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. • THE LARGEST Circ^ation of Any Newspaper inkle Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver. tiser Who Uses the CoL umns of This Paper. 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, JULY 1, 1902 *1.00 A YEAR. TUGHOUT THE iALHETTO STATE. Items t‘ Interest of Passing Events. ALL (YER THE STATE. fcventrt th« Have Taken IMace from One End of thstate to the Other Called from Exchaug* for Oulck Heading by Scores of Busy lople. There ws about a $530,000 cotton fire in Colmbia early Friday morning in a buildig used by the Columbia Cotton Mis. The resit of election for Allendale county wa as follows: Yeas 257; noes 255. Two-thirds majority was necessary, so the new county is lost. Capt. Mddison Jeffords, of the Ebenezer s;tion of Florence county, lost one of is tenement bousesTues- day by fire. The house was occupied by a negro amily, and one of the children wa burned to death while another is Dt expected to live. The sectary of state last Friday granted a carter to the Clio Ginnery company ofllio, capital'zi d at $6 000 Also a comilssion was issued to the Industrial ad Protective Life Insur ance Oompay,of Charleston, which is to have a caltal stock of $5,000. Thursday lorning while little Fos ter Marshullson of Col. J (Quitman Marshall, oOolumbiH, was playing with his sistf, Elizabeth, he picked up a parlor i3e and while plaving with it it wadischarged. The bullet struck Elizulthiu the side, inflicting a serious wood. Greenville and the surrounding county was vited by a heavy electric storm Thumy evening The ruin fell in torreis and the display of lightning sur^ssed any ever seen in that section. The slables of the Poe Manufacturin Company, beyond the city limits, 'ere struck by light ning and tota^r destroyed. The talk habeen revived concern ing a steambo; line between Colum bia and Georgtown. This time Col umbia busines men have taken hold of the matter id expect to push it through to cinpletion. The plans are not yet majred, and it is desired that nothing bisaid about the details until the arragements have been perfected. “Carolina Da,” the 12!)th anni versary of the bttleof Fort Moultrie, was observed atCharlesfon Saturday with less form tan customary. The flags were at tht mast heads about the city, but bsiness went on as usual, saveat theity hall, which was closed in honor (the day. It is not a legal holiday, o the banks were open and there us little observance of the character f the day, judging from the appearuce of the streets. Governor Mcfceeney, upon the recommendation of Solicitor Thur mond and the petion of many citi zens, granted a immutation ct the sentences againstXoab Mcetze and John Htrother. ley were convicted of gambling and fcntenced to nay a line of ten dollars mi be imprisoned for three months. Their fines were increased so that tch is to pay forty dollars and the conty will get the money instead of te three months imprisonment. At 1LJ30 Friday morning Jamos Washington, a col Ltd boy about 17 years old, of Uoio, committed sui cide by shooting hhself through the head, the ball pasug in the inner corner of the left e>. He lived only a few hours afterards. No cause whatever could be esigned for self- murder. After he kd shot once he fell, still holding tr. the pistol, and held it for half an bar until it was finally taken out of Is hand by the chief of police. W. B. Smith, chrged with the murder of Howard Akn. has been ac quitted. He paid a fie of $50 for car rying concealed weapns, and was no doubt perfectly delipted with the result of the verdict. The jury ren dered its verdict e(er being out nearly eighteen hors and found Hnaitb not guilty on tk first count, and Smith was fined |0 for carrying concealed weapons, wlch was paid. Hmith shot Allen ii the latter’s gambling room on thenuiu street of Columbia about a yeango. Physicians in this Rite are greatly concerned over what tky believe to be the alarming increat of insanity among negroes. Yeartago this di sease was almost unkown to the colored population, butt appears to bespreading. Accordit;to estimates made by Dr. Babcock superinten dent of the State luntic asylum, this condition now is wrse than ever before. Many reasoni re assioged, but It ia the opinion of lading physi cians that the common se of drugs and bad whiskey is in a Irge measure responsible. Ten year go the sui cide of a negro was such a rare oc currence that it attracted universal attention. Nowadays such an occur rence is unnoticed. Many people of Union, especially at the knitting mill, have dug storm pits, and as soon as the least wind arises whole families make for the pits. Dr Crown Torrence was ex amining some aplicants for insurance at the Excelsior Knitting mill Thurs day night. Around him were gath ered a dozen of the family. He sat down at the table to do some writ ing. Just then a gust of wind came and the whole family made for the front door. The father had a child under each arm with the rest of the family at bis heels, making for the storm pit. There was a serious riot on a train on the Southern road near Langley Saturday night. It started in a drunken row. Factory people and negroes were engaged and knives and pistols were freely used. Eight or ten white men were more or less se riously shot and a half dozens negroes were wounded. Two of them, one named Wyatt Holes and the other Collins, were arrested at Langley and locked up. The people became in furiated and although Sheriff Aider- man of Aiken was present he could do nothing with the mob. All of the wounded white men were residents of Langley and vicinity, and men gath ered from the surrounding county to avenge them. Crowds gathered dur ing the evening and at midnight broke into the calaboose and shot to death the two wounded negroes, Col lins and Holes IN EFFECT TODAY. T!i«- Southern Hallway Will ltef;lu Opera tion of s. C. & ii. 10. Today. The Southern Railway will begin the operation of the fortmr South Carolina and Georgia Extension, or O R ik C. railroad, today, says the Co lumbia State. It has been stated several times recently that t his would he the case, but the final steps to this end were not concluded until Saturday. The stockholders of the new South ern railway—Carolina division com pany—met in Columbia Saturday. This is tne company which, under the act of the general assembly, has taken charge of the Asheville and Spartan burg the Carolina Midland, the South Carolina and Georgia, and the South Carolina and Georgia Extension railroads, under the consolidation scheme. All of thj* stock was repre sented at the meeting held yesterday, and all action taken thus far was confirmed. The stockholders decided yesterday to at one issue $Ls 000,000 worth of new stock with which to take up the outstanding debts of the several lines now consolidated and for the purpose of improving the several properties. They also authorized the lease of the property to the Southern Rail way company, which system already held leases on ail lines save that of the Extension company, to be effec tive on and after July 1. On that date, therefore, the Southern will as sume the management and operation of the line of the former South Caro lina and Georgia Extension company. The Southern has already arranged to take charge of this road on Tues day, and the people living along the line may expect better service than heretofore. A PleMHitnt Aftemoou. On Thursday afternoon at her lovely home on Frederick street, Miss Jessie Lipscomb entertained quite a number of her little friends in honor of her charming little guests, Misses Maggie and Lollie May Doggett, of Hheiby. N. C.. and Lalage Oates, of Asheville, N. C. Logoma chy, parchesi and dominoes were played and the young ladies made quite a pretty picture in their dainty costumes. It was quite an enjoyable affair, as Miss Lipscomb makes a charming little hostess. Among those present were. Misses Millie Wilkins, Louise Jefferies, Lila Harratt, Elma Lipscomb. Louise Richardsou, I’earle Crawley, Lucy Carpenter, Rosa Bsllenger, Esther Goudeiock, Mary Goudelock, Lula Garrett, Clara Harratt, Stella Hamil ton, Ruth Harratt. Ellen Rcott, Volina Hamrick, Cleo Little, Hadie Lip scomb. Winnie Davenport and Messrs. Edwin Lipscomb, Eugene and Draper Wood. CoiiiuiiiimIoii Irtmiori. A commission for a charter has been issued to the Carolina Agricul tural Implement and Manufacturing Company of Blacksburg, capital stock $25 000. The corporators are John F. Jones and W. B. Castles. Ms). Jones has bad long experience in manufacturing and Mr. Castles is a practical farmer who has invented and has patents on several practical farm implements, which he hss used on his farm and verified their utility. We trust that the enterprise will soon be on foot and that a great man- ufacturing house will grow up in our •liter city across the Broad. SEVERE WIND STORM AHTTA JANE. Fruit Trees Uprooted and Corn Torn to Shreds. OTHER BREEZY EVENTS. Mr. I.i-t* Kobertu, of Hickory Grove, Die» at HlackHburg -Crop., are In iCxcellent Con dltion Local and Teritoual Item* from Lower Cherokee. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jank, June 28.