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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspap: in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. Th Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894. GAFFNEY. S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1902. S1.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE, Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER TEE STATE. Kv«>nti* tlial ll-ve TaUvn PIjm'** fr,;iu On,* Uml of the Suite to Oi« Other Culled from KtcclmiiKe* for Oulck Keadli.it hy of UuHy People. Sam Statfi'-s was convicted in Spar tanburg court of the murder of John Chapman, but his neck was aaved by a recommendation to mercy. Solicitor T S. Sease baa naked for a special term of the Court of General Sessions to be held in Laurens the latter part of this month. The crimi nal docket is rather heavy and this extra term is badly needed to clear the jail. The secretary of State has granted a charter to the Waterloo Milling Company, of Wat rloo, Laurens county, which is capitalized at $3 - (<H) The officers are Percy Lumley, president and treasurer and l). T Lumley secretary. Mr. H J. Condor, of Columbia, rented a horse arm buggy to a mat, Monday and after waiting a reasona ble length of time for its return, notified Sheriff Coleman. The sheriff set the wires to w.irk and located the turnout at N-wherry, where the man had left it with instructions to dispose of it. The man went on the sheriff hopes to have him in a day or so. The ginning and saw mill plant of Mr. J. L McGill, at Bethany, in York county, was destroyed by eo accidental fire last Wednesday morn ing. The saw mill was in operation, and the fire originated from a spark from the smokestack of the boiler. The loss included all the ginning machinery, nineteen hales of cotton, 700 bushels of cotton seed, and other property aggregating in value some $1,500 or $2 000. The narrow gauge railroad between Lancaster and Chester is now- a thing of the past, the transformation to a broad gauge having been completed last week. A broad gauge train was run over the road for the first time last Sunday. Freight cars loaded with coal were first taken over from Chester to test the track, and they were followed by the passenger coaches. The new coaches, which are now running daily, are much ad mired by all who have seen them. Governor McSweeney has heard uothing further from Florence in reference to the case of the negro, Julius Gibbs, who criminally as saulted Mrs. E. R. Haynes in Flor ence county day before yesterday. The negro was arrested and taken to the jail in the city of Florence. He undoubtedly would have been lynched had not cooler counsels prevailed. On the promise of the sheriff that a special term of court would be held, the citizens refrained from taking the .law into their own bands. The State board of the dispensary Saturday directed the payment of $25 000 into the treasury for the pub lic schools. Under the recent Act the board will have to reduce m.b stock to $400,000 and pay into the state the diffeience between the stock on hand and $100 000 the stock to be allowed for the business. This difference of $211 000 is to be uaid in within two years and to be used for schools, and hereafter the state board is to pay over for public schools all the net profits and it is not to go into new stock or to appear on toe books. Thomas Wells and J F. Green, white workmen on the new Farmers and Mechanics bank building in Co lumbia, bad a narrow escape from death Friday morning. The men were working on the second story of the building, next to Van-Metre’s store, when tbe scaffolding gave way. Green saved himself by catching hold of tbe side of tbe building, but Wells was carried to the ground along with A quantity of brick and scaffolding. He was carried over to McGregor’s drug store and physicians were sum moned, but beside a few bruises and a cut on the wrist be was found to be all right. Mr. A. B. Ferguson, of Yorkville, has entered suit against the G. C. & N. Railroad for $3000 damages sus tained to bis lands lying along the -Catawba river on account of the flood lo the river in May, 1901. The lands in question lie below the long, high embankment approaching the rail road bridge on tbe west bank and that was built by the railroad com pany. Between tbe embankment and tbe outer edge of the bottoms