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* THE LARGEST Circulation of An/ Nswipape 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. 10. 1894. GAFFNEY. S. C., rUIDAV, FEBRUARY 14, 1903. 81.00 A YEAR. TOPW THE PSiMTTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. CventH Mint tl«ve Taken Place from One that Have Taken 'theVirttte t'.> the < etxcliHngttH for Outck Heailm? l»y Scores of Unity People. Monday morning Mardi Gru. curni> vai attracted many thousand at Char leston. The floral fiesta opened with a parade around, T hn exposition and ' a more oniliaut spectacle of its ki.-.d , has never been wit:ie?iSAd in the city by the sea. On Saturday night the store of the Beaumont company wns hr,.ken into, the thief cutting out a panel in the door with a knife. Very few articles were missed. The money driwer was r:fi :d. but there was scarcely any money left therein. Bafe crackers blew open the safe of S. J. Taylor, a merchant at GreeL- viiie. in Williamsburg county, ant secured over $700. a umtof it in gold. A of four good looking white men was seen in that community beaded toward Charleston. The new jury act which is now a law was delivered by the governor to the secretary of state Monday. Cop ies of it, are now being printed and will immediately be sent to the county officials of the several coun ties. In some counties it is an im mediate necessity to draw juries un der the provisions of the new act. At the Monday afternoon session of the Y. M. C A. Convention in Columbia Capt. Richmond P. Hob son made a ringing speech dealing largely with America as a nation, and the present policy as to the Philippines. He has a fine delivery and his speech, which was well rendered, was listened to with marked attentjfl^. ThLgovernor has received an earn est j/dition for the pardon of Daniel Creel convicted in 1893 in Orange burg' county, of arson, and sentenced to ten years in the State prison. It is claimed that the conviction was entirely upon circumstantial evi dence, 'and both Judge Izlar and Solicitor Jervey endorse the applica tion for a pardon The governor has not yet acted in this case. Laurens may have a new hotel be fore the spring months pass away. It is said there is a scheme on foot in Jfehich three prominent business men are interested to erect a $25,000 hotel, a modern four story building on the southeast corner of the public square, where, until recently, stood a block of stone buildings, two of which collapsed and the other three having been condemned are being torn away. J. B. Parker, the negro who is credited with having struck Czolgo&z. the assassin of President McKinley, when the fatal shooting took place, delivered a lecture at-the Bethel A. M. E. Church in Columbia Monday night. There was a fine attendance, and Parker's lecture was attentively listened to. Tie negro tolls the tragic story in a simple manner, and it is of intense interest by reason of its Simplicity. Sunday night the store of J. B. Gillam, at Lees, was broken into, but fortunately the noise was heard and reported. Several of the citizens surrounded the store, whereupon the burglar commenced firing at them ‘ and made some clos • shots. The shots were returned and one load from Mr. Gillam’s gun took effect in the face, putting out an eye and knocking out a few teeth The man then surrended and is in the custody of Sheriff Hunter at Bamberg. Monday afternoon a row between Will 81ms and Will Calhoun, both colored, occurred in the negro barber shop of Wiggin’s on North Church street in Spartanburg. Calhoun gave Sflns a lick on the forehead with an it’on rod. In return Sims drew a pis tol and fired at his antagonist twice at close range, inflicting two slight flesh wounds, one in the arm and the other in the shoulder. Calhoun ran out of the shop and up the street, and Sims fired one more time. In the court of general sessions at Anderson Wednesday Judge Gage sentenced Oliver Greer to be hanged on March 14th, for rape. Greer is a young negro about eighteen years old. About the first of December he criminally assaulted Miss Rebecca Add Kelly, a white woman about fifty years of age living near Belton. Lynching parties were after him but Deputy Sheriff Dillingham got him first and landed him in jail. The whole trial lasted only an hour and the jury was out only ten minutes The governor,Wednesday,granted a pardon in the case ot Queen Wide- ! man, a negro woman, oonvicGd in ' Abbeville county in October. 