The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, March 14, 1902, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED FEB. 36. 1894.
GAFFNEY. S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1902.
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IKSOUGHOUT THE
PALMETTO STATE,
Items of Interest of Passing
Events.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
<Sv«ut8 tlmt lUaCf front One
Kml of the state t<-> the Other Culled from
KxchaiiKt-H fnt Out, k Reading hy Score*
of Ku»y People.
Col. R W. Bail of Laurens, who
suffered a stroke of paralysis last
week is reported as gradually improv
ing-
Rock Hill has sent a committee to
Washington to try and further her
plans tor securing a government
building there.
Hon. .T. B VtcLaughliu, of Orange
burg. will be a candidate in the up
proaching election for congress to
succeed Congressman Lever.
The governor has ordered a special
tern.) « f court for Florence to try the
nogru rapisi. It will begin March >il
and Judge Hudson will preside.
Rev A. G. W rd aw, pastor of the
Westuii: ster IVesbyterian Church,
Charleston, has accepted a call to the
First i'resby tenau Church of Union.
The ^outh hjarodna exhibit at the
St. Louie Exposition will be made up
from the exhibits now in the state
building at the Charleston Execu
tion.
T R McGahan has been elected
president of the Exchange Banking
and Trust Company of Charleston to
succeed Major Geo. B. Edwards, re
signed.
The office of the Victor Cotton O.)
Company at Yorkville was burglariz
ed Friday night. The safe was blown
open with nitroglycerine and 178 was
taken from it.
The council of Orangeburg have de
cided to establish an up-to-date fire
alarm system and have closed a con
tract with the Gamewell Fire Alarm
Telegraph Company.
The old Meekins house in Ben-
nettsville, owned by H. W. Carroll,
was burned last Friday afternoon.
The loss is about $1 500, partly cov
ered with insurance.
It is announced that Judge 1). A
Townsend has appointed Mr. Leon L.
Motte of Spartanburg to be stenogra
pher of the seventh circuit to succeed
the late Mr. J D. Campbell.
President Roosevelt has withdrawn
- the nomination of Wm. G Challet to
be postmaster at Aiken because of a
shortage in the accounts of Postmas
ter Chaffee amounting to $300.
Books of suhscrption to the stock
of the new Farmers & Merchants
Bank of Walterboro have been open
ed. The organization has been ef
fected and R H. Wicbman has been
elected presidept.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the new Leesviile Cotton Seed Oil
Mill the concern was organized and
James K. -Boukuight was elected
president. The plant will be a 20-
ton mill with a complete ginnery at
tached
The secretary of state has issued a
commission to the McCord Merchan
dise company of Laurens, which pro
poses to do a general merchandise
business. The canitul stock is to be
$10 000, and the corporators are L
A. McCord and G. W. Walker.
On March 12 and 18 the national
and state W. C. T U held a
temperance congress in the Wom
an’s Building at the Exposition.
Several of the leading workers of that
organization were present and par
ticipated in the meeting.
In Columbia on Saturday night
two negroes were fighting at their
home and one threw a lighted lamp
at the other. The lamp fell on the
bed, on which was a baby, setting
the bed clothes on fire and so severe
ly burning the child that it died
la Columbia early Sunday morning
a wooiftn named Me! McKcczR, ac
companied by two men, entered the
house of Z. M. Covington. The wo
man with a knife gave Mr. Coving
ton several deadly stabs. She and
the two men have been arrested ann
placed in jail.
The ladies who have undertaken to
erect a monument over the grave of
the Columbia bard, the late J. Gor
don Coogler, have about secured
sufficient funds for the purpose, and
are arranging for the monument.
Upon it as an epitaph will be the last
verses he penned, which were pro
phetic.
The race for county supervisor of
Spartanburg will be an interesting
one. The present Incumbent, J. D.
Leonard, who Is serving bis third con
secutive tf'rm, will be opposed by
Capt. Frank Wes*, a man who was
)
promoted from ranks for bravery dur
ing the civil war. Mr. D. M. Miles,
ex-representative from this county,
and ex-member of tbe State board uf
control of tne dispensary, will also be
in the race. There may be others
before the ides of August.