Is a trestle and Mr. Ferguson claims that on account of tbe rush through the trestle of tbe back water oc casioned by the embankment, hts and was wached and torn terribly, causing great damage to his lands. There was a disastrous freight wreck on the Southern beyond the trestle over Lawson’s Fork near Spar tanburg Friday Fortunately no Pves were lost, and the only person injured was the colored fireman, who was slightly bruised up. A freight l train with a long string of cars was ! passing along in the cut, when a i broken rail caused the wreck. The | locomotive managed to cross the de fective track, but ten box cars, all loaded, jumped me track. Several of these were badly splintered, and the others were in good condition af ter being replaced on the track. The wreck caused a sew up of ail the mainline trains for five or eix hours Rt venue offers destroyed five il licit distilleries Tuesday and Wednes day nights in a section of the county extending from Gowensville to Ca-sar’s Head. The raiding party consisted of Revenue Collector E. A Aiken, Deputies Jones, W. I). Whit mire and Constable Bell. Tbe first still destroyed was known as the Cook still and was located near Ca:lar’s head. The outfit consisted of a 90 gallon capacity copper still, cap and worm, eleven fermenters and 1,000 gallons of beer. The second ou’fit consisted of a wood still and twelve fermenters. In destroying the ttnra still the officers were forced to chase two mountaineers a distance of three-fourths of a mile. These moonshiners heard the officers ap proaching and “hit the grit." carry ing a still on their back. The officers pursued them and when the moon shiners were closely “put to it" they j t i drooped the still and disappeared. ' The still and other paraphernalia were destoyed. THE NEW COUNCIL. ENTERTAINING JOTS FROM ETTA JANE. Happenings of the Past Week In Lower Cherokee. .’•I. i Friday Night and Kl««-ttd Treawar^r Clerk and Two New I'oliee Officer*. The new mayor and aldermen met Friday night and organized by elect ing Alderman John I Sarratt treas urer and W. H. Ross, city clerk, who with Mayor Little compose the city board of public works. The council then went into an elec tion for tbe city policemen which re sulted in the re-election of B F. Camp chief, and J.,T. Thackston and H H. Lockhart as policemen, and the election of Ben M. Gaffney and Wm. F. Moore, two new men, as po licemen. They are worthy young men and will make good officers. The retiring officers, Messrs. A. L Hallman and John Spencer who failed of re-election, have been good and careful officers, ever on the alert, and discharged their duties diligently and fearlessly. Mr. Hallman bad been on the force for a number of years and was one of the most active and conscientious of ficers ever on the force. Mr. 8pencer had not served on the force so long, but bad been a faith ful officer and both he and Mr. Hall man have many friends who wish they could have been retained, but who can have no objection to Messrs. Gaffney and Moore who hive taken their nlaces, whose high characters give assurance that we will, in Messrs.jHallman and Spencer's places have faithful and conscientious offi cers. Of Chief Camp and Officers Thack ston and Lockhart, there is little to be said, their long and faithful ser vices and re-election speak volumes for them. ;i>. .J Holt M II* Out. D. J. Holt, the enterprising and successful Cherokee avenue mer chant, bas sold his stock of goods to Green Bros. A Co., of Boiling Springs, N. C., who will continue the business in Mr. Holt’s old stand. These North Carolina gentlemen are well known in Gaffney and we give them a hearty welcome to the city. Their high character and former business success gives assur ance of future success in our city. We sincerely wish it for them. An Acciileiit. While Ed Durham was experiment ing with a miniature boiler yesterday that he bad made, it exploded and scalded one of his arms and his abdomen so severely that he had to call a physician to his assistance. It also broke one of Mr. Jacob Childers’ arms. Mr. Childers is an elderly man but we hope both he and Mr. Durham will recover speedily and without any permanent injury. May Ketttlval Note*. The regular rehearsal of tbe choral society will be held tonight at tbe usual time, all reports to tbe contrary notwithstanding. The meeting of tbe committee