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' ' ' ' ' THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Nswspape in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEt The Reliability of Every Adver. tiscr 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., FRIDAY, MARCH dl, 1902. 81.00 A YEAR. THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. iCventti that Hive Taken Place from One Enti of the State to the Other Culled from f£x< haiiKes for Oulck Heading by Score, of Buwy People. The congregation of the First Pres byterian church at Rock Hill have unanimously extended a second call to Rev. Walter L. Lingle, o' Dalton, Oh. The body of Rude Hungerpiller, re cently drowned in a lake in Orange burg county, near the iSantee river, has not been found though diligent search has been made. Fire in Florence Tuesday morning destroyed three four-room houses. All belonged to negroes. In a vacant house the fire started. Rereading to the others. Most of the furniture was saved The houses were worth about $200 each, on insurance. Two fires occurred Sunday night in Greenville. A negro’s house in the suburbs was destroyed about mid eight. Early in the morning the meat warehouse of Davis Ward and the residence of Sam Dagnall on Webster street were burned. The meat market was insured Pt ifloU A lire occurred at the Southern freigtit depot in Spartanburg Tuesday morning at li o’clock. Several bales of cotton standing on the platform caught lire presumably from tl^e spaiki ot an engine. The alarm was given and in just seven minutes the fire department reached the spot and had the fire under control In about twenty minutes the fire was practi cally extinguished. There were 27 bales damaged, some worse than others. They belonged to the Spar tan Mills and were covered by insur ance. The ^ ifederate veterans are going to Greenville again this summer, and there will be a splendid and unani mous welcome given to the remnant of that heroic army whose deeds and memories are held in undimmed re membrance by the true men and women of this day and generation. That city has never entertained a body of men who have given greater delight by their presence than the veterans did when they were there five years ago, and the recollection of the pleasures experienced at that time has induced a cordial invitation for them to come agsin, which hue been accepted with like cordiality. Mr. John D. Cornwell, of near Rock Hill, was a sufferer from a very unusual cause last Friday. While at the dinner table at his home a piece of the gristle of a ham became lodged in his throat and he was powerless to remove it He was in a condition so serious that he could not even swallow water. Dr. Hill was called in but, failing to give re lief, he accompanied the sufferer to Rock Hill and calling upon Dr. Fen nell, he removi-d the gristle by forc ing it into the stomach The ob struction could be touched wiGi the finger, and it required the use of con siderable strength to shove it out of the throat. Kcott Wilson was found dead Tues day morning in a cell at the station bouse in riparian burg. Monday af ternoon about 4 o'cioek Officer Hines found Wilson, a white man, who lives near Walnut Grove, so drunk that he could not walk and carried him with the help of another man to the guard house. He was uncon scious and two half pint bottlesjof not live long after they have once developed a craving for this drug. It affects in the most direct manner the brain, and though it may bring happiness to the negro for a time, causing him to forget hunger to be come insensib'e to pain, heat or cold, and to be a stranger to fatigue, it is not long before their minds are af fected and they end their days in the insane asylums.. The increase in the number of negroes who become in sane 'rom this cause in the cities of the south is becoming larger and more alarming every year, in spite o f all efforts to check the sale of this drug. News was received in Newberry Tuesday that Hoyt King, the sixteen- year-old son of the Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Armstrong, of that place, had both legs cut off and his skull crushed by a freight train on the Southern road, atToccoa.Ga, early Tuesday morn ing. Later he died. He and auotner young man, about his age, named White Fant, ran away on Friday, in tending, they saidf to go to Arizona, and it seems they had got to Toccoa, and while attempting to get up on the rods of the freight to steal a ride Hoyt King was thrown under the moving train and received the in juries which caused his death. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong left at once for the scene of the accident. They have the warmest and most heartfelt sympathy of rhe people of Newberry in their deep and sad bereavement. EliTEHTAINiNG JOTS FROM ETTA JANE. Happenings of the Past Week In Lower Cherokee. PERSONAL AND LOCAL He H t-pt 111!! I.eg. Twelve years ago J. W. Sullivan of Hartford, Conn., scratched Lis leg with a rusty wire. Inflammation and blood poisoning set in. For two years he suffered intensely. Then the best doctors urged amputation, “but,” he writes, “I used one bottle of Electric Ritters and 1 1-2 boxes of Ruckien’s Arnica Salve and my 'eg was sound and well as ever.” For Eruptions, Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Sores and all blood disorders Electric Bitters has no rival on earth Try them JOnerokee Drug Company will guarantee satisfaction or refund money. Only 50 cents. forta- ses are OFcoming unc biy scarce in the West, due in part the demand for remounts by the Eng lish in South Africa and in part to an unusually high death rate in the Stales east of the Mississippi river. For the Complexion. 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 bow»'8 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. The very best pills. Cherokee Drug Company. It is reported that no fewer than thirteen officers of the garrison at Perzemisl, in German Poland, have committed suicide within three mouths. Iiitf reMtiiiK IteuiH About People swulTliinK" In tlie Lower Sectlou of the County Gathered Up hy Our Keguhtr Correspond ent and Given to Ledger Headers. • (Correspondence of The Ledser.) Etta Jane, March 18—Camp Jeff eries U. C. veterans met at Wilkins- viile iast Saturday and was called to order by G. W. McKown commander. After the usual re-enrollment of names and payment of fees—15 cents each—for the fiscal year G. W. McKown was re-elected comman der; W. L. Goudeloek re-elected 1st Lt. commander; I G. Patrick, 2nd Lt. commander; .las. Strain, adju tant; T. D. Goudeloek, quartermas ter; A. J. Mullinax, color sergeant; Jas. G. Garner, color guard. Thos D. Goudeloek and Jas. L. Strain were electr-d delegates to the Dallas. Tex , reunion and G. W. McKown and Jas G. Garner delegate to the State re union at Greenville. Oa motion it was agreed that the commander appoint sponsors to both of these reunions, and also that he fill any vacancy in the list of officers that may occur during the fiscal year. The Texas Reunion Association is sending out circulars of information, tne substance of which many interest some of our readers who expect to go. ‘ According to the circular, the rates on all the railroads will be exceed ingly low, both on the Texas and out side railroads. An encampment is to^__ lisbed at the fair grouuAd^^^ 8 ^^' reunion is to and buildings where tents and be used to lodge s many of the veterans as ay y;ome. Every veteran, whether rich or poor, will be fed here, free of all cost, and Dallas will give them all that Texas affords. One the 25tb£ when the reunion closes, a dinner of barbecued buffalo will be served to the veterans.! This will be a decided novelty, as t'nere are few buffaloes at large today, and it will be exceed ingly difficult t) obtain the necessary number. Among the entertainments to be given the visiting veterans will be a parade by the Kaliphs", a fa mous order ot Dallas, followed by a tournament on the “Field of the Cloth of Go'd,” where^JTbjghte,. clad in heavy armor, will sLiiv^r'IahcS'B for their ladies. On the night of the 24th the Kaiiphs will give a ball and crown the C^ueen of the Kaliphate. The sons of Veterans will also give a ball, to both of which events the vet erans are cordially invited An information bureau has been established, and every veteran will be reunion and gather patriotic inr- pulse and inspiration around its camp fir>-8, and with one voice and one acclaim pay a tribute to their valor and their blood. ‘ The encampment should be a re union not only of Confederate veter ans but of our entire citizenship.” The C. E Society met at Mr. R. J. Kirby’s last Sabbath Mr. Jeff Blackwell thinks that as the moon made its last move in the evening we ougit to have fair weather. Mr. T. J. Patrick, of Gaffney, at tended the veteran’s meeting at Wil- kinsville last Saturday. Messrs. Sam Strain, Lesslie and Asa Blackwell will start to the Charleston Exposition tomorrow morning to be present on South Car olina day. Winter has set in again and fears are entertained that the fruit crop will be hurt by the cold. The cases of sickness heretofore re ported in this correspondence, we are glad to say are all getting better. If the old saying—‘‘Fog in March frost in May” is a true one, we will have a late spring. But. all sayings are not true we are glad to know. Yesterday was St. Patrick s day. We are told that a woman never feels comfortable unless her shoes are uncomfortable. When a small hoy refuses to take his second piece of pie you may know there is something wrong with it. Rev. 8am T. Creech says he would rather he a big preacher in a little place than a little preacher in a big place. United States Senator B It. mao has our thanks for a lot of lie documents sent us and patrons of this office. j. t THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. Till- pub- ot her La Grippe Ouickly Cured. “In the winter of 18118 and 1899 I was taken down with a severe attack of what is called La Grippe,” says F L Hewetfc, a prominent druggist of j cv’ii,!. dd, 111. “The only medicine I uatji was two bottles of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. It broke up the cold and stopped the coughing like magic, and I have never since been troubled with Grippe.” Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy can always be depended upon to break up a se vere cold and wardotl any threatened attack of pneumonia. It is pleasant to take, too, which makes it the most desirable and one ot the most popu lar preparations in use for these ail ments. For sale by Cherokee Drug whiskey were found in his pockets.^ Company. In the cell with Wilson was another prisoner, who states that he heard Wilson groaning through the night Ibut paid no attention to him Tues day morning some one went to the window and asked him to awaken Wilson. He tried to do so and found him dead. The term of United States Marshal Lawson D. Melton expired Friday, but according to the rule of the de partment, the incumbent will con tinue to serve until his successor is appointed and qualifies. The law was formerly that the marshal was appointed for four years only, the term expiring on the date, but it was amended since Marshal Melton was appointed, and he will consequently serve until his successor is appointed. Colonel Melton is a candidate for re appointment. A hard fight is how ever, being made against him at .Washington. A number of caodi- Fdates are out for the place, as has been stated, and it remains to be aeen to whom will fall the plum. The cocaine sniffling (“coke sniffin’’ _ as the negros call it,) has become the curse among some of the negroes in Aiken. The victims of the vice do HB, It is estimated that New England turns out 300,<XX) pairs of union-made shoes each day. Danger of Cold* ttiul l.a Grlppo. 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 the 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 an attack of la grippe in less time than any other treatment. It is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. Marine firemen of the Allantic coast are organizing. Couicli Settlttd on Her Lung*. “My daughter had a terrible cough j which settled on her lungs,’ says N. i Jackson, of Danville, 111. “We tried a great many remedies without relief, until we gave her Foley’s Honey and Tar which cured her. Refuse sub stitutes. Cherokee Drug Company. supplied with accomodations.” In addition to this,' hear what Mayor T. J. I*ow<d), of Fort Worth, who is also one of tne vice-presidents of the Confederate Reunion Associa tion, says of his city and the reunion : ‘ Imperial Texas, in justice to her self, her sons and daughters must give the Confederate veterans in 1902 the greatest reception ever accorded them in the history of their organiza tion. And while Dallas is the chosen place, all Texans should contribute to the success of Hie^ysucamppcent. Fort Worth will open her dboni and the hearts of her people to Dallas guests, and claim part of the honor of their distinguished presence Com mercial and industrial rivalries will be buried und'r the flora of a rever ential love and gratitude for the old heroes, and whatever in reason the committee of arrangements shall at-k of our city shall be done with eager hearts and willing hands. “The entertainment of the Con federate veterans rises above the commercial advantage realized from the gathering together of a great body of people. Year by year the encamp ment grows larger and stronger. As time softens the hearts of our old soldiers, and tempers them into a finer and fuller patriotic manhood, their minds can return to the scenes of their trials and sufferings with an added joy and a lessening pain. Time has dealt kindly and bountifully with them. Their country—the South, fairest daughter of all history—has arisen from a desolate and stricken land to her queenly position, robed in garments of unparalleled prosper ity. Like a Jdewdrop from the lion’s mane, shook to air’ she has flung from her prostrated energies, the weight of war and stands redeemed and regenerated by the matchless de votion of her soldiers and their chil dren. “If Texas, the youngest of the glorious sisterhood of Southern States will pay the full measure of honor to the old heroes, every person,in the State, who can do so, will attend the TIioukhikI* Rent Into Exile. Every year a large number of poor sufferers whose lungs racked witl^miiKij^B^~ arti ^re^un anoth^Bii*® i, f™ i are ur » ed t0 8° t0 climate. But this is costly and not always sure. Don’t be an exile when Dr. King’s New Discovery or Con sumption will cure you at home. It’e the most infallible medi cine for Coughs, Colds, and all Throat and Lung diseases on earth. The first dose brings relief. As tounding cures result from persistent use Trial bottles free at Cherokee DrugCompany. Brice 50c and .$1.00 Every bottle guaranteed In a north Italian paper an adver tisement offers constant employment to experts who can imitate old band writing. It is thought this state ment ought >o put manuscript o /Hec tors on their guard. Till* Will lataTMt JVlHiiy. To quickly introduce B. B. B. (Bo tanic Blood Balm), the famous South ern blood cure, into new homes, we will send, absolutely free, 10 000 trial treatments Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) quickly cures old ulcers, scrofula, eczema, itching skin and blood humors, cancer, eating, festering sores, boils, carbuncles, pimples or offensive eruptions, pains in bones or joints, rheumatism, ca tarrh. or any blood or skin trouble. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. Bj heals every sore or pimple, makes the blood pure and rich and stops all aches and pains. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B B.) thoroughly tested for 30 years in hospital and private prac tice, and has cured thousands of cases given up as hopeless. Sold at drug stores, $1 per large bottle. For free treatment write to Btood Balm Co , Atlanta, Ga Medicine sent at once, prepaid. Describe trouble and free medical advice given. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) gives life, vigor and strength to the blood. The finest Blood I'urifier made. Botanic Blood Bairn (B. B. B.) gives a healthy Blood supply to the skin and entire system. The first American blast furnace in Germany, with an automatic charg ing apparatus, has been started in Sllralft. Could Not lift-utlie. 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 Peace 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. Htevedores of Honolulu, Hawaii, have organized to secure protection against Asiatic labor. A Severs Cold for Three Mouili*. The following letter from A. J Nusbaum, of Batesville. Ind., tells its own story. “I suffered for three months with a severe cold. A drug gist prepared me some medicine, and a physician prescribed for me yet I did not improve. I then tried Foley’s Honey and Tar, and eight doses cured me.” Refuse substitutes. Chero kee Drug Company. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. lufereritiiiK Items Cooi'eriiiiii' Our Neigh bor* Heyoud the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Heading for Hundred* of Ledger Header*. Ground was broken Monday for the Mecklenbure county fair in Charlotte. Mr. W. K Orr. one of the leading promoters of the enterprise, handled the first spade full of earth. The unidentified steamship on Cape Lookout shoals off Morehead City, will probably go to pieces. It is im possible to reach her on account of the high seas. The men of the life saving station have tried in vain to rescue the crew. The trial of William E. Breese, president of the First National bank of Asheville, on the charge of em bezzling several hundred thousand dollars, resulted Tuesday in a mis trial. The jury stood 11 for convic tion and oue tor acquittal. The case of Jeff Ferguson and Will Carswell, who were charged with burning the store of S Kirksey and I the postoffice at Thermal City was 1 *ried Tuesday in Rutherford and the defendants were found not guilty, as was expected hy a great many who knew of the circumstances. The judge did not let the case go to the jury. Ijj order to introduce and test the n silk-worms the North ent of Agriculture dv for a small he eggs )ri! room where the safe was. Phifer was arrested and taken to the tombs to await trial. He says he is innocent and knows nothing about the money. Fire at Lincolnton early Tuesday morning destroyed the Chester and Lenoir depot, two box cars of the narrow gauge line and four box cars belonging to the S. A. L. railway to gether with one hundred bales of cot ton. About 4 o’clock Tuesday morn ing a telephone message was sent from Lincolnton to Charlotte stating that a big fire was in progress there and asking aid. The message was re ferred to Mayor Brown who ordered the steam engine, hose wagon and detail of firemen to respond. The apparatus was loaded on a flat and at 5:30 left the city making the run of 32 miles over the 8. A. L. in less than fifty minutes. When the Charlotte firemen arrived, citizens of Lincoln ton had succeeded in getting the fire under control with a bucket brigade. Robert Goins, colored, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded Monday af ternoon in North Winston, near Belo’s pond, by a negro named Cash. Goins has been working in Roediger’s b-ir for some time. Cush is a barber and worked ic the shop of his brother, C. B. Cash. The shooting occurred in the home opposite Goins’ home. Immediately after the shooting Cash went down town and gave himself up t'< the officers. He was committed to jail. Dr Hall, colored, who exam ined the wounded man, found that three balls tCiok effect Out wenc thrr ngh the left shoulder, one through the front of the neck about the centre, striking the collar bone. The ball that penetrated the lung was found and cbt out between thfl shoulder blades. The one in the neck was also removed. Dr. Hall stated that if Goins recovered it would be a miracle. race of Carolina Depar has sent to Lomba* supply of silk-worm egg?T are expected to arrive abou 15th or 20rh. Citizens of the 8ta schro's aud public institutions desir ing to attempt the silk industry will be supplied at net cost with enough eggs to start the work. No one per son without previous experience should attempt to incubate