Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/ 'I THE LAR . : 'T Circulation of Any Nfev>p\pe in the Fifth Congressional District of S. 0. Fhe 'S 4 r ^ SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. vVh J JARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver- tiser Who Uses the Col- umnr of This Paper. Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee Courity. ESTABLISHt n FEB. 1894. GAFFNEY. S. C , i RID vY, DECEMBER ItHH fl.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOai THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Intcre' 5 Events. ALL OVER i •' g V -fc U 'T A rr ^ A Ai. JL A t Kwnts that II-v* 1 Tak* n I'lii< ■ from Om- Kml of tlio Statf t« t»>“ <Hli* rt'iilh a from KXt'.haiiKoH for Ouirii l>i cor. * Mu«y People. BfOtessor li.rnt--' ’ Hi' 'ii U I- lege, is construct! ■ ■ 1 .iin>mi" and when comph 1 e tl 1C 1 1 1' e will be f he first, of its "id! in tin south. Through the in- - . - ^ 1 r- iff Burch of Florem;- • 4 J ^ '• - Ml 11 • ders a negro well kn«i F!"re<ce has been arrested 1 Wilmington He is wanted in » ti .<i c urn y I for assault and batt-r. ■ i 'Oiom ro kill. A negro man was found in a de plorable condition hie-u. morning near the Columbia h'l-pr il in Colum bia. Two large gusht-f- vvorp in liis head and he was n*«r!. fn zon to death. The police have m idea as to the indeutity of the assailant The wounded man ia recovering The business men of Cheraw are in correspondence with parties who contemplate the establishment of a large veneer plant I lie poplar and gum on the Pee Dee adj -cent to the town will afford raw material for many’years. The plant has submit ted a reasonable enough requisition %nd Cheraw will probably taae them up. Julius Brockington of Florence, died Monday morning from the in juries he received at the Oil Mill at , t that place. About three tons of cot- v ton seed cakes fell upon the negro, - bruising almost every portion of his body and breaking one of his legs. Brookiogton sustained internal in juries, which it is thought, w«>re the direct cause of bis death. HS- The South Carolina editors who went to Charleston have now nearly all returned to their homes, in vari ous parts of the State, and they all were so well pleased with their trip to Charleston aud the exposition that they declared their intention of going back there on their way to or from the annual meeting of the Press Asso ciation, at Georgetown next April. Dispenser William McAllister, who shot A. T. Parker, chief room clerk of the Charleston Hotel, early Mon day morning in the Claremont club, was committed to jail to await the result of Parker’s wounds, which are iu the stomach. Parker’s condition is serious. McAllister has recently figured in a number of scrapes. Parker was unarmed Both men had been drinking. Josie, the two-and-a-half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs R. B. Big ger, of Energy, York county, was seriously burned last Monday mor ning. All of the particulars that have been received came by telephone on Monday afternoon. They were to tho^ffect that the child’s clothing caught and its body was seriously burned from its waist down. At last accounts there was some hopes for the recovery of the little sufferer. W. J. Duffle, one of the wealthiest men in the State, died Tuesday after noon at his home in Columbia. He was a self-made man. graduated from the South Carolina College in 1855, served as a private in the Confeder ate army, and settled after the war as a publisher of school books. He made a fortune, which is invested iu real estate in that cPy and elsewhere He owned 25,000 acres of land in Oconee county, was for JIG years ruling elder in the Presbyterian church and for 20 years treasurer of the Columbia Theological Seminary Mrs. Eliza Bright, mother of Con ductor Silas B. Bright, of the South ern Railway, was seriously burned from head to foot in Greenville, Tues day afternoon at her home on Frank street. While standing in front of the fire In her room her clothes were ignited. The frightened woman ran from the house into the back yard, veiling and screaming for help. Neighbors heard the cries and rushed to her assistance, finding her envel oped in flames and struggling for life. Her clothes were burned from her body and her skin almost baked. She was carried into the iwmsp und phy sicians summoned. Her death is mo- mentarially expected. Mrs. Brfgnt is a widow lady about 65 years old. Governor McSweeney has grunted another pardon though he had not in- |ktQded to i >ucb any other pardon cases [11 alt T the year ha>i closed. This one, )wever, whn for humanity’s sake, ke man pardoned is one J. E Per ms convi' t< ! in (ire. t ■ , !, r ninty the violation of the dispensary law ■ <i sentenced to 12 months on the j county chain«gang Ir, seems that th ooi man is in a verj ba.l condition i • health in f>• ct that he has an ail- i-icnt that makes him a burden to he caunly. Petitions signed by nearly ever) county official and every ■ else of hi.) prominence in Green- .