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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Ns vspapj 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. r. 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, 3IAY 80, 1908 $1.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE, Items of Interest of Passing Eyents. ALL OYER THE STATE. Cventa that Have Taken Place from One End of the State to the Other Colled from Exchanicea for Quick Reading by Scores of Busy People. A beer diapeosary ia to be estab lished on Pawley’s Island, near Georgetown. The Laurens dispensary bas been closed, pending an investigation of an apparent shortage of $1,800. A line of steanaers is soon to be es< tablisbed on the Congaree and Santee rivers connecting Columbia and Georgetown. The Southern Railway bas the plans and specifications for a new depot at Orangeburg ready and the building will be erected soon. The young son of the late John P. Harvey of Pinopolis,Jin Berkley coun ty kilLd himself Saturday by the acci dental discharge of a gun.] A Confederate monument, to cost $20,000, is to be erected during this year on the public equare in Marion. The money for the purpose has practically all been raised. J. C. Hemphill, of the Exposition management, is urging the cotton mills to interest the operatives in the Exposition, offering a special rate of admission if they attend in a body The Governor Thursday commuted the sentence of Monday Davenport of Greenville, convicted of violation of the dispensary law and sentenced to three months or $100 tine, to one month or $25 tine The State board of medical examin ers will bold its annua! sessions for the examination of applicants for li cense to practice medicine in this State at Columbia (today) May 20, 21 and 22. Arrangements have been made with the railroads for the transportation of the children of the different or phanage iostitutious of the State to the Exposition but the day bas not yet been arranged. The firemen’s fournament which was to have been held at the Expo sition on May 27 and 28 has been called off, as it was found impossible to bring a sufficient number of teams to Cbarlestou to make the event a success. The committee appointed to decide whicb county bas the best exhibit in the wotnao’s building at the Exposi tion reported Saturday afternoon and , Spartanburg wins tbe silver cup offer ed by Mr. Jas. Allen, the well known Cbarlestou jeweler. The governor Saturday granted a pardon to Henry Williams, convicted at tbe recent special term of court Id Greenville of housebreaking and sentenced to three months on tbe gang. The solicitor and the county supervisor asked the pardon on ac count of the pitiful physical condi tion of the prisoner. About 9 o’clock Saturday night in Columbia a white man named Larry Woodruff burriediy left tbe porcn of a bouse near tbe corner of Williams and Blandiog street. Some one shot at him and he was seen to run and fall twice, but recovered himself and die appeared in tbe darkness. Little could be learned of tbe affair, and at a late hour at night it was not known if tbe man was injured. Tbe K. M. M. A. authorities in York- ville ordered a handsome memorial tablet to be placed on the wail in tbe entrance to tbe school building to perpetuate In tbe school the names of tbe three cadets, Lindsay, Niohlos and Stevens, who loss their lives near Yorkville recently while trying to save a drowning comrade. Tbe tablet is now being prepared by Mr. Frank Happerfield of Yorkville. Richard Bradfort, tbe young man who attempted to commit suicide in Columbia on Thursday night, was ar rested Saturday morning. Upon in vestlgatlon it was seen that the young fellow was not suffering from any mental disability, hut only from tbe After effects of drink and the opiate which he bad taken. In the after noon he was released. He said that the threats which he bad uttered about taking bis sweetbart’s life and then bis own amounted to nothing. H. W. Mohlmann, a well known joung man of Charleston was held for trial Saturday on tbe charge of forgery. He forged a check on Wil liam E. Holmes & Company of that city for $70. The forgery was die covered a bhort while after tbe money had been paid and be was soon in tbe toils of tbe law. Moblmann was un able to furnish tbs required bond of $500 and there was no other alterna tive