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\ THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. MN r FHE 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, JUNE 10, 1902 11.00 A YEAB. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. Uvent* that Have Taken 1’lare from One Knd of the State to the Other Called from Exchantge* for OuUk Heading hy Scores of Ituity I'eople. In the firemen’b tournament to be held in Humter, June "25 arid 2<> 1750 will be given away in prizes. Teams from se\eral cities will take part in the contest. An application has been made to the secretary of state for a charter for the Corona Cotton Mill to be lo cated near Anderson. The capital alack is to be $200,000. Tuesday afternoon a spark from a locomotive on the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway set fire to ccrd wood of ,f. D. Watts, on the outskirts Laurens, and 853 cords were burned. The Charleston exposition authori- tf"« have been granted a hearing on next Wednesday t>< 0 re the house committee or. industrial arts and expositions r-iativo to an appro priation of $15*) f t'J which they de* tire. Adam Huger will be hanged at Monek s Corner on .Fuh 25th for the murder of Charles Gadsden at Fergu son, on March 14 Berkeley county has not had a legal . \ cation forever ten years and this v. ilLbe the first at Monck's Corner court house. Jim Black, who murdered M rs. Jones at New Road, April 22, was lynched at that place Wednesday night. He c nfes^ed, implicating Ford, now in U aiterboro jail, and two other negroes, one of whom was kill ed at Ri-venei recently while trjing to escape arrest. Cain Ford, one of the four negroes implicated in the murder of Railroad Sectionmaster W. W. Jones' wife at New Road, in Colleton county, on April 21 last, and who from the day aft^r the commission of the crime has been confined in Walterbnro jail, was lynched about 2 o’clock Saturday morning. Loula Bridges, a resident of the tenderloin quarters of Spartanburg, died Sunday morning at 2 o'clock from a dose of morphine administered by her own bands a few hours before. Every measure was adopted by the physicians to save her life, but proved of no avail. The woman was about thirty years of age. No cause assigned for the deed. is President Henry S. Hartzog Is to remain at the head of Clemson Col lege. This was settled Thursday. The trustees of the college met in their annual meeting Wednesday night. The first matter taken up was the consideration of the resignation of President Hartzog, which was ten dered at the special meeting of the b ar l three weeks ago. The board was in session several hours Wednes day night and again Thursday moru- ing. An unusual and fatal accident oc curred at Batesbt-rg Thursday morn ing. W. B Jackson, a young man from Winnsboro, was grinding some tools at a planing mill, the grindstone belted to the engine and revolving rapidly. Suddenly the stone burst and one large piece struck Mr. Jack- son in the face. He was knocked in to insensibility and died an Imur af terwards. The sail state of allairs is heightened by the fact that he leaves an invalid wife and two small chil dren. The Third regiment, the South Carolina naval reserves, acompany of the I'nited States artillery corps from Sullivan's Island, and the German artillery, escorted the famous Phila delphia Liberty Bell from the expo sition grounds to the Atlantic. Coast Line station Saturday afternoon. Previous to the departure of the bell from the Philadelphia building, brief exercises were held, Mayor Smyth and President Wagner of the expo sition company attesting their appre ciation of Philadelphia’s interest in the exposition by the loan of the sacred old relic. Atlantic Coast Line Engineer Fred P. Grumbling, doing service on the yards at Florence, lost three fingers Tuesday night through an unusal ac cident. He had left his cub for the purpose of repairing a part of the locomotive and was in a kneeling posture with hands on the rail when a “switched” car “bumped” into the engine, it was moved only about a foot, but this was enough to pin Mr. Grumbling's hand to the rail, sad he could not free himself nntil the loco motive had been reversed and run ahead a little. Mr. Grumbling's entire hand was severely mashed and fingers bad to be amputated. At the recent session of the crimi nal couri at Greenville, the decision of the magistrate in the case of \Y il- liatn Sewing, convicted of the charge of violating the game law by selling birds, was confirmed by Judge Gary. The magistrate sentenced Sewing to pay a fine of $12 50 or go to the gang for thirty days. He paid the fine. Sewing is proprietor of a restaurant on Main street, and during the past season sold quail by the wholesale. He was arrested, tried and convicted, the case being the first on record of its kind in this section of the country. It is hoped by the sportsmen that the results of the case will keep ottiers from selling quails. CROP BULLETIN. three 1 A STUDY OF THE CHINESE CHARACTER It is a Great Mistake to