• ’! county a re presented and Si'icnor Bogy s recommended the j granting of the paidon. John <’ Cary, president and treas- u er, Lockhart Mills, Lockhart, has a 1 -chi oi M.ij'-h is open during the day i jutd night '.<r .he benefit of the optr iMv. • All the * xpenses of this | «e .ooi, including empl iyment of the teacher are < fra>ed Pv the mill, and i ev. ry thing is doio|to assist the oper atives m securing an education. During tiie flay tnc children are in school and n is kept open at nigt for the b>-n> lit of anyone, including parents who might wish to improve ‘■t.ms ii.s This 'o . nr.*t com mendable work. While a great many radls in tt.e .south have established sctm'es and have defr»iyed the expen ses, yet riiis is the lirst instance we have heard of where any efforts have been made to educate any operatives except children Tie R.-v Peter Smith, colored, said to he a delegate from Bamberg to the A. M E Conference, now assem bled in Charleston, at a church on Glebe street, war. arrested by the police Tuesday, and locked up at the Sta tion House on a charge of attempting to pass a spurious ten-dollar note on J L Karash, a salesman employed by Levin & Levy, at Kmg and Morris streets. The minister stoutly main tains hie innocence and declares that the countereit was given him by someone who asked him to change the bill. The figures from a Confed erate ten-dollar note ure pasted over the numbers on the face of a genuine one dollsr greenback. The moment Karesh looked at the bill when it was handed over by the preacher in paymeut for some goods he detected the fake. He w nt|out and called in po liceman Miiaud, who took charge of Smith. WOMEN AND SOCIETY. All coramunlcHttons to this column should bo addressed to P. O. Box 153.) The time is approaching when we subscribe to new resolutions. Do not let yourself be Hindered by the sad certainty that your resolutions of January first will have been disinteg rated by February first. It is in this way that your high ideals have been preserved t.. you. Nothing so des troys ideals as to attain them. You cannot keep your ideals and have them realized too. To keep all New Year resolutions would be to have an inordinate self conceit, and an inor dinate self conceit is ruin,nevertheless it will do you good to make the usu al batch of brave resolves with thebe- ginning of the- New Year. It will do you good to take your own measure and start to grow bigger from sheer shame ac your own littleness. But do not be discouraged when you break these same resolutions in the course of more or less time. AH progress in the world is achieved by u series of falls. If it were not for the tendencies of all things to fall this world of ours would fly into space in fragments. All men must fall, but no man need lay down. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. W. C. Carpenter spent a few days in Spartanburg this week. 4 Mrs. Frank Laney and her inter esting children, have returned to her home in Monroe, N. C. ♦ ♦ Mrs. Oscar Lipscomb was in Spar tanburg this week. Miss Gaston, of Blacksburg, visited our town this week. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. Dr. Brown is visiting in Spar- tr.uburg. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Miss Kale Magness, of Grassy Pond, Is visiting Miss Sarratt. Mrs. T. B Butler is hack from a delightful visit to Atlanta. