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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Nearspaps in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. W£ 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 Count/. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY. S. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 35, 1902. 81.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. £veutM thHt II.vp Taken I'laee from One End of tlie State to Ot» Other Culled from ExclianKe. for tjulek Heading by Score* Uu*y People. Revenue raiders destroyed a 200 gallon, distillery for moonshine whiskey in Pickens. The United States senate commit tee or. public buildings recommends that $100,000 be appropriated for a public building at Georgetown. The Odd Fellows of South Carolina will celebrate io Charleston on May 13tb. The grand lodge will be in ses sion at that time and delegations from every lodge in the State are ex pected to be present. The cannon fire cracker is a thing of the past in South Carolina. The legislature lias passed a law prohibit ing their sate in this State. No cracker'over three inches long can be wold in this State from now on. It was stated Friday night that Senator Mayfield, of Bamberg, will be a candidate for lieutenant governor io the next primary. Senator Glenn is also mentioned in connection with the place, and it is said that Mr. Cole L. Blease will take another shot at it. In the lower section of Greenwood county Mrs. Seaborn Rush, a mar ried lady about thirty years old, com mitted suicide last Wednesday by shooting herself in the head. She had been in bad health for some time. Last year a little child of hers was burnt to death, and four years ago her first husband accidentally shot himself while hunting. He was a brother of her present husband. have also been arrested, but these in sist that they knew nothing of the goods they were buying having been stolen goods. It is one of the most startling revelations that has been made in the town for a long time. Wednesday Magistrate Nunnery, of Rock Hill, sent a negro man, call ing himself Sam Barber, to the chain gang for thirty days for cruelty to a child. Barber claims to be from Co- I lurnbia and was tramping from that city to Charlotte, being accompanied by a little colored boy. The child broke down and could go no further than a mile or so above Ogden. Be coming enraged with the child, Bar ber knocked him down and stamped him in the face several times with the heel of his shoe, producing pain ful injuries Persons in the neigh borhood, feeling indignant at the cruelty of the brutal man, had him arrested, with the result that he is now in chains at the county stock ade. In the State capital in Columbia Saturday afternoon, just before the general assembly adjourned sine die, there was an occurrence that made, the many people in the main lobby turn their heads away in horror, and for a few moments seemed to root each spectator to the H ior. A crack ing noise in the ceiling, about fifty feet above the heads of those in the lobby, made them look up in time to see one of the panels give way and the body of a half grown girl shoot downward. Fortunately, it was the last panel next to tne wall of the library, and twenty feet below was the narrow gallery that runs about the lobby. Go this the girl landed as if by a miracle. Had the balcony not caught her she would have gone on to the marble floor below and would have unquestionably been in stantly killed. The young lady was Miss Marie Monckton, ami while the jar was a severe one, it seems like a miracle that no bones were broken. A SLICK SCOUNDREL. Galna Acce** to Cottou Ml"* Hook* and roruv* Order* from Einploj'etH An interesting civil case was tried Friday before Magistrate Mc.Master in Columbia. Some time ago Mr. W. E. Smith bought a bale of cotton from two negroes, and it was after wards found that the negroes had stolen the cotton from the Columbia mills company. The negroes were jailed and Mr. Smith brought action against the mi l on the ground that the cotton had not been properly identified. It was a jury trial. The cotton was at the magistrate’s office, and the mill company won. There will be no free rural delivery on the proposed route by way ol Zadok, Bethany, Carp, etc., in York county, until after July 1st. That much seems settled. The reason urged by the postoffice department is that the appropriation for this pur pose is exhausted, and no other new routes can bo established until the new appropriation is available. It is probable that there will br- no other trouble after the date named, for there are few routes that would serve a section of country where free de livery is worse needed. It is a noteworthy fact that, with the exception of Winthrop, no oppo sition to the appropriations for state colleges was made m the senate, and that made in the house was without avail. It is now the stttled policy of the state to give these institutions a generous support, and that question is no longer a political issue There was really no intention on the part of any legislator to cripple Winthrop, but the fight was made on the in creased amount asked for, macv Members believing it too much. It was simply a question cf amount, and