Treat them as Our Equals. ARE A LOVELESS PEOPLE. Comlltlon of Carolina Crops Ah Keported j by Department of Agriculture. Columbia, June 3—The average: temperature for the week ending i Monday, June 2d, was about 72, which is nearly 5 below normal. | There was a maximum of 98 at Clover : an the 2Srh and 29th. Light frost was noted in Greenviile, Oconee and Spartanburg counties There was an abundance of bright sunshine, early in tiie week, but generally cloudy weather prevailed at its close. During the middle of the week, the relative humidity ranged from only 3U to 4*» per cent, of saturation, which had a wilting effect on vegetation. Severe thunder storms occurred on the 25th over the north central and northeastern counties, accompanied by damaging high winds, and des tructive hail, in the east central and north central groups of counties, with heavy, washing rains in Lancas ter county. Light local showers pre vailed at the close of the week, over the western counties. While a few localities were benefitted i y the dry weather, by far the greater portion of the iState is suffering for rain, and tfie need is most urgent in the south western and northwestern groups of counties, from A ken northwestward., where, over a large portion, no beue- tioial rains have lallcu in from four to five weeks. The week gave favorable weather for general farm work, and for ridding fields of grass and weeds, but it was unfavorable for the growth and de velopment of most field crops, on account of low night temperatures ami dryness. The growth of cotton was checked, to a considerable extt-nt, by the cool weather, which also favored the de- velpment of lice that now infest a large partion of the crop. Stands are good, generally, and the crop has received unusually good cultivation, with fields clean and in fine tilth. Squares have formed in a few local ities. There was a light improve ment in the condition of sea-island cotton. Corn was also unfavorably affected by rfae cool weather, but generally c mtinues to lock well. Bottoms are being planted, where not too dry, but cutworms and bilibugs are very destructive on such lands. Some fields have been laid by, and early corn has begun to tassel. In the western portion of the State corn is turning yellow. Tobacco has improved, and now looks promising, but stands are irregular in places. Rice is in very fine condition, with planting still in progress. Wheat does not show any improvement, as it ripens, except that it is a full crop in a few local ities. Its average condition is poor, and almost a tailure in places. Borne has been harvested. Oats are ripen ing rapidly, and harvesting made favorable progress under excellent weather conditions The dry weather is detrimental to spring sown oats. Watermelons look well. Cane has good stands. Large quantities of beans, white potatoes and cucumbers are being shipped. Gardens are generally poor, owing to the dry weather. Peaches and other fruits continue to drop extensively, al though in places fruits of ali kinds promise to be abundant Peaches and plums are ripening and ship ments of the former have begun. A general heavy rain and warmer weather would improve crop condi tions materially. State .1 nut What You Want, ' There is a lot of the most desirable trade that no one can get who doesn’t handle “Clifton” Hour. Users of “Clifton” can’t be satisfied with any other kind. “Clifton” has established a new standard of purity and the highest excellence. If you have not used “Clifton” recently, you should by all all mean's instruct your grocer to send you a sack when you order flour again. Don’t let him persuade you he has “something just as good.” He may be buying other so-called patent flour at a little less than he pays for “Clifton,” and he naturally wants to push this on you because he makes a few cents more on it. In sist on having “Clifton,” if you want the purest and best. Bhanskoki) Mills. Owensboro, Ky. The ClilnHiuiin in » SIihIIo'.v, Self conceited fellow.— He Huh no Love for Wife. Home or Country, and the (ionpel of .Je»UK Alone Can Make Him Know the .loy of Living. < Correspondence o* The Ledger.) Chixkiano, May 2. — I have been interested lately in making some I'ti’e study of the Chinese character, a study which missionaries are apt to keep up as long a< they are ou the field. The men at Washington havo decided that the Chinaman is not th r ' proper man to make a citizen of thf United fitates, and I understand that tiiere are no Chinese who are now able to vote as the negro does Is it simply because the yellow man is able to work cheaper than the white or black, or is there a deeper reason? In these days when China is before the world’s eye as it never has been before, when there is so much being done for her both in a political way and in a religious way, would it not be well if we could understand the Chi nese nature so us to be able to deal with them in a satisfactory manner " I-* it right for us to assume making treaties and such things. But to what has there trickery