In charge of tbe business affairs of the coming festival bas been called for tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon at tbe National Bank. Four o’clock is the hour. At this time all matters relative to artists will be decided. PERSONAL AND LOCAL Item* About Ffojile andThlngii in the Lower Section of the County Gathered I'p by Our It. Kiibtr Correspond ent and Given to Ledger Header*. • Correspondence of The Led«er.» Etta Jane, March 8 —The young people had d sociable at Mr. Jas. X. Strain’s last night. Your correspondent made a busi ness trip into York county yesterday. Farmers on that side of the river are busy making preparations for farm ing. Mr. M. C. Dorman has sold his place to Wilkins Webber, and bis family have moved to Cowpens. Mr. Dor man will continue his shop there for the next few months to finish up work engaged. We can ill afford to lose such a family as that qf Mr. Dor man’s, for they are amongst our best citizens. Au old colored woman, the wife of Jack Rice, Mrs. Kallie C. Walker’s carriage driver, died on Mrs. W. R. Walker’s place near Sunnyside this week. Mrs. Walker gave her a fiue coffir, to be buried in. Nobody has more sympathy for the colored race than toeir former owners. That’s it settled fact. Those who at daylight yesterday morning looked at the eastern sky, saw one of nature’s most sublime spectacles. The crescent moon was midway between the two morning stars, all shining brightly. No one in a contemplative frame of mind can look upon these celestial phenomena without an exalted id^-a of their cre ator. Through private sources we regret to learn that Mr. Asbury Garner was badly hurt by a fall at Trough Hhoais some time ago, resulting in a disloca tion of his hip joint. “Az" was a good soldier, and we hope that his more fortunate comrades will see to it that he in his old age and infirmity is made as comfortable as circum stances will admit. The editor of this paper has an ab horrence of superfluous poetry. Why, brother, don’t you know the poet is an indispensable necessity to the growth of a country and the progress of the age? Some one has truly said: “He who writes a nation’s songs is greater than he who commands its armies." But as you qualify your assertion by the word “superfluous," we Knock under and say that’s right. Dr. Douglas’ definition of a fool is “half fool, half devil," and sometimes we think that he. too, (if possible) was more than that proportion ot each. Talking with a prom.nent taxpayer and progressive citizen of our county a few days ago on the Subject of good roads, he said : *‘I am willing for the legislature to add on au extra mill as road tax and keep it on our property till we get our roads in the fix we want them." It takes a first-rate team to pull an empty wagon chrough some places in the road between here and Gaffney when they get thoroughly soaked with rain. The mud has been up to the axletree in many places this week. We met Mr Howell Pearson at Gaffney this week. He left this coun try nearly thirty years ago and went west. He Iooks natural, only he is getting gray. Our old friends and neighbors will remember that Capt. ’Awkins called him 'Owl Pearson. By the way, we are glad to notice that our friend and comrade, “Jim Crock" Pearson, is enjoying good health and is as lively as ever. No body can have the blues where be is at. He makes a good court crier and we trust he will fill the place s long as he cares to serve. We notice also that he has turned out side-wheel “seceders." Every now and then our over-the* river “Bachelor" comes down on the clerk*of our court with a lecture on the subject of matrimony. We think that he ought to dispose of himself in tbe matrimonial market before he goes to lecturing so reticent a man as Mr. Eb Jefferies on such a subject. We don't think they should be envi- ous of each other, for either is well qualified to take care of a wife. Tbe ground is drying off rapidly and farmers can soon go to plowing— in fact some of them are at it already. Housewives are beginning to think about their garden work. Only a few onions have been set out as yet. We had tbe pleasure of meeting many friends and acquaintances from all parts of tbe county while at Gaff ney Wednesday and Thursday. We hope tbe U. C. Veterans r not forget the meeting of Camp eries at Wilkinsville on next Satur day at 11 o’clock