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h* -■T: ■ ■ ■■■ THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Nawspap! in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The 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, APIUL 15, 1904. 81.00 A YEAR. HAS PASSED AWAY. Hero of Many Battles Suc cumbs to Disease. THE SOUTH IN MOURNING. General Wade Hampton, South Carolina'* Gra d Old Man, Died Friday Morning at HN Home In Columbia Surrounded by Friend*, and ItelatlveH. (.Special to the News and Courier.] Columbia, April 11th.—Gen Wade Hampton died this morning at 8 50 o’clock. The savior of the State and the grand old hero of many a battle, one who had never met defeat, went down before the grim destroyer, like all men must, but without a fear, for he awaited the end which be knew was but a little way otT with that calmness, courage and confi dence which were the distinguishing characteristics of his life. Surrounded by his children, rela tives and a few intimate friends, he quiet iy, almost impercenHbl) , passed away. There was no jm.u or tmileriug, but his soul departed into eternity like one gently falling into peaceful sleep. The General was not conscious but i at brief intervals during the past twenty-four years; but, previous to that, ail of bis faculties were clear and he talked about his approaching death to his family. Sad as his death must have been to them, they were, in a way, prepared for it, for during the past eight or ten days he has been gradually failing. For several days it has only been a question of a short time when the end bad to come, but so wonderful was the vi tality of the distinguished patient that he rallied several times when bis life seemed about to pass away. immediate; cause ok death. The immediate cause of death was valvular disease of the heart, though • there was more or less a breaking down of his constitution from old age. for he was 84 years old. It was realized last night that the General couli not last more than some hours. He had been asleep much during the day, under the in fluence of anodynes, but previous to that he had been unable to take nourishment. This circumstance, with the other fact, that he had lost interest la his surroundings, plainly told to the anxious watchers about his bedside that he could last but a short while longer. As the night wore on hecontlnu- d to grow weaker. Dr. Taylor, his friend and physician, was at his bedside and noticed the pulse as it grew weaker and weaker. Finally, at 8:50, his last breath was drawn, but so quietly had he been breathing that the family did not know that he was dead until Dr. Tai lor announced the fact. AT THE BEDSIDE Those present at the sad death scene besides Dr. Taylor, were Gen. Hainpiuu’t cnildren, they being Miss Mary Singleton Hampton, Mr. and Mr*. McDufHe Hampton, Mr. and Mr*. Alfred H. Hampton, (Jol. and Mrs. John C. Haskell and Judge Has kell. The news of the General s death was no surprise to Columbians, for they had been expecting it for sev eral days. But the announcement caused deep sadness in the city, as it will in the State and the South, for there was no more honored and re spected man than he. COLUMAIA IN TEARS. The news quickly spread and soon every man, woman and child in the city knew of it. The tolling of the city bell gave an official announce ment, in a way, of the event, and steps were immediately taken by city and State officials to publicly express _ the sorrow of the people. The Hags M cu the State House and City Hall ^ and Court House were placed at half- mast aud the front of the State House was draped iu black GOVERNOR m'sWEENEY’s PROCLAMATION. During the day Governor Me- Sweeney iasued the following procla mation : Whereas, the Hon. Wade Hamp ton, a former Governor of South Carolina and a United States Sen ator, died at bis home in (Columbia, this morning, at ten minutes before 9 o'clock, full of years and honors. Therefore, I. M. B. McSweeney, Governor of bouth Carolina, in re cognition of his distinguished ser vices to his people and his country, throughout his long and honorable r j career, and in further recognition of V bis broad statesmanship and true Lj^aobility of character, and his high Bp^ktriotism and devotion to duty and nis State, do request that on to-mor row, Saturday, April 12, 1902, all public offices in the State of bouth Carolina be dosed. And as a luther testimonial to his worth, that the fiat’s of the State and of the United States be put at half- must on the State Capitol, and ail other public buildings in the State, and remain in that position until after the funeral services are held. FLAGS AT HALF MAST. The flag on the United States building in this city was placed at half-mast at noon, authorization be ing received from the Secretary of the Treasury at Washington. The Circuit Court to day adjourned out of respect to the honored dead. fifluu unuui THE PALMETTO STATE, LIMESTONE COLLEGE AT TCE EXPOSITION, items of Interest of Passing : Pleasant Entertainment on Events. ALL OYER THE STATE. Sorrow iu GutTuey. While It was not unexpected, the news of Gen Wade Hampton’s death when received in Gaffney cast a glo m over the city which extended to the county, as citizens sorrowfully related it as they returned to their homes. The Moses Wood Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy sent a floral tribute to be placed on the grave and when the funeral hour arrived Sunday afternoon, all the bells in the city were tolled for one hour, while our people in their home.