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•ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894.
GAFFNEY, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1902.
*1.00 A YEAR*
THROUGHOUT THE
PALMETTO STATE,
items of Interest of Passing
Events.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
thHt Have Taken Place from One
Kn«l of the State to the Other Called from
E*chan|{en for yuick Keatling by Score*
of Bnny People.
The American TVIepSon* and Tele
graph Cnmpanv are laying cables
* •roe* Santee and IVe 1) e rivers.
The annual session of the South
Carolina Funeral Directors and hm-
balraers Association () M gan iu Co-
lutiabsa Tuesday.
As the result of a quarrel growing
out of a dispute concerning a crop
Urb. JelTcoat was shot by Mark
Will iauisou near North. Monday.
J. E 0 Neil, of Florence, was rob
bed of $2()5 at Seweel’s I’oint. Va ,
Monday by three unknown men who
claimed to be old Confederate vet
erans
James B. Smoak.of Orangebur r r ,has
reported to the governor several sup
posed cases of glanders there. 1 he
veterinarian of Clemson College will
be sent there to investigate the inat-
tjer.
The State institute for farmers
opened at Clemson College Monday
with 140 enrolled, the largest “first
day" attendance every had. Col.
Newman delivered the address of wel
come.
A tobacco barn belonging to Mr.
Peter A. Brunson, Jr., valued at $74),
was burned at Florence Monday. Mr.
J. L. Gunn, who was using the barn,
had in some fine tobacco and will lose
about $125.
The governor Wednesday pardoned
Grover Stone, of Anderson county,
who was convicted iu a magistrate s
court of larceny and sentenced to
thirty days on the gang. Solicitor
Boggs recommended the pardon.
Near Central Wednesday Anderson
Garvin, a negro, shot two white boys
iu his watermelon patch. One of the
boys, a son of William Meseditb, is
said to be severely hurt, notwith
standing only squirrel shot were
used.
The claims of Capt F. W. Wage-
ner, president of the Exposition
Company, against the company were
presented Monday in Charleston.
The totel amount of the claims is
$152,952.32 which is for money ad
vanced by Cupt. Wagener.
Hugh Ferguson, a well known
young man and politican, was stabbed
on Saturday night by Captain Cahoun
iu Steenkeu’s cafe on King street,
Charleston. Ferguson was stabbed
while trying to part Cahoun and an
other man who were fighting.
An unknown negro was found un
conscious lying by the Southern Rail
way track on Blanding street, Colum
bia, Monday morning. It is supposed
that he was struck by a train during
the night as several bruises were
found on him. He will probably die
from bis injuries.
John Gibson, the white man who
was hit by a rock thrown by Bud
Burns at Pacolet Mills on Thursday
night of last week, is io a critical con
dition. A telephone message from
Pacolet stales that Gibson cannot
live. He has been unconscious since
he received the blow. Bud Burns
and his younger brother and a son
were engaged in a fight when Mr.
Gibson was hit. Bums is still in the
county jail.
In some of the operations at the
Catawba Power company s plant last
week a find of three Indian skeletons
was made. There were in the graves
ft lot of handsoms beads, ditferent
from any every found in this section
before. Upon the breast of one war-
jot was found a tomahawk. It is re
ted that one of the bones, when
jed by a O-foot man’s corrts-
pone, overlapped the latter
third.
last week a Spartanburg
involved in a difficulty
[C. Thisjoung man is
iery. He accompanied
^to the church at Tryon,
re a young man named
)d the young lady. Af-
Montgomery hunted
rer up. Weaver was
iiome friends. Mont-
feaner and proceeded
|>n the latter and sev-
ids, it is said, drew
Iverely cut Mr. Mout-
body.
raicade of rough riders
Aiken Monday after-
[of an unknown negro
a criminal assault up-
Ilark, a white girl 22
near Vaucluse early
thst morning. Miss Clark is the
daughter of Eldridge Clark, a truck
farmer living about two miles north
of V iucluse. Clark had gone to town.
