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f;- i rWT* '•■ V‘-¥ • ■ i- rww^mSb^}. ' '•■-■' ■'■■»' i THE LARGEST Circalation of Any Ns vspaps in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. 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. HAFFNEY. S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1902. S1.00 A YEAK. 1 PALMETTO STATE. * items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. Rock uame meet- JCvents that Have Taken Place from One End of the State to the Other Culled from Exchange.* for Quick Reading by Scores of Busy People. A small boy whom no one knows anything about has been found in Winnsboro He is about 12 years old and says that he is from ingham, N. C. He gives his as Archie McCoy. It is likely that the annual ing of the State Press Association at Georgetown will take place on May 28 instead of in the latter part of April, in order to avoid conflicting with other meetings. The vVinnsboro Granite Company is making an effort to secure about 100 additional stone cutters to enable • it.to carry out its contract for furnish ing the material for the building of a large 12-story building in Philadel phia. A swindler visited Aiken a few days ago, and on the authority of a bogus telegram had a draft for $40 cashed by the hotel proprietor there. The draft was drawn ou the Southern Guano Co., of Atlanta. No such firm exists. Jerry Hall, colored, was arrested in Columbia Wednesday whore he is wanted for the murder of Will Ren- nick, which occured last January. After the murder Hall disappeared and had not been seen until last Wed nesday afternoon. The governor has upon the recom mendation of thej chief justice, com- missioued James P. Carey, E.-q , of Pickens, to be special judge presid ing at the extra term of the court of general sessions to be held in Greenville county commencing on April 14 Upon the recommendation of Solicitor Sease Governor McSweeney has commuted to a fine of $20 or three mouths in jail the sentence of one } ear in the penitentiary imposed on Minnie Barnes, convicted in Spar tanburg county of forgery. The wo man was a mill operative and the of fense was not of a very serious character. Friday morning about 10:30 o’clock the terminal at the end of the cable of the Consolidated Telephone Com pany, in Spartanburg, was ignited by the current of the electric railway line and the cable box was destroyed by fire. This serious mishap origi nated by a guy wire at the corner of Dean and East Main streets falling across the trolley wire. Friday a negro woman went to the bouse of a lady living ou Main street, in Spartanburg aod said that she had been sent by a neighbor to borrow 50 cents to pay her washer woman. The lalyfsuspeoted nothing and gave the W Jinan t ie m >ney. Later, tl in! - .ing over the matter, she concluded that it might be a fraud, and inquired of her neighbor if she had sent a woman to borrow money from h^r. The neighbor had sent no one. In May the State convention of the Woman's auxiiliary of the Episcopal church meets in Florence. The ladies of St. John’s Episcopal church at that place are making great prepara tion for the coining of the church women, and will make every effort to make their visit to ttv'ir city pleas- ant In every v,ay. It is expected that abnut 75 delegates will be pres ent. The convention will not be in session longer than two days. • Mahala Pryor, a colored woman living on F. Layton’s place near Uob- bysville, Spartanburg county, was burned to death Thursday afternoon. About 2 o’clock, while she was as sisting in burning off the terraces in a field, preparatory to plowing, her dress caught on fire and before any one could help all her clothing was burned off and her body fearfully burned. The doctor was summoned but nothing could be done and sbe died at 8 o’clock at nigbt. It is good news to every one in South Carolina that Gen. Wade Hampton is better The general has been unwell of late, but each fine day lapt week was able to take a drive and he was out again Saturday. A rep resentative of The State who called at his home in the afternoon found Gen. Hampton looking better and stronger than he has done lately and be said that he was feeling better, too. No matter how unwell be is Gen. Hampton never loses interest in current events and he keeps up with political and national news bet ter than the average citizen. A sensational charge was heb.J be fore Magistrate L. R. Weeks of Aiken Friday. The prosecuting witness, J E Kneece, testified that on February 11th five men surprised him while asleep and tor k him to the woods and wbi ped him until the blood came. Kneece swore out a warrant against Bunyan Chapman, Doc. Redd and Levy Fox, all of whom reside near Montmorenci. It appears from the evidence that Kneece was really brutally whipped. However, the evidence did not satisfy the magist rate that the defendants were con nected with the offense, and they were discharged. YOONG BAPTISTS COMING TO GAFFNEY. They Will Flock to Our City Next Week. B. P. U. CONVENTION. Veterans Meet. Jake Carpenter camp United Con federate veterans met