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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any N . vspap: in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. ri'^\ r,\ >^■ 4 * [; 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 ail that the Word Implies and Devor^d to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. T ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. HAFFNEY. 8. C., TUESDAY, REBRUARY 18, 1902. 81.00 A YEAR* THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. X ALL OVER THE STATE. event* that Have Taken Place from One End of the State t<» the Other Cnlled from ExchaiiKG* for Quick KeadliiK by Score* .of Busy People. The governor Saturday ofT^r^d a re ward of $100 for the apprehension of Bam Johnson, who killed Jake Rhodes, in Hampton county some time ago. Near P^ul, in Laurens County, on the 7th inst., a negro woman named Martha Beechman was burned to death on the plar tat on of Mr. Lee Meares. Her dress took fire while she was engaged in burning ol! a ter race. J. L. Morgan, a white man, is now in the McCormick lockup on the charge of counterfeiting. His full counterfeiting outfit has also been I found. The treasury department at Washington has been notified of his arrest. The interesting Robbins homicide case was up for u hearing bef Jus tice Tope of the supreme court Wed nesday on a motion for bail 1u-*tioe Pope granted bail in the sum of fd 000 with not less than two nor more tnuu five securities tf The governor has offered a reward o? $10y for the apprehension uild con viction of Will Brewer, who ol Jan uary ?9th last killed Albert Mann in Chesterfield County and fled from jus tice. The killing is said to have been a most brutal one. Ben Davis, who disappeared from ^ishome at Bethune several days ago, Was found In Little Lynch’s Creek hear a foot log on last Friday morn- □ing, having been in the creek just ope week. The verdict of the ooro- ner’s jury was accidential drowning The board of health of Rock Hill has determined to institute compul sory vaccination and will enforce the provisions of the ordinance recently adopted. A few days ago a white man who refused to be vaccinated and resisted the officers was fined $5, which be paid. A Qreenville policeman has used hypnotism in the detection of crime with success. A negro whom . e sus pected of steaiipg some war relics from a certain family, he m { naged to place under the hypnotic spell, and obtained a confession an« later the relics themselves Saturday afternoon Joe Engl shand Henry Jeter, negroes, were b ought before Magistrate MoMasterof Colum bia on the charge of having stolen a bale of cotton from the Colombia Duck mills. Tbe magistrate called it housebreaking and grand larceny and sent the pair to jail pending fbrthor investigation. | The terms of office of all the judges elected at the present term of the gen eral assembly, save the euocnasor to Judge Buchanan, began Monday lorning. Judge Dantzler tiled 'bis ith with the secretary of stat^irhurs- tay as did Judge James A drich. fudge Buchanap’s term dpee i|>t ex pire u,ntil December Thursday application was made to the Secretary of Jjtate for a charter Tr the Rock Hi# Railroad Company re road is t^run from Rock itlill jo IrJarmony.xiYork county, a ^tlioce eight <tbleH. to use either f lam or jity. The'capital is g and the iaeorporatoij toddey. W. H. Wylie and Spencer, all of Rock Hill. The governor has granted! to Andrew Crockett, who wa ed in Chester county in 187 larceny and was sentenc years in the State penitenti pardoo was granted 24 yea: wan had completed tbe ser sentence in order to restore ship. Solictor Hen^y requ. order that tbe man cun be Witness in an important caj In the House Thursday I. Haile withdrew bis bill to bay to ■ Henry Massey of Bock Hill,r.$80(| Ir stock killed and barns burned t mM veteri nary of the State. Ml. M Vy claim ed that the stock did mt live glan ders and he should be eit fflrsed. A horse which was rut ki M by thi- veterinary recovered si ■ another veterinary stated th&ftliF was not glanders. The bouse nil rsas tabled in order that tbe matter Hay '•ome t>p next year when t^e* Vet^"^ary •nrgeons may be bearc. A bill now going though tbe legis lature, at the instance of Senator Stanland, deals lergelj with ancient history. The object oitbe bill is to allow the traptees of tie free school of ^t. George's Parisi. Dorchtster, to sreet a public school building With the funds now in their own bands. This old school was established by popular subscription in the year 1734 shortly after tbe founding of the town of Dorchester, and v. .»b for many yeags the pride of the people of that part of the State. Tbe board of trustees wa» incorporated in 1734 and the trustees have held regular meetings ever since, with tbe excep tion of a short period during the Revolutionary war and during the Civil war. It is said that this is one of the oldest free schools in tbe United