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*. JL THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Ne A^spape in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. fHE LEDGER SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver* tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. New spaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. jfl ESTABLISH I D FKB. Hi, I81H. f4AFFNEY. S. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBEu 17, 1901. S1.00 A YEAB. THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. ‘ next morning. Dave was arrested by Con^rable Wilburn and taken to jjtil rifxtday Tne d^ad negro had 1 a had reputation. Dave did not know who 'i** hal killed until he was told the next morning, but he thought it was Henry. i Mr. Will Woo 1 en, a young man living u> •Min .n i i urnoiit, near it »ck Hill made a gliaatly lind Thursday ! morning just after sunrise. While walking al'O g the Soul hern railway, about a min -.outb of .smith’s Turn- i ENTERTAINING JOTS FROM ETTA»JANE. Happenings of the Past Week in Lower Cherokee. PERSONAL AND LOCAL. Event* that ll,ve Taken 1‘laee fro... tine "Ut lie di^l/ivered Die dead body of a i t A Knit of t lie "l;»l *• y 1t lie ( It lier<'iille<l from ‘KxctmiiKt'S for Ouiek L tailing l>y * ■ cores of Hum}’ People. Saturday mm rnimr urlv the (‘P y police of Sparti uihurg found t he dead body of an in fa nt f 'ln i 1 > colored i child in the branch o Vv it -t street near the Southern d' .pm in •nit edy. Jerome U’" > -rm ,nd Miss Ida YVatson of Flea sani L; v r, o * * re mar- ried Sunday afi ternoon at the home of Rev. P. P. Bi alock. who performed the ceremony and p rorounced the couple hii"b’inri 1 and v\ i ie. The hr ide is only Ji years o f ag The board of visitors of the Cita- eolofi I worn ■ o-e n o ; ' < man pr ived del academy held their annual meet ing Thursday in tli oilie** of th * su- ! perin.tendent, all the members being .presntexcept the g vernor. Hie corps | assembled under arms at 12 o’clock, I when they were inspei iii by the , board and afterwar I- ■ 1 in "re view" before ' hem. Mr. Oliver Kav " a fariro r living a few miles from .loin >viile, w* nt to j Union one day last ..vek and sold some cotton, and oi h. way home about night he was t t ,e -d by three or four negroes ; k l s- i-el -•> n lying along the track, o C‘o<s!ifs. The wo- r - be one Josephine Boulware the concubine of John ->1 roii I coh r ! vho has been living , on Mr Sam BurdeH's farm. The hooy was eol l; d'-ath evidently came > veral hours before. A. bullet hole in the head from which the brain was ' oozirg snow- .* hoa tile foul act h:>d , Or. Ti ,j t;.e. I Ui i’fc , ilj powder | marks around the wound, showing ; that the murti rer iiad put the pistol, evid nt ' of 38 A ca ihre, close to the ; w on,. |S load i vh n the shot was j firrd l*rice Say* ltol<l. Theordore H. I’rice, Xew York, sends out the following to people who have cotton : Hie New York cotton ! market closed the week at the highest prices recorded -inee the publication of t,he government report This is in j spit • of most desperate efforts made by ihe hear" to minimize the ionpor- l tance of the report and offset it by 1 ridiculously big crop estimates from Mr N’tdli and other alleged authori- jtns. Mr Neill’s reaffirmation Wed- ! fi "da\ of iii" previous crop estimate is a confession of irt of those who liiterextlng Iteiu* Ahout Peopleao<l rtiinuH in tlie I.ower Section of the County (.atliereil I p l>j Our Ke^ular Corn sponil- ent ami t.iven to I.eager IteHuers. d.'ori csiiomlence of The Ledger.) Etta Jank Dec. 1 I.—There is noth ing new in this section to give our read ers today. Most of our farmers have quit picking their scattering cotton and the la.uis in many places are be ing sown in wheat. The lateness of the cotton crop has prevented many of tin bolls irmn maturing and as a consequence a ‘‘fall off ’ in the num ber of bales will be the result on every farm. A few No 1 hogs have been raised in this section this year. A good deal of moving has been go ing on and there are several changes yet to take place. Rev. F. (’ Hictcson will preach at Abingdon Greek next Sabbath, 22, tell us why the “nine of diamonds” is called the curse of Scotland? YY T e would be glad to hear from Brother “Bachelor," of Buffalo. Per haps he has taken to himself an help meet and retired to his quiet, happy home. It was YY’illiam Congreve, the famous author, who wrote these lines on hasty weddings: ‘‘Thus siri«*f still treads upon the heels of pleasure; Married In haste, we may repent at leisure.” J. L. S. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. .f 11 200 000 bale and robbed. F^rtui.ai ly f or Mr Eaves he had deposiK- 1 .‘I hi-* tnomy i desperation ,,f i the part 01 tiiose at Union, but ab ut x do lurs winch ! 801,1 eui'on on the strength of any the robbers g d (> o’clock at county, near , from (ir , n- Friday afternoon it Lima, in (Jreenviiie Piedmont and 11 mil ville, occurred one > the rn •-* rible crimes ever committed u history of the count v E I w <r i lis, a young whit.' m i.i, .uik*- i the room where hi" i i tives were a"sem d siod . his wife and his -isier i t- n •unsuccessfully at tii" moth r and his son, and Ton so it r- t he !Ioi- I to h i.-d - a w 1 "< If. i An amusing cu-e showing the g •! libility of art ignora i negro >. oian was bef ire acting Mayor *Man:i> i. Columbia. Saturd iy morning A ne gro mat) went to a negro woman’s bouse, and showing u little tin badge, said that he was a perfective” olfi cer and desired to search her house for contraband whisky. The old wo man, who was nearly scared to death, let him search, and the vigilant ‘ per- tective” found a pint of corn extract. Later she became suspicious that all was not right and had the man ar rested. Saturday morning Dr Stan ley fined the offender $20, Wednesday morning about 2 o’clock the bouse of Ben Gates, a negro ten ant on the Haltiwanger place, near •Counts' ferry, Lexington county, was broken open and those entering bred on Gates as he arose from his bed. The negro was shot down and died about an hour afterwards. Coroner Wilson was at once notified. It is not known whether the act was com mitted by blacks or whites, but it appears that the intention was to ‘•whltecap” or “regulate" him, which was cut short as Gates was able to reach bis gun as be alighted from his bed, and was shot down to keep him from the gun. While Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Harris, who live near Union, were in that city Sunday, having locked up their house and left it alone, some one broke in the house, prizing open the door with a plow point. After getting In the thief got hold of the keys and opened drawers, trunks, etc., and ransacked everything in reach. YVhile everything in the house was tumbled more or less, all that Mr. Harris has eo far missed is several dollars in change which he had in the bureau drawer and a lot of eggs which he kept in the pantry. This was the # first time the house had been left alone for a long time It is not known who the thief was. Dave Thomas who shot and killed Henry Tucker, on the 2‘Jtb of No vember on Mr. William Jeter’s place, nea* Union, says that a negro living on the same place sent a pair of shoes to him for him to mend, and soon another negro from the saipe house sent word for him (Dave) and his brother to come there. They went out in the yard and were talking about going when they saw a man slipping along towards the house and come up behind the garden at the back of the house. Dave got his gun and he and his brother went to sue who the man was. Dave’s brother hailed the man when they got near him and asked, “Is that you Henry?" The man made no reply but ran. He ran about thirty yards and turned around, as he did so Dave shot him. He fell but got up again and ran to a heutt ahsrc ha iiad balor; i*> "Uoh absurd figure, and they were much c mgrined to find that their (Units to recover the have sold have been unsuccessful. It looks as if the cotton world hal cumin* need to appreciate the extra ordinary situation with which it is confronted,,and it is evident that even it the crop -nould exceed th<* govern ment estimate and reach HHiOO.OOO 11ah s, which seems altogether im- probuble, that every bale of cotton in existence will be wanted at prices much higher than those now current. 