Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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•HE LARGEST rfulaiion of An/ M?v>pip3 in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Rel.ability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894 GAFFNEY. S. C , TUESDAY, DECEMBEft 10, 1901. S 1.00 A YEABi THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. Kvent* that Hav* Taken I’laoe from tine End of the State t*< tli« tlth^r from ExchiiiitfrH for yuWk KeadinK l*y ^rores gf Unity People. Mack Crawford, the man who was shot on Mr. J. I’ong's plantation near Rock Hill, on Monday nighr of last week, is a negro instead of a white man. The news was sent over a tele- pbi.'Uti, and in »i i r. • if ' h- fac^ got slightly mixed Northern tourists are beginning to move South and .trains passing through Columbia on the Southern and Seaboard roads are crowded Some of them stop at Aiken and a great many go on through to Florida. Several of the big hotels in Florida opened Friday with from seventy to one hundred guests each. A tenant house on the W H •Quinn place, three miles north of Yorkville, was burned on Thanks giving day as the result of the car- lessness of a party of hunters who took charge of it for the purpose of enjoying a smoke. There was about a bale of seed cotton in the building, and this was also destroyed. Most of the state officers are hard at work upon their annual reports to the general assembly. In the office of the superintendent of education the tubular portion of the report is very nearly done and many other por tions of the report are already in shape. Mr McMahan desires to get the report out as early as possible this year. Joe Smith, of Spartanburg, wanted eggs for Christmas and did a neat job of lifting at f A. Allen’s store in that city Thursday afteruoon. He took a crate of about .’> 1 2 dozen and got away. He han h-eu seen around the store and was hunted. He and another negro wen- at Mag Morehead’s dividing the eggs, ibe assistant hav ing done the toting Joe was put up but the other man slipped out of his coat and skipped. Sheriff R N. Ethridge of Jones county Ga., was in Spartanburg Friday He came to inspect a prisoner in the county jail, John Alexander, col ored, who was arrested at Cowpens lately by Bob Scruggs and James Williams. It was thought that Al exander was John Williams, who was wanted in Jones county. Ga., for the murder of his wife in 1897 and for whose capture there is a reward of $100. Sheriff Ethridge found that Alexander was not his man. Speaking of the recent killing of John Bolin at the shooting match near Hickory Grove, a prominent citizen of that section said a few days ago; “I do not think that the whole story has come out yet. There were witnesses on the ground who are able, if they will, to state positively who fired that shot. From what I know of all the circumstances and the peo ple involved, in a general way, I am pretty sure of this; but as to whether the facts will be brought out at the trial, I am rather doubtful.” When the police in Columbia lock ed up two young white fellows Thurs day afternoon, a great assortment of merchandise was found in their pos session. On the person of one was found over $50, and the other had $7 50. They had a new leather dress suit case and a bundle of new cloth ing. These youths arrived there on the Seaboard Thursday morning and were engaged in working the “short change” racket and in practicing other little arts and wiles of fakirs. A Gervais street merchant caught them in the act and notified Officers Huson and McDonald, who caught the young fellows as they were pre paring to board the train for Char leston. Mr. M. W. Bissell, of Camden, who was serving as station agent at Sha ron, for the South Carolina and Geor gia Extension railroad, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon. He had been in bad health for quite a while, suffer ing from heart disease and a kidney t-ouble; but was feeling no worse than usual during the day. After the passage of the train, he made his report us usual, and in a few moments began to complain of a vi olent cramp. His little daughter, aged 7 and Master Campbell Cald well were in the office with him, and he asked young Caldwell to telephone for Dr. J. H. Haye Just as the Dr. was called, Mr. Bissell fell off his chair, and when the Dr. arrived, three or four minutes afterward, he was dead Thursday afte rnoon about 1 o’clock the colored driver of one of the ma chines of the Columbia. No U, fire company in Columbia performed an act of daring that deserves more than passing notice. The horses became frightened at a wagon on Gervais street and made a dash. The driver, Robert Miles, attempted to put on the brakes, but his foot slipoed and the horses jerked him out of his seat. He fell on the pole between the two horses and one leg got caught between the double and singletree. He how ever, held to the reins and managed to keep the horses from dashing into the big city rock crusher. When Bull street was reached, the driver was face downward upon the pole, but he suc ceeded in turning the horses down that street. Then he