The negro entered the house evidently
with intentions to rob the place, and
discovering the girl alone he assaulted
her. Miss Clark, although badly
shocked and cut by a knife in the
hands of the negro, finally beat him
off and escaped to the house of a
neighbor and gave the alarm.
A dreadful accident occured in Co
lumbia Tuesday afternoon about 2 o’
clock in the yard of the Atlantic
Ooast Line whereby Yard Conductor
J. W. LaMotte. one of the most pop
ular employes of the r 'ad. lost his
life. The victim was a Columbian,
the eldest son of Col. Thomas J. La
Motte, and leaves a widow and several
children, who were not in the city at
the time. He was about 45 years of
age. Conductor LaMotte was taking
a number of jars down to one of the
phosphate mills. He was standing
on the top of the second car when
suddenly he lost his balance in some
way and pitched between the cars.
All nine cars following passed over his
body before the train could be stopped.
Those who reached his bodv first
found him dead. The body was
practically cut in twain across the
waist There was a contusion on the
side of the head but no other signs of
wounds.
Ill Were Kit veil.
“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 Lung diseases. Guaranteed bot
tles 50c and $1 00. Trial bottles free
at Cherokee Drug Co.
God has given the poet an imagina
tion so that he can have the pleasure
of thinking of things he would do if
he had the money.—Chicago Record-
Herald.
At J’HniiHiiiH, ColomblH, l>y C'kmiiiUerlalirH
Colie, Cliolent hii<I IllarrhoeH KeniHdy.
Dr. Chas. H. Utter, a prominent
physician, of Tannama, Colombia, in
a recent letter states: “Last March
I had as a patient a young lady six
teen years of age, who had a very
bad attack of dysentery. Everything
I prescribed for her proved ineffec
tual and she was growing worse every
hour. Her parents weie sure she
would die. She had become so weak
that she could not turn over in bed.
What to do at this critical moment
was a study for me, but I thought of
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and as a last re
sort prescrib'd it. The most won
derful result was effected. Within
eight hours she was feeling much
better; inside of three days she was
upon her feet and at the end of one
week was entirely well." For sale
by Cherokee Drug Co.
Most women would despise them
selves if they were as innocent as
they pretend to be.
Food Adulteration.
“In a pure food case that was
taken up from Philadelphia to the
supreme court of Pennsylvania,"
says Public Policy, “the plea was
made that the law is not violated
unless the quanity of foreign sub
stance in a food staple is sufficient to
injure health. The supreme court
decision is that any poisonous ingre
dient, whether in quanity to injure
health or not, is a violation of the
statute. The cry goes up that this
will affect twenty per cent, of the
stock of the average dealer. If one-
fifth of the merchandise sold for food
contains poisonous ingredients, there
is a startling necessity for active
measures. The stupid plea that the
poison is not enough in any one arti
cle to hurt the consumer indicates
that the vendors never give enough
thought to any aspect of the question
but the pursuit of the nimble dime
and nickel to learn the effect of the
cumulative poisoning. Certainly when
we hear from the trade itself that the
practice of mixing poison in food has
attained a twenty per cent, preva
lence, it is time for strenlous sup
pression, aimed with the most vigor
at the manufacturers of such arti
cles."
In view of the above, had you not
better buy “Clifton” flour, a flour
guaranteed pure by t(p Anti-Adul
teration League.
Bransford Mills.
Owensboro, Ky.
Every man may have his price, but
it isn’t every man who has his mar
ket.
MEETING AT SALEM
A GREAT SUCCESS.
Sixteen Accessions to the
Church the Result.
OTHER ETTA JANE NEWS
The best physic—Chamberlain’s
Stomach and Liver Tablets. Easy to
take. Pleasant in effect. For sale
by Cherokee Drug Co.
Corn and Cotton SufTerlns; for Ham—J. I.. S.
Presented With Some Flue Watermelons
—Abingdon Creek Church llelng Recov
ered—To Krect a Telephone Line.
(Correepondence of The Ledger.)
