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THE L.ARGES‘ r Circulation of An/ Nj Arspap: in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894. GAFFNEY. S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1902. SI.OO A YEAR* TBKOllT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. Event# that Hive Taken I’lnce from One End of the State to the Other Culled from Exchange!* for Onlrk Heading hy Seoren of Busy People. „ Ed. McElwee, a Yorkville Negro, was shot at a hot supper in Jonesville, Union county, on Saturday of last “week, and the last information from him, on Thursday, was to the effect that he would probably die. The Negro who did the shooting is named Will Johnson. He has been arrested. Furman and Oscar Foster, colored, were tried before Magistrate Dean at Duncans last week on charge of housebreaking and larceny, it being claimed that they broke into and stole a quantity of grain and Hour from the mill of Mr. W. A. Moore on Tyger river the night before that mill was burned. The negroes were bound over to the mxt term of sessions court and lodged in iail in default of bend. A new roller flouring mill of about 2') barrels daily capacity is to be built on the waters of Clark’s Fork in York county by Mr. W. Meek Faulkner, who sold his mill on King’s creek. The new mill will be built at once and will be near Mr. Faulkner’s heme. This will make four mills in the Western part of the county, one at Bethany, one at King’s Creek, one at Hickory Grove, and the new one to be built on Clark’s Fork. verely burnedon of last week in Spartanburg. The little child died Thursday morning from the effects of the injuries receive l by the flames. Mary Epps, the mother, who occupied a portion of a house on St. Paul’s street, the remainder of which building was occupied by an other negro family, left her children in the end of the house occupied by herself and went to Pacolet on Wed nesday. Following up the general careless and foolish rule that people, not all of whom are negroes, adhere to, she left a fire in the fire-place and of course no one aoout to look after the children. During her absence the !ihree-year old child, playing near the fire, allowed its dress to catch on fire, and received fatal injuries thereby. A Plreujau'8 Close Call. “I stuck to my engine, although every joint ached and every nerve was racked with pain,” writes C. W. Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, of Burlington, Iowa, ‘T was weak and pale, without any appetite and ail run down. As I was about -to give up. I got a bottle of Electric Bitters and, a # ter taking it, I felt as well as I ever did in my life.” Weak, sickly, run down people always gain new life, strength and vigor from their use. Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co. Puce 50c. ENTERTAINING JOTS FROM ETTA JANE. Happenings of the Past Week in Lower Cherokee. PERSONAL AND LOCAL. Thursday afternoon a young white man named John Owens, who lives in the rttumptown section of Spartan burg, met with a painful accident. He was riding a borse down Main street towards the square, and at the time the animal was going along to wards the fountain, the horse slipped and fell, bringing the rider down to the hard pavement with considerable force. Mr. Owens was badly bruised up but his wounds are # not serious" The trustees of Winthrop college met recently in the governor’s office at Columbia. The meeting of the board was called to consider there- ported probability of the diverting of the P-abody fund, heretofore given the Winthrop college, to some other educational enterprise. It developed that the report was based on a mis understanding of the intention of the Peabody board and that Winthrop college is in no danger whatever of losing this appropriation. The residence of Mrs. Woodruff, of Hartsville, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning. The fire began near the top of the house and the • flames were towering above the roof of the house before the alarm was given. The cause was most likely a defective place in one of the chim neys. It was one of the best build ings in that town and the loss is de plored by all. It was insured, but the insurance cannot rebuild the home that was destroyed. Most of the fur niture and other household goods were saved, but with the usual break age. The governor has granted a pardon to Jacob White, of Colleton county, convicted in August, 1901, of larcenv of live stock and sentenced to 18 months on the county chaingang. The man is in a dying condition. A pardon was also granted in the case of William Chalk, who was convicted in the spring of 1901 in Chester coun ty of larceny of a hale of cotton and sentenced to one year on the chain- gang. In order to meet the ends of justice and restore the citizenship of the man Solicitor ILnry, who has re peatedly heretofore refused to recom mend the exercise of executive clem ency, asked for the pardon. The stables of James Reedy, Ashley avenue and Race street, in Columbia, were destroyed by fire late last Friday afternoon and Prince George, Mr. Reedy’s line bay stallion, was burned to death. The animal was sold under the hammer when he whs three years old for $2 200 and Mr. Reedy has re fused to sell him for that sum several times within the last few mouths. Mr. Reedy estimates his loss at $3,000 and has no insuranee. The alarm was tbrued in at 5:25 p. m. from box 8, and when the firemen appeared on the scene the stables were wrapped in flames. The structure being of wood and packed with hay and fodder, its destruction could hardly have been prevented. The origin of the fire is a mystery, and the flames spread with such rapidity that the splendid stal lion could not be rescued. According to the information se cured on the subject, a case of crim inal neglect and unnatural desertion is that of the three-year-old daughter of Mary Epps, a negress. who was se ll takes a genuine philosopher 1o discover a number of good and suf ficient reasons why other peop;e should be satisfied with their con li- tion in life. Child Worth imiliuuM. •’My child is worth millions to m ,” says Mrs. Mary Bird of Harrisb .