slowly crawled oot on the pole until he could catch the bit reins. This done, he braced himself against the breast straps and succeeded in stopping the runaway animals It is not often that a more daring act is performed anywhere. It is not often that the footpad gets in his work in Columbia, but there was a case of it Thursday eve ning just ubout 7 o'clock. Mrs M. R. Tupper, the matron at the hospi tal for the insane, was the victim. Mrs Tupper and three of the lady nurses from the hospital had been down on Main street shoppiug. They went out Lumber street on their way back, and each carried her pocket- book in her hand. Near the corner of Bull street the ladies were talking of one of the pocketbooKS containing a waten. When not far from the hospital entrance the ladies uiet a negro. As the fellow attempted to pass Mrs. Tunper he grabbed her pocketbook from her hand and tied eastward on Lumber street, having completely disappeared by the time the screams of the ladies brought as sistance. The negro was a stocky black fellow, poorly dressed and wear ing a slouch hat, and had his trous ers stuff'-d in his book legs. The po lice were at once notified and several officers were soon at work on the case. The pocketbook contained $3 in cash. BRIDGE COMPLETED. The County Commlmtlonera Have Accepted the Work From the Contractors. Supervisor Wheichel and County Commissioners A. Harris. T. L. Bryant, J B. Hamright, T. J. Hames, T. M. Littlejohn and M. L. Ross, met at the county’s new iron bridge across Broad river yesterday and received it from the contractors and it h now open to the public to cross the river on. This bridge fills one of Chero kee’s greatest needs and is a monu ment to those who made it possible and to Supervisor Wheichel and our able, patriotic and public spirited board of county commissioners who, recognizing the necessity and justice to the Cberokeeans east of Broad river, have had it built and in so doing have merited a hearty welldone from every citizen of the county. Cherokee is proud of the bridge and is also proud of its promotors and her enterprising officers who bad it built. Limestone College Motes. The W ) r rd College Glee Club gave a very attractive entertainment in the auditorium last Friday eve ning. The athletic exhibition was by far the best feature of the eve ning’s entertainment; the singing did not, merit much applause. The boys were enthusiastically received and effusively admired during their stay, and we hope they will come again. Dr Lodge went to Sumter last week to deliver the oration at the laying of the cornerstone of the new Baptist church; he also went to Florence to attend conference. Dur ing the absence of the President, Professor Griffith has been ir ybharge. The condition of the ten j courts necessitated the po8tponeo.<mt of the tournament which was to have taken plac« this week. The fourth faculty recital is an nounced for next Friday, December 13th. The program will consist largely of music arranged for two pi anos. Prof. Maxim and Miss Hteedly will play. TIim Wofford College Glee Club. The Wofford College Glee Club en tertained the young ladies at Lime stone College Friday evening with a program of minstrelsy. Qjite a num ber of people from Gaffney attended the performance. A good many of the jokes “had whiskers” and some were rather far-fetched. The acrobatic feature was excellent and the whist ling solo great Mr. Morrison came nearer being a com. Ihm than any of the young gen tlemen. The hoys had a good time and the girls enjoyed themselves im mensely. You can’t expect the world to have a good opinion of you unless you set the example. WATCH Your label and the date, And pay lie lore ’Tis too late. ENTERTAINING JOTS FROM ETTA JANE. Sunday School Convention to be Held at Elbethel- COTTON IN THE FIELD. York Cotton Coming to Gaffney as a Result of The Free Ferry—Good Wheat Crop Expected Next Year—Confederate Re union—Other Notes. Correspondence of Tne Ledger.| Etta Jane, Dec. 7—The North Pacolet Interdenominational Sunday School Convention will meet at El bethel church on the 22nd, inst., at 10:30 a. m. This will be the closing of its 12th anniversary. The election of officers for the next year will be part of its proceedings. Last night Mr. Sam Fjster g*v the young people a singing. This will be the last social entertainment he will give them before he departs for his new home at Union. Each year our people are moving out seeking new fields Of enterprise until we are beginning to seriously miss them. But it seems that some body is ready to take their places and still the world wags on just the same. That the farming class are getting discouraged is a settled fact. The unpropitious season and short prices of cotton are responsible for this state of affairs. Certainly farmers in this community will not have to be advised to curtail their cotton crops next year. Circumstances over which they have no control have done that already. Mr. Willie Buice will move to Mr. R. W. Davis’ and farm next year. Who will attend the Thomson mill next year? We haven’t learned yet. Our people are much pleased that the conference returned