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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any NiArspaps in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. 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., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1905, 31.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE, Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. £vftntK ymt II<ive Taken I’lace from One Kml nr the State to tli« Other Culleil from f£xclia!ig;eH for tjuirk Headin); by Scores •of Busy People. Active work work has begun on the ■construction of the new system of water works at Florence. The Chester Lanteru nominates Senator J Lyles Glenn fr >r lieutenant governor for the next term. Pat Sheedy, of New York one of the most famous gamblers in the country, is said to have lost $25,000 on faro in Charleston recently. H. S. Cunningham has sold out the Saluda Sentinel to Mr. C. J. Terrell, editor of the Johnston Monitor. Mr. Terrell will take charge at once. There was no opposition to the petition asking for an election on the •question of voting $12,500 for the purnose of erecting and equipping a graded school building at Yorkville. The store of A. W. Smith it Co., at Highiand Park mill, at Rock Hill, was burglarized the other night. The thief carried off the cash register and broke it open, securing only a few dollars less than $20. ’ Mr. Langdon Cheves Ligon died at his home at Aiken Saturday eveping after an illness of nine weeks. He was the senior editor of The Journal and Review with which he had been U identified for about 25 years. Deputy Sheriff Powers, of Laurens, returned to that place Friday from Gastonia. N. C., with Charley Huff- stickler, white, who is wanted there on the charge of'breaking into and i robbing the store of Mr. Tom Harris at Waterloo, last September. A man giving his name as Francis A. Allen, claiming to be from Vir ginia, was arrested Thursday morning near Midway. He is suspected of be ing one of the express robbers. There was nothing found on the man ex cept six watches. He claimed to have been in Charleston the night of the robbery. William Foster was accidentally killed by his step-son, Ernest Brown, a lad 13 years old, at Campobello, at 11 o’clock Saturday morning. The boy, who had returned from hunting, was sitting in front of the fire drying his gun. Foster was near by, and while the boy was rubbing the fire arm he struck the trigger and the load entered Foster’s breast, killing him instantly. A through freight on the Charles ton division of the Southern railroad ran into the rear end of a local freight on the main line at Warrenville about 2 o’clock Sunday morning. The en gine ran under the cab and eight cars, knocking them into kindling wood and scattering their contents in every direction. Coffee, sugar, guano, snuff and many other superfiaeties covered the ground in mixed and rich profusion. Dr. W. Gill Wylie, of New York, the principal stockholder in the Ca tawba Electric Power Company, which proposes to generate electric power at Indian Head, on the Cataw ba river, seven miles from Rock Hill, has already made contracts to supply Rock Hill and Fort Mill with 8 000 horse power annually. The remain ing 2,000 horse power that his plant will be capable of generating he hopes to place in Charlotte. The plant will be in operation in less than a year’s time. * The court of general sessions of Greenville adjourned Saturday after noon, the entire week being occupied with criminal business, notwithstand ing the fact that the supreme court decision knocked out the juries, which limited the court to such cases as might be tried under agreement between counsel. Tbe jail delivery did not amount to much, however, and a large number of prisoners are watting trial until the legislature pro vides an iron-clad jury law which can not be punctured by the lawyers. About 4 o’clock Wednesday after noon Albert Manu of Horuvllle, Chesterfield county, aged 18 years, was shot and instantly Killed by Will Brewer, a negro. Pete Brewer, also colored, was accessory to the murder The three got into a difficulty, and both wyoung Mann and Will Brewer drew their pistols and commenced •hooting. Mann was bit twice, once In the thigh and once in the breast. It is thought that Brewer was bit. Both the Brewers left immediately after the shooting and have not yet been apprehended. J. M. Cooper, the man who was found unconscious iu the cemetery it Greenville a few days ago, died Sunday from the effents of the lauda num which he had taken. He was supposed to be a native of North Carolina and he went into the Con federate army ns u member of the Butler Guards of Greenville. He was an expert in the cotton business and studied the condition of the cotton market very closely, but for some time he has been in hard luck when dealing in futures and his life was ended without a penny. He was (50 or more years of age, unknown, and without any known relatives. The several commercial organiza tions of Charleston