1 The situation is entirely in the hands | of he producers and owners of cotton ] at the south. They have only to ask ; full prices for the cotton and hold to j secure t hem. The world must buy ami, in my opinion, is going to buy very promptly A Southern Advantage. he Southern farmer has many advantages over the Northern farmer, and the one we will especially discuss in this article is labor. The writer was raised in an agricultural section of the North and vividly recalls to minu the fact that it was and is necess ary for the Northern farmer to devote his undivided time, work fast early and late, for eight months of the year to plant, harvest and market his crops. The balance of the year is expensively given to the care and comfort of his family and stock in order to bring them through the long winter season. Those residing in the North who have comfortable homes, all paid for, out of debt and a suffi ciency to carry them along indepen dently are to be congratulated. The man not so fortunate as to be in that position is worthy of much sympathy. The South presents a much different aspect. One can make a living and be independent by the expenditure of much less effort. A few hundred dollars will give as much comfort and return as a few thousand in the North. In the South one cun work and pro duce something every month of the year. The variety of profitable crops that can be raised is so great that no estimate can be placed upon the farmer’s producing power. There is no occasion for a total failure of crops in the South; while some crops may yield little certain seasons, others will produce abundantly, thus giving the farmer ample return for hia labor. [And the best place in the South to locate is in Cherokee County, the richest io mineral and agriculture of any county in the South.—Ed. Ledger ] inst., a' 11 a. no .Mr Willie Buice moved this week to Mr. R W Davis’ He will attend ut the Thomson mill hereafter. Mr. Jefferson Blackwell who ad vertised ins property for sale last Monday called the sale off He didn’t g<-t the bids he thought he ought to have. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Poole, of Sunny- cotton they side, went to Gaffney this we.k on Cherokrt-Mn Wed* lu MielitKaa. (Correspondenc* of The Ledger.) Fenton, Mich., Dec. II —In the presence of a select asssemblage of relatives and friends James P. Lucas and Miss Nellie Grace Owen, of Balti more. Md., formerly of this place, were married at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Clarence Hoff man. R*-v. S. H. Edgounabe per formed the ceremony. The wedding march was played by Miss Lizzie Jennings, of Chicago, and James A. McCreary, ot Cleveland, Ohio, was master of ceremonies. An elaborate dinner followed the cere mony. Mr. and Mrs. Lucas left for Denver, Col., on their wedding trip. After a western tour they will be established in Baltimore, where they will be at home after Juu. let. bu-iness. This item appears in the pub- lished report of the proceedings *>f the York county commissioners at their last monthly meeting held ou Weune"da> 4ml iii't: “The bond of \ T mey C. Corner as ferryman ut Howell’s ferry was filed and accepted. It is for the sum of $200. and C. YY’. YYTiisonant and \Y\ G. Fowler, of Cherokee county, are given as securities." Mr. Thomas Wilkins and Miss Edna Byars wire married last .Sub* ball) ut the home of the latter. The Ledger’s wide awake corres pondent • Ran," of Hickory Grove, passed here YY’eduesday with a load of home made saddles and harness. “Ran" is not only a good writer but he knows how to handle an awl and sewing machine. His goods can’t be beat in our markets. Besides be is one of the jolliest fellows we know of. YVhen South Carolina fails to get up a sensation it’s a hard time for the business, it seems. The last comes from the U. S. Senate. Can’t our thinking people put a stop to such exhibitions of unpatriotic humbug- gery? Surely the country has enough of it. Mr. Sam Strain went to Gaffney one day this week on business. Mr. YV. T. M. Beard, of Hoodtown, was in this section yesterday canvass ing for “Stories of the Bible," “Our Heroes" and other popular books. The preacher who merely tries to please the throng may expect no ap proval at the throne. Gen. Miles Is a total abstainer. He said: "I was not a temperance man at one time, but now I have a grown son who will drink if 1 do, and for his sake I quit it." Mrs. B. G. Clifford, of Uoiou, has a fine display of interesting ex hibits for the exposition at Clifford Seminary. She will send them to the