Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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> THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver- tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County, ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894. GAFFNEY. S. C., Fill DAY, JUNE 20, 1902 81.00 A YEAB* THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. Kventit th»t Have Taken Place from One Kml of the .State to the Other Called from Kxchauge» for yulek Reading by Score* of Husy People. A negro cabin burned down at Roch Hill Wednesday night, threatening the adjacent buggy works for a time, but tbe fire was confined to the cabin. The Trough postoftice at Pacolet was blown onen Monday night by nitro-glycerine and about $4 30 was taken, also two registered letters con tents not known. The governor Wednesday commu ted the sentence of Geo. Parks, of Spartanbbrg, convicted of violation of the dispensary law and sentenced him to pay a fine of $100, to $«)0 on the recommendation of Solicitor Sease. The secretary of state Monday is sued a commission to the Burial and AiU cmo.uu, ol I3iv-rry Hill, Kershaw conntv. The purpose is to a'd the dead among its and others sick and bury members. H. r l. Barber are the corporators. Governor McSweeney has finally decided that he will not be a candi date for any office in the approaching primary. He has now nearly filled bis two terms in the executive chair and feels that he has done his full duty to his state, his party and him self. The taking of the testimony in the suit of Architect Gilbert against the Exposition company and the counter suit against the architect was con cluded Monday in the United States circuit court. The hearing has occu pied 19 days, holding the record dispensary, occupied by negroes, the officers found a washtub containing 28 bottles of beer, besides a number of empty bottles wer^e found lying on the floor nearby. The women were arrested and will be tried in a few days on tbe charge of .uaintaining a nuisance. A few days ago there left Wash ington for South Carolina, five sur veyors from the bureau of soils in the agricultural department. This sur veying corps will spend some six or eight months in the state for the pur pose of ranking a soil survey. One thousand square miles, ts.king in pari of Greenwood, Abbeville, Laurens and Anderson counties, will be surveyed and the soil chemically analyzed. A map will be made of this section showing the various kinds of soil to be found within its limits. When the survey has been completed the depart ment will issue a bulletin for distri bution to the farmers of S uth Caro lina based on the soil survey and set ting forth the crops to which various kinds of soils within the 1,000 square miles are tn et adapted. This budetin wiil also contain t Xpert information as to what fertilizers are needed to improve the soil- Ylruleiit Cancer Cured. Startling proof of a wonderful ad vance in medicine is given by drug gist G. W. Roberts, of Elizabeth, W. Va An old man there had long suf fered with what good doctors pro nounced incurable cancer They be lieved his case hopeless till he used Electric Bitters and applied Buck- len’s Arnica Salve, which treatment completely cured him. When Elec tric Bitters are used to expel bilious, kidney and microbe poisons at the same time this salve c-xerts its match less healing power, blood diseases, skin eruptions, ulcers and sores van- THE MOVEMENTS AND HAPPENINGS Of the Etta Section of Chero kee County. OBJECTS TO TAX LAW. of Doetui’t Like.a I.aw taat Require* Young Men Cnder Twenty-One Year* of Age to T’ay Tax —Tlie Ruin Make* a t.ood Sea*on and Fanner* are I aying Ity. K orresoondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane. June 18.—Some of our local dudes speak of attending chil dren's day at Shiloh church July 5th. I/mk out you York county girls. It-j easier to see the way to go than go th.: way we see. The Millwood boys, Tom, Colabvin a d Henry,are some of our best young farmers and workers. They have a lot of geese that k^ep their cotton field about clear of grass. But the boys say when the grass gets scarce they eat the cotton. Dr. F H. Martin, of Lawn,‘was in this section yesterday and gave us a short call. He is an interesting talker and an intelligent gentleman. Representative A C. Latimer has our thanks for a lot of congressional Bitters 50c, Drug Co. Salve 25c at Cher- President Roosevelt has been in vited to speak before the National Farmer’s Congress which meets in Macon. Ga.,oext October. the court for the lenght of time which was taken in concluding the case. The governor has received a letter from a citizen of Colleton county who says that somebody passed a $20 Confederate