The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, May 27, 1902, Image 3
Dr. D. P. THOMSON,
Dentist.
rr-om ce over National Hunk.
J. E. WEBSTER,
Attorney-A.t>
ffleem Court House. iProbate JudKe s office
Gaffney City, S. C.
Practices in ail the courts. Collec
tions a specialty
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB.
Dentist,
Of lice over R. A. lone, A Co Store.
Can be found at office six days In the week
OR. J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist,
Gaffney, - - - S. C.
Office over J. R. Tolleson’s new store
In office from 1st to 26th of each
month;
William S. Rail, .Ik. James A. Willis.
HALL & WILLIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
ECY, a. o.
Notary Public In office. Prompt attention
given to ah business.
Office over K. A. Jones ft Co.'s store.
J. C. OTTS,
Attorney and Counsei^r.
Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and
Davenport.
Office and Residence .Phone.
G. W. SPEER,
A/TTOR NKYAT-!-, A W.
GAFFNEY, S. C.
Office in Auditor's office at Court Rouse.
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SHINGLES, BRICK, SASH,
DOORS, BLINDS
and all kinds of Building Ma
terial, Paints, Oils, Etc. for
sale at a small per cent, above
cost for cash. Estimates made
without charge.
L. BAKER
ITor^^
Building and Plastering Lime
Coal, and Plaster Hair.
Plaster Paris.
Rosendale Cement,
Portland Cement,
Dynamite,
Blasting Powder. Fuse
and Dynamite Caps, call on
Limestone Springs Lime Works
CARROLL & CO., Lessees.
Telephone 57.
Fire! Fire!! Fire!!!
Ten Million Dollars went up in smoke and
ashes In Paterson, N. J., In January last, yet
the city refused aid from others to help bear
Its loss. Why? Because the business men
and people were secured by Policies In Fire
Insurance Companies that covered their
losses. And now the city, “Phoenix like.”
with new life and vigor, springs forth from
tier ashes crowned with youth and beauty.
Have you a policy on your house against
loss by fire, etc? It not take out one ere it he
too late.
The Farmers Mutual Fire insurance Co., of
Cherokee County, stands reudv to give you
the necessary protection against loss. It ap
peals to you as a Home Enterprise "for Your
Patronage.” It appeals to you for your pat
ronage also. because it is as safe as any and
the cheapest In the world ; and for verification
consult the tiOU policy holders scattered over
Cherokee county.
T. M. Littlejohn, President.
J. Eb J Err kri ks. Sec. and Treas.
TWrt|0afS
I shall give special attention to the treat
ment of that class of chronic eye disease*
the natural tendency of which Is to produce
BLINDNESS.
By a METHOD ENTIRELY NEW I am
enabled to treat successfully such cases as
have heretofore been considered HOPE
LESSLY INCURABLE. If from any cause
YOUR EYESIGHT IS FAILING, come AT
ONCE and have it restored.
In no case Is delay more dangerous.
S. H. GRIFFITH, M. D.
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON and OCULIST.
Office at The Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney,
9. C.
FOR
Up-to-Date Job Print
ing, call at the
LEDGER Office.
Gaffney, S. C.
A VALUABLE DISCOVERY.
Millard Lee.
TRAGEDY AT BEN HILL, GA.
Just After Services Were Concluded
Lee Fired Two Shots at the Girl He
Loved, One Bullet Passing Through
Her Heart.
Atlanta, May 26.—A terrible trag-
udy occurred yesterday in Wesley
chapel, the little Methodist church at
Ben Hill, Ga., a suburb ot Atlanta,
just altr the morning services had
been concluded—the fruit of the nior>
bid passion of a young man lor a
young woman who had resisted his
every advance.
Miss Lilia Suttles was shot to death
by Millard Lee, the ball from his pis
tol piercing her heart. Crying, “Oh,
papa,” she fell into the arms of her
father, Dr. J. M*Suttles, who had rush
ed up at the sound of the pistol shots.
She died without speaking again.
The church was crowded at the
time and the greatest confusion en
sued. It was some minutes before the
people realized what had happened.
Before the awfulness of the crime
dawned upon them Lee had walked
from the church building. At the door
he was caught by Earl Suttles, the
young brother of the girl he had slain.
