Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. r i HE LEDGER. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. Wfc GUARANTEE ifne Reliability of Every Advei* tiser Who Uses the Col 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. 8. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 19055. f 1.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. fc;v~ntM that Have Taken 1’lace from One fnd of the State to the Other Called from Exchange, for Oulek Heading hy Scores of Huh.v People. T v er;* hHVe b.'f-n 225 'Hr* of eante- lopes -hipped ir-nn Blai kville, .S C , this season. A whole family of c lored people at Hoeiety Hih were poisened last week. Two have el'ed and the others are not exoected to live The Georgetown Furniture oom- pan\, of (i org town, filed a notice of the increae*. of its capital stotk from $5,000 to $20 000 Glenn Martin, the twtIve year-old eon of Robt. F M*rtinof ('l(dumbia was drowned Monday while bathing in the Columbia canal. A glass factory is to be established in Charleston with a capital stock of $250 000 The factorv will give em ployment to about 800 Dick Sullivan, formerly of Green ville, now playing on the Augusta baseball team, was seriously injured in a game the.*e Monday. The dispensary at Yorkville,against which there was such a strong fight made, has sold two carloads of liquor since it has been running. Monday morning Archie T. Har- besun, an operative of the Granby Cotton Mill was found dead in his bed at the Granby Mills Hotel. L. E. Williams, an old negro, step ped out of a window of the city hos pital of Charleston Sunday nignt and killed himself. The negro was oi un sound mind. The Lexington and Columbia Elec tric Railway Company has been gran ted a charter Tne proposed line has been surveyed and the necessary cap ital subscribed. Miss Henrietta Aiken Kelly of Charleston, S C., has been appointed a special field agent in the silk cul ture investigation of the department of agriculture. The city council of Orangeburg has offered a reward of $100 for the „ cap ture of the slayer of Isaac Smith, the negro who was cut to death on the streets there July 12 The secretary of state yesterday is sued a commission to the Kerr Furni ture company of Abbeville, capital ized at $G 000 The corporators are J. 8. Stark and J. D. Kerr. In the eastern section of the state the tobacco market is booming. The tobacco planter is getting better re turns this year than since tobacco be came a leading product in this state. A charter was granted the S. Brilles & Bro company of Georgetown and a general mercantile business The officers are H. Pealstiue, president and treasurer, and S. Brilles, secre tary. The governor has offered a reward of $100 for the apprehension and con viction of the party or parties who set fire to and burned the barn and stables of W. A. Hamilton in Pickens County some time ago. A commission was issued to the Hiers company of Allendale, which proposes to do a general mercantile business upon a capital stock of $10,- 000. The corporators are B. J. Hiers, C. M. Hiers all of Allendale. Mr. George M. Trenholm, a promi nent lawyer of Charleston, died at John Hopkins hospital at Baltimore. He was a grandson of Geo. E. Tren holm, who was secretary and treas urer in President Davis’s cabinet. Jeffcoat, who is tbs leader of a gang of horse thieves who have been oper ating in Aiken county, was located and pursued by a posse. One of the men composing the posse was shot and killed by Jeffcoat. The desper ado escaped. A charter was granted the Carolina Mutual Benefit Society of Laurens, which will do a mutual Insurance business on a capital stock of $3,000. The officers are.C. E. Grey president, W. H. Washington vice president and treasurer, sod J. K. Vance secre tary. The governor has refused to psrdon Dr. Maxcy G. Lee, who killed bis aged father aud was convicted in Darling ton County in 1899 of murder with recommendation to mercy and sen- tenced to life imprisonment. The claim that the shooting was accident al was not accepted. A petition is being circulated in the counties asking for a new county to be composed of that part of Edgefield lying between Steven creek and the SnvannHh river on the south, and por tions of Greenwood and Abbeville counties on the north, the new county is to be known as McCormick county, with the seat at McCormick. The people of Fort Mill are agita ting the question of establishing a dispensary in that town. It is said that from $15,000 to $20,000 worth of whiskey is shipped to that town yearly by Charlotte dealers, and as the establishment of a dispensary would take a large revenue from them it is reported that these dealers will go to Fort Mill and take a hand in tne primary hy spending money lib- ernliy in order to score its defeat. Citizens of the town are divided on fie question, but some of the best citizens are in favor of the dispen sary. While they admit that the dispensary will not break up the blind tiger, they argue that if people will drink whiskey the money might a-« well be kept at home and not dis tributed 'n Charlotte If the bar keepers take a hand in the primary the contest will he a lively one and the result will be watched with a great deal of interest. 