The people of Spartanburg, are
very pr'nid of the fa^t that Spartan
burg was awarded first prize at the
Charleston exposition for a counfv
display. A gr t: at deal of work urd
money were sensibly expended in ar
ranging this county’s exhibit, and
too much praise cannot be given to
Col. T. J. Moore and his son, Mr.
Paul Moore, for their active efforts
in behalf of their native county. Of
course the other commissioners and
many others come in for their deserv
ed share.
Tbe sensation of Greenwood is the
finding of a dead negro bov under the
depot platform of tbo 0 k W. C. R
R On Tuesday some little boys were
under the platform loc king for car
seals and found the body. The floor
was taken up and the gruesome find
brought to light Although there
is an entire absence of decomposi
tion it is evident that the negro
bad been dead for wet ks. It is sup
posed by some that be crawled und‘-r
the platform during the recent cold
weather and woe frozen to death
Others thir k that he must have
come in on a freight tra’n and being
sick went under and died b f re I e
could get out.
Tot Ciinst'f Nijfftt Aim-in.
“One night my brother’s b^by was
taken with Croup,” writes Mrs. J.
C. Snider, of Crittenden, Ky., “it
seemed it would strangle before we
could get a doctor, so we gave it Dr.
Kings New Discovery, which gave
quick relief and oermaneutly cured
it. We always keep it in the house
to protect our children from Group
and Whooping Cough. It cured me
of a chronic bronchial trouble that
no other remedy would relieve.”
Infallible for Coughs. Colds, Throat
and Lung troubles, 50c and $1 00.
Trial bottles free at Cherokee Drug
Company.
If time is money, how is it that
some people with lots of money have
no time to spend it, while others with
lots of time to spend have no money?
Tor the Coiuplexlou.
The complexion always suffers from
biliousness or constipation. Unless
the bowels are kept open the impuri
ties ( from the body appear in the form
of unsightly eruptions. DeWitt’s
Little Early Risers keep the liver and
bowels in healthy condition and re
move the cause of such troubles. C.
E. Hooper, of Albany. Ga., says: “I
took DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for
biliousness. They were just what
I needed. I am feeling better now
than in years.” Never gripe or dis
tress. Safe, thorough and gentle.
Tbe very best pills. Cherokee Drug
Company.
Even the vegetarian isn’t averse to
making both ends meet.
Could Not Brenthe.
Coughs, colds, croup, grip, bronchi
tis and other throat and lung troubles
are quickly cured by One Minute
Cough Cure. One Minute Cough
Cure is not a mere expectorant,
which gives only temporary relief. It
softens and liquifies the mucuous,
draws out the inflammation and re
moves the cause of the disease. Ab
solutely safe. Acts at once * One
Minute Cough Cure will do all that is
claimed for it,” says Justice of the
I’euce J. Q Hood, Crosby, Miss.
“My wife could not get her breath
and was relived by the first dose. It
has been a benefit to all my family.”
Cherokee Drug Company.
The man with money to burn gen
erally meets his match.
Danger uf Cold* and I .a (irlppe.
The greatest danger from colds and
la grippe is their resulting in pneu
monia. If reasonable care is used,
however, and Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy taken, all danger will be
avoided. Among tbe tens of thous
ands who have used this remedy for
these diseases, we have yet to learn
of a single case having resulted in
pneumonia, which shows conclusive
ly that it is a certain preventive of
that dangerous malady, it will cure
a cold or au attack of la grippe in
less time than any other treatment.
It is pleasant and safe to take. For
sale by Cherokee Drug Company.
No man need hope to shake the
band of Fate.
Old 8uldl«r'» Kxixtrltmoe.
M. M. Austin, a civil war veteran,
of Winchester, Jnd., writes: "My
wife was sick a long time In spite of
good doctor’s treatment, but was
wholly cured by Dr. King’s New Life
Fills, which worked wonders for her
health.” They always do. Try
them. Only 25c at Cherokee Drug
Co.
"WATCH
Your label aud the date,
Aud pay before Tie too lato.
