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0 THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional ' * District of S. C. The ledger SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adve?. tiser Who Uses the Co*, umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in ail 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 t>4, 1903 $1.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. fcvfnt. that Have Taken IMaee from One Kn<l of the State to the Other Called from KxchanKex for tjuick KeadliiK hy Score, of liu.y 1’eople. W. C. Doty, of Spartanburg, was pardoned Friday by Governor Mc- Sweeney. He was convicted of for gery and sentenced to one year on the chain gang A strong petition, signed by most of the county officials, urged the granting of the pardon, Williamston mills will begin opera tions this week. The textile ma chinery is being rapidly placed and the spindles are now ready for work. A sufficient stock of cotton has been purchased and delivered at the mills to run until the new crop is placer! i upon the market. This week the State summer school ' opens in Rock Hill ami there will be a j ti;.e u‘!‘h<-rira of the teachers of the I sciiools in Souiu Garnlina. Some at- J tention is to he given to the develop ment of the higher school idea. In diiTerent portions of the State much thought lias been given in the past year or more to the high school. During a thunder storm at Scranton Saturday afternoon, the barn and stables of Mr. W. K. Single»ary were fired by a stroke of lightning and tot ally destroyed. Mr. Singletary’s store and the store and residence of Mr, J.M. Kirby, situated near by, were only save by the heroic work of the “bucket brigade,’’ aided by a heavy downpour of rain. Friday morning about 1 IK) o’clock a tragedy occured in the eastern sub urbs of Columbia in which John W. Belton, a 14 year-old negro boy was shot to death by some ut known party. A church festival was being held and the house was crowded with negroes of both sexes. In some man ner a difficulty started in which bricks were thrown at random and pistol shots filled the air. Suddenly -young Belton fell to the ground mortally wounded. The election is soon to be held in the territory proposed to he cut, oil from Barnwell and Hampton counties for the purpose of forming the new county of Allendale. <^uite a lively fight is on over the matter. Arrange ments are being made, it is said, for a meeting and joint debate this week on the question in Hampton county. Mr. L. W. Youmans is to argue the matter for the new county ex-Sherifl Creech of Barnwell is to present the arguments against it. ‘‘Uncle” Matt Smith, an octogena rian of Saluda,,who had been suffering intensely for the past three months with senile gangrene in the left footaud leg, underwent an operation Thursday afternoon and was ( xtremely cheerful Friday morning.. The member am putated was perfectly dead almost to the knee. The patieijt, although now in his 84th year, rallied from the effects of the anesthetic in three min utes after the chloroform was remov ed, and holding up the ‘‘stump” laughingly remarked; “Now I’m well fixed: two legs and only one foot.” The trial of Nelson J. Shaw for murder, was concluded Friday after noon at Sumter, the juty, after about a half hour’s deliberation, returning a virdict of guilty, with recommen dation to mercy. When the verdict was announced Shaw did not display any emotion and appeared to be un affected. Mr. Lee Shaw’s counsel immediately gave notice of a motion for a new trial and Judge Klugh ap pointed Saturday morning forbearing the motion. Mr. Lee argued the motion Saturday morning hue Judge Kiugh refused to grant a new trial and gave his reasons for denying the motion. He then sentenced Shaw to imprison ment in the State penitentiary for life. There is a movement on foot for the organization of a new county which is proposed to be formed out of the northern portions of Spartan burg and Greenville counties, and which would ipclude all of the terri tory so famous in local history as the “Dark Corner.” Uxactlv the strength of this movement js not known as yet, and it may not develop very soon, but a meeting in this in terest was held st Campobelio on the 21st instant, as a preliminary step to ascertain what the people who .reside in the territory carved out may think about it. The ‘Dark Corner” Is now remote from court houses, and it may be that some of its citizens might prefer to keep their distance in the future. The C. N. A. L mixed train which left Columbia at 12 :30 rn. Friday went into a flat car at LeaphaitY During Thursday the flat car had been left in the siding. When the train came along it rounded the curve coming up to the station at a lively gait, there being no orders to stop at Leaphart’s. It was very dark and Engineer W. A. Clifton could not see the fiat car, which some persons must have pushed out on the main line for the purpose of wrecking the up train, uutil it was too