brought their country? They are now practically the vassals of the foreigners, their country’s honor is trailing in the dust, and they are poor, tad getting poorer. To be able to cheat and deceive and 'toneme and j work tricks on people may be very | interesting, but it is rot a sign of either greatness or h eaith of intel lect or moral recti' ud n . The Chinese a-p-actically a love less people. Whether it is the training of the past, their system of marriage, or what, I do not know, hut I am inclined to agree with a worker who is well acquainted with the Chi nese that they do not know what love is. Suppose you wanted to take a Chinese friend into your confidence and tell him you are in love with a girl, and undertake to make ‘-confl uence” to him. He would not under- j stand you at all. Why do you not get the woman, or if she won’t do get another, one qeingasgood as another, sj she is a woman and will have i children. Of course they consider social position, and money etc., but not love. They do not seem to love th-ir parents like we think is right The men leave their families for long parinis and do not seem to care espec ially. I have tried to find whether it is "elfrepression or it is just insen sibility. It seems to me it is largely the latter A people who do not love their mothers, who do not love their j wives as we understand it, who do not seem to have any strong passion I of love fur anything, how can they all at once learn to love the Lord whom that the ' they have newr seen? God is love THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Chinese are in ev^ry respect equal to the white race and that therefore we must deal with them just as vre would with a white race, expecting the same resultw? I think if we start out on that principle we will rank-- a great mi stake to begin with, and liud our- i st ives many failures. Just as you see it) the negro God has made the Chinaman physically different from 1 v'rvvwwvw*. ****** - - You and your friends are cordially invited to attend and participate in the Celebration Fes tivities at Gaffney, July Fourth 1902. us. He is not white, has a sickly yellow skin. His eyes are always black, or dark brown, and his hair is always long and straight, and he has very little beard,or other hair. He is not a hairy man. In this he is like the Indian and the negro. His face is not shaped like ours, his forehead is more receeding, and his nose smaller. He is less sensitive to* physical pain than the average white man, He is not nervous. He doesn’t seem to have any very strong emotions. He impresses one as being rather phleg matic and cold. He has strong pow ers of endurance, even surpassing the white man in passive patience. Men tally he is bright and often quick, though I cannot help agreeing with a writer som» time ago who said lie is shallow. 1 thing that is about the word for it more than any other. What are the marks of a shallow man ? Doe of the most prominent is self conceit. There is no truer indication of shallowness than self conceit. The Chinese, especially the so called edu cated classes, are the most self con ceited people. I suppose, to be found on the earth. One of the great diffi culties in our mission work is to know how to deal with our helpers on this very point. As soon as you put them forward a little and give them a little responsibility they get so insuf ferably conceitod that there is no do ing anything with them, and I might say that there are few exceptions to this rule. Atotoer mark of shallow ness of mind is toe disposition to de ceive and be cunning. The smart ness which comes of deceiving some one is the smartness of a little mind. It is peculiarly characteristic of the monkey to be cunning. The negro is noted for his powers of dissimulation and so is the Chinese. The highest form of man is that of the straight forward man who is truly honest and has no tricks, and he shows his great ness by always coming out right in the end. You know, Chinese diplo macy is famed all over the world. They are said to be able to outdo all the foreigners In shrewd deception in and Die only people who approach to the true condition of loving are those who have had Christ. How desolate and joyless is this loveless life they live! The Gosp-I of Jesus alone can open their hearts and make them know the true joy of a living love, love for home, wife and child, love for parents, love for friends and country, and best of all love for God. Are we not doing the best thing for the hap piness of these people in giving them the Cross, the very manifestation of the Icve of God to rnan. W E. Ckockkk. K/.t-U KU-IiIiik*. E/.kll, June 5 —Farm work is well up at this writing and the crops are needing rain to draw out the frost bite that came last week. Small grain is almost a failure in this section. The fruit crop is going to be short. The prospect was good at iirst but most all kinds are dropping off the trees. Mr. Bearden, of Spartanburg coun ty, was in this section yesterday on business. The jurors were drawn