a. m. Let all turn out and try to be ou hana at the proper hour. We are glad to report Mrs. Mary E. Hill, of Aurora, Ala., much improved. Her illness was mentioned in last Tuesday’s paper It uow looks as if the next meeting of the State division of U. C. Veter ans wiil be held in Greenville or Co lumbia. with the odds in fsvor of Greenville. In either place the vet erans and their friends will be warmly welcomed and nicely cared for. By Colonel Andrews, of »he United States army, a most be _viful and touching tribute is paid Gen. States Right Gist, who was killed at tbe bat tle of Franklin, Tenn,, November 30 1804. Col. Andrews speaking of it sajs: “My regiment was stationed behind the breastworks at Franklin when the Confederates made a charge upon them. General Gist, mounted upon a magnificent black horse, led bis brigade, riding in advance of the line. We watched them come till, with a sudden dash forward and a great upward bound, General Gist’s horse rose in the air above our breast works. It was tbe grandest sight 1 ever saw. and with a thrill of sorrow we saw the balls strike the rider and the horse. Ah ! the pity of it. They fell within our works and we buried the brave fellow with every honor that soldiers knew how to give him." J. L s. SHO RT LOCAL TEMS. Sunday was a regular spring day. Will Jones is erecting a new dwell ing ou Cherokt-e avenue. Tillman Huskey has had his hous^ on Cherokee avenue painted, Frank Gilman has accepted a posi tion with S. B. Crawley it Co. Mr John Cline has erected a fence around his yard on Cherokee avenue. Mr. John Bentley had his foot bad ly crushed last Friday in the Gaffney mill by the elevator. Ross Byars, of Cherokee Falls, has moved back to this place. He left here last November. Ellie Parker has given up tne bar ber business and opened his bicych and repair shop on Frederick street. Miss Dora Durham had the misfor tune to get her thumb cut off in a loom last Friday while at work in tbe Gaffney mill. Mr. Lather Donald, of White Plains, and Miss Pack Reynolds, of Pacolet, were married last Sunday at Ravenna by T. G. Chalk, Esq. We are glad to see ‘ Uncle Sam" Hopper out again after a week’s con finement to his room. He has been troubled with sore throat and grip. The many friends of Mr. N. Lips comb. who has been confined to bis home for some weeks, were glad to see him driving on tbe streets yester day. We were glad to see Mr. R C. Thomson riding through the streets yesterday and glad, notwithstanding sad affliction, that bis general health is good. S. R. Suber, tbe enterprising pro prietor of the “Kandy Kitchen.” is a hustler. He makes good candy and deserves liberal patronage. Retail merchants can do no better than to buy of him. We are under obligations to the K. of P. Band of Forest City, N. C., for an invitation to a musical entertain ment to be given by the band at For est City on the evening of the 15th Inst. Mr. E J. Barnett, a former Gaffneyite, occupies a prominent po sition on tbe attractive program. Miss Etta Webb, of North Carolina, who formerly had charge of Mr. D. J. Holt's millinery department, is now in the north selecting a line of milli nery goods for Messrs. Greene Bros. & Co., who have secured her services for the coming season. She is expected to arrive in Gaffney this week. Capt. Ratliff, of ‘‘The Battery," is in the eastern cities buying a big stock of up-to-date ammunitiou for his big trade guns, which he now has ranged on Cherokee and adjoining counties. When this big stock ar rives and “his dogs of war let loose a howlin’," the trade battle will be on and the fur will fly. Susie Lynch alias Annie Alexander, a negro woman who was tried here last week for assault and battery and acquitted, was carried to Greenville jail, from which she bad escaped, Friday night by an officer from Greenville to serve the balance of a two years term for the same offence, which she was serving when she es caped. Mr. T. T. Green celebrated bisoOtb birthday Sunday by having bis chil dren and a few friends, including Mayor Little, to dine with him. Tbe mayor is high in his praise of Mr. and Mrs Green and their interesting chil dren and grand-children, and says that the dinner was such as to make . him wish that Mr. Green would cele- 1 Irate bis birthday again today. m m m mm m mm ■ TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. luterr*!Ini' Itt-m* Conoi-riilng