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V THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. Wt GUARANTEE fhe 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. lESTABLISHED FEB. 16 t 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST I", 1908. 81.00 A YEAH. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. aad that tbeuuttfiiros cost that Ku \e T>tk«-u rtftce nrem One Knd of tb« KtaU; to thr wther GaR^d from ICzchaugat for (Julrb Reading '►y Score, dfl Bu.y T eopla. Thv promioeot “issues” in th« Jeg.slHt.ve .campaiuo in (^fsngebun? mapping of the St^e. •county are b.eoo^ sessions and c«t thejnovtlk of Jcne Oscar dogs. Alfred Huger, a Berkley county negio under deH n peuaity. has bad the sentence ©otcrojuted to imprist-u- iseut for life. The fourtto lennual conventio« Of the TSoutb Catolma fcneral directors’ association wy! 1 '. b w held in OtMwnbia August litb «tjd likk. H F. Soiirt), a flagman on tbc-Sea board Air Line, fell under a twiiu at Camdeu Too/aday «nd had hie leg so badiy crttsb -d that it had to be am* putated. The Cfc«5terfielfi Telephone com pany has 'made avpplicatioB ‘to the secretary -ef State for a ebar-ter. the necessary formalities having been complied with. The eeoretary of state ha* %«sued a commission to thc'ParksrtlR' - Oinnery and Gotten Oil Company af Parks- ville, Edgefield county. The capital stock is tc be i#4MKJ0. Diepeoeary sales have itucraased in Charleston to suoh an exteet that the autbufitiee have ordered tbe-eBtab- lishrcect -ef -six "new placer where liquor can legally he sold. It appears froci the repost of the State dispensary .that the •eenstabu* lary captured the past quarter worth of liquor the constabulary 112,088101. Work was ‘begun last week on the construction of the Johnston >cotton oil mill. Machinery has already been ordered, the .vork will 4k3 has tened and the mil£ will liioelf be in operation in lil days. There is an aggoagate reward of $1,2(W fot the capturo of Charlie Jeff- coat, the Aikec desparado. this $900 is the amount otfered by differ ent parties in Georgia where he com mitted two murders. Arrangements are being made to build a yarn mild on tleorge's cceek, in Pickens county. Sufficient water power can be developed to operate 3,000 spindles. If-'he site is afeout four miles from Easley. Mancie (cregg, a negro porter in the Farmer’s ice bouse at Florence., was suddenly killed while turning on an electric <ltgbt Wednesday night. Jt is thought that .lightning struck ithe wire and oauseddiis deatth. John Collins, of Bcrnweli county, tTode to his bouse on a mule when a atorm was approaching, it's wifa held up the baby foe him to take when a stroke of lightning kitted him and mule. Baby and wifs were unhurt. J.>E Sirriue, the architect as.d en gineer of the new mill to be built at .Ninety Six, has lot tbe .contract for the buildings and machinery. Tbe equipments will include fcO.OOO qpin- dies acd 280 looms, which will be operated. J. T. C’artee baa resigned as super- iateodent of tbe Bamberg cotUn call is to go with the Deeper company, Hopedale. Mass. It ts understood that he will be succeeded at Bamberg by/. L. Eddieman, the dormer super- ioteadept. ▲ report from Easley says; 'The work on the Glenwood cotton mill and ou the csteusioo to the Eaaley mill is progressing finely, and by tbe first of January next we expect to bear tbe whirr of 40,000 apindiee in our city. Then we will begin to talk up the third mill.” South Carolina constable* have bad a desperate encounter near Marlboro with moonshiners. Tbe constable# woo out. capturing two wagons and two men. Others in tbe party es caped. When the officers came upon tbe moonshiners they opened fire but to no avail. By a plucky stand tbe constables succeeded in bagging tbe game. Tbe governor bas appointed Chief of Police T. W. McMillan, of Green wood, to be tbe agent of tbe Btate to go to Massachusetts to bring back tbe negro murderer, Julian Foster, recently captured in that state through the efforta of tbe chief. The requisition papers have been for warded to the governor of Maasacbu- setts. Tbe cate Is an interesting one in that Foster's victim was a negro and tbe Masaacbuaetts authorities will be given the opportunity to see that South Carolina hunts down a ne?ro as earnestly as she does a □egro who