luckily, this section ouly getting one out of crops and other business—Mr. C Cash. Several of the young people of State Line attended a basket dinner at Hu-ksville, N. C., Saturday. They report a nice time. There is to be Rally day at State Line the third Sunday in June. They are looking for a large attendance. Both Sunday school workers and can didates are invited. Come on boys, there Is one more candi iate needed and it is an opponent for the probate s office. <; i>. s. How It In Duu«. The first object in life with the American people is to “get rich the second, how to regain good health. The first can be obtained by honesty, energy and saving; the second, (good health) by using Green’s August Flower. Should you be a despondent sufferer from any of the effects of Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Appen dicitis. Indigestion, etc., such as Sick Headache, Palpitation of the Heart, Sour Stomach, Habitual Costiveness, Dizziness of the Head, Nervous Pros tration, Low Spirits, etc., you need not suffer another day. Two doses o< the well known August Flower wl!l relieve you at once. Go to Cherokee Drug Co. and get a sample bottle free. Regular size, 75 cts. Get Green’s Special Almanac. Interesting Ite r iu» Cuiiiernliia Our Neigh bor* Iteyoinl the Hue Which May Frote Entertaining Keailing for Huinlrtils of L fdger Header*. Henry Perry, of Henderson, resigns the colonelcy of the Third Regiment of the-State Guard. Tne First Regiment of the State j Guard is arranging for a practice ; march and encampment possibly at Asheville and Statesville. The citizens of Forsyth who were duped by the Amos U*ens Cherry Tree Company, have decided to enter suit in the Superior CouD in this county against the compui.y on the charge of fraud. Horace Haywood, colored, and l is family, who live near Raleigh, i ave i be*-n poisoned bv arsenic in their I bread. Haywood is dead and the omers are in a critical state. The coroner is investigating. Reports today from Beaufort coun ty trucking section say the drought has done much damage, that the Irish potato crop will not exceed fif teen barrels to the acre, while in av erage years it is sixty barrels. The drought lias prevailed over five weeks. Messrs. Borden and Leder, officers of the Yirginia-Carolina Chemical Company, are to give out the con tract at once for the construction of the new cotton seed oil mill in East Fayetteville, which, it is promised, will be one of the most extensive and complete in the .South. The extensive lumber plant at Cary was destroyed by tire Thursday morn ing. The burned plant and its lum ber yards cover three acres. About 80 men were employed. The Duke family, of Durham, is chief owner'and Jobtl C. Angier is manager To night’s estimate of the loss is $75,000, and there is only $15 000 insuiance. The rate of insurance was 10 per cent. The fire started in the engine room. Besides the mill in operation for three years past in Fayetteville and the second one under construction on thr same plot of ground, it is known that excavations and foundations are maiked out for a third silk mill, which, it is believed, will be a dyeing and finishing mil), whereby every process of the manufacture will be carried on here, and this community will also derive important advantages from the introduction of skilled labor. The Sam Jones meeting at this place closed Monday morning. Mr. Jones preached at the convict camp Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. He delivered an able sermon from the tent to at least 4 UOO people in the af ternoon. Mr. Stuart deliverea bis fa mous stump-drugging sermons.and at its close it was an inspiring sight to see thousands of handkerchiefs float ing in the air. This marks a new era in Wilkes and the whiskey business is doomed. Two large distillers have said that they will quit the business. Never in the history of the county was such a scene witnessed as that this afternoon. There was hardly a dry eye in| the vast audience. Jones and Btewart have done a power of good during their short stay here, which will be felt for years to come. / “He came to his death from an un known cause.” This is the verdict rendered Monday by coroner’s jury at Winston-Salem in the case of James Tesb, who Was found about 5 o'clock Sunday morning, April flth lying on the ground in tbe barn of Joseph Masten, neaf Fairview, with his skull crushed. The wounded man was re moved to the hospital that day, vhen he died next morning. A coroner’s investigation was held at the court house on the day of Tesh’s death. A number of witnesses were examined, but the jury were unable to secure evidence sufficient to justify holding anyone. However, no decision was rendered at chat time, adjournment /being taken until some future date, to await development. The jury met at 1:30 Monday afternoon wnen they decided that Tesh came to his death from some unknown cause. The county coroner, Dr. T. M. Jor dan, Thursday investigated the death of Mr. Jno. M. Dennis, a prominent farmer and magistrate of this