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V 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., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1901. •1.00 A YEAR, THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Erents. ALL OVER THE STATE. Event, that Have Taken Place from One End of the State t* the Other Culled from Exchange'* for AJnick Reading hy Scores of Busy People. v A negro named Henry Nichols has been lodged in the Laurens jail charged with murdering his wife, while in a drunken frenzy. Paul Preacher, a negro roof doctor. wh> reeeu ,! v f nmd Pad in the .roods THANKSGIVING GATHERING. on the outskirts of Columbia, man had starved to death. The John Love of Greenville has a pis tol 129 years old. It was made in England The trigger and hammer are under the barrel while the handle is at right angles to the barrel. Gen. Wade Hampton gave Photo grapher Ruckling a sitting a few days ago and a splendid profile picture of the aged warrior-statesman has been secured. It is almost life-like. The negative was a large one. Mose Benson’s house on the York- ville road, near Chester, was burned Wednesday morning about 2 :5JU. Al most nothing was saved. He has a large family left destitute. They were driven from the iiouse in their night clothes. Their wheat and all other food supplies, as well as some cotton and other things were burned. Arthur Darby, of Chester, went over to Greenwood Monday to iden tify a negro held there on suspicion as a “wanted” character in Chester. The suspect proved not to be the man Mr. Darby wanted. His man’s name is William Young and there is a reward of $100 00 for him. He is wanted for housebreaking and lar ceny . Fort Lawn had two fires Tuesday night—a ginbouse and a dwelling— the former belonging to a company and the latter to Mrs Houze. The fires are both thought to be in cendiary. Oue occurred about mid night and the other an hour or two later. Messrs. Daniel Hicks lost a cotton seed house and about seven car loads of cotton seed, with no in surance. The ginbouse and machin ery was partially insured. The dwell ing was also insured. John Bolin was shot at a “shooting match,” about one mile north of Hickory Grove (in the edge of the nation), lace Friday afternoon and died from the effects of the wound about 1 o’clock Saturday morning. Reports as to how the shooting oc curred are conflicting; but it seems from all evidence that be was shot by Dock Lanier. It seems that Bo lin and Lanier bad been fussing, and Lanier shot him just below the small of the back with a shot gun. All parties were drinking. Lanier has not been arrested. Particulars of the murder of Mrs. Rachel Powell, alias Thomas, by whitecaps, in the mountains of Oco nee county, 17 miles from a telegraph office, were received on Tuesday. Ten young men, mostly well connected.are already in Oconee jail, while warrants are being issued for others. The moon was very bright and many were recog nized by Wesley Powell. Powell and the woman who was killed were under indictment for adultery. Mrs. Powell was 50 years old. They had five children who witnessed the killing of their mother. According to Powell’s statement, late on Sunday night, crowd came to his house. They had tools and started to tear down his house. They demolished the chim ney, tore off the roof and had at tacked the walls when he came out. Laurens experienced a rather un usual sensation Wednesday morning when it became known that a well known young man had been shot dur ing the night as he was fleeing from the premises, indeed from the resi dence, of one of the best families in the city. It was after midnight when residents in the vicinity of South . Harper street were aroused and at- Liacted to the above mentioned house hold by cries for help from the lady r ccupants who were defenseless in he abscence of their natural pro tector, tiie husband and father. The first citizen to arrive encountered and gave chase to one of the marauders as he emerged from the window, through which they had entered the house, capturing him after a most exciting chase which was terminatu by a shot from his pursuer. The young man is not dangerously wound ci?; but will probably be laid up sev eral weeks. His partner escaped and is unknown. They were in li quor and no explanation has been of fered for their conduct. Many indig uant citizens denounce the outrage and prosecution will likely follow. DeKcenriantH of Mm. Jane Clary Celebrate Her Seventy-Ninth Birthday. The children, grand-children, and great grand-children of Mrs. Jane Clary ;met at her home four miles below this city and had a most enjoy, able time celebrating her 79th birth day. At 10 o’clock about thirty of the children, grand-children, and great grand-children met at E. J. Clary’s and marched down to Mrs. Clary’s. Just as they all marched up to the house they began to hollow and cheer. When the old lady came to the door she was very much surprised. The presents were numerous, some being costly ones. The crowd kept gathering till about eleven o’clock. At 12 o'clock tne good ladies began to spread the good things to eat. When the table was ready E J Clary made a few remarks and C. T. Clary read a letter from Rev Amos Clary, of