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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any N2«vspap; 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., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 190*4 S1.00 A YEAH. mmtm the PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. ICveivN Hint IT»ve Ti«k«*n Placo from One Kail of the State t« th*> Other Culleil from fixehaiiKeft for yuick KeadiiiK; hy ^coreB of Busy People. The State board of control met •> Tuesday and disposed of routine bus iness vrhich had accumulated. Con trary to the jjenerai impression no purchases will he made at this meet ing. The regular time is next montn. Mr. James T Harris, Tuesday se cured the right of way from all pro perty owners on the route designed for the car line from Spartanburg, to the White Stone Lithia Springs, end the work of constructing this road will begin at once. One thousand dollars, the largest reward that has ever been offered in this State, was offered Tuesday by Governor McSweeney for the arrest of Bartow Warren, who shot and kil led Watson in Branchville, and who is wanted in connection with the ex press robbery. A charter was granted the Carolina Glass Company Tuesday by the Sec retary of State. It is a Columbia concern and is capitalized at $G0,- 000. Among the incorporators are: J. J. Seibels, I). B. Miller, Thomas Tayior, W. G. Childs and W. B. Smith Whaley. The hundreds of friends in Abbe- f'ville,of Robert S. Link, the popular and very efficient postmaster, are de lighted to know of his reappointment by President Roosevelt to another four years term. .He was warmly en dorsed by Senator McLaurin and Capt. John G. Capers, district attor ney. A little negro girl, the seven-year old daughter of a woman by the name of Emma Atkins, was burned to death at Laurens, Tuesday morning The child’s mother left her alone In the house while she went to a spring near by for water. The child’s screams were heard in a few minutes, but by the time help reached her she was dead. and another of the speakers. Miss Lewis, is of anold Charleston family. Frank M. Player, who it will be re- merab'-red, was convicted in Wil liamsburg County last year of rob bing the dispensary at Kingstree, has received a pardon from the Governor. One of the strongest petitions ever gotten up was presented to the Gov ernor. It was signed by everybody in the county, by jurors, by the State board of control and Solicitor Wilson. Judge Watts, who at first oppsed the pardon, wrote later that he had with drawn his opposition. The facts were set fourth that Player was 00 years old and his wife and several children were almost dependent upon charity for support. His original sentence was three years and six months for breach of trust with fraudulent intent. He was the dispenser who reported , himself as being robbed. lie Kept IIiM Lex Twelve years ago J. W. Sullivan, ol Hartford, Conn., scratched bi^ leg with a rusty wire. Inilarnmation and blood poisoning set in. For two years he suffered intensely. Then th > best doctors urged amputation, ‘•but,” he writes, ‘‘I used one bottle of Eloctnc Bitters and 1 1-2 boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and my 'eg was sound and well as ever.” For Eruptions, Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Sores and all blood disorders Electric Bitters has no rival on earth Try them ^Cherokee Drug Company will guarantee satisfaction or refund money. Only 50 cents. Girls nowadays look to money in a matrimonial alliance because they seldom find anything else in a man worth having—so a woman says. Child Worth Million*. “My child is worth millions to me,” says Mrs. Mary Bird of Harrisburg, Pa, “yet I would have lost her 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 how often it helped them. Every family should have a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure handy. At this season especially it may be needed suddenly. Cherokee Drug Co. Some men wake up and find them selves famous, while lots of others stay up all night and never even get a glimpse of fame. Mr. Hugh L. Miller, who for two years has been district manager of the Virginia-Carolina Company in Columbia, died Tuesday of con sumption. Mr. Miller, went to Col umbia from Charlescon and he made friends in that city. He was married about a year ago. He was a son of Dr Miller, superintendent of the Asy lum at Goldsboro, N. C. Major Ramsey, who lived a mile west of Hickory Grove, was struck in the head by a limb from a falling tree last Monday ween and died from the effects two day later. Mr. Ramsey and bis sou went to the woods and were felling a pine tree. When it be gan to fall he called to bis son to get out of the way. The pine struck an oak iu some way in falling ana knock ed a limb around which hit him in the head. About one year ago, while out rid ing with some friends. Miss Kath erine Copeland, a student at Converse college, at Spartanburg, was thrown from the vehicle in which she was riding by the horses running away. She also lost her