The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, January 03, 1902, Image 5
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Gentlfimio and Ladit's: ISms lor ( inist-
mas tloliduvs. A riir.t‘ r rfsh I’o' k Ham <>i' a
round trlniimal Shoulder, a flue, fat Kta f
Koant. home all 1‘orK Sausage ami mixed san-
sago fresh ground everv iliiy just, like old
tini<“s Plenty of while they last. Fine
domest i - Hints, oranges, apples hjmanas,
fresh t hrlstmas candles. Hi e works for all.
V'egeiahles when can Ik; h d. Hogs hy the
1.000 pounds, net or gross, the hist shipment
this year Come, or eaU Phone No. U . |{iii'-
nettoloi^t. 10,000 lbs of green hides w anted.
L. W. McGUlNN.
For tiie Building Season,
L. BAKER
Has just received a large stock
of Sash, Doors, Mantelpieces
and all kinds of Trimming,
Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Box
ing, Molding, Brackets, etc. No.
1 Hearn Pine Shingles and a
good stock John W. Masury it
.Sons Guaranteed Paints and
Varnish, all at the lowest rea
sonable prices. Call and see him
when you want anything in his
line. No charge for making
estimates.
Do You Want Money?
Save it by buying your Gro
ceries, Fruits, etc., from me.
I will save you money for the
next thirty days. Come to see
me and be convinced.
J. E. EZELL,
’Phone 1 32.
Prompt Delivery.
Engraving
G. W. SPEER,
AXTroreUfESYAT-LfAW.
GAFFNEY, S. C.
Office In Auditor's office itt Court House.
J. E. WEBSTER,
Att orne-v-A.t- iwii w,
ffleem Court House. iProbHUvJudge swfBo
Gatiney City, S. C.
i^HOtlcon in ali theeoarta. Colleo-
flops « sne.'MMi'tv
JAMES A. WILLIS.
ATTORNKV AT LA V,
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Notary Public In office. Prompt attentloi,
(riven to tel, bushiyss.
Office over K. A. .(ones A Oo.’j* store.
D.U.Hum an C. P.bai.uers W.B. Uall.Jr
DUHCAK, SAUDERS & HALL,
Attorney s-at-Law.
Offi'ie H fo'I.H .r'd A •».. •* aww«
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB.
| Dentist,
Ofhce over K. A. lone, A Co ’e Store
Oaub>e found atodfleeali days in the w«-ei
of plain script letters
on gold and silver nov
elties done on short
notice. Orders taken
for watches, clocks,
J jewelry, silve r w a r e,
etc. First Class Re
pairing Promptly done
in the above lines.
J. R. COOPER.
rror-**
Building and Plastering Lime,
Goal, and Plaster Hair.
Plaster Paris.
Kosendale Cement,
Portland Cement,
Dynamite,
Blasting Powder, Fuse
and Dynamite Caps, call on
Limestone Springs Lime Works
CARROLL & CO., Lessees.
Tslpphnno 57.
J. C. OTTS,
Attorney and Counselor.
Office uustalrs. between K. A. Jones and
D&veniJort
.Office and Residence .Phone.
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Engine and Cars Hurled Down
Embankment.
TWO MEN REPORTED MISSING
Are Probably Dead Beneath Wreck.
The Engineer Was So Seriously In
jured That His Recovery Is Ccnsid-
ered Doubtful.
Parkersburg, W. Va., Dec. 30.—Two
men are missing, one badly Injured,
one engine and four cars are at the
foot of an embankment, three cars
are wrecked and 100 feet of track
are torn up as the result of the colli-
son with a heavy rock of a western
hound freight on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad at No. 33 tunnel at Long
Run at 6:55 this morning.
The engine struck the rock, which
had rolled down the hill just as the
train came out of the tunnel. The
two missing men are Fireman A. R.
Hite and Brakeman E. B. Putnam,
both of Grafton. They are probably
dead beneath the wreck.