ADVERTISING A BOS-
INESS NECESSITY.
Things Advertised Should not
Be Exaggerated.
UNCLE BILL S PHILOSPHY
He Keason* Hint the Stlugiuems of Some
Folk* Vrevent* Their Keiug Kind to the
Poor—“tireeiie" I.ament* the Fact that
the World i* sinking Deeper.
(CoiTest'oridence of The Lecter.)
Blacksburg, March 13.—Good ad
vertising is essential to success, but
that does not signify that a little
dingy shop shouid be advertised as a
wholesale mercantile establishment.
A considerable amount of the read
ing matter of today is copied and re
copied. Sometimes it is difficult to
distinguish a new article from an old
one published over.
If you want your name “up in the
papers” you must do something
great. If you cannot p.rform some
brave deed, just do yourself an acci
dental injury and the rest is easy.
When the reporters come around
don’t say too much. All that you
say will be published and a whole lot
will be Said concerning the things you
failed to say.
The *ruth in the mouth of a liar is
none the less'the truth, but sometimes
it sounds rather—greasy.
A vain person can bear an enor
mous amount of secret pain if he
can only appear great and grand be
fore the world.
A person that is silent when it is
necessary for him to speak, is very
apt to be to the extreme as far tbe
other way when he should be silent.
When a sharper is feeding you on
cake you may rest assured tb it he is
trying to get you under a deadfall,
and then be will spring the trap at
any moment.
Uncle Bill’s philosophy is as fol
lows :
“De reason dat some folks aint kind
ter dey po’ neighbor am kase dey is
’fraid dat it would call for an act of
charity.
Dem dat fights de world wid dey
tongue and cus.-es de cock all de time
might as well lie in de bed an’ be
peaceable.
If bit weren’t fur so many fools in
dis world, some of de smart men
would baf ter wurk fer dey livin’.
Home of de rich men say dat de po’
man am de happiest. I guess dat’s
de reason dey takes all he makes, so
he will be relieved of de misery of
riches and at de same time enjoy de
peace an’ happiness dat comes from
hard work and poverty.”
We have not yet arrived at the
point of old age and therefore we can
not look back over many years” aud
recall to our mind the wonderful
deeds of valor and great acts of kind
ness that we either witnessed or per
formed in the days of our youth.
But we have a close friend that has
waded through tbe three score years
and ten and is still able to—ta k
Greene” is our com pe plume for the
gentleman.
Sometimes he talks about things
present, but bis greatest delight is
to tell of the things that occurred
in the long ago. We will not vouch
the truthfulness of all that he says,
but we are free f) state that he will
not intentionally tell a falsehood and
try to make it appear as the truth.
The other day we stepped over to
Greene’s, and when we went in he
had just laid a newspaper aside and
was rather drowsy, but he braced
himself up for a chat. He had bee'
reading about Frince Hear and the
great reception given him by tbe
American people; about tbe deplor
able occurrence in the senate cham
ber, and about Roosevelt in Schley’s
appeal. He was very much wrought
up and we wished to divert from his
mind those aggravating questions.
Just for a change, we told him that
crime was iocteasing at a fast rate
and that we wanted him to give bis
ideas as to tbe cause and cure of the
same.
“Well,” said he, “I have come to
believe that while in some ways the
world is climbing up the ladder of
fame and honor, in other ways it is
sinking deeper and deeper into vile-
ness and meanness. Tbe vices of im
morality and crime are clutching
their fangs around countleae thous
ands of victims throughout tbe world.
Oh. when will the crave of strong
drink be quenched and tbe spirit of
blood-thirstiness be cast out of our
land! B seems that liquor will re
main a curse, and the thirst for hu
man life a demon as long as the world
may stand. 8o horrible are the
crimes committed, that in reading
tbe brief accounts in tbe daily and
weekly papers, the blood almost cur
dles In my veins as I think of the
fiendish deeds. For iostanoe, a brute
in the shape of a human will beat his
*t+
poor wife into insensibility pour til
on her and set her clothes on fire.