Rochester, New York, which he had written for the occasion The letter was as follows: “Dear Grandma and friends: I am giad that you have met to-day and are having such a pleasant time on this Thanksgiving birth-day. My desire was, when I learned that you were to have such a meeting, that 1 might meet with you, but 1 knew from the beginning that that couldn’t be, so I do the mxt nearest thing to being present, s.nd you thin letter. My dear Grandma, although many miles from the scene of my childiiood. away up here in Western New York amid new scenes, with my school work pressing hard upon me, I think of you much ofteuer than you know of. 1 am s?lad you have been made so happy to-day. You have lived a long time, you have seen many of the joys and sorrows of life, but 1 know the voice of your heart goes up in thanksgiving to God, our great and good Heavenly father, today; for after all the real >ys of this life outnumber the sor rows, and even, as we come to see la ter, many of the sorrows of life are blessings iu disguise. I hope you may live happily many years yet to come, and that I shall meet you again in your home. But whether we live or die our hope is in God. As Paul says: “For we know that if this earthly bouse of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a bouse not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens, (II Cor. 51). Again in his words to Timothy (II Tim. 2:12:) For I know Him whom I have believed, and I am per suaded that He is able to guard that which I have committed unto Him against that day.” Of all the things we have to be thankful for, this hope of eternal life through faith in Jesus is the one thing for which we ought to be most thankful. There is separ ation here, but in heaven there is none to those who have been faithful. I wish you much happiness. Dear friendslassembled: I am glad you came to-day to add your part to the gladness of the day and to receive your part of its joys. Id all your life may yours be the peace of God which passeth all understanding. Those Thanksgiving days are great periods in our experiences. In this busy old world, when life’s burdens are pressing upon us, we need to stop once in awhile to think of God who gives us all we have and makes us all we are—to think of eternal things. In the words of the poet we ought to “take time to be holy ” I am well and getting along nicely, and like it here. I like the school, it is a great one; I like the city, it is a splendid large one: I like the people, they are kind and friendly; I like the climate, the winters are long and sharp. We have bad plenty of snow here already this winter for nearly two weeks. This is beyond the latitude of cotton, negroes and mules. Now to one and all I send greetings and love. Amos Clary.” After the letter was read Mr. W. C. Kirby led in a short prayer in be half of the good old lady, kindred and friends that had gathered, then came the “good eatings” which was numer ous. Among those present outside the kindred were, Mr. and Mrs. W. A Jefferies, of Bowlingsville; Miss More head, of Star Farm ; Miss Morehead,’ of Hichory Grove; Misses Alice anc Daisy Blanton, from near Midway and Mr. W. 8. Porter, who lives on Mrs. Clary’s place and looks after her farm. It was a grand re-union sure enough some of the brothers and sisters not having seen each other before in sev eral ye»rs. After dinner all gathered in and around the poarch and ht|d a photo graph made of the crowd, Mrs. Jane Clary being in her rocker just in front of the others. At about II o’clock the guests be gan to disperse, all going home with praise and thanksgiving to God that it was their lot to be there. May Mrs. Clary live to see many more such occasions. ENTERTAINING JOTS FROM ETTA JANE. Incidents of the Past Week in Lower Cherokee. SALEM’S THANKSGIVING. Christian Endeavors and Nahltath Schools Observe the Day -Hhootlng at Hickory Grove on Same Day—The I.eduer'H Cash System Endorsed iCorrespondence of The Ledger.) EttaJank Nov. 30—The Chris tian Endeavor Society and Sabbath school observed Thanksgiving day at Salem last Thursday by a union song, praiso and timuksgiving service. The exercises consisted of scripture reading, singing and prayer. Some good talks were made, and many special reasons given why we should observe our* National Sabbath as no common secular day. With the ex ception of three or four elderly per sons the meeting was made up of young people exclusively, and we must confess that of all meetings of the kind your correspondent has ever attended, he has never seen a Salem congregation appear to greater ad- itage before. It was truly a representative body of the best ele ment o f the young people of Chero kee and York counties assembled in one of tiie nob'est causes which could call them together. Notwithstand- ng the stringency of the times tiie contribution was a very creditable one, of which theThornwell Orphan age received the greater part. Others were not forgotten or neglected. We have no fear of successful con tradiction when we assert that there was more of the pure genuine spirit of thankfulness manifested in the meeting there on last Thursday than has marked the history of old Salem u nearly the one hundred years of its