kills a white man. The lafce Dr. J. Thowias Pate, who died in Florence eeveral months agn, bequeathed his entire library, com prising a large and valuable store of what is beet in the world of literature and science, to Wofford college. A shipment of eighteen boxes of voi- owme-s reached Spartanburg Friday. This generous act will further per petuate the memory o? this conse- crcted Christian gentleman and divine w'rtb the people at largo. Tbe United-States geologica 1 '. survey ‘rs continuing this season the topo- Dur- Jonea, one of the topographers of the survey, was directed to take charge of a party to complete tbe mapping of tbe sec tion near ‘Columbia The map, to be known *s that of tbo Coluudbia quadrangle when completed, will be drawn on-a scale-of about one inch to two miles and wfll embrace newrly a thousand square miles of cowatry; it is to be uniform with other map sheets of-eectiots of the State atTeady published by •tbe governmeet. and will be of interest tc revealing the details Of cultcre, drainage and relief of the rogion «urrouatfing the capital. Two 'convicts slipped tkeir irons Wednesiay night and escaped from: tbe Suater county bhain gang. They were -State convict* and were leased by the county cbalo gang, both being prisoners with long sentences. Dili gent effort* have been made to get oa their tracks a«rj recapture them, but up to this time no taace of tb«« has been discovered. Superriasr Seal* offered a reward of f.oO each for tbeir captcre aod retura to the chwio- gang and it is believed that their, capture is'only « question of a few days. Tbe escaped convicts are Bos-: ton (Bailey, who -was serving a seven year -senlance. and (Xarence Sprigs | whe was on tho gang for ten years. One of them is blind in one eye aod has-a tattoo mark on left arm. »ui "A Citizen.” <CorreeiK>n<l«nce of Tbe I<e<lcer.t 03tt:w..H, Aug. 1L—I have heard* few comment* made on the letter that I wrote to The Ledger a week <©r two age. Some people seem to thiak that I tcied to make a personal at tack on Mr. Little. Mr. Little and il have been fviends ever since acy childhood, and I have never had acy cause to assail him. Now C wish to say that if Mr. Lit tle or enry of bis friends think that H alluded to him es ; I did in order to insult or injure him I am sorry for it aad hasten to assure them that did out mean to offend or hurt any one. A Cmzes. A Su«MM«nili Operation. The (cdecds of Mr. A J. Brown are LOWEI CHEROKEE'S HEGHIiR IETTER. Loc*l Happenings and Move* ments of the People. INTERESTINGLY TOLD. Wn. C. W. WbiaonaKt Improving and Mr. P. 8. WeMrer oa tbe Mend Campaign Meeting wt W'llMnavtlle- Mr. Towi Long Killed a* V>ulon-The Salem Meeting. tCorrespondence of Tbe Ledger.; Em Jane, Aug. $».—Mrs. 0. W. Whisoaant, whose illness was men tioned in a previous letter, we are glad to say is getting along fairly well and hopes are entertained that she will soon recover. Mr. P. £. Webber is stell mending, though be is using his crutcbee, ana will have to us* them for some time yet in all probability. Miss Avelouer W'obber is still ^uite unwell we are ssrry to state. We had the pleasure of meeting «e>d shaking hands with the county •candidates at the campaign meeting at Wilkinavilfe last Monday. The candidates foe congress from this dis trict were present too, and spoke in the'ufternouc. Tbe lateness of the hour before the county candidate* got through made it impossible for each congressional candidate to have more than fifteen<miuut»s to speak., ■which each used Co tbe best advan tage from hi* own standpoint. We regret to learn that Mr. Tom ‘Long was among tbe ill-fated work men who lo«t their lives at the blow ing down of the buildiojg at Monarch mill at Taion last Wednesday eve ning. Mr. Lotg was a son of Ur. John Long, a member of Coaa pany C. Ctfa 8. C. Cavalry, con federate state* army, who waa kilted at Kiddles sb«p near Malvern Hill •Va., Jao. 13, £S(>4. He was a step son of Mr. C. C. Davis, and a brother of Mrs. Alfred Davis, of Mercer. Me leaves a wife and children to whom with other relatives and friends our heart goes out in deepest sympathy at tbe sad calamity which has be fallen them. The meeUog at 8atem still con tinues with large congregation* and is expected to go on till tomorrow night. Rev. Wm. K. Potter, of Gaff ney, is doing