but to commit him to jail to await trial at tbe next term of tbe court of general sessions. Mr. W. T. Witcher, a traveling man of Athens. Ga., committed sui cide iu tbe Oregon Hotel at Green wood on Thursday nigbt by shooting himself in the head. He was very deliberate about tbe deed. On tbe bed be bad placed the oiothing and clean linen which be wanted used on bis body. He bad even put bis cuff licks into clean cuffs. On tbe bureau were four letters addressed to J. J. McMahan, Athens, Ga; E B. Mell, Athens Ga.; W. J. Wise, Columbia, S. C.. care Central hotel; and one to Mr. Brinson, propietor of the Ore gon hotel. With the letters be had placed his purs% containing $21 27, also his watch. AT THE REUNION. Mr. SOLDIERS'IGRAVES DECORATED TUESDAY, Ladies of Sharon Church Hon or Confederate Dead. MUSIC AND ADDRESSES. Humphries Tells of the 4»ood Time He Had at the Dallas Keuulon. Gaffney, May 14—Mr. Editor: I have been to tbe reunion in Dallas, Texas, and want to tell you and all Tbe Ledger readers a little of what I saw and heard while 1 was gone. In the first place we left Gaffney Friday and got to Dallas Sunday at eleven o’clock; and I must say I never enjoyed a trip so well in my life. We had a fine croivd of people on the way in which were Mr. and Mrs. Sides, J. K. Burton and I. G. Sarratt from Gaffney. Well we passed some noted places, Corinth, Mississippi, being one where a battle was fought during the wi between tbe States. We also had a fine view of Missionary Ridge, where another great battle was fought in the same war. We soon entered the streets cf Dal las, which are long and wide and i good many of them, and they were all thronged with people for miles. One would think they were all in tbe city, but just go to the fair grounds and it was the same way there—acres cov ered with people. When we marched to the fair grounds and tbe cannon began to boom it made us think a little about Richmond and Petersburg when we were fighting under General R. E. Lee. After mingling together, shaking hands and conversing with friends and brother soldiers whom we had not seen in thirty odd years, we went into camps that were prepared for tbe soldiers. Just after dark a sol dier began to play a violin and two old soldiers leaped out before him and danced like boys. It seemed to put new life and vigor into every old sol dier to be there with comrades of other days. After staying in Dallas a few days sightseeing and enioying the hospi tality of tbe city, we wanted to see the country and country people; so we took the train for Saint Joe, Texas, upon Red river to see some relatives, and when we got there they laid their work aside, rigged up a team and away we went across tbe river into the Indian Territory hunting and fishing. We killed ducks, caught fine fish and saw some of the finest country tbe world affords. Texas and the Territory are the finest coun tries I have ever seen. We pulled out from tbe river with our fish just before sundown, and just then the wolves began to bowl and they certainly made music for awhile. So you see I enjoyed my trip all tbe way tnrough, finding clever people in both tbe city and in tbe country. Now I want to tell you about meet ing my colonel while iu Dallas. Iu tbe bureau of ioformatipn I saw a graceful, dignified looking gentleman pressing his way among tbe people and beard him exclaim, “I wonder if there are any North Carolinians here.” 1 answered him and told him there was one. He graaped my band and asked me to what regiment I be longed; I told him tbe Thirty-fourth. He said, ‘‘Lowranc** is my name, what is yours?” I told bim and be replied, ‘‘Oh yes I remember you dis tinctly.” Then we bad a hearty handshaking and very pleasant con versation. Then came tbe sad parting and in all probability we shall never meet again in this life, but we trust we shall meet beyond tbe river “where tbe surges cease to roll” and “rest under tbe shade of tbe trees.” Lewis Humphries. Will Palmer, a negro, was badly cut in the back and on each arm Saturday by Will Wallace, Palmer was employed by Green <& Boyd and was at tbe time working in their blacksmith shop. Mr. Wallace walk ed in and asked if Jim Little was there. When told he was not he stabbed tbe negro in tbe back and cut bim once on each arm. When first stabbed the negro ran and was followed by bis pursuant. Palmers’s wounds will not likely prove fatal. Wallace give bond. There was no cause for the cutting. Lad!