life. Children who didn’t have the means within themselves to contribute some thing to the orphans actually sold chickens or picked cotton to raise the money to contribute. That’s the kind of work that brings & greater Messing upon the giver than the receiver. Dr. L. R Black, we regret to learn, las concluded to move to Henderson ville, N. C. He has been practicing his profession in this community for about five months, in which time he has endeared himself to those in need of bis professional services. He is a Cherokeean by birth and education and is one of her brightest young men. He will stand at the head of his profession. In his practice he has been very successful as all who know him can safely testify. We hope for him in bis new field that success which has attended his pro fessional work in this. Miss Viola Brown, the assistaut teacher in the Hickory Grove High School and Professor Charles Ham rick, who is teaching the Hoodtowu Academy, both attended the Thanks giving service at Salem last Thurs day. Miss Wilmer McDaniel, of Hickory, is speuding a few days with friends and relatives on this side of the river. Princely manhood rises above the miasms of danger and death and □ever chooses between evils. The motto of choosing between evils is not in accord with the teaching of Him who should be our pattern. If the forces of sobriety and temperance are ever to succeed the battle must be fought od a higher plane. The enemy of strong drink will never be defeated on his own ground. He chuckles to see the weak-kneed, cring ing, vote-seeking politician suggest ing a choice between evils to the peo ple be has set in to deceive. Messrs. Giles M. Hili and Willard Humphries spent yesterday and last night in this community. They were down on business. One of our neighbors who has been a farmer all bis life, and a good one too, was surprised to hear a neigh boring farmer (but of another county; say that he had a turning plow which cut a furrow forty inches wide Brother, you needn't be surprised to hear any kind of a tale these days, and even farmers are sometimes good hands to make them up. There has been and will be more wheat sown this fall and winter than lias been sown since 1H81. By the time the average man gets old enougli to have good sense he is too contrary to make good use of it. If some men would work more and hope less they would do much bet ter. Love, we are told, is a wonderful thing, yet there are people who would rather marry for money. “Pretty is as pretty does,” is an old proverb, but if a girl is pretty she generally does as she pleases. No doubt ail women are born equal, but many spoil it by getting mar ried. Ed. Edwards has got him a new drum and he keeps the neighbors awake of nights. Dr. Sam Foster expects to move to Union in a few days. We don’t know bow we will do without him. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes gav > the young people a singing party at their borne on Thanksgiving night. We are sorry to learn that John Bolin was shot and killed up in the nation by a man named Lamer a few miles from Hickory Grove on Thanks giving day. Liquor as usual, we understand, was at the bottom of it. Poor way to observe Thanksgiving dav, boys. We can despise our own sins better when we see them in others. There seems to be a great demand for hogs or pigs, and but few for sale. The commissioners will meet at Howell’s terry next Tuesday to rig op and start the free ferry. All the material has been received for equip ping it. Your correspondent has been un well for a week and has had but little opportunity to gather news. We are glad to notice the congrat ulations The Ledger is reciving from many of the leading journals in the 'and upon the adoption of its hew business method. This speaks vol umes for the paper. There will not he a loss of five per cent, of its bona- fide subscribers by its strict adher ence to its avowed nurpose—strictly cash in advance. No doubt the method heretofore has brought criti cism or even censure upon the man ager when he wanted his money for the paper sent on u credit. Any way it reminds us of an incident in the ife cf Hon. James G. Blaine. On one occasion Blaine was told that a certain man was giving him “Hail Golutnbia” for some real or imagi nary wrong done him. The great statesman from the Tine Tree State coolly replied. “I don’t see what he can have against me. If I ever done him a favor in my life 1 don’t remem- it.” j. L. s. THROUGHOUT THE TAHJIEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. her ” THE EIGHTH WONDER. Blind Turn at The Opera Houiie Last Eve ning. The audience at Columbia’s play house last night was of such propor tions as is calculated to make the heart of any manager glad. The house wa^ crowded from pit to dome, large numbers of ladies occupying seats in the gallery. Every one was of course delighted with the harmony of sweet sounds which Blind Tom, the musical wonder of the age, called forth from the piano, an instrument of which he is supreme master. Per haps the best number on the pro gramme, and the one executed with most expressiou, was “The Last Hope,” by Gottscbalk. This beauti ful productiou was played with great feeling and caused Tom to be over whelmed with applause. Tom is still a wonder and does not deterior ate with age.