Exposition and we doubt very much whether any county in the State comes up to it. Union county can well afford to be proud of its ex hibit. We take off our bat and make our bow to the Christmas edition of The Ledger. It’s a daisy. We wish all its patrons a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Yesterday (Friday) was the dark est day we have had in several months. We have often beard of Blaca Friday and this seems to be its history: The original Black Friday was De cember 0,1745 when the Londeuers heard that the Pretender had reached Derby. His adherents made their lust tight to restore the Stuarts at Culiodon in 1740. This was the last battle that has been fought in Great Britain. The term Black Friday has been given to an eventful day among stock and money speculators in New York, when a few gained and many lost. The crises was due to the gold speculaMous of "Jim" Fisk on Sept. 24th, 1809. Friday September 19 1873, the day after the suspension of Jay Cooke A Co., when luare were many failuren in the business circles of New York city, Is called by some Slack Friday. So we see Black Friday means some thing more than a dark gloomy, day. ! Will some oue who ttpow* please At The Churchea. The communion services at the Presbyti rian church Sunday morn-J ing were of an unusually interesting character. One of the largest con gregations tiiat has ever assembled at this church was present Rev. YY’m. R. Potter delivered a most appro priate sermon from John 3 :16: “F «r G -d so loved the .v,,rid. 12 >;t he g-iv*' j his only begotten son, that whoso ever believeth in him should not per ish. bin have everlasting life." The discourse was thoughtful and in structive and was pronounced by many to De the best that Mr. Potter has delivered since coming to Gaffney. Mrs. YY r estrope and Mrs. YY'heat sang as a duet ‘ Oh Morning Land," with great effect The sacrament of the Lord’s Sup per was observed at the close of the service. On account of the operation per formed on Rev. Arch C Uree’s throat there was no morning service at the First Baptist church. Mr. Cree is getting along nicely and the regular midweek services will be held this week except that the Christian cul ture course will be held in the pastor’s studio at Mr Carroll’s residence in stead of at the church. R~«v. F. C. Hickson occupied the pulpit of this church in the evening and preached one of his usual strong sermons. The ladies of this church are preparing an entertainment for the Sunday school which is to take place Christ mas. Rev. J. B Bozeman, pastor of the Cherokee Avenue Baptist church, held services both morning and even ing and delivered two interesting dis courses. There was no sermon at either of the Methodist churches on account of the non-arrival of Revs. YY\ 11. Hodges and S. (). Oantey. There was a song service at the Buford street Methodist church in the evening. Intei-eKtlng Items Concf-mlnif Our liurs lieyoiiu Hit-Line Wliirh May I'ruwe Kntertuin ny; KfitMluj' for lluuilr. ds of Ledger itt-adcr*. John Spi jer and James Arm-Tong, the colored men charged wi’ h the robbery of a stove and cookin..' uten sils from the "mall nox ho-i >1 in considering the injured. Apart from the usual bruises and slight sprains two boya were badly hurt. These were YV II Summerville, a son of Mr. A C. Suinrin rville of Charlotte, who had his collar bone broken, ard Char les Mullen, a son of Postmaster J. W. Mullen. Both boys are abv)ut 10years of age, ai"! both are students of the Cborlotte Military Institute. A fatal shooting affray has occurred i at Hugo, aoout nine miles from Ivins- I ton A negro named Tom Tate called at the store of Smith Bros., which is j also the pn.stnffice. and asked if *here was any mail for him. Mr. Lawrence iittz Iton, u clerk in the store, replied j that thr-re was not The negro then said that he believed there was mail j fot him and that Mr. Haze I ton “waa ' too damn lazy to look ” Mr. Hazel- ton endeavored to avoid trouble on Wilmington were each held r the account of the presence of ladies in higher court in bonds of $liK> and 1 the "torn «n 1 ordered the negro to $L>0, ruspt'iMveJy, by J uslict . ^ o r Friday. It is stated that the cotton mills of CharluDe will be compelld to -hut down uni**--they receive imumOiate relief from the coal famin* I he railroads are confiscating all the coal and unable to get enough for mem- selves. R-dief is hoped for from Poca hontas fi 'its. 