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/ THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. Wt 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, SEPTEMBER 23, 1902. *1.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE, items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. I<;v«nt» that Have Taken Place from One K«U of the State to the Other Called from Exchanges for Quick Reading by Scores of Busy People. Greenville is to have a carnival Oc tober 20-25. The Bank of Graniteville, capital ized at $25,000, has applied to the secretary of state for a charter. Orangeburg is making extensive preparations for the fall festival to be held there on Nov. 12, IB and 14. The Blackman gold mine in Ker shaw county is to re open soon and will be equipped with modern ma chinery. Herbert Steel, a fourteen-year-old white boy, shot himself in Charleston Wednesday while carelessly handling a pistol, and may die. The postmaster at Yorkville has been notified that the postoffice at Hamah, in York county, will be abol ished on September 30. Hon. C. A. Woods, of Marion, has declined to accept the presidency of the South Carolina College, which was recently tendered him. The governor Friday offered a re ward of $50 for the capture and con viction of Walter Lovett, who is wanted for the killing of a man named Hall in Barnwell county in 1892. Joe Caughlin, a tramp, and John Ccx and Ben Meecham, two Charles ton!; boys, have been arrested and will be prosecuted for having robbed an - express car at Lanes a short time ago. A negro,supposed to be the one who assaulted Miss Clark at Vaucluse some time ago, has been arrested and placed in the penitentiary for safe keeping until court convenes in Aiken, the county in which the crime was committed. Two accidents have happened re cently at Belton cotton mill. A few days ago J. T. Smart lost an arm while working in the picker room and later E. E. Chapman had his left foot severely mashed while unloading some heavy machinery. Grace, the five-year-old 'child of Mr. James R. Moseley of Laurens, who was so frightfully burned Mon day afternoon at the home of ber uncle, Mr. A. P. Sullivan, died Thurs day morning at 5 o’clock as a result of the terrible accident. Thursday morning the axle of an engine attached to a passenger train on the Coast Line broke near Congaree while the train was running at full speed, and a terrible accident was only averted by the presence of mind and cool nerve of the engineer in charge. At 10:30 o’clock Friday night fire was discovered in the wholesale gro cery store of H. Finch & Co., on Mag- nolia street in Spartanburg. A pass erby saw the flame inside, and Ser geant Woodward gave the alarm. The department responded with its usual promptness and had the fire out in a very short time. James, the 8-year-old son of Mrs. Blanche Duff of Rock Hill, fell over the banisters around Mr. J. E. Par ker’s piazza at the latter’s home at that place Thursday. The distance to the ground is about six feet. The left leg was broken just below the thigh. He was attended by Drs. Lynn'and Fennell, who reset the limb and left the little fellow very comfortable. The South Carolina Military acade my In Charleston has made a request of the war department for the detail of an army officer as military instruc tor. if the officer is secured Tactical Officer Cautey will be assigued to other duties. The requisition for an army officer is approved by Capt. Curtis of the Sullivan’s Island post, who recently inspected the corps and reported upon it to the war depart ment. < The excursion train from Wilming ton, returning to Columbia Friday night, was wrecked at the passenger station in Florence and a number of people, variously estimated from 20 to 60, were injured more or less. The excursion was run in two sections. One section sidetracked on to the main line of a freight train and was immediately struck by the freight. The engine of the freight was thrown into the ditch, but the excursion train was not damaged. In Winnsboro court last week Will Lumpkin was found guilty of man slaughter on the charge of the murder of Jobo Camp a fewdajaagoat White Oak, the killing resulting from a dis pute over a mule which Camn worked and which belonged to Lumpkin, the former