—The State, Columbia, 8. 0. This wonderful musical genius will appear at Blacksburg Thursday night. Manager O. A. Osborne, of the Blacksburg theatre, extends a cordial invitation to the people of this section to attend this perform ance. Persons desiring to attend can go over in the afternoon and return that same night. Gaffney should send a good crowd over for this per formance. Intorenting I trim. Concerning Onr Neigh bor* Beyond the Line Which M»y Prove Kntertuin’iig Ketiriiiig for Hundred* of Ledger Reader*. Mr. Joseph C. Runyans, of Shel by, got bis leg broken Saturday night. It got caught in a buggy wheel and snapped the bone instantly. He is getting along very nicely. Dr. B H. Palciir is attending him. At a negro festival at Earls S*.-itii»n last Monday night there was a shoot ing scrape as partof the fun ; and one negro was killed and two Oio rs wounded. The slayer’s name is E I McKinney, and the name of his vic tim is ike Stockard. The negro who did the shooting and killing made good his escape Mr. E. L. Ware, a popular and capable young man of King’s Moun tain, has been appointed postmaster at that place, and will receive his commission this week. The K itg’s Mountain office will be advanced to j amused himse the third grade ou January 1st, and the salary will be about $1300 ('apt J. W. Brown is the present postmas ter and was a candidate for the o.-xt term. near Rockingham to Mr. D. L. Gon*, the well known business man and capitalist of Wilmington. The prio* at which the property was bid in by Mr Gore at the sale on Novena- ber 4tb was $37 245 and the milt considered a great bargain at thalr amount. It is announced ahat Mr. Gore will spend over $40 000 in m» improvement and enlargement of plant, so that it will be one of tto most important factories of the kind in the State. Not only will the milL be enlarged, but machinery will ba- iostailed for the manufacture of *- finer grade of goods, and Mr. Gore will then rank as perhaps one of the largest individual cotton mill owners in North or South Carolina. Homicide at Clifton. The homicide that usually attends a holiday came off on schedule time Thursday night at 10 o’clock, at Converse, six miles from Spartan burg. Two operatives of the Clifton Manufacturing company’s mill, Mac Lowery and William Lattimore, went to the home of John Grizzle, and Lowry, who was making himself quite obnoxious to the family, one of whom was sick, was requested to leave the place. His companion’ Lattimore, attempted to force him out of the door. A scuffie eusued in which Lowry was shot. The bullet entered in the ergion of the heart and death was instantaneous, more escaped before bis arrest be effected. Latti- could Shot by w Burgl»r. Monday at 9 o’clock, Mr. John Whiteside, a farmer living 8 miles east of Fort Mill, was shot in the stomach by an unknown Negro thi®f, Mr. W. E. Caldwell runs a store near Providence church. While he was at supper Monday evening a Negro broke into the store. Mr. Whitesides came up in time to see the Negro r*filing the cash drawer, and ordered him to leave the building. The Negro came out of the store and fired at Mr. Whitesides with a revolver, the ball taking effeat in the stomach. The Negro then fled. A posse was quick ly organized and started In pursuit; but failed to cat«h the Negro. Mr. Whitesiden is only slightly injured. WATCH Your label and tho date, And pay before Tis too lato. Conductor J. F. Lowe of the South ern Railway had a remarkable exo* r- ience in Wednesday’s wind storm on Black .Mountain and a cons-qiu nt ac cident to his tram while crossing tin* mountain at an early hour that morning. The train, a heavy freight, was ascending the mountain during the heaviest gale when three box cars were blown off ths track a d rolled down the mountair for a dis tace of 50 feet. The trucks of the overturned cars, however, remained on the track aud were sent back tc Old Fort. Capt. E. B C. Hambly, of Salis bury, was badly bruised Friday after noon by an accident that occurred at the Whitney Reduction Works Capt Hambly w ! th a negro man by the name of Frank Kirk, was standing on a scaffold at the Whitney R-duo- tion Works, when the scaffold fell and both were precipitated to the ground. Capt. Hambly was only slightly bruised but the negro fell beneath a lot of pipe on the scaffold and was very painfully hurt. It is not believed that his injuries will prove fatal. Will McLaughlin, of South Caro lina, a student at Livingstone Col lege at Salabury, was killed Wednes day afternoon on the college premises by the buretiog of a circular saw. McLaughlin and James Shuford, an other student, were sawing wood when the saw was mismanaged in some way and bursted into innumer able pieces. McLaughlin’s right arm was torn into shreds and be was in ternally injured, his death occurring about 6 30 o’clock—two hours after the accident. Shuford only received a few flesh wounds and is not serious ly injured. The deceased was pre pared for burial and the remains were sent to his home. Will Gheen and James Earnhardt, the two young white men of Salisbury against whom the grand jury found a true bill last week for