bill on him. He wants all the’magistrate of the county re moved because they do not k iow bow to bring action against the man who did it. The governor has replh d that he has noGiing to do with the matter, it being entirely out of his juris diction. The Johnston Cotton Seed Mill Company has recently been incorp orated with a capital stock of $50,- <)<)o, most of which lias already been subscribed. The building is now being built and the mill will be ready for fall work. At a recent meeting of the stockholders the following officers were elected : Alvin Etheridge, pres ident; B F Lewis, vice president; S. J. Watson, secretary. News reached Greenville Monday of the total destruction by fire of the gin house,and saw mill of Jim Scott, a succeasiul farmer living at Lickville. Greenville count,y. The fire originated froma spark from the engine, as the grist mill was running at the time. Therewas no insurace. A large crowd of Mr. Scott’s neighbors gathered at the scene but they were unable to accom plish any good because of the intense heat. A Columbia dispatch says; John Gary Evans, former governor, who was defeated for tbe senate by Judge Earle and again by McLaurin, has filed his pledge and put up his en trance fee for the senatorial contest. He has just returned from Wash ington, whers ho was assured by Sen ator Tillman that he was ‘hands off” in thi* race. Evans and Latimer ate old antagonists as well as reformers, and will cut into each other. The many friends of Chief Justice Me 1 ver will be delighted to learn that he is rapidly improving under the treatment received at the Savannah, Ga , hospital, and it is stated that he will return home in a week, ready to resume his duties in the Supreme court. He first went to John Hop kins for treatment of a sore on his tongue and received little encourage ment, but the Savannah treatment seems to have been successful. In addition to the 75 gallons of corn liquor secured Wednesday after noon on Pans mountain, Constables Cooley and Altora also captured at the race track seven crates of beer, numbering in all 185 bottles. There were several hundred persons attend ing tbe races and many of them doubtless had secured a taste of the delicious beverage, as the officers found three crates containing empty bottles. . The section of Greenville near tbe Air Line depot was raided Sunday af ternoon bv a party consisting of Chief Constable LaFar, Constable* Cooley and Alton and Police Officers J. I. Atkinson and Tom Kellar. In a bouse just above tbe Randolph beer documents; also H. 8. Hartzog, L. L. D., of Clemson, has sent us some bulletins from the South Carolina Agriculturiai Experiment Station, for which we thank him. We are told many a man’s prac tices pu s extinguishers on bis profes- 1 tances. water but we hope not long enough to do it any serious damage. The fruit crop now looks as if i ea hes and apples will nearly all fall off. We received a copy of the Chero- k -e Critic of the DJth inst., published at Blacksburg. It is a newsy little sheet and contains some first-rate matter—particularly that in its editorial column und r r the c iptoin. •‘Is it wrong?” Any iaw tha‘ requires boys under twenty-one years of age to pay tax is not tne kind we like to live under—not that we have any one that such n law will now protect. Its simply wrong to make a boy pay tax when be is not allowed to vote. Of course there is another side to this question so claimed, or so called. The argument is that the law is intended to catch the ‘nigger. ’ That may be so. but in catching the nigger it also catches the white man and its not right for it to catch either. Mr. C. F. Inman (and Euloe Dover his farmer) are running six plows sowing peas in his stubble lauds. , •‘Clough” is one of our thriving i iarmers who makes it pay when any body can. He has a fine cro^ and it is all in good fix. The crows have commenced on the watermelons. They begin picking them as soon as tbpy are shaped. r “Jack” Kendrick lias been threshing some wheat. The yield is rather short but the grain is very good so far as we have noticed it. Court this week has taken very few out of our section either as jurors, witness or suitors. We regret to learn time Solicitor Henry’s illness lias interfered with his court duties and hop* he will soon be up and out again. As a prosecuting officer of the State tie is a terror to evil doers. The candidates for the various 8tate effices are sending out remin ders to their friends and aequain- Mr. Jesse 8. Gantt, caodi- THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Intttr«**tliig Ite'in* Concerning Our Neigh bor* Beyond the Line Which May Froxe Kntertaintnt; Hcaillm; for 11 (inilred* of Ledger Reader*. Farmers say that the wheat, though