‘g, Pa. “yet I would have lost hei by croup had I not purchased a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure.” One Min ute cough Cure Is sure cure for coughs, croup and throat and lung troubles. An absolutely safe cough cure which acts immediately. The youngest child can take it with entire safety. The little ones like the taste and remember bow often it helped them. Every family should have a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure haudy. At this season especially it may be needed suddenly. Cherokee Drug Co. Interesting Items About reopleand Things In the Lower Section of the County Gathered Up by Our Kegular Correspond ent and Given to Ledger Keaaero. iCorrespondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jaxe, Jan. 22.—Up until yes terday morning we never saw better roads in January than we have had this year. The failure to get a stand of wheat seems to be general with our farmers. Some attribute it to the freeze-out and others to drilling it in with the guano. That sown early and plowed in the old way is generally all right. Sheriff Thomas with a posse passed here last Sabbath in charge of a prisoner he pursued and caught in York county. Of the particulars we are not sufficiently posted as to give an intelligent account. Miss Annie Miller, who teaching next Monday. Owing to the irregularly with which the Union mail to this place is carried, Rufus Poole. Esq., of Sun- nyside. has denominated it a ‘‘try- weekiy” mail. It tries how far it can come ahead of or behind schedule time each week. j l s. Cures Rheumatism or Catarrh through the Blood Costs—Nothing to Try. Would you like to get rid of that chronic rheumatism or offensive catarrh forever? Then take a bottle of Botanic Blood Balm which has cured thousands of hopeless cases that had resisted doctors and patent medicine treatment. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) cures through the blood by destroying the poison which causes the awful aches in the bones, joints, shoulder blades and back, swollen glands, hawking, spitting, bad breath, impaired hearing, etc., thus making a perfect cure. Botanic Blood Balm thoroughly tested for 30 years. Composed of pure Botanic Drugs. Perfectly safe to take by old and young. Druggists, $1. Trial treat ment free by writing Blood Balm Co.. Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice given until cured. Don’t give up hope, but try B. B. B., which makes the blood pure and rich and builds up the “all run down,” tired body. B. B. B. makee the blood red, giving the skin the rich glow of perfect health. wmbeglD| AMONG THE PEOPLE OF LIMESTONE MILLS. The Dwellings are Models for Convenience. THE LOCATION IS SUPERB our Woman don’t carry on half as much over the death of a near relative as they do over the sickness of a dress maker who is working for them. In Hetl Four Weeks with Lu Grippe. We have received the following let ter from Mr. Roy Kemp, of Angola, Ind; "I was in bed four weeks with la grippe and I tried many remedies and spent considerable for treatment with physicians, hut I received no re lief until I tried Foley’s Honey and Tar. Two small bottles of this med icine cured me and I new use it ex clusively in my family.” Take no substitutes. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. When a woman gets up in the morn ing why does she always peep in the looking glass before she gets down on he» knees to say her prayers? Children Poisoueil. Many children are poisoned and made nervous and weak, if not killed outright, by mothers giving them cough syrups containing opiates. Foley’s Honey and Tar is a safe and certain remedy for coughs, croup and lung troubles, and is the only prom inent cough medicine that contains no opiates or other poisons. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. A new broom is able to raise more dust in a minute than a fresh young man can produce in a thousand years. The many friends of G H. Hausen, Engineer L. E. & W. R. R., at pres cut living in Lima, Ohio, will be pleased to know of his recovery from threatened kidney disease. He writes, *T was cured by using Foley’s Kidney Cure, which I recommend to all, especially trainmen who are usu ally similarly afflicted.” For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. The people who get Christmas pres ents never see the most interesting thing about tliem—the price mark. Stop It! i A neglected cough or cold may lead to serious bronchial or lung troubles. Don’t take chances yvhen Foley’s Honey and Tar affords perfect seem rity from serious effects of a cold. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company, When a woman can’t shop for her self the next best thing is to shop for somebody else. To Cure » Cold In One Dtty Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s sig nature is on each box. 25c. We all learn to feel resignation over the trials of our friends. Blue tracts art most delicious flavor. Ribbon lemon and vanilla ex- purest, greatest strength, Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla ex tracts are best and go farther. Uncle Jimmy Raines has thanks for some Richmond papers sent us each week. We are always glad to hear from the Old Dominion and hope he will write at least once a week to The Ledger. We were shocked to hear that Mr. J. H. Littlejohn was overpowered by masked men and robbed one night last week at bis plantation near Gow- dysville. We understand he had only about $7 which the robbers got. To hear of these outrages being com mitted in other parts of the country we think very little, but when they take place near our homes then we feel serious about them. Our old friend I’ack Mosely has been promoted to policeman at Union. Rev. W. H. White will preach at Salem the first Sabbath of each month at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Hon. D. E. Finley, our representa tive in congress is, carefully looking after the best mail facilities be can give his constituents. He is anxious for his constituents to ca!l to his at tention any matter iu which he can serve them. Our neighbors across Pacolet have secured the services of Miss Minnie Boyd, of Cornwell, Chester county, as teacher of the Mount Joy school. We are satisfied they will find her an exemplary young lady and one who is fully competent to discharge the responsible duties she has assumed. \Ve had the pleasure of attending the celebration of the 94th anniver sary of the birth of Gen. Robert E. •Lee which was conducted under „the auspices of the Winnie Davis and Moses Wood Chapters United Daught ers of the Southern Confederacy, the Cherokee regiment U. C. Vet erans and the Smith Lipscomb camp of Sons in the auditorium of Lime stone College last Monday. We re gret very much that the lateness of the hour necessitated our leaving be fore the exercises were concluded. However, as The Ledger was repre sented by its oldest writers we expect a graphic account of the occasion We regret to see that our comrade in arms, Mr. Richard C. Thompson, of Gaffney, has lost his eyesight. Every one who knows “Dick” knows a first-class gentleman in every sense of the word. He is every inch of a man and his army comrades and friends, whom he numbers by the thousands, will hate to hear of his misfortune. Although a man of wealth he is a friend to the poorest and ever ready to help the needy and deserving. We spent Monday night with our friend Mr. R. S. Spencer and family, of Lawn. He is a wide awake pro gressive farmer and as good a citizen as can be found in this or any other county of the State. We deeply sym pathized, with his little son Smith • wno has been confined to his bed for about ten years wito a rheumatic af fliction. He suffers greatly at times but bears his affliction with a pa tience ana fortitude that are trul commendable. Mr. V. C. Comer, the ferryman, lost his horse last Monday by its fall ing into the river and drowning. ^County Supervisor J. V. Whelchel has ordered the immediate repairs of some bad places in the public roads between Howell’s ferry and Gaffney. Of one thing our county can boast and that is of the best average roads of any county in the State—we mean of course the roads leading to and from the court house. A young man of this section thinks the new patent churn would maae a good cradle to rock a baby in. Miss AunaJMcCarley, who was com pelled to give up her school at this place on account of the sickness of her brother, has been succeeded by WorkiiiK '«! I Hours u Day. There’s no rest for those tireless little workers—Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Millions are always busy, curing Torpid Liver, Jaundice. Bil iousness, Fever and Ague. They banish Sick Headache, drive out Malaria. Never gripe or weaken. Small, taste nice, woik wonders. Try Co. them. 25c at Cherokee Drug There is one physician in the pres ent senate and four physicians in the present house of representatives. There is one clergyman in the present louse of representatives. REMARKABLECUKE FOR CROUP. A Little Boy’s Life Saved. I have a few words to say regard ing* Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy It saved my little boy’s life and I feel that I cannot praise it enough, bought a bottle of it from A. E. Steere, of Goodwin, S. D., and when got home with it the poor baby could hardly breathe. I gave the medicine as directed every ten min utes until he ‘‘threw up” and then I thought sure he was going to choke to death. We had to pull the phlegm out of his mouth in great long strings. I am positive that if I had not got that bottle of cough medicine, my boy would not be on esrth today.— Joel Demont, Inwood, Iowa. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. ‘T wonder if there really is any honor among thieves?” “Certainly not. Thieves are just as bad as other people.”