1890 us an accessory to the crime of adminis tering poison, and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment in he State penitentiary. A petition in her be- half, signed by u!i the county , ffi iuie, was presented by Senator Graydon. This petition was supported by a statement from the prison physician, saying that the woman is dying of consumption and can live but a short while longer, and recommending her immediate pardon. Supt. Griffith also recommended the pardon. Hugh Kingsbury, a negro youth of fifteen years, has been committed to j iil, pending the investigation of the silling of George Kingsbury, a cousin of Hugh and about the same age, at .Milton, Laurens county, Wednes day of last week. It seems that the bo.» m v. ere rabbit hunting -ivhec, in some way, Hugh’s gun was dischergod as it pointed in the direction of George who received the fuii barge j of No 1 s ot at a vita! point, causing instant death. Hugh claims the shooting was an accident. Tivs may be true, but Coroner Watts has taken the precaution to make a thorough investigation. H. H. Mobley has instituted «uit Hg> ’ust the He a bo rd Air Line R:iil- roaii Company for $2 0!>0 damages | for alii-ged personal injuries. Mob- j ley was mail clerk on the road arid j claims that he was injured in a col lision at Whitmir:- rt. CL on Novem ber o h, last year. The petition states that he was on train No. 34. going north, ana that it collided with a fredght train, going eou ; h. It is alleged that the freight was par tially Dactted on a side track, but that the engine remained half on the main line. It is further alleged that, the headlight of the freight engine was blinded or covered, and that No. 34 was given no signal that the track was not clear. It is stated that No. 34 had the right of way and was pro ceeding at the rate of twenty miles an hour at the time of the collision. The road is charged with negligence. Seven Y’eart* In Bed. ‘ Will wonders ever cease?” inquire the friends of Mrs. L. Pease, of Law rence. Kan, They knew she had been unable to leave her bed in seven years on account of kidney and liver trouble, nervous prostration and general debility ^but, “Three bottles of Electric Bitters enabled me to walk,” she writes, “and in three months I felt like a new person.” Women suffering from Headache, Backache, Nervousness, Sleepless ness, Melancholy, Fainting and Dizzy Spells will find it a priceless blessing. Try it. Satisfaction is guaranteed. Ouly 50c. Cherokee Drug Co. If a man occupies a position of trust, he can always find plenty of other men who are willing to be trust ed. ENTERTAINING JOTS THOM ETTA JANE. Happeiiings of the Fast Week Id Lower Cherokee. PERSONAL AND LOCAL. Child Worth AHUioum. “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 tuae 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 A poor man who is u genius is dubbed a jack of all trades, while a rich man is noted for his versatility. A Nicht Alarm Worse t han 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 cures 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 Co. Lots of men will tell you how to get rich, but they haven’t time to ex plain why they didn’t. For Stomach# Trouble*. “I have taken a great many differ ent medicine for stomach trouble and constipation,” says Mrs. 8. Geiger of Dunkerton Iowa, “but never h id as good results from any as from Cham- berlian’s Htomach it Liver Tablets.” For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Taxpayers do not have to settle for pavements made of good intentions. Foley’s Honey and Tar is best for croup and whooping cough, contains no opiates, and cures quickly. Care ful mothers keep It m the house. Cherokee Drug Co. IntereHting Items About People amlTblof;* In the Lower Section of the County (lathereil 1’p by Our Regular Corre poml- eut ami (ii veu to Loiljjer Reader*. (Correspondence of The 'Lecbter.) Etta Jaxk. Feb 12 —.Mack Wool- brigtii who is attending the Cedar Hpniigs Institute, writes that, he is getting along nil -ight He is the sm of our oeighbir, .lames Wool- brigot, and i - a bright little boy even if ho cun’f see. Mr A. G. McCullough, of Bonham Tr-xiis, has our thanks for a lot of Bonham papers. Mrs. McCullough is a great friend to the Gaffney Led ger Mr. T. Jeff Hughes paid us a pleas ant viMt this vee.k. We are always glac! to have him with lift He L an old soldier a o likes to tell of his ups and downs m the war. Mr. James Woolbright speaks of quitting Thomson's mill and going to the Gaffney cotton mill. V ;ur correspondent has been quite unwell with cold for several days—he is bord ring close on a spell of pneu monia. Mr. Joe J. Brown, of Gowdysville, is in very ill health. From a Bonham Texas paper we see that that modest little city has contributed the snug little *um of $100 to the reunion fund at Dallas. This shows whether or not our friends in the Lone Star State are anxious to entertain their old comrades. Several of our neighbors have gone to the C larleston Exposition. They will return next Saturday. Yesterday was one of the coldest days of the season—so pronounced by many in position to know. This is Ash Wednesday, and being clear and light, is a favorable sign for the wheat crop. The North Carolina Dutch are great believers iu