Our Neigh bor* Iti-yoiul tUe Line WhlcTi May i’rove Rntertuin'ug Heading for Hundreds of Ledger Header* Toila> (Tuesday) the county prison ers will be moved from Gastonia to the new jeil in D'.llas. Sheriff Arm strong moved his family over yester day and occupied tbe upper story of tbe jiil. In Raleigh Friday night the jury rendered a verdict in the case of Mis* Mattie Baker against the Raleigh Cotton Mills and gave her $2 500, as damages. The evidence In this case showed that the girl was ignorant and did not know the rules. The super intendent violated the rules in tell ing her to clean a machine while the machinery was running In doing this she got her hand mangled Mrs. John Miller and a six year old child whose home is near Cowans Ford, Mecklenburg county, were bad ly burned Friday afternoon. The child was sitting near an open fire place when a spark from the wood ignited its dress. The little one ran to its mother and before she could subdue the flamei} bee v»wq fiatight. The Screams of mother and chiid brought assistance and the flames were put out, hut not before both were very seriously burned. In making excavations for the ex tension and straightening of East Main street in Durham the workmen have found that the street passes through an ohl graveyard. Three graves have b^en opened by the workmen and skulls and other bones found. From the oldest citizens it is learned that the graveyard was prob ably the burying place of the old Pratt family, who owned much land in that section years ago. The graves have long since passed from view and the land has been bought and sold for years. A residence was immedi ately over the graves found. A mysterious prisoner seems to be giving the police authorities of Greensboro some concern. Accord ing to tbe Telegram of that town, there is a suspicion against the fel low of having committed some offense in Charlotte. Tbe rumor has also gained circulation there that tbe Charlotte authorities have offered a reward of $300 for John Smith alias Jim Pearce. Such however is not the case, and to relieve tbe minds of the Greensboro folks the Charlotte News stated that Smith or Pearce is not known in that Pity nor has any per son by that name fractqred tbe laws of Charlotte. Tbe charge against ’Squire T. C. Harriss, of Pineville. for alleged fail ure to make returns for fines imposed and collected in his court to the Treasurer of the County Board of Education will be heard today (Tues day) at 11 o’clock by ’Squire S. H- Hilton. At its regular meeting last Saturday the board went into an in vestigation of the charges. Since that time it is said some complications have arisen and tbe board decided to let the law take its course. ’Squire Harriss contends that his returns have ail been made and says his re port shows that there has been no delinquency on bis part. Baseball enthusiasts held a meet ing Saturday night to see what could be done toward putting a team from Greensboro in the proposed State league. A committee bas met with encouraging success in canvassing for stock in tbe company it is pro- possed to organize to finance tbe team, and it now looks as if tbe efforts of tbe promoters would be crowned with success. The plan is to sell 60 shares of slock, of the par value of $25 each, thus raising $1,500 in cash. It is be lieved that this amount, added to the ceceipts which may reasonable be expected, would be sufficient to pay tbe expenses of tbe team for the sea son. Charged with the robbery of Mr. John D. Kizziab’s store at Atherton In tbe suburbs of Charlotte two weeks ago, Frank McHenry, a negro, was Saturday committed to jail after a preliminary examination before ’Squire McAllister in Charlotte. That McHenry is guilty of tbe charge there is little doubt for nearly ail tbe goods taken from tbe store were found in his possession. Unfortunately, McHenry’s partner in crime made his escape. The arrest was made Friday afternoon. County off'cere located the two negroes in Steel Creek township on tbe old Brown place in a small shanty. McHenry’s partner got wind of tbe officers and escaped. Frank was not so agile and fell into the next. Inside tbe shanty was a sufficient amount cf groceries to have stocked a small store. Officers are after the negro who escaped. Elizabeth City has. for the na-t few weeks, been doubtfully honored by the presence of