late. The engine and two cars were ditched. Engineer Clifton was the only one injutd. He was painfully hurt and was taken to the hospital at Columbia as soon as possible. He will snstainnopermanent injury. A tramp who wls sleeping on the fiat car was merely awakened ; he was not injured in any wav by the smash up, though complained of the rude method of waking him, S. W. James, a prominent farmer of the High Hill section, three miles east of Scranton, was killed Friday morning by L. C. Myers, his brother- in-law and a well know voung planter. Myers went to Kings- tree to employ counsel adn sur render himself to Sheriff Graham. Myers declined to discuss the affair, saying he preferred to remain silent until he could consult counsel. The homicide was the culmination of a family feud which has existed for sev eral years. There was no eye witnes ses to the killing. Myers and James had a dispute Thursday about a divid ing fence; Myers forbade James to interfere with the fence. Friday morning they met and renewed the quarrel. James advanced on Myers with a fence rail Myers shot James and broke his arm, causing him to drop the rail. James continue to ad vance, and when in reach Myers struck him a stunning blow on the head with his gun, breaking the breech. James fell, and Myers beat his head violently w-ith the gun bar rel. James’ head and face was hor ribly mutilated. He lived only a few hours. The partUs are well connec ted, and are prominent. GRAND MISSION RALLY. The Crow <1 ho I .urge at lintTalo t he ('htireh Would Not Hold Them. The mission rally at Buffalo Bap tist church was a splendid success in every way. A large gathering of peo ple from every section of the county and from North Carolina assembled —so large that the house could not hold them. There was considerable disappoint ment over the fact that Rev. Thos. Dixon, of Shelby. N. C., was prevent ed from filling the morning appoint ment. Many of his old friends went there especially to hear him once more preach the sweet old gospel. The morning hour was ably filled by Bro. Chas Davis, who made a stir ring speech and organized a B. Y. P. U. After experiencing in a very sub stantial way the bountiful hospitality of the Buffalo brethren the congrega tion again assembled in the church to hear an address on missions by Rev. Arch 0. Cree, pastor of the First Baptist church of Gaffney. His theme was “The World the Field.” He took as his t^xt the parable of the Leaven and from that deduced the divine program for the winning of the wbrld for Christ. He styled the first centuries of the Christian era as centuries of preparation ; he reviewed the brilliant achievements of the past century, and closed with the practical application of the theme as it affects the promise for the twenti eth century and our duty to the world. At the close of his address Mr. Cree called for contributions for foreign missions and the congregation responded heaitily with a contribu tion of $2o 00. The church and Wo mans’ Mission Society already have -l^a.OO on hand, making $50 00 from Buffalo for foreign missions this year. This is a good showing for historic old Buffalo, a church that has been sending out its good work for more than a century and a quarter, and from whose church roll has goce out earnest and able church workers who have made their mark in this and other States and who have been re flecting the good teachings of their venerable mother through all these long years. Glorious old Buffalo, venerable in age, constant and unre lenting in her good work may she al ways prosper. All Cherokee Is proud of her. Ail C1nm«« Cau Wet It. The grocers who are handling “Clifton” flour are the ones who have the best trade and the tightest grip on It. “Clifton” is a flour of quality, and goes into the homes of people who want the best the market affords, and this applies in this free country to all from the lowest to the highest station. No sumptuary laws can prevent the humblest American citizen from buy ing the purest and best flour, and pvary *.ood housekeeper knows she get the jurest and best when she buys “Clifton.” Bkansfokij Mills, Owensboro, Ky. GUMTREE THE MAN FOR THE PLACE. Has a Good Backer and Sym pathizer in J. L. S. LOWER CHEROKEE NEWS I'rulHt's The Le.lger’rt K<iltorl»l —Mr. J. K. ToII.