the preaching. Up to this time there has been eight ac cession to the church, one by letter and seven oa profession of fsith— five of whom received the sacrament of baptism. <.»ne at her own request goes to Shady-Grove M. E. church i-n York county, interest in tbe meet ing is still increasing and all hope to report good reeults from it. it was a sad disappointment to tions have been repeatedly reported in this correspondence, is still alive and she is bearing her affliction with remarkable patience. Crops are needing rain badly, cot ton is beginning to open and the fodder is getting ripe. People are needing rain to sow turnips. W r ith some folks a political cam paign with an abundance of mud slinging is a veritable picnic. They will go miles and miles through the hot sun to have their morbid ap petites satiated with this most pal atable dish. They never think to Sfjend a moment in solemn, sober reflection that the high-toned, clear mouthed man is the more entitled to their support and that bullies and blackguards should be relegated to tbe shades of oblivion and thus give to the country rest from such disturbingiofluences. These barnec •'« or society are continually sapping the fountain of civilization and lead ing tbe country to ruin. Mrs. H. B. McDaniel and children, of Hickory Grove, are spending a few days with relatives and friends on this side of tbe river and attend- iog the preacbtng at Salem. Mi-ss Sallie Lee. of Lowreysviitp, Chester county, is visiting friends aad relatives in this section. She will remain a few days. We regret t-e learn that Mrs. Van Childers, of Hickory Grove, is sick, threatened with fever. j l s. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. glad to -see him out again. Mr. iBrowo was auffering with a straogu-I your correspoodeot that he did not 4fet to attend the confederate ■lated rupture amd was under treat meat of Dr. B. i£. Brown, and the case wae a very -serious one. Dr. Brown called in iDr. B B. Steedly as consulting physician and it was de termined that Mr. Brown’s only chance was to undergo an operation. Dr. Steedly performed tbe operation, which waa ef a serious nature, and Mr. .{?rowQ is now up and about to tbe dsuight of himself and friends. UtmAto *4 jt <U1iUd. iKubiv May, the two-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Turner died Sunday of membranous croup at tbe home of its grandfather, Mr. B. F. Ron oar, near Go other, and was buried at Goucber. The (bereaved parents have our sympathy. Stood AduUMsUua. ‘‘In a pure food case that was taken up from Philadelphia to the supreme court of Pennsylvania,” says Public Policy, “the plea was made tout tbe law is not violated unless the qsanity of foreign sub stance in a food staple Is sufficient to Injure health. Tbe supreme court decision is that any poisonous ingre dient, whether in quanity to injure health or not, is a violation of tbs statute. The cry goes up that this will affect twenty per cent, of tbe stock of the average dealer. If one- fifth of tbe merchandise sold for food contains poisonous ingredients, there is a startling necessity for active measures. The stupid plea that tbe poison is not enough in any one arti cle to hart the consumer indicates that tbe vendors never give enough thought to any aspect of the question but tbe pursuit of the nimble dime and nickel to learn tbe effect of the cumulative poisoning. Certainly when we hear from tbe trade itself that tbe practice of mixing poison in food bas attained a twenty per cent, preva lence, it is time for strenious sup pression, aimed with the most vigor at tbe manufacturers of such art! eles.” in view of the above, bad you not better buy “Clifton” flour, a flour guaranteed oure by tbe Anti-Adul teration League. Bkakseobd Mii.ua, Owensboro, Ky. re union at Greeoviiile this week. But M circumstance* over which he had no control brought it about he feels .perieotly resigned to it. Our first duty is to God a&d tbe second to our- setae* and our fellow man, and in our feeble attempt to discharge both we have no recourse whatever. Mr William A. Robinson, an old and hlgniy respected citizen of Mc- ConnaJJaville, attended children’s day at Salem on tbe Jlst ult. This good old getleman never fails to at- teod these annual re-unions and en joys them very much. May he live to