411 Were Saved. “For years I suffered such untold misery from Bronchitis,” writes J. H. Johnson, of Broughton, Ga., “that often I was unable to work. Then, when evervthing else failed, I was wholly cured by Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. My wife suffered intensely from Asthma, till it cured her, and all our experience goes to show it is the best Croup medicine in the world.” A trial will convince you it’s unrivaled for Throat and Luog diseases. Guaranteed bot tles 50c and $1 00. Trial bottles free at Cherokee Drug Co. The LaGrange (Mo.) Indicator says the man who will get mad at what the newspapers say about him is gen erally just the man who should re turn thanks three times a day for the things the newspaper know about him and don’t print. A Cure for Cholera Infantum. ‘Last May,” says Mrs. Onrtis Ba ker, of Bookwalter, Ohio, “an infant child of our neighbor’s was suffering from cholera infantum. The doctor had given up all hopes of recovery. I took a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to the house, telling them I felt sure it would do good if used according to directions. In two days time the child had fully recovered, and is now (nearly a year since) a vigorous, healthy girl. I have reccommended this Remedy frequently and have never known it to fail in any single instance.” For sal- by Cherokee Drug Co. At the royal reception in London Friday night to the Indian princes one-fourth million dollars was spent for decorations. Tell Your Nelghbora That you have bought your flour from Bransiord Mills and yot^ will be assured that you could not have bought better, This is a satisfaction to you to start with It is a comfort to know that you have the best. Long use will complete your satisfac tion. It is this satisfaction from long use experienced by housekeepers every where,that has established confi dence in “Clifton” flour. Good words, which you hear on every hand, spring from this confidence. In justice to your best interests you ought to use “Clifton.” Bransforp Mills, Owensboro. Ky. Cuba is about to make a loan of $35,000 000, which is a pretty good start toward a national debt for the new republic Hla Sight Threatened. “While picnicking last month my 11-year-old boy was poisoned by some weed or plant,” says W. H Dibble, of Sioux City, la. “He rubbed the poison off bis hands into his eyes and for awhile we were afraid he would lose bis sight. Finally a neighbor recommended DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. The first application helped him and in a few days be was as well as ever.” For skin diseases, cuts, burns, scalds, wounds, insect bites, DeW’itt’s Witch Hazel Salve is sure cure. Relieves piles at once. Be ware of counterfeits. Cherokee Drug Co. It’s curious how msd it makes some girls when a man kisses them and acts like be didn’t think they were objecting. A NecMMry Precaution. Don’t neglect a cold. It is worse than unpleasant. It is dangerous. By u;ing One Minute Cough Cure you can cure it at once. Allays in- flamation, clears the head, soothes aud strengthens the mucous mem brane. Cures coughs, croup, throat aud lung troubles. Absolutely safe. Acts immediately. Children like it. Cherokee Drug Co. AND HE SAID, I’VE DREAMED A DREAM Tell Me then, I Pray Thee, the Interpretation. AND HE TOLD HIS DREAM J. L. 8. Has a Queer Dream About Two of Our County Candidates—A Good Meeting at Salem With Large Congregations— Other News from Lower Cherokee. (Correspondence of The Ledger, i Etta Jane, Aug. 6.—The meeting which begun ac Salem last Sabbath morning still continues with good congregations. Rev. Wm. R Potter, of Gaffney, is doing the preaching and his sermons are highly appre ciated by his hearers. He preaches twice a day—morning and night. It was announced last night that the meeting would continue till next Sabbath night. This is Mr. Potter’s first visit to our community and we are glad to say he has made a fine impression upon our people both as u minister aud a gentleman. Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Estes are rejoicing over the arrival of a bounc ing boy baby at their home. Success to the young ruler. Misses Eliza and Aggie Bigham, of Sharon, have returned home after spending a few days among relatives and friends in this section. We were glad to see among those who attended our children’s day service at Salem last Thursday many of the good people from the surroun ding country and neighboring towns, who prais d the work we are trying to do for the young and rising gene ration. Yorkville, Sharon, AlcOon- nellsville, Blairsville, Smyrna. Low- rysville, Chester, Lockhart. Union, Hickory Grove, Pacoiet, Jonesville, Kelton and Clifton and also North Carolina were represented and joined our Cherokee county people in a pleasant occasion. Like the chief butler and baker of Pharaoh’s prison your correspondent