Young Suttles caught hold of Lee and
attempted to hold him, but Lee placed
his pistol against his breast and told
him he would shoot him if he did not
release him. The boy in desperation
yielded his hold and Lee took to flight.
Miss Suttles had returned Friday
from a visit to the Charleston exposi
tion. She went to church yesterday
morning with Herbert Reynolds. She
had not seen many of her friends since
her return from the exposition and as
soon as the services were over she
was surrounded by a group of her
companions, who wished to know all
about her trip.
While talking to her girl friends she
became separated from Mr. Reynolds.
Millard Lee walked up to the group
of which she was the center, and
touching her on the arm asked to
speak to her a moment.
She stepped to one side and he ask
ed her if he could drive her home.
“No.’' she replied, “I have company.”
Just then her cousin, Miss Beulah
Sutfles, asked her some question
about the exposition and she turned
from Lee to answer it.
Lee was heard to mutter, “If you
won’t let me take you home I shall
shoot you.”
Before any one was aware of his
Intentions, he pulled his pistol and
fired at Miss Suttles. The ball struck
just above her left hip, but glanced
on a corset steel.
Miss Suttles screamed and ran to
ward her father, who was up at the
chancel speaking to the preacher. Rev.
Mr. Diamond.
As she ran from him. Lee deliberate
ly fired at her again. The ball en
tered her back Just between her shoul
der blades and about an Inch and a
half frem the spine. It passed direct
ly through her heart and came out
between the fifth and sixth ribs about
an inch to the left of the breast bone.
The ball did not pass entirely througn
her body, but protruded from the flesh.
She died in a few moments in her fa
ther’s arms.
The whole cause of the deplorable
tragedy was the insane Jealousy of
Lee.
Miss Suttles was the eldest daughter
of Dr. J. M. Suttles, one of the most
prominent physicians of his section.
He is not only well known in the west
ern part of Fulton county, but has a
practice which extends into Campbell
and Cobb counties.
AlthouglvJ.ee Is a young man of
good family he is said to be lacking in
education and refinement and has nev
er been considered Miss Suttles’ equal
socially.
A posse of officers and citizens are
in pursuit of Lee and if he is caught
the outraged people may wreak sum
mary vengeance.
Ben Hill Is known as one of the most
cultured sections of the county. A
number of Fulton's best citizens make
their homes In and around it. Hereto
fore the community has been unusual
ly free from crimes or disturbances of
any kind.
Indian Appropriation Bill.
Washington, May 26.—President
Roosevelt today Informed a number of
senators wno called on him that he
would sign the Indian appropriation
bill, some of his objections to it hav
ing been met by special legislation. He
still opposed the provision giving the
exclusive right to the Florence Min
ing company to prospect for one year
all the mineral lands on the Uintah
reservation in Utah. It is understood
that a bill will be introduced In both
houses of congress repealing this pro
vision allowing the general public to i
explore the land and establish claims.
Gaulois at New York.
New York, May 26.—The French
battleship Gaulois. which brought the
French mission to attend the unveil
ing of the Rochambeau monument at
Washington, arrived here today from
Annapolis. The United States battle
ships Keersarge and Alabama and the
cruiser Olympia, which were accom
panying the Gaulois, ajrvived 30 min
utes later.
tiiinioil I.iiiiiImi Mnkrs (In- Hi*st Kiml
of lltulin n y*.
Nowhere in the I'liitcil St i - m-e
(lie present ro:uls poorer or beL- r oli< >
more needed thnn in some parts of ihe
Mississippi valley. The pro Imi of
improvement in this region, moreover,
bus seemed pecnllnrlv i! m alt because
there are no ledge* of rock of a l.ii.u
suitable for making good load mate
rial.
But now. behold, ont of the very ex
cess of badness, ont of the sticky,
clinging, almost bottomless mud into
which the roads arc converted every
spring and autumn, comes tin* material
which is to work their salvation. This
material is burned gumbo, the very
mud which makes the roads so bad.
baked over wood tires until it becomes
one of the best roadbuilding materials
known.