** Memorial Aaaorlatlon Met at Sharon and Strew Flower* Over the (Graven of Southern Soldiers—Appropriate Services Held In Schoollliouse—Other Items. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Err a Jane, May 16 —Your corres pondent attended the meeting of tbe Ladies Memorial Association at Sha ron last Tuesday. 18th inet., where he mrt many friends and acquaint ance! 1 . among them several veterans who came to take part in the exer- rises. Everything was well arranged. Tbe school room where the exercises were held wa» beautifully and taste fully decorated with flowers while the colores of “Red White and Blue” were conspicuously and artistically arranged so as to remind one of the youthful banner so ruthlessly snatched by the band of fate from among the emblems of nationality— the Confederate flag. A select choir with Miss Mabel Sims as organist did their work well. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Grier, of the A. R. P. church, after which the choir sang. “My country 'tis of thee,” then Mr. Erskine Kennedy made an address whicb was followed by music and the reading of a letter of en couragement from Miss Hope, one of the members of tbe association a bo was unable to be present on account of bwd health. She is one of the societ>’s most useful and honored members and her absence was very much regretted by all. The choir sang some excellent pieces—both sentimental and patri otic, which added greatly to tbe in terest and pleasure of the occasion. The address was made by Rev. J. P. Marion who took for his theme, “Tbe Southern Soldiers.” For an hour he held bis audience spell-bound while he depicted in glowing terms tbe trials and heroic fortitude of our peo ple and especially the women of the Confederacy during that terrible and unequal contest. His address is well worth a place in The Ledger and we hope to give our readers many extracts from it at a future time if we fail to give it in full. Mr. McDaniel and Miss Ethel Cald well each recited appropriate pieces. Mrs. J. P. Marion sang a solo. Your correspondent could do no better than to apologize for his ina bility to come up to the high stan dard of efficiency necessary to take part in tbe proceedings. After tbe exercises in tbe school building closed the association beaded by the veter ans marched to tbe cemetery where the soldiers graves, forty-four iu number, were decorated. Tbe graves were placarded and each one was biteraily covered with flowers Besides decorating their graves the ladies have inaugurated a move which bas for its object the putting up of headstones to those who have nothing to remind the passer-by of tbe soldier who sleeps there. They will ac complish It, we verily believe. We are unable to thank the people of Sbaron for tbeir many kind and pressing invitations to visit them in their homes and partake of tbeir hos pitality. We took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Burgess, formerly of this county, who we are proud to say are worthy and highly respected citi zens of that town and community. Mr. Ed. Burgess ia the sou of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Burgess, of Grassy Pood. We had the pleasure of meeting Prof. E. Olio Macomson, who ia prin cipal of tbe bigb school of Sbaron, and we are proud co know that be ia well thought of by tbe good people of that town and community. Besides, be bas a large and flourishing school which closes to-day. Tbe ladies of tbe Salem Memorial Association met Thursday and de corated the graves there. The grave yard was nicely cleaned off and at the appointed hour the association marched in and decorated the thirty- two graves thfte, underjtheir care. On the graves of the soldiers there was no partiality in tbe distribution of flowers. The graves of those who had no relatives or friends present to represent them were well remembered by tbe ladies and covered with flowers. Tbe committee bad an abundance of flowers and they were liberally used in decorating the graves of friends and especially of thoae who had no one present to represent them. These we believe were more profusely decorated than those of many near and dear relatives. This shows tbe unselfishness of our people and their appreciation of the fact