met Thursday and adopted resolutions favoring the legislature granting the charter, which is asked for by the Union De pot Company, and calling upon the Charleston delegation to support the j measure. The purnose of securing ! the charter is to enable the company to condemn certain land which it de sires and the owners refuse to sell. The contention is made that the com pany has land sufficient for the crea tion of the depot without resorting to the condemnation of the tracts, which the owners desire to retain The commercial organizations are with the railroads in the endeavor to have the union depot. ANNUAL STATE MEETING. Il.ihHon Among tha Prominent Speaker* at the V. M. C. A. Some of the Association leaders in this State predict that the Twenty- Fifth State Convention, which is to meet in Columbia. Feb. 8-11, will be a gathering of great power and inspir ation. It will, in all probability, be the largest and most representative gathering of the kind ever held in South Carolina. Charleston is working hard to bring the banner delegation. Practically every College and Uni versity in the State will send dele gations of its strongest men. Young men from a great many communities, where there are no As sociations, are planning to go to learn something from this organiza tion which has demonstrated its ability to cope with all problems that effect men. The State Executive Committee, through the columns of this paper, extends a special invitation to the managements of cotton mills to send a representative to participate in the discussion relating to practicability of establishing work among the men and boys employed in factory dis tricts. Ministers and other Christian men who are interested in the young men of their respective towns are invited to attend this meeting. The Convention opens on Saturday night, February 8, in the beautiful new building of the Columbia Asso ciation. All men who are thinking of attending should communicate, at once, with the State Secretary, ad dressing him at the Y. M. C. A. Build ing, Columbia, S. C. Upon applica tion the proper credentials will be furnished. The good people of Columbia will entertain all delegates providing due notice has been received by the Asso ciation. of their coming prior to the Convention. The railroads o f the state have granted reduced rates. Among the prominent speakers is Captain Richard P. Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac. Captain Hobson was president of the Association while a Cadet at West Point, and is a man ly. vigorous type of the Christian soldier. ‘.’Uityur’H Court, The Sunday sinners before His Honor yesterday morning were few— two for disorderly conduct. One got $2.50 or ten, and in consideration of wora being scarce and jobs few took the days and got on the good roads train. The other, without any ado about it, let His Honor hold ten dol lars which he had in trust. ' Yaller Rob” Gaffney was up for selling liquor. There was enough against "Yailer Bob” to show that be had touched the unclean thing, but not enough to convict him so be was released. Legal Sale*. Probate Judge Webster sold thirty- four and a quarter acres of the Eleazer Parker lauds for $300 00 to J. A. Carroll. The Pacolet Gold mines were offer ed by the Clerk, but he failed to get the upset bid offered aud the sale was called off till the first Monday iu March. The Wingo house and lot on Vic toria Avenue was sold by Capt. W. H. Richardson. It was bid off by G. W. Speer for $1,010.00. —Blue Kibbou lemon and vanilla extracts are made from the fruits and will not lose their strength from bak ing or freezing. —Sure Cure Sarsaparilla has cured thousands and will make you well. Try It. 50 cents. “A MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.” A Reply to R. J. P.’s Com munication. CENTERVIEW’S SCHOOL. No One U I’roiuler of the Siicce** of the .School L'uder the I’reHent Teacher than 1.. It. I).. Who KmieavorH to I'oiut the War Ont of the llitticnlty. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Near Stkvy, Feb. 1 —Most all the schools up here art* preparing to close aud ive hear very favorable reports as to thtir management. The church at Macedonia has called Rev. A. T Bonner to its pas torate. Mr. Bonner was our pastor for several years aud while he will meet with many changes since he was with us. he will soon realize that the church still loves him and we be lieve his work among us will prove to be a blessing to us and to him as well. Our esteemed friend R J P. in an article in your issue of 28th, ult., seems to take some exceptions to j some items in our letter to The Led ger of of the Ibth, ult. We only wish to say to our friend that our letters to The Ledger are always headed near 8tevy and not at Stevy. as his notice would seem to imply and the one to which he al ludes had reference only to facts on the west side of Tbiokety creek with which we are perfectly informed and not one word of exaggeration can be pointed out. On the contrary the non-attendance on the schools up