Alexander, of Lawn. If you help a dog out of the ditch or give him a crumb of bread, no matter what kind of a dog he is. town dog, country dog, educated or illiter ate, aristocratic or plebian, bo will wag his tail thankfully and exhaust every muscle trying to show you that every drop of blood in his veins is at your command. Help a man out of trouble aud what follows depends upon his raising. The more we see of some men the better we like the dogs. We met our friend Mr. W. L. Lip scomb, at Gaffney, last Thursday. He is not only a gentleman of the “old school” hut a student as well. He is a firm believer in Webster’s old .due back spelling book, as the foundation stone o f a thoroughly practical education. He is an edu- | c .ted man and bus tne old arith metical rules at his command. He hasn't forgotten them yet. Chero kee county hasn’t a more jolly, good natured. better citizen in it than uncle “Billy Cap.” Col. T B Butler, of Gaffney, spent last Thursday with his friends, Mr. J. D. Hughes and Dr. Black bird hunting. Mr. William G. Fowler and Dr. Sam Foster have been buying up cat- tie. Mr. rfames Eisoo, of Grindall, was in this section yesterday on business. We are told that “a word to the wise is sufficient.” But the ques tion is, what is the word? Thursday was a very windy day for the time of year and a good many trees were blown down. Thanksgiving day is generally very poorly observed in the country. We regret to learn of the death of our comrade Orderly Sergeant Robert 0. Farr, which took place at (dinton some time ago. He was a faithful end conscientious man, and for many years traveled in the interest of the committee of publication. The boy or girl who has failed to keep up with the S. S. lessons for this and last quarter has missed a great opportunity to learn what pos sibilities lie in their road if they will only improve the means at their command. j l s. • “Winter llomt-H In Summer Laml*” Is the title of a very neat and at tractive folder just issued by the Southern Railway giving complete information regarding the various winter resorts of health and pleasure on and reached by its lines with rates of board, capacity of hotels, names of proprietors, etc. This book let is in a very concise and attractive form and will prove valuable to any one conte'mplating a trip for the win ter. A copy may be had by sending a two cent postage stamp to W H. Tayloe. A. P. A., Atlanta, Ga, R. W. Hunt, I) P. A., Charleston, S 0., or J. C. Dean, Jr., D. P. A , Atlanta. Ga. New Speeial Car Service. The Southern Railway has inaugu rated Pullman sleeping car line be tween Washington, D. C., and At lanta, Ga., on their “Atlanta & New York Express,” trains Nos. 53 and 54; first car southbound leaving Washington N ivember 3rd ; first car northbound leaving Atlanta Novem ber 5th 1901. This affords Pullman service on these trains through from Atlanta to New York, the Pullman cars having heretofore been attached to the Atlanta & New York Express at Charlotte and no Pullman service beteen Charlotte and Atlanta. Chefokee Will be There, Exposition Commissioners Stacy, Butler and Wardlaw appeared before the board of county commissioners on Saturday, and secured from that body an appropiation of $500 to aid the county in making a proper exhibit at the South Carolina Inter- State and West Indian Exposition. This money was given on condition that the commissioners raise an additional five hundred dollars which they have gone to work to do. Gaff ney an Blacksburg will both sub scribe liberally and there will be contributions from many liberal Cherokeeans. The Good Roads Special. The Southern’s good roads special, for the purpose of building sample roads and holding meetings with the view of teaching the people in practi cal road building, will visit Greenville during the week beginning Dec. 16th. Greenville is the only place in the Piedmont where this “special” will, stop and the city ie making prepara tions to make its coming quite an event in the city and of much prac tical use to the State. We are all interested in good roads and Chero kee should be represented in Green ville. Another Fire. It has just come to our knoweldge that Mrs. Cassie Wilkins, who lives neur Love Springs in this county, came near losing her residence by fire on the night of the 6th inst. While the fire bad made considerable progress it was discovered in time to save the building without great loss. We regret to learn that circumstances point almost conclusively to incen- diaryism. Mrs. Wilkins and a daughter live alone, are most worthy people, and hardened must be the wretch who would do them harm Hiigrttvini; of Gen. Hampton. We are indebted to I). Appltion & Company, of New York, for a hand some engraving of South Carolina’s grand old man, Geo. Wade Hamp ton. The Appleton’s say: “We trust it may be useful as an orna ment for the walls of your office.” We assure them that it will, Hrui that it will be one of our most highly prized. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Interesting Iteina Concerning Our Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which Niny Prove Entertaining Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Readers. Joseph R. Reynolds, of King’s Mountain, submitted to selling whisky in nine cases at Shelby court last w?ek. It cost him about $150 and he gave bond to appear each court, till November 1902 and show that be has not violated the liqu i law. Richard Crutchfield, of Greensboro, killed a new kind of fowl Friday on n farm south of that town It looks a little like a duck, but it bus a wrong kind of feet. Mr. Crutchfield took it to town| Saturday morning and a dozen different names were given it but no one wanted to bank on it being the right one. The old colored man, Sanders, is ! still camping out on the vacant lot ! near South Eun street in Greens- ■ boro. He keeps a fire going day and night ami appears j to be comfortable enough. There ! is probably no danger from the lire, | though if the buildings near the place ] were fine ones they would be sure to get burned up. “Oid Tom.” Mr Walter Watson’s well-known horse in Fayetteville, di d Friday night, aged 34 years. The ani mal retired fL m active servic about six months ago, and since then h»s been lying on a bed of sickaess and treated ‘ike a human being ‘ Oid Tom.” who was probably the oldest horse in Fayetteville, was a cele brated race horse thirty years ago, and carries oil prizes at a number of fairs. Early Saturday morning Mrs Gelia Loy, an operative in the Elmira Cotton Mill at Burlington, came near losing her life, ahe was carrying a box of filling and leaned over the loom when a small knife which she carried open in her pocket got tangled in the machine and was thrown witn such force as to penetrate her side, causing her to bleed profusely. Drs. Freman and Faucette were called in and had some difficulty in stoppir g the flow of blood. For some time her life was despaired of but she is getting along nicely now, though very weak. At a corn shucking near Lucia in Gaston county, Saturday night the boys tried to have some fun. They got into a row and when the dust settled one of them had a severe wound made by a pistol. He stayed over night at the place and was car ried home next morning. In these days boys are not counted until they can get out with a cigarette in tbeir mouth and a pistol in tb.ir pocket to annoy and fumigate the country. If these boys were drawn op to the court|bouse ajfew times it might save tbeir necks some time. State Treasurer Lacy announces that on the 15th inst., he will put in the solicitor’s hands * in Raleigh the names of all the sheriffs who have failed to make complete settlement of taxes for 1900. There are twelve of these. Ail will be sued in Wake Superior Court. One sheriff has paid nothing. He says that since 1867 the various State treasurers have al lowed sheriffs of his county unil No vember 15 to settle the. Treasurer and the attorney general considored the matter and decided to let that course be pursued this year, but in future he must pay promptly. Harry Powers, George Little and Hazel Alexander, young white men, were tried before the recorder in Charlotte Friday morning on a charge of gambling last Sunday in a room above the store of Youngblood & Company, on West Trade street. The game was draw poker. The recorder fixed the bond of Powers and Little at $100 for keeping a gambling room and at $100 each for gambling. Alexander was required to give a $100 bond for gambling. For an assault on Dan Bridgets Powers was senteo- ced to the chain-gang for 80 days, but appealed, through his counael, Mr. T. C. k Guthrie. E. T. Hammond, of Twin City, one of the three “gamers” who gave bond Friday for their appearance at court to answer the charge of robbing Wil liam Richon, of Chicago, was arrested after three hours of freedom. The warrant was sworn out by Policeman Penry. He was held on letters re ceived by Sheriff Aispaugh and Policeman J. J Adams. One letter was from the chief of police of Black- ville, S 0., who stated