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ On Friday Mrs Dr. Crawley gave a dinner to a mnaberof her friends. In her u sn a I charming manner her guests were filler,aim d delightfully. Those present wire: Mr. ai d Mrs. George Byars, llev. and Mrs. Free, Rev. and Mrs. Potter, l>r. and Mrs. Stephen son, Mis- Eva Sams, Miss Elia Me* Craw, Mr. Will Brown and Dr. Nes- bit. A small voice in a man like the hole in a nickle. is much T<» t ur«t it Cold Iu Olio luty Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. K. W. Grove’s sig nal ur is on each box. 25c. ENTERTAINING JOTS FROM ETTA JANE. Happenings of the Past Week in Lower Cherokee. PERSONAL AND LOCAL. IDteri Ktlug 11ciiis About I’t/oidu and Tillnjfs in tli« Lower Suction of the County (iathered l i> by Our Regular Corn spoml- ent and (liven to Ledger Readers. (Correspondence of The Ledger.! Etta Jane. Dec 18 —Mrs Jimmie Strain and Miss Jessie, spent the day | with Mr J F, Wright’s family y estt r- day. Mr OP'-g « r TTiM, , 4 f fin - was down this week looking alter his farm ing interest. Giles is a hustler W Davis Douglass, E?q , of Winns- boro, was in this section last week, in company with a gentleman who is wanting to buy land in Cherokee county. Mr Douglass is the son and law partner of A. 8 Douglass, Esq., Wionsboro, at.d a grandson of the late James W. Byars, of Union coun ty—now Cherokee. One week from to-day is Christ mas and we wish our many Ledger readers a happy time. Miss Oregon Estes who has been visiting her sister Mrs. Lizzie Mitch ell, of Hopewell, returned home last Monday. Dr. 8am Foster, of Union, passed here last Monday on his way to York county on business The mail from Union to this place has been very irregular since the cold weather set in. The service is very unsatisfactory to the patrons along the route aud they will doubtless try to have it improved. The Ledger is interested too as it has patrons along the route who always want their papers. Last Monday while the flat was crossing the river on six feet above common water, (the height allowed by the new regulations) the book that fastens the cable to a tree on the York side broke and it was with considerable difficulty that the ferry man and Lis assistants brought it back to the Cherokee side. Nothing, however, was injured but what can be replaced with a little work and no money outlay for the counties. It is needless to say that while the crowd were in the river without sufficient poles to touch bottom and guide the fiat that it was a good time for them to think over their past lives. Ed. Edwards cut down the large white oak at the edge of his yard. He was afraid it might blow down on his house and ruin his picture. Last Saturday night we had a ter rific storm of wind and rain—the heaviest since last summer, and Broad river rose to a height of nineteen feet in a few hours. Mr. Rufus Estes, we are sorry to say was painfully if not seriously hurt last Monday while loading a bale of cotton. His head was caught under a bale of cotton and pressed against the wagon frame. His nose was badly mashed. Mr. A. W. Lotspeich, of Weavere- vilie, N. C., is in this section looking after bis business affai's. We learn that some weddings will take place in this section before the close of the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. 8. T. Bigham, of Sharon, are viMting friends and rel atives in this neighborhood, The young people speak of having a Christmas tree at Salem during the holidays. Master Howell Foster is very anx ious to get moved across the river into York county. He says he wants to get out of “that corner” he is in. Mr. Hemphill Estes says he wants to study for the ministry when he gets old enough. The echoes from the Saturday’s storm are truly distressing in many places Mr. John A. M Estes, came near getting his house burned last Sab bath. Fortunate’y the flames were decovered in time to prevent it. “8. M G.,” the Yorkville corres pondent of the News and Courier, gives an account of a refractory mob in that county plajing Mrs Nation with some blind tiger stock a few days ago. It came about in this way< A young man who has a fondness for corn whisky, was driving along a public road iu his buggy when he met negro on a mule returning from a still house with four one gallon jugs of his favorite beverage, and another on a bicycle with two gallons After passing them the young man stopped and hailing the negroes opened ne gotiations for a pint of the stuff. Fi nally the deal was made and the ne gro who was riding the bicycle started back to where the white man was to deliver tha “goods,” leaving his wheel and two jugs of whisky in charge of the one on the mule, who undertook to hold it up without dis mounting from the mule. By some means the wheel, the mule, the negro aud