Mr Thomas A. Edison, Jr., uud his brother, WilPam. On last Tuesday they visited that city and. in course of a day imbibed too freely. It was not long before they began looking for trouble In *he shape of the city’s “finest," Mr. Alonzo Beil. They found h'm. and he decided to carry Mr Thomas V. uo to see his honor. Mayor Wilson. William objected and after cussing Mr. Bell, struck at him whereupon Bell usofl his club, quickly quieting Mr. Edison. Then, witn assistance, escorted both up to see Mr. Wilson, who fined Thos. A. $7 50 and bound William over to court under $100 bond. A serious, if not fatal fight took place in “Red Egypt,” a slum quar ter just across the French Broad riv- er from Asheville, Saturday after noon about 5 o’clock. A telephone message was received at the sheriff’s office from Smith’s bridge and depu ties hastened to tbe scene. Upon their arrival they found Will Callo way in a house, with a very severe wound on his head. The officers were informed that the assault had been committed by Posey Parnell and Walter Bruce, two white men. After a hard chase the men were overtaken and captured near Emma postcffice, taken to the city, and placed in pris on. A warrant was issued and the defendants are in iail to await the result of the W'.’Undo. The wounded man wag tITiuble to be moved, but was ftGedd p d by a doctor. It JJCfiOd that the men, all of whom were said to have been drinking had left tor,.! together and that the difficulty was the result of a drunken row. THE REVIVAL. Hr Uurrrant at Limetitoiie l > r**l)}-t..rlaa Church. The revival meeting at the Presby terian church, which began Friday night, is being largely attended, and already a deep interest is beginning to be felt and manifested in tbe ser vices. Dr. Guerrant, who is conducting them, is a pious and learned gentle man, a fluent speaker and a man of magnetic personality. His discourses are highly entertaining from begin ning to end, and everyone feels better for having heard and seen him. His masterly efforts for the church will not be in vain, and tbe influence for good which he is exerting here will long live after him. Tbe meeting will continue for a week or more. Ser vices at 10:30 a. m. and 7 :45 p. m. Tbe meeting is in no sense a sec tarian one. Dr. Guerrant preaches for tbe love of bringing sinners to re pentance and bis messages are direct ed to saint and sinner, Jew and Gen tile, regardless of any creed save Christ and Him crucified. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend these services. Fiirniiiu Fact* (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Gkeknvillk, March 10 —The an nual inter-society oratorical contest was held last Friday evening before a very large audience in tbe Judson Memorial Hall Messrs. Cunning ham and Brown represented the Phil- oeophians. while Messrs. Bridgell, Carson and Wolfe represented the Adelphians. The “Philos" won both first aad second place. The pretty little maidens from the Greenville Female College and Chi- cora College made tbe occasion all the more enjoyable, and especially so af ter the contest when the boys, as usual, gave the girls a reception. Music was furnished by tbe university glee club. As a whole, the evening was much enjoyed by ail present. The student body will go to tbe ex position about the 18th. The State oratorical contest will come off in Greenwood about that time, and we expect to stop over with Mr. Cun ningham. who represents us there. Our noble president bas been un able, on account of sickness, to meet his classes for the last few days. We all hope to see him out again soon. Tbe senior member of tbe faculty, Dr. Judson, has been unwell for the past few weeks, but his many friends will be glad to know that he* is able again to greet the boys on the cam pus with his pleasant smile. Watfti Your Meat House*. A thief or thieves broke open Mr. 8. Goodman Pridmore’s meat house one night last week and stoie four sides of home raised bacon and car ried them off. Tbe thieves also stole a mule from Mr. J. M. Hwofford to carry the meat off on. The mule was tracked towards Gaffney and was found next morning in the outskirts of tbe city on the Mills Gap road. Mr. Prldmore has no clue to tbe robberi, but it is hoped that these thieving scoundrels who steal honest men’s earnings will be caught and given the severest penalty the law will allow.*