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HE LARGEST :ulation of Any S 'I * v , > pi \ the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. i m T’AMTEE ' ry Adver. •ic" he Col- 'hjs Paper. A NewsDcU> r in a!' tha! the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cher* e oounty ESTABLISHED FEB. Hi, I8D4. HAFFNEY. S. C., » KID i>, NOVILMIiLu I1H>I SLOO A YEAB. TilHOOGHOOT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. required mill und material over to KvontH that Have Taken I’lace from One E ul of the State to the Other Culled from Exchanges for Quick KeadniK by Scores of Busy People. Friday night the Ridgeway ginnery was entirely consumed by tire. The i total loss is estimated at $6 500; there was no insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. Several per- aons there owned stock In it. Application for a charter was made Monday by the Eagle Manufacturing Company of Rick Hill The com pany proposes the manufacture of wagons, and cabinet work of various kinds, and is capitalized at $5 000. A coffin salesman who passed through Yorkville last week, said T that the death rate in that section, and in the whole Piedmont, is less than it has been for a number of years past. He based his statement on the number of coffins that are being sold by his own and other firms. The governor Monday received a letter from E. 8. Wills, of Greens boro, N. C., in reference to the grow ing of tea in this state. The letter is addressed to the Commissioner of Agriculture " The governor replied that there was no commissioner^in this state and that Dr. fSbepheri, of Summerville, would give any infor mation on tea culture wanted. L. A. McCord, of Laurens, who was announced some weeks, ago as forming a company to build a cotton factory will abandon his project. This decision is reached after corre spondence witn experienced mill men, engineers and contractors. The leading fact that enforced the decis ion was tbat the tine count of yarns contemplated to be made Sea Island cotton for the the projector preferred raw from local growth. W. T. Etters was bound answer ai the next term of the Green ville court for shooting T. M. Hill, the express agent at Greers Mr. Hill is improving slowly, but was not able to attend the preliminary examination in Greenville. Etters was arrested in Greenville the day after the shooting. There is only circumstantial evidence against him. J. D. Goode was also arrested near Greers. He had a 44 calibre pistol, the size used in shooting Hill. Monday was the day for the opening of the so called ‘•Colored Fair,” in Colombia under the man agement and direction of A. E Hampton, colored. He is one of the most indefatigable promoters of colored fairs, every attempt hereto fore made having proven complete fiascos. But nothing seems to dis courage him, and although there was not a sign or a vestage of an exhibit or a visitor at the grounds Monday, Hampton will probably come again next fall. Monday morning the gates were locked, and even Hampton him self was not on hand to attend his own “fair.” Next Sunday week the Charleston Exposition will open with a religious service, in which all denominations will take part. An elaborate musical programme will be rendered under direction of Madame Barbol, opening with an ode especially written for the occasion by George Herbert Sass and set to music by Professor Theo dore Saul. The formal opening will take place on Monday, December 2 Chauncey Depew will deliver the principal oration and President Roosevelt will start the wheels moving by wire from the vVhite House. This week finishing touches will be given to the exteriors of the buildings and the work of decorating the interiors will be completed, ibibits are arriving by train loads day. ^Matthew's was the scene of ire Monday at noon. It he- L barn and stables of Mr ;ky, and is supposed to ^used by a spark from an iney. It soon spread ling used as a wagon ^adj lining ware house, >re on Main street, ^buildings are occu- te Arthur in a gen- pid owned by P [ere worth $1 *)00; Arthur saved lit in a terribly insured. Mr. and all out- fomin'Mli'ii!-. insurance jck -11 .and vh- J n Hie wind Hill's Hotel, bank and store of 8. Adelstein would have been lost. Two negroes, George and Will Smith, escaped from the Greenville county chain gang Sunday. Cliff Richardson and John Dickson, con vict guards, followed them to the city, limy founu Will Smith on the streets late Sunday night and put him in the city guard house. He informed them that George Smith was at the house of a negro na id Talley. They went to Talley’s house, which is located near South depot, went to the door, and George Smith and another negro named Pearl Wim- bush rushed out They ordered the negroes to halt, but they kept run ning. The guards fired at them, one bullet striking Wimbush under the shoulder blade, glancing down and entering the stomach Wimbush fell and when the guards reached him he was supposed b** dead He revived and was taken to jail in a critical condition, and physicians thought he could not live through the night. George Smith escapei unhurt. A dog-face fakir tried to operate a confidence game on a passenger agent