in the court house Saturday at 2 o’clock, p. m., and held an election for officers for the ensuing year, and delegates to the re-unions at Dallas and Green ville. D. A. Thomas was elected com mander, 8. A Stacy, first lieutenant- commander; C. T. Bridges, second lieutenant-commander;Wm. Blanton, third lieutenant commander; L. B. Davis, adjutant; M. M. Tate, quarter master; Rev. T. J Campbell, chap lain; Thomson Ewbanks, color sc - geaut and James A. Pearson, color guard. M. M. Tate and I. (w Sarratt were elected delegates to represent the camp at the National re-union in Dallas. Texas, and 8. A. Stacy and W. C. S. Wood, alternates. I). A Thomas and C. T. Bridges were elected delegates to the State re union at Greenville, and Moses Wood, \V. G. Austell and Thomson Ewbanks alternates. The commander was instructed to select and appoint sponsors to both re-unions. The camp will meet again on the first Saturday in April to complete arrangements for the re-unions. A full attendance is desired. The Unlucky Friday. A striking example of the supersti tious belief in the proverbial "un lucky Friday” was exhibited here last Friday by an obsequious son of Ham. He had engaged to work for Mr. L R Randall, of the Cherokee Foundry and Machine Shops, and his term of service was to begin on Friday morning Being endowed with a gen erous supply of the faith in super natural "signs” and omens common to his race, he feared that the direst calamity would surely befall him if he began work on such an ill-fated day. Consequently, he sent M r . Randall the following note, which we publish just as it was written to show the wonderful ease and facUity with which he can juggle with the Queen’s English: “Gaffney S C Mar 21-90 “Mr Ranul Ser Pies let me of To Day as it is friday and i Do Not Want To Begin and that Day i Come in the uex Day if i liv.” Found Dead. The man that was referred to in Friday’s issue us having been found dead near Grover, turned out lobe Mr Dial Hullender. The body was found Thursday morning in a gully in an old field by some children out picking up wood. It had the appearance of having been dead several days. Cor- I oner Vsnesett was notified and went over. He examined the body but found no mark* of violence on it. Circumstances and general opinion indicated that the unfortunate man had fallen while under the influence of whisky and had died from that and exposure. The coroner did not think that an inquest was necessary, and turned the body over to a brother of the unfortunate man. Hluck CIouHh to D1h|>«-IIc<I. We iearu that there is a movement being considered by the city fathers that, when put in force, will move some of the black clouds from our sidewalks and transfer them to the fields, the "good roads train,” or cause their sable beauty to adorn the sidewalks and corners of some other city. For this class of ornaments nothing, in hand, is better than the "good roads train,” and the roads need much work don* on them. Flauo Recital. Miss Georgie Steedly will give a piano recital at the college next Thursday afternoon at 3:80 o’clock, playing the following numbers: Sonata, Mozart; Prelude and Fugue, Back-Lizt; Ballade aud Etude, Chopin; Melody in F and Staccato Etude, Rubinstein. The public ie cor dially invited to be present. —Don’t forget that YOU are espec ially invited to attend the Big Sale at our store tomorrow and Thursday. J. C. Lipscomb A Co , "The Hustlers.” ENTERTAINING JOTS FROM ETTA JANE. Happenings of the Past Week In Lower Cherokee*. PERSONAL AND LOCAL The Haptlst Yount; People'* Union Will Hold Their Seven tli Annual Con vocation in Ualtuey Thurttday Week -Preparations lie lug Made to Entertain Delegates. Ou next Thursday week the young Baptist hosts of the Palmetto State will be turning tbeir steps towards Gaffney to hold their Seventh Annual Convocation. They come on the invitation of the First Baptist church aud some of the officials of Gaffney. It remains for Gaffney to eclipse the high standard of hospitality that has been accorded this convention by other towns of the State. The young people from Gaffney who attended the convention at Charleston last year could not say enough in praise of the true Palmetto hospitality with which they were welcomed and en tertained. Gaffney has a name for accomplishing that which she under takes and doing it well. She must oreserve her laurels, and give the B Y P. U. convention such a welcome as it has never yet received from any other town The work of securing homes for the delegates is being pushed forward rapidly. Any who desire to have a part in extending the hospitality of Gaffney to the visitors, and who have not already been called on, will please communicate their desire to any of the following committee: Dr. \V. C. Hamrick, Mr. W. J. Wilkins, Mrs. J C. Otts, Mrs. W. C. Carpenter, Mrs. W. C. Hamrick, Mrs. A. C. Cree and Miss May Peeler. The convention is to be the guests of G.