this, and with them it usually governs the wheat market. We hope the sign will hold good this year. Miss Aonie Miller’s school is aver aging forty-four scholars—too many mr any one teacher to manage suc cessfully. With our free school, this is more or less the case everywhere— either crowded or hardly enough scholars to give it the name of a school. These conditions the teacher is by no means responsible for. Several of the “Woodmen” left this morning for Charleston to be present at the Woodmen Day exer cises. Mr. William G. Fowler took bis little son Willie along with him. They will return Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Kirby are rejoicing over the arrival of a girl baby at their home last week. A few farmers have been plowing— turning their stubble lands. There seems to be a general scarcity of hogs in this country. Pigs four weeks old command a good price and are ready sale. Everything points to the planting of a small cotton crop this year— much more so than truthful. We are glad to see that The Led ger’s corps of correspondents is in creasing and ne hope they will re solve to keep our readers posted on ail matters pertaining to the affairs of the county and its people. Mr. and Mrs. J. H Fowler went to Gaffney yesterday on business. Mr. Jett Blackwell has a right sick child. It has pneumonia, but was getting along very well at last ac counts. J. L. s. Etta Jane, Feb. 13 —Mr Sam Fos ter, now of Union, but formerly of this place, was here a few evenings ago circulating among his old ac quaintances. Sam still wears on bis face the anxious marks of care, but we wish him success in his Union home, and truly hope his and—her heart may beat as one. Mrs. J. Farrow Wright, of this place, was summoned to the sick bed side of her daughter, Mrs. Ponder, at Shelby, N. C., last Saturday. A few evenings ago while an old sturdy farmer of this section was wending his way homeward from your city, he became so enraged that he felt he needed no longer to be be friended by bis overcoat, though the biting winter winds whistled through the pine tops, and the|great oak, had it had natural feelings, would have complained of the cold. But this mystic gentleman said no, and thus his coat fell by the wayside, qnd the next morning when the sun (f a new day came forth, this coM lay in full view of the traveling public to tell its woeful tale. Our school has enrolled forty-seven scholars and the number will doubt less be ii creased Uvs morning. So you see we need no compulsory school law down hi re Some farmers are ^till coinnlainiug of bad sta; ds of wheat. Mr. Gault and si-uer, of Kelton, spent Sundav at M r . Bud Conner’s. This week several oi tne ooys iu this section will go to Charleston to get a view of the ‘Sea City” and loon at the many strange curiosities at tne expo sition. Rev. S T. Creech nreached an ex cellent sermon at Mesopoatamia on Sunday evening to a very large audi ence. Mr. Creech is a fluent speaker and does not hesitate to bring forth the truths us he sees them. Some cold weother has prevailed here the past few dayel and this morn ing the clouds resemble snow. Sam. Tl,l* WIM Int'Ti-st THE TAB HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Interesting Item* Concerning Our Neigh bor* Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Reading 1’or Hundred* of Ledger Readers. A fire, believed to be incendiary, destroyed the barn* and stable of Mr. L E Davis, of Rocafish township Cumberland county Saturday, causing ^ him a loss of $1 000 ir move. the spine. He was unconscious at night and hi* condition is regard d as grave. The negro was arrested im mediately after the shooting and vrv- en a prelimincry trial and is still in the custody of the authorities. He is very unetsy. Salisbury bud slap ped Dillon a few minutes before going to breakfast because the latter bad taken the seat of an old gentleman and was slow about giving it up. In the dining ro »m the waiter said. “You de man slapped me. aint. you?” He then pulled his pistol and fired four shots, one taking effect. ROBBERY IN BLACKSBURG. The IiiMpen-Hry Broket; mil Money ami Booze Taken. The Blacksburg dispensary was broken opt n Thursday meruit g be tween midnight and daybreak, the To quickly introduce B. B. 13 (Bo tanic Blood Balm), the famous South ern blood cure, into new homes we wii! send, absolutely free, 10 000 trial treatments Botanic Blood Balm (B B. B) quickly cures old ulcers, scrofula, e v.etna. 