of one of the local lines in (Charleston the other day, but he failed to con nect.The individual was a bit seedy and he was of the ordinary type of fakir found now on every street in (Charleston. He called at the rail road office and said be wanted a rate to a Virginia point for a theatrical company of ten. which be said would be prepared to leave Charleston lues- day morning. The agent offer d to hunt up a rate and told the stran ger to leave his card 1 am just out of cards,” he said He did write his name on a slip and asked the railroad man to call him up at his hotel, although he wss absent-minded enough to forget where he was stop ping. Finally the name of the thea trical company was mentioned The dog-face chap said “Creston Clarke” and the railroad man got foxy at once. He remembered that Clarke was there a week or two auo It was evident that the fakir suspected something, for he disappeared and did not return for the rate The best he could hope to get was a ticket, but he missed fire, and now all of the railroad people have an eye skinned for the grafters. ENTERTAINING JOTS FROM ETTA JANE. Entertaining Extracts From An Old Paper. Cures Eczeumand IteliiiiK HumorsThroiiKh the Itlood Costs Nothing to try It. B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) is now recognized as a certain and sure cure for Eczema, Itcning Skin, Hu mors, Scabs, Scales. Watery Blisters, Pimples, Aching Bones or Joints, Boils, Carbuncles, Prickling Pain iu the Skin, Old Eating Sores, Ulcers, etc. Botanic Blood Balm taken internally, cures the worst and most deep-seated cases by enriching, purifying and vitalizing the blood, thereby giving a healthy blood sup ply to the skin. Botanic Blood Balm is the only cure, *to stay cured, for these awful, annoying skin troubles. Other remedies may relieve, but B. B. B. actually cures, heals every sore, and gives the rich glow of health to the skin. B. B. B. builds up the broken-down body and makes the blood red and nourishing. Over 51000 voluntary testimonials of cures by Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B ) Druggist, $1. Trial treatment free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble, and free medical advice will be given until cured. According to the world an odd rich man is eccentric; an odd poor man a fool. ‘‘Some time ago my daughter caugiit a severe cold. She complain ed of pains in her chest and had a bad cough. I gave her Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy according to direc tions and in two days she was well and able to go to school. I have used this remedy in roy family for the past seven years and have never known it to fail,”' says James Pren- dergast, merchant, Aunato Bay, Ja maica, West India Islands. The pains in the chest indie ted an approaching attack of pneumonia, which in this instance was undoubt edly warded off by Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It counteracts any tendency of a cold toward pneumo nia. Sold by Cherokee Drug Com pany. It is'an unfortunate fact that cler ical morals do not always go with clerical garb. Kelltthta Hinl Gentle. “A pill’s a pill,” says the saw. But there are pills and pills. You want a pill which is certain, thorough and gentle. Mustn’t gripe. De- Witt’s Little Early Risers fill ihe bill. Purely vegetable. Do not force, but assist the bowels to act. Strengthen and invigorate. Small and eaajr to take. Cherokee Drug Co. 1 here are long speeches that are ap plauded that do not contain live vital ideas. WATCH 'l our label ami i lie date, And pay before ’Tis too late. FERRY RULES ADOPTED. Farmeni Find It Difficult to Plow on Ac count of Kigld Weather —Union Mill •VliUtle Head Twenty-Two Mtlen—Small » - Scare—ThankHKivlug Services. Correspondence of Tne Ledger.1 Etta Jake Nov. 20—To ‘Uncle Jimmy” Raines we are indebted for a copy of “The Danville Appeal,” pub lish d in Danville, Va., October 7th, 1862* It has a good deal of the news incident to those days, and we read ; t with much pleasure. Thank you, ' Uncle Jimmy.” No doubt a few extracts from this old paper will be of interest to our Ledgei readers, and we give one from the Wi shington correspondent (Fed eral) of the St- Louis Republican con cerning the battles near Manassas a few days after the battle. He says: ‘ It is to be noted that all who were in the la- battles bear witness to the splendid generalship and bravery of the enemy ” Said a colonel with his arm in a sling, when surrounded by a crowd of eager listeners at his hotel, “There is a dash abou* - these South erners absolutely terrific; we can’t stop the devils when they charge without killing them all—and some times we do that—but if we don’t they are bound to take our bat er- ies.” “The advance of the enemy on Pope's left, on Saturday, is described as the grandest scene of the war. When Lee arrived, every gap in their line of battle was filled up. and the whole advanced in ptialaux so solid and deep it looked l<ke a forest of bayonets stretching up and down our front for full three miles and over lapping our extreme left wing. On they came,steady and slow at first our bat teries playing on their columns, but their, in commanding positions, throwing