that a man answering Hammond’s description had made his escape from a place (not named) after being sentenced to the penitentiary for life. In the let ter received by the sheriff he was requested to see if there was not a scar on the left knee of the man in jail at Twin City. A negro named Archie McKay, of 71 at, near Fayetteville, took un ox to that town Saturday morning to sell that should have been in a freak show years ago. A great tuft of hair is growing directly out of the ball of the right eye. The hair is in the cen tre of the eye ball, and the.rest of the eyp is perfectly clear all around it. More remarkable still, the ani mal can see slightly out of this eye. The owner says the ox is fifteen years old, and that the hair was growing out of the eyeball when it was a calf. Several physicians inspected tbi» freak and all agree that there is but one explanation ; that is, that at some time the i«x ~i:f T . rt«ri in accident to the eye und sixiuil piece of skin was transplanted to the eyeball and from this the hair is growing. Ttie people of HemK rsonville found themselves in a had way Saturday morning. R ihbers entered the post- office during the night and attempted to blow open the safe. The effort was unsuccessful, but it all amounted to about tlie same thing in so fur a» tie business men were concerned. Fhe c> (noinution was blown off the safe and the postmaster could not yet to the stamp* and money. A rush order went to Asheville for stamps, the message stating the busi ness men could not get their letters out of town The robbers got most of the heavy implement with which they tried to forge the door open from a near-by blacksmith shop, and then failing in their effort, to get the sate open, left the tools in the office. A hole was also bored in the safe, and an effort made to blow it opea by dynamite, and it was in this way that the combination and all the handles were blown off. At last ac counts the safe had not been got open, and it is supposed that the town will have to borrow some mor& stamps. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. It has been too dry this fall for turnips to do their best. Wofford Waters killed two chicken, haw ks in one day last week. We had few people in the city yes terday and business remained dull. We are indebted to Mrs. J.Q Little- for somt tine specimens of her second crop of Irish potatoes. L M Price showed a full grown cherry of second crop Saturday, but frost came too soon to allow it to ri pen. W. H. Gibson, a worthy young mill man of Gaffney, has accepted the po sition of second hand in the Poe Mill at Greenville. The stewards of the Buford Street church will meet Wednesday evening the 20th, inst., immediately after prayer-meeting. Mrs. W. H. Smith is the possessor of an elegant new trap, which pre sents an imposing appearance on the streets these fine afternoons. Work was suspended by the ma sons yesterday on the theatre and office building on account of cold weather, an unusual occurrence in this section in November. D. W. Cooper, an observant farmer, made a trip to Clifton the last of the week. He reports cotton about gathered on the road and in some places wheat sowing well advanced. E. R. Parker, a worthy young Gaff- neyite, has accepted a position in Greenville, where he is now at work. “El” is a good boy and deserves suc cess and the confidence of his em ployers. Our young friend, W. F. Vassey, has accepted a school near Mr. Beo- McCulloch’s in the lower part of the county. Mr. Vassey is a young man of fine character and well qualified for a teacher. Presiding Elder Meadows preached two able sermons in the city Sunday. ’ The first at 11 a. m„ in the Buford Street Methodist church, and the second in Limestone Methodist church in the evening. Magistrate Wm. Phillips, gave Wm. Bonner, colored, who is charged with burning Mrs. Mary Lockhart’s barn, a preliminary trial last Friday and committed him to jail to await trial in the circuit court. N. S. Turner, who is a highly prized Gaffney boy, but who is now making a fortune and fame in Cov ington, Georgia, ran his subscription for The Ledger up to 1903 on Friday. Nat is a good on« and Gaffney is proud of him and glad of his success. Capt. Wm. P. Love, one of Chero kee’s most progressive citizens, is building a saw and grist mill and putting in planing machinery at Love Springs. Capt. Love owns a ! large body of timber land in u pros- ! pi rou* s-ction of Cherokee and pro- post-s to manufacture his timber and make it ready for market at Uis home. *s