the jugs got mixed up in a gen eral cohision in which the mule threw its rider and broke his four jugs as well as the two on the bicy cle. During the exoil'tro ut the \'hite man ‘rove off ,ind failed to take the bottle for which he bed bargained V\ bile this trio are mourning the loss of ( i iieir whisky we propose a vote of thanks to the mule and re commend D he put on full rations of corn oats and fodder for the remain der <o it- natura! life. Mr Jt-ir-rson Blackwell ha« rented the L. K Brown place and will farm there uexi year. We understand tne farm of Willie Marsh’s esrnt« was rented by public outcry al 100 pounds of lint cotton. J L s A woman never tries to iLrt with a married man who loves his wife. A man seldom gets so full of en thusiasm that he has no room for his dinner A Deep Mystery. It is a myntery why women endure Backache, Nervousness, Sleepless ness, Melancholy, Fainting and Dizzy Spells when thousands have proved that Electric Bitters will quickly cure such troubles. 4 I suffered for years with kidney trouble.” writes Mrs. Phebe Charley* of Petersoe, la., “and a lame back pained me so 1 could not dress myself, but Electric Bitters wholly cured me, and, al though 78 years old, I now am able to do all my housework.” It over comes Constipation, improves Ap petite. gives perfect health. Only 50c at Cherokee Drug Store. The second highest smokestack has just been completed at Constable Hook, N, J., 865 feet high, 7 feet thick at baxe, 16 feet diameter. A Good Ooajch Medicine. [Prom the Gazette, Toowoomba, Australia.} I find Chamberlain’s Cough Rem edy is an excellent medicine. 1 have been suffering from a severe cough for the last two months, and it has effected a cure. I have great pleas ure in recommending it.—W. C. Wockner. This is the opinion of one of our oldest aod most respected res idents, and has been voluntarily given in good faith that others may try the remedy and be beneficted, as was Mr. Wockner. This remedy is sold by Cherokee Drug Company. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., had no wine or alcoholic beverages of any kind at his wedding supper—an un usual record for a millionaire’s wed ding- *A Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Good. A. II. Thurnes, a well known coal operator of Buffalo, O., writes, “I have been afflicted with kidney and bladder trouble for years, passing gravel or stones with excruciating pain. I got no relief from medicines until I began taking Foley’s Kidney Cure, then the result was surprising. A few doses started the brick dust like fine stones and I feel like a new man. It has done me a $1000 worth of good. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Miss Kate Livingston, a sister of Dr. Livingston, the explorer,has just celebrated her 106th birthday at the home on the Isle of Muli. TAR HEEL STATE. : th* re was a snowfall in Charlotte. I The flight was corking cold and as ‘dear as a bell The stars were shin- i yd by the r%ys of the big elec- ! trie light in [(dependence Square they saw a fall of snow. ■‘It looked like snow and (lal burn me, it was snow ’ said Serge; nI Orr. Three po- 'm. n curroborn’e him. Weather Observer Oberholze* was told about what the policetnei said. He had NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ’ !l(Jar,i of thi,,2H of th * fc ^"d before. In extremely cold weather it is not from upon From the Mountains to Sea. The i Coughs, Colds, and Constipation. Few people realize when taking cough medicine other than Foley’s Honey and Tar, that they contain opiates which are constipating besides being unsafe,particularly forchildren. Foley’s Honey and Tar contains no opiates, is safe and sure and will not constipate. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. The more a person really knows about a subject, the less likely is he to indiscriminately talk about it. A. J. Snell wanted to attend a party, but was afraid to do so on ac count of pains in his stomach, which he feared would grow worse. He says, “I was telling my trouble to a lady friend, who said: ‘Chamber lain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy will put you in condition for the party.’ I bought a bottle and take pleasure in stating that two doses cured me and enabled me to have a good time ai the party.” Mr. Snell is a resident of Summer Hill, N. Y. This remedy is for sale by Cherokee Drug Company. The main wheel of a watch makes 1 460 revolutions a year, the central wheel 8,760, the third wheel 70 080, the fourth 525 000, and the escape wheel 4,781,860. No one can reasonably hope for good health unless his bowels mova once each day. When this it not at tended to, disorders of the Stomach arise, billlousness, headache lyspen- siu and piles soon follow. If >.m wish to avoid these ailments keep your bowels regular by taking Chamber lain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets when required. They are so easy to Like ami mild and gentle In effect. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. Interesting Item* Concerning Our Ncigl - born Itcyoud the Line VVhieli .V1:ty I'io- .Entertain ng Reading for llumircde of Ledger Readers. North Carolina week at tht Char ■ s- ton Exposition has b -en end ' 1 irom January 20tb to April 7 > There will be much better wea' !>> r in April than in January and nw (inum the exposition will be better t’ e Summons has been Serveu Upon Governor Aycock in the suit bruugiit by the State of South Dakota aga* st Hie State of North Carolina ivj redemption of Western North Cui^- hua railroad bonds, ihe case i» re turnable before the United mates Supreme Court at Washington ou the dru of next mouth. Mr. J. J. Carson, of Bethel iu>u- ship, Haywood county, tells oi ihe* killing of a large black bear on G<.u- dle creek, in ahouc a mile of Bethel, Sunday morning. Several were m the chase and they ran the o< ar about three quarters of a mile, wonu Bruin took refugo up a tree. U took ten shots to bring him down iue bear weighed 257 pounds. On Sunday Dr. E. A. Moye of VV ay- uesville, performed an operation on the five months old child of Mr S. W. Erwin of that city. The cnnd had six toes on one foot, the ex<ra toe, instead of growing straight out like the others, being turned down ward. It would have prevented the child from walking, therefore was deemed best to remove the extra toe. Again the Southern Hotel at Hen dersonville has changed bands, .Air. Wyatt, who recently purchased aud improved the property, having noid to Mr. M. S. Bailey, of Clinton, 6 C The consideration was $7,300. so it will be observed that the value has been enhanced considerably since the last transfer, but Mr. Bailey,ton, pick ed up a bargain. Further improve ments are to be made. Some days ago while an engmu on the A. C. I. was taking coal at toe Rocky Mount coal schute, near Fay etteville, the body of a tregro man was emptied into tbe tender along with the coal. The negro bad been au employe at the schute, and the supposition is that he went to Me- p iu the schute and coal was piieu on him, or that he fell Into the oiu while a car of coal was being emptied into it. The students of Trinty Coibge were given Christmas holidays v« ry unexpectedly Monday morning. It was intended that the college would close lor the holidays today (Frida)) at 2 o’clock, but owing to a break down in the heating apparatus and the severe cold weather college work stopped Monday morning until Jan uary 3. The students began al once to leave for their homes. The firt-an- down in the heating plant was of such a nature that it will require several days to make the necessary repairs to get the building heated again. Gustaf E. Peterson, third engineer of the British steamshipSpennymore, which was discharging a cargo of kin- nit at Powers, Gibbs & Company’s guano factory several miles up the river from Raleigh, was shot Monday afternoon by tbe accidental discharge of a gun, and as a result of the unfor tunate accident his right arm was taken off at the shoulder at the Mar ine Hospital Tuesday night. Peter son, who is only 25, was out in a small boat with two shipmates. They went ashore, and when getting back in the boat Peterson struck the trigger of the gun with a holly hush, und the load was discharged into his arm. News reached Charlotte late Wed nesday afternoon of a disastrous lire at Newells Mecklenburg county'l ues- day night* in which Mr. F. E. Q.itv lost his residence, barn and all oilier outhouses. Telephonic connections were cut off from Newells Wednesday and it was impossible to learn the exact amount of Air. Query's loss. About two years ago be bad a seriou- fire and the one Tuesday night whs peculiary unfortunate. The only tiling saved from Ihe cor flagratioo I was the meat which Mr Qu> ry hud killed for next year's use. The lire swept