Etta Jane, Aug. 13.—The meeting
closed at Salem last Sabbath night
after continuing for eight consecutive
days. Rev. W. R. Potter, of Gaffney,
did the preaching. With each ser
vice there was increased numbers and
interest and the last service was the
best of the feast. (When we say the
last service was the best we do wish
to be understood as tbe old man was
who only told the preacher that the
part of his sermon he liked best whs
itsendig.) There were in all sixteen
accessions to the church; six males
and ten females, two by letter and
fourteen on profession of faith. In all
nine received the sacrament of bap
tism. Four of the new members go
to Bullock’s Creek church. Of the
newly acquired members their ages
range from thirteen to nineteen years.
Rev. Mr. Potter did his work well
and he made a line impression on our
people irrespective of denominational
ties and affinities, and we trust that
he will return at a future time and al
low them to give some tangible proof
of their appreciation of his services.
Rev. W. H. White, pastor, was also
untiring in his efforts to make the
meeting a success. Taking all things
into consideration we have never seen
a series of meetings conducted upon
a higher plan or attended with better
results.
Everything like excitement was
conspicuously absent, and nothing
butjthe faithful, earnest and eloquent
appeals to the unconverted did the
work—it was the moving power in
the meeting, and we hope our highest
expectation will not result in soul
disappointment in the end.
For several days showers of rain
have been passing around in sight,
but we are still in a dry streak and
crops of both corn and cotton and
also gardens are suffering.
Crimination and recrimination
seems to be the order of the day if
the columns of Tbe Ledger are taken
for the signs of the times.
To our friend and neighbor Mr. C.
F. Inman, we are indebced for a sam
ple of his watermelons. They are of
the Cleckley variety and are specially
fine—both in size and flavor. Mr.
Inman plants no other kind and he
raises more and larger melons on the
same ground than any of his neigh
bors that we know of. Unlike most
melon raisers he dosen’t care so
much about tbe richness of tbe soil
if he can get the kind he wants—that
is a light sandy soil to which he ap
plies the kind and quantity of ferti
lizers necessary to insure the best
results. Under this method of cul
tivation he has on poor light sandy
soil as large melons as we usually
find on rich river bottoms, to which
they are equal if not of superior flavor.
He plants his rows about twelve to
fourteen feet apart with about the
same distance between the bills and
never allows them to need work.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Blackwell and
some of their children are visiting
friends and relatives in Chester
county.
Mr. Jimmie Strain took wheat to
the Gaffney roller mill yesterday.
Some people it appears were born
with their backs to the sun and they
never see the sunshine and walk in
their own shadows—poor, miserable
creatures? They communicate their
misery to all about them, and the
world is no better by their ever
having lived in it.
Miss Mabel Sims is teaching school
at Hopewell.
The work of recovering Abingdon
Creek church is now going on, and it
is expected that a protracted meeting
will begin there next week conducted
by Rev. VV. T. Thompson, of Gaffney.
We bespeak for him good and atten
tive congregations at each service.
Let everybody attend.
Everybody who attempts to write
for the newspapers may expect at
sometime or other to say something
displeasing to some one. If they
don’t they will not do much. This
we often do, but not intentionally
unless it be in speaking of a measure
that is above any body’s mere
opinion—or right against wrong or
wrong against right.
We often hear editorials in this and
other papers “cursed" and disetissed
by those who take exception to
them. In place of complaining to
those who can’t help it and one in
nowise responsible for the matter,
we advise those who feel “miffed"
to write out their bill of grievance
and give the editor “Hail Columbia,”
if they think he deserves it and tell
him where he is wrong, and if it is
possible to convice him he will cor
rect and apologize like a gentleman.
This both he and the public will
appreciate more than all the dis
gruntled croaking of which they hear
so much.
The turnip sowing season is at
hand.
We hear of no sickness now except
a few cases of chills along the creeks
which is at this season of the year.
Hon. D. E. Finley, M. C., has our
thanks for a copy of the year-book of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
1899
Our people have arranged to have
telephone communication with Hick
ory Grove and will go to puting ud
the line at once.