Engineer Hope Gouuy, of Grafton,
was so seriously injured he will prob
ably not recover.
Heavy rains loosened the rock.
FATAL CRASH ON RAILS.
Trolley Car Collides With Freight Cars
Attached to Switch Engine.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 30.—Yester
day morning an East Lake street car
collided with a number of freight cars
attached to a switch engine at Twenty-
seventh street and First avente. One
man was killed and two others injured.
The dead:
E. \V. Jones, conductor on street
car.
The injured: Ed Green, negro
brakeman, both legs broken and head
crushed; H. M. Toate, Woodlawn,*
bruised on legs.
The car which crashed Into the
freight tiaiu was the first one due in
Birmingham and it is said was going
at a rapid rate of speed. The acci
dent occurred just before daylight and
the men in charge of the switch en
gine claim they dkl not see the car un
til! it >vus struck.
The engine was pushing the cars
ahead of it and the front of the street
ear struck the first freight ear, turn
ing it completely over. 1 he next car
was also thrown from the track and
Conductor Jones pinioned underneath
it. His body was badly ciushed and
he died almost instantly.
There are conflicting stories as to
the cause of the accident. Some say
the street car was going at. a rtkU «l
15 miles an hour and did not stop
at the crossing. Others say the car
stopped as usual and had started
across the railroad track when the
freight cars struck it.
WRECK CAUSED BY LANDSLIDE.
Four of a Train Crew Killed Near
Lynchburg, Va.
Lynchburg, Va.. Dec, 3o—A landslide
on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
near Reusens Station, 5 miles we»t of
Lynchburg, on the Jamil's River branch
yesterday caused a wreck.
The engineer, conductor, fireman
and baggageman of a passenger train
were killed and several other persons
injured, hut none of them serioualy.
The slide was caused hy waabouts
due to the heavj’ rains.
The name ot the conductor who was
killed was Captain Whittaker, and
that of the engineer Fisher and Bag
gage Master Thompson. Express Mes
senger Shannon is missing, and'it is
believed that he was drowned, the wa
ter being very high about the sceae of
the wreck.
A man named Baker, a machinist
from Clifton Forge, Va., is missing.
Several passengers from the wreck
express the opinion that probably one
or two passengers were hurled under
the debris.
A message from Reusens says the
dead will not number more than four
or five.
Presidential Appointments.
Washington. Dec. 30.—The presftlcnt
today made the following appoint
ments: Porto Rico provisional regi
ment of infantry, captains: John hi.
Field. Frank L. Graham. Edwin J.
Griffith; first lieutenants, Stewart McC.
Docker, Ralph E. Campbell, Miles K.
Taulbee; second lieutenants, Frans
C. Wood, Elbert M. Robinson, A. Mo
reno. William S. Woodruff, Richard H.
Poilion, Jr.. William 1). Pritchard. Wil
liam L. Patterson; Philippine scouts,
first lieutenant. Ambrose C. C. Wil-
liams-Foote, John Holtman; second
lieutenants. Lorenzo Alexais de Clair-
niont. Jesse Hazeltine, Joseph Maria
Del Rosario. Howard'White and Frank
C. Barendt.
ICE JAM IN ALLEGHENY RIVER.
Caused Overflow c* i tream, Threaten
ing Railroaci DridO's.