State, if indeed, it is not the very old est. Monday Mr. Luther Bell of West- ville, went to Rock Hill, having in custody two white men, whose cap ture was made at Sloan, N. C.. Wed nesday. They were charged with having robbed Mr. Bell’s store at Westville on the night of February 5th, when they stole some dry goods, which they disposed of and which led to their capture. They confessed their guilt and agreed to return to this State wittiout requisition being made for them. One of the men gave his name as Benjamin P. Rudd and claims that he was born and raised in Petersburg. Va., that he is a boil er scaler by trade and bus spent sev eral years or. the sea He appears to be a pretty tough customer. Recent ly he has been in Florida, where he I met his companion in crime, who ! gives his name as George WHso i, a farmer trom West Virginia. They were taken to Camden Friday, where they will be jailed for trial. BOWLINGSVILLE BUDGET. (exhibition at Clary I.lne School House the Feature of the Week. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) BOWLINGSVILLE, >S. C., Feb. 15 — Snow began falling last Friday after noon at two o’clock and continued until three Saturday morning is between fifteen and twenty inches deep in some places. The health in our community is very good, with the exception of Mr. J. 0. Nance who has been quite sick, but we are glad to bear he is better. Tbe pleasant face of Mr. Allen Jef tries is a welcome sight to us now after his recent illness. On last Sunday morning Mr. Co lumbus Spencer and Miss Admolissa Pettit were married by the Rev. F. C. Hickson at the home of the bride The bride is one of the most indus trious ladies of the county and Mr. Spencer is a prosperous farmer and merchant. He is to be congratulated on bis choice. Mrs. 0. 8. Kendrick and Mrs. W. C. Hamrick visited the family of Mr. J. S. Littlejohn last week. It was their first visit but we hope it will not be tbeir last. They are always welcome. Mr. Horace Lipscomb is placing lumber on bis land for a residence. Mr. Taylor Petty, a retiring farmer, has built a large barn. Mrs. E. J. Clary and Miss Ellen Kirby attended the reception of the Spencer-Pettit wedding last Monday. Forest Petty and Tbm Anthony, of j Beaver Dam, visited.in this vicifiity Sunday. Edmund IVtGt has the Isom <fc Nance oh his place and is sawing a quantity of lumber Adolphus acd * Bennie Clary, of Gaffney, carce down last Friday and we are sorry to say were snow bound for a few days. They did Lot seem to mind it at all, as the country is not entirely destitute of young girls. Miss Lillie Gordeiock, who lias been' visiting friends and relatives here in her oid settlement, returned U>-her home at Pacoiet lust Sunday. Miss Pauline Pettit, of Ravenna, spent Saturday and Sunday with her grandmother, Mrs. Ruth Pettit. Mr J. S Littlejohn is on a big trip to dharleston. On last Friday evening from eight until eleven an exhibition was given at ,the Clary Line schoolbouse by the teachers and pupils. Notwith standing the bad weather there was a good crowd there. A splendid pro gramme was arranged of recitations, dialogues and music. It was a t com plete success and the parents of the children who took part in the exer cises went home that night proud of the talents displayed. This was one of the best entertainments ever gfven here, and much credit should be given to the faithful teacher. Her efforts were not in vain. Such work as this should be kept up among the schools, and we hope this will be only a be ginning which will be carried on each year for us tp have tbe pleasure to witness. It will be very hard to find a rival for this one. ‘‘Ruth.” A NEW DEPARTURE IN MANUFACTURING. Preparations Being Made for a New Industry in Gaffney. ONLY PLANT IN SOUTH. SUNSHINE AND VILE NESS IN THE DRIENT. ♦ - Climate Fine but People Vile and Filthy. ONLY HOPES OF CHINA. The OtifTney Manufacturing Compauy Vre- parlug to Erect a New Mill for FIuUIiIiik (•ooiIh Now Made by Them, Instead of Sending them North for that I'lirpone. ' A Ledger representative called upon Mr. H. D. Wheat, president and treas urer of the Gaffney Manufacturing Company, yesterday and received some information concerning the new departure of that progressive com pany that is of vast interest to the people'of this section. Mr. Wheat said: “Yes, we are making preparations for a, new fjptitrture in manufacturing cotton goods fotvh’s section. We are making preparations* u. erect a plant ! for finishing the goods'Viow being | made by the Gaffney Manufact'.ring j Coinpanv. The main building ]1 : be 100x350 feet and two stories high.’ This building will contain machinery for bleaching both yarns and piece goods, also for mercerizing yarns and piece goods and for dying yarns, warps and piece goods and for print ing piece goods, and for washing soaping, tentering, calaodeting and finishing cotton piece goods in ell the different ways. This will be the most modern, complete and up-to-date small linishing plant to be found in this country. This means that the goods are to be finished and put up in cases and shipped d’rect to cus tomers instead of being distributed from New York. This will be the only plant of its kind in the Southern States. Tbe establishment of this plant means the erection of a box fac tory in our midst, and this alone will be quite an item to the lumbermen of this section. . Tbe erection of this plant is brought about by tbe change in,the character of tbe goods now man ufactured by the Gaffney Manufac turing Company. In other words, tbe weaving will be changed from plain print cloth to fancy dobby weaves, dress goods, waistings, etc. Instead of tbe mills making goods and sending theta North to the con verters and the converter thereby get ting the larger part of tbe profits, the mill proposes to convert and finish tbe gopds themselves, and thus do away with tbe middleuMui’s profits.” 'or the “pa” in advence” plan. We feel like out here we belong to old Mr. Fogy’s great grandfather. But we can rest securely in the- assurance that you over there are “up-to-date” and |know a lot and are still learn ing, while we forget what we did know and feel easy about it. We like to bear about enterprising people. W. E. CrockEh, SHORT LOCAL TEMS. Cliina’* Only Hope Lie* in n Complete Ke- formutlou—People Af mid of ChriallHuity. Chinette Court In Peking —DlfftcultieH of Preaching. Correspondence of Tne Ledger.1 Chinkiang. China, Jan. 18 1902 — We have b* en revelling in sunshine over on this side for the last two or three mqntbs. We hud one visit from JackfrosL but otherwise it is almost like spring weather When one up on the hill back of Chinkiang and looks about through the clear air, and down to the shining river with its large sails and big black ships, and across the bide mountains, he feels j that he is on tbe ripe side of the j world You may have tbe green side of the apple over there, hut a bite ; with you wouldn’t find you full of rottenness and worms I hope If Vfinks aud hollowness and falsifying, j a 11% the fullness of almost every kind ! of filVky. viieness can make u place#} rotten, then this side of the applif ■ (Why. dhiy’r the geography say the | World is Mound like an apple or ball?’’) is rotten sure. The only hope of China is in making her new, and onlv God in Christ can do that. The Chinese court; ia back iu J >f king trying to do the polite to the foreign er. Some one said when the Empress Dowager got off the train at the Peking statioD> the only foreigners near her were a couple of newspaper correspondents aud she turned apd bowed to them! Maybe she wanted them to say nice things about her —possibly she needs a few nice para graphs, but not many people think she deserves them. There is much talk of reform, but as a notion pap put it the other day, the officials ha changed the name of the native st dent bails to “schools,” and have e, bausted their energies in the migh effort! \ An example of une side of affairs may be seen in the case of a young man who has come here and after bearing the Gospel believed. His brother-in-law and employer in an other city wrote to say he could re turn to work if he would give up bis religion, but otherwise he need nqt come. They give as a reason the —Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla flavoring extracts are made from choicest imported lemons and beet Mexican vxnilla beans. Absolutely pure. —Blue Ribbon flavoring extracts are essential to tbe proper prepara tion of tbe most delicious deserts. —All the leading grocers sell Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla flavorini extracts. Mr. Wheat then conducted the re porter to a show case, and, withdraw ing therefrom some samples, showed them, explaining at tbe same time that that was the Une the mill pro posed to make. The samples consist ed of sonje excellent specimens of madras cloth, shirting, mercerized cioth, etc. The mercerized goods were exceptionally beautiful, having a silk finish of beautiful effect. All the samples were a revelation to The Ledger man, as he had no idea that goods of that character were being made here, and yet Mr. Wheat stated that all tbe samples shown were the result of experiments made at the mill. That bfciug the case, there can be no telling what they 'will be able to do in the way of finishing goods when they get properly fitted up for the work. Messrs. Lockw >d, Greene A Go.’, of Boston, are, the architects and they are now busily engaged prepur mg the plans. Contracts have been let for the brick, and it is expected That tbe plant wflj. be completed and feady for operation wjthiu six rrtcfiiit hs 7'he erection of this plant will mean quite an outlay of capital for the company, but the returns will be so much greater'than at present that it will not be a great while before the compauy will be re-imbursed. The fact that Mr, Wheat has this project in band is amplp guarantee that it will be a success in every par ticular. fear that if an outbreak should come / The heavy snow has proven Heath of a Three Year-Old. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. L‘. White will regret to learn of the death of tbeir three-year-old son Larnie, which occurred at tbeir home on Notyb Limestone street, Friday morning at 2 o’clock. He wee sick only a short time of that dread dis ease, pneumonia. Everything was done for the little sufferer that science, devoted parents and kind friends could furnish, but tbe die had bee? oajat and Larnie was taken from this sphere of sorrow to realms of bliss. Tbe furoeral services were con ducted at tpe,residence by Rev. J. B. Bozeman, after which the remains were buried in tbe family lot at Oak land cemetery. —If you don't ask for Blue Ribbon lemon and va&ila extracts, it’s cause you have never tri^d them. again, the fact of thus having a Cbris-y tian there on the place would proba-/ bly bring destruction on tbe whol^ establishment. You see it isn’t an easy matter to become a Christ! inJJhiua. but last Thursday ing at Yangchow, wnere I nau gone to help Mr. Pierce, with fifteen pro fessions—all asking to unite with tbe church. I preached three times a day for two weeks, except on one Saturday we had only two meetings. A; great number showed an interest and the congregations were large. I think it was the’ best meeting T haye^ver attended in China. Let me bear witness here to the power over £ven‘ untutored-.heathen minds ot.the Story of the Cross, the suffer iqg for us all and the marvelous love displayed The thought often comes to my mine?, bow cad any one turn away from Jesus when they have so many evidences that He loves them The difficulties of preaching .to a Leathern audience are very many. In speaking in. one’s own language there are many little expressions and aBnaions that mean a great deal, and add much to effective.' speaking, besides tbe commend one has of il lustrations. My Chinese audience was not by any means always the same {during the meetings. If I mentioned Moses I had to stop and explain who Moses was. Peter, John and Paul, are names entirely un familiar, Of the thirty-eight or nine sermons, I had a chanoe to preach only two to Christians. To tint) sufficient variety, illustration, and suitableness for more than thirty-five sermons in two weeks, with such narrow limitations is not an easy task Little side lights. In tbe way of having to play the o gan for all tbe meetings and mind the baby between times, helped to keep one from getting lonesome. If any of my bfotber preachers happen to read what I urn writing, let me ask them to look into the ful ness of Paul’s meaning, when he said “1 am determined to know noth ing among you save Christ and Him crucified.” I had intended to tell you about a man I saw yesterday who was with- Admiral Seymour in bis effort to re&cj' Peking, but I have strayed off ^ io»j other matters, so I she 1 ! have io v nut that off till another tima. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The * Sea. NORTH CAROLINA' NEWS. The Limestone Choral Society will meet this evening at the usual hour. The street cars will run for the oc casion. Only two more days in which to return your property for taxation. As usual the last few days are busy ones in the auditor’s office. The boys have their usual fun of snow balling, and we are glad to set that the victors and vanquished have all taken their part good bumoredly. Postmaster Folger requests us to state that on account of next Satur day being Washington's birthday he will observe Sunday hours on that day. We are giad to learn that Mrs. E. R. ('ash is rapidly improving in Price's Hospital in Philadelphia and that she wiR soon be able to return to her home and friends iu Gaffney. Many house tops in the citv that have successfully stood the storms of many winters were leaking yesterday, and quite u number of men were em ployed shoveling the snow off of them. The .Moses Wood Chapter Daugh ters of the Confederacy will meet at Mrs. Dr. DuPre’s residence "ext Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock. All members art requested to be present, a.- business of importance is to be at tended to. Some u.iys ago Officer Hollman ar rested a l-gro who was wanted ’n Chester. Hi detained him and not.