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. Bet nic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) heals every sore or pimple, makes the blood pure and rich and stops all aches and pains. Botanic Blood Balm (B. 13 B.) thoroughly tested for 3<> years in hospital and private prac tice, and has cured thousands of cases given up as hopeless. hold at drug stores, $1 per large bottle. For free treat men t write to Biood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Medicine sentatonce, prepaid. Describe trouble and fr->e 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. Bradstreet reports that the heavy snows in the wheat states have im proved conditions very much. He Kecomiueud* Chamberlain’* Cough Remedy. “I have used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for a number of years and have no hesitancy in saying that it is the best remedy for cough, colds and croup I have ever used in my family. I have not words to express my confidence in this remedy.— Mrs. J. A. Moore, North Star, Mich. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. John D. Rockefeller distributed more than $3,000,000 in public bene factions last year. Don't Live Togather, Constipation and healthnever go to gether. De Witt’s Little Early Risers promote easy action of the bowels without distress. “I have beeu 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. Snow fell in California last week. It is a rare sight to see snow in that State. Don’t Let Them Suffer. Often children are tortured with itching and burning eczema and other skin diseases but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve heals the raw sores, expels inflammation, leaves the skin without a scar. Clean, fragrant, cheap, there’s no salve on earth as good. Try it. Cure guaranteed. Only 25c at Cherokee Drug Company. A bill has been introduced in Congress to authorize the coinage of 24-cent pieces When you luck energy, do not re lish your food feel dull and stupid, after eating, all you need is a dose of Chamberlaiu’s StQ.hech A Liver Tablets. They will nrmne you feel like a new man and give you an appe tite like a bear. For sale by Chero kee Drug Go. Experimentation is being con ducted in Pennsylvania in the grow ing of Havanne filler tobacco. To Cure a CoAd In One Day 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. Suraatara tobacco is being success fully grown in the Connecticut val ley and in Florida. Kidney complaint kills more peo ple than any other disease. This is due to the disease being so Insidious that, it gets a good hold on the system before it is recognized. Foley’s Kid ney Cure will prevent the develop ment of fatal disease if taken in time. Cherokee Drug C<l The People’s Party in Idaho has voted not to disband in favor of the Democrats. Foley’s Honey and Tar cures the cough caused by attack of la-grippe. It heals the lungs. Cherokee Drug Co. Two negro youths attempted to rob J B. J Utley, a rural free mail dGiVt-ry carrier, two miles west of Raioi n I Monday. They ran up behind hun ! and tore the mail out of his buggy j sno fl?d as he drew his revolver. He 1 pursued them and shot twice at one. j Arrangements wore made Saturday i for building a 5(1 to bu-barrel roller ! flour mill at Taylorsville, and work ! will bi-gla as eoot as lumber cun oe : gotten out. rh? m^chiuerj hes been purchased and a lor eenred near the ! depot. This new in. i will be ready tor operation by Mm 1st. 'The recent staterr ent in the M-nu- fucturera’ Record, hut the Carolina Railroad, running ut irom Ctmries- lon, would build a oranch from Lum- berton to Fayettei !e, gives promise of a Southern ex ention which has long been regarded as needful. Rail road building over that territory would not be difficult or costly, ex cept for climbing the hiilsof Rockfish creek, and these could be in a measure avoided b" an eastern deflection. Edgar Sparrow, an 18 year-old ne gro boy, was shot from ambush, some four miles west of Durham, late Sunday afternoon and seriously wounded. His injury, however, will not prove fatal. Sparrow was walk ing along the public road when shot. He was in company with another boy and the matter was soon reported to some neighbors nearby end the wounded boy was moved. There is no clue to who did the shooting. Eli James, a bad negro from South Carolina, was captured at Wilming ton by the police and Sheriff Burch, of Florence county, arrived Monday to take him to Florence for trial. A few weeks ago he went to the house of au old man named Thos. Gregg, who lives on a plantation near Flor ence, and shot him for some cause unknown. It was thought for some days that Gregg’s wounds were fatald but he has now about recovered ana the James negro will be given a speedy trial. A supposed rabid dog made the rounds of the northern and western portions of Statesville Sunday. The dog belonged to Henry McLelland. colored, and oefore it left his house bit two of hia children, and on its way into town bit Rothy, son of Mr. Tim Warren. It then went out West Rod avenue, and en route hit several dogs. It went to the home of Mr. T. J. S Patterson, who lives on the Taylors ville road, beyond the town limits and serverely bit his son, McKay, aged 7 years, almost biting off the left ear, sank its teeth through