Our friend Mr. R. W. Davis, of
Sarratts, is making arrangements to
get a line to his section from eillur
Gaffney or Union. He msv perhaps
get both, we hope so howtv^r
Mr John Long, father of Mr. Tim
Long, was a member of Company C.
7th S. C. Oavelry instead of the (irh
cavelry as stated by a misprint in
Tuesday’s letter. A very slight err ir
but nevertheless it deserves correc
tion. Mr. Long was killed June 13ih,
1804 instead of Jan. 13th.
J. L. s
Look I’leHsiiut, Flettse.
1’hotographer C. C Harlan, of
Eaton, O., can do so now, though for
years he couldn’t, because he suffered
untold agony from the worst form of
indigestion. All physicians and
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 troubles.
Unrivaled for diseases of the Stom
ach, Liver and Kidneys, they build
up and give new life to whole system.
Try them. Only 50c. Guaranteed
by Cherokee Drug Co.
The woman who knows how to pro
vide a good breakfast for her hus«
band needn’t worry about providing
intellectual companionship (or him.
A Cure fur Cholem Infantum.
“Last May," says Mrs. Cnrtis 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 sals by Cherokee
Drug Co.
The more a man hurts a girl hug*
ging her the harder she wishes he
could hug her without hurting her.
A PhysiclHu 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.
Any man can make his wife do any
thing she wants to.
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 (io to Cherokee
Drug Co. and get a sample bottle free.
Regular size, 75 eta. Get Green’s
Special Almanac.
Life’s thistle crop/ doesn’t care a
hang about wind, weather or ruin.
THROUGHOUT THE
TUB HEEL STATE,
From the Mountains to The
Sea.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Quick Keller for Asthinu Sufferer*.
Foley’s.iloney and Tar affords im
mediate relief to asthma sufferers in
tbe worst stages and if taken in time
will eflect a cure. Sold by Cherokee
Drug Co.
Interesting Iterm* Concerning Our Neigh
bors Heyond the Line H’hlcli May Prove
PTntertmnlng Reading for Hundred* of
Ledger Readers.
The survey of the proposed route
for the Stone Mountain Railway will
be continued about tbe last of this
month.
At Mt. Airy Monday Chas. Midkiff
attempted to kill his sweetheart Miss
Schuly Lowe, because she went on a
pleasure ride with a New Yorker.
Miss Tennessee White, of Moores-
ville, was instantly killed in a runa
way accident at that place Monday
evening, her skull being fractured.
A. Wienstein, of Durham, commit
ted suicide in Waterbary, Donn., on
August 1. He drowned himself in
the river and his body was recovered
an hour or so later.
The cotton gin, distillery and saw
mill of Mr. Benton Ludwick, located
a short distance west of Salisbury,
were destroyed by (ire about 8:30
o’clock Tuesday morning.
Governor Aycock has passed on the
case of George W. Pruett end de
clines to interfere. This means no
pardon will be granted the man who
is serving an 18-months’ sentence on
the county roads for shooting Mr.
Rex Gass.
A fire near Reidoville Saturday
night destroyed the stables and barns
of R. P. Richardson, valued at $5,000,
and with only $2,000 insurance It
is alleged that the fire was incendiary,
and insurance Commissioner Young
today sent a detective there to inves
tigate.
E. B. Shaw, of Danville, Ya., has
written Sheriff Jordon, of Greeuboro,
that he will take his daughter, Min
nie Shaw, in jail at Greensboro for
eloping with Tony Harris, into his
home again and her case will be
beard as early as possible when court
opens next week, and it is tbe fpre-
sumption that the penalty will be
made light.
A young man named Myers was
drowned in Davis’ mill pond, Yadkin
county. July 4th. There were ru
mors of foul play and an inquest was
held, but there was no evidence
showing that Myers was killed.
There was a scar on tbe young man’s
head and the father was persuaded to
believe that the wound was inflicted
with a gig in the hands of one of his
own associates. The father thereup
on decided to have the body of his
son taken up and a post-mortem ex
amination made. Three physicians
were employed to do tbe work. There
was no evidence of foul play.