- tied Sheriff CorrfWYiL who came for him Friday and carried him to Ches ter, where be will be held for trial. Few persons were in the city "yes terday, but what few came reported blockade of farm work, but all as be ing busy keeping fires acd caring foj stock. Then, however, take console tion from the old adage, that “bj snows help wheat.” k. "Messrs. Sarratt and Lipscomb he had a handsome plate glass front in their storehouse on Limest street recently occupied by Poliakoff. It is now occupied Bristow, McAllister & Peeler, dei in clothing and men’s farms! goods. InterettUng Item* Concerning Oar Neigh bor* Beyond tlic Line Which May-Prow Entertaining Keadiug for Hundred* of Ledger Header*. Passeng-r train No. fife, from Co lumbia to Richmond, was wrecked at Hamlet, Friday morning at 8:30 o’clock. It ran into tbe switch ;q« pine which was turned over and badly demolished.’Cue mail ear was thrown, over on its side, but the reuisinder r j the train "held to the track. Ecglfej Vaughn was the only one hurt, is bruised up badly, but is no'J riously injured. A lamp explosion in the hoi Wiley Taylor colored, of ElizJ City, esused a fire at South’ fourteen miles north of that which swept the main business residential portions of the town.' fire raged for tour hours before it 1 gottt-n under control Twenty- buildings were drsrroved. T1 is estimated hj $40 000; it $15 000. There was no iossj Fire broke out in the kit new McAdoo House in about 4 o’clock Friday was extinguished befoi siderabie damage had The kitchen is locatedl annex and the roof of tfil and slight damage wasi The main portion of tl noPinjured. The gu^j breakfast witbout.s The Gastoniu ton county cided tc It is. a strain on many buildings, but have beard of only one falling under 1 Mr. W C. Carpenter’s barn went down Friday night before tbe snow^ falling and was so injured that have to be taken to pieces and Wra. Trammel, who was tried in his absence for making a still a term or two back in the United States court at precnville and a sealed sen tence left against him. was captured a tew days ago at Cowpens by Deputy Marshal MeOlaim and committed to Cherokee jail yesterday to serve a six months sentence. It would be ii wonder, if in our com munity of G 000 people, in atimettke ’the present, there are not some who *ire unprepared for it And it being ’unusual for any of them to ask for help, would it ndt be well for the city authorities tomiake an investigation and see that none suffer in this un precedented speli of weather? & * tx» * Mfl ram*, to if ed a)i ;ore tl g g r. Peter's) ^ before nc 1° the suffej «£*.«Mucatiou in No., was formed at Raleigh]^ ght, by fifty of thejmos'.' educators in the btate, s, higher educational in, ud'most of the graded -d presented. An exect. 1 I>,-4111 A mon ur tliw Citlore.l Peopln Gaffney, Feb’y 17 —Please allow me spa^e to speak a few words from this corner of the city. The sad news spread over the com munity yesterday morning that tbe little baby of Mr. and Mrs. Logan Morgan was dead. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan live on Hon. R. C. Sarratt’* place, aud yesterday morning about 5 o’clock when they awoke they found tbeir little one dead. It appeared as well as usual on the night before, and the discovery was a sad blow to tbe parents. Mr. Morgan is tbe son-in- law of the well known colored man, Giles Lioscomb. About 12 o’clock on tbe same day npws of the death of Mr. Joseph Bridges was spread abroad. Mr. Bridges lived on Capt. 8. 8. Ross’ place, and bad been sick for some time. He leaves a large family aud a host of friends, both white and col ored. He was a bard-working man and a credit to bis race. Mr. aod Mrs. Morgan, and the fam ily of Joseph Bridges, have tbe sym pathy of tbe community. Samuel J. Lii'scomb. —Insist on having Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla flavoring extracts. Purest, greatest strength, most de licious flavor. for lina day neut cull*? tjOD H being tepr committee, composed of Gave;! Ajcock./Supt Toon and Dr. C. Ylclver, chosen The oouferei did not find uutii tnidniyht, when address to thu people of North Car] lina wa4 issued aud signed by all th 1 particiniDts in the conference. True \biils were returned Friday morning py the grand jury’ in Char lotte against Henry and Joe Lawrence, who are charged with tbe murder of John Gibson near Huntersville a fio* weeks ago. Tbe Lawrence boys have not beep captured yet, but an effort is being made to have the Governor offer a reward for them. The jury returned not a true bill ae against Whiteley. who was with the crowd at the time of the killing and he was released from custody. The case has been sect for the April term of court. • -• '/ A bold attempt at daylight robbery, by one of the most impudent and rascally negroes that has come to public notice in’ Charlotte in some time, was made Friday at the home of Mrs. N. Paul on West Fifth street* Mrs. Paul discovered tbe oegro en tering the house and accosted him. He mumbled a reply to the effect that be was looking for work, but de clined to move when ordered to do so. He then stooped, picked up ft stone and drew back his arm as if to throw it and addressed an insulting**/ remark to the lady, but Mrs. PuuL called for her husband, and the negro made off hastily. A short distance up the street the negro joined a com panion, who had evidently been wait ing for him. The negro, Mre f said, was neatly dressed and wbte blue suit. Mr. Paul was not home at .the time, luckily for Jto coon. A search made later was i£lt- ises. •Trjy