manelaughter, were acquitted Wednesday morning The trial bas been in progress and consumed about two days of the term. Both Gheen and Earnhardt were involved in a difficulty with negro man of bad character near Woodside, when, as the testimony went, the negro leveled a pistol at them. Gheen stooped, picked up i rock aud hit him, killing him. Coun sel for the two boys contended that the act was committed in self de fense. They were represented by Hon. Lee S. Overman and X H. Clement, Esq. At 11:25 o’clock Friday, Watauga Hall, one of the buildings of the Ag ricultural and Mecbanica) College, near Raleigh, which served for din ing room, kitchen and dormitory for fifty students, was discovered to be on fire Raleigh’s lire department was asked for assistance and respond ed promptly. The water supply was limited, the College being out of tiie city, and but for a favorable wine the entire C liege would have b«en destroyed. Watauga Hall alone was destroyed, entailing a loss of $10 000; insurance $0 000. Fifty stu dents, occupying the building, lose all of their effects and as the Collcg- has no vacant rooms in the main dor tnitory they will have to return to their homes. Judge Walter H. Neal, in Union county Superior Court at Monroe Wednesday confirmed tiie receiver sale of the Great Falls Cotton Mill, George Roderick, white, created considerable excitement in the vicin ity of Third s/id Church streets in Wilmington. Friday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock, hv crying aloud that he was ut once going to commit suicide, at the same time pressing the barrel of a huge revolver against his tem ple as if about to perform the threat so loudly proclaimed. He was badly- intoxicated and his wild gesticula tions attracted several persons pass ing who implored him to desist, but who received for reply, with an oath v the admonition to go away from him, j else he would make it a double trag edy. It is needless to -.ay that a ma- j >rity of the onlookers did the desist ing and at last when Roderick at tracted no further attention. he f by holding up a ne gro-drayman. A hurry call was sent to the police station and Sergeant Burnet, and Hail Officer Howell re sponded They arrested R ideriek farther up the street and lodged him in the station house. M Kinley Memorial Anno.-inton. Much interest is being manifested in the organization of the McKinley National Memorial] Association, the purpose being to erect a monument to William McKinley, at Canton, Onio, the historic home of our latw lamented president. The broad and American purpoM of the association is shown by ths plan adopted, by which the citizens of the several States of the Union »r» requested to contribute. It will thus appear, when the entire matter iw completed, exactly to what exten* each State of the Union has, through its citizens, contributed to the lasting memorial in commemoration of ths great and wise president who did »o much to make us all feel that he was the president of the whole country, and that he respected and honored^ the citizens of all of the sections of that country. The Charleston News and Courior of November 13th, in noticing tils purposes of the association, bad tbi* 10 say: “The people of South Carolina had the kindest feelings for the dead president. His speech in Atlanta, ha- which be said that every grave dag: during the Civil War was a tiibuta t» American valor, struck a responsiv* chord which was calculated to beafc the breach between the North and- the South. The money raised wW be distinctively a South Caroltan* fund. Atlanta and the State »t Georgia have already arranged erect a monument of their own bn Mr. McKinley, and South Carolina is only asked as to this other monumsnW tn have a place in the lasting memor ial at the home of Mrs. McKinley., where lie the remains of her distin guished husband.” Senator Hanna, the chairman of the Canton association, having pat Capt. John G. Capers in charge nf the fund to be contributed by Sootb Carolina, Mr. Capers bas dividsd the work by appointing trustees wbn are requested to assist him in having the contribution from our Stats a substantial oue. Maj John F. Jones, of Blacksburg; trustee for Cherokee county, bas arranged to have any contribution left with either of the banks, witfc- Mr. Folger at the postoffice or at tni* office properly forwarded, and lates- tbe Memorial Association will maitta* each subscriber a souvenir cirtificnts* Robert Alluon Deed. We regret to learn that Mr. Robert Allison died at his home at Cheroksn Falls Saturday morning, after an ill ness of only a few days, the reaoli it is thought of an unfortunate altercation in which he was engaged - several years ago. Allison was a son of Mr. J. M. Allison, of Blacksburg, and leaves a wife and several children' who have our sympathy in their ufllictiou. Vlllng*' Improvement. Owing to tiie efforts of Mrs. Morrie M. Freeman, State Chairman of the Federated Clubs of South Carolina, the work of •village improvement made a notable start in Blacksburg on Arbor Day. The “Maids and Mat rons Club” furnished the town with twenty-two trees which were set out around the public school building, and on one of the principal streets. Let the good work go on 1