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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspap; 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., TUESDAY, FEBKUAHY 11, 1904. 81.00 A YKAB. WJSIIOUT THE 'PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. Miss Joe Langford, on a South Bound train between Columbia and Swan sea, on the 14th of November, 18%, the sum of * 11 "> To. When arrested, e ueuied that tiiM name was Martin Patterson, but admitted to the sheriil later that lie is the mar charged, but denies being guilty of the charge. ALL OVER THE STATE. Events that!II *ve Taken lU»c«* from One Eml of the State to the Other Culled from exchange* for yulek Hearting by Scores of Iluay People. Spartanburg is making an effort to secure a Federal Luri lir.g. At a special election at Anderson, Friday, on the luee'ior of sewesgeit was decided by a majority oi 101) to SHORT LOCAL TEMS. The sick members of the family of Mr ii Bu*i r are improving. What about The Ledger twice a week ior .'jl-UO. Gome along aud taae it. We are glad to note that Mrs. N. A. Hoyle is recovering after a few weeks illness. O. E. Wilkais is preparing to spring a novel sale on the people of Gaffney and Cherokee county. Look out for iris aunouticemeiir. OiSCLE BILL'S VIEWS OF SCHLEY'S CASE. “There is Honor Enough for All.” SAYS ADMIRAL SCHLEY issue bonds for a *irst About nr-r.'-hi"- •;* c teCT of sewerage, aooui tw^'ve miles will be put in at u cost of ^OO. Governor MuSweeney, the members of the Legislature and the State House officials were the guests of the Exposition Company at the exposi tion grounds Friday. The visitors ar rived on a special train a. 1- <iu over the Southern road. The train ran direct into the Ivory city. Two months ago a bad negro named Johnson tired into a group of small negro boys at Florence. A boy named James was hit and died last, Thursday from the wound. An inquest was held, the verdict being that the boy came to his death from a gunshot wound at the hands of Johnson. Johnson has been in jail some time. Tuesday morning, Emma Atkins, a colored woman living in 11 A Hod- gens' yard, at Laurens, left herse\cu* year-old daughter in the house while she went to the spring for water. Ucreams Lom the child were heard in a few minutes, aud almost before any* o£* reacted her, she was burned to death. On account of the illness of his son, President Roosevelt will not go to Charleston, this week but will hold himself in readiness to go to his son’s beaside at any minute, although Mas ter Roosevelt it- in no immediate dan ger. The pres! tent will go to Char leston within the next few weeks, the time not being fiixfd. , Mrs. Seaborn Rush, a married lady about 30 years old of Greenwood coun ty, committed suicide last W ednes- day by shooting herself in the head. She had been in bad health for some time. Last year a little child of her s was burned to death, and four yeais ago her first husband accidentally shot himself while hunting. The following sensational item is going the rounds of the press. “Two popular society woman engaged in a scrap over a piece of lace at a bargain sale in Greenville, S. C., the other day. One siapped the other’s face aud then the trouble began. They were finally separated, but not until con siderable damage had been done on both sides. The affair has caused a reat sensation in Greenville on ac- ountofthe high social position of tA e two ladies.” he governor has received very Bt'd^F llew petitions askii g the par- tionW Mrs. Carson, who has been in the «nitentiary serving a life sen- teucewnce 1895. Mrs. Carson, it will be reufcu^bered, was convicted of par- ticipattfc? in the foul murder of her busbar® in Spartanburg. Thursday the Sp« tan b ur g delegation accom panied ®e woman’s father to see the governo»nd presented the petitions, which arBsigned by influential peo plo. ThMboard of directors of the penitentii^y also recommended that, owing to filling health and sufficient punisbmen\ the woman be given he freedom. Iwe governor has taken the case uudYr advisement. Wm M. Con\or, Jr.,of Spartanburg, has recently tven appointed u gov ernment instruVtor in the Philippine Islands, and sfyls from New Yora, Feb. 15, for Makila on the transport McClelleu bounrv for that port. He is the first South Cf^roliniun to receive an appointment c\rect from the gov ernment department of public in struction of the Philippine Islands, the