—The heaviest wind storm we have had since July 4, ISSh, passed over this section last Thursday evening about 8 p. ra. Fruit trees were uprooted or broken off and the fruit scattered in all direc tions. The corn blades were literally riddled into strings and most of the large corn broken off. We have heard of no one being injured personally or of any buildings being blown down. The lightning and thunder were also terriffic. Home hail fell with the rain but not enough to do any dam age. Rev. J. L. Oates, of the A. R. Pres byterian church of Hickory Grove, in company with Mr. John R. Mitchell, one of his elders, passed here last Thursday on a pastoral visit to the family of the late Isaac Patrick, Sr., of Wilkinsville. We regret to hear of the continued ill health of Mrs. William Jefft-ries, of Home. She has been sick for a long time and doesn’t seem to im prove. She is one of Cherokee coun ty’s most estimable ladies. In speak ing of her several years ago we heard an influential citizen of this county say that Mrs. VVm. Jefferies (and some other ladies he named) was too far gone to be benefitted and he was forced to succumb to the king of terrors. He was buried at King’s Mountain His father, brothers and sisters have our heartfelt sympathies. Mr. Roberts was a young man who had many friends, and he bore a first- rate Christian character. Peace to his ashes. Mr. Jack Kendrick is out with bis thresher. The wheat crop this sea son is very light. We have never seen a better crop prospect. Corn and cotton both look , exceedingly well for this time of year, ; and if no disaster comes upon them we think the country will have its supply of bread stuff for next year. Rev. W H. White will preach at Salem the first Sabbath in July—titb. Preaching at 11 a. m. and again at night. We have had some very hot weather. Mrs. Bettie Hartford is still lying very low. She has been unable to wjrk or set up long at a time since last fall. Mr. Frank McCluney is teaching school at Wilkinsville. Mr. Frank Webber, of Jonesville, got the contract to build the bridge over Gilkey’s creek at the ‘ Jim Bur gess” ford. He gets $11)8 for the job complete R-v. W. H. Naivelle will conduct a sacramental service at the Presbyte rian church at Hickory Grove tomor row (29.h>. Several of our people will attend. As soon as convenient your corre spondent will canvass Cherokee coun ty with ' The Story of Stonewall Jackson,” and hopes to secure a number of subscriptions for this book, wiiicb is well worth all that is asked for it. No boy -or giri can study the life of this great man with out making a better man or woman of themselves. I3y the time (or maybe before) this reaches our readers in remote part? of the county the “Glorious Fourth” will bring an immense crowd to the w You and your friends are cordially invited to attend and participate in the Celebration Fes tivities at Gaffney, July Fourth 1902. & i A3 * a city of refuge for the poor and needy —in that she was ever ready to help them to help themselves from her abundant means. The deserving were never turned away from her door. Some of these good ladies have passed over the river while others are still lingering on the shores of time awaiting the summons. Your correspondent has been mak ing blackberry wine this week. Several trees were blown down in the grove at Salem church by the storm last Thursday evening and some had their tops twisted off on the York side of the river at Howell’s ferry. On Thursday last we met Uncle Tommie Spencer, of Lawn, and notic ing that he looked somewhat wearied or unwell, we asked him about his health. He replied, “I am just wear ing out.” This is sad. Mr. Spencer is one of the oldest and most respect ed citizens of Cherokee county. He has worked hard on the farm all his days and has succeeded as much as any man of his calling. He is the highest type of a gentleman. Court houses, jails and penitentiaries were never built for such men as Tommie Spencer. He Is the noblest work of God—an honest man. While In Gaffney last Thursday we met Mr. Jeter Butler, a brother of our representative, Hon.T. B. Butler. He has just finished his course in one of the finest law schools in this coun try and expects to locate in Union for the practice of his profession. We have often remarked (jocosely) that doctors, lawyers and grave diggers are three professions we don’t like to see crowded with work—would like to see them out of employment, but, as they are here to stay we bespeak) for young Mr. Butler a liberal patronage* by those in need of his professional services. Mr. Lee Roberts, of Hickory Grove, died last Wednesday night. He had been in a low state of health for some time and had gone to Blacksburg to try the mineral waters there. Bufit was too late. His constitution was celebration festivities in store for them at the Historic L'mestone Springs, now within the corporate limits of Gaffney. A good time is promised all who help make the occasion what it ought to be—a red letter day for Gaffney and Chero kee county, and if anybody wants to shout and “Hurrah for the American eagle,” just let her’roll. This calls to our mind Ben Frank lin’s toast. He was dining with a small party of distinguished gentle men when one of them said: ‘ Here are three nationalities represented. I am French, my friend here is Eng lish and Mr. Franklin is an American. Let each one propose a toast. It was agreed to