The credit of making the first prac
tical application of this discovery be
longs to the railroads. For several
years they have been using burned
gumbo as ballast for their roadbeds in
Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and other
states of the middle west. It was first
intended as a substitute for crushed
rock in regions where rock could not
easily be obtained, but it demonstrated
its superiority so plainly that it is now
used extensively even where ledges are
abundant.
The mud is really an impure, exceed
ingly sticky clay. The process of pre
paring it for use upon the road is very
simple. Cordwood is piled in a low
pyramid eight or ten feet wide. Over
this is thrown three or four inches of
coal slack, and on this again is placed
from twelve to twenty inches of mud.
When the wood is fired, a slow com
bustion goes on, which converts the
mud into small, sharp cornered and
exceedingly hard pieces, so that the
product has the appearance of red
gravel.
The railroads find that they can
make and deliver the gumbo on board
the ^ars at a cost of 25 to 35 cents a
cubic yard, but when burned in more
primitive fashion and on a smaller
scale, as is usually the case on country
highways, the cost is slightly greater.
Roads covered with this material are
never muddy or dusty. They keep free
from snow and ice, are slow to get out
of repair, and weeds or grass will not
grow on them. The supply of mud is
unlimited, its preparation simple and
cheap. A writer In The Review of Re
views declares that five years of sys
tematic and intelligent \^<jrk with burn
ed gumbo would make the principal
country roads as passable all the year
round as a paved city street and at
little more cost than the amount now
wasted in "working the road.”
FOB! BE FBAuGE- IS
STATE CF TEBB9T
M
FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS.
Society Oriranlsed For the Promo
tion of Good Roads.
A movement has been started in Me
dia. Pa., that should receive the earnest
support of every citizen. It is the or
ganization of a society in the county
for the promotion of good roads. The
project has been launched well, and
the Interest taken in the matter thus
far Indicates that the promoters will
be able to secure the co-operation of a
large number of people.
For some reason it has taken many
years to secure general interest in such
an important reform as the making of
fine highways, and in this particular
this country is far behind some of the
countries In Europe, which have ideal
highways, says the Chester (Pa.) Times.
All of the argument is on the side of
the modern road, so It is not necessary
to stop and convince the people of the
utility of the well kept thoroughfare,
but the question that must now be con
sidered is bow to secure the means
with which to build the roads. Some
of the states in the Union are very lib
eral In the laws for the encouragement
of better highways, and in this partic
ular Pennsylvania has much to learn
from Connecticut. New Jersey, Massa
chusetts and other commonwealths,
which have miles of highways over
which a carriage or a bicycle can travel
with ease and comfort
If vve are to have good facilities for
moving nliout the country, and every
body concedes that we must, then It is
clear that the state should assist, for
the benefit is to the state as well as to
tin immediate territory affected. And
If this is done it will be found that the
farmers and suburban residents will
quickly Join in the movement to secure
first class highways.
Rhode lalond’a Rood Methoda.
Rhode Island has shown a tendency
to repudiate the methods adopted by
most of the eastern and middle states
In respect to the co-operation of state,
counties and towns. That state, ac
cording to the Idea of the legislators,
should not aid financially the counties
and towns further than merely dis
seminating Information and showing
the good results obtained from fine
roads. This latter work is accomplish
ed by building sample highways of half
a mile in extent in each town and coun
ty. It was reasoned that these practi
cal object lessons would arouse local
pride sufficiently to make their exten
sion an actuality. So far this system
has justified the state authorities in
their predictions. Nearly 500 miles of
good gravel and stone roads have been
built, representing about one-fifth of
the total road mileage of the whole
state.
To Rnlld Good Roads.
A bill has been Introduced In the
house by Representative Otey of Vir
ginia providing an appropriation of
$100,000,000 to be expended for good
roads in the forty-five states and four
territories of ttie United States In pro
portion to their population. The con
struction of the roads Is placed in tb»
bill under the supervision of the de
partment of agriculture.
Many Relief Ships Have Arrived With
Supplies For the Destitute—Mont
Pelee Eruption Worse Than That of
Pompeii.
Fort de France. Island of Martin
ique, Sunday, May 25, 6 p. m.—The
United States cruiser Cincinnati ar
rived here from St. Lucia yesterday.