shot and shell over their heads into our artillerists and guns Their line never wavered, but advanc ing within musket range, it drew the fire of our troops without flinching; then their guns came to a level, and belched forth a staggering tire, fol lowed by a charge of the whole mass. Arriving at close quarters, the musketry continued, while more than two opposing regiments crossed bayonets—Five minutes decided it. The left could not stand the pressure, and began to waver. Our batteries were silenced ana captured, and the foe had desperation and numbers on their side. ‘Fall back! fall back!!’ rang along the line, from left to cen tre, and from centre to right—and the enemy once again triumphed on the fields of Bull Run.” In the list of (soldiers,) letters te aming in the Danville, (Va ) post- office 30th of September, 1862, are the following familiar names : James B. Gilespie, James T. Huckaby, J. D Humphries, R. M. Whitesides, Wm'. J Long. B. F. Lockhart. The reader will understand that we hud quite a large hospital there where many of the sick and wounded from the “seven days fight” had been sent for treatment. It contains also a full text of the famous“Emancipation Proclamation” of Abraham Lincoln. The document is dated Washington, September 22, 1862 and was to go into general ef fect January 1, 1863. Quoting from the “Lynchburg Re publican” it says: “In the report of the select committee appointed by the senate of the Confederate States, to examine into and report the con dition of the army hospitals in and around Richmond and Petersburg, the fact is stated that in hospitals managed exclusively by males, the average of deaths is ten per centum, and in those attended by ladies ex clusively the mortality is only six per cent. The difference can only be attributed to the care and nursing afforded by the ladies, which as every physician will certify, is worth more in the majority of cases than all the medicine that can be poured down a man’s throat. This fact, coming from the highest authority of the medical department, that of Surgeon General Moore, should disurm the prejudices that exist in certain quar ters against ladies’ relief hospitals, and should induce the government on all occasions to avail itself of the noble amt disinterested offers of our patriotic females to minister to the sick ami wounded uf our uriny.” In addition to alt the rest it con tains a full text of rlie “New (V»nscrip- tion Act,” passed Oi tober 5{ 1862 amending the act of April 16 1M»2. We are having rigid wintry weather just now, ami farmers li.id | it difficult to plow their lands m many places where they a ant to sow wheat or oats. We are pleased to learn that Clar ence Davis, whose si-kness has been reported in this correspondence, is getting along very well and will soon he able to be out again, if he gets no ba *k*et. It’s a fact disclosed by phonogra phy, that over US per cent, of the English surnames having two or more syllables have the accent on the first syllable. Yesterday morning we could dis tinctly bear the 5 o’clock whistle of the Union cotton mill—a distance of twenty-two miles. ,^Dr. Gary Goings, of Union, we are told, has made an examination of the small pox case near Sarrutts and pro nounced,it the genuine article. There will be Thanksgiving services at Salem next Thursday 28th inst., (D. V.) Yesterday County Commissioners VV. S. Wilkerson.Jof York county, and W. G. Fowler, of Cherokee county, met a» Howell’s ferry and let out the contracts for equipping the ferry boat and putting it in operation, and for running it for twelve months The former contract was bid off by Sam A. Lee at $9.25, and the latter by Vaney O. Comer for $120 00. The following rules nave been adopted by the boards of York and Cherokee counties by which said free ferry will be operated, to-wit: “Whereas the counties of York and Cherokee have decided to establish a free public ferry at Howell’s ferry, on Broad river for a limited period of time, tne following rules ami regula tions in reg ird to the management of saia ferry are hereby jointly adopted by the county boards of commis sioners of the two counties: 1st. The said ferry will only be operated when practicable 2nd. Whenever the water in said river is six feet or more above ordi nary water level, the said ferry will not be operated by the two said coun ties. 3rd. The said ferry will not be operated when the water is so low that the boat cannot run clear of sa- d 4'h The said ferry will be operated only iu the day time be- tw-^n sun-up and sun-down. 5 h. The said counties will not h* liable or responsible for any de lay, or damage of any kind, at said ferry. (Signed) J. V Whelohel, Supvr. of Cherokee. John F. Gordon, Supvr. of York. Nov 4 1901.” The good people of our neighbor hood and community, through The Ledger, extended a cordial invitation to their friends and neighbors across the river to come over and visit them when the free ferry starts to run ning. Rev. W. H. White will preach at Salem on the first Sabbath in De cember at 11a m. Ministers serv ing neighboring congregations on both sides of the river will please ex tend the notice. The public are in vited. j. l. s. MGKOUf THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Seven Yearn In Bed. “Will wonders ever cease?” inquire the friends of Mrs. L. Pease, of Law rence, Kan. They knew she had been unable to leave her bed in seven years on account of kidney and liver trouble, nervous prostration and general debility; but, “Three bottles of Electric Bitters enabled me to walk,” she writes, “and in three months I felt like a mw person.” Women sutferng from Headache, Backache. Nervousness, Sleepless ness, Melancholy, Fainting and Dizzy Spells will find it a priceless blessing. Trv it. Satisfaction is guaranteed. Only 50c. Cherokee Drug Co. When women are going to have a club meeting to debate an important question ther first preparation for it concerns the lunch and floral decor ations. The Children’M Friend. You’ll have a call this winter. Maybe you have one now. Your children will suffer too. For coughs, croup, bronchitis, grip and other winter complaints, One Minute Cough Cure never fails Acts promptly. It is very pleasant to the taste and perfectly harmless. C. B. George, Winchester. Ky., writes: “Our little girl was attacked with croup late one night and was so hoarse she could hardly speak. We gave her a few doses of One Minute Cough Cure. It relieved her immediately and she went to sleep. When she awoke next morning she had no signs rf hoarse ness or croup.” Cherokee Drug Co. A slide down hill seems ten times us swift and fas'- when you are on it as when the other fellow is. When you feel that life is hardly , worth the candle take a dose of , Chuinberlain’s Stomach Tablets. Tht y will cleanse your stomach, tone ! Up your llvt-r and regulate your bow- , els, milking j ou feel like a new man. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. IntereKtliig Iteiua Concerning Our Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which May Prove KntertalnMif; Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Readers. Four negroes were gambling Sun day on the old Tracy homestead, near Gastonia, where a fight ensued and one was shot in the back. The (• - low who did the shooting is still run ning. Fire in the cotton district of Char lotte early Tuesday destroyed th* Holton block, causing a loss of on. hundred thousand dollars. The pr e cipal losers are: H. G. Link, gr .- ceries $30 000; R H. Feld, groceries $15 000; B K. Bryon, groceries.. $8 000; Oglesby Bros, dry goods $3 000;J H. Sloan, cotton factor. $1,000, all insured. The fire broke out in the Oglesby store, at the corner of Trade and College stree's Mrs. Lillie Johnson, who lives near Winston, sister of Sheriff Alspangh lost about $1 500 Sunday morning by fire, which destroyed her new an t large burn. Wnen she awoke at t • <> o’clock in the morning she looked rut and saw the barn in flames. H new residence caught two or three times, but her little son climoed >ui the roof and with buckets of water handed him by the mother, tie sparks were extinguished before ai \ serious damage was done. Little Percy Walner, the afflie’e t child ot F. P Walker, of Burlington came near being burned to death last Friday morning. He was in the room by himself, when his mother, who was in an adjoining room, heard him scream. She ran in haste to the room and found the child enveloped in flames, his clothing having become ignited by the fire. Mrs. Walker smothered the flames and succeeded in extinguishing them. It was v< r\ fortunate that no more serious re sults followed. Johnnie, the five-year old little boy of Mr. J. M. Thompson, who lives on South Fayetteville street in Rahigh was accidently drowned Tuesday af ternoon in the pool back of the Farina flour mills. The child v. found floating in the pool, taken out and physicians summoned Toe child was dead when Dr. A O Jones arrived and appeared to have been drowned for at least an hour and there was no chance to resuscitate him. No one knows bow the acci dent occurred, but he probably fell in while claying on the railroad track. Mr. C L. Torrence, of Charlotte seems to be covering himself with glory these days and nights. Tues day night be heard tbat a negro named Peter Calvin on board the C C. & A. bad a concealed weapon and forthwith he went in to investigate and found the report true. He had an energetic tussle with the offender and dragged him fore and aft through che car. He had no billy or would have put it to good use. but he downed the victim and with the as sistance of Mr. Blackwelder, secured the weapon. The “bird” is now among others in the lock up. Judge Shaw, who left Greensboro Tuesday morning to hold court at Oxford, has an abundance of heavy work before him. For instance, this week he expected to hear the case of Gattis vs. Kilgo, probably re quiring a week to determine. Next week he goes to the next district and at Randolph may be called upon to try the Worth Will case, a new trial having been granted by the Supreme Court. Then he goes to Iredell where he is apt to run up against the case of Long vs. the Southern Rail way for killing the son of Hon. B F. Long. This is the case about which there was such a sensation at its last hearing. Bud Foster and Bub Spivey, who with three others, broke out of