-miu’h WlllulranHl a Great Dl-ap IKitntmeiit —I'eraoimln and l.oealH that Will Intereac Ledger Headers. • foi resDondence of The Ledger-) Etta Jane, 21. — We regret to state that Miss Mary Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R Edwards, died suddenly at Cedar Springs Institute for d#af and dumb last Thursday. Siie :.as been attending that institute t ir several years and would have .jten nome on vacation in a week. The direct cause of her death is not known to your correspondent She wi'l be buried at Salem today. We sympathize with the relatives and friends in their sore bereavement. Miss Ethel Strain is visiting her sister, Mrs. K B. McDanel. of Hick ory Grove, who is unwell at this time. Farmers have sown a great many peas this week and more will be planted yet. Master Evans Estes furnished us with the first cotton bloom this season. Mr. El Leech, of Hopewell, had them, too. We have never seen a better crop prospect at the time of year, especi ally corn and cotfon. It has been suggested that Gary's old brigade hold a special reunion at Greenville ‘during the reunion of the U. C. Veterans in that city August 5:h, (5th and 7th. We hope all the survivors of that command who can Mr. Lockwood. The Ledger invites you to join it in working for the up building of Cherokee county, socially, morally, educationally and materi ally, and we assure you that if the opportunity ever arises we will un hesitatingly call unon you for aid and will just as freely ».xtend it if you should ever need cur help.” God have mercy on any man or set of men who can’t measure by this stanaard. The sooner they are rel egated to the rear and consigned to oblivion the belter for all—whether living now or to live hereafter. It matters not whether they he editors, lawyers, doctors, farmers, merchants, bankers, operatives, laborers or what not. The withdrawal of Mr. J. R. Tol- leson from the race for treasurer is a great disappointment to his friends who regret that the state of his health has made it necessary for him to do so. Now that he is out of the race we belive that any of the candidates for that office will agree with us that they have got rid of their most formii- ahle competitor. Mr. Tolleson is one of Cherokee county's best men. We have known him from his boy hood. By close attention and fair dealing he has worked himself up to the front rank of business men and he carries with him the confidence of the common people. His business polish is largely the workmanship of that master mechanic Mr A. N. Wood, whose pupils are thoroughly taught and their services are always in demand in commercial and busi ness circles. What we say of Mr. Tolleson can not and is not intended to detract from the worthiness or capability of any of the gentlemen in the race for treasurer. They are, all of them, so for as we know, perfect gentlemen, and any of them will no doubt suv o f .Mr. Tolleson what we do and, more over, they may all feel relieved that he is now out of the way By the way. we arc glad to know w « v v + * ••»*.,,** •*««*»*« A j..* * A « * « » A 'A* You and your friends are cordially invited to attend and participate in the Celebration Fes tivities at Gaffney, July Fourth 1902. !* it: a is will be present. Col A.J C. Haskell, of the 7th cavalry, will in all proba bility be present too. Mr. Giles M. Hill, of the Gaffney Manufacturing Company, was down on business this week. Nothing commends a business or professional man more than a chari table disposition to see others in his line succeed. Its the very highest evidence of true manhood and gen uine Christianity. To “love thy neighbor as thyself” is Godlike. It is one of the highest and most imper ative commeanas of holy writ and here we have expreeged evidence of it in an editorial which we clip from Tuesday’s Ledger, and reproduce that readers may ponder over it. Its not the gushing* of a poor little measley soul which, if taken from its corporeal habitation and put into a gourd, would rattle like a hickory nut. But on the contrary its the echo of a manly spirit which fills the world of humanity with a desire to see others succeed themselves. Friend DeCamp is a man who doesn’t think the world too small to'furnish room for others, or that he is large enough to fill it as it is. Hear what he says: “The new editor of the Cherokee Critic, Mr. P B. Lockwood, has the proper conception of his calling. Blacksburg is in Cherokee county and everything that tends to promote the material prosperity of one section of the county will help the entire county. Nothing can be gained by a spiteful attitude towards any par ticular section. Certainly The Led ger has endeavored to be broad mind ed and liberal and we have gloried in the prosperity of every portion of the county. / We certainly have nothing but the kindest feeling for our sister city and wish for her un bounded prosperity, as we also do every other section of the county and every man, woman and child in it. For those who are envious and jealous we have nothing but the profoundeat pity. May God blest their little nar- now souls and let them prosper and be happy despite their pessimism. that we have a candidate in the race for legislature that we can vote for and recommend to others. That is “Gumtree.” We know nothing of him, but his platform is enough for us. He has a fuW sympathizer in this section who will light for him to the finish. The only difference is our neignbor don’t call his wife “Bee” and he had better not, and he knows it. We don’t know what kind of a gumtree he is. But from the first part ol the name we infer;that he has certain sticking, b'tiog and housing characteristic qualities, any of which should