tiie entire premises, so it D said, and although the meal w»s saved the smoke house w as consum d. It is uot known how the tire ongi nated. Sergeant Joe Orr, of Charlotte, and ills squad of policemen who were on duty Wednesday morning caused some talk during the day by the w> rd they sent out that at 12:15 a. m , I unusual for snow to »e blown i tne mountains and s.ft down ; an un-u-pecting locally. | Th- incoming freight train at Win- -toi -Salem fmm Charotte Tuesday i came near running in i> a section force on a handcar, neai the Davis i School. The freight win running j down grade at a speed of tbout thirty ( miles an hour. When the engineer first discovered the men 04 the car he na.i ld other thought but that they would jump off in time to re move ihe car, but they did not. When he saw there was daugfr ahead the engineer put his head out of the cab window ana called to the section force ‘ Jump and save your Jives." The men appeared to be etcited. Just as they left the car the ingiue struck it throwing it high in tie air. The workmen did not appezr to realize their narrow escape until af ter the train had passed. The unknown desperado and mem ber of a famous gang of train robbers, who shot and seriously wounded Of ficers DinWiddie and Taylor at Knox ville last Friday night, and wt* known to have been in Asheville % few nights ago in company with two other men, was arrested at an early hour Wednesday morning at Mossy Creek near Asheville. News of th»3 notorious desperado’s apprehension^, was conveyed to tbe city by train men who tel! an exciting story of tha encounter. The man was identified by Mossy Creek officers by tbe scar* and bruises which he had sustained in the encounter with tbe KnoxviJJo Officers, and the Knoxville officers notified of his whereabouts. Tbs sheriff at Mossy Creek concluded il would be perhaps better to plae* their man in custody without delay and summoning bis deputies thw desperado was surrounded by half »~ dozen men with loaded shot guns, who commanded him to surrender. $2,000 in new twenty dollar bank notes was found in his possession. With the exception of the reasc itself a woman has a reason for evei thing. Cures Canoor, Blood Poison. Rating Sores Cicero. Costa Noting to Try. Blood poison and deadly cancer are the worst and most deep-seated* blood diseases on earth, yet tha easiest to cure when Botanic Blood- Balm is used. If you have blood- poison, producing ulcers, bone pains,, pimples, mucous patches, failing hair, itching skin, scrofula, old rheumatism or offensive form of catarrh, scabs and scales, deadly can cer, eating, bleeding, festering sores, swellings, lumps, persistent wart or sore, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) It will cure even the worst caaw after everything else fails. B. B. B. drains tho poison out of tne systeor- and the blood, then every sore heals,, making ihe blood pure and rich, and building up the broken-down body. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) thoroughly tested for 80 years. Drug stores, $1 per large bottle. Trial treatment free by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice given until cured. B. B. B. does not contain mineral poisons or mercury (as so many adverlised remedies do,) but is composed of Pure Botanic Ingre dients. Over 8,000 testimonials of cures by taking Botanic Blood Balm B. B. B. J A method has been invented tosink shafts in the salt islands of Louisiana and they may become an important salt mining center. Tut Cauxea Might Alarm. “One night my brother’s baby was taken with Croup,” writes Mrs. J. C. Snider, of Crittenden, Ky., “it seemed it would strangle before we could g t a doctor, so we gave it Dr. Kings New Discovery, which gave quick relief and oermaneutly cured it. We always keep it in the house to protect our children from Group Htui W hooping Cough. It cured mo of a chronic bronchial trouble that no otntr remedy would relieve." infal’tble for Coughs. Colds, Throat and Lu< g troubles, 5(1 and $1 (H). Trial hoi tit s free at Com puny. Cherokee Drug Tti * value of the wrdding of Jot n I>. aim 11 *• daughter of Senator Aldrich, wan estimated at $700 000, presents at Rockefeller, If you would have an appetite lik< a hear and a relieh for your lane ('liambt i! "in b Mtnnacl’ ani er I'ahlits. They correct of the stomach and regulate, hikI *v Is. I’r * 25 oen pies free, at Cherokee D. j|