T have often heard it said that
boys will be boys. Perhaps that is
true, but it is equally true that much
depends upon the kind of home train
ing they get as to the kind of a man
they will make. I know that this is
an old and much used subject, hut I
a so know that it has not been used
enough to prevent the thousands on
top of thousands of young men trom
swinging from the gallows or finally
filling a dru! kard’s grave.
“Very often when parents see that
their boy is obedient they become
lenient with him aud permit him to
visit his friends when he chooses He
drifts into evil company and little by
little he yields to their sinful influ
ences and becomes a dru' L n outcast
When parents see that their son is
rude and cruel by nature they (if they
do their duty) begin riuht at the start
to train him in the way that he
should go. After much toiling and
anxiety , they realize the fruits o‘l their
labor. They see their son in the lead
ing walks of life, a noble man and an
honor to his home and country.
There are many exceptions to the
foregoing illustrations; sometimes a
boy will improve day by day even
when he receives little or no encour
agement. And v--ry often a boy will
turn out bad after the most careful
training. But it is the duty of every
parent to live a good example before
their children and to try to instill in
their minds the importance of truth
1 and righteousness.
“Many a noble man can look back
over his past life and in memory’s
vision he can see himself a child
around his mother’s knee listening to
the story of Christ He can remem
ber how tenderly she would wrap a
piece of cloth around his finger when
it was cut or bruised. Yes, careful
home training is the only hope of tbe
century, and when the father advo
cates the use of strong drink as a bev
erage and the mother takes her poodle
dog in her arms and leaves her child
with a nurse, they may expect their
children to grow up with very little
love for their home or them either.”
At this point our old friend began
to doze and we crept softly out of the
room. However, we lingered awhile
outside tbe door and heard him mur
muring something like the following:
Of iny mother i was cireanuiijr.
Of her face so dear.
’Twas always bright and beamliur
Till loaded down with care.
I could tell her health was faillii!'.
Her hair was Knowing white;
I could tell her face was yallnj:.
Old aj;e was drawing nigh.
But tonight as I am thinking
Of my mother’s charms,
1 feel as if I were sinking
Asleep within her arms.
Then of mother I’ll la* dreaming,
Of her voice so sweet,
How with words that had no meaning
She sang her boy to sleep.
Ben Hoover.
THROUGHOUT THE
TAR HEEL STATE.
From the Mountains to The
Sea.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
8he Didn't Wear a Mask.
But her beauty was completely
bidden by sores, blotches and pim
ples till she used Bucklen’s Arnica
Halve. Then they vanished as will
all Eruptions, Fever Hores, Boils.
Ulcers, Carbuncles and Felons from
its nse. Infallible for cuts, Corns.
Burns, Scalds and Files. Cure guar
anteed. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co.
Occasionally a man's greatcess
can be traced to the marriage of tbe
woman of his choice to some other
man.
Surgvon'h Knife Not Needeo.
Surgery is no longer neceesary to
cure piles. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve cures such cases at once, re
moving the necessity for dangerous,
painful and expensive operations.
For scalds, cuts, burns, wounds,
bruises, sores and skin diseases it is
umqualed. Beware of counterfeits.
Cherokee Drug Company.
The jailer should not be known by
the company he keeps.
How to Cure the Drip
Remain quietly at home and take
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as
directed and a quick recovery is sure
to follow. That remedy counteracts
any tendency of the grip to result in
pneumonia, which is really the only
serious danger. Among the tens of
thousands who have used it for the
grip, not one case has ever been re.
ported that did not recover. For
sale by Cherokee Drug Company.
In the matter of weather, the un
predicted always happens.
Couth ou Her I.tinic*.
“My daughter had a terrible cough
which settled on her lungs,’ says N.
Jaakson, of Danville, III. “We tried
a great many remedies without relief,
until we gave her Foley’s Hooey and
Tar which cured her. Refuse sub
stitutes. Cherokee Drug Company.
For a free country we seem to have
a great many bosses.