two previous apAoiutees from this state having been seV c ted by Super intendent of EducatitX McMahan by virtue of authority delegated to him by said department. \ Mr. Connor graduated from Wofford College in the class of 1897, and finished the law department at the University of Virginia in June, 1900. After having successfully evaded the officers of the law for over five years, Martin H. Patterson was ar rested Wednesday afternoon in Columbia by State Constable Rate- man and Htiis assistant and turned over to Sheriff Caughman at Lexing ton. This is the same man who suc ceeded in having Sheriff Caughman arrested in Havannrb, Ga., last fall, and succeeded in making his escape, although the Sheriff had requisition papers for Patterson. He is charged under true bill with stealing from The weather is cold but fine ar.d if it cwntinues many more days farm and all other outdoor work will be pushtid vigorously. Little Miss Anna Laura Alexander guvt- a birthday party last Saturday Afternoon a number of her little friends were present. Mr. John Gordon, oi this county, and Mis* Eva Hardin, of Forest City, X C., were married yes-erday in this c ty bv Magistrate Wm. Phillips. Trade in mules is not so brisk as Iasi spring, but for some days past ii is showing si^os ui activity and quite a good many deals have been made. We regret to learn that “Scrap” Lamb had the misfortune to get his leg broken last Saturday, but glad to hear tiiat he is getting on very well with it. The little boy that was hurt some time ago in the mill of the Gaffney Manufacturing Company is recover ing, but his face will be disfigured for life. Farmers are very much behind with their work. Bui Chorokeeans are successful and will, in a short time, get things in shape if opportunity is afforded. The Limestone Choral Club will hold its next rehearsal Thursday evening instead of Tuesday on ac count of the illness of the director, Prof. Maxim. The turf oats and a native white variety are the only kinds that have stood the heavy freezes of the winter and survived.- Moral: Plant turf and native white oats next fall. Mr. J. VV. Harroid and Mrs. Lidie Moore were married on Sunday the 9th inst., by Magistrate Wm. Phillips and left immediately for a visit to tne groom’s relatives in North Carolina. A negro man who had been con victed of theft and finished serving a terra on the cha'Egang Friday, was caught stealing from a store Saturday and was tried and sentenced to the gang yesterday. Mr. John McAllister, formerly of Rockipgham, N. C., is a bright young man who has accepted a posi tion in The Battery, where Mr. Rat cliff always aeeps his big guns loaded to the muzzle with good things for his customers. Dr. D I*. Thomson has opened a dental office over the National Bank. “Park” has spent much time and study in preparation for his profes sion, and we predict for him the suc cess which his thorough preparation and high character deserves. The Gaffney Manufacturing Com pany has ordered 40U looms for weav ing colored goods. Supt. Cutting is an experienced mill man in every re spect. The hands are making fair wages and the weaving is running better than it has since the mill has been constructed. Mr. Garnet Martin showed us a turnip yesterday that weighed eight pounds. It was grown by his father, Mr. Geo. H. Martin, near Mount Paron in Cherokee township, and we think it proves “Uncle George” to be the champion turnip grower in the county. Rev. J. B. Bozeman, pastor of the Second Baptist church, made a short visit to Yorkville, his old home, a few days ago. Mr. Bozeman is an able preacher, an enthusiastic worker for the Master’s cause, is loved by his congregation and has the confidence and esteem of ail our people. Gaffney is still on thu up-grade—is not moving on boom time, but with that regular pace which has always characterized her steady and substan tial growth. Watch Gaffney in 1902 aud you will see more fine buildings go up inside her borders than have been pressed into any preceding twelve months of her existence. great ’chieveineots. Sly only asks j fur de honer dat is due him. He don’t spect de honor ob Samson er udder monster, hut he wants de hon or ob finally gifting dar an perform ing de work dat was waiting fur him. An ail de impartial folks will gib credit ter him fur heating Sampson dar even if dat engagement business wuz to go on ’till de end er de wurld.” Bkn Hoover. THE FARMER BOY. Schley Will «o Down in His tirave a* H Nohle Hero, an Brave aft the Bravest—It Is Not What. One Gets Credit for. But ft Is What He Dot s. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Blacksiurg, Jan, 20.—When one istbiiikdng more of the hoiling of his pants (ban of what he is sajifg in his prayers it seems that thtre is sometning wrong. W e do not mean to say anything against Admiral Sampson—if we were too it would not amount to a hill of beans—but it seems th.'t r he took the most of the money ana -all the honor that be could get without “soiling his pants” very muon in the f'au.iagu battle. Sampson is gvtting o.d and childish anu for some time there i as bs.cn taik of his mind being over-tuxed. Well, if is over taxed what caused it? W as it the excitement of the buttle or the excitement of the facts that has since come to iignt, or was it caused by something else unknown to tne world? “There is honor enough for all.” says Schley. There is honor enough for ail if distributed equal to all according to service rendered. But Schley should not have taken any steps for the purpose of exposing the facts of the Santiago campaign aud the preservation of his good name. He will go down to his grave as a noble hero, as brave as the bravest, but we think he took u step in the wrong direction when he decided to have the case investigated. It is not what one gets credit for, but it is what one does that makes his con science clear. We began this article with the in tention of giving our views—or part of Cbem-about the above uamed case, but Uncle Bill has been talking about it considerably here of late and, as agree with him in some resnects, we we will give what he has to say Carroll, Carpenter Byers, former ly Carroll & Carpenter, are now regu larly installed In their four large stores and are ready to serve their patrons. The new firm came Into existence February 1st, and it go is without saying that they will in every way sustain the reputation of the old firm of Carroll «fc Carpen- tsr, which for nearly a quarter of a century has stood at the head of the mercantile world in this section. “Well, sub,” says Uncle Bill, “If de committee on enq^irement hab done see fit ter fine brudder Sly guilty er being too slow, den why on airth don’t dey send him ter de legislature fur de balance ob bij natural life and be done wid it? I notice dat brudder Miles hab done got kotebed making some remarks in connection wid de above named case and has been com manded fur de same. I done been had de notion in my head dat dis am a free country an dat all its ’habi tants wuz ’lowed de free use ob dey tongue so long as they speaketh ob de purson or pursons what am still living in dis wurld. And furdermore be it said an understood ’cording ter de act ob my conscience, dat I hab heretefore an spects ter continue de free use ob de tongue dat the good Lord seen fit ter place wid in my mouth. And still furdermore be it said and done ’cording ter de act ob enlightment, dat I spects ter pick my chances fur de usement ob said tongue. An fur de benefit ob brudder Goosefelt an all de udder government geese, I hereby state dut I occupy an hab no puhlick office like brudder Miles, so I hab an undisputed right ter spress my ’pinion on said case, which brudder Miles hab done been refused ob. I hab dis ter say, de ones dat worshiped Sly an de ones dat worshiped Sampson afore de eu- quirement business wilt still continue ter lub dey own choice wues dan ebber. It matters not if 81y wus slow, his followers will claim dat he wuz pearter dan Samson, in-so-much as de said Sampson wuz twenty miles from de scene ob de conflict when de battle wuz commeced. An Mclay hab done been laboring at de navy yard an, fur as I hearn tell, wuz git; tiug along tolerably well ’till he got ter laboring wid it. an now he am ’prived ob de privilege ob laboring at it or wid it either, in-so-much dut he done put such things ter gedder dat wouldn’t stan’ de storm. In viewing de whole case frum de mighty peak ob truth it am plainly seen dat dey am using all wid in dey power ter rob Sly ob his just respect and de- votement ob de ’Merican people. Dey can talk erbout Sly being slow an all dat, but we alredy done knows dat he wuzn’t so slow but what he kotched de whole pusiness. an what mo’ can dey spect ob him. Wash ington wuz a little slower dan the people ob his time ’predated but he come ter victory, an so did Sly. Washington is praised ebber where now an so would Sly be praised if he wuz ter depart from dis wurld. Dey would ’rect monuments ebber where an de people would want Santiago harbor cubbered ober wid pearl an diamonds. Yes sur, den In de place er being ferbidden ter speak in his fever de people would be ferbidden ob saying de least thing ’g’inst bis IliHiriit GlorioiiM Kstutu tiuil Due to Be I’routl of fOorr^flrionrtenoi- of The I,ed8:<3r.) Asbi ry, 8. 