Pittsburg, Dec. CL—The-threatened
flood as a result oi th 1 heavy rain tU
of Saturday and Surday has been
averted l.y trie cold snap and the rivers
at ibis point will not reach over tire
2‘J-loot stage. ,
At 10 o’clock fhe marks registered
I6V2 and rising slowly. Dispatches
from the headwaters report the wa
ters failing at all points. During the
night a big ice jam formed in the Al
legheny river between the Ft. Wayne
railroad bridge and the bridge at Six
teenth street, and for a time threat
ened to sweep the new railroad bridge
away. The gorge caused the rivers to
overflow and at 4 o'clock this morn
ing Pine street and River avenue, Al
legheny, were flooded. The Allegheny
department of public safety at once
sent out men to warn people living in
the lower part of the city to vacate
their homes, hut half an hour later the
jam broke with an awful crash. The
Ice was forced lk*: ween the Ft. Wayne
bridge piers hy the immense volume
of water and some of the false work
under the new bridge was torn away,
but otherwise the structure was not
damaged. About 25 loaded coal barges
lying along the bridge on the Alleghe
ny side were torn from their moorings
and forced upon River avenue. They
were badly damaged, as was considera
ble freight in c ars along the Pittsburg
and Western railroad tracks. The loss
to property will amount to several
thousand dollars. Tne rivers are now
rapidly being cleared of ice and no
more damage is expected.
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Eamase to Property.
FOUR Dr-.CWNEO AT WEST POINT
TRAFFIC BLOCKED.
Murphy and Asheville Divisions of the
Southern Tied Up.
Asheville, N. C., Dec. 30—The storm
of the past two days has played havoc
with train service. Traffic from the
west on the Southern railway has been
completely blocked since yesterday
morning. All passenger trains have
been annulled and no freights are run
ning. The trouble is at White Pine,
N. C., where trains are wateroound.
The track is also washed out in sev
eral places on the Murphy division.
Trains on the Asheville-Spartanburg
division are also waterbouud at Cam-
pobello, but are running about six
hours lute.
Trouble was reported this morning
at Tunnels on Black mountain, where
the French Broad river is within a
foot and a half of high water mark.
SCHUYLKILL RIVER HIGH.
Flood Threatened—Eig Manufacturing
Plants Suspend.
Philadelphia. Dec. 30.—The rain
which has fallen almost incessantly
since Saturday evening has resulted
in. a dangerous freshet in the Schuyl-
kill —
All of the bilHfifHlsU’ial plants along
the Schuylkill at Mana^Unk and Nor
ristown near here are Hooded' - aU'jlwork
has been suspended. Traffic hal> •{*£*
yet be n seriously handicapped.
In tins cit\ the river is out of Its
banks near the Baliimore and Ohio
railroad station. Cellars of dwellings
are flooded and 4 any residents along
the river early today sought safer
quarters.
12-Foot Flood at Reading.
Reading. Pa., Dec. 30.—A 12-foot
flood was raging in the Schuylkill riv
er early this morning, hut the water
is now receding.
BATTLE WITH ROBBERS.
Policamen at Martina Ferry Succeed
In Getting Two Crooks.
Martina Ferry, O., Dec. 30.—Masked
robbers entered the home of Thomas
Yingling, a butcher, yesterday morning
and forced him at. the point of a re
volver to give up fflOU.
Later the police had a battle witn
two of the robbers, who were captur
ed alter a lively exchange of shots at
close range. The men gave their
names as James Elliott, alias Taylor,
of Chicago, and Harry Hoyt, Wheelng.
Four of the robbers escaped.
Falls on a Red Hot Steve.
Raleigh. N. C., Dec. 30.—John Mor
gan G p.m, a wdl known tobacco deal
er. formerly of Durham, was killed
yesterday at Mount Airy hy ta-Mtfig on
a red hot stove. He was at hame
standing near the stove when he hud
an epileptic fit and fell across ti.e
stove, seizing the pipe in his arms.
The door was locked and had to
forced open hy the motTc-r and broth
er. who found the flesh naarly burned
off much of the man’s body.
J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist,
Gaffney, . - - S. C.
OflU * over J. R. Tolloson’s new at,ore
hi oiflce from 1st to 2fitb of each
omiAib:
British Casualties.
London. Dec. 30.—The war office to
day issued a further list of the Brit
ish casualties at Zeeiontein, rhewing
that 50 men were wounded aad that
246 were made prisoners. The latter
have all been released.
Resisted Arrest and Was Killed.
Globe. Ariz., Dec. 30.—Robert H.