—Philadel phia Press^ A Good Recommendation. “I have noticed that the sale on Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets is almost invariably to those who have once used them,” says Mr. J. H. Weber, a prominent druggist of Cascade, Iowa. What better recommendation could any medicine have than for people to call for it when again in need of such a remedy? Try them when you feel dull after eating, when you have a bad taste in your mouth, feel bilious, have no ap- pete or when troubled with constipa tion, and you are certain to be de lighted with the prompt relief which they afford. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. “Did little Jim enjoy that chil dren’s party’” “I guess so. He wasn’t hungry until the next afternoon at four o'clock.”—Puck. An Attack of Puctimoula Warded OtT. “Some time ago my daughter caught a severe cold. She com plained of pains in her chest and had a bad cough. I gave her Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy according to directions and in two days she was well and able to go to school. I have used this remedy in my family for •^o past seven years and have never known it to fail,” says Janies Pren- dergast, merchant, Annato Bay, Jamaica, West InCia Islands. The pains in the chest indicated an ap proaching attack of pneumonia, which in this instance was undoubt edly warded cl! by ha:abuiaii. s Cough Remedy. It counteracts any tendency of a cold toward pneumo nia. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. The Illinois Central the telephone in place graph for its business. has adopted of the tele- The prevention of consumption is entirely a question of commencing the proper treatment iu time. Noth ing is so well adapted to ward off fa tal lung troubles as Foley’s Honey and Tar. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. Ti e Mill Has Beet) KunnliiK Day ami Niklit a Little More Than a Year—The Mill is OiUcereil by a Most ExceUeut Corps of Business Men. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Stevy, Jan. IS—As my place of stay for a part of my time these winter days has been among the pleasant people of the Limestone Cotton Mills, will you kindly permit me to give to the readers of your splendid paper, some of the facts about this mill, its management and its people, that have been observed by us during our short sojourn among them. This mill is about a half mile east of town and is located most beauti fully on a small hill between the branch road running to this place from Blacksburg and the Southern railway. This bill, uubrok* u, reaches each of these roads and is just rolling enough to bear easily away any waste litter that so easily collects around enterprises of this s^rt; iu fact it seems to be a spot formed by nature especially for the purposes for which it has been used. The mill operates about 10,000 spindles, 300 looms and all machinery of the very best finish for the continued operation of the spindles and looms above named. The looms are all of the Draper fin ish, so are also all the other machin ery of this mill. It is equipped with the latest improved patented machin ery. It has been running now about one year, or perhaps a little longer, and almost from the very start nas run day and night having always had two sets of hands or more. It re quires something over 3 000 bales of cotton a year, and now has bought and in transit for this place a suffi cient amount of cotton for a year’s work. The whole management of the mill is under control of a corps of most courteous, energetic and thor ough business men as can be found iu any community. Mr. J. A. Carroll is president of the company, Mr. E. R. Cash is superintendent and Mr. W. C. Hamrick is the manager of the company store and, I believe, treas urer of the company as well. These gentlemen are all too well known to the public to need any further notice in this short article from us. Inside the mill we met Mr. 11. M. Woody, who is in charge of the weav ing department. Under his control everything moves very smoothly; we hear of no contentions or strife be tween him and those at work under him, in fact Mr. Woody appears to us to be a social business gentleman. The spinning and carding depart ments are all under the supervision of Mr. G. C. Harper. In each of these departments everything seems to be doing well. Mr. Harper bears the name to us of being a very kind, so cial, business man in bis line, in fact we are informed, leaves that impres sion upon all who become acquainted with him. In the store we met Mr. John Cash, a brother of the Super., and Mr. Cnariey Elain.^who, we be lieve, is book-keeper for the company. These are two of the most polite and business young men we personally know anywhere about here. We think a good business will be done by this mill in every department from the observations that have come be fore us. The houses for the laborers in this mill are models for convenience, com fort and neatness. They contain four and six rooms each, and in most of them we notice not more than one family. This is, we believe, a wise provision and will most certainly give more satisfaction to families than any other plan that can be devised in furnishing homes for operatives. The site on which the houst s stai d. like that on which the mill building stands, is by nature as beautiful as could be desired. The streets are all laid oil with care, wide and straight as a line. The company from time to time, as opportunity favors with help enough, employs Mr. Lee