that beneath each moond “somebody’s darling slum! ers there.” The following are oply a few of the graves so tenderly abd affectionately decorated: Mrs. At. S. Lynn, Mr. and Mrs. Eleazer Phiker, Mr. Charlie Lancaster, Col. a^d Mrs. R G. Davidson, Miss Re becca Davidson, Mr. Emsley Dement, rs. Mary Jones, Air. Henry Price, ears. John W. and Mack Smith, . and Mrs. William McKown, Mr. Cjbarlea Foster, Mr John Owens, of C., a Confederate soldier, Mr. and William Banahead, Mr. James nkhead, and a score of others we recall ju»t now. ‘ The thanks of the association are d4e friends in Blacksburg, Tirzab, Bollock’s Creek, Sharon and Hickory Glove for flowers sent them. Also to Miss Eliza A Garner, of Mount Joy, who never fails to send a basket of flovreri on Decoration Day when she is unable to be present. This good la$y never forgets to help the asso ciation In its work. To-day Mr. and Mrs. J. A. M. Estes celebrate the thirty-fifth anniversary of their golden wedding. Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Whisonant visited Mr. and Mrs. John E-tes last Friday and spent tbe day. Mr. Jim Smarr’s sign for rain is to hear a cow cough. We r-gret to learn that Mrs. Betsy Hartford is very unwell. The chaiogang is camped at the Davidaon place and will work out the road this side of Thickety this and ne^t week, when it will move to the Sarratt neighborhood. We bad a nice rain Wednesday evening and the ground is in good condition to plow. Many farmers have commenced chopping out their cotton. They generally have good stands. County Supervisor J. V. W’elcbel was here yesterday and this morning looking after the roads and planning work for the chaingang to do. The few days remaining for people to visit the Exposition will no doubt cause many to run down and take in the city who haven't been there yet, and others who have been will go again. Tbe wheat prospects we find is not so good as it was thought to be a few days ago. The dry weather has hurt oata. j. l. s. Corinth Deacon* Ordained. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Corinth, May 11 —At a meeting of the presbytery called by the Cor inth Baptist church to meet this day for tbe purpose of ordaining deacons elect, Brethren C. A. Spencer, Le( Allen, W. A. Mooney and E. J.Clary, the following brethren were present: Rev. A. C. Cree, pastor First Baptist church of Gaffney; Rev. R. J.Tate, pastor Corinth Baptist church; G. W. AIcKown. E. P. Macomson, dea cons of Ara.at Baptist church; John Cook and P. D Phillips, deacons Cor inth church, and J. Eb Jefferies, clerk of First Baptist church, Gaff ney. On mo.._n Rev. A. C Cree was made moderator of the presbytery and J. Eb Jefferies, clerk. After de votional services by the moderator the usual questions were propounded to tbe deacons-elect, and tbeir exam inations being entirely satisfactory to the presbytery it was unanimously decided by vote to pass tbe brethren to be ordained. The ordination ser vice was then held and Brothers Spencer, Mooney, Allen and Clary were duly ordained ae deacons of Cor inth Baptist church. The minutes of tbe presbytery were read and adopted. A. C. Ckek, J. Eb Jefferies, Moderator. Clerk. THROUGHOOT THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. The Only Rensou You|D«n't. A great many people are using “Clifton” flour now wbo a year or two ago had no idea of doiog so. They didn’t know tbe merits of “Clif ton” flour, and, in a way they were satisfied with wbat they were getting. It was good enough so loog as they didn’t know about "Clifton,’' but it wouldn’t be good enough now. They know about “Clifton” now. You don’t koow about “Clifton” flour, perhaps, and tbe other kind is good enough for you. But it won’t be when you know all about “Clif ton.” You might as well learn about it now. We want to tell you, and to demon strate all we say. If you investigate and we don’t make good, you are not out anything. But if we do make good (and we will) you will have gained something. For sale by R. M. Wilkins A Co, in Gaffney, and Jones A Duff, in Blacksburg Braxsford Mill*, Owensboro, Ky. The governor has refused to act in the case of Wallace Ramsey, a white man convicted in York county of the larceny of a bale of cotton and sen tenced to two yea.