-ffney and not of the Baptists of Gaffney. Rev. Wm. R. Potter of the Presbyterian church says: "The benefits of a convention of any kind, whether ecclesitsMcai, po litical or commercial, are manifest. It helps all the parties concerned, the representatives themselves, the represented and the community in which it is invited to assemble. Con tact with others sobers, clarifies and broadens the mind. It systematizes effort. It avoids confusion It be gets enthusiasm. The time has long since arrived when the young people of the church must be recognized, put to work and encouraged. The Baptist Young People’s Convention is soon to meet in this city and its members are to be entertained in our homes. Let us all do what we c^n to make their stay among us pleasant and profitable—profitable to them, to ourselves aud the church which they represent.” Rev W. H. Hodges of the Metho dist church says: "The hopes for the future of church and State are centered in the yourg people. ‘ One of the most encouraging signs of our times is the zeal and faithfulness manifested by young people in the church work. Full of hope and enthusiasm, when once en listed we can depend on them to ac complish what they undertake. "Gaffney is highly favored in hav ing the B Y. P. U , one wing of the church’s young army, to meet here April 5G; she will honor herself by extending to them every encourage ment. courtesy, and all good will. "The old German schoolmaster when asked why he always pulled off his hat in the presence of his students answered: ‘There may be among them some future great man.’ He little knew that he was then training a Martin Luther. "In the coming convention there may be a future Hail or Spurgeon, we pull off our hats and bid them thrice welcome to our town, our homes, our hearts.” Rev. Arch C. Cree of the First Bap tist church says: “One thing I am proud of in Gaff ney is the sweet fraternal feeling that exists between the pastors and mem bers of the different churches, a feei- Ing that finds a very warm response in my own heart. I am profoundly —Quality sells Blue Ribbon lemon aud vanilla extracts, purest, strong est, most delicious. —Can you afford not to use Blue fybbou lemon and vanilla extracts? that’s the point. Purest, strongest, most delicious, 10 aud 25 cents. grateful for these words of welcome aud for the many cordial expressions by word aud deed that have been re ceived both from the laymen and sisters of the various churches. The key-word of the convention is to be "Soul-saving.” The program prom ises a great feast. May we all be blessed. ” **" Special Services. A series of special meetings will begin at Limestone Street Methodist Episcopal church next Monday eve ning conducted by Rev. T. G. Herbert, of Greenville. Services will be held at 8 and 7 .45 p. one we<k or longer. m., daily for Interestiujc Items About Feople andThlng* in the Lower Section of the Coonty Oatheretl Up by Our Regular Correspond ent and Given to Ledger Readers. fCorresDondenc* of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, March 22 —We con gratulate our friend aud host, Hon. F. Sumter Earle, upon his re elec- tiou to the mayoralty of Columbia. He is without doubt one of the State’s most popular, useful and honorable young men, and his re- election over such an influential, pop ular and honorable competitor fully verifies the truth uf the assertion. It was our good fortune to be one of bis guests during the Confederate reunion in that city last May, and he and his most excellent young wile did ail in their power to make our stay with them a pleasant one, and we can assure them that they were wonderfully successful. We are sat isfied that that veteran, editor and gallant soldier, Gen. R. R. Hemphill, and Captain Haile will bear us out in what we say for we were room-mates. And to add to our appreciation of his k nduess was their cordiai invitation for us to remain a few days after the reunion bn k ■ up and he would show us something of Columbia which our short stay in the city would not per mit us to see. That Columbia has within its limits some of the noblest men and women of the State there is no kind of doubt, and in placing such honors upon its worthy young men has set a noble example for its sis ters to follow In honoring him it horiors itself. Give the young men a chance—they stand upon the shoul ders of their fathers in business en terprises if their training has been hroperly looked after. Mrs. Laura T. Estes is not so well this day. We regret to hear of the sickness of Mrs. Dr. M. W. ISmith. She has many friends in this section. By awkward handling of the types the compositor makes us say Kirby’s creek instead of Kings creek in speak ing of that section of Cherokee town ship in last Tuesday’s Ledger. We trust, however, that our readers famil iar with that sectiou will fully under stand us to mean King’s creek. Its nothing unusual for them to misref- resent us, especially in spelling, Mrs. "J. L. 8 ,” the widow, swung up a quilt to give the girls a chance to meet, ta'k over and arrange plans among themselves for the coming season. When it comes from the frames and gets the binding on it we propose keeping it to show the dex terity with which each one can handle a needle. , While we have expressed our hon est opinion of Union county’s exhibit at the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition without prejudice to any other exhibit, we are glad to see that the State papers have formed about the same opinion. We neither knew nor cared what others thought about it, yet we are glad to be in accord with such good authority as The State is on such a subject. As a matter o* historical interest we propose soon to give a complete list of the casualities in the ISib S. C. Regt. which grew out of the ‘blow up,” at Petersburg, Va., July 20. 