attend many more of them. A new fiat is in tbe river at Pinck ney ferry and tbe public are greatly eonvenienced thereby. Several of our neighbors went to Gaffney yesterday on business. We understand that the trustees of this district don’t expect to open the free schools till after crops are gathered. The argument used against chil dren joiniog tbe church because they are too young to know what they are doing was very nicely met by Kev. Mr. Potter at Salem last Wednes- day night when he said: “You send your children to school and they of ten attain tbs fourth and fifth or even a higher grade in their studies; you send them to tbe farm to work and they discharge the duties in an intelligent manner; you send them on errands that they can fully un derstand and execute and yet by your owu action in this particular you acknowledge that they are in capable of deciding between what Is right and wbat is wrong, that they fail to understand the simplest duty ever imposed upon man—bis duty to God.” The article of W. H. Kirton, of Loris, reproduced In The Ledger last Tuesday, is regarded by one of our neighbors as coming from a regular whisky dealer whose business bas been broken up by tbe working of tbe dispensary law. When a report is started tbe first thing to do is to bunt up its author ity and that will settle it in most cases. Mrs. Bisby Hartford, whose sffllc- T« EVert m 'Phttmr 1.4nr. (Correspendence of Tb* LeCger.) ■Sauka.tts, Aug. 8—The campaign meeting at Mabry’s mill passed off very quietly, with the exception of a slight fistcuff affair. The -candidate* a* usual said they loved us very much, and to prove thei? love some of the candidates subscribed liberally to tbe ’phone line from Gaffney to Sarratts, seventeen miles. There was something over $l$t l AK) made up by candidates and private subscript ions. There will be a ’phone from Gaff ney or Colon to this lonesome place before lotig. Col. W\ R Walker told me that he would give $£1X1.00 deliars toward building a line from Union to Sunny Side, and if we fail to get our line front Gaffney we will bare to help Col. Walker build to Union. I will say to tbe people along tbe Gaffney Hoe that now is the time to work. If you haven’t get the money you can tv-dp build the line by get- j ting poles. If you don’it help build ; tbe line you will have to pay for the use of it. The line will run from Gaffney to Corinth, then to Webster, then a straight line to John D. Jefferies’, Jr., then to T. D. Littlejohn’s by the way of J R. Littlejohn's, provided we can get $20 00, then it will run to Sparks’ store, then to L C. Mabry’s, then to J. A. Hames, (Gowdeysviliet, then to Sarratts. We will call upon the men who have subscribed about th^ Jith o;' September, as we want to get the ’phone in working order by Oct. 1st. There will be a man in Gaffney soon to see tbe merchants about help ing us. I believe they will help us, aad I believe Tbe Ledger will help us, too. Crops are very good in this section, but we are needing rain at present. Cotton is opening some and if it don’t rain soon it will open fast. We have no doctor in this section so we are afraid to get sick. If some doctor would come in this community be could do well. k. w. d. Death of Mm. Hlanton. Mrs. Francis Blanton, wife of Wm. Blanton, who resided near Corinth, in f he Bowlinsville neighborhood .died Sunday night, Aug. 4th. The funeral services took place at Corinth Tues day, being conducted by Rev. A. D. Davidson. Mrs. Blanton was a devout member of Corinth ebureb, and bad been for a long number of years. In her daily life she exemplified tbe teachings of tbe Master she loved to claim as her own. She was tbe mother of two children, 8. H. and Andy Blanton, who with her husband survives her. Mrs. Blanton was loved by all who knew her and her memory will be cberisbed for tbe many beautiful deeds done in this life. A Gentle Bint. In our stylo of cllmote, with its sudden changer 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 Boschee’s German Syrup kept about your home for immediate use will pre vent serious sickness, a large doctor's bill, and perhaps death, by tbe use of three or four doees. For curing Con sumption, Hemorrhages, Pneumonia, Severe Cougha, Croup, or any dieeaee of the Throat or Lunge, its success is simply wonderful, a« your