*s in the peniten tiary. Solicitor Henry anJ Judge Watts declined to recommend a par don, and the Solicitor says that the man stole tbe cotton in order to set himself up in tbe moonshine business. Interesting Item* Concerning Our Neigh bor* Beyond the I.iue Which M»y Frore Entertaining Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Readers. W. A. Smith, of Raleigh, tbe fire man who was injured in the 8. A. L. collision April 15 at Williema Mills, baa brought suit at Raleigh for $10,- 000 damages. Air. James Wilson, of New Y'ork, perhaps tbe largest owner of subur ban real estate in Wilmington, died In tbe latter city Thusday morning, leaving an estate variously estimated in value at from oue to two million dollars. On Tuesday nigbt tbe mammoth iutubering manufacturing plant at Golden Valley, in Rutherford county, belonging to tbe Beik Lumber Do., was totally destroyed by tire. The plant and lumber destroyed was valued at about $10,000, and there was not a dollar of iusurauce on tbe property. Thursday evening R. H. Cash, a white man, who was discharged as superintendent of the Durham county home and work house killed himself by sending a 38-calibre bail through bis brain. He was about two aud one-baif miles from Durham when he shot himself but died at the hospital, where hr was carried, after midnight. Mr. Cash was about 50 years of age. While tearing off the old roof over bis residence in Reedy Creek town- ship in Davidson county, Mr. A. A. Grimes • discovered some exceedingly old and interesting papers and re ceipts. Tbe papers were found in an old wooden box, neatly encased in leather, and consist of tax receipts, bills of sale, ete. They date from tbe year 1782 to 1836, and were written on heavy paper and are remarkably well preserved and entirely legible. An old-time konckdnwn-and-drag- out fighit occured at Hickory Fri day, seven or eight white men and one negro praticipating. Tbe fight occured iu front of A. 8. Aberuetby A dons’ livery stable. There was no serious damage. Tbe officers, after so long a time, got together and escorted some of the crowd, who had been partaking freely of “sow paw” to tbe city tombs. After the sub mission of all parties, the city treas ury was somewhat replenished. Friday morning James and Walter Beik, sons of Mr. Jack Beik, who lives near Dudley, 8. C., about 15 miles south of Mouroe went to Mon roe and started home iu tbe after noon. The boys were but a short distance from borne and were hurry ing to reach shelter before an ap proaching storm overtook them, when lightning struck them, instantly kill ing James and the two mules they were driving and tearing a shoe from Walter’s foot and badly shocking bim. Tbe deceased was about 17 years old. Jack Keaton and Jim Vaugn tbe only prisoners in the Rotberturd jail escaped at 10 a. m., Friday morning. Mrs. Nichols tbe jailor’s wife, said she securely locked the doors that morning after giving tbe prisoners tbeir breakfast, and as is her usual custom took tbe keys to her room. Tbe first information tbe prisoners bad escaped was that Keaton was seen running across tbe railroad east of town. She said tbe prisoners must bavs bad keys. Ex-8beriff Nichols and other went in hot pursuit. While engaged in the tan bark business in tbe mountains near Dan river in 8urry on May 6ib, Mr. W. H. Cody shot and killed the largest American or bald eagle ever seen in that part of tbe country. It measured seven feet aud five inches from tip to tip of wing, and weighed 22£ pounds. Air. Cody shot tbe mammoth bird on tbe wing while it wae carrying off a fat, two-months- old lamb. It Is thought by some that this eagle was 200 or more years old, as a small Indian arrow point was found imbedded in bis bresst. Three revenqe officers of tbe Salis bury section will be indicted by re latives of tbe late Mrs. Uiysess Whit ley, of Big Lick, in Stanly county. It will be remembered that one nigbt last week revenue officers went to the home of Mr. Whitley near Big Lick and scared bis wife so badly that she died of convulsions as tbe result of tbe fright. Her relatives allege that the manner of tbe officers in entering tbe bouse with drawn weapons was entirely unwarranted and tbe death of tbe woman was due to tbe un necessary display of violence on the part of tbe officers. An altercation occurred at Hen rietta recently between Afr. J. O. Bell, bead book-keeper for tbe Heo> rietta Company, and Dr. Frank Bright, of cherry