18<)4, in which 250 South Carolin ians lost their lives. Many of our Ledger readers are sons and daugh ter®, grandsons and granddaughters of tnese unfortunate yet noble men, and they will no doubt appreciate it. Mr. J. F. Wright’s little daughter Mary whose Jeyes have been so badjy affected as to make her almost com pletely blind, has had an operation performed on them by Dr Lawson, of Union. The last cotton in this section is being hauled off to market. Mr. Albert Kirby who was expect ed to come down this week and take a picture of Miss Annie Miller’s school, was unavoidably detained on account of sickness of his co-partner. Gardens will not be ready to plant much be’ e Good Friday, 28th iost., if then. Farmers are plowing their lands very wet, sowing oats and breaking it up. From what we learn there will be no scarcity of candidates this year, and it is now io order to bring out and brush up your boomlets, gentle men. We notice that our young friend, Emmet Plaxico, of King’s creek, bus been drawn as a juror iu the U. S. court iu Charleston. We regret to learn that Mr. Kl- dridge Wood, of White Plains, is very sick aod has been for some time. Hope be will soon recover. He is one of our old neighbors and an excellent citizen. A few rose bushes and jonquils are beginning to show their beauties: the coo of the dove is heard and things begin t6 look as if winter were br* k»r. Mrs. S. F. Estes, who has been sick a long time, is able to set up part of the time. We expect the North Pacolet Inter denominational S. S. Convention to send a delegate to the State S. S. con vention at Greenwood next week. Why it is that Cherokee county don’t go into the interdenominational work ip something we can’t understand. It can’t be that our people are so self- conceited that they thinit other de~ nominations are not as good as theire. If so may the Lord have mercy ou them. Mary F. Coleman, of Abbeville, asks this question in the Associated Reformed Presbyterian : "How many times was the river Jordan crossed and by whom?” Someone please an swer her. Those who look close enough any clear day can see the star Venus with the naked eye about two hours and twenty minutes ahead of the sun. Ex- actlj fifty years ago the same star could be seen with the naked eye about two hours behind the sun. Peach blooms are slow in coming out. Did any of our readers ever see them so late? All the better sign for a fruit crop, we think. Those who think of attending the Confederate reunion at Dallas, Texas, next month will save themselves a great deal of trouble as well as money if they will write John F. Worley, chairman committee of information, and through his committee secure board and lodging while in the city. Give him the number you want ac comodated and the price you are will ing to pay per day and he will lock out for you and notify you where you can tusk* your own arrangements to stay. Those who thick they can get along as well without the help of this comn ittee will find their a intake when they get to Delias j. l. s. SHORT LOCAL TEMS. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. We learn that a few people planted corn last week. If you want U e news, take The Ledger. Twice a week for $1 00 Gaffneyites continue to drive out to the iron bridge ou fin^afternoons. Apparently more guaoo was hauled to the farms yesterday than any day this season. Some gardening was done last week and yesterday morning almost every one was planting. Some cotton is still coming into the city from farms, but a load of it is beginning to look lonely. The ground, the moon, the weather and the people were all right for planting garden seeds yesterday. The many friends of Mr, Logan Warmouth are glad to see him out again after quite a severe illness. There was not a big crowd in the city Saturday. But it was a busi ness crowd end the merchants did a good business. Plows were started the last of the week and yesterday were moving with a rush ali over the county. Wheat shows signs of improvement and spring oats are coming up. What is the matter with the ne groes about Gaffney? Scarcely a day passes but one or more of them is ar rested for petty thievery and gen erally the theft is proven on them. We don’t remember to have known pigs to be so scarce before in Chero kee. Many farmers even are without them and are unable to get any. A number of pigs would find ready pur chasers iu GalToey. "Billy” Allen, who came to Gaff ney from Philadelphia when the Car pet mill begun to work, and has been employed in it ever since, can truth fully claim