Hattteld, one of the Kentucky clan,
has been shot and killed at the Troy
mining camp in the Pinal mountains.
Ills slayer was Deputy Sheriff Devine,
who bore a warrant for his arrest on
the charge of wife heating. Hatfield
sent word to the officers that he would
kill any man who tired to take him.
Devine fired two shots over his head In
an ineffectual effort to make the man
understand his danger, and then shot
with fatal effect.
Insurgents Attack Coolies.
Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 30.—According
to advic 's fn^' tiie Orient a party of
105 coolies e.,gaged in transporting
camphor was attacked by Formosa in-
surgenfs in November and 20 were
killed. Nineteen were decapitated.
Japanese troops and polfeo were n mt
against the rebels. A pitched battle
took place in which more than 100
were killed.
Weavers Strike In New Hampshire.
Dover. N. H., Dec. 30.—Claiming
that they have been paid less than
other workmen employed on the same
class of goods elsewhere, 200 weav-
«i'B at the Coehcco cotton mills here
struck today. It is reared that 3,500
to 3,800 employes in this city will be
come involved.-
Washout at Notasulga, Ala., Wrecks
Freight Train and Kills Engineer
Russell and Fatally Injures the Ne
gro Fireman—Property Loss Heavy.
Atlanta. Dee. 30.—Loss of life and
terrible destruction to property in
Georgia and Alabama, between Atlan
ta and Montgomery, followed in the
wake of Saturday’s downpour of rain.
Four deaths are known to nave re
sulted from the flood near West Point,
while the destruction of property was
extensive there and all along the lines
of the Atlanta ami West Point and
the Western Railway'd Alabama.
A telephone message from West
Point last night stated that the river
had risen 25 feet above normal height,
ami thr-'e or four bridges and culverts
had been washed away. The streets
of West Point were flooded and many
people had to move into second stories
for < omfort and safety.
A 2 o’clock yesterday morning
freight train No. 21, with 15 cars, on
the Western Railway of Alabama,
went into a washed out culvert at
Notasulga, 3<> miles from West Point.
The engine turned completely over
and Engineer Thomas Russell was
killed, while Cy Lee, the negro fire
man. was fatallj hurt, and two train
men were badly hurt.
Train No. 205) started to the scene
of the wreck, hut went through an
open culvert 5 miles out of West Point.
No one was injured in this accident,
however.
Four men attempted to rross the
Chattahoochee river near this point
shortly auer 1100:1, with the result that
three of the party, two white men and
one negro, were drowned. The dead
are George W. Callaway, H. H. Jones
and one negro, name unknown. The
fourth member ol the parly, a negro,
eg( aped unhurt.
On ho I ouisvi’le and Nashville rail
road. Southern system, the train due
at Montgomery was derailed and is
under water at D”as. On the Geneva
branch o' the Louisville and Nashville
DO feet of track have been swept
away near .Rocky Creek. Numerous
ivashcuta are sported along the line
between West Point and Montgomery.
©lily one tram attempted to go fro :
Atlanta yesterday over the Atlanta
and W-?st Point—the LaGrange spe
cial, leartng the city at 8:10 in the
morning. It was stopped at Ho-tano-
ville on account of h severe washout
and had to turn hack.
AH of the through trains to New
Orleans via the Atlanta an.! West
Point had to be annulled yesterday
and passengers going in that direction
to go around hy the Southern.
No'est ImafK oft ne loss of property
in and around \\' ’' % 'J^drt could he
made last night, in., it is ''Hs^Hevcd it
will prove extensile. In me hh^>fe<?
section of the town the stores and
warehouses have been flooded and the
impression prevails that tomorrow will
disclose farther loss of life along the
river, as well as heavy loss of prop
erty.
It is said the through connections
between Atlanta and New Orleans will
not. he resumed over the Western of
Alabama and the Louisville and Nash
ville before Wednesday.
