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/ i ) THE LA Circulation -ji' V I .4 .* V i p 1P 5 in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. J" ^ S T' SEMI-WEEKLT—PUBLJ'SHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. vVt OJAHANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. ^wspaper in ail that tiie Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. P Ff ESTABLISH »» » 16. 1894. GAFFNEY. S. C , TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, I»Oi. • 1.00 A YEAB. THROUGHOUT THE PMETTB STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events ALL OVER THE STATE. Events that H.ve T*k»*ii I’lnee from <>ii« End ^ the State t« the Other Culled from Exchange** tor Quick IJt'itiliug by Scores of Kusy People. J. L. Crtiterfr-1> < I, ly the work of an incendiary. This is msde apparent by the fact that an ■ ffort was made to burn a near-by •r>h. Hay had been piled against tliut building and tired, the logs and w. H!h<-r boarding being charred up to rhp. HV. sof the roof. The barn was i stuvl or !ji , 22ii and its contents for $1‘J0 tin* b. uig valued at $750. Another bloody affair is reported from t in (\ ! ca up <»u Rock Hiil ; havt grown ba Power Company’s o f'arawba river near lie rouble appears to < { a game of cards at X! t.g to was killed by a runa** ' nor- 1 miles from Co'lumbi j ; i.’ir .a *] It is said the CoiumM-s N - and Laarens r i bv the Seabocrd S.oiie c * ktio * that it h Little importance ha- al to rhe rumor^ On Fridav last .Sr... «' Giddeon seized iwu •* i . J o key from a negro n .me j ] i. at Lockhart. He also m zed ; lisle two gallons of aIu-'Tov 'ton (' deven that the will carry •tots iur- Dawkins, color d and two from .1. W. Dawkins, colon .1 It has been announce.] trolley cars of Oharlesi.i't passengers for on- tar • 5 ing the exposition A r on- has been made by the ant I. < r . - • n v no more*ten cent far.--w.; ■> -liugel Vice-President P H atiI-.U'Mi has given out an official a . miocemerit. A thousand turkeys i . he ^iv-'n away in Columbia <Uin-tm** I’he Olympia Mill will giv • 6UU ' ura \ s ro operatives; 275 turkey- wi I oe given to the inmales of r he -taie m-ane asylum; several dozens of 'orneys will be sent to the Epworih Orphan age; The jails and *.rher in-i.iruii.MiH Will be remembered. The following prisoner-—all colored —were committed to jail to Yorkvtile last Wednesday on account of nm recent riot at the works of the Cataw ba Power company : Elias Herndon, Hance Brown, Jim Pride. Along with them came Ei Rml, charged with robbery from the prison and Ed. Houston, under sentence to serve {10 days on the chain gang, for vagrancy. Charleston was visited Thursday by the most destructive fire thar has occurred since the Hayne sr.reet con flagration. Ten buildings were total ly destroyed and several others more or less damaged, the total loss being estimated at between $25 000 and $27,000, with $15,000 or $16 000 in surance. Business in the district was broken up. Several families were made destitute. A funeral wake was interrupted. Jim Davis, a negro, was before Magistrate McMaster in Columbia, Friday, charged with several crimes. It seems that Davis stole a bicycle from Mr. Hazel in November, not satisfied with that be broke into a house and tried to steal something else, and to cap the climax forged a another man’s name. The police nabbed him however, and in default of $1,000 bond, he was sent to jail to await trial by Jhe “big” court. 0 The total amount of taxable prop erty on the state’s books this year is $189,333,107, instead of $192,895,- B09. This lacks about $4 000,000 of being as much as reported Friday through a mistake in the office of the comptroller general. The amount of taxes payable this year is $945 665.- 58, an increase of $52 436 78. This means that the state’s appropriation of $50,000 to the Exposition will not - cause any hardships. Tuesday morning, between 1 and 8 o’clock, the safe in the jewelry store of C. E Marchbanks, at Pelzer, was blown open by burglars who got $75 in money and about a thousand dollars worth of watches and jewelry. The work was evidently done by ex perts, supposed to be the name gang which broke open the safe of the Willlamstoo Fertlliz .