t'ee fame, which resulted in Df. Bright receiving a severe licking before by-etanden coaid intervene and separate them. Mr Bell was unhurt. Tbie was tbe •f quel to a cootroveray growing out of tbe eberry tree swindle. No weap ons of any kind were used except the fist Mr Bell submitted bis ease at once before a justice of the peace. A few years ago Harckless Greeu, of Brunswick county, lost tbm chil dren by drowning within a few yards of Navassa factory, four milss from Wilmington, at tbe mouth of sereek, whicb enters tbe river st tbst point. He was in a boat with bis children st the time of the accident sod miraculously escaped himself. Fri day at about the same spot be aud hie son, Darry, aged about 19 years, were in a boat, whicb capsized and the young man was drowned. The father again barely escaped. Mr. Hill Abernetby, of Charlotte was killed Sunday nigbt at Griffith’s Station, on the Southern railway, five miles from Charlotte. For the last three weeks he bad bt-en at work iu tbe blacksmith shop of Mr. W. M. Long, in Charlotte, and frequently spent bis Sundays in Rock Hill and Fort Mill. He spent last Sunday in Fort Mill, and having missed tbe local train which stops at Griffith’s, be boarded passenger train No. 34. a fast train which does not stop at tbe small stations. At Griffith’?, he sprang from the train and stn k a mile post. Tbe right side of bis Lead and right breast were badly mashed. It is pre sumed that be was killed instantly. The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance, and the price of Wisdom is eternal thought. Kingston on-Thames Celebrates. New York. May 19.—Kingston-on- the-Thames. one of the many charming little riverside towns on the outskirts of the great metropolis, will today b® en fete, says a London dispatch to Th« Tribune. On Whitsunday. 1902, King Edward, the elder son and successor of Alfred the Great, was crowned on the stone that now rests in the market place at Kingston, and the thousandth anniversary of that interesting histori cal event will today be popularly cel ebrated. t Supreme Court Decision. Washington. May 19.—In an opinion delivered today by Justice Peckham, the United States supreme court de cided the case of Captain Peter G. Deming in that officer’s favor. The case Involve* the right of a courtmar- tial composed entirely of officers of the army to pass on a case involving the rights of a volunteer officer. The ef fect of the opinion is that such a trial is illegal. Veteran Missionary Bishop Dead. San Francisco, May 19.—Bishop Wil liam Taylor, perhaps one of the great est missionary bishops of the Method ist church, died at Palo Alto after a long illness at the age of 81. Fifty years ago he began the career of evan gelist which carried him to all quar ters of the globe. H® served as blghdfr of Africa until 1898, when he was re tired for age. Age of the Bra** Hand. M As antiquities go nowadays,’’ says Harvey Sutherland In Alimloe’g, “the Irass band is a very ancient institution. That is to say, its inventor died in 1894 St the age of eighty. There were horns before Adolphe Sax. to be sure, but not such horns as we have now. for they could not play every tune in every key. They could not even play a scale in any key. The very first band entirely of brass was organised in 1835. and I doubt if any of tbe instruments then used could be played upon by modern musicians without special practice, it la only back to 1783 when a full regi mental baud of the British army con sisted of two oboes, two clarinets, two horns and two bassoons. It must have sounded even funnier than Tennyson’s famous combination of ‘flute, violin and bassoon.’ “How long a way we have corns since 1783 may be learned from tbe ensemble of a first class modern band. The modern band of forty-two pieces has half as many oboes and bassoons as the ancient band of eight pieces, sev en times as many clarinets and nine times as many horns, to say nothing of tbe saxaphoncM, which are pan clarinet aud part born.’’ Takla® It Coolljr- The ship of an admiral who was tbs Duke of Wellington’s near connecting was wrecked. He was placed in com mand of a second ship, which was alss lost, and he himself was drowned. Lord Charles communicated the disaster ta bis father, who merely exclaimed, with Spartan coldness and brevity, “That’s the second ship he has lost.’’ • \