- in solemn silence listened to their solemn reverberating notes which were in a meager wp.y expressing our love for him and our sorrow for the death of South Carolina’s most i iuved citizen, Gen. Wade Hampton. College Day. “A GLANCE BACKWARD.” MAY MUSIC FESTIVAL. Sale of Season Ticket,. Now Iteing Funlit <1 for the Graiul Occasion. The sale of season tickets for tie festival is now being pushed by all terested in the management. The price of a season ticket is only ^2 50, while the price of a single admission to each of the five performances will be $1.00. There are several reasons why the sale of season tickets should be un usually large: 1st, pride in the city which can boast of so important an event. 2nd, a successful festival means an increased number of stu dents at Limestone College next year, and an increase in attendance at the college means a direct increase in the wealth of Gaffney. 3rd. each per son who buys a season ticket will get value received for hi* money many times over. There are many i/her reasons, but these are probably su^- cient to indicate the importauce c the coming festival to every person within the corporate limits of Gaff ney. During the next few days you will be called upon by those who have the sale of tickets in charge I) • not fail to engage a ticket for yourself and also one for each member o. your family. In addition to this, 'uy tickets for your friends who may t, have the good fortune to live in Gaff ney and extend to them a cordial in vitation to visit you May 14, 15, KJ. The festival will be the best of the year in the South Atlantic States, the artists being the foremoat musicians of two coutinents. and the programs the most attractive that have ever been offered to festival patrons any where. The expense of our festival is only $2 50—about one-half as much as it w ill.cost you to attend other festivals. Five performances for $2 50! The Kevlval to Continue, The revival at the Limestone Street Methodist church is taking on new life. Rev T. Grigsbv Herbert has re turned to bis home in Greenville and Rev. Mr. Stokes, of Piedmont, arrived in the city yesterday and took up the work Mr. Stoke* preached a good sermon last night and aroused a new interest. The meeting will continue for another week. Pastor Canty in vites the public to attend these ser vices. New Post Ottli-e. A new postoffice has been estab lished at Supervisor Whelchel’s house, three miles out on the Mills Gap road. It is called 'Jeter” in honor of ex- Governor Jeter. Event* that H«ve Taken Place from One Fmt of the State to the Other Culled from Exchangfe* for quick Reading by Score# of Busy People. Julius Gibbs, the negro rapist, will be hanged in Florence on Friday 25th inst. The contract has been let for the buihung of a large cotton warehouse of Liiox lor the Grendel Mills at Green wood. A white man was knocked down u • oh'lly hurt by a negro at Clinton Su araay. He struck him on the he-d with a rock and then made his etcupe. AJew who was arrested in Beau fort a few days ago for cursing on the public highway, was discharged as the curses were in Hebrew and no one could interpret the language for the court. The town c ,uncil of Bennettsvillo has granted a franchise to the Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph Co., and that town will be put in commu nication with the long distance tele phones of the country. Albert McAbee, a lad about 14 years old who lives Dear Rich Hill, was placed in the Spartanburg jail Thursday morning to await an inves tigation before Magistrate Kirby for a misdemeanor which consisted iu carrying off and using stoca without permissiou but without apparent intention of theft. There was a bad wreck between Greers and Duncan Wednesday night. A freight train going towards Char lotte left the track just beyond Dun- can and 14 cars were smashed to pieces. The engine did not leave the track, nor did the caboose, but the flange of a wheel on a car near the ngine broke and it jumped the rails, arrying with it 13 cars behind it. No one was hurt. Doc Garnen, who was connected with the mu , 'der of Dave Crawford at Glenn Springs last Saturday night, was arrested and lodged in Spartan burg jail Thursday. Garner threw a rock and struck Crawford on the head and Harry Jones used his pistol th deadly effect. Jones immedi- ely surrendered himself to the Sheriff and Garner was arrested, having hidden out several days. Julius Gibbs, the man who is to be hung in Florence on the 25fh of this month, had % neat plan to make his escape last we«k. He hacTchanged clothes with a trusty and intended when the jailor opened the cell door to kill him and make his escape or be killed in the attempt. In the mean time the trusty made ail the facts known to the jailor, and as a con sequence Gibbs is now iu chains, though he bad the full length of the chain. r tti While two soldiers, members of a North Carolina regiment encamped in