* company two months ago as the manner of break ing open the safe Is similar in both cases. There Is no clue, the thieves getting away safely with their booty. A special committee of D. A. R.’s has undertaken to bring about the recovery of ao historic emblem that should be among the archives of South Carolina, the flag of Sergeant Jasper of Revolutionary fame now in the town of London. This was not the flag that made him famous at Fort Moultrie, but was one give*' the Second South Carolina by Miss‘El* liott, which he lost his life in defend ing at Savannah in 1779. Plans have been outlined and every possible effort will be made to secure the re turn of the famous flag to this coun try. The barn of Mr. P. A. Workman, on the farm of Messrs. Elliott A Rob ertson, five miles west of Rock Hill, was destroyed by fire Tuesday night, together with four bales of cotton and 800 bales of peavine hay belonging to Mr. Workman. The fire was evident* winch a mimns of negroes were plajnrs but ■ < hut tie occurred after i he game wa- over Whisky was used tree y in i >1 appears that Elias Hernd nt, •a ho fca- at first armed with a pisioi w ib crazed with drunk enness a' : i;.t rfvrred with every nia'i who Hanse Brown, who secur .) . shot gun and did a lot of ebeoti g - lys the first shot he fired *a- at v. mil. but that he fired several other i lines to hit hut not to kill. iSev* ral w re wounded. A horrible atf- ir occurred at the Manchester O. ttnn Mill in Rock Hill Thursday afu rnoon when the four- year-oid son of VIr and Mrs. J. A. Wrigtit wm burre d so seriously, in deed »b to rorvier nis recovery ex ceedingly (|. dHiu! The little fellow was playing in i ne yerd at his fath er’s home, tut having been kindled there for come purpose. Venturing unsuspectingly too near the blaze, the little f* How' 4 * clothing took fire and in a moment tie was a pillow of ttaim*. Hurried efforts were made to save the child. Mrs. Wright, the mother using every endeavor in her power but before the flames could be subdued the clothing was nearly all destroyed and the baby horribly burned and charred The left side is burned from the knees up; the right side is not as horribly injured, but seriously so. while the flesh on the back is burned through the third layer and there is no circulation there. The little fellow’s hands are uieo awfully burned ENTERTAINING JOTS FROM ETTA JANE. Happenings of the Past Week in Lower Cherokee. PERSONAL AND LOCAL. Thousands Mont Into Exile. Every year a large number of poor sufferers whose lungs are sore and racked with coughs are urged to go to another climate. But this is costly and not always sure. Don’t be an exile when Dr. King’s New Discovery or Ooo sumption will cure you. at home. It’s the most infallible medi cine for Coughs, Colds, and all Throat and Lung diseases on earth. The first dose brings relief. As tounding cures result from persistent use Tiiai bottles free at Cherokee Drug Company. Price 50c and $1.00. Every bottle guaranteed. in order to escape going to jail a New Jersey man married a woman from whom he stole. A woman some times strikes on a fine way of making the punishment fit the crime. A Good OuukIi Medicine. [From 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 and most respected res idents, and has been voluntarily given in good faith that others may try the remedy and be benefitted. as was Mr. Wockner. This remedy is sold by Cherokee Drug Comnany. Seth Low has not thought to send for Mark Twain. Perhaps the Mayor- elect feels that is altogether unneces sary for him to expose himself to a cover of bad jokes *A Thou Hand Dollars’ Worth of Good. A. 11. Tburnes, a well known coal operator of Buffalo, O., writes, ‘ 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 hae done me a $1000 worth of good. For sale by Cherokee Drag Co. Doubtless the Saltan eojoyed thoee congratulations upon the occasion of hli birthday. They relieved the mon- etooy of the oommunicatione of the bill collectors. Coach*, Cold*, and Conitlpatlon. Few people realize when taking cough medicine other than Foley’s Honey and Tar, that they contain opiates which are constipatiog besides being unsafe,particularly for children. Foley’s Honey and Tar contains no opiates, is safe and sure and will not constipate. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. Perhaps the delegates to the Pan- American Congress can put a little ginger into the proceedings by discus sing the situation at Colon. To Cure a Cult! In On* Dny Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All diuggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s sig nature is on each box. 25o. ItriiiH About IVopleand Thing* in the Lower Section of the County Gathered I’p by Our Regular Correspond ent ami Given to Ledger Reader*. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane. Dec. 20—By the time this reaches most of our readers they will be enjoying the festivities of a Christmas occasion, and we wish all of them a merry happy time, also for The Ledger, we wish that degree of prosperity it has so abundantly mer ited during its past history. The cold weather still continues and the farmers are not doing much out-door work at this time. A few hogs remain to be killed yet. This is fine weather for contracting pneumonia In a letter from Dr. L. R Black, at Huntesville. N. C.,;we are glad to learn that he is pleasantly situated in his new home and building up a nice practice. Mr and Mrs. Foster have moved iito York county, where they will make their future home. We hate for Cherokee to lose any of its good cit izens. Among the York county teachers we find the name of E A Macomson, of Sharon. We can safely recommend him to his patrons as one fully com petent to teach their cbililren and who will do bis duty. 1'he Lockhart Mills, undertbe man agement of that model cotton mill man Col John C. Cary, has inaugurated a system by which the mill operatives can have the advantage of a common school education*. The school pays the salaries of teachers. The school is kept {open at night for the benefit of those who have to work in the day time. This includes any of tfie op eratives irrespective of age who wish to avail themselves of its advantages. Cards are out for the marriage of Mr. Henry A. Dunbar, of Union, and Mies Bailie Fowler, of Kelton, which takes place at Foster’s Chapel at 3 o’clock p. m.. on Wednesday, Janu ary 1, 1901. Everything has been ar ranged to make it a most enjoyable occasion, and the friends of the con tracting parties (which are legion) are invited to attend and witness it Rev. Sam T. Creech will pronounce the ceremony and Mrs. Creech will, preside at the organ. Mr. Dunbar is one of Union’s business men and Miss Sallie Fowler is a sister of Messrs. William G. and John H. Fow ler of this place and is one of the most accomplished and estimable young ladies in Union county. We join their many friends in wishing them a long and happy and prosper ous life. Mr. Butler Goforth, son of our es teemed friend, Mr F. A. Goforth, was married to a Miss Suggs, and Miss Dussie Goforth, bis sister, married Mr. Jeff Brown, of Brown’s creek, last Wednesday at the home of her par ents at Sunnyside. Mr. and Mrs. Goforth honored the occasions with a sumptuous dinner to which a number of their friends were invited who extended to the newly wedded couples their congratu lations. May heaven’s richest bene diction rest upon them is the wish of your correspondent. Our readers will pardon us for re ferring to another brilliant wedding affair which took place at Pleasant Grove church, in Chester county, on the 12th Inst., in which Gapt. James 8. McKown and Miss JanieWylie were the contracting parties. Both of them are well and favorably known to a large number of our Ledger readers. Throughout the ceremony was a very solemn and Impreseive one. From the Oornwell correspondence of the Oolumbla State we get the fol fowing account of it: The ceremony was performed at Pleasant Grove church by Rev. Mess ers. J. A. White and C. J. Brown. The attendants were Mise JanieCald well and Mr. Ajmbrose Wylie, Miss Maud Thompson and Mr. John Me Daniel, Mies Annie Bingham and Baxter Westbrook, Miss Maud Mc Kown, Mr. Erasmus Wylie, Mr. W. Brown Wylie, of Yorkville, uncle of the bride, gave her away. The grooms men and bridesmaids came in singly, a groomsman up one aisle and his vis a-vis up the other, each, on arriving at the front cross-over, and taking; positions as above. After them came the maids of honor, followed by the flower girl bearing a waiter with the wedding ring. Then came