Little to clear off and plant ornamental trees on the streets. He leaves nothing undone that need be done in this line, lo ft t we believe it is noc too much to aay now that at no very distant day here will be one of the most beautiful mills and surroundings, and one of the most pleasant to live at in aU our beloved southland. * As yet the company has no regular schoolhouse, but they have hurriedly fitted up one and a large school of mostly small children are now attend ing it. It is a brand) of that most excellent system of public school management — the graded school. Miss Edna Xorthey, a most esti able young lady, is lu charge of the school at this place. She b getting along very nicely with her work so we are informed. The troubi j is that all that could be is not in this school, neither are they iu many other places away from cotton mills. We know of a country school right in our own community with a teacher against whom there is no complaint, yet there is every day twelve children iu less than one mile of this school that have never been sent to it one single day. Their ages’.range from six to six teen and all these are white children. Now the cause for this indifference on the part of their parents is that they have no education themselves and consequently are blind to the advantages that are in favor of a very common education. It is passingly strange to us that our legislature does not enact a law that will com pel parents and guardians to send all children between the ages of six and twelve years of age to the schools in their reach four months in the year at least. We know that such a law would not work an injury to the cot ton mill industry, for our candid opinion is that parents are more to blame for the employment of chil dren of the above ages, than cotton mill oversters are. So, gentlemen, let us have a law that will meet this em ergency. Sickness at the cotton mills in gen eral, seems to us, from the closest observations we have been able to make, to be less fatal than in oth er thickly populated towns. This need not seem so strange after a few moments though on this subject. It is perhaps true because of the uni form comfort found in the houses prepared for the laborers as well as iu the mills at their work; certain it is that all are warm houses. We conscientiously jbelieve the hours for labor here ought to be reduced to ten, not because of those who labor in the mills, for there the work is not heavy nor hard and is always comfortable, but because of those who do the in door work in the homes of the labor ers; the mothers and those who do housework for them are the ones whose health soon fails. They are on a strain about all the time from half past four in the morning until eight in the evening at the very short est possible limit of time you can give. Every reasonable man in all the world knows that this is too great a strain for those who have these duties to perform to have to under go. L. B. D. Night Was Her Terror. “I would cough nearly all night long,” writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate, of Alexandria, Ind., “and could hard ly get any sleep. I had consumption so bad that if I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood, but, when all other medicines failed, three $1.00 bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery wholly cured me and I gained 58 pounds.” It’s absolutely guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung Troubles. Price 50c. and $1 00. Trial bottles free at Cherokee Drug Co drug store. When a man and a woman get mar ried her friends cry and his friends give him the laugh. A 1’rofltable Investment. “I was troubled for about seven years with my stomach and in bed half my time,” says E Demick, Somerville, Ind. “I spent about $1,000 and never could get anything to help me until I tried Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. I have taken a few bottles and am entirely well.” You don’t live by what you eat, but by wbat you digest and as similate, if your stomach doesn’t digest your food you are really starving. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does the stomach’s work by digesting the food. You don’t have to diet. Eat all you want. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures all stomach troubles. Cherokee Drug Co. Some fellows can makes love more successfully than they can make a living. Chililren Kspeelitlly Liable. Burns, bruises and cuts are extreme ly painful and if neglected often result in blood poisoning. Children are especially liable to such mishaps because not so careful. As a remedy DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is un equalled. Draws out the lire, stops the paiu, soon heals the wound. Bo- ware of counterfeits. Sure cure for piles. “DeWitt’s Witch Hazel .Salvo cur>»d mj baby of eczema after two physicians gave her up,” writes lames Mock., X. Webster, Ind. “The sores were so bad si. > soiled two to live dresses a Jay. Cherokee Drug Co. the most least. to The people who have say sometimes talk the Duu’t Llvf ToKMtbrr. Constipation and healtbnever go to gether. Do Witt's Little Early Risers promote easy action of the bowels without distress. “I have been troubled with costivene-e r*ne years,” says J. U. Gn.-sne, Depauw, Ind. “I have tried many remedies but Little Kany Risers give best resuits.” Cherokee Drug Co.