watch, which was a valuable one Recenly the watch was recovered. The timepiece bore the name of its owner engraved on it twice, once on the inside and on the outside of the case. It was in the possesion of a negro woman who states that a negro man pawned it to her one year ago for 90 cents. She readily gave the watch ud. One of the most Important gather ings held in connection with the Charleston exposition is the Southern Interstate Good Roads convention, which £ieg&n its sessions Wednesday. Delegates appointed by the governors of the several southern States are present, together with representatives of numerous boards of trade and com mercial organizations and agricultu ral societies. Expert roadmakers are In attendance and during the three days the convention is in session they will demonstrate the scientific meth ods of modern road conetrction. The national conference of women suffragists which began at Charleston Monday morning closed Tuesday night. ^Addresses were made by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, the president ; Miss Helen Morris Lewis, of North Carolina, and Mrs. Maria T. Prentiss, of Charleston. Until last Tuesday night the attendance at the meeting has not been large, but many were cusious to hear Mrs. Prentiss’ first argument in public for woman suf frage, as she is the widow of an emi nent Episcopal minister of this city, Somethin); That Will Do Vou Uootl. We know of no way in which we can be of more service to our readers than to tell them of something that will br of real good to them. For this reason we want to acquaint them with what we consider one of the very best remedy on the market hr coughs, colds, and that alarming complaint, croup, we refer to Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Wo have used it with such good resuls in our family so long that it has become a house hold nesessity. By its prompt use we haven’t any doubt but that it has time and again prevented croup. The testimony is given upon our own experience, and we suggest that our readers, especially those who have small children, always keep it in their homes as a safeguard against croup.— Camden (S. C ) Messenger. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. There are so many sons-in-law who are jokes on the fathers of the girls who picked them out. A Night Alarm Worse than an alarm of, fire at night is the brassy cough of croup, which sounds like the children’s death knell and it means death unless something is done quickly. Foley’s Honey and Tar never fails to give instant relief and quickly cores the worst forms of croup. Mrs. P. L Cordier, of Mannington, Ky., writes: “My three year old girl had a severe case of croup; the doctor said she could not live. I got a bottle of Foley’s Honey and Tar. the first dose gave quick relief and saved her life.” Refuse substitutes. Cherokee Drug Hating your enemies makes you uncomfortable and does your enemies no barm. For Slumache Trouble*. “I have taken a great many differ ent medicine for stomach trouble and constipation,” says Mrs. 8. Geiger of Dunkerton Iowa, “but never bad as good results from any as from Cham- berlian’s Stomach <fc Liver Tablets.” For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Home people are so suspicious that it is a wonder that they trust them-' selves. When you lack energy, do not re lish your food, feel dull and stupid, after eating, all you need is a dose of Chamberlain’s Stomach & Liver Tablets. They will maae you feel like a new man and give you an appe tite like a bear. For sale by Chero kee Drug Co. ENTERTAINING JOTS FROM ETTA JANE, Happenings of the Past Week in Lower Cherokee. PERSONAL AND LOCAL. It-fmiB About Teopleand TIiIurh in the Tower Section of the County Gathered Up hy Our Itegular Correspond ent and Given to Ledger Kwaoers. Correspondence of Tne L.edger.1 Etta Jank, Feb. 5—While so many questions of public po’icy are agita ting the minds of cur people there are some very important ones left to settle themselves in their own way. There are not to be settled by any statutory law that we can find—public opinion is the only tribunal at which this class of offenders can be successfully convicted or honorably acquitted. We ailude to that class of able-bodied men who with their families move to the coDon mills, where they put their children to work in the mill while they themselves loaf around, drink whiskey and play the nuisance gen erally. We don’t see how any man with the love of a husband and care of a father can do such a thing. If such children owed their paternity to an incubator they would be none the less happy, and if the wives had the gordiau knot of golden wedlock sev ered this special class of nuisances would soon be a thing of the past. Mr. Frank McCluny is teaching at the Wilkinsville academy. He nas a good school and is much liked by his patrons. He is our style of a young man—kind to his mother and sisters. Right here we want to say to our young lady readers never marry a man who is unkind to his sisters and mother. He’s no account. We