refusing to send it to the lat ter on Sunday morning, when he sent for it. He went for it, and carried with him the ever ready pistol, which he used. His sentence is two years in the penitentiary. A warehouse on the premises of Mr. A. D. Holler, of Rock Hill, was prac tically destroyed by fire Thursday night. Its origin is unknown. When discovered the flames were covering a part of the building, and although the department responded with most commendable promptness to the alarm, the building was nearly de stroyed before a stream could be thrown, so inflammable was the ma terial of which it was constructed. The building and contents were in sured for $500. Big suits against corporators are piling up in Charleston for November court. Eliza G. Coburn, of that city, has filed through her attorneys a suit for $30,000 against the Southern Rail way and the Atlantic Coast Line on account of the death of her husbandi| who was an engineer on the Southern railway and was killed in a collision at the Five Mile junction last spring. Jacob A. King has filed a suit against the South Carolina and Georgia rail road for $10,000 for injuries which he received while acting as a flagman. E. H. Caroon wants $10,000 damages from the Atlantic Coast Line for the refusal to forward certain baggage to Savannah. Clara Mitchell is suing the Consolidated Street railway for $5,000 for injuries received in step ping from a car. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Cotton sold on the streets in Green ville last Friday for 8:80. W. W. Whelchel, formerly of Campobello, has moved to Lawn in this county. John H. Lipscomb has opened a meat market at his old stand on Limestone street. Dr. G. B. Moore, of Furman Uni versity, will occupy the pulpit of the First Baptist church next Sunday. One of the milling concerns in the city has contracted to deliver 1,000 bushels of corn meal per month to one business house in the city. The LimestoneOollege girls are arriv ing. The fall session beginstomorrow and before another week has passed, the grand old halls of the college will be radiant with the beauty and real worth of the South. The many friends of County Treas urer T. H. Littlejohn are glad that he has so far recovered from a recent severe illness as to be in his office again. Mr. Littlejohn is still quite weak, but is recuperating fast. Sam Powell, a white man who was captured near this place some weeks ago by Sheriff Thomas and a deputy sheriff of Rutherford county, N. C., and carried back to Rutherford to be tried for murder, was convicted last week of murder in the second degree and sentenced to twenty-one years in the State penitentiary. The Bite of a “Ulue-Uum Nigger.” It is written and almost universally accepted in the South that the bite of a “blue-gum nigger” is as poison ous as that of a rattlesnake. If that be true John Robeson, a colored lemonade vender of Wilmington, re puted to have an Indigo background for his ivories, may be held for a much more serious crime than the simple biting of a blind colored woman with whom he had a difficulty Friday, which led to his arrest and detention at the police station for trial. The woman’s name is Lizzie Sellers, and led by a little colored girl, she made her complaint at the police station. She said that she had been choked, bitten and otherwise maltreated by the negro mao of the blue gums. Nature loves analogies, but not rep etitions. Purity. Purity in flouer ought to be an Im portant consideration in every family. In making ‘‘Clifton” flour, every grain of wheat is thoroughly cleaned before grinding, and is converted into flour in a hygienically clean, modern mill. The flour is purified, cerated and sifted through delicate silk cloths before it is sacked. Absolute purity is thus assured. The best flour looks very much like any other flour when It is in the sack. The real test is in the baking. That’s where “Clifton” flour excels by every test—excels in purity and perfection ; in the quality and richness of the bread. Pure flour really does not cost any more than flour that is not strictly pure. “Cliftou” flour is guaranteed atrictly pure wheat flour, and is sold at a reasonable price. ‘‘Clifton” has do rival. There Is no better flour sold at any price. Bbanskoud Mills, Owensboro, Ky. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROL! A NEWS. IntereHtAiig lU-nns Cuiict-rniug Our Neigh- hors Beyond the l.tne Which IT it Provt KuterUHiikng Reading for Hun< .eds of Ledger Renders. A saw mill belonging to H. C. Hun ter, near Holman, Davie county, was destroyed by fire one night last week. About 10,000 feet of lumber was also destroyed. The loss is about $900 with no insurance. Rev. N. G. Watson, a sanctificEition preacher, has just been put in jail at Greensboro under a warrant from Moore county charging bigamy. He has, it is alleged, three wives. He wears a large placard on which is printed “Jesus only.” Mr. Alex Dalton and family of Win ston-Salem were made intensely sick Thursday by eating ice cream. M . Dalton’s condition was considered se rious until 4 o’clock Saturday mort - ing, when he began improving. Three sons and one daughter of Mr. C. L. Sharp were made sick by eating some of the same cream. Already the cotton receipts at Wil mington since September 1st are one- seventh of what they were for the en tire season of 1901-02, and seven times w hat they were from Sept. 1st to Sept. 20th, 1901. The exact figures are 49,- 896 bales against 6,038 last year. This week’s receipts were 18,963 bales against 4,781 same week in 1901. The surviving members of Company A, First North Carolina Regiment of Volunteers, in the Spanish-American war, will hold a reunion in Charlotte on Thursday of fair week, October 2. The company was made up princi pally from Mecklenburg and Catawba counties and was commanded by Capt. T. P. Robertson, of Charlotte. The Davidson college register now shows an enrollment of over 200. This breaks all past records and has caused a considerable overflow from the dor mitories into the town. It is believed that work will soon he begun on the handsome new dormitory which has been voted by the board, and is now recognized as the groat need of the college. Solomon Hornwood, superinten dent of the Burglinton Cotton Mill at Greensboro, and Miss Bertha An thony, a popular society lady of Bur lington, hail a runaway surprise mar riage at the McAdoo hotel at eleven o’clock Friday night. The same ho tel register had the names of advance agents of the shows. “A Runaway Match” and “On the Quiet.” Officers Crowell and Sykes, of Charlotte, have in their possession two pairs of women’s shoes that were found in the Wilson woods near the city. It is said that the shoes were taken from a box car on the Southern railway, though no report of the loss has been lodged at police headquar ters. Some one informed the police Friday that a negro with 29 pairs of shoes was seen in the Wilson woods Sunday. The republican county convention was held at Graham Saturday. Dr. D. A Long presided and J. M. Turner and Dr. R. G. Foster acted as se ire- taries. The court house was packed and all the delegates were white men. It was undoubtedly the largest repub lican convention ever held in the county. Among the large mill own ers in attendance at the convention were Col. Eugene Holt, James N. Williamson and Col. James H. Holt. The remains of Mr. Geo. H. White, who died at his home in Chicago on the night of the 17th inst., were brought to Statesville for interment, arriving at 11 o’clock Saturday morn ing. They were accompanied by Mr. F. A. Sherill, of Statesville, a nephew by marriage of the deceased, who being on a business trip in that sec tion of the West and being advised of Mr. White’s serious illness, went to his bedside and was present at his death. A rather novel case is on the docket for trial at the superior court in Troy this week. -Dan Gould was convicted of murder in Montgomery county in 1877 and was sentenced to be hanged. Shortly after his trial he broke jail and made his escape. Since then he has been a fugitive and it is supposed he has been in Florida. Last July a man was captured In Florida and taken back to Troy and delivered to the jailer as Dan Gould. The prisoner deuies that he is Dan Gould and on the contrary avers that his name is Parker and that he was never in Montgomery county In his life. He has sued out a writ of habeas corpus aud the question will come up before Judge Neal tbit week'. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. People YouJ Know an<t People You JDon’t Know S. R. Thackston, of Asbury, spent Saturday in the city. W. A. Jones, of Buffalo, was in the city yesterday. Miss Pearl Gaffney is tak ig a busi ness course in Spartanburg. Wm. Eaker, of Ezells, was a city visitor Saturday. Charles E, Smith, merchant and former of Goucher, was in the city yesterday. G. C. Herndon, of Blacksburg, came over to the city Friday on busi ness. John Vassey, of Maud, was in to see us Saturday. Magistrate R. W. Lee, of White Plains, came to the city yesterday. Audley Gold, a prominent young business man of Blacksburg, made a business visit to the city Friday. Dr. H. Cabell Tabb, chief physi ciun of The Virginia Life Insurance Company, was in the city Saturday. F. L. Rhyne, a worthy young man of Blacksburg, paid The Ledger an appreciated visit yesterday. I G. Sarratt, Esq., went over Fri day to visit his daughters, Mrs. Rip- pey and Mrs. Fulton Moore, near Mt. Paron. I R. Stacy came in to see us Sat urday. L. I). Bonner, of Goucher, was in the city yesterday. E. A. Trescot, Esq., of Blacksburg, came over to the city Friday on pro fessional business. Fred V. Turner left the city Friday for Gainesville, Ga., where he goes to buy cotton the coining winter. T. M. Littlejohn, a prominent citi zen and farmer of Star Farm, was a Ledger visitor yesterday. W. C. S. Wood, a prominent farmer of Goforth, came in Friday to see us. Don Lumpkin, of Blacksburg, was in the city Saturday. Our young friend J. E. Lioscomb, of Asbury, left the city yesterday for Furman University. He called to see us and sub-eribed for The Ledger. A. W. Smith, a progressive farmer of Algood, was among his friends in the city Friday. C. T. Morrison, of Hickory, N. C., was in the city Saturday. Mrs. Sidney Robertson, of Lando, Chester county, who has been in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. W. T. Poag, on Smith street, went to her home yesterday. Willis Hames, a prominent citizen of Trough, came to the city Friday on business. Kinyon Blanton was a city visitor Saturday. W. G. Fowler, a prominent citizen and planter of the lower part of the county, accompanied by his bright little son, John Cary, was in the city yesterday. Sandow Northey, a Cherokee creek farmer, came up to the city Friday. W. Sam Lipscomb, of Asbury, spent some time in the city Satur day. J. L. Butler, of Blacksburg, is in the city visiting his daughter, Mrs. Stuart Thackston. We are glad to learn that he will soon move to Gaff ney. Rev. Arch C. Cree, pastor ot the First Baptist church, has gone to Lit tleton, N. C., to visit his parents. He will occupy the pulpit in the First Baptist church in Raleigh next Sunday. June Robbs, of Maud, was a Led ger visitor Saturday. E. K. Belue, of Blacksburg, spent some time in the city yesterday. Clough Inman, an energetic Wil- kinsville farmer, came up to the city Saturday on business. Robt. L. Peterson, of Cherokee Falls, came in to see The Ledger yes terday and subscribed. Marcus Bridges, a Thickety Moun tain farmer and one of Cherokee’s best citizens, was in to see us Satur day. Mrs Petty and son Lawrence, of Shelby, N. C., who were visiting in the city last week, have returned to their home. Wm. Owensby. of Cherokee Falls, came in to see The Ledger yesterday. Miss Jessie Keer, of Shelby, N. C., is visiting friends in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd L. Ham^s and Charley Hames made a visit to their mother, Mrs. T. L. Hames, at Jones- ville, Union county, Saturday. Miss Lila Sarratt was visiting in Shelby, N. C., last week. A. 8. Smith, a prominent farmer of Algood, paid The Ledger a visit Fri day. G. A. Collins, a sterling citizen and farmer of Antioch, was in the city Saturday. G. S. Black, of Grassy Pond, came down to the city Friday on business. 