the bride with her uncle and up the other Isle the groom and his best man. A pretty ring service was uted. Mr. White took the vows and offered prayer, af- fc .er which Mr. Brown having required the token, received the ring from the tendered waiter, gave it to the groom, who placed it on the bride’s finger, the maid of honor having removed the glove. Kneeling now the pair received the blessing and rising were pronounced husband and wife. The music starting, they passed down the aisle followed by the ffower girl, the best man and the maid of honor go ing down the other aisle. The grooms men and bridesmaids followed in pairs, passing out to where carriages were waiting at the door, whence the whole party was conveyed to the bride’s home, where an informal re ception was held. The bride is the daughter of the late Dr. Moffett Wylie, is a sweet sensible young woman, well worthy of the love of any man, and particu larly of the love of her honored Captain Jim. S. McKown, who is one of the brighter young men of the community, son of ex Representative S. T. McKown of this county. The bride was dressed in white silk and carried roses. Her maids wore organdies. The groomsmen were in evening dress. After the reception the newly mar ried, with a few friends, drove to Cornwell to take the train While waiting for the 11:30 train, these friends and crowds of others who bad come to see the bride and groom off, made divers unsuccessful at tempts to check the trunks with old shoes, and were successful in delug ing the bridal pair with rice, to the discomfort of the conductor and por ter. who with mouths agape, were filled with wonderment and rice. J • L• THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTir CAROLINA NEWS, He Kept Hlw Leg. Twelve years ago J. W. Sullivan, of Hartford, Conn., scratched his eg with a rusty wire. Inflammation and blood poisoning set in. For two years he suffered intensely. Then he best doctors urged amputation, ‘but,” he writes, “I used one bottle of Electric Bitters and 4 1-2 boxes of luokien’s Arnica Salve and my leg was sound and well as ever.” For Eruptions, Eczema, Tetter, Balt Rheum, Sores and all blood disorders Electric Bitters has no rival on earth Try them JCherokee Drug Company will guarantee satisfaction or refund money. Only 50 cents. Even as a tree is prum-d to cause t to bear better fruit, so should we eliminate all superfiuiMes from our minds, and give the good and true more room to flourish 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.' 1 bought a bottle and take pleasure in stating that two doses cured me and enabled me to have a good time at the party.” Mr. Snell is a resident of Summer Hill, N. Y. This remedy is for sale by Cherokee Drug Company. Do not read great authors solely with a view to inoculating yourself with their idea on a certain subject, but reason the matter out and form your own opinion. No one can reasonably hope for good health unless bis bowels move once each day. When this is not at tended to, aisorders of the stomach arise, billiousness, headache, .lyspeo* sia and piles soon follow. If you 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 take and mild and gentle in effect. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. What we regard at the time as a great catastrophe, may, viewed through the light of subsequent events, turn out to be a blessing In disguise. Boy** Life tit red front Membranoa* Croup. C. W. Lynch, a prominent citizen of Winchester, Ind., writes, "My lit tle boy had a severe attack of mem branous croup, and only got relief after taking Foley’■ Honey and Tar. He got relief after one does and I feel that It saved the life of my boy.” Refuse substitutes. For sale by Cher okee DrugjDo^ Knowledge that cannot be express ed is not of appreciable value. A Tl uieljr Topic. At this season of coughs and colds it is well to know that Foley’s Honey and Tar is the greatest throat and lung remedy. It cures quickly and prevents serious results from a cold. For sale by Cberoaee Drug Company. Ready wit, a smile, and good pearance are often a fortune. ap- Don’t be imposed upon by taking sabstitutes offered for Foley’s Honey and Tar. For sale by Cherokee Drug | Company. IntereHtlnK Item* Conei-rnlng Our Neigh bor* Beyond