here are even greater than stated. Let me say, however, that I am well informed as to the difficulties that the good people of Centerview have met with in the management of their school. No one interested in the school is prouder of the success of the school under the present teacher than we are. We have been mostly kindly treated the Centerview people and was once very warmly supported by them when we needed their support. This spirit of one man bossism, in this great Demo cratic country of ours should have long ago been out lived, and we are sorry that we have not out lived it. But there is a way out of all such muddles as the one to which our friend alludes, with reference to trustees. We must say to our frieud that we are somewhat at a loss to un derstand why he construed our let ter as in any way reflecting upon the office of trustees as we are sure we did not mention that subject iu it. However, as he mentions it, we must say, we know of no better plan of management of public schools, or the management of any school, than through a board of trustees. But to our view, as to the way out of the trouble to which our friend alludes. First it is in reach of our Center- view friends and all other school districts as well, and is perfectly Democratic, aud I know it will be heartily approved of by our present county school commissioners. Every time such an action by school districts are presented tojhim for approval, the plan is let the patrons of the district meet and unite upon the man or men they are willing to have hold this office, send their names to the super intendent of the county, with the request that they be appointed trustees for such districts and then we know you will have appointed to that office men around whom you ought to rally and earnestly work with them in trying to make the schools better every term. There is plenty of money now provided for by general {taxation if every child of legal school ages were enrolled in public schools, to pay for four months schooling at least, every year. But it is strange to us that people will never learn that to obtain all the benefits of all monies collected for public schools iu each school district that every child iu such district must be enrolled as au attendant upon such school and iu no other way will the exact amount due each district be obtained or appropriated to the districts. Failing to send the chil dren to the schools does not lesson the amount of taxes collected; they will be collected if the children in the rural districts are never in school unless the law as it now stands is repealed—we honestly believe that parents or guardians who have chil dren under controll and do not send them to school should be compelled to do so by law. Furthermore, we believe they should be held crim inally guilty of neglecting an India- pensible duty to them in this en lightened age. This to us, is true, because today before any of our courts in trial for crime, ignorance, no matter how gross, is not con sidered a mitigating circumstances In favor of the accused. In con clusion let us say, no matter how many times the present systems or some of them at least, are used to pass on the competency or incom petency of such persons as the Cen- fcerview teacher or similar oned, fail to recognize them in such capacity, we know that do commun ity will be worsted by having en trusted their children to their care as teachers. l b. d. LOWER CHEROKEE LOCALS. A Confederate Calendar that .Should Adorn Every Home. Correspondence of Tne Ledger.l Etta Jane, Feb. 1.—Mud, mud, mud is all the go. Out-door work is almost entirely suspended. The roads in many places are impassable. Several people have hauling to do and the fast approach of spring gives farmers a gloomy time for contem plation. Last Wednesday morning the school house caught fire from a de fect in the flue. The fire was put out before it gained any considera ble headway and no damage was done. The beautiful Confederate calendar being disposed of by Misses Mary Jefferies and Anna Hames, of Home, members of ’‘The John Hames” Chapter Daughters of the Confed eracy (the profits of which go to the Jefferson Davis monumental fund) will be a beautiful ornamentation for anybody’s parlor or office aud we would be glad to know that one adorned every home in this country. The cost is only 25 cents and every purchaser will have the satisfaction of knowing that he or she has con tributed that amount to “The Sym bol of the Confederacy” to be erected in 1904. We regret to learn that Mr. Judson Sarratt is sick. We learn that Miss Ora McCul loch and Prof. Vassey were married last Thursday at the home of the bride’s parents by Rev. J. B. Swann. They have our best wishes in their new relationship. Miss McCulloch is one of lower Cherokee’s charming young ladies and Mr. Vassey is the efficient and acceptable teacher of the Walker school. A letter from “Uncle Jimmy” in forms us that he is not very well —he is suffering with pains incident to an *old man. He still retains his