and the Englishman's turn came first. He arose and, in the tone of a “Briton bold,” said: “Here’s to Great Britain, the sun that gives light to all nations of the earth.” The Frenchman was rather taken down at this, but he proceeded: “Here’s to France, the moon whose magic rays move the tides of the world ” Franklin then rose with an air of modesty and said: “Here’s to our beloved George Washington, the Joshua of America, who commanded the sun and moon to stand still—and they stood.” Through the kindness of our repre sentative in congress, Hon. D. E. Finley, we have secured the loan of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies as published un der the direction of the secretary of war at Washington. It is in thiee volumes, something of which we pro pose to speak later on. j. l. s. Ire Cream Mapper. The ice cream supper given Satur day by the ladles of the Limestone Street Methodist church oo the lawn near Mr. Cutting’s residence on Cherokee avenue, for the benefit of the church, was well attended and was a most enjoyable affair. We are glad to learn that quite a nice sum was realized. THROUGHOUT THE TUB HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. InterentlnK Iternm Concerning Our Nelgli- l>otm Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Beading for Hundreda of Ledger Keadent. The citizens of Kinston are to erect a hospital. Goldsboro now owns its own water works plant. Three prisoners escaped from the Lumberton jail last week. Hon. C. H. Mebane has again been selected president of Catawba Col lege, at Newton. Good rains have wonderfully cheered up the truckers and farmers of Pender ^county. The board of aldermen of Dunn have just closed a contract for water and electric light systems. The Eastern Carolina Baseball Lea gue has bren formed, and Kinston, Wilson and other towns have.put in a team. The Modena Cotton Mill, Gastonia, has sold homes to some of its opera tives on the building and loan install ment plan. The fourth annual convention of the North Carolina Letter Carriers' Association will be held in Wilming ton J uly U/h. High Point is to have another cof fin and casket factory. Capital stock $20 000, with the privilege to increase to $100 000. The eight annual convention of Christian Endeavor for North Caro lina held its first session Friday night in the Christian church at Asheville. The American Association of In structors of the Blind meet in Ra leigh July 9.h, 10th and 11th. It represents all the schools in the country, as well as those in Canada, Mexico, Central and South America. The Sixth District Democrats will meet at Fayetteville, Aug. 20ch, to nominate a successor to Hoo‘ John I). Bellamy. The Wilmington Messen ger says New Hanover delegate* will be solid for Mr. Bellamy for a third term in congress. Cars are in operation over a part of the electric road from Wilmington to Wrightsville beach. The line will be completed by July 15th. Over two hundred linemen and laborers are now at work on the road, which will be three fourths ‘new. Fifty-nine bar rooms, two brewefies and one wholesale liquor house were licensed to do busineess by the board of aldermen ot Wilmington last week The license tax on retailers is $22 per month to the city, exclusive of State and county taxes. The talk of a dis pensary has about blown over. On last Monday, Johnnie Bowman, the little son of Mr. Rufus Bowman, of Greensboro, was kitten by a mad dog. He has returned from Winston, where a mudstone was applied to the wound. The stone stuck for eleven hours on the application, but refused to cling the second time. Mr. Bow man says he has no futher fear of rabbles and the child is doing well. Bill Campbel, a colored bricklayer* fell from a scaffolding at Concord Friday and was carried to his home in an unconscious condition, badly hurt. Campbel is an experienced band on brick building. It is sup posed that bis familiarity with climb ing around scaffolding made him care less of his steps, as he seemed to be unconscious of danger. He was on the third story scaffolding and fell 50 feet. Mary F Foster. 17 years old, a native of Roscoe, N. Y., and an assis tant and niece ol Madame Elrado, the palmist, who is spending the summer at Wrightsville beach, was drowned off Ocean View Hotel while bathing in the surf there Friday afternoon. It is presumed she was caught by the undertow and swept out beyond her depth. The body floated up the beach and was recovered half an hour later by W. G. T. Keen, janitor of the Carolina Yacht Club, who swam out some distance and brought tbe life less form ashore. Tbe unfortunate girl was in bathing with a number of excursionists from Goldsboro. The body was taken to Wilmington Friday night. 