'The last horses belonging to Buffa lo Bill’s stow that were injured in the wreck at Linwood were stopped by thi Southern from Spencei ■sa r ur- day. One of Buffalo Bill’s men came down f >r them and they wer* taken to Coatsville, Pa Buffalo Bill’s loss has not yet been agreed upon. A young ".omari reached Raleigh Friday, bearing so close a resem blance to X -ll Cropsey’s picture, m the papers that the police - d< uined her until investigation could bi made The youtig woman was accomp-i led by a man who stated that, lie wu- her husband and that he and I i- wife were from Edentoo. A- a n-ust of the investigation by the polic- the woman has been released. A Kun Away. County Supervisor Wilson F. San ders, of Beaufort, had a narrow es cape from death near that place two weeks ago. The popular offi cial was driving a pair of spirited horses and was waiting at Port Royal ferry for a flat to carry him to the mainland when the animals became frightened ana bolted. Mr. Sanders rushed in front of them and grasped the bridles but could not arrest their (light. He was dragged a quarter of a mile and badly cut and bruised about the head and shoulders. Fi nally realizing that if be held on he would be killed, he managed to throw himself to the side of the road. The animals proceeded about three miles along the old Port Royal Ferry road in the direction of Beaufort and were finally stopped. Strange to relate the vehicle was uninjured YVhen the supervisor reached home he was besmirched with blood and dirt. No bones were broken. Mr. Johnson Pennington Dead. Mr. Johnson Pennington died at his home in this county on the 13th, Inst., and was buried at Draytonville church on Sunday in the preseuce of a large concourse of relatives and friends. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. F Felmet. Mr. Pennington was 85 years old and was born and had lived his long life in what is now Cherokee county. Mr. Pennington was a man of retiring but industrious habits and was a mem ber of the Baptist church; he bad al ways been in moderate circumstances but during his long life had merited, and retained to the last the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. Mayor’s Court. His Honor hud a small audience and a light job yesterday morning. Only three light drunks, and all the parties were white, who had disre garded The Ledger's advice to quit, The mayor was a little more im pressive and gave them a few dollars each, or a small number of dujs. They all turned in the dollars anti will leave road-making to the public spirited. ItenieiulM-r tin- Hot Hu|i|»«r. Bear in mind that tomorrow (YVed nesday) night the ladies of the Pres byterian church will serve hot sup- per In J. C. Lipscomb A Bro.’s hall on Grenard street, near Garroll A Carpenter’s stofe. Everybody Is Invited to be present and contribute to vi In Stuft'-ville Friday, Mr. A Lett , a f! gin an on the VVesten N Carolina road, was instantly iu.-d by falling between the cars w ihe train was in motion. Left in top of a freight car while th irmn was shifting. YY’hen next s* ■ ms boity was found horribly inang <-d <n the track The body was pr-nar.-d for burial that afternoon and G.<- r - mains were taken to Asbevi 1 - *■ home of the deceased. There was u big sensation >uir ng the onlookers at the scene of the col lision near the freight depot in Salis bury Thursday in which the Western passenger train ran into a string of freight cars standing on the main line, when it was discovered that tne car was loaded with dynamite and p >wder And it can well be imagined that there was a scurrying of spectators when the discovery was made. The car was badly torn but the dynamite and powder were but slighty damaged. Some time during Tuesday night the kitchen of the Wilmington small pox hospital near the County Home, a few miles from town, was broKen Into and a stove, with a number of other cooking utensils, stolen There have been no patients in the hospital for several months and the premises were in charge of Mr. T. A. YVatson, the well known county contractor, who lives near. Mr. Watson discov ered the robbery early Thursday morn ing and immediately reported it to