respect for The Ledger, and will sup ply its readers with news from the Old Dominion when occasion demands it. Rev. Sam T. Creech preached at Mesopotamia last Sabbath. He, in the course of his remarks give dan cers, drinkers, and idlers down the country. He never works with gloves on his hands. Mr. Creech is a firm friend of The Ledger, j. l. s. HOT SPRINGS NOT HOT. Tlie So-Cttll«<l Sunny South it lleluHlon ttml it Simre. ri Hot Sarings, Ark., Jan. 31, ’02. Dear Ledger: We are here and likely to stay here from the appearance of the weather. If you want to freeze to death in the “Sunny South,” as they call it, this is the place to come, for I never saw such weather in my life. It has been raining, sleeting and snowing ever since last Friday night. The ground is covered now with sleet and ice. I think it is two or three inches deep now. The trees have been covered with ice since Monday night. It is very pretty to look at, and that ia all, for you cannot go out. The street cars have uot run any since Tuesday on account of the ice. There is so much ice that the electric and ’phone polls fell of the weight. Tbs ice is breaking the tries ail to pieces. There are some beautiful Magnolias here in the bath bouse yards that are broken all to pieces. Tell the peo ple iu South Carolina to never com plain about cold weather, for they don’t know anything about it. The worst of all ia it don’t look anything like clearing up. We ba?e to pay $2 75 for a a load of wood—not much over half a cord. We hayn’t received any mall from home since we have been here. They aay the trains can’t run, that they are froze up. I reckon somebody will get some mail when the freeze breaks up, for I think we write two or three letters every day. We are all doing very well, considering the weather. Dock and Munro send regards to The Ledger and friends. With beet wishes to the Ledger and and its may readers. Mrs^M. L. R. Atkina-faUerson. Mr. Sidney Atkina and Mrs Maggie Patterson, both of this city, were married on the 2nd Inst, by R. F. Gibson, notary public. —The two great virtues of Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla flavoring extracts are absolute purity and great strength. —Sure Cure Sarsaparilla a un equalled aa a Spring medicine. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Jnterestiiif; Item* Concerning Our Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which May Prove Eutertain’iig Reading for Hand reds of Ledger Readers. Representative Small has intro duced a bill for $125 000 fora public building at Elizabeth City. Charlotte is again troubled with small dox. The authorities will no doubt prove equal to the emergency. Revenue officers made a raid Fri day night in Franklin county aud captured a still. The moonshiners got away. The latest arrivals at the peniten tiary are 9 convicts from Wayne county. One of them has already served three terms, a total of 22 years. Senator Pritchard to-day secured an order granting the release of Ernest Williams from the navy. He is a son of ex-3heriff Williams, of Henderson county. The Asheville Auditorium will be opened about March 10. With the installation of the beating apparatus and the chairs, the auditorium will be complete. Fred Dula, of Old Fort, Saturday right shot and killed Mr. Shuler of Lenoir, the § law partner of Moses Harshaw, former solictor of that judicial district. Among the young ladies appointed by the Governor to represent North Carolina at the Mardi Grass ball in Charleston is Miss Caro Buxton, of Winston-Salem. Tomorrow there will be a meeting of representatives of baseball clubs at various places in North Carolina for the purpose of forming a State league. Interest in the plan appears to be great. An aged white man shot himself in the head on the street in Raleigh Friday because he could get no work and could not be admitted to the county home for the aged and infirm He will recover. James W. Tufts, the millionaire soda fountain manufacturer, philan thropist, and founder of Pinehurst, passed away suddenly at that resort Sunday night. The end came at 7 :30 o’clock and was the direct result of heart disease. Viney Freeman, was shot by John Alexander at Fayetteville, and|died of her wounds, and the jury of in quest did not believe her declaration that the shooting was accidental. Alexander, who had fled to Cameron, was arrested, and taken back to Fayetteville to jail. West Market Street Methodist church of Greensboro, has taken an advanced step in deciding to erect a public ho-spita! iu the rear of the church. While the institution will be under the control of the church, it will be absolutely non-sectarian and open to the general public. A special term of United States District Court will be held at Ashe ville May 15, at which the Breese and Dickerson bank cases and the Buncombe county bond repudiation case '■’ill be tried. The latter suit is for the payment of interest coupons on Asheville & Spartanburg Railroad bonds. Ed Froneberger, who was convicted of forgery and sentenced to