1 John M. Newton, the white man formerly of Raleigh, who was run out of Greenville by a vigiliance commit tee, is In Raleigh and in jail. He ruined bis wife’s young niece, an orphan, and placed her in a house of ill-fame, where tbe poor creature died. Newton was told to leave at once. Thursday night he appeared at the station honee. In his han 1 was a package. As he entered a dag ger fell out of this. In tbe package was a triangular tool, against which the knife rested in such a way that it would not cut him, though the point and both edges are very sharp. He was arrested for carrying concealed weapons. He acknowledged that he made the knife. He spoke of the affair at Greenville and aspersed the dead girl’s memory by saying she was ruined before she left Raleigh. He was roundly denouced and then said. “Me and ‘Bud’ gave her a decent burial.” “Bud” is the girl’s uncle. STILL ANOTHER CANDIDATE. Want* an Office and in Not Particular Which One. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Limestone Springs, June 27.—At the solicitation of no one at all, we hereby put forth our name as an as pirant for some high office within the gift of our fel'ow-creatures. As to the particular office that we are run ning for we are unable at present to decide. First, we will give a descrip tion of ourselves and see how it suits the dear people to elect or reject such a fellow. Now for the description. We stand five feet eleven inches high and a little stooped at tnat; weigh 150 pounds on scales used by our mer chant to wc-igh meat on atj he eells it. (He buys by another pair); have dark hair a little streaked for a fellow of 30, and as to our nose its a “golly whopper.” We wear a number nine shoe, run down at the heel, with large ventilation at the toe? ; ‘ britches” patched,h*-M on by one“;'allu8,”wJiich we commonly use as a ^lung to throw rocks at jay birds, tomtits or any other kind of bird; torn shirt, for our back is now sun burned almost to blistering; flopped hat and no vest at all completes our apparel. Our occu pation : Work of any kind, no matter what, when we want bread; when we have got bread we are destitute of any occupation at all, for we won’t work unless we have to, that’s one reason why we are about to run. Our platform : We favor our own people and don’t care to resemble anybody else’s people, for our neople are as good looking asan.vbod)’s peo ple. We are in favor of tbe reduction of taxes, also the price of meat, flour, corn, lard, sugar and coffee, and higher wages paid laborers and less salary to officers, and elect no man that don’t measure up to the stand ard, 5 feet 11 inches. Now, good people, IJmake one promise only, and if elected I will carry it out to the letter; then I will make another after I fulfill that one, for one is enough at once. I will promise to draw the sal ary to a cent and if they will give me any more of course I am human and will take it. Now, if you voljrsdou’ti want an humble, Independent-, poor clodhopper in the race don't say much in my favor; if you do and I find it out I’ll run sure fire. I haven’t the $5 00 to pay for entering the con test, but I can make the rounds afoot and get acquainted with you all. But I don’t want you all to know me too well, that's the reason why I don’t try to get the “gquiddy” and put my name in The Ledger alongside of Uncle Dick Jolly's or Chris Phillips' or some other good old Goofed. “Gum- tree” may mak- a good officer, for the way his name sounds to us he has the sticking stuff about him and that’s what it takes to be a good man. You must stand on your plat form ; we are going to stand on ours, let what will take place, and if we are not wanted we wouldn’t have the old office for four times the amount of money it pays. Voters vote as you please, but we are “almost per suaded.” Bro. Bachelor, poor fellow! for some time he has had our heartfelt sympathy Now if be don’t take un to himself a wife inside of five rears he is doomed to be among that dreaded set of old bachelors that are always grunting and grumbling at nothing, and ninety-nine times out of one hundred the community they live in would be more peaceable and content without them. However, our friend has not arrived at this point yet—we only give him warning and we have more to tell him, therefore we invite him to visit us on the 4th of July. Come. Bustkk. A PlfttMiiut KveuliiK. Miss Lucy Littlejohn and Miss Lena Lipscomb entertained a number of their friends at the home of Miss Littlejohn near Asbury on the evening of the 29th with some delightful music. Tbe recitals were of choice selections from popular au thors. Misses Littlejohn and Lip scomb are two of Cherokee’s most charming daughters and are prom inent pupils of Limestone college. Th« County Chitlnfaiiic. The couoty chaingang is now camped near Love’s Spring. Sergeant Blanton of the guard, was in tbe city Saturday on business. He reports only fourteen on the gang, that it is in fine health and that good work is being done oo the roads.