Charleston, were shooting at a target in a boat off the battery about 10 o’clock Friday morning, they were horrified to see a dead body rise slowly to the surface of the water and float alongside their craft. They towed the gruesome find to the foot of King street and notified the coroner Later the dead man was identified as G Carter, au apprentice sailor attached to the Cincinnati, this making the third member of her crew which the cruiser has lost since she anchored in the Charleston har bor, and the fouth sailor who has met a violent death at this port within two weeks. — —Dr. Nesbitt will recommend Sure Sarsaparilla if you ask him what you need. —Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla extracts flavor better and go farther. Two sizes, 10 and 25 cents. —Don’t spoil your deserts with cheap flavoring extracts, use Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla, purest, strongest, most delicious. i Coronor O’Donnell of Charleston will not hold an inquest over the re mains of August Williams, colored, water tender, attached to the cruiser Cincinnati, ’who died in that city Tuesday from injuries received in a fight April 2 with Robert Raine, a sailor'on the Cincinnati. The au thorities at Washington have notified the commander of the Cincinnti that the State of South Carolina has no jurisdiction in a case of this sort, so the services of the coronor are not required since Paine will be court- martialed. Thursday afternoon the body of August Brownson, a sailor from the revenue cutter Hamilton, was found floating in the custom house dock in Charleston. The corner was at once notified, and took the body in charge and had it removed to an undertaking establishment. The man was given ieave Wednesday evening and went ashore, and he had not been seen since until the body wi* found next day. It is supposed that be fell over the dock in an effort to get back to the ship, possibly while under the in fluence of liquor. The dead mau was about 38 years old. Friday afternoon Ed. and Frank Potts and Cling Cabe left Highlands in Greenville county lor a trip into the country. At night the two Potts boys returned, but the Cabe boy did not. A search was instituted, and the boy was found dead with a bullet hole in his head. The ball entered from the back Of the head and must have been fired at close range as the head was powder burned. All of the boys were drinking. The two Potts boys were arrested charged with the crime, and it is said that Ed. has confessed to doing the shooting. No bad feeling was known to exist be tween the boys. On Thur#(lay. IAiik • tone College Day, An Entertainment \Ya# Given Cou#l#ting of An Organ Kec-ttal By Prof. Maxim and an Addre## By Prof. Griffith. (.News and Courier.] Last Thursday being '‘Limestone College Day,” as well as North Caro lina Day, at the Exposition, a very pleasant entertainment was oivpn for students and friends in the Exposi- tion Auditorium. The first part was nn address by Prof. Harrison Patillo Giiffitb. of ihe chair of English in tL>- College faculty, and me second oart was an organ recital b> Prof. George Pratt Maxim, director of mu- -io. Limestone College. Prof. Grif fith’e aUui'ess was entitled • A Glance Backward.” and was as follows: “We stand to-day on historic ground. There is not a spot on the Western half of this revolving globe around which clusters a greater num ber of consecrated associations and soul-stirring memories. If I mistake r ot, thrr<* ia much in these associa tions and memories that ought to be a guid * and an inspiration to the men and women of this generation—ay, and much, too, that should restrain and rebuke and chasten, like gentle, loving words echoing from the tomb of a past that has bequeathed us a name that can never perish, and a heritage more priceless thau rubies and more incorruptible than gold. “It is a rebuke to this generation that the full itoryof the glorious past is an unwritten story—that many of its soul-stirring memories are unrecorded memories, mingling like dying echoes in the roar of this rushing age, con stantly bulleted aud weakened by the clashing waves of progress, and soon to be strangled and drowned in the billowy tide cf time. “Two hundred aud thirty years ago—a short period in the life of na tions, ajfleeting moment in the world’s calendar—a primitive race of human beings, simple-hearted children of nature, built their wigwams here in sight of these shores and wandered through the interminable forests in quest of a scanty and precarious sub sistence—as native to their gloomy depths as the wild beast was to its lair. They plied their rude canoes on the bosoms of our rivers, then clear us crystal, and perhaps ventured in their frail crafts upon the waters of this beautiful harbor. They had no aspirations above the gratification of their simple animal wants and the exaction of tribute to their savage pride—no fear except those inspired by the glare of the wild beast, the hiss of the deadly serpent, or the im agined mutterings of the Great Spirit in the howling tempest. No dreams of empire haunted their peaceful slumbers, no visions of conquest* entranced their waking hours. The sound of tramping armies, the rumb ling of tottering