called to see Comrade R. C. Thompson when in Gaffney on Monday. We regret to say that bis eyesight is still unrestored. He seems as contented as his condition will admit of. He never complains, but bears his misfortune with quiet resignation. He has the sympathies of his comrades and hundreds of friends besides, who hope for his re covery soon. Miss Bailie Ingram is teaching the Gowdeysville school. She has a good school and her patrons like her. Mr. Newton Burgess and Mrs. Mary Varnadore were married last Sabbath by J. R. Poole, E-iq.,magistrate, at his office at Sunnyside. Rev. W. H White preached at Salem last Sabbath. Owing to the bad weather and high river the con gregation was smaller than usually attends that church. Mr. White has an enviable reputation for prompt ness in filling his appointments. In the fourteen years of his ministered life he has only disappointed his con gregation three times and with the Exception of about three Sab baths he has had an appointment to preach somewhere. The congrega tion did not look for him last Sabbath tiii lie put in his appearance. Last Monday we spent the day in Gaffney, and attended the meeting of the “Greeter Exchange Associa tion,” and took notes of the bone- yard exhibition. It seemed as if all the “rips” in the country were there. And the traders made things lively. George Jefferies, colored, was seem ingly the most active and a colored “geiulan” (we didn’t know him) was seemingly an expert at judging the ages of the stock. Everything was lively and in good humor, and many rips changed owners We found the Ledger office all astir—the boys were as busy as bees and the managing editor was kept busy attending to routine business— writing receipts and taking in sub scriptions seemed to be no small part of his work. While sitting there a customer came in and asked the manager how long it would take him to print 200 copies of a job and what would be the cost The sum was named and one of the printers called in to take the copy and do the work. The result was that in a very few minutes the customer had bis work handed him, done up in first-class style and h« was on his way homeward with a pleasant smile on his face. In the office we had the pleasure of meeting and forming an acquaintance with Col. J. L. Black, of Cherokee Falls, who Is one of the leading men of his section, and well known to most of oar readers. Those who expect .to attend the Confederate reunion in Dallae, Texas, next April wuuld do well to write John F. Worley, chairman of commit tee on information of the Texas Re union Association and ask him to se cure board and lodging for them dur ing their stay in the city. Tell him the price they are willing to pay and the number in the party they wish tr make arrangements for, and all other particulars, and he will look out for them and give the information asked for. Don’t wait till ybii re&Oh the e.'ty and defend upon gr-ttir.g the j kind of a'pltice you want If you do ' you will be disappointed beyond a doubt. The political pot is beginning to boil, and the different aspirants are brushing up their boomiets. By the time sap rises the field will be full of candidates. On their return from Gaffney yes terday John and Terry Estes had a runaway scrape in which their buggy wus considerably torn up and the oc cupants thrown out and shaken up a little, but no serious damage was done othe-wise. If Mike Sellers’ prediction bolds good about ground-hog day winter is just begun. The Thomson mills have been shut I down on account ot the nigh water iu Thiekety creek, but cousin James Woolbright, the miller, is now ready for customers to come again. Mr. Green Betty, oi the Blue branch section of our county, passed here with a load of pottery ware yesterday Rev. Mr Creech will preach at Mesopotamia church next Sabbath i at 3 o’clock p. m. At Gaffney la^t Monday we met quite a number of friends from all parts of the county and they report about the same thing from an agri cultural standpoint. Short crops and prices and a general gloomy outlook But cheer up friends aud go into this' years contest with renewed vigor— don’t despair. •‘Behind ;i frowning Providence He hides a smiling face.” Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray that this scourage ^ill soon pass away and that our people will realize that it has been a blessing in disguise. If husbands and wives will pull together, communities work for the same general good to all then hope will take new life and all will be well. But if on the other hand the home government is not in accord with the spirit of piece and happiness the quaint old ballad of Goffer Brooks comes in very properly, thus: "There* was a victim In a cart, One day for to be hanged, Aud his reprieve was granted. And the court was made to stand. Come marry a wife and save your life." The judge alond did cry ; "Oh, way should I corrupt my life?" The victim did reply. "For here’s crowd of every sort, And why should I prevent the sport? The bargain’s bad In part, The wifos’ the worst—drive on the cart." J. L S. Thousands Sent luto 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 Con 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 Trial bottles free at Cherokee Drug Company. Price 50c and $1.00. Every bottle guaranteed If women have beauty they don’t need sense in order to get husbands— that is, certain kinds of husbands. This WiU Interest .Many. To quickly introduce B. B. B. (Bo tanic Blqod Balm), the famous South ern blood cure, into new homes, we will send, absolutely free, 10,000 trial treatments. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B) quicaly cures old ulcers, scrofula, eczema, itching skin and blood humors, cancer, eating, festering sores, boils, carbuncles, pimples or offensive eruptions, pains in bones or joints, rheumatism, ca tarrh, or any blood or skin trouble. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) heals every sore or pimple, makes the blood pure and rich and stops all aches and pains. Botanic Blood Baim (B. B B.) thoroughly tested for 3(J years iu hospital and private prac tice, and has cured thousands of cases given up as hopeless. Sold at drug st^-js, $1 per large bottle. For free treatment write to Biood Balm Co., Atlanta. Ga. Medicine sent at once, prepaid. Describe trouble and free medical advice given. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) gives life, vigor and strength to the blood The finest Blood Purifier made. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B ) gives a healthy Blood supply to the skin and entire system. When a man of sixty weds a maid of twenty both ara entitled to tickets of admission to a lunatic asylum. A Tfeoinmnct Dollar* Thrown Awny Mr. W. W. Baker, of Plalnview, Nob., writes. “My wife had lung trouble for over fifteen years. We tried a number of doctors and spent over a thousand dollars without any relief. She was very low and I lost ail hope, when a friend suggested try ing Folev’s Honey and which I did; and thunks be to this great rem edy It saved her life. She is stronger and enjoys better health tluin she has ever known In ten years. We shall never be without Foley’s Honey and Tar and would ask those afflicted to try It.” Cherokee Drug Co. THRGGGHOGT THE TAR REEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. It.'ins Uoucerntni? Our NVIgh- l)ors iteyomt the Line Which !Yl»y Drove Kutertuln’iiK Reading for Hundred* of Ledger Header*. The Tobacco Association at Win ston-Salem has sent ^resolutions to Washington asking Congress to re duce the tobacco tax to 0 cents a pound. The pnuitry show opened at the city hull in Wilminton Tuesday afternoon und^r very favorable auspices. The exhibits are larger tha,u expected and as a rule they are fine. John Koon, a clever farmer who lives a few mile^ from Rutherfcrdton was badly mashed up by u failing tree a day or so ago. One arm was broken twice and The left leg was also broken several times. Mrs. Mary Lee Wilson, aged about 25, an operative in tne Edna Cotton Mills, Reiilsville. was instantly killed by a southbound passenger train Tuesday evening while crossing the railroad near the mills. She was a widow and leaves one child. A woman and child were arrested at Rutherfordton Sunday and placed in jail charged with vagrancy. The woman has been tramping about, town for several days with a very young child and seemed to be uncon cerned as to what became of them. Mr. Bex Gass, who was shot last Monday at ^Winston-Salem is still improving. His physicians have not discovered a bad symptom The patient has no fever and there is every indication now that he will re cover. If he does, the physicians admit that it will be almost miracul ous. t The recent eleet and freeze de stroyed many thousand early cab bage and other garden plants in and around Durham. One truck farmer reports that he lost 15,000 cabbage plants and a citizen of Durham says that he had from twenty to twenty- five thousand plants killed by the sleet. The most important case to be tried at the present term of Wilkes court is that of Sprinkle vs Williams. A thousand or more acres of land are involved. The plaintiff claims that when she sold the land to the defen dant her mind was not clear, there fore, she asks that the deal be de clared off. Arthur Johnson and a conpaulon, Latt Sherlyn, stole two valuable horses in Asheville early Sunday morning. Later a 'phone message stated that two suspicious white men were trying to sell two horses. Officers captured Johnson and the horses near Hominy Station Sunday afternoon. Sherlyn fled, but was captured Monday afternoon. True bills were returned against them. The store of W. A. Stewart, of Mon roe, was entered and robbed of sev eral dollars’ wortn of goods Sunday afternoon. The robbery was a bold one us the store is on one of the prin cipal streets of the town and has a glass front, making the interior plain- Ij visible from the street. The en trance was made from the back door. Tuesday morning two 15-year-old negro boys were arrested as suspects. Owing to the enormous amount of testimony, the cherry