dreamed a dream last Monday night which we submit for what it is worth and each of our readers can make their own intepretation. It was this: Two of our county candidates running for the same office were at daggers points, so to speak over an issue or imaginary issue and both were wrought up to the fighting point. Hot words and unsavory epithets passed between them while sfiouts and huzzalts from a frenzied mob of howlers aud heelers gave vent to the pent up rage on both sides. Finally your correspondent found himself standing between the oppo sing candidates with a hand in the collar of each and telling them they should not fighi. there as long as he could prevent it. At last when the excitement reached its highest point one of the aspirants said be was going to have satisfaction if ht had to go five hundred miles to get it. With that the friends (or supposed friends) of each took charge of their respective candidates, and the seeth ing, howling mob of swaggering bul lies on both sides staggered out of the building into the yard amid the demoniocal yells and orgies of a drunken mob. Then we heard a sickening thud, a groan and other evidences of a mortal blow having been dealt and an end to the strife had been perfected. With all pos sible speed your correspondent made his way into the yard where he found the combatants lying in each other’s embrace in a death struggle, with two immence pieces of timber lying across their prostrate forms, neither of which be was able to move, and not a friend or pretended friend of either of the combatants in sight or hearing to give bim any assistance in releav ing the unfortunate contestants. The exigences of the case were such as to demand immediate atten tion and with the strength of Samson your correspoDdeut took hold of the timbers one at a time and bowing himself with all bie might threw them hither and thiether until noth ing was left before him but the crushed aud mangled forms of the two unfortunate men gasping their last breath and totally unconscious of the fate their false ambition bad so summarily brought upon them. We will not undertake to give an enterpretation of this dream. We believe that every intelligent reader will with remarkable unanimity’form the same conclusion about what it represents. We are sorry to learn that Mrs. C. W. Whisonant has had a stroke of paralysis, but glad to know that it was only a slight one. Mrs. Jenny Sparks and children, who has been spending a few days among friends and relatives in this section, returned to their home at Clifton last Moody. The weather at this writing (9 a. m.) stili continues dry wifcti some little proapecta of rain. Wa had only time to spend a -hort while in the evening at the campaign meeting at Mr. Hughes’ last Monday, and are unable to give anything like a report of the proceedings. Unfor tunately for us and many others the campaign meetings (in point of tun-) come in contact with our protracted meeting, in which w* f. el the « reat* r interest. The Apostle teaehe* us that we onght to obey God r.tth^r than man and so we went m church. For the very same reason we are com pelled to forgo the plea-ute ni «iten ding the Confederate r union at Greenville this week. To us ’his is h great disappointment as man) of our readers are well aware. We had a pleasant visit from “Bachelor,” of Buffalo, last we; k who came down to the ohi'dren’s day at Salem. This was his first visit and we hope it will not he his last Some of the York side young ladies were disappointed that they didn’t get a eight of him and especially so that they did not make hia acquain tance J i. s Look I’leamtnt, I’lease. Photographer O. (J Harlan, of Eaton, O., can do so now, though for years he couldn’t, because he sulf. red untold agony from the worst lorm of indigestion. All phyaicia< p ^nd medicines failed to help him till he tried Electric Bitters, which worked such wonders for him that he declares they are a godsend to sufferers from dyspepsia and stomach troubh s Unrivaled for diseases of the Stom ach, Liver and Kidneys, they build up and give new life to whole system. Try them. Only 50o. Guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co. “How to treat tramps” is a ques tion engaging the thoughtful atten tion of sociologists. This plain rule may be suggested. Do not treat them to anything intoxicating. How It is Done. 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 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 fits. Get Green’s Special Almanac. The entire population of Malaga Is land, off the mouth of the New Mea dow river. Mo., is suffering from measles. A 1'hjHlcian Healed. Dr. Geo Ewing a practicing phy sician of Smith’s Grove, Ky., for over thirty years, writes his personal ex perience with Foley’s Kidney Cure: “For years I had been greatly both ered with kidney and bladder trouble and enlarged prostrate gland. I used everything known to the profession without relief, until I commenced to use Foley’s Kidney Cure. After tak ing three bottles I was entirely re lieved and cured. I prescribe it now daily in my practice and heartily re commend its use to all physicians for such troubles. I have prescribed it in hundreds of cases with perfect suc cess.” For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. In Switzerland 1 271 hotels, having an aggregate of 93,333 beds, have been got ready this season for the ac commodation of tourist. It Needs a Tonic. There are times when your liver needs a tonic. Don’t give purgatives that gripe aud weaken. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers expel all poison from the system and act as a tonic to the liver. W. Scott, 531 Highland ave., Milton, Pa., says: “I have car ried DeWitt’s Little Early Risers with me for several years and would not be without them.” Small aud easy to take. Purely vegetable. They never gripe or distress. Cherokee Drug Co. It is but natural that the boarding school girl would rather board than keep house after she is married. Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers. Foley’s Hooey and Tar affords im mediate relief to asthma sufferers iu the worst stages and if taken in time will effect a cure. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. It has been suggested that all Eng lish theaters give one matinee a year in aid of theatrical charities. “I bad diabetes in its worst form,” writes Marion Leatb, of Dunreath, Ind. “I tried eight physicians with out relief. Only three bottles of Foley’s Kidney Cure made me a well man.” For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS Iiicercftting ItcrmM Concerning Our Neigh bors Iteyond the Line Which May Pro\t Entertaining Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Readers. A charter wua granted by the State Monday to the Simpson Hardware Company, of Williumnton, capital $25 000. John Brandon, a white man of Wioston-S-ilem, was sent to tne coun ty roads for thirty days Monday for whipping his wife. The rumor is current that on Aug ust 15th the Seaboard Air Line will acquire the raroljra ifc Northern Rtil- wny from Lumherton, N C., to Mar. ion. S O , and that it wm extend it to Charleston. The corporation cowmittee is pre paring with gie-t e-ire ns report for this y-ar. It is A ,.-o studying tne whole question of taxation. One of its members says it is clear to hup that there ought to be a sweeping change of North Carolina’s system of taxation. Ex Judge Shepherd and George Rountree, of counsel for North Caro lina. go to St. Pierre, S D , to appear there August 18-h iu a suit brought by lhat state aguitst this state to re- cov-r toe full principal and interest ol certain Western North Carolina Railroad bonds. Rev. W. G. Walters, pastor of the Christian church at Winston-Salem, has received a' call from the East Church of Christ at Toledo, O. His resignation has not yet been handed to the officers of the church, but it will be at an early dare. He will leave for his new field of labor after the fourth Sunday in August. State Entomologist, Frankling Sher man has gone on a two weeks’ trip in Franklin, Vance and other counties in that section. He says that the elm leaf beetle is destroying leaves in Charlotte. He urges spraying as a preventative and a remedy. At Win ston-Salem these pests have also done damage. Spraying when the leaves reached their full size has had the best effect. It is not a bad iaea to spray them again later in the season. Commissioner of Agriculture Pat terson has completed arrangements for holding farmers’ institutes at the following places in the piedmont sec tion : Enow Camp, Alaraaoce county, August 14; Rural Hall, 16; Lexing ton, 18; Norwood, 19; Mt. Pleasant, 20; Steele Creek 21. These insti tutes the first this year, will be held by Commissioner Patterson, B W. Kilgore, W. F. Massey and Tail But ler. Later on another series of insti tutes will be arranged for. Governor Aycock Monday evening pardoned A L. Daley, of Chicago, one of the three gold brick swindlers convicted at Greensboro. The case against the swindlers attracted atten- Man all over the country. Some of them were wanted in other states for similar offenses. They were found guilty thirteen months ago of con spiracy and Daley was given a seven years’ sentence in the penitentiary. He played the part of an “Indian ” Governor Aycock gives the following reasons for the pardon : “The pris oner is pardoned upon the recom mendation of numerous citizens of Chicago and Milwaukee who certify that they have known bim for many years and he has always borne a good character until the present offense. His pardon is recommended by Sena tor Mason, of Illinois, and by many of the city officers of Chicago, and is also approved by the solicitor of the district and by the sheriff of Guilford county. It is clearly shown that the prisoner has bever been charged with any offense before. He is offered em ployment in Chicago and it is repre sented will at once go to useful work.” Mr. Charles S. Cooke, the well known contractor; Mrs. Dora Van Houston, wife of Addison C Plunk ett, a large builder, aud Mrs. E. C. Plunkett, whose