there was no idea of not according a liberal support to the college. There was a wreck Saturday morn ing just above the Southern depot in Spartanburg. A shifting engine was engaged in shifting cars, the crew not knowing that any train was due, and two cars bad been left on the main track while the engine was busy at the other end of the switch. Freight train No. 41) coming in from the coal chute crashed into the two cars mak ing kindling wood of the first and smashing the second up badly. The trucks of the first car were knocked completely under the second, but neither was derailed. The trout of the engine was badly dismantled by plowing its way through the first car. The smoke stack and pilot were knocked off. No one was hurt. In the town of Lancaster, for the past year, the most systematic rob bing of the merchants has beeu go ing on and that too by persons of more or less prominence. The most responsible drayman seems to have organized forces, and as he would haul the goods from the depot would H>proprlate a portion of them to his own use. These goods he would then sell to the other merchants or wherever he could get sale for them. 6*Terkl of the merchants of the town Last Friday, by some means, a low whelp got access to the time books of both the Limestone Mills and the Gafluey Manufacturing Co.’s Mills, and ascertained the amounts due to some of the operatives, and then went out and forged orders on the mills tor the amounts due those he aimed to rob and secured payment in the shape of coupon books which are is sued to operatives when requested. Most of the parties he attempted to rob were ladies. The forgery was not discovered till Saturday afternoon when the parties called for the amounts due them. The mills promptly paid what was due those against whom the orders had been forged and began to inves tigate. It was soon discovered that a man had been selling coupon books in a manner which made it plain that he whs the guilty wretch, but be had left the city and up to this time if anything has been heard of him we are unable to learn of it. Since the above was written it has developed that the officers had an idea as to the identity of the forger and Deputy Sheriff B. S. Lipscomb quietly carried a warrant for his ar rest to Cherokee Falls Sunday. He left it with Constable Griffin, who awaited his chance and arrested the suspect when he reported in the mill for work Monday morning, and brought him to the city and turned him over to the sheriff, who placed him in jail. He gives his name as J H. Trayn- ham; says he is from Georgia, and confesses the forgery. He is young »nd stcui, and seems to he one of these young fellows who beldum want steady employment and who beat about from one mill to another. PROMINENT MAN DEAD. Mr. M. W. Hogget of Shelby, 0« Your* of Age, I>*|>ttrtM Till* L.lfe. • [Charlotte Observer.] Shelby, N. C., Feb. l‘J —After sev eral month* of illness, Mr. M. W. Doggett died this morning, surround ed by his friends and loved ones. Mr. Dogget was 02 years of age and bad spent the greater part of bis life in Shelby, and no man who ha* ever lived here has been more respected and esteemed. He was a man of the strictest integrity, kind of heart, ever ready and willing to serve a friend. He was a faithful member of the Bap tist church for years, and in all the walks of life be set au example that any might be glad to follow. He married Miss Margaret Blanton, who with six children survive him. His children are Mrs. R. S. Lipscomb, of Gaffney, S. C.; Mrs. J. K. Cowan, of Asheville, and Messrs. George, Charles, Thomas and Hal. all of this town. He will be interred with Ma sonic honors tomorrow afternoon from tun Baptist chnrc.i. Mr. Doggett was well known In Gaffney, where be bad many friends whose sincere sympathy goes out to the bereaved family iu this time of ttielr deep trouble. THE TILLMAN ANO M’LAURIN SCRAP. Their Conduct Deeply De plored in Gaffney. A SHAME AND DISGRACE- Tlit* Opinion* of Soni« of Our Prominent ItoHlne** Men on the Fight in the Semite Clinniber Sutunlay n* Expre**ed ton Kep- resentatlve of The Ledger. A Ledger representative yesterday interviewed a number of citizens on the Tillman-McLaurin fight in the Senate Saturday. Their expressions follow : Representative J. V. L. McCraw— Nothing more than I expected. I had a consultation with Senator Till man when in Columbia, and he said that he had been bull-ragged and lied on to’ a point beyond human endurance. Mayor Littlejohn—Owing to the dignity of the position the men oc cupy, the occurrence was very un fortunate for the State. As a citizen of the State I deplore it. A. N. Wood—I could not see what else McLaurin could have done un der the circumstances. I think the affair ridiculous, and regret it ex ceedingly. O. E Wilkins—I think both meo should be sent home and two good men appointed in their place. It’s a shame on the State. . H. K. Osborne—1 think it was ri diculous; I think Ben Tillman is to blame for the statement he made and do not blame McLaurin for calling him down. J. B. Bell—I think it is a disgrace to South Carolina, but at the same time I do not blame Senator Mc Laurin, as his honor had been as persed, and I think it was due to him self that he vindicate himself. J. Q