druggist will tell you. Get a sample bottle free from Cherokee Drug Co. Regu lar eize, 75 cte. Get Green’s Special Almanac. IntermtluK Itermw Courernlng Our Neigh bor* Keyoud the Hue Which May Provt Kutertainlng Heading for Hundred* of Ledger Header*. Adjutant General Royster, says that Company H. of the Second Regi- ment of the State Guard, at Wilming ton, is disbanded upon the recom- menda'ion of Inspector General Bain. A charter was granted by the State to the H. A. Powell Grocery Com pany, of Goldsboro. capital $25,000; one to the Boiling Springs Telephone Company and one to the Duplin County Telephone Company, of War saw. Secretary Bruner, of the Agricul tural Department, left Friday after noon for Stokes county to take photo graphs of tobacco farms, for the State Museum- There ate now near ly 1 000 photographs in the photo graph room of the Museum, ail so well arranged that they are easily seen. Yet in this department, as in all others of tbe Museum, there is constant progress cod improvement. j While bathing in the Cape Fear sj river, Cyrus Thomas, aged 18 years and sou of a well-known contractor of Wilmington, was drowned Satur day afternoon. With a number of companions they had a boat and would jump overboard therefrom and then recover their craft. On one of these leaps tbe wind and tide took the boat beyord young Thomas’ reach and be was drowned 100 feet from the shore- A colony fr&on Indiana desires to secure « large tract of State “Swamp lands” ic Duplin or Pender counties, A list of sued lands in those coun ties was Saturday sent from there to W B Rodman, the State agent, who will go thore with Engineer McRee, and make surveys. The lands parti cularly desired are in wbat is known as Angola '•‘bay,” or swamp, and the colonists desire to have truck farms. The soil is very black and rich and tbe development of the strawberry and trucking interests in that section during the past ten years is simply marvelous. Under the new law tbe State Treas urer, and not the Secretary of State, issues charters to banks. A week ago an application for tbe charter of Atlantic Trust and Banking Company of Wilmington, was sent to tbe Sec retary of State. He returned it, with the statement that application must be made to tbe Treasurer. The latter has issued tbe charter. Tbe bank bas $25,000 paid-up capital, with $100,000 authorized: and Mar tin Willard and others are stockbold' ers. Only one other bank charter bas been issued this year—to tbe Elamaoce Loan and Trust Company, of Burlington. W. G. Lindemann, of tbe C, Valaer Bottling Works, was tried before tbe recorder Saturday morning on tbe charge of violating tbe city ordinance relating to tbe sale of liquors after 9 o’clock at night. It was alleged that after this hour Monday night Linde mann sold twelve bottles of beer to a negro woman named IdaOrr. A war* rant was also taken out for Mr. C. Valaer, but be, being out of town, could not be tried Saturday, Mr. Lindemann, made no fight, but said that when be Bold tbe beer be did not think it was as late ae 9 o’clock. He wae fined $50 and tbe costa in tbe case. He bas appealed to tbe Su perior Court. Charlie Van Landiogban, of Scot land Neck, waa before Justices J. A. Perry and B. F. Gray, Friday for tbe killing of tbe colored mao, Jim Thomas, as reported in this corres pondence yesterday. Tbe evidence wae that tbe colored man took a pis tol from Mr. W. A. Dortch, tbe night before, and that Dortch tent Van Laodiogbani for the pistol. Tbe col ored man being asked for |the pistol refused to give it up, drew it and said with an oath that be would kill any man who came for It. He leveled it on Van Landlogbam, who drew bie pistol and fired first. After hearing tbe evidence and arguments of Van Laodiogbam’s attorneys. Messrs. W. A. Dunn and Claude Kitchin, tbe justices decided that tbe killing wae done in ,ielf-defenee and 'dismissed tbe case. non of Jservices Mr. Montgomery hunted up Weaver to resent the af front offered the young lady. Weav er. anticipat ng a difficulty, bad in the meantime, it is said, collected a number of bis friends, who armed themselves for Montgomery. They did not frighten him, however, and he boldly walked into tbe crowd and downed Weaver si veral times. Mont gomery, however, could not prevail against tbe odds and was severely