a term of four years on the chain-gang, in Ire dell county, died in the jail at States ville, Saturday night. Some days ago he was pardoned by the Governor after having served about five months of the time, but the pardon came too late to assure liberty to Froneberger, for tuberculosis had so far advanced Id bis case as to disable him to take advantage of the liberty given him. For two weeks search has been made for Isaac Robinson, a faithful and well liked old negro, who has been missing from bis borne in Wake coun ty for twenty days. He is feeble minded and kept money In bis bouse. White friends made search for him and last Thursday be was found near ly fifty miles from borne. His story is a strange one. He says that one night a man and a woman came to hie bouse, called for aid. He opened the door and they seized him. tied him. took his money and carried him away. Two sailors on a Swedish barque across tbs river from Wilmington went ashore tor a Saturday “spree” and returning to tbeir vessel they picked a quarrel with the first mate and beat him up very badly. Oue of them fired upon the mate but he re ceived only a flesh wound across the forehead. A boat crew from aooard the revenue cutter Algonquin went across the river to ttH vvTSe! and ar rested the belligrent sailors upon the orders of their captain. They were turned over to the police for trial. The report of the State Labor Com missioner. completed, shows the num ber of textile mills by counties. Gas ton is far in th 3 lead, with 2(5 cotton mills. 202 770 spindles, and 4 042 looms; Mecklenburg second with 17 cotton mills, one knitting mill, 125,- 212 spindles and 2 026 looms; Rock ingham third with 7 cotton and one woolen mill 102 082 spindles and 2.- 135 looms; Rutherford fourth, with 4 cotton mills. 102 240 spindles and 2 170 looms; Alamance fifth, with 17 cotton, one woolen and two knitting mills, 95 598 spindles and 1 811 looms, Cabarrus sixth, with 9 cotton mills, 93 588 spindles and 3 274 looms ; Dur ham seventh, with 0 cotton and one woolen mill, 83 921 spindles and 2 258 looms. All other countries have un der 75 (KK) spindles. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Hon Property ChanKts Hands in Thrifty Cherokee. The following are the real estate transfers in Cherokee county during the first month of 1902: CHEROKEE TOWNSHIP. Richard Black to John Black, one lot, $50. Mrs. M. F. Reese to John B. Bla lock, one lot, $100 D. D Gaston td Wm. Durham, 84 acres, $504. M. E. Deal to Andrew Hudson, one lot, $10 45. J. F. Whisonant, A. H. Pollock and W. F. Dye to Blacksburg Cotton Seed Oil Mill, six acres, $000. D D Gaston. J. W. Duff, et. al. to A. V. Gaston, one lot, $100. J. Eb. Jefferies clerk to A. W. Love, 120 acres, $225. J. Eb. Jefferies, clerk to W. W. Lewis, 157 acres and one lot, $1 340. LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP. Mrs Lizzie fecruggs Davis to P. C. Davis, one lot, $300. Mrs. Nettie Montgomery to M. A. Sarratt, two lots, $800. T. I. Walker and D. C. Phillips to to Victor Cotton Oil Co., one lot, $7,00015. T. I. Walker to D. C. Phillips, one let, $100. Mrs. M J. Robison to Mrs. E. S. Magness, one lot, $300. Mrs L. N. Tate to E A. Dempsey, five-eighths of an acre, $200 D. G. Cline to T. G| Gilmer, one lot, $1 000. Gaffney City Land anu Improve ment Co. to R. 8. Lipscomb, 109^ acres, $2,719 80. J. Eb. Jefferies, clerk to C. W. Moore, 33| acres. $371. W. H. smith to J. B. Wilson. 114 acres, $084. The Smith Hardware Co. to W. H. Smith, one lot, $1,400. Louis Green to W. T. Byars, one lot, $80 R. M. Gaffney to The Smith Hard ware Co., two lots, $7,000. W. W. Gaffney to The Smith Hard ware Co., one lot, $2,800. Cherokee Land Co. to Wm. I. Jones, one acre. $150. O. S. Kendrick to S. M. and J. X. LOtlejohn, one lot, $1,050. J. Q Little to Narcissa M. Web ber, et. al., 170 acres, $500 E F. Lipscomb to A. L. Lipscomb, 40 acres, $250. Melissa Simpson to O. S. Kendrick, one-half acre. $12. The Smith Hardware Co. to Gra- nard Improvement Co., one lot, $2,- 000. Isam W. Wingo to Edna Earle Harris, two and three-fourth acres, $1 200. Mrs. Sue M. Lipscomb to F. G. Stacy, one lot, $700. Agnes S. Wood. et. al. to J. L. Spake, 174 acres, $1,400. C. J. Daniel to vV. H. Dempsey, one lot. $250. GOWDVSVILLE TOWNSHIP. James E. Sprouse to Wm. G. and D. M. Fowler, interest In 152 acres, $50. G. W. LeMaster to C. P. Huggin, three and four-tenths acres, $15. Rebecca E Nicholson to W. Sam Lipscomb, 685 acres, $3 000. MORGAN TOWNSHIP. Simpson and Bomar to J L. Grigg, 164 acres, $1,000. July Lawson to J. B. Bridges, 78 acres, $600. Putnam-ParrU. Mr. Brossie Putnam and Miss Kate Parris, both of Gaffney, were married on the 2nd inst., by R. F. Gibson, notary public. Faculty Recital. The sixth faculty recital of the sea son will be given next Friday evening at 8 o’clock by Miss Mary E. Wil liams, Prof. Maxim at the piano. —You follow the directions. Sure Cure Sarsaparilla will do the rest— ask S. B. Crawley A Co. —Sure Cure Sarsaparilla makes slat people well. 50 cents.