county. Last Monday it was announced that Mr. Dennis had died suddenly Hun- day afternoon at his home. The fu neral followed Monday. However, reports began to be circulated that there was a suspicion of foul play. Mr. Dennis left tbe house about dark and was later found dead in the yard. Now it appears that there were bruises on his throat and a negro who seemingly harbored some ill feelings towards Mr Deunis on account of listing taxes last year was seen com ing from the Dennis farm that even ing. The body was exhumed Wednes day. The coroner’s jury decided that Dennis’ death was due to natural causes. Two physicians and tbe county attorney were present at the inquest and investigation. Policeman George X. Jackson shot and instantly killed Robert Moore, a white man, near the Edna cotton mills at Reidsville Saturday night. Officer Jackson, in company with Po liceman C. T. Balsley, bad gone down to the mill section to arrest some par ties wanted for an offense and were sitting beside the railroad track when Moore, in company with a woman, parsed. Before arriving opposite the officers, the woman told Moore of the offic 's’ presence and Moore then cursed the policemen. Just us he pa««ed them Moore pulled out his pD ol and whirled, pointing the weapon at Mr. Jackson. The officer, realizing that he was in a critical pr • dicamer t, also took out his pistol and fired instantly, the ball taking effect to the left of Moore’s nos< and penetrating the brain. A coroner’s it quest was held this morning and Policeman Balsley and tne woman who was with Moore testified that the offi -er acted in self-defense. Other witnesses testified that Moore threat ened to kill any policeman who offer ed to arrest him. He lived here about three years ago and was of bad character. He came here to work in the mills and is said to have escape from a squad of convicts somewhere in this Srate. He has a wife and child at Norwood. The '>oay was bur ied at thj potter’s field >f Gretnview Ceraeten Sunday afte>joon. A DELIGHTFUL DANCE Given l>> the Yount; Men of the City Com plimentary to the College Girl*. One of the most del'ghtful and thoroughly enjoyable dances ever given here was given by the young men of the city, complimentary to the young ladies of Limestone Col lege. The young ladies in their dresses of filmy white presented an array of loveliness which baffi-s description. Tne german was gracefully led by Mr. Robt. Muuro with Miss Edna 8arratt. The dancing was kept up until the wee sma’ hours of Saturday moniing when the sweet strains of ‘Home Sweet Home” reminded the dancers that the close of amost delightful affair had come, and aii reluctantly turned their steps homeward. Excellent music was furnished by Bill Allen’s Orchestra from Spartan burg Among those inattendar.ee were: Mr. R. M. Munro with Miss Edna Sarratt, Mr. Culbertson with Miss Eva Ross, Mr. R M. Rogers with Miss Lillian Wood. Mr H. P. Duff with Miss Lillian Hopper, Mr. Dever Little with Miss Lucy Barton, of Anderson, Mr. Anthony Sarratt with Miss Gertrude Little, of Black-burg, Mr. Harry Byars with Miss Lee Blytb. of Greenwood, Mr. Ed. Byars with Miss Hart, of Yoikviile, Mr. C. W. Hames with Miss Myrtle Gaffney, Mr. 0 P. Richardson with Miss Ethel Murray, of Beech Island, Mr. Chas. Humphries with Miss Gwait- ney. of North Carolina, Mr. Robt. Lipscomb with Miss Ethel Ford, of Bennettsville, Dr. Paik Thompson with Miss Myrtle Sarratt, Mr. Robt. Swofford with Miss Ehoff, Mr. E. C. Taylor with Miss Minnie Goforth, Mr. J. F. Carson with Miss Nellie Barton, of Anderson, Dr. C. T. Lip scomb with Miss Frances Fort, Mr. Floyd Baker with Miss Rosa Rey nolds, of Greenwood, Mr. Edgar Peeler with Miss Alina Lynch Mr. A. Gus Turner with Miss Lillie Parish. Stags: Messrs. J. E. McArthur, Louis Wood, Paul Morgan, J. A. McAlister, Wofford Humphries, M. Goudtlock, Isbam Richardson, Tank McArthur, F. G Stacy, D. C. Ross, M. Smyth, Joe Osborne, John Snead, Jas. B. Richardson. Chaperones: Miss Munro, Mr. •and Mrs. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs B. L. Hames, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Good ing, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Lipscomb, Mr. and Mrs Eiutn, Mias Wardlaw. An Aged Man Dead. Mr. U. S. Campbell died at the residence of his son, Mr L. I! Camp bell, on Race street on the (itb Inst., after an illness of several months, in his seventy-seventh year. Mr. Camp bell was born and educated in Ireland and came to the United States with his father when be was about twenty-two years old and settled in Carbondale Penn. He was an engin* eer and was employed for many years by many of the railroads of that sec tion. He came to this state about four years ago, since which time he has been living with bia eon when be died. The furneral services were conduc ted at the residence by Rev. Arch C. Cree on tbe 7th, and the remains were buried at Oakland cemetery. The pall bearers were: H. L. Spears. J. B. Bell, W. W. Thomas, W. C. McArthur, J. Eb. Jefferies and Henry Gaffr.ey. ..-a