Haw or InllaiuMl l.iiug*
Yield rapidly to the wonderful
curative and healing qualities of Fo
ley's Honey and Tar. It prevents
pneumonia and consumption from a
hard cold settled on the lungs. Cher
okee Drug Company
lutereKting Items Concern lug Our Neigii-
lw>r* Beyond the Cine Which May J'rove
Kutertaiutug Keudlng for Hundreds of
Ledger Headers.
Cabarrus county now tbe free rural
delivery.
George Giilett, a Rowan man, who
ha? been in Texas for the last fifteen
years, writes a friend that he ba?
struck oil on bis farm and has been
offered $1(10,000 for the property.
Ben Lay, ex-convict and all round
bad man, came n^&r putting an end
to the life of J. L. Crook in a disor
derly house in Charlotte Saturday
night He used a knife with good
effect.
Loveday Smith, a negro woman liv
ing on the outskirts of Faynteville,
ignited her clothing in an effort to
pu. out a brush fire in the yard, and
-died Saturday of her burns, after
fearful eufferiog.
Earl Carlton, a negro farmer, living
four miles from Durham, lost his
barn an-' crib, atad ail bis feed, tools
and harness by fire Sunday afternoon
about 3 o’clock. The origin of tbe
fire is unknown. He had no insur
ance.
George H Hutotf, a white truck
farmer living just outside tbe city
limits of Wilmington, has employed
counsel and announces that he will
sue the Wilmington Sewerage Com
pany for $25,000 for damages alleged
to have been sustained by him a week
ago by falling into one of tbe Com
pany’s excavations near Oakdale
Cemetery.
A negro, Henry Faylor, criminally
assaulted the 13-year-o!d daughter of
Walter Carrington, also colored, near
Durham, last week He was ar
rested for the crime Saturday morn
ing and at the preliminary trial, held
before Justice E. H. Yeazy, the
prisoner admitted his guilt, Mr.
Samuel Mangum was deputized to
take the prisoner to the county jail
there and started with him to Dur
ham. The prisoner was not tied aud
when in a piece of woods on their
way to Durham be sprang from the
buggy and made Lis escape.
At an early hour Monday morning
Robert E. Howard a highly reenacted
white man living in the western part
of Durham. stepped out in his back
yard and was knocked in the head
and robbed. The robber got $8.50.
A painful wound was made on Mr.
Howard’s head, but it is not serious.
He says that he prop*biy remained
unconscious fifteen or twenty minutes
after being assaulted. Tbe police are
working on the robbery, but have no
clue upon which they can start. It
was one of the two boldest crimes in
the history of the city.
A shocking accident occurred in
the valley of Upper South Fork river
a few days ago. John Reeves, a
farmer, was cutting down a tree in
hie field and when the tree was al
most ready to fail he removed the
children to a place of safety. Just
as the tree began to full, one of the
children. a little boy four years of
age, suddenly ran down the bill and,
in sight of his father and little sis
ters. was caught and alinoet torn to
pieces by the trunk of the tree,
which killed him instantly. The
father is almost crazed with grief.
Last Friday night Mr. Charles C.
McBrayer’s store at Moorsboro was
burglarized. Five negroes have been
arrested and put in jail at Shelby on
account of it. While the officers were
on the track of tbe negroes, they
carne up with three young white men
who seemed to be getting out of tbe
way of something. On asking them
some questions, they declared they
had not broken open a store, but
they admitted that they had been
fighting in|Lincoln county, so the of.
fleers concluded it wise to detain
them. It was not long till the Lin
coln officers came up aud took charge
of them. .
William Connolly and William
Hayes, two patent medicine venders,
were taken from Gibsonville to
Greensboro Katu*iay night and locked
up In jail until Monday when they
were carried to the county roads to
work out fines. The two men were
arrested for drunkenness and disor
derly conduct and carried before tbe
mayor of Gibsonville for a hearing,
and as tbe trial was not conducted in
accordance with their ideas, they
proceeded to curse the mayor and
constables for blockheads, whereupon
their fines were doubled. After con
siderable trouble, tbe medicine men
were securely bound with stout plow-
lines and taken to Greensboro.