Rev. S. T. Creech to his work again on the Kel- ton circuit. Lois of uuopen cotton is still in the field and some people have put their stock to gathering it. Truly, “Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn.” This axiom is verified more or less in every neighborhood. Last night was the coldest of the season so far. Cotton ginneries are not thronged as was the case a few weeks ago. There is an endle>s current of travel across Howell’s ferry now. We predicted it would be the case when a free ferry was started. If we would make religion an inner force rather than an outward fashion the world woulil appreciate its power. If a man is known by the company he keeps, how is it with a woman? Its a poor rule that won’t work both ways. Some people keep their pigs and pearls together. A duty, however small, embraces good principles. Unless our work begins io God’s grace it will never end in His glory. Some people think they are doing God’s work when they are not even doing His will. In our letter in last Tuesday’s paper the types made us say that Dr. L R. Black had gone to Henderson ville, N. C., instead of Huntersville, N. C. A beautiful snow fell night before last. The ground was too warm and it did not lie long. It came just af ter we finished our wheat sowing. Several bales of cotton have passed here from the York side on their way to the Gaffney market. This proves our prediction that a free ferry would be of advantage to the Gaffney trade. Several of our neighbors are suf fering with colds—some of which border close on pneumonia. •We have had the longest dry spell we have had in several years. The ground in many places is too hard for plowing and wheat sowing has been hindered some on that account. With the exception of two light rains we have had nearly four months of uninterrupted dry weather. Most of the wheat sown has been accom panied with guano and barring un foreseen events a good crop next year is reasonably assured. The signs of the times portend a long, cold, hard winter'and with the masses it will be a very uncharitable time with short crops and a general backward start. But we must make the best of it, to meet our demands with all we have to satisfy them will be honorable, and in most cases sat isfactory with our creditors who will do what they can to help us bridge over the chasm. Perhaps another crop will relieve the situation end all will be well, April 22, 23 21 and 25 1902 is the time for the grand reunion of Con federate veterans at Dallas, Texas. All the committees have been ap pointed and are ready for work. The headquarters will in all probability be at the State Fair Ground and everything will be done that will make it a pleasant affair. All the camps in the Stat-| will unite to see that it is no failure. All our people who think of attending had better begin making their preparation now. As soon as we bear from the rail roads we will announce the rates to and from the reunion. Our goodoess is never under the necessity of advertisiog itself. Our nearest neighbor is the most needy now. Mr. S. G Howell, who carries the mail from Union to this place, had to walk from Skull Shoals yesterday— his horse gave out. The roads will now begin to get muddv as the freezes increase. After the snow we had a beautiful day yesterday. Mr. Jefferson Blackwell will sell out his property next Monday pre paratory to going to the Union knit ting mill. He is tired of farming. Our road authorities should look after and repair a bad place iu the road just this side of Salem church. Mr. V. C Comer, the new ferry man, seems to understand his busi ness. j. l. s WILL THEY RESIGN? Senators Tillman and McLau- rin Threaten to Do So, But They Won’t. Washington, Dec. 9.—Both Senators McLaurin and Till- man today announced their in tention to send their resignation to the presiding officer. M’LAURIN PROTESTS. He Telld the Senate All About HU Fight Against TlllinanUm. Wasaington, Dec. 9 —Senator Mc Laurin, of South Carolina, in a speech today, protested against bis exclusion from the councils of the Democratic party and proceeded to tell the history of his fight against the Tillman faction of his State. The House is not in session. " Mayor's Court. The Monday morning crowd and Saturday night sinners were before His Honor yesterday morning. The sinners were a mixed lot but the wnite predominated. One colored man for a plain drunk got an option on $2 50 or 15 days. As he had a prospect of more days than dollars be took the days. A colored woman for a plain drunk was given an even chance with her colored brother. She shoved over the $2 50. A white mau under similar charges as the colored contingent got similar fare and he shoved over the $2 50. Another white man for a minor of fense was let off with $1 00 which he paid. Another white man for carrying concealed weapons was drawn on a little heavier and was given an op tion on $20.00 or 30 days. He promptly turned over the twenty. If the people will combine against drunk enness and disorder, His Honor will have a dull court next Monday and no one will be better pleased than he. But if they just go on drinking and cutting