thrones, the groans of expiring nations and the shouts of conquering host* which, in the East ern world, had heralded the march of the ages, had died away on the bosom of the Atlantic, far from those sun bright , peaceful shores. The torch of civilization had not yet flung its light across the wide expanse of waters and there was no place in the savage breast for the lust of power or the thirst for gold. “But the simple children of the forest must vanish into the dim past, leaving behind them only some beau tiful names to live in the murmur of our rivers or to rest in the silence of our plains, as faint memoriea of a race that hms now well-nigh disappeared from the face of the earth. “All nature works, from her lowest to her highest processes, for the pro duction and development of a spirit ual, aod hence, an immortal being; and to endow him with powers by the exercise of which he shall rise above his material environments, shall cut loose from bis affiiiatious with the gross objects of sense perception, shall bring the unseen forces around him under bis sway, shall grasp the infinite in bis conseption shall dare to transcend the limitations of space and time and mount forever towards the eternal heights of omnipotence. “In the production of such a being nature brooks no restraint and knows no compromise. The weak must yield to the strong; whole species and genera of living creatures must perish; whole tribes and races of men and women must wither like grass and fall like the leaves of au tumn; continents must rise out of mid-ocean to be covered with mighty forests of rank luxuriance and then go down into a deep baptism o! fire and water; nations must rise and fall, empires flourish and fade and eras and eons come and go; but through all there is the consummate, immut- aide, incorruptible, ineffable ideal, fixed and immovable above the realm of murky darkness, towards which the world is moving upward and on ward forevermore. “In the approach to that ideal, in the march of an uncompromising des tiny, a stronger, more enterprising and mightier race must people these shores, must spread itself over this fair land, must clear the forests, drive back the wild beast and the savage, and plant and nourish and develop a civilization which shall shine forth as the fairest era in all the annals of time. ‘The achievements of that race -houid be a proud heritage to this Southland to day. The story should kindle the flames of patriotism in the neart of youth, quicken the pulse of age and inspire the men and women of this generation with noble sent' ments and loftier courage. That race combined the dash of the Frencbtu-n and the stubbornness of the Teuton ; the zeal of the Huguenot at d the daring of the English cavalier; the courage of the Roman and the death less devotion of the Spartan; the en* dumoon of tile soldier and the refit ment of the gentlem <n. ‘D was a race that preferred suf feeing lo shame, danger to luxury and death to dishonor. Within the narrow limits of this little Slate it asserted its manhood on one hundred and thirty battlefields, while on hun dreds more beyond her borders it poured out its life-blood—not for conquest, but in defense of its honor and its Heaven bestowed rights. “This old city which so kindly em braces us to-day was once the eye of South Carolina and of the South, as Athens was of Greece. The gate way to the sea, the centre of refine ment, the borne of talent and culture, the soul of honor aud of every ennob ling sentiment, she dispensed her in fluences over the State and west" ward to aud beyond the gnat Father of Waters. “The forces of nature and the pow ers of earth have combiced for her annihilation. She ha* been battered by shot and shell, swept by fire, over whelmed by floods, rocked to her foundations by earthquakes, but still she sits proudly by the sea resting on her laurels, while the spirit of the past, which now appears dormant, is only awaiting the hour aud the oc casion when it shall once more leap awake to her voice. No hostile fleet has ever yet forced its way into her harbor; no hostile feet have ever trodden her streets except over paths made slippery with human blood Fort Sumter still raises her silent form above the restless waves, grin > visaged and still, and Moultrie looks out with an answering frown, as if in remembrance of the time when they shock the sea with their volcanic thunders and bade defiance in breaths of fire to the concentrated naval power of one of the greatest nations of the earth; and beautiful Magnolia robes herself in evergreens and decks her brow with the loveliest flowers of spring and smiles in sweet and holy content, as with a mother’s love she bolds within her bosom the sleeping dust of our falleu heroes. “We stand to-day iu the blushing dawn of a new era in the cycle of ages. We see all around evidences of an expansion of human powers and human idtas which never bad a place iu the wildest dreams of any other age. Wonders are unfolding almost too dazzling for human eyes and too fanciful for human credulity. This age needs but to be fully reinforced with the spirit of the past to make it the cul mination and the realization of that lofty ideal which from the foundation of