tree cases which were to come up at Rutber- fordton this week, were continued to Thursday aud it will take all day to finish them, as the famous Amos Owens is yet to be examined. Charles Watkins and Marion Carver, who were at one time owners of the cherry tree business, were not present at the trial. It is said that they are out West attending college. J. J Ingle, of Blacks Mountain, is In a serious condition at a hospital at Asheville as a result of a fight with Constable Watkins Saturday after noon. Ingle was one of a number of citizens of Black Mountain, arrested for refusing to be vaccinated. A quarrel with the constable grew out of the arrest. Watkins, who is in jail, says he was attacked by Ingle and shot him injself-defense. The cases were settled by the persons ar rested agreeing to be vaccinated. A matter discussed at some length by the county commissioners of Scot land Tuesday was the recent mur ders, barn burnings and store rob beries that have occurred In the county. All agreed that these things deserved special attention; so a re ward of $50 was offered for the de livery of Joe Ridley to the sheriff of Scotland county. Joe, It will be re membered, stands accused of the double crime of shooting and burn ing Shedrsvk Ward last week. The deck ol thu Lucxd wa? ?.d,9 iiistructed to write the governor anu aitT M** 1 t0 supplement, this reward. Advertlglng the Kxpo*lt!oa< The advertising car of the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition which is being sent out by the Southern Railway Company, ar rived in Gaffney Wednesday evening and remained here several hours, dur ing which time considerable advertis ing matter for the exposition was posted. The car was in ebarge of Mr. W. E. McGee, one of the South*^ ern’s genial traveling passenger agents, whose headquarters are at Augusta. Mr. McGee stated to a L-riger representative t-hat the South ern had expended $40 OuO on its ex hibit at the exposition and that it was doing all in its power to make the ex position a success bv advertising the big show thoroughly over its entire sjstem. Those who g > to the exposi tion (and everybody who possibly can do so ought to go) should not tail to lontc up the Southern’s exhibit. The car left here for Blacksburg and other points alorg the line to Charlotte. Food Changed to Poison. Putrefying food in the intestines produces effects like those of arsenic, but Dr. King’s N -w Life Pills expel the poisons from clOttged bowels, gently, easily but surely, curing Constipation, Biliousness, Sick Head ache, Fevers, all Liver. Kidney and Bowel troubles. Only 25c at Chero kee Drug Company. Did it ever occur to you that per haps you are wrong and the other fellow is right? Mr. Wheeler Got Kid of Ht* Rheumatism. “During the winter oijl89S|I was so lame in my joints, in fact all over my body, that I could hardly hobble around, when I bought a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. From the first application I began to get well and wa? cured and have worked stead ily all the year.—R. Wheeler, North- wood, N Y. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. “Women are so inconsistent.” says the Manayunk Philosopher. “A wo man will marry her idol and then proceed to break him.” A Profitable 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 what 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. There is quite a dilL-reijce between having a heavenly voice and having an unearthly voice. Children Especially Ehtble. Burns, bruises and cuts are extreme ly painful and if neglected often result in blood poisoning. Children are especially Ibible to such mishaps because not so careful. As a remedy DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is un equalled. Draws out the fire, stops the pain, soon heals the wound. Be ware of counterfeits. Sure cure for piles. “DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured mj baby of eczema after two physicians gave her up.” writes James Mock., N. Webster, Ind. “The sores were so bad she soiled two to five dresses a day. Cherokee Drug Co. Taking everything into considera tion the suspension bridge is without a pier. Don't Live ToKatlicr. Constipation and healthnever go to gether. De Witt’s Little Early Risers promote easy action of the bowels without distress. “I have been troubled with costiveness nine years,” says J. O Greene, Depauw. Ind. “I have tried many remedies but Little Early Risers give best results.” Cherokee Drug Co. There are on the Swiss lakes sixty- five steamers, of which the largest can carry 1,200 passengers. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo (Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if It falls to cure. E. W. Grove’s sig nature is on each box. 25c. Insomnia may be only another name for an accusing conscience. —Drive away the blues by using Sure Cure Sarsarparilla, 50 cents. It makes sick people well ,—Have you tried Sure Cure Sar saparilla? It never fails to cure. Aak 8. B. Crawley A Co. —Blue Ribbon flavoring extracts are at all the best stores.