up be will be with them again, and they will hear from him to their hurt. Richards-11 umphrleM. Mr. Walter Richards, of Algood, and Miss Alpha Humphries, of Cow- pens, were married on the 8tb Inst., at the home »f the bride’s parents by R«v. W. T. Thompson. Mr. Ensley Humphries was best man, and Miss Mamie Stacy first maid of honor; Mr. Coleman Turner second man, and Miss Mary Byars second maid of honor. The marriage took place at 10 o’clock a. m., after which the bride and groom with their friends attended services at Macedonia church, and aftei service returned to the bride's borne and enjoyed a sumptuous dinner prepared for the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Richards are popular young people with a large circle of friends,including The Ledger, who wish for them a long, prosper ous and happy life. The Southern CliHDgeM m Name The Southern Railway Company announces that the name of its spec ial Florida train, operated each winter between New York City and St Aug ustine, Fla , in connection with the Pennsylvania R R .the Plant System and the Florida East (’oast Railway, previously known as the New York and Florida, Limited will, in the future, he called The Southern Palm Limited. The initial trip of the Sothern Palm Limited will bt* made early in Jan uary, 1902 Its equipment will consist of luxurious observation, club, dining and compartment sleeping cars, and it will be in every respect the most magnificent train operator in the South. THRUUGHUUT THE TAR HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Interentlng Concerning Our Neigh bor* Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertain ng Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Reader*. There are yet no tidings of Miss Cropsey, the yonng lady who myste riously disappeared in Elizabeth City some nights ago. A reward of $100 is offtred for the finding of her bodv dead or alive, and a reward of $5 >0 for the apprehension of her abductors or murderers, as the case may be At 12 o’clock last Friday night in Lincolton, the fire alarm was given at the Vivian cotton mill. The I Mice cotton in the picker room had caught fire. There was some damage done to the machinery, but the total l.iss is small. It is net Known how the fire originated, but possibly from a match or giavel in the cotton. The large mercantile firm of A B Jones and .Son. of Pokeville, Cleve land county, has made a gei eral assignment 'or the benefit of tiVir creditors. No creditors preferred but all stand on the same footing The approximate amount of the lia bilities iH k $12,000, while assets arro mt nominally to something like $15 000 Deputy Sheriff G. R. Rhyne, of Gaston county, went to Chanotte for Wrn. Ewing, the white man who deserted his wife and three utile children in Dillas. Ewing wa- ar rested Thursday afternoon by th po lice at one of the cotton miiis. He denied the charge but, later, ' oen shown a letter from his wife, he gave in and said he was guilty. The Avon and the Loray. of Gas tonia, are on the list of mills ’hat have taken space at the Char** sum 8. C., Exposition and will make cred itable exhibits iu the Cotton Pa «ce. of their manufactured products. Mr. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, i- in dharge and his purpose is to snow the whole story of the cotton p ant, both the lint and the seed. Gaston will buy a $75 typewriter for use iv the offices of the Clerk and Register at Dallas. It will erawl along over the pages of the b'.nKe and record deeds in printed letters like those of any other typewriter. The cages of the record books used will be plain, not ruled. It is esti mated that the saving in the cost of books will in a year or two pay for the machine, to say nothing of the gaiu in compactness and legibility of the records. Monday night the post office at King’s Mountain was burglarously entered and an attempt made to blow open the safe. The robbers raised a sash of one of the extreme rear win dows by prying it up and breaking the nail above by which it was held down. Then passing on through this room the sash over the partition was forced open and they entered the of fice. Here they bored a hole in the safe door and loading it fired ! t off The door did not open and the con tents of the safe were not reached. Finnic Stewart, a negro woman on Mr. W. M. Thomas' place, about three miles from Charlotte, was badly burned Thursday afternoon. The woman was doing some work near the fire place when her dress caught fire. She ran from the house and the flames were 'fanned by the breeze. When she had gone some distance, a negro man overtook her and threw a blanket around her thereby smoth ering the flames. The woman’s right side from her shoulder to her knee, was burned badly. She will recover. Mr. J. Edward Curry, of Gastonia, met an untimely death Thursday af ternoon. He and Mr. George Jenkins, of Gastonia, were out hunting near that city. Mr. Curry attempted to jump a ditch when the gun discharged the entire )< ad entering the leg be tween the knee and thigh. The large artery in the leg was completely sev ered and the excessive loss of blood and the great shock