0., Feb. 1 —The con sideration of the present age is to lourn how and why farm agriculture has come to emphatically mean more than the growing of mere vegetable products from the soil. In its modern meaning if now inc.uots the produc tion of meat, beef, pork and mutton, of wool, of dairy prcduc ions, milk butter and cheese and of a better class of live stock than bus formerly b‘-eri known. The farm is the raw material from which is to come the food and clotningof all mankind. The country boy rises early, he is acquainted with and interested in all the stock and poultry; he knows ail the country round ; he is acquainted with every bug and worm, bird and animal, tree and liowi r, weed and cereal on the farm ; he has a good ap petite and good digestion and his sleep is sweet and refreshing; he reads thoughtfully the great book of nature, whose leaves open before him day by day; he iovt-s ms father and mother, and he loves his sweetheart as no town boy does and is loved in turn by her as no town boy is; he works hard all day and when night comes he enjoys a healthful rest and then lies down to peaceful dreams; He grows to man’s estate with the rich heritage of good health, a clean, pure character, industrial habits, a mind well stored with practical knowledge gained by the fireside ar.d in the country lyceum, affectionate and trusting in bis disposition, polite and courteous though, perhaps, some what awkward in his manners, and in every way well equipped for the bat tle of life. He knows nothing of the follies and vices, the mockery and hollowness seen in city life; he is a grown up man and the chief places In business in the city and in the nation come into his possession, he has the stuff in him that qualifies bira under guidance for eminent statesmanship, for military renown, for professional success, for judicial distinction, for the grandest men of the nation have been and the grandest men of the fu ture will be found among the country boys of our land. He may at times think his country home plain and un attractive, his life one of drudgery and humdrum, and may at times envy thd town boy and his more ex citing life and opportunities, but let him not worry, he has a far richer heritage and the future will be a sat isfactory revelation to him. God bless the country boy, he is the hope of the nation. What maki'S the pitfsfor<<'t to squeal? What makes the old hojts younger feel? What tills the kitchen tub with meal? The plow. What makes the corn and barley prow? What makes the mill and sifter po? What makes the chickens strut and crow? The plow. What makes the farmer prow and thrive? What makes the merchant scheme and strive? What keeps the cobblers all alive? The plow. The plow's the thine to make the corn. To cure the pout and hollow horn. What should we follow in the morn? The plow. Ram. A Petition for a Primary. The following was handed us yes terday with the request tha.t we pub lish : Static of South i'ahomna, i COUNTY OK CHKROKKK. ( We, the undersigned, bellevlnp that in the election of Mayor and Aldermen for Gaffney, a majority vote should decide who shall be our officers, and believlnp that a primary election is the best and most democratic plan for obtain'rip such results. We hereby re quest all voters to assemble at the Court House Tuesday evening, Fob, 11th. at elpht o’clock, to discuss the matter, and to formul ate plans for holding such primaries In each of the several wards of the town of Gaffney. Signed by a number of citizens. There seems to be an impression that the above is intended as a scheme in favor of some of the can didates. We do not see how it could be so considered. It’s purport is plainly expressed, and means nothing less, than that the successful can didates in the election should receive a majority of the votes oast, which is democratic and is the method by which all county, state and national officers and representatives are chosen. It is true that some one candidate will be benefitted, but lo that event the wishes of a majority of the voters will have been expressed. The truly good young man doseo’t accumulate a lot of letters and photo graphs for the purpose of making a bonfire the night before his wedding. IF 1, TAR HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The time and took their bed a faw days ago. Friday they were worse and some friends sat up with them Thurs day night. They began to grow worse and passed away just as Ude clock pointed to the hour of two. They were interred Sunday in the same grave. Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. interesting I terns Concerning Our Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which iViHy Prove Kntertaln'.ng Rending for Hundreds of Ledger Renders. Washington, N. C., suffered a #75,- 000 fire Saturday. At Newton Friday night the jury in the case against George Snipton and John Beard for burglary returned a verdict oi not guilty. The main building of the Alexan der county home in Taylorsville for the poor was burned Saturday after noon. Nu lives were lost and most, if not all, the furniture was saved. A dispatch from Saluda sajs the inhabitants are very much ex'-Oed over the appearance in the neigh borhood of a strange “varvmini,” supposed to be a mountain lion or a panther, ai d a large party were our hunting it. Mr. Charles Rhyne, a white man, living at Long Shoals, near Liucoln- roo, uevtloped a case of smullp.'X Friday. His house was imme diately quarantined and every pre caution is being taken to keep the disease from spreading. Governor Avcock Saturday par doned W. VV. Nicholson, of Union county, who in January, 1899, was convicted of highway robbery and given a six years' sentence on the roads. The governor had twice re fused to pardon Nicholson. The Chatham Record says that at Moore court last week Mr. VV. H. McNeil, editor of The Carthage Blade, obtained a judgment for $5,000 against the Durham & Charlotte Railroad Company on account of in juries received by him at the time the train fell through the trestle at Gulf, about two years ago W. A. Martin, shot and killed Wil liam Kelly, at Huntsville, Yadkin county, last Sunday a week ago. Kelly has not been arrested. The coroner’s jury decided that Kelly came to his death from two bullet wounds, one entering the breast and the other the head, inflicted by a pistol in the bauds of one VV’. A. Martin. In the case of the State vs. J. A. Gorham, of Statesville, for embracery, which has been on trial for the past three days, the jury, after deliberat ing for about thirty minutes, re turned a verdict of not guilty. So licitor Hammer then entered a nol pros, as to Mr. Gorham in the joint indictment againsc Gorham and Juror Brown. VV. N. Cooper has inotituted in the Superior court thirty damage suits against the Southern Railway Com pany, aggregating about $fiU 000 Mr. Cooper is a large dealer in lum ber and the damage alleged is for failure of the defendant to furnish cars for the shipment of lumber. The amount asked in each suit is less than $2,000, which will prevent the suits being removed to the Federal Courts. The executive committee of the Eastern Carolina Fruit and Truck Growers’ Association met in Wil- ming Friday afternoon and had a conference with Traffic Manager T. M. Emerson, of the Coast Line. The result of it appears to have been en tirely satisfactory, judging from in terviews with several of the promi nent members who were at the meet ing. The committee is not asking for better rates, those in effect being entirely satisfactory, but it wants a better service aud will no doubt re ceive it this season. The Cook County Democratic club arrived in Charlotte at 7:3U o’clock Sunday night and was met at the depot by a committee of citizens, who escorted the visitors to the Elks olub. As the Chicago visitors marched up town burning red fire and their band waking the echoes with patriotic music, the streets were thronged with people on their way to the various chuiches. There was no official welcome or speechmaking, but the visitors were quietly enter tained at the rooms of the Elks’ club and the Southern Manufacturers’ club. They left at four o’clock in the morning for Columbia. Kin Scott and wife, Frances, ninety-five and eighty years of age, respectively, died at their home in Hayti, a negro suburb of Durham, Saturday morning at 2 o'clock. It was a strange coincident that thi* aged ccugie died of old age and a