the Line Which Mny Prove Entertain*nff Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Reader*. Miss Ida Jolly, of Boiling Springs, who left a few weeks ago to visit rela tives in Indian Territory was happily married on Nov. 27rh at Snritiger. Indian Territory to Mr. Joe Kuntz, a prominent business man of that place, They will remove lo Denson, Texas, and this will be their home after Jan uary ihe 1st. A submarine lighting apparatus has just arrived at Elizabeth City, from New York to be used in the searching for the body oi Nellie Cropsey. who mysteriously disappeared November 20 Andrew G. Cropsey, of New York, uncle of the missing girl, sent it. The electric light apparatus will oe em ployed in exploring the river bottom. The latest imitator of the cherry* tree swindle is an Asheville concern which pretends to sell a gold watch and some soap for $2 after which they will put the suckers to “doing writ ing at home” for $20 a month. This kind of business is about run in the ground and those who bite at this after all the publicity such swindles have had will deserve to lose their money. Officers Steele and Cauble, of Salis bury, caught Richard Smith, who claims to hail from Eastern North Carolina Friday morning and locked him up. Smith was trying to sell a cow to Mr. Jake Rusher when be was arrested. The officers suspected that something was wrong and inquiry proved that he had stolen the cow from Mr. John A. Hendrick. Smith was given a preliminary hearing and sent to jjail. Mr. R. J. Hatton was brutally as saulted one day last weak while driv ing to his home about three miles from Salisbury. He was driving in front of Capt. Stewart when his hat was blown off. Capt. Stewart got out of his vehicle for tbe hat and when he returned according to Mr. Halton’s statement a man (whom he thinks be knew) jumped from tbe bushes and attacked him with a rock. One lick in particular was effective, laying tbe scalp on Mr. Halton’s head open. Mr. Halton thinks that the party who assaulted him was a man who had been violating the law and whom be bad reported. Mr. Oscar Croom, who drives one of the city carts in Wilmington, re ported Thursday another horrible burning to death of a negro child in the extreme eastern section of the city. He was driving out in the vicinity of Thirteenth and Princess streets about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, and was attracted by cries of colored people in the vicinity. He went to the scene and found that a negro child two years old had fallen into a fire in tbe yard and was burned to death. The child was lying in the yard in a horribly burned condition when Mr. Croom reached tfle scene, and the parents were standing by al most distracted with grief. As Dr. O. J. Bennett was riding in a buggy near Pollocksville, Wake county, a person in woman’s dress asked for a ride and was allowed to get In the buggy. The stranger put a bundle in the buggy^ but did not sil down. The doctor saw tbe glitter of a revolver and like a flash seixed the stranger below the waist so as to destroy all balaoea and tossed tbe dangerous companion out of the bug gy bead first. He saw at a glanoe trousers under tbe skirt aod whipped hie horse loto a run. He found that tbe package placed In the buggy eou talced $400 aud other things of value. All this was probably stolen, but there is no olswas to ownership., Robert Paisley, the white man who was arrested In Durbsm, several days after a long ohaae with blood hounds, has been given bis liberty. He left on tbe afternoon train for Greensboro several of tbe officers around tbe court bouse having taken up a colleo tion for bis benefit and with this purchased him a ticket. It was shown at the trial that Paisley was not the man who entered the home of John Hays at East Durham and car ried off twenty-five dollars in silver. The cause of the wait of several days was to get some some witneses here from Granville county, by whom Paisley established an alibi. The other evidence against him was quite strong and tbe alibi alone saved him from the higher court. Officer Charles Clarke, of Durham, | Lad a hot eegugemout with three iu?d named Garrad about noon Thursday, The men, a father and two sons. wer» from Orange-. The father was very much the worse