from the wound proved too much for Mr Curry's fe» Me condition He died about an hour after the accident. Mr. Curry’s first wife was a Miss Dixon, daughter of Mr D. F. Dixon of Charlotte. His second wife was before marriage a Miss Holland of Gastonia. She, with one child, survives him. Mr Curry was a member of the i’reshytenau church of Gastonia and wa^a member of the board of deacons of that church He was highly thought of and his death is greatly mourned. In the Charlotte city court, Thurs day, Watt Sims and Richard Broomfield, two negro hoys were sent to jail iu default of bond for stealing chickens. Botn acknowledged their guilt and both have been robbing hen roosts for some time. Neither of the boys are over 12 years old, bufc it seems that both are well versed in. chicken stealing Andy McEnery was before the Recorder for beating his wife, Annie McEnery. The wo man claimed that her husband uot only did not support her and child, but that he took her money and the- reason be beat her Thursday was be cause she would not give him her monthly wages for cooking. McEo- ery denied his wife’s statement an& said she would not stay at home anti refused absolutely to do any thing for him He admitted he had been on the chain gang and that he had beat his wife a number of times, but claimed she needed every lick he had given her. The R-corder was in clined to believe the woman’s story but withheld judgment until next morning when McEnery said he couni pro luce creditable witnesses that his story was correct. Mr. J. D. Pearce’s store, in Fay- Htitville, ai)'>ut 200 hundred yards from the Hope Mills factory, No. 3, formerly Bluff Mills, was burned just before 8 o’clock Monday night. Mr. Pearce and several others were in there a few minutes before, and he shut up the store to go to a singing, and had been out just long enough to get ready, hardly three minutes, when he discovered the Are. He and Prof. H B Mclver. threw two buck ets of watt r on the fire, but, on ac count of a k-rosene tank, keg of pow der and loaded shells, the merchant requested ali to keep out of the store and try to save the residences of Daniel West and Bud McKinnon, wh ; ch was done. His horse came near being burned to death, as the stable was near and locked and the k»y was in the store. The stable was torn down and the horse saved; but, when the powder exoloded with such force as to break out window panes 40 yard’s away, the horse plunged and rear-d up came down on Mr. Fairley Culhreth’s foot hurting him very badly but not seriously. The stock amounted to between $1 500 $1 800 probably $1,000, and was in sured for only $300. The Good Road* Convention. The good roads convention is to be held in Greenville, 8. C., Dec. 16th, ta 20, h. 1901 This convention is to be held for the purpose of creating an interest in good roads as a vital aid to the up building of a community, and in con nection with it a practical demon stration of the proper building of • road will be made by the National Good Road Association. Representatives of that association- will be present with expert engineers, skilled laborers, and the Bnutherir Railway Good Roads train, equipped with all forms of special road machi nery and will build during the con vention a piece of road according to the latest improved methods, showing particularly the best results possible with the material at hand io a given locality. Believing that universal interest will be felt in this movement there will be made on account of this convention by the Southern Railway a rate of one fare for the round trip, tickets on sate from points withio a radius of 100 miles from Greenville, December 10th, 19ih and 20 f h, final limit De cember 21st, 1901. Call on any agent of the Southern Railway for tickets, etc New Church at Goucher. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Goucher, Deo. 9 —Our new church is nearly completed, and it seems our people think this their best debt, and are paying up their subscriptions splendidly. People generally are through gath ering crops, which are shorter than once expected. It is with a sad heart that we re port the death of Mrs. Leoda Rey nolds. wife of Mr. Charles Reynolds. It was between the hours of 8 and 9 o’clock Monday night when the death angel entered this happy home and made a vacancy that can never be filled to those who mourn their loss. Mrs. Reynolds leaves a husband and four little girls, who have the deep est sympathy of their many friends. May they be reconciled to the Lord’s will. The remains were buried at the Goucher (’reek Baptist church cemetery on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Reynolds has been a member of tiiis church for some time and will be greatly missed M, c s. ItniiK TIiciii In. All persons in Cherokee who feel an interest in her t xhibit at Charles ton will bring in the things for the county exhihit and leave them with Col. T. B Butler at his office or Mr. Fred G. Stacy at the National Bank. It Is time they were on i xhibition now, so bring them iu at once so they can he shipped and arranged in.the space reserved for Cherokee Young lovers grow to be old com paulous.