The steamer Luekenbach arrived this
morning and lett at once for Porto
ilico. The steamer Fontabelle reach
ed here at J) o’clock this morning with
150 tons of supplies from the cham
ber of commerce of New York and
other citizens. Among her passengers
are W. H. Corwine, who was specially
named by President Roosevelt as sec
retary of the various bodies in the
United States contributing tor the re
lief of the sufferers; Professor Angelo
Heilprin and other scientists. Mr. Cor-
Wine and Captain Scott, brother of
Chief Officer Scott, of the Roraima,
were presented to Governor 1'Huerre
and the French delegates today. The
steamer Turpaze has been placed at
the disposal of Mr. Corwine to visit
si. Vincent. Her cargo will be dis
charged Monday.
Professor Robert T. Hill, the emi
nent geologist, with his party, has
chartered a steamer and is carefully
studying the volcano from the sea.
George Kennan, with a land party, is
examining the northern part of the is-
land.
Mont Pelee was fairly quiet yester
day. although there was a big eruption
of ashes which covered the extreme
north of the island. The new crater is
active.
Mr. Corwine has investigated the
method employed in the distribution of
supplies and has informed Governor
1’Huerre that he considers it excellent.
It is expected official notification will
be issued that sufficient supplies have
been received.
Most of the refugees who have come
into Fort de France have deserted
the town for points further south, as
terror still possesses all souls and
Fort de France is believed to be doom
ed. All business is suspended, as the
amount of supplies received has killed
sales.
The French delegates, Admiral Ser-
van and the citizens are unanimous In
expressions of gratitude for the genu
ine friendship of the American people,
which has been manifested by the
swiftness with which great quantities
of supplies have been furnished and
forwarded and the character of the
delegates in charge of them.
Fort de France looks deserted. Near
ly 2.000 persons have gone to the is
lands of Guadelupe, Dominica and St.
Lucia, and as many more are trying to
get away. The simple object of all
minds is to escape from the island.
The scientists are divided in opin
ion as to whether or not new and more
violent outbursts are to be expected.
A majority of them think volcanic en
ergy will be displayed for a long time,
but that no further loss of life will
occur, as there are no large places left
to be destroyed, and Fort de France,
they say, is absolutely safe from any
possible outburst of Mont Pelee.
Admiral Servan today called upon
United State^Consul Ayme to express
to him his high appreciation of what
the United States has done for the
victims of the disaster.
For two days heavy rains have fall
en.
WORSE THAN POMPEII.
Famous Expert on the Eruption of
Mont Pelee.
New York. May 26.—A. O. Hoover,
of the American' Museum of Natural
History, who went to Martinique on
the cruiser Dixie, to examine the vol
canic phenomena, cables The Herald
from Castries, 8t. Lucia:
"St. Pierre can only be compared to
Pompeii. The devastation and desola
tion are even worse.
"It is evident that a tornado of suf
focating gas wrecked the buildings, as-
phyxiat?d the people, fire then com
pleting the ruin. This accords with
the statement which has been made
that asphyxiation of the inhabitants
preceded the burning of the city, the
gas being sulphuretted hydrogen, Ig
nited by lightning or the fires in the
dry. The same tornado drove the
ships in the roadstead to the bottom of
the sea or burned them before they
cmld escape. This comes nearer to
being a sheet of flames than anything
heretofore reported fiom any volcano.
“Mud was • n two ways—.<y
the irv.Mtiie in the atmosphere of dust
an i fjiulensed i team and by cl «ud-
bursts on the upper dust covered
slopes of the cone washing down vast
quantities of fine, light dust
“The great emission of suffocating
gas and the typical cloudburst explo
sion, with the resulting streams of
mud, are among the new features
which Pelee has added to the scientific
knowledge pf volcanoes.”
Strike In Denver.
Denver, Col., May 28.—Five thou-
tand union men employed In the build-
.ng trades went on strike todsy, caus
ing practically a total stoppage of
building operations in this city.
Peopla Believa That Iclanti
Is Docmc d.
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llft£lfc*Cl*M VMttlMal* Traiaa, THrraatfH Sl*«i»ing-Cara
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