Little—I had not thought much about it, and do not care to ex press myseli, not being acquainted with the circumstances Dr. Chas. Jefferies—I think they should have let them fight it out. The affair was a disgrace. Tillman besmirched his own State in his apology. W. F. Humphries—They should put both out of the senate. Neither one is fit for the high position. Ed. Thomasson—I think the affair a disgrace. T. Davenport—Tillman could have made a speech without bringing that matter up. 1 believe bis position is right, but at the ganoe time he could have avoided the unfortunate coloquy between himself and Senator Spooner, which brought on the affair. R A. Jones—I think both men have disgraced themselves end their State. They have both talked too much. It is unfortunate for the State that either is iu tne United States Senate. W. C. Carpenter—I think Mc Laurin is right. I don’t think Till man, uui'.er the circumstances, had any right to impugn McLaurin’s hon esty, and I do not blame the latter for getting mad. J. C. Jefferies—I think that neither of them is worthy Io represent South Carolina in the senate. Tillman has, from the very inception of his can vass, pandered to the prejudices of the people in order to serve his posi tion, and I consider McLaurin little if any betler. They should both be called on to resign their seats and clean, conservative men should be placed in their positions. I do not mean by conservative a rabid person | either from what are known as the Tillman.us or the anti-Tillmaoites, for I recognize that there are a great many good men in the ranks of each. 1 mean a straightforward, clean man who is true to his convictions and will not try to straddle the fence. F. C. Hickson—I have not read about it yet, therefore cannot com ment on the affair. R. O Ballenger—I have nothing to say. J. I. Karratt—I believe both men are wrong. ( W. O. LLpscomb—I think both did ’wrong to fight on the floor of the Senate. They should have settled the matter outside. J. G. Wardlaw—I think that the usefulness of both has been great 1 / impaired, and it would be better for the State if we had other men to represent us. R. M. Gaffney—Really, I haven’t given the matter such attention, but my empathies are with McLaurin. I think he should have been more moderate iu his language, but he could not have done otherwise than defend himself. Hon. T. B Butler—It is an unfortu nate occurrence for the State. B. K. Humphries—Neither is fit to be in the senate." They act like little boys. The legislation of the country is not safe in such hands. J. W. Tolleson—I regret it very much, but sometimes men have to resort to such methods to settle d fferences P. V. Gaffney—It’s a shame and a disgrace. J. H. Turner—Both made them selves ridiculoua. J. N. Lipscomb—I think it a dis graceful thing for men occupying the position they do to have that kind of a racket in such a place. ETTA JANE ETCH4NGS. HappciiiiiK* of the l’a*t Week Iu Lower Cherokee. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane. Feb. 22—Miss Annie Miller went home on a visit today. She will return to her school next week. Rev. W. H. White will preach at Salem next Sunday, March 2nd, at II a. m. - Those who want to Know all about L harleeton and the exposition without the trouble of going down there can do so by consulting some of our neigh bors who have been there. They are brimful of Charleston news. The snow and sleet broke up our school on Friday. It was only in ses sion three days this week. Miss Ethel Strain is complaining with cold in her head. Mrs. Louis T. Estes has been right had off this week with grippe. She is much better now. The young people have had a fine time snowballing th ! s week. They also made a snow woman which was a fine representation of a living crea ture in a white dress. It looked like a bride. With pleasure we note that Mr. Thos, F Ryan, a New York million aire, has proposed to furnish funds for marking the historic spots on the Virginia battlefields with suitable granite tablets. A committee of gen tlemen, with Governor Montague as chairman, have been invited to take charge of the enterprise. These tab lets are pointed granite blocks and will be set in the ground ten feet deep. At the bottom they are three feet square and will be cut to point about two and a half feet above the ground. One of the four sloping tri angular faces will be smootned for an inscription of ten or a dozen words. The whole will be a block of Virginia granite and can be made at a cost of about $10 each. From an unknown friend we have received the February number of the Davidson College Bulletin, for which our thanks are due the sender. We understand that our county is to be well supplied with rural mail deliveries. Anything almost will beat the system we now have, especially on the Union route. We seriously doubt whether we can get any better arrangement at the prices offered for carrying the mails and distributing them through tbe delivery plan. We hope that the Pritchard bill, now before congress for the purchase of a national forest reserve in the Southern Appalachian mountains, will include enough contigiuus terri tory to take in the Cowpens battle ground We believe it will if properly supported The bill provides