all our people as bis friends. He is now superintendent of the mill. Long may he and bis family be with us. Mr. Pinkuey Young, who bad an afflicted limb, has been spending some time at Hot Springs, Ark., hav ing it treated. He has retarued to his home iu the city with his limb cured and his general health restored. His many friends are greeting him with hearty congratulation^ Hrrvtce at Uethseiniiiie. There will be services at Geth- aemane next Sunday by the pastor, Rev. S. O. Cantey. Mr. Caotey is a young man who came to the Gaffney circuit the first of the year. He is a good worker, a strong young preacher aud is highly appreciated by 1 is charges. —Don’t hesitate, Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla extracts will please you better, no matter what kind you’ve been using. —Save money by using Blue Rib bon lemon and vanilla extracts, half the quantity Havors perfectly. Two sizes, 10 and 25 cents. Interesting Items Concerning Oar NelgJi- bors Ueyoud the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Readers. It is rumored iu Wilmington that the parties holding the controlling interest in the Atlantic Coast Line system have sold out to the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company. James Wilcox was Saturday found guilty of the murder of Nellie Crop- sey. The jury, after having been out 30 hours, brought in a verdict at 10:30 o’clock of murder in the first degree. The prisoner beard the ver dict without apparent emotion. Sanford authorities Thursday sent a hurry call to Fayettesville for the Cumberland county bloodhounds in response to which Capt. Campbell carried up by a special train Deputy Sheriff Monaghan and Officer Benton with the dogs. Extensive robberies of stores and dwellings had taken place the night before at Sanford, Messrs. Lutterloh and Mclver being heavy losers. At last accounts the hounds, after being at fault for some little time, struck the trail of the rob bers. The body of Dean Lee, a member of Wilmington’s Chinese colony un til his death at the age of 42 years, March 3,''1899, .van exhumed in Wil mington Friday by l.^ndertak r W. E Yopp and* prepared for shipment to his old home in the Chinese Empire via New York. The expense of the transfer is met by his brother, Sam. Lee, an enterprising Market street laundry man, who has amassed a snug little fortune since coming there about ten.years ago. The inci dent deraons'rates that the Chinese as a race are not entirely devoid of sen timent. There is a great kick going on in Reidsville in military circles over the proposed trip of the composite regi ment to Charleston. The points are made that a great injustice has been de e 21 companies and two bands of the State Guard in taking the money belonging to the whole State Guard for the pleasure and comfort of twelve companies and one band; also that gross favoritism was shown in the se lection of these twelve companies and one band. The argument is made that neither the seniority of officers or records of the companies cut any ice in the selection of the composite regiment. L. A. Pardue and Geo. M. Hecker, white men, were locked up in the tombs in Charlotte Saturday night charged with robbing W. D. Donald son of about $20 Donaldson said that he and the two men. all drunk, were in the rear of J. N. Hunter’s bar on North Tryon street about. 9:30 o’clock Saturday night, when the two men seized him and took the money away from him. Pardue and Hecker were arrested a short while afterwards and searched,, but no money was found on their persons There was enough evidence against them, how ever. to warrant locking them up. Laborers engaged Thursday in dig ging away a hill at Old Brunswick, to make way for a building of the Cape # Fear Fisheries com pany, uncovered a skeleton which is believed to be that of a British sol dier killed during or before the Revo lutionary war. In the white sand about the skeleton were found a num ber of brass mi'itary buttons of Eng lish manufacture during the seven teen ih century. Interest attaches to the find at Old Brunswick from the fact that it was there that the first armed resistance to the British stamp act was made by the Ashes and Wad dell, an historical fact which just now is beginning to be appreciated by the world. A peculiarly sad death occurred on the west bound train between States ville n .nd Hickory Thursday. Mrs. J. H. Kimbro, of Reidsville, who wai being carried to the State Hospital as Morganton for treatment, expired suddenly, the cause being h^art trou ble and general debility. Mrs Kim bro lost her reason as the result of a long aud severe attack of illness Sev eral days ago her husband took her to Greensboro in the hope that the change would benefit her, but as she did not improve, arrangements were made to take her to the hospital at Morganton. Soon after leaving Statesville it was noticed that Mra. Kimbro was asleep, and It was not until the traiu was nearing Hickory that it was discovered that she w&a dead. The body was carried on to Morganton and prepared for burial, being shipped to Reidsvill Thursday night. r- \>