more than one-tenth ouuce of eggs the first year, Mr. Oliver Davie, of Gastonia, re turned Tuesday night from At lanta, where he went to con- s lit a cancer spicialiet. Several years ago Mr. Davis fell from a scaffold and injured bis knee. He has suffered considerable pain at times, but •not until within the past few weeks has he become alarmed. The Atlanta specialist advised that the leg be amputated. Mr. Davis has not yet decided whether he will return to Atlanta to have the operation p< r- formed in Gastonia. Mr Davis is oue of the oldest citizens of the town and is one of the largest property owners in Gaston county. Dr. T. Tayloe, of Washington, of Fhe State board ol medical examiners, aud his entire family were poisoned from coffee and hash containing arsenic, put there by Jim Wa ker, a negro driver, who had often threat ened to kill the negro nurse. When arrested, rat poison containing ar senic, was found in his pocket. f)uick aid saved the pois tied family, all i f whom were seriously ill. The negro is in jail and that he put the poison in the coffee and in the hash, hut only to Kill the old nurse, who had conjured him Feeling is high against the negro aud Governor Aycock has granted the sheriff's request to call out the troops to protect him. Monday night in Durham a thief “fished” a pair of trousers belonging to Mr. W. C. Newton from his bed room and secured $117 from the pockets The first Mr Newton knew of being robbed was when he arose next morning. He found his trousers gone and upon investigation he found the blinds open and window partially raised. A n.ke was beside the, win dow, this having been used in fishing for the clothes. Later in the morn ing the trousers, pocket book and pocket knife were found some dis tance from the home near the 8outh- lern road. Mr. Newton has no idea what time of the night he was robbed. He said he was awake at 2 :30 o’clock but that he did not notice about the window. It was a slick piece of rob bery and was well executed. Tuesday afternoon $80 was taken feom the safe of A. E. Coghill, of Charlotte, who runs a beef market on East Trade street. The money be longed to Mr. Zeb Andrews, who has a fish stand adjoining Mr. Cogbill’s market and keeps his money in Mr. Cogbill’s safe. The safe had been left open and at the time the money was taken there were only two per sons in the market; Amos Harris, who has been at work in the market for nine years, and Jim Phifer, presi dent of the Meat Delivers’ Associa- who delivers meat for the market. Harris was in the room eating his dinner and Phifer was in the front For some time past people living on Fayetteville and Correll streets in Greensboro almost in the center of town, have been greatly annoyed by siime wretch who wrote the most fcul and obscene words on fences and merits. The writing was done at . it seemed impossible to catch the^fttf 0Be ' Frid ! y ni g ht(,f * fleer Crutdiflel^iiJ^ 0ne< * “' m8e ' D * bollM near the TpSK 1,ere m ? 8t ^ the wntiuK had been <*?'• a “ d “ s » result of hie diligence e[i — thy guilty Oaptun;& About 2 o'clock Friday morning be saw Aaron Reeves, a negro with whom he was acquainted, but who bad not been suspected in connection with the devilment, stand in front of the house and begin to write on the pal- logs with a piece of chaik. The negro resisted arrest but after a struggle, in which the officer was decidedly the winner, he was carried to jail. Fri day afternoon Mayor Osborn bound him over to the next term of superior court, and in default of bond he wa* remanded to jail Food to I'oisou. Putrefying food in the intestine* produces effects like those of arsenic, but Dr. King s New Life Pills expel the poisons from clogged bowels, gently, easily but surely, curing Constipation, Biliousness, Sisk Head ache, Feve/s, ail Liver, Kidney and Bowel troubles. Only 25c at Chero kee DrugCompany. The new railway bridge, the long est in South Africa, across the lower confessed in very nearly !iti- isiied, and the new line will ne com pleted in about a year. How to Cure tlte Grip. Remain quietly at home and take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy a* directed and a quick recovery is sure to follow. That remedy counteracts any tendency of the grip to result iu 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. The will of the iate Thomas Rob ertson, of Rockford, III, leaves $30.- 000 to educational and religious m atitution*. SurKeou'* Knife Not NotMleil. Surgery is uo longer necessary 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 i* unequaled. Beware of counterfeits. Cherokee Drug Company. The Paris Muuicpality has definite ly adopted the scheme of farming out the gas supply to a new company. Mtuiger* of Fuouuioiuh. A cold at this time if neglected I* liable to cause pneumonia which i* so often fatal, and even when the pa tient has recovered the lungs are weakened, making them peculiarly susceptible to the development of consumption. Foley’s Honey and Tar will stop the cough, heal and strengthen ibe lungs and prevent pneumonia. Cherokee Drug Com- pany..