very sparse, is well headed; in fact unusually so. The Ward Shoe Company, of Greensboro, has failed. Liabilities, exclusive of stock, $8,000; assets $6,000. The State authorizes an increase of 1 Chambersburg, Pa sum. Today is the eighty-seventh anni- versy of the batti- of Waterloo, and date for secretary of 8tate. has sent us some of his photographic buttons. As assistant secretary of 8tate he has Ke:ul it in His NewHiisiprr. George 8chaub. a well Known Ger man cit'zen of N>-w Lebanon. Ohio, is a constant reader of the Dayton Yoikszeitung. He knows that this paper aims to advertise only the best in its columns, and when he saw Chamberlain’s Pain B-ilm advirti-ed therein ft,r lame back he did not hesitate in buying a hottle of it for his wife, who for eight weeks had suff-red with the moot terrible pains in her back and could get no relief. He says : ‘'After using ihe Pain Balm for a few days my wife said to me, ‘I feel as though horn anew,’and before using tbe entire contents of the bot tle the unbearable pains had entirely vanished and she could again take up her household duties.” He is very thankful and hopes that all suffering likewise will hear of her wonderful recovery. This valuable liniment is for sale by Cnerokee Drug Co. Hon. Wm. J. Bryan predicts that Cuba will »oon lie the scene of a civil war, owing to tbe dissensions among her political leaders. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A Gentle Hint. Il our style of climate, with its sudden changes of temperature—rain, wind and sunshine often intermingled in a single day—it is no wonder that our children, friends and relatives are so frequently taken from us by neg lected colds, half tbe deaths resulting directly from this cause. A bottle of Bosch- e’s German Syrup kept about your home for immediate use will pre vent serious sickness, a large doctor’s bill, and perhaps di-uih, by the use of three or four doses. For curing Con sumption, Hemorrhages, Pneumonia, severe Coughs, Croup, or any disease of the Throat or Lungs, its success is simpfy wonderful, as your druggist will tell you. Get a sample bottle free from Cherokee Drug Co. Regu lar size, 75 cts. Get Green’s Special Almanac. Earthquake shocks are being felt in several sections of Mexico and the mud in an extinct volcano is found to be in motion. Ten Yrar* In lte<l. R. A. Gray, J. P. Oakville, Ind writes. ‘ For ten years I was confined to my bed with disease of my kid neys It was so severe that 1 could not move part of tbe time. I con sulted tbe very best medical skill available, but could get no relief un til Foley’s Kidney Cure was recom mended to me. It has been a God send to me.” Cherokee Drug Co. You and your friends are cordially invited to attend and participate in the Celebration Fes- 4 tivities at Gaffney, July Fourth 1902. the capital stock of the Monbo Manu facturing Company, of Catawba county, to $50,000. North Carolina is to the front in the matter of furniture factories, having more than any other State, and hav ing also more cotton mills Governor Ayeock >ff-r> $1 , '0-eward for th* arn-st of *-acti of the unknown persons who last week took two negroes fr>m the Salisbury jail and lynched them. A telegram received at Salisbury gives the news of the death of Mr. James T. O’Heara by being shot at the Santa Fe Gold and Copper Mine. San Pedro, N. M. Mr. O’Heara was a former resident of Salisbury and very popular. Hon. John Nichols, of Raleigh, is the oldest editor now in the harness. He began editorial work on The Beaufort Journal January 1, 1857. Since then has ber-u on many papers and is now the editor of The Oxford Orphans’ Friend. Mr. George T. Dunlap, Jr., of Norwood, was caus»ht in a mowing machine a few days ago ard one leg badly mangled. It is not thought, however, that tbe member will have to be amputated. At last accounts the young man was doing nicely. A meeting of the classification committee of the Southern trunk line began in Asheville Monday night. It is said several important cliages in the classification of rates were made. A number of reprcsentaiive of commercial and manufacturing inter ests appeared before the committee in regard to several proposed changes. The King’s Daughters of this State are securing ail obtainable inform ation regarding public and private reformatories tor y >ung criminals in the other States. North Carolina is one of the very few States which nev er has had a reformatory. The King’s Daughters will nuke the establish ment of a reformatory its State 1 work No doubt the State will aid. sed, while in the case against VV. H. Hester, the prayer for judgment was continued. At the October term Judge Boyd will give his final deci sion as to the fate of the defendants. Mr. Thomas Marvin