complication of diseases in the same bed and at the same hour. 1 hey had been in declining health for some During the last few days a negro man has made three attempts to en ter the bed room of Mrs. A. B. Cox, a widow lady living on Liberty street, h thickly settled resident portion of Durham. The first attempt was made Friday morning and two at tempts made Saturday morning. The matter was kept quiet with the hope that he could be captured. On Fri day morning a man, Known to boa negro, attempted to raise the window of Mrs Cox’s room but was frightened vay by a negro servant next d ‘f. This was between 5 and 6 o’clock. Or. Saturday morning about rlt<- % md hour a negro, apparently the same rnuti, made another attempt to enter the window and a police officer was called. 1 he < ffiier remained around the home until after fi o’clock and then left. He was hardly out of °ig'it when the negro again appeared at the window’ and made a desperate eff rt to get ins>de. By this time a Mr. I Bowen, who boards at the home, and the small son of Mrs Cox were awake and ran out of the house. Tne negro wes surprised and caught by Mr. Bowen, when a struggle ensued, re sulting in the negro breaning away. As he ran off Mr. Bowen fired and the negro uttered a cry of pain, show- ing that the ball took effect. Some distance from the house the negro pulled off his overcoat and dropped it. In the siceve was a hole made by the pistol ball. The officers are making every effort to catch the negro but he is still at large. ETTA JANE. The AlailH Crowded With Scheme Circulars Like the Cherry Tree Fraud. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Feb. 8 —We find the mails crowded with circulars and papers containing various ade. in line with the cherry tree scheme, and which are calculated to decoy the unwary and rob them of their honest earnings Common sense should sug gest to any one that the day of some thing for nothing is past and to bet on the other man’s tricks is a sure guarantee that you are on the losing side. The best wary to avoid danger is not to get in its way. Magistrate J. R. Poole went to Gaff ney one day this week on business. We hope that the camps of U. C. veterans in Cherokee county will issue calls for their meeting in time for all members and those who want to become members, to know of the time and place of meeting so as to be present and take part in the election of officers for the ensuing year. The Ledger has always worked faithfully for the veterans, and will no doubt be glad to assist them in thoroughly organizing their forces by giving no tice of the time place and object of their meeting. The county commissioners have very properly changed the road-bed between the parsonage and the cross roads near Mr. T. W. Littlejohn’s so as to go around the steep hill which in winter is almost impassable. The public schools of this ermmu- nity are all in successful operation so ftfr as we know and a fair attend ance of the children is reported. Yet it is a deplorable fact that many par ents seem to realize no responsibility for the education of their children— that they expect them to grow up as intelligent, useful citizens without ever having the polishing touch of the schoolroom applied to their minds and characters when both of these are sadly neglected in the home. Our friend and neighbor, W. G. Fowler, is going into the cattle rais ing business. He has enclosed a very large pasture and is buying up cattle and putting in it. He pays the high est market price for yearlings. We regret to l^aru that Mr. Elias Inman is suffering with cancer on his face. He is now in Richmond being treated for the malady. Mr. Clyde Inman of this place is staying with his grand mother and family at Bullock’s creek during the absence of hie grand-father. J L s. A Fjrtbtaii Banquet. The Limestone Lodge Knights of Pythias of this city will give a ban quet at Parish’s Hotel two weeks from tonight. A splendid program will be arranged and the “spread” will be one that will long be remembered by those who are permitted to attend. Wdddedat Webster. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Webster, Jan. 10.—The weather is very cold, but we make no com plaint for it’s all for the best. We had a marriage here on the 9jh inst. Jacob Littlejohn and Julian Guess were made one by Henrv Tate, Esq. a. B. a. A soldier dosen’t ntcessarily under go a surgical operation when deprived of bis arms.