for liq-aor and as they drove out of the Banner warehouse he turned the air blue with cuss word®. The policeman ordered him to desist, and finding bis tfommancT disregarded started to the wagon A blow from the butt end of a wagon whip sent him to grass and the wagon started up Chapel Hill street on the run. Tbe officer secured'a laundry wagon and headed the party off near thw cemetery. In the battle that flow ed the old man knocked the police man down with a pole, and after try ing to drive over him the trio finally made their escape. As they were go ing, however, Clarke fired on them, slightIvJ wounding one of the younjp m*-n under the arm. Ross Russell, a voung white man, employed at the Union Copper Mine, at G'kii Hill, met a frightful deatb late Thursday afternoon. Young- Russell had been working at the bot tom of a 500 foot shaft, with five other employes of the mine, sending up successive buckets of ore. The bucket in this shaft is a large one, and is drawn up by a steam engine, to which the wire is attached, run-' ning over a gallows-like scaffolding at the top, called the “popper head.” The engine has a capacity of hoisting 10'ton of ore up the ohaft at the rate of 1.000- feet a minute, When hu man life is the freight in the bucket the rate of progress upwards is slow er. Unfortunately, on this occasion the hoister-man was talking to some* one when the bucket came up the shaft, and carlessly allowed it to get beyond control. It consequently hit the “popper head” with great force, ail the men being more orlessbruh and young Russell being knocked out and sent downward 500 feet to his death. His body was brought up shortly afterwards a mere mass of Jelly. COLDS IN CHILDREN. Recommendation of a Well Known * go Physician. I use and prescribe Chamberlain'* Cough Remedy for almost all obsti nate. constricted coughs, with direct results. 1'prescribe it to children of all ages. Am glad to recommend tt to all in need and seeking relief from colds and coughs and bronchial af flictions. It is non-narcotic, and safe in the hands of the most unprefee- sional. A universal panaeca for allr mankind.—Mrs. Mary R. Melendy, M. D., Pb. D. Chicago. 111. This remedy is for sale by Cherokee Drug Company. The sudden activity upon tbe part of tbe New York police captains sa vors rather strongly of tbe sort of re pentance which takes place on the deathbed. Cure* Coucer, Blood Polaon. Hating Soros L'leer*. Co*t« Noting to Try. Biood poison and deadly cancer are the worst and most deep-seated blood diseases on earth, yet the easiest to cure when Botanic Blood Balm is used. If you have blood poison, producing ulcers, bone pains, pimples, mucous patches, falling 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 case after everything else fails. B. B. B. drains the poison out of the system and the biood, then every sore heals, making tbe biood pure and rich, sod building up the broken-down body. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.> thoroughly tested for 80 years. Drug stores, $i per large bottle. Trial treatment free by writing Blood Balm Go., Atlanta, Ga. Describe troubft*- and free medical advice given until cured. B. B. B. does not contain mineral poisocs or mercury (as so many advertised remedies do,) but I*, composed of Pure Botanic Ingre dients. Over 8,000 testimonials of cures by taking Botanic Blood Bairn B. B. B.1 To be able to use tbe tongue Aueofe ly Is undoubtedly a great advantage lo many oaaea; but tbe power to keep silent is equally advantageous. ■•port from the He term School. J. G. Gluck, Superintendent, Prom* tytowu, W. Vs., writes: “Aftertrying all other advertised cough medicine* we have decided to uee Foley's Honey and Tar exclusively in tbe West Vir ginia Reform 8ch>ol. I find It tb* most effective and absolutely harm less ” For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. A New York man convinced his wif* that God ordered him to employ * pretty female stenographer. Sons* woman are very easy. If you would have an appetite Ilk* a bear and a relish for your meal* take Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liv er Tablets. They correct disorder* of tbe stomach and regulate tbe liver and boweia. Price 1 25 cents. Sam- .plea frve, at Cherokee DrugCompauj^,