husband is a clerk in the railway mail service, are be lieved to be the principal heirs to the fortune of the late Charles Hill, who died in San Francisco last June leav ing $142,000 in cash and large hold ings of real estate. In addition to the Richmond heirs several of their relatives in North Carolina and Vir ginia have joined them in their fight to secure the fortune, and proceed ings have been instituted by Messrs. Isaac Diggs and Sands & Sands. Two of the attorneys will go to San Fran cisco within the next ten days to look after the interests of their clients, whom they believe to be the princi pal heirs. Hill died without leaving a will, and the estate is in the hands of the public administrator of San Francisco county The man is be lieved to have lived in the west under an assumed name, having left Rich mond in 1854 on account of some trouble he got into. He settled in tiie west and made a fortune. When living in Richmond Hill was known as Samuel 8. Bath and was regarded ns wealthy. He lived on Main street, jo-o opno-ite where the Jefferson Ho tel is. He sold his large interest here, and, with a friend, went to California. James Pea, formerly of Richmond, but now of Newport News, went to California with Bath, and it is from him that, the North Carolina and Vir- giroa heirs have secured the principal informal ion which satisfies them that the man who died was really the for mer resioent of Richmond. Much evidence has been secured about this claim. Shatters All RecordH. Twice in hospital, F. A. Gulledge, Verbena, Ala., paid a vast sum to doctors to cure a severe case of piles, causing 24 tumors When all failed. Bucklen’i Arnica Salve soon cured bim Subdues Inflammation, con quers Anhes, kills Pains Best salve in the world. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co. The biggest balloon ever made was by a German named Ganawendt, aoout twenty years ago. its capac ity was 20 000 cubic yards. It weighed 21 1 2 tons and would raise 3 1-2 tons into the air. CureH Eczema, Itching iluiunrs, Pimples and CarhuncleH.—Coatit Nothing to Try. B B B. (Botanic Blood Balm) is now recognized as a certain and sure cure for eczema, itching skin, hum ors, scabs, scales, watery blisters, pimples, aching bones or joints, boils, carbuncles, prickling pain in the -kin, old, eating sores, ulcers, etc. Botanic Blood Balm taken internally cun s the worst and most deep-seated cases by enriching, purifying and vitalizing the blood thereby giving a healthy blood supply to the skin. Botanic Blood Balm is the only cure, to stay cured, for these awful, annoy ing skin troubles. Heals every sore and gives the rich glow of health to the skin. Builds up the broken down body and makes the blood red and nourishing. Especially advised for chronic, old cases that doctors, pat ent medicines and hot springs fail to cure. Druggists, $1. To prove B. B. B. cures, sample sent free and pre paid by writing Blood Balm Co., At lanta. Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice sent in sealed letter. Some men are so tactful they can get over loving a woman and make her think it is because they love her so much. To My Friends. It is with joy I tell you what Kodol did for me. I was troubled with my stomach for several months Upon being advised to use Kodol ]I did so, and words cannot tell the good it ^as done me. A neighbor had dyspesia so that he bad tried most everything. I told him to use Kodol. Words of gratitude have come to me from him because I recommended it.—Geo. W. Fry, Viola, Iowa. Health and stren gth, of mind and body, depend on the stomach, and normal activity of the digestive organs. Kodol, the great reconstructive tonic, cures all stom ach and bowel troubles, indigestion, dyspepsia. Kodol digests any good food you eat. Take a dose after meals. Cherokee Drug Co. An official report gives the esti mated additional cost necessary to comple Siberian railroads as $36,000,- 000. Consumption Threatened. “I was troubled with a backing cough for a year and I thought I bad consumption,” says C. Unger, 211 Maple street, Champaign, III. “I tried a great many remedies and I was under the care of physicians for several months. I used one bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar. It cured me and I have not been troubled siuce.” Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. The way to make a woman sure you love her is not to love her but to tell her so. Foley’s Kidney Cure Will cure Bright’s Disease, Will cure Diabetes. Will cure Stone in Bladder. Will cure Kidney and Bladder Dis eases. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. It isn’t what a woman doesn’t know so much as why she doesn’t know it that counts with a mao. Henry L. Sbattuck. of Sbellsburg, Iowa, was cured of a stomach trouble with which be bad been afflicted for years by four boxes of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. He bad previously tried many other remedies and a number of physicians without relief. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co.