the authorities in Wilmington. Officer C. E. Russell of King’s Mountain went to Raleigh Friday with Charles Blackwell, a desperate white convict, captured in Cleveland county, at the foot of the mountains on the South Carolina line. He is under a 12 year’s sentence for mur dering John Foster, was put io the penitentiary four years ago, remained 23 months on the “Anson” farm, then escaped and took refuge, with many other desperate criminals from that state and South Carolina, In the mountains along the border. The recent cold snap drove him out and caused his capture. Capt. Harrison.YVatts. of|Cbarlotte. returned Friday night from YVilson, where he went on business for his firm, Murphy &. Co., the New York brokers. Capt. Watts says nothing has been heard of Powell the ab sconding manager of the Wilson branch office. At the time of Pow ell’s leavetaking he was not in the employ of Murphy & Co., but be managed to go through with several thousands of pother people’s money and these entered suit against the New York firm. Before leaving YVil son, Capt. Watts re-established the office and when he left everything was going as if nothing had hap pened. -Seldom has any game between the biggest football teams in the North resulted in more casualties than the contest between the Charlotte Mili tary Institut^ai^^^^Lriijijylschool teams at Fri day. »Ji (insist ami leave the store, late then with more oaths advanced upon Haz- elton and started behind the counter, whereupon Mr. Huzelton seized bis shot gun loaded with bird shot and fired, the entire load entering the ne gro’s leg at the knee. Tate will die. BOWLINSVILLE BUDGET. DoingM of the I'eo|tlc in Thin Thriving sec tion of Cherokee. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Bowlinusv llk, Dec. 14.—With the exception of some cotton the crops are about gathered and the farmers have finished their wheat sowing. Quite a number attended the ser vices at Corinth last Sunday and were benefited much by the able ser mon of tht-ir pastor, Rev. R. J. Fate. Miss E;oise Yloorehead, the charm-" ing teacher of the Corinth school, uccornpa; ied by her aunt, Miss Lizzie Moorehead, attended church at El- bethel In-t Sunday. We r. j ice to see the genial face of Mr John Bridges at home again. He has been in King’s Mountaiu for the past few weeks on business. Much interest is still being rnani- feat id in the debating society at Corinth, which shows the intellectual spirit of the young men who taka part Miss Clarrissa Hames and brether, Morgan, have been visiting the family of Mr. and Mrs James S. Littlejohn. Mr. Albert Kirby, a popular youth of this " Ction. spent a few days iu Spartanburg last week. What young man carried his lady iy*- to ride and fell out of the buggy? We hear he was not seriously injured. We are glad to report that Mrs. YYiiliaii) Blanton, who has been very sick lately, is improving and we hope will soon be out again. The Lidies’ Missionary Society of Corinth have just completed two beautiful quilts which will be sent to the orphanage It is nothing unusual to see the Gaffney boys in our midst, but they are always welcome. The Clary Line school is flourishing now under the management of ite efficient teacher, Miss Bessie Ken drick. There are between thirty and forty scholars enrolled and the num ber is still increasing. Mr. Fred Garvin has opened % school at Getbsemane. We wish him the success that always follows bis undertakings. Ruth. Convention Program. The North Pacolet Interdenomina tional Sunday School Convention will meet at El Bethel on the Fourth Sab bath, 22nd lust., at 10:30 a. m M and will be opened with a song and praise service conducted by the chaplain, followed by reading of reports and enrollment of scholors and dele gates. 11 a. m.—Organization; election of officers for next year, 1902. 11:30, 1st Query—As a Christian nation what is our duty to oar newly acquired territory? Speakers, Wool Jefferies, C. W. Whisonaut aod T. M. Littlejohn. 2nd Query-Can the Sabbath school accomplish anything without the co-operation of the home in tl religious training tfra yout Speakers, R. Ei and W C Bli Essay—Igjj the basis of Question Miscellam All scholi the convent hers and a| ports anc time for the sessic Bj The c church oganiet Maxim, sacred This la nltode, will relelo OltJ^