Brookshire, a young man, took laudanum and shot himself in Long Bros’, store at Charlotte Tuesday night, and is in a serious condition at St. Peter’s Hos pital. The wound in his right breast is of a grave nature. “I am worried about Brookshire’s condition.” said a physician Wednesday evening. ‘‘The wound is worse than I throught for, and there is some danger of pneumo nia. If Brookshire recovers he will be maimed for life He wiil never be able to lift his right hand, and his right shoulder w.il sag and be help less.” Sit veil From an Awful Fate. “Everybody said I had consump tion,” writes Mrs. A. M. Shields, of *‘I was so low severe sickness, The president decides that he has no authority to interfere In the dis pute between coal operators in strik ing mines. During the summer kidney irregu larities are often caused by excessive drinking for being overheated. At tend to the kidneys at once by using Foley’s Kidney Cure. Cherokee Drug Co. the forty-first of the first tilt at Man- asKEL Virginia. No amount of negative vices will mtke up a positive virtue. To Rev. A A. James, of Pacolet, we are indebted for a copy of Col. F. W. McMaster’s report of the battle of “The Crater.” It is well written and pronounced by competent authority one of the best and most unpartial accounts of that fearful destruction of life and limb which has yet been published. While troops of other states claim much of the Honors it is nevertheless true that Evans’ South Carolina brigade bore tbe brunt and suffered more than ail the others put together—they did the hardest fight ing under the most disadvantageous circumstances Wh’le we accord to every one its due, we claim the same for the Palmetto State. The eighteenth and tweuty-seoond regiment alone lost 252 men while tbe others suffered accordingly. Col. McMaster was, at that time, in com mand of tile brigade. He succeeded Col. John H. Means as colonel of the seventeenth regiment, Col. Means having been killed at Second Manas sas. The scholars of the .ialem Sunday school are making preparations for children’s day July illst. These occasions are looked forward to with great pleasure, not only by the chil dren of the school, but hy their friends at a distance who hardly ever fail to attend. To the success of these occasions we are indedted to the young men and young iadies of the shool more than any one else. They work diligently to get their younger brethren and sisters interest ed in the exerdises by taking part themselves and bv example and pre cept combined they get every child in the Sunday school Interested enough to take a part. The rain begun to fall last Sabbath morning, and again at night we had another and now we have a fine sea son in tbe ground. Tbe water courses got up some and corn on the low lands was under had considerable experience in that office, besides he is one of the bravest young men in the State. And more than that he takes his amiable dis position and good locks after his noble mother. We don’t know whether his father, “Col. Laray,” will say amen to that altogether or not. We understand that Messrs. John O. Tate and J. Ed. Gault will be candidates this year. The former for coroner and the latter for the legislature. The more the merrier. J. I. s. Happy Time In Old Town. “We felt very happy,” writes R. N. Bevill, Old Town, Va., “when Bucklen’s Arnica Salve wholly cured our daughter of a bad case of scald head.” It delights all who use it for Cute, Corns, Burns, Bruises, Boils, Ulcers, Eruptions. Infallible for piles. Only 25c at Cherokee Drug Co. drug store, The sale of intoxicating liquors in tbe capitol at W'ashingiou has been prohibited. Wu* WalHtiiiK Away. The foliowiog letter from Robert R. Watts, of Salem, Mo , is instructive. “I have been troubled with kidney disease for the last five years. I lost flesh and never felt well and doctored with leading physician* and tried all remedies suggested without relief. Finally 1 tLcd Foley’s Kidney Cure and less than t vo bottles completely cured me arxl 1 am now sound and well. Cherokee Drug Co. Gen. Miles is said to be in danger of a court martial for revealing offi cial secrets. For biliousness use Chamberlain’s Stomach A Liver Tablets. They cleanse the stomach and regulate the liver and bowels, effecting a quick and permanent cure. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. While playing with his son, Wat son, recently, Capt. C. M. Nolen, the efficient Southern Railway agent at Gastonia, fell from the freight plat form and broke his arm. It was at first feared that Mr. Nolen was seri ously hurt, as the platform was some six or eight feet from the ground, but tbe attending physician found on ex amination that only-one bone of the lower right arm was broken. Moses and Caeser Cone, of Greens boro, large mill and real estate own ers, announce their purchase of six teen hundred acres of laud adjoining Greensboro for the erection of another cotton factory and mill village within a year. The mill will make blue denims and will be the largest plant of the kind on earth, with three thousand operatives. The Cones are the principal stockholders. The building and equipement of tbe plant will cost one and a quarter million dollars. • The Christian Crusaders have done a good work at Salisbury during the three weeks in which they have been holding meetings. Saloons have been visited and personal appeals made to the people v. ho have been met in them. The meetings have been of a thoroughly revivalistic order, with music, including a baud, as the prin cipal auxiliary. Public ir.terest in the meetings is on the increase and it is estimated that 700 persons were present Sunday night. There have been 42 public professions of conver sion and more are expected. In the District Court at Charlotte Wednesday Judge Boyd pronounce sentence on the defendants in the Amos Owen cherry tree cases. The sentence emphasizes restitution. It Is required that Dr. Frank Bright. Rev. T. Bright, and C. D. Wilkie and G. W. Rollins. C. C. Watkins, M. C. Padgett and C. F. Ceer pay into the court by the October term the cost* of the cases and $12,000 which will be paid to tbe women who were defraud ed of mopey by the operation of tbe endless chain swindle. The case against H. \V. Ciower was uol pros- after six months of caused by Hay Fever and Asthma, that few thought I could get well, but I |e«rt;ed of the marvelous merit of Dr. King’s New Discovery tor Con sumption. used it, and was complete ly cured.” For desperate Throat and Lung Disease? it is the safest cure in the world, and is infallible for Coughs. Colds and Bronchial af fections. Guaranteed bottles 50c and $1 00. Trial bottles free at Cherokee Drug Co. The governor of New Mexico says hi- territory, which has a population of 195,000, is capable of supporting a population of 5 000 000. State .lust What Y- a Want, There is a lot of thf most desirable trade that no one car: get who doesn’t handle “Clifton” flour. 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 means 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 fliur 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- «i't on having “Clifton,” if you want the purest and best. Branskokd Mills. (J venshoro. Ky. Sigapore posesses a curiosity in the shape of a Chinese dwarf who is barely 40 inches in height and is endowed with a fine gray heard. A Real Friend “I suffered from dyspepsia and in digestion fer fifteen years,” says VV T. Sturdevant. of Merry 0»ks, N. C. “After I had tried many doctors and medicines to no avail one of my friends persuaded me to try Kodol, It gave immediate relief. I can eat almost anything 1 want now and my digestion is good. I cheerfully re commend Kodol.” Don’t try to cure stomach trouble by dieting. Thai only further weakens tbe system. You need wholesome, strengthening food. Kodol enables you to assimi late what you eat by digesting it without the stomach’s aid. Chero kee Drug Co. A great many moralists can stand heavy doses of wickedness if it is not mixed with coarseness. Sprint; Fever. « Spring fever is another name for biliousness. It is more serious than most people think. A torpid liver and inactive bowels mean a poisoned system. If neglected, serious illness may follow su"h symptoms. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers remove all danger by stimulating the liver, opening the bowels and cleansing tbe system of impurities. Safe Pills. Never gripe. “I have taken DelVitt’s Little Early Risers for torpid liver every spring for years,” writes R M. Everiy, Muundsville, Va. “They do me more good than anything I have ever tried.” Chemkee Drug Co. It is estimated that 5 MOO IJOO tons of ice are consumed in New York city annually. Intert-Ntlng to A*tlium Sufferer*. Daniel Bante, of Otterville, Iowa, writes, “I have had asthma for three or four years and have tried about all the cough and asthma cures in the market and have received treatment from physicians in New York and other cities, but got very little bene fit until I tried Foley's Honey and Tar which gave me immediate relief and I will never be without it in my house. I sincerely recommend it to all.” Cherokee Drug Co. The senate has appropriated 6U0 for Immediate work on the station at Charleston. $657,- naval I WarnloR. If you havs kidney or bladder trouble and do not use Foley’s Kid ney Cure, you will have only your self to bamo for results, as It positi vely curesg all forms of kidney and bladder leases. Cherokee Drug Co 1 •"i 1