the right cheek and made several other ugly wounds about the head and face. Soon thereafter the dog was killed. The dog’s head will be sent to experts iu Baltimore this evening to decide whether it was really affected by rabbles, and in cast it is so declared efforte will be made to Send the chil dren on for treatment. Some of the leaf tobaccc dialers in North Carolina will this year grow a crop of tobacco. They are led to pursue this course by reason of the fact that the selling season closes much earlier than usual, thus leaving the dealers with much spare time on their hands. While it is in the na ture of an experiment, it is believed that the plan will be generally sue*- cessful, for a majority of the dealers have at some period of their lives been farmers and are thus familiar with the practical work of growing tobacco. In addition, their experi ence as buyers and dealers will en able them to handle the crop intelli gently and thus obtain better results. The matter is excitiug a good deal of comment among tobacconists and farmers. Some of the latter do not look with favor on the movement, as they fear it will lead In over-produc tion. Wednesday morning J. H. Salis bury, one of the best known conduc tors on the Southern between Salis bury and Knoxville, was shot and se riously wounded by Press Dillon, a colored waiter at the Glen Rock hotel, Asheville, where Salisbury was break fasting. Salisbury was taken to the Mission Hospital. He was shot in the abdomen, the bullet lodging near safe was blown open with glycerine and about sixty dollars belonging to .VIr. Phillips, the dispep-er, and a ch ck for fi“y dollars belonging to Gie State on the National Bvk of Gaffney, w -re stolen, also a. :-w bot tles of tne “chemically pure” t part of wnich, regardless of law the bur glars drank before leaving the house. The burglar* entered tne bui ling by way ot the front door which they unlocked with a key. After scouring the boodle they left the nou.se by tne door in the rear of the building, which th ’V left open. One of the burglars left a neck tie which had some mua up it and which had been slightly burnt. Since the buigiary .it is remembered in Blacksburg that two unknown white men were loitering about the city Wednesday, a"d of course they are suspected. They had disappeared Thursday morning and up to our last information no clue was found by which it was hoped the culprits would be discovered. The B. Y. F. I’’* Cuming, The State B. Y. P. U. Convention will meet iu Gaffney on April 3rd to 6tb. Three hundred delegates will be in attendance and our people should make preparations to give them a royal reception. Gaffney’s citizens are noted for their hospitality and on this occasion they should not fail to prove worthy of the distinc- tion. A Raging, Roaring Flood Washed down a telegraph line which Cbas. C. Ellis, of Lisbou, la., bad to repair. “Standing waist deep in icy water,” be writes, “gave me a terrible cold and cough. It grew worse daily. Finally the best doctors iu Oakland, Neb., Sioux City and Omaha said I had Consumption and could not live. Then 1 began using Dr. King’s New Discovery and was wholly cured by six bottles.” Posi tively guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and all Throat and Lung troubles by Cherokee Drug Co. Price 50c and $100. After fortune knocks at a man’s door he may be able to prove and al ibi—but what’s the use? A Tliou*nml Dollar* Thrown Away. Mr. W. W. Baker, of Piaiuview, Neb., writes. “My wife had lung trouble for over fifteen years We tried a number of doctors and spent over a thousand dollars without any relief. She was very low and I lost all hope, when a friend suggested try ing Folev’s Honey and Tar, which I did ; and thanks be to this great rem edy it saved her life. She is stronger and enjoys better health than she has ever known irt ten years. We shall never be without Foley’s Honey and Tar and would ask (ho«e eillicted to try it ” Cherokee Drna Co. Girls are always trying to convince young men that two can’t live as ex- pensively as one. Stop* the Cough Work* Off the aml.Coltl. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, no Pay. Price 25 cents. Extensive areas of alkali lands in the mountain states are being re claimed. Mothers can safely give Foley's Honey and Tar to their children for coughs and colds, for it contains no opiates or other poisons. Cherokee Drug Co. Macaroni wheats are being success fully grown in our semiarid localities. Winter coughs ar$ apt to result in consumption if neglected. They can be soon broken up by using Foley's Honey and Tar. Cherokee Drug Co. New processes of tobacco fermenta tion avoid losses black by rot. The most reliable preparation for kidney troubles on the market Is Foley’s Kidney Cure. Cherokee Drug Co. The Importation of the date palm has been a success. Mill End Sale. What is it.