commend him. If taken as a simple wood-blackgum or sweetgum he will stand the fire test much bet ter than the ordinhry driftwood which is more to be dreaded than all other kinds. Put us down one vote for you, brother “Gumtree.” In his declination to become a candidate for county supervisor Mr. L. A. Ross’ card has the ring of the pure metal. Everyone who is acquinted with Mr. Ross knows him to be a mao of long txperience in such work as comes directly under the supervison of that office, and could but expect to see it succeed under his administra tion. His frank acknowledgment of an insuflicent acquaintance with some other duties of the office is one of the strongest points to commend him to the voters. Its a sure evi dence that he would seek information before be acts in anything where he entertains on honest doubt. How few do that? But on the contrary think they can run any part of this government from the chief executive down to the prison guard without any body’s council or assistance. Mr. C O. Roberts, Shelby, N. C., and G. E. Bratton, made us a short but approciated call today. J. L. s. It takes an ingenious trap to catch most any wild animals, but a clever girl can catch a man with a bit of ribbon and a bairpin. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE. ■■ ■ " •• From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. liitt-reMtlng Items Concerning Our Neigh bors Heyoiui the Line Which May Prove Kiitertaiiitug Heading for Hundreds of Ledger Headers, Governor Aycock Saturday received tin application for the pardon of a sheep stealer. It is the first one ever ask for a man mean enough to steal a sheep. It is said by experts who have with in the past few days been at work in the library o f Trinity College that it is far and away the handsomest build ing in the State. Edsemont Cotton Mills, Durham. N. C. has completed installation of ad- ditional machinery, including 240 looms and 8 500 spindles. This io- crertar* the plant to 25,000 spindles and 520 looma. Bishop Rondthwler will leave Win ston-Salem the first of July for Herrn- hut, Germany, to attend the meet ing of i he direction ghoard of the unity of the Moravian Church, which con sists of the mission hoard and govern ing boards of the four independent provinces of the Unity. The contract for building the Ashe ville & Rutherfordton Riilroad was Friday let by George I\ Canis, of New York, and work will begin at once. It is understood that the Seaboard Air Line is backing the movement and the road will he exten ded through the mountains to the Tennessee line. Friday night about nine o’clock a barn was burned on the place of Mr T. M. McCoy, of Huntersville town ship. A mule belonging to a tenant on Mr. McCoy’s place was burned. The barn had been filled with hay. It is thought that the fire was of in- cindiary origin. Mr. McCoy carried no insurance on the barn or contents, Mr. J. D. McCall, of Charlotte, will go to Scotland and Ireland the latter part of July to investigate two large estates to which claim is laid by a number of parties in this section, in cluding Cicero Williams and others. After a long and tedious investigation, Mr McCall believes that his clients have strong titles to the property in question. Dick Fleming, one of the three ne groes in jail at Salisbury under sen tence to hang July 8th, was baptizid in the jail early Saturday afternoon by Rev. W. H. Bryant, pastor of the colored 1’reshyterian church. Flem ing is of such a low ord*>r of intelli gence that it was necessary to prompt him as to the replies. He has pro- fessea conversion, nevertheless. Three prisoners escape from jsil at Lurnberton Sunday night. They forc ed the bars of their cell with a byciele wrench, passed into a vacant room and thence to the third story, forced the slats to a window and let them selves to the ground by blankets tied together. The excaped prisoners are Rev. R. B. Perry, colored, awaiting trial for forgery. Hector Stackhouse, colored ; Joe Powers, passes for white, crime, larceny. Hheriff McLeod offers a reward of $25 in each case. The clinics before the State Dental Society, which met at Raleigh, have been much spoken of among the den tists of the State. The whole of Fri day afternoon wax given up to clinics and all were of a high order. Dr. A. G. Rominger. of Reiduville, gave a porcelain inlay clinic which would do credit to any dentist in the United States. It was in a left upper camine, dystal surface, and was probably the most instructive, in that work, that was ever given in this State Dr. Rominger has the happy faculty of making everything plain, and he did this, both in the mixing and in the baking of the inlay. Completed it made a beautiful piece of work, matching perfectly the shade of the tooth and perfectly restoring its con tour. It was very much admired. In the suit of the W. L. Wells company of Vicksburg, Miss., against the Gastonia Manufacturing company and the Avon mills of Gastonia, a jury in the federal court