The Fatterson and Warren boys
who were bitten by the supposed
rabid dog some weeks ago at States
ville and who were sent to Baltimore
to undergo tbe Fasteur treatment re
turned Saturday. The physicians
state that they are now fully pro
tected. Tbe colored girl. Yira Mor
gan, who was bitt -n by tbe *ame dog,
is still in Baltimore end it will be
about a week before the term of her
tr'-atment will expire Since the
mad dog scare has been on here a
number of canines have met death at
the hards of the poison fiend.
Foison has been liberally strewn
about the town and some of the dogs
killed by this means were valuable
bird dogs which their owners prized
highly.
The grand jury of Fasquotank
county iuesday found a true bill
aga nst James Wilcox This case
proaiises a lively contest. The
prosecution and the defense are alert
and will fight ever; inch of ground.
It will be recalled that Mins Nellie
Oropsey disappeared from her home
about II o’clock on the night of the
20th of last November, and was never
seen again by any of Ler family. Her
dead body was found twenty-seven
days later in tbe Ffttquotsnk river,
ac a distance of less than 800 yards
frym her father’s front door-steps.
James Wilcox, a young man who had
been paying ber special Httent’op,
was the as*, one who saw her alive.
He was arrested and is now confined
in the Elizabeth City county jail,
charged with murder in the first de
gree.
A Deep Mystery.
It is a mystery why women endure
Backache, Nervousness. Sleepless-
uess, Melancholy, Fainting aud Dizzy
Spells when thousands have proved
that Electric Bitters will quickly
cure such troubles. “I suffered for
years with kidney trouble.” writes
Mrs. Phebe Cherley* of Petersoe, la.,
“and a lame back pained me so I
could not dress myself, but Electric
Bitters wholly cured me, and, al
though 78 years old, I now am able
to do all my housework.” It over
comes Constipation, improves Ap
petite. gives perfect health. Only
50c at Cherokee Drug Store.
Some people couldn’t break into
society with a burglar’s kit.
I'ractlcally Starving.
"After Using a .ew bottles of Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure my wife received per
fect aud permanent relief from a se
vere and chronic case of stomach
trouble.” says J. R. Holly, real
estate, insurance and loan agent, of
Macomb, HI, “Before using Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure she could not eat an
ordinary meal without intense suffer
ing. She is now entirely cured.
Several physicians and many reme
dies had failed to give relief.” You
don’t have to diet. Eat any good
food you want, but don’t overload
tbe stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
will always digest it for you. Cher
okee Drug Company.
The failure of the peach crop comes
earlier than usually.
La (AripiM- <jui<-kly Cured
“In the winrer of 1898 and 1899 I
was taken down with a severe attack
of what is called Ea Grippe,” says F.
L. Hewett a prominent druggist of
Winfield, III. “The only medicine I
used was two bottles of Chamber
lain’s Cough Remedy. It broke up
the cold and stopped the coughing
like magic, and I have never siuce
been troubled with Grippe.” Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy can always
he depended upon to break up a se
vere cold and wardntf any threatened
attack of pneumonia. If is pleasant
tcL-take, too, which makes it tbe most
desirable and one of the most popu
lar preparations in use for these ail
ments. For sale by Cherokee Drug
Company.
The worm and the organ grinder
will turn.
DuiiKers uf Fueuuiuuia.
A cold at this time if neglected is
liable to cause pneumonia which is
so often fatal, and even when the pa
tient has recovered the lungs are
weakened, making them piculiafly
susceptible to the development of
OOC-usptiCC. '• iiuuey „
Tar will stop the cough, heal an
strengthen the lungs and prevet
pneumonia. Cherokee Drug Coa
pany.
“It’s impossible to keep i
man down.” sighed tbe whal
Jonah picked up his bat and d<
ed.
FuW-jr’> Uwuey and Tar.
Cures coughs and colds.
Cures bronchitis and asthma.
Cures croup and whooping cough
Cures hoarseness and bronchia
troubles. Cherokee Drug Company
When paperhangers go to the wal
their creditors do not suffer.
To Cure a Cold Lu One IMjr
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
If it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s sig
nature is ou each box. 25c.