for the purchase of lands suitable for such reserve in the states of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. Five mil lion dollars are to be appropriated for that purpose. Can’t our delegation in congress look after the matter and bring it this way somewhat? It is no contradiction to say that a girl who don’t fancy work does fancy- work. Commander G. W. McKown has culled a meeting of Camp Jefferies, U. C. Veterans, at Wilkinsville March loth at 11 a. m. It is hoped that a full attendance will be on hand and that those who have not enrolled will attend and have their names entered. It is important that every veteran should belong to some camp, for the day will come when it will save his widow or dependent children much trouble. The camp will elect officers for the ensuing year, also elect dele gates to the state and national re unions. The snow is getting away slowly. As the old lady said, “its first a snow, then a thaw, then a friz ” J L *. Mayor’* Court. The mayor’* court yesterday morn ing was a sort of an adjournment ses sion from Saturday, when two white men were arranged for being drunk and disorderly. The testimony wfes all taken Saturday and the mayor re served his decision until yesterday morning, which was a flue of $5 00 against one and a dismissal of the case against tbe other. Two new cases of a similar nature came up, one against a white man and tbe other against a negro. Roth were required to contribute small sums to the city treasury and allowed to go their way A straight ticket doesn’t neces sarily indicate that all tbe candidates are straight. THROUGHOUT THE TAH HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Interesting Item* Concerning Our Neigh bor* lieyomt the I.lue WIilcL Mity Frove Kutertalutng Heacliug for Hundred* of Ledger Header*. On account of the heavy weight of snow, the roof of one of the ware houses of the Morrow Bros. <fc Heath Co’s store, in Albemarle, fell in last Thursday night. The warehouse con tained hardware and farming imple ments. The damage to the stock will therefore be slight. The cotton mills in Kings Moun tain are suffering for want of coal. Five out of the seven mills have been forced to close down. The other two have only a small supply, probably enough to run a day or two longer, unless than can get more coal. The fault seems to be in the railroads. There is quite a good deal of com plaint against the roads. McDowell Superior Court is in ses sion at Marion with his honor, Judge Council, presiding. He is giving genera* satisfaction. The most im portant case on the docket for trial this term is that of the Htate against Jack Keeton, Alex. McCall and ^anu’l McCall, charged with burning a church iu North Cove. There is quite an array of counsel employed on both sides. The defendant Keeton plead guilty and the defendants McCall plead not guilty and asked that their case be removed from McDowell coun ty. After hearing a number of affi davits on both sidts and considerable speech-making, the judge ordered the case removed to Burke county and set for trial the second week of court, the 14th of April. The sheriff of Buncombe county is busily engaged in the construction of tbe gallows upon which a quadruple hanging is to take place in Asheville (tomorrow; 26tb. The scaffold will be arranged so as to bang tbe four Emma burglars, Johnson and Gates, white, and Foster and Mille, colored, simultaneously. The execution will take place within the walls of tbe jail. Those who see the men daily say they do not seem to be impressed with the solemnity of their situation. A letter received from Governor Ay- cock’s secretary, by the postmaster at Emma, where the burglary occurred, says that the Governor is giving care ful consideratiou to a petition from the citizens of Emma, asking that there be no executlv* interference with the course of the law in this case. Sheriff Kline, of Lincoln county, received information by telegraph Saturday that the governor would not interfere it, tbe case of A. S. Jackson, the white man under sentence of death at Linoolntou for breaking in to a dwelling house aim almost kill ing his sister-in-lu w about two years ago, nearStauley Tbe execution will occur tomorrow, 26th. The sheriff has had erected a house About 20 by 130 feet, near the jail, and iu this is the gallows. About 36 persons will be admitted to the building to witness the execution. It is said that Jack- son still maintains his innocence of the crime charged against him. The evidence against him was mostly of a circumstantial nature, but it was exceedingly strong, and there are ap parently few who have any doubt# as to tbe man’s guilt. A number of people were inclined to to treat as a huge jest the story in Friday’s Charlotte Observer which related the wonderful X-ray power of a turkey feather in the possession of Mr. William E Eagle, of the Buford Hotel in that city. The thing is to be taken quite seriously. All day Friday Mr. Eagle snowed the feather to crowds of people and no one of them could explain the mystery. Dr. R. L. Gibbon went around Friday night to examine the feather and laughed in a sarcastic manner until he had held up bis right baud and had seen, through the feather, all tbe booe* iu hi* fingers. He admitted