The dam of the Columbus Power
company in North Columbus has been
swept away ami the water’is runiMiig
through the machinery room of the.^a-
gle and Phenix mills. The water is
within 2 feet of the Fourteenth street
bridge, and passage across is refused
to teams. P this structure is carried
away it may take with it the two other
city bridges.
The power house of the Columbus
Railroad company was flooded early
and the city was in darkness last
night. Nearly 5 inches ot rain has
fallen in the vicinity of Rome. Ga. A
gin house and 35 bales of cotton were
washed away on the Etowah river
The Western and Atlantic track be
tween Rome and Kingston Is under
water. This is a branch, however, and
docs not interfere with traffic on the
main line between Nashville and At
lanta.
On the Geneva. Ain., branch of the
Louisville and Nashville 300 feet of
track have been swept away near
Rocky creek and two washouts are
reported on the main line of the toad
soiitll yf Montgomery. . '
Wreck of'(he San Bins.
Fan Francisco, Dec. 30.—The first
definite information concerning the
wreck of the Pacific man steamer San
Bias and its cause has been rceeivou
here Ko.su:os liner Rorodit. Ac
cording toTlu* o R( .jflc Mail Steamship
com 1
:any’H
ucent in
Guatemala,
the
Fun
Bias
struck the
Reincdlos
root
near
Aca.'
•it in. Captain Cnttarh
ul'-h
then
attempted to ru
n for La 1
iber-
tafi.
t'llt V
is compell*
‘d to beach
the
vessel Ik fore he reached port. All
pas
lii
id the crew
escaj 1 !t In
the
lifeboats.
The V'-nql
is a total loxa..
Death of Mrs. Flthian.
New York, Dec. 30- A dispatch to
The Herald from London announces
the <1 a'h of Mrs. J. A. Flthlan. moth- |
t ol Mrs. Chester A. Arthur and Conn- )
tesBc Arthur de Gahrfac. Her body
will he takeu to California for iuier-
meat.
High Water In Tennessee.
Knoxville, Tonu., Dec. #0.—The Ten
nei see river wab 29.5 feet aiwrve low
water tots*adorning at’KJ :’clock with
the prospect that 30 feet would be
reached tiK&y, when a decline is ex
pected i>y the weather observer to be
gin. Reports from up river points In
dicate that high water Is prevalliL.
throughout upper Fast Tcinensec.
The river has risen M.7 feet cfRre
Saturday at l p. m. Two inches
'/snow fell here hist ulgbt and it lie^d.
'frnelting early this moi nlng.
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PERSONAL MR4GRAPHS.
I’t oplc } <>u Kim* Htid iVoitle * ou Don’t
K now.
('apt. R M G iffpe , George W.
Cotton. VY . Henry R-ss, J. H. Curry,
ami S. L Cutting, all of this city
went lo Charlotte Thurs i.y to attend
the annual meeting and blowout”
of the Mystic Shriners. Mrs. Cpt-
ting accompanied her husband on
the trip.
Gad Sparks, of Trough, was in
town yesterday. He said the Paco-
let mills could not start up yester
day morning on account of hig!>, wa
ter
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shuford re
turned to the city Sunday after
spending the holidays with friends
and relatives in North Carolina.
Dr. Andrews, of Shelby, X. C.,
spent Ciiristmas in the city with his
daughter. Mrs. T. Davenport.
John Bentley, of Gowdysville, was
in to see u» last week and reported
his fine hogs. He has killed two,
one weighed 400 and the other weigh
ed 350.pounds and he still has another
big one.
J J. Whisonant, a prominent lum
berman of Blacksburg, called to see
us last week and renewed
Mr. and Mrj. C. D. Rippy, of Mt.
Paron, spent some days in the city
last week, the guests of Mrs. Hippy’s
parents, E-quire and Mrs. I. G. Sar-
ratt.
J. Mat Allison, a prominent citi
zen and farmer of Blacksburg, made
a business trip to the city Friday.
John S. Harmon, a prominent
farmer of Wilkinsviile, spent Friday
in the city.