Franklin county jail at Louisburg Saturday morning before day. were recaptured Monday morning. Foster was tried, convicted and sentenced for murder at the last term of Frank lin court, but his attorney, F. S. Spruill, gave notice of appeal. Spivey was in jail for house-breaking Offi cers are after the other three m»-n. Sherff II. C. Kearney applied to Justice of the Peace E. W. M rris for a commitment for the above named prisoners, who were com mitted then to Wake county jail a« Franklin county jail i* not considered safe. They were taken to Raleigh .Monday afternoon. All of the horses belonging to Col. j Wm. Cody, or Buffalo Bill’s Wild 1 West show, that yet ^remain at ' < • r. Hi .'it have been ntinch* d I need ijmorning by Sheriff Julian, for ae account due by the show to- Mr J W. Wadsworth, the livery man at Charlotte. The account is only about $50 but Mr. Wadsworth had drawn for the amount and his G -f: v:’.i - ‘uro.-1 unpaid. He ac cordingly bad papers issued and Sheriff Julian served them today on f he Spencer agent. When Sheriff Julian went to the agent Tuesday morning he was notified thtf ill thfr horses now at Spencer were tne prop erty of the Southern, Col. Cody hav ing turned them over to the railroad. It was impossible, therefore, to serve the papers and Mr. Wadsworth will probably lose bis debt unless he is able t,o seceure it direct from Col. Cody A shooting took place Friday on I. L. WiiHon’s plantation at South I'.iio*. in G.is'nr- n-m-ty Stanhope H'andoo. colored Pad found a No. 32 pisiol belonging to Sam Smith and taken it home Brandon’s boy K ibert n- d foorte n years, took * lie pi-roi ano got with Leonard Big- ger\ another boy, only seven years old who liV'-a only a few hundred yards away Thr larger boy told the -uinllt-r one that be was going to shoot him took aim and pulled the trigger It was a sel-ictor. The bah entered just abote the nipple on t in- right rule and passed so near the heart i hat Dr. Patrick did not ri*u< probing. The h>:li did not pass through th- bndv a- d has not b< en located. It was thought at first the b o would die hut it is probable now rha* he will reg tyer. The boy who di i the ^hooting has not been ar- r^ sted REMARKABLE CURE OF CROUP. A Little I toy's Life Saved. I have u few words to say regard ing Chamberlain’s Oough Remedy. It sav^d my little boy’s life and I • eel that I cannot praise it enough. I bought a bottle of it from A. E. Steere, of Goodwin. S. D., and when I go' home with it the poor baby could nanny breathe I gave the medicine as directed every ten minutes until ne ‘ threw up” and then I thought Mire he was going to choke to death. We had to pull the phlegm out of his mouth in great long strings. I am posinve that if I had not got that ivttle of cough medicine, my hoy would not be on earth today —Joel Demont In wood, Iowa. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. The man who doesn’t fail isn’t al ways a success by a long shot. A Raging. Roaring Flood Washed down a telegraph line which Cbas. C. Ellis, of Lisbon, la., had to repair. “Standing waist deep in icy water,” he writes, “gave me & terrible cold and cough. It grew worse daily. Finally the best doctors in Oakland, Neb , Sioux City and Omaha said I had Consumption and could not live. Then I began usiug Dr King’s New Discovery and was wholly cured by six bottles.” Posi tively guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and all Throat and Lung troubles by Cherokee Drug Co. Price 50c and $1 00. The difference between men and women who lie is that the women don’t mean to; the men do. A Physician Testifies “I have taken Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and have never used anything in my life that did me the good that did.” says County Physician Geo. W. Scroggs, of Hall County, Ga. “Being a physician I have prescribed it and found it to give the best results.” If the food you eat remains undi gested in your stomach it decays there and poisons the system. You can prevent this by dieting, but that means starvation. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat. You need suffer from neither dyspepsia nor starvation. The worst cases quickly cured. Never fails. Chero kee Drug Co. We win to try a^ain and lose; we lose to try again for the same thing. Modern Surgery SurpAMNcH. “While sufftring from a bad case of piles I consulted a physician who advised me to try a box of DeWitt’a Witch Hazel Salve.” says G. F. Car ter. Atlanta, Ga. “I procured a box and was entirely cured. DeWitt’a Witch Hazel Salve is a splendid cure for piles, giving relief instantly, and I heartily recommend it to all suffer ers.” Surgery is unnecessary to- cure piles. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve will cure any case. Cuts, burns bruisiw ai d all other wounds are also quickly cured by it. Beware of counterfeits. Cherokee Drug Co Any vensibl. woman would rather win an argument than be right. A Cure for Lumbago. W. C. Williamson, of Amher«t, I Va., says: “For more than a vtar 1 . suffered from lumbago. 1 finally I tried Chamberlain’s Pain Balm ar il it gave me entire relief, which all other remedies h«d failed to do.” Sold by Cherokee Drug Company,