the world has ever hove.ed in the dim future aud gently wooed the vis ions of the children of men.” The organ recital was delightful and was enjoyed by all present. The programme given by Prof. Maxim was an follows: Marche Pontificale, F mafor—Tom- belle. Elevation in A flat, Grand Chorus, G minor, Op. 81—Guilmant. Cantilene Nuptiale—Duboie. Procession au 8t. Sacrament— Chauvet. Priere a Notre Dame—Boellmann. Vision—Rheinberger. Variations on an American Air— Flagler. Intermezzo, Sortie, from Op. 17— Dunham. Overture to “William Tell”— Rossini-Buck Ti-iaoraOiiT THE HR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Constables Ewbaoks and Gideon made a raid in Cherokee county Wed nesday morning. A large distillery together with 1500 gallons of beer and 10 gallons of low wine were seized. The still was shipped to Columbia Thursday. —You’ve used other kinds, now try Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla ex tracts aud see bow much better they are than the ordinary kinds. —Ask Dr. Nesbitt if Sure Cure Sar saparilla is not the best spring medi cine. lnt«rp*tln{|; Item* Concerning Our Neigh bor* Beyond the Line Which May Fruv* Entertaining Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Reader#. Northern capitalists have orgar ized to establish cutton bleaching plants in the P-Mith, the first to be built at Fs'etteville. The capital is $2,500,- 000. Mr. F. K. Bordon, of Millboro, iu Randolph county. Friday announced his inti ntir n to buila immediately an oil ujili of large capacity to be run by electric power The “uih of $1,500 has been sub- ooribed by the Shelby congregation of Presbyterians as f>. contribution to ward the establishment of the school at Brittain, Rutherford county. Clarence Wallace, eo ored, an a’« leg"d wife murderer, was tried in Newbern Friday. Tin- jury returned a verdict of murder m the second dt-» gree. Sentence uas not yet been pro nounced. The crippled burglar who escaped from Sanford j dl was cardured near Burlington Friday by Offi' -r Brewer. This is an important c .puire, and may throw some light on other rob beries. The man gives the name of Swain and says he is from near Eton College. Capt. J. N. Godsey, former road- master of the Seaboard Air Line, and until his death superintendent of con struction of the new road from Lum- bertou to Marion, S. C., died suddenly at his home in Sanford Friday night. He bad just returned home in the af ternoon and was bright and happy, retired early, but bad only been in bed a few minutes when be com plained of a choking sensation, had a hemorrhage and died before the doc tor arrived. Wednesday morning Marsl) Black, an operator in the Loray mills in Gas tonia, fearfully beat bis wife. The trouble started over Black’s attempt ing to beat bis son, who was sick in bed and had not complied with his request that he get up and go to work. His wife interfered and Black turned on her, knocked her down and stamped her with his f&t. She is painfully but not dangerously wounded. Black is in jail, not being able to give a $lU0 bond. In the superior court in Morganton Friday, Jesse Bean, indicted for the murder of Billy Hayes, plead guilty of murder in the second degree. Judge Council sentenced him to the penitentiary for twenty-five years. There was no evidence of premedita tion, and it appeared that the men were friendly until a few months be fore the crime was committed. Messrs. M. Silverton, of Morganton, and M. A. Wbitener, of Hickory, were assigned as counsel for the prisoner. Thieves entered the bakery of Haas Bros., corner Tryon and Fifth streets, in Charlotte Thursday night, and af ter rifling the cash register and pock eting all the cash it contained, made a light lunch of cakes, etc., and de> parted. Entrance was effected to the f lore by means of a glass door in the rear. The store has a very small back yard and a few feet of high fence on the Fifth street side. It was easy work for the robbers to climb over this fence and then the putty was re moved from one of the panes in the back door and the glass removed. Near Beston, in Wayne county, Thursday afternoon, a farm house, the property of Mr. N. W. Best, and occupied by Elijah Park, colored, and family was burned. A two and a half year old child was burned to death. There were two children left in the house while Parks and his wife were in the field near planting corn. Mr. Best, who is quite au old man, was first at the fire and by a heroic effort saved one of the children. The other he could not save, yet wfthin a few feet of the poor little unfortunate. How the fire originated is not known. Members of the Hornets’ Nest Rifles of Charlotte, who returned Sat urday night from Charleston, reported an accident which happened at Ham let. Mr. I). C. Lockland and little daughter, of Henderson, were returu- rng on the special. On the tracks at Hamlet Saturday evening, while the cars were being shifted. Mr. Lockland thought that they were leaving and. running, he caught up with a car and placed his little girl on the platform. When he tried to get on the car his foot slipped and he fell under the car. One foot was severed from the leg jusfc above the ank'e and the ot’aer one was badly crushed. He is still at Hamlet.