Mr. and Mrs P. C. Davis and son
Roy, have returned to the city after
some days with relatives and friends
in Roebuck and Spartanburg.
J. ^C. Montgomery, of Roebuck
Spartanburg Couny, was in the
city Inst week the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. P. C. Davis.
Of all the many South Carolinians
who have made their homes in the
west and returned to their old homes
to visit relatives and old friends this
Christmas, not one has received a
more hearty welcome than has
Marion X. Black, of Burwyn, Indian
Territory. Mr Black left Gaffney
twenty-one years ago He was a hard
working boy and a gi nth man before
he left and we know he is th" same
in his new home where we are glad
to hear of his success in life.
L C. A Clary paid us an appre
ciated visit a few days ago and re
newed ,
Mr. and Mrs J. J. Scruggs are in
Greenville on a pleasure trip.
Dr Park Thompson is in the city
for » few da>s. The Doctor called
on The Ledger yesterday.
Prof. VV. L. Johnson .’eft the city
yesterday for Charleston, where he
will have charg • of the D. H. Bald
win A Co., exhioi*-of pianos and or
gans at the Si uth Carolina Inter
state and West Indian Exhibition.
Julius Hammett, one of Cherokee’s
hardest working and successful farm
ers, was in Gt.fToe> yesterday.
Misses Bessie. Lillian, Minnie and
'tos, four charming and pop-
young^rflh>li^ rfe ‘’ ,lvii)e ' ^P ent
he holidays with MrVH^ ^ rs ^
Walker on Smith street.
Mr. and Mrs A. W. Doggl^ 1 arK *
Mrs. W. A. C. Doggett spent R^ vera '
of the holidays with Mr. GoinDo,
and family in Charlotte, X. C.
Miss Idel and Master Paul Brow
of Spartanburg, are spending the hol
idays with their sister, Mrs. \Y\ C.
Carpenter, corner Limestone and Bu
ford streets.
Mack Byars, of Blacksburg, was
among his many friends in the city
Friday.
Tuumey Jefferies, of Texas, is in
the city on a visit to his sister, Mrs.
Fletcher Smith on Race street End
many other relatives in the city and
county who are of Cherokee's most
prominent people.
Wm. C. Thompson came up from
the farms and spent several of the
holidays with bis parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Thompson on Race street.
Goodman Pridmore, of Grassy Pond,
one of Cherokee’s thrifty farmers
spent Friday in the city.
James Burgess, of Grassy Pond, a
farmer who farms, was a city visitor
Friday.
J. C. Robbs, a prominent citizen of
Grassy Pond, spent Thursday in the
city.
Wright Jolly, a young and prosper
ous Grassy Pond farmer, was a city
visitor Thursday.
Henderson Carroll, one of the old,
highly respected aod most wealthy
citizens of Cherokee, was a business
visitor in the city Friday.
R. E Porter, a prominent Cherokee
citizen and planter, spent vSaturday
in the city.
D D. Gaston, a prominent business
man of Blacksburg, came overdo the
city Thursday
Mrs. L. W. McGuino visited f,
in Spartanburg last week.
J. F. Norman epent F
Spartan nu rg
R W Compton. «hi
the Gaffney Manufeci
spent the hattdfcy* ft
Spartanbttfg codnxy, hls’i
E. H. Bridge*, a prom^i
and suoeessfdil , miller- at
from over the 'Rroed. hf
Ledger with a call Jreatart
nevad.
L. C. Roger* oeme
renewed. V
G*pt, A. A.'Urt
daughter. Miss "Dui
were vl«itors In thj|
E A Trescot.j
cam* ver to |
professional “
W. D
farmer of
Ledger vi
M iss Lj|
young 1«
ci 1 y the gu*
fHI»lli\ Of
street.
J. Russel
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re!m i ves.
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ett
*11 Sparks formerly of this
t mv of Arderson was in
the city v. i; h friends Sunday.