in Charlotte Friday awarded a verdict to the plain tiff for $<19,1100, all the money that was claimed to be due. The Wells company brought suit to recover from the Gastonia mills money for cotton that waa soldj in the past two years. The purchase of the cotton was not denied, but the Gastonia mills claim that W. L. Wells agreed to take $50 000 stock in the million dollar Loray cotton mills at Gastonia, and further agreed that purchase money of cotton to that amount be applied to paying for bis stock in the Loray mill. The case will be taken up on appeal to the circuit court of appeals at Charleston, S. C. The following is a list of delegates appointed hy the Governor to repre sent the State at large to the fifth an nual. session of the international min ing congress, to be held ai. Butte, Mont, on September 1-5, inclusive, next; R Eauies, Jr Salisbury; M. ‘j Toms. Hendersonville; W. \f. Smith, Concord; John Wilkes, Char lotte; Thomas English, Spruce Pine: Wm E. Hidden. Franklin; A. W. Graham, Oxford; John Ballew, All H'aling Springs; Robert Claywell, Marion; S. A. Jones. Waynesville; E B. C. Hambly, Salisbury: J. A. Holmes, Chapel Hill; George B. Han na, Charlotte; R. F. Hoke, Raleigh; Garrett D Ray, Burnsville: B. H. Bunn. Rocky Mount; ^V. A. Cambell, Ro ky Mount; J. C. Mills, Brindle- town; A. H. B jyden, Salisbury. A very serious affair occurred near Cameron about dark Saturday even ing, which resulted in the death of Pat Pierce and the serious injury of Neil Black, his slayer. B'aca, who had b.»r-n employed as a railroad sec tion master on the Baltimore <fc Ohio Railroad for a while and who was reared in Moore county, was the man who did the killing. L appears that there has been a fmd existing be tween Black and Pierce, who are near neighbors, for some time. Saturday they were in Cam-ron together with friends of both, when an argument arose, but no trouble resulted until later cn. They left town in the same wagon, and when about two miles out the dispute was renewed and P ?rce cut Black with his knife to a degree which he turnught fa?a . Black pul- • led ins revolver a'i<l shot Pierce through the head, kit ing him instant ly. Black is ser.ousiy ir jured. but it is not thought that he will die. The coroner is holding an inquest, the re sult of which is not vet known. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT Fintls the Different County Ottfee* un<l ltuil<liiij{H in Good .Shape. To His Honor, O, W. Buchanan, the presiding judge, June term of court: We, the grand jury, desire to makp the following report: We return thanks to his honor, the court and officers connected thefew th for kind* ness shown us. Ho far as we have been able to learn the laws of the State are being enforced and violators punished. We have passed on all bills handed us by the solicitor ac cording to the evidence given and the laws of the Htate. We have appoint ed a committee to visit the home of the poor. Visits to be made at differ ent times between this and the next term of court. We have examined the different offices and find them well arranged and neatly kept. Our recommendation at the last term of court having been ignored, we wish to insist upon the supervisor and coun ty board of commissioners to furnish the sheriff’s office with a safe for the protection and safe keeping of ail hooks and papers in his charge. We visited the j-til in body and find it in excellent condition so far as the com fort and cleanliness of the premises is concerned. We think that there should be a stove room or pantry pro vided for keeping provisions for the inmates. We have received an an nual report from the county treas urer, giving a detailed account of all receipts and disbursements pertain ing to that office. We appreciate the fact that improvements are being made on the grounds in rear of court house. W. H. R irtfARDSON. Foreman Grand Jury. June 17, 1902. Mrs. Pr-lc* I>«■»(). Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Brice, wife of Mr. James Brice, died at their home on Limestone street on the 20th inst., in her fortieth year. Mrs. Brice was a long sufferer, was a member of the Baptist church and had those high traits of character which endear* one to neighbors and makes home happy. She leaves a husband and two children to mourn because she i* not. The remains were buried in Oaland cemetery, R-v. W. H. Hodges conducted the funeral services at the home. How It Ah Doom. 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. Hhould you be a despondent sufferer from any of the effects of Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Appen dicitis. Indigestion, etc., such as Sick Headache, Baipitation of the Heart, Sour Stomach, Habitual Costiveness, Dizziness of the Head, Nervous Pros tration, Low Spirits, etc., you need not suffer another day. Two doaea of the well known August Flower will relieve you at once. Go to Cherokee Drug Co. and get a sample bottle free. Regular size, 75 cts. (Jet Greeo’a Special Almanac.