News was received at Albemarl
Sunday that a man name Sells had
been murdered near New London on
Saturday night. Coroner McSwain
went there, empanneled a jury and
held an inquest. The jury could find
no evidences of foul play and rendered
a verdict that the deceased died a nat
ural death. Sells had been on a pro
tracted spree for several days and
alcoholic excesses is supposed to be
the cause of his sudden demise. His
brother was with him at the time,
but as he, too, was under tbe infl
uence of whiskey, could tell nothing
of his death, hence the investigation.
At about 1 o’clock Monday after
noon Officer John Goddard, of Fay
etteville, on the lookout for Henry
Higgins, charged with robbing a
dwelling at Dunn, came up with the
man at Malloy’s fruit stand, on Hay
street, and arrested him. The negro
nimbly shucked himself out of his
coat and ran up the street, the con
stable’s command to halt only giving
him more speed. Mr. Goddard then
snapped his pistol, and the second
time it was discharged, the ball
striking Huggins in the back, below
the shoulder blade, and bringing him
down. The negro is badly hurt aud
may die.
Condemned to die for the murder
of Nellie Cropsey, at Elizabeth City,
N. C., J’m Wilcox is said to be giving
way under the suspense while bis life
is in the hands of the Supreme Court.
He has heard, it is stated, that he will
not be given a new trial, and that
even if he should get one and be ac
quitted, he would be lynched and the
strain, it is alleged, has told on his
mind. It is also claimed that he is
feigning insanity in an effort to es
cape the gallows. It is stated that
Wilcox, who is a cigarette fiend, has
been acting strangely for some time
and that recently having sent to the
jailor for a match, be becaqae exas
perated at the delay and threw a
knife at him almost severing his An
gers. Wilcox has many friends who
believe him guiltless and who visit
him frequently at tbe jail.
At Mt.Airy, Saturday night John
Angel killed Sandy York. The affair
occurred some time after dark Satur
day night at Angel’s bouse. Both
men are said to have been drinking.
They were getting ready for a barbe
cue or some kind of a supper. A
quarrel arose over a chicken, York
saying either in jest or earnest, that
Angel had stolen a chicken which
was a part of Angel’s contribution to
the feast. Angel said any one who
said that he stole the chicken told a
lie. This was resented and Angel
went into the house after his gun.
emptying a load of shot into the up
per part of York’s stomach. York
was carried to his home near by and
the necessary medical attention given.
His wound was fatal and he died this
morning. Angel is in the calaboose
at Mt. Airy awaiting a preliminary
hearing, The dead man leaves a
wife. Angel is not married.
Shutters All Records.
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’s Arnica Salve soon cured
him Subdues Inflammation, con
quers Aches, kills Pains. Best salve
in the world. 25c at Cherokee Drug
! Co.
Usually a man who is putting up a
job on somebody else is too busy to
look behind him to see who is put
ting up a job on him.
To My Frieucl*.
It is with joy 1 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 cannon tell the good it has
done me. A neighbor had dyspesia
so that he had 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.
Self-made men and home-made
shirts may be useful, but they are
seldom ornamental.
His 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 his sight. Finally a neighbor
recommended DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve. The first application helped
him and in a few days he was as well
as ever." For skin diseases, cuts,
burns, scalds, wounds, insect bites,
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is sure
cure. Relieves piles at once. Be
ware of counterfeits. Cherokee Drug
Co.
A straightout enemy is more of a
friend than a devious friend is less of
an enemy.
Cures Eczema, Itching Humors, Flmples
and Carbuncles.—Cost* 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 tbe
skin, old, eatUig sores, ulcers, etc.
Botanic Blood Balm taken internally
cures 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 <or
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.
Garters would make some women
blush as much by any other name.
* It Ne««l* u Tonic.
There are times when your liver
needs a tonic. Don’t give purgatives
that gripe and 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’a Little Early Risers
with me for several years and would
not be without them." Small and
easy to take. Purely vegetable. They
never gripe or distress. Cherokee
Drug Co.