John B. Brown, a prominent citi-
Z"«i and planter of Ravenna, made a
bu-ir ess trip to Hie city Wednesday.
M O. Lipscomb, one of the most
ex'er.siVe and successful farmers in
the county, came the city yester
day on business.
Morris Switzer, a business man of
Greenwood, was in the city yesterday
on a visit to his son “Willie.”
Magistrate Geo. I) Scruggs, of
Ezells, was a business visitor in the
city yesterday.
N. Y\ . Hardin Esq., of Blacksburg,
was in the city yesterday on profes
sional business.
Dr. Lt-e Davis Lodge and four of
his pupils. Misses Annie Edwards,
Bertha \Y alker, Marie Montgomery
and Lucile Montgomery,of Limestone
College, spent the holidays in Wash
ington. I). C.
YV. P. Tolbert, of buffalo, while in
the city yesterday paid The Ledger a
pleasant visit. He reports Buffalo
creek higher than it has been since
1888.
Miss Dora Whitlock, of Jonesville.
is in the city the guest of her sister,
Mr. James Brown on Montgomery
street.
Misses Eilie and Lee Blyth and
Mary and Susie Durst are at home
from Limestone Female College.—
Greenwood Index.
Floyd L BuKer. one time a Ledger
boy. but who has been buying cot
ton at Greenwood this winter, isin^he
city on a visit to hit- parents, Mr and
L Baker on Grenard street.
Dr H B. Tate a prominent physi
cian of Pacoleb, spent some time in
the city yesterday and called on The
Ledger and renewed.
M. YV. Brown, merchant of Raven
na. was a city visitor yesterday.
Boyd Brown, a hustling Ravenna
farmer, came up to the city yesterday
on business.
Graham Macomson, of Mercer,
came up to city yesterday.
A R Smith, merchant and planter
of Mauldin, S. C., spent some days
in the city last week the guest of
('apt J i Thackston on Rutledge
street.
W. Sam Lipscomb, of Asbury,
came up to the city yesterday on
business.
CHRITMAS WEDDINGS.
Mr. .Jolin Holler anil MIkm Mamie f'uui;
Married.
A pretty but quiet marriage took
place at the residence of Mr. YV. T.
Poag at half past six on Thursday
evening.
1 he bride, Miss Miiiiie Poag, is a
charming anu popular young lady
whose grace of person and mind has
won for her hosts of friends and ad
mirers. The groom, Mr. John Hol
ler, is a urosperuus young business
man of R.»ck hill. The Rev. YY” H.
Hodges performed the ceremony.
There were no attendants. Little
Annie Mosher Pierson preceded the
bride as ring bearer The bride was
gowned in a traveling suit of castor
cloth trimmed in pann velvet, wiUx
hat to match. Tne newly wedded
pair left the same evening for Rock
Hill which place will he their home.
The Ledger joins in wishing them a
long life of happiness.
Clary-Wood.
^bristmas day at 3 o’clock in
the ank™ 000 ’ ^ r ’ ^ eor 8 H Edward
Clary ofyv' 9 city ’ an( * ‘^ iss
Wood, of u P pe Ljj£“ uty ’
united in
Tate, of Sandy Springs, X. C.
The nuptials were celebrated
the home of the bride’s mother, Mi
Eilison YYood, a few miles abot
Gaffney, in the presence of numejxu
relatives and friends who bad a
sembied to extend congratulation*
the happy couple and to j un f 1
fesiiviiies of the day.
After the ceremony a spten
1 ’country" dinner was served to ‘
bridal party and their friend*. ~’-V.-. T
ihen followed a few hours of aAdai.
commingling and pleasant Intet-
chauge of thoughts end sentunujDts.
Mr Clary is a young busings naan
in this city, engaged with Mr ,C. C.‘
Harris, and is a young geutleq^aiT ol
sterling qualms and excellent chaf-
acter. His I ride i 8 the - eld eat
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daughter 01
resides a fej
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