cut before assistance came. Mr. Mont gomery. father of the young man in jured, left this morning for Weaver- ville. Saturday afternoon a remarkable accident occured at the Agricultural and Mechanical College, at Raleigh. A bolt of lightning struck tbe tower of the textile building, which is cap ped by a mass of iron weighing more than 1,000 pounds. It did not strike this, but the brick work three feet, below on jts side and tore its way down that side of the tower 40 feet to tbe roof line, tearing out window sashes and throwing some of them T.”) yarc’s away. The bolt then dashed through the brick wall into the tex tile machinery room. Prof. Wilson was standing near when a ball of fire a yard in diameter burst out of a dynamo and knocked him and a negro employe down. It then leaded to the heavy power wires and went to other buildings Prof. Park was in a win dow of the ball with a gutter pipe in his bands. Lightning tore the gutter from his bands and stunned him. It is said by Prof. Wilson that no ma chinery is damaged, but that the cast side of the damaged tower will have to be largely rebuilt, es tbe bolt tore a hole three feet in diameter and many feet long. His escape was miraculous. Mill Boy* Turned tbe Table. Gaffney, Aug. 11.—In last week’s issue of Tbe Ledger we saw an account of a game of baseball played at Love Springs. The two teams were Loye Spring ys. Gaffney mill boys. Tbl# game was not very interesting. The game was played in the afternoon. The mill boys went to Love Springe under the expectations of taking dinner at a picnic furnished by Love Springs. This agreement was made by the captain of the Love Springe team. When we got to tbe springs we were informed that no such ar rangements bad been made. We were forced to play or give them the game 9 to 0, which is a rule, as we all know. So our only chance for din ner was to depend on a few of our good friends of Gaffney, and some of the boys had to play very hungry. Now we only had six of our regular- players, and tbe game being called by an unjust umpire tbe game waa in their favor. On Saturday evening tbe 9tb, Love Springe brought their team to Gaff ney and we played on tbe Limeetone grounds and Love Springs took them selves back into the country with a beat, as tbe score was 11 to 0 ia favor of mill. Now, Mr. Editor, about that fuse tbe writer spoke of. That, too, was a mistake, if he meant any of tbe ball players. If any of our outside friende “took on” any thing they must have obtained it from tbe Love Springe crowd. Mhl Employees. ! An Old Lady Mrs. Jane Self, who now lives at Cowpens, was born January the let, 1811, in Lincoln county, North Caro lina. In early life sbe married Jacob Self in tbia section, and baa eince that time spent most of her life near Gaffney. Mrs. Self is one of tbe old mothers of wbom any county can justly be proud. Sbe bas nine chil dren, thirty-nine grandchildren and ninety-five great grandchildren. Mrs. Self is in good health and Is as spry as msoy who are much her junior. Her children's names are, Ander son J., Caroline, Katie, Sallie, Mary L., Henry, Thomson, Luvisy, J. W. and W. P. Self. TIM ClMrokM KiriM. Tbe Cherokee Rifles will meet at tbe court house on tomorrow night for tbe purpose of being mustered into service. Adjutant General Floyd will be here on that occasion. Capt. J. A. Willis yesterday re ceived a bill of lading for tbe uni forms for tbe company and will give them out tomorrow night in case they arrive in time. The company is in a flourishing condition and Capt. Willli? ambition ii to make the Cherokee Rifles the pride of the State. Joe Montgomery, a popular young man of Spartanburg, was cut and gainfully wounded by a man named Weaver of Weavervllle, X. C. Friday night. Mr Montgomery accompan- ed a young lady to tbe church and while there tbe lady, it is eald, was ;be object of inauiting remarks on tbe part of Weaver. After oonclu- Meeting at Mount Enron Closed. An interesting meeting wae con ducted last week at Mount Psren, by tbe paetor Rev. Mr Boetic, assisted by Rev. Mr. Limerick of Shelby, N. C. The preaebing was of a high order and evinced the deep piety acd earceatcesa of these good men. Tbe attendance was large acd interest maintained till the meeting closed on Sunday evening. There wae seven additions made to tbe church