that tbe result was marvelous and candidly said be had uo explanation to offer. The X-ray feather and Its power can be explained; but why doesn’t some one do it ? Mr. J. A. B. L. Hurley was killed on tbe railroad track near Lowell at noon Wednesday by tbe Southern's be lated* northbound passenger, No. 36. He was on the way to Lowell to meet a widowed sister, Mrs. Beil, who had oome from Spencer to make her home with him. The awful accident oc curred near mile post 398, at the further end of a shallow cut. Mr. Hurley lived at the olu Gum Cross- iug oo the road betweeu Gastonia and Lowell. He was going to Mr. Stroup’s Io engage a buggy and a gentle horse witn which to bring home his sister, who was at that moment in Lowed awaiting him. She had come on ti e raornieg train from Charlotte, and it was the delayed No 36 going toward Charlotte, which overtook him about noon and hurled him to death in its terrible rush. The jury at Salisbury, in tbe case of the negroes. Dick Fleming, Rich Blaton and Ed Woods, charged with a criminal assault upon Mrs. Belle Livengood, of Scotch Irish township, rendered a verdict of guilty as to Fleming and Blaton and not guilty as to Woods. Twelve excellent men tried the case, remaining out since 7 :30 Thursday evening and giving it the most conscientious consideration. There was little or no question as to the guilt of Fleming, but the jury had some doubt as to Blaton, not considering Mrs. Livengood’s identi fication of him positive enough to be conclusive in the absence of other evidence implicating him. The ques tion, however, was merely whether the State had made out its case, a* they were morally convinctd of the guilt of all three defendants. Pro ceeding to judgment, the court sen tenced the prisoners to be hanged on April 11th. between the hours of 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. At the final session of tbe coroner’s jury in the case of the unknown man who met death on the Carolina A Northwestern railroad at Newton Thursday, held Friday, Mr. J. S. Al len and Dr. W. S. Davidson caused somewhat of :t commotion by geOing into an altercation at the door lead ing to the room in which the remains were lying. The net result of the trouble was that Allen struck David son and the latter drew a pistol on his assailant, but was disarmed be fore aray damage was done. The al tercation arose over an effort on Al ien’s part to keep persons out of the room. After some words, it seems, Dr Davidson told Allen to come out and he would whip him. Allen went out and struck the doctor and the latter pulled b's weapon with the ap parent intention of using it, when he was seized. Both parties were tried before the mayor Friday afternoon, Allen being fined $3 50 and Davidson $2 50. In addition to this Davidson was indicted for carying concealed weapons. IN BLACKSBURG’S SOCIETY. Mr*. K. F. Dourhttrty Entertained Hook Club on Valentine Day. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Blacksburg, Feb. 18.—Tbe Maids and Matrons “Book Club” was de lightfully entertained Friday after noon by Mrs. E. F. Dougbtery. Notwithstanding the prevailing snowstorm, a large number assembled to enjoy the unique programme ar ranged by tbe hostess. Xacb guest was presented with a heart-shaped booklet which contained a little poem, the couplets to be filled out by supplying the title of some popular book. Miss Elese Carwile was most successful in this, and received as a prize one of Kipling’s books After wards each was given a small red aud white pouch, and then a scramble for hearts, which were concealed in the rooms, was greatly enjoyed. All were fortunate enough to find quite a num ber, but when the final counts were made, Mrs. E H. Shaw was declared the winner and was therefore awarded the prize, which was a lovely heart- shaped pin tray. The delicious refreshments, which were all heart shaped, were served in a charming manner, red and white being the color scheme. The afternoon was enjoyed im mensely and will be remembered by all present as one of the meet pleas ant events of the season. M»y Ft;*tlvitl Chorus. The rehearsals are moving along now in fine style and a splendid per formance of the chorus members is practically assured. Naturally there are many rough places yet. but the enthusiastic, hard work of the individual members of the chorus in rehearsal will soon per fect these more diffi-ult passages. Too much praise cannot be given the members of the Limestone College Choral Society for their faithful work. The executive committee for the management of the Festival i* now be ing organized. Io our next issue we hope to give tbe came* of our prom- incut business men who will consti tute this committtee. We shall en deavor, too, to publish tbe date of the Festival, an outline of the pro grams, and a sketch of the artists who will be engaged. To Sail for Jamaica. Misses Carrie and Anna Anspacb, of Philadelphia, who are pleasantly remembered here as popular guests of the Misses Hopper last summer, will •ail next Saturday for Jamaica, Wtst Indies, where they will spend a month or more in pursuit of pleasure aud recreation. Tbe many friends of the Misses Anspacb in this city hope that they will pay Gaffney another visit on their way homeward.