8. A. McCraw, of Jet^r, paid The Ledger a visit Saturday. Mrs. M. A. Allen, of Bowlinsville, came in to see us Friday aud renewed. J. B. Brown, of Ravenna, was in the city early Saturday onorning. L. C. Mabry, a stirring farmer of Gowdeysville, came up to the city Friday on business. Lawrence Wood and Ed. McArthur came home Friday night from Glem- eon to spend Saturday and Sunday, accompanied by their young friends, Messrs. J. L. Caldwell, of Due West, and I. C. Cross, of Chester. R. T. Morris, a good citizen of Al good, was an appreciated Ledger vis itor Friday. Lee Martin, of Ezells, came to the city Saturday on business. M. C. Lipscomb, a prominent planter, of White Plains, came to the city yesterday. Judge Webster went to Spartan burg the la^t of the week on business. Mrs. S. L. Hopp-.'r and daughters, Misses Effie and Mittie, returned to the city Saturday from Waynesville, N. C., where they have been spending the summer. They were accompa nied by their friend, Mies Anna Ans- paoh, of Philadelphia, who will spend some time with them at their Logan street home. Their many friends in the city are glad to have them home and to gee. that Miss Effie is entirely well again. Col. J. G. Wardlaw was in Spartan burg the last of the week. John S. Harman, a prosperous farmer of Wilkinsville, came up to the city Saturday on business. D. 1). Gaston, a leading citizen of Blacksburg, spent Friday afternoon in the city. Jerry Gardner, of Macedonia, was a city visitor Saturday. Miss Mamie Poulnot, of Charleston, after an extended trip to the moun tains of North Carolina, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. I). H. Hall, at 306 Jefferies street. Lem Blanton came to the city Fri day afternoon. FIGHTINTHE COUNTRY. Three Young Men Engage in a Difllculty and One is Badly Hurt. Ihere was an unfortunate occur rence on Saturday morning between 0 and 7 o’clock at Humphries’ gin nery, about one mile out of the city on the Mills Gup road, in which three young white men became engaged in a rough and nimble fight, Wm. Spencer and a brother oe n>ie side and George Randolp.. uu the other. Both sides were putting in their best work when Randolph got hold of a short piece of iron pipe and hit Wm. Spencer across the head, which in flicted a severe surface wound and knocked him senseless. Dr. Jefferies was summoned to the relief of the injured man and gave him such relief as was possible, but at this writing (Monday afternoon;, Mr. Spencer is In a precarious condition. Sheriff Thomas and Deputy Sheriff Lipscomb went to the scene at once and took charge of Mr. Randolph, who had made no attempt to escape. He quietly submitted to arrest and was brought to the city and placed in jail where he awaits the result of Spencer’s injuries. On account of all the parties concerned, who are all worthy young men, every one sin cerely wishes for the recovery of Mr. Spencer. Mr. Randolph is a peaceable, hard working young man and no one re grets the occurrence more than him self. A Tragedy at Laurinburg. Charles Lockemy, superintendent of the Richmond cotton mills at Laurinburg, was killed Friday by Norris Saunders, father of a boy who was employed in the mill. The boy had been discharged for rebellious conduct. On arriving home he report ed his discharge to bis father, who secured a pistol and proceeded to the mill. He met Supt. Lockemy abd after a few words shot the superin tendent, inflictiug a wound which re sulted io death a few hours later. A Remarkable Showing. The showing made by the Wilming ton Savings and Trust Co., of Wil mington, is remarkable. It has de posits of $995,059 04, which is said to be the largest of any bank in North Carolina—national, State or savings. The increase in deposits over Sep tember lastyear is $145,000. Premlunm Increaiie. The premiums offered this year at the State Fair have been greatly in creased and competition will be sharp. Cherokee farmers and manufacturers should interest themselves in the fair this year and secure premium lists at once. __ _ A Gentle Hint. In our stylo of climate, with its sudden changes ot 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 the deaths resulting directly from this cause. A bottle of Boschee’s German Syrup kept about your home for immediate use will pre vent serious Hcknese, a large doctor’s bill, and perhaps death, by the use of three or four doses. For curing Con sumption, Hemorrhages, Pneumonia, Severe Coughs, Croup, or any disease of the Throat or Lungs, its success is simply wonderful, as your druggist will tell you. Get a sample bottle free from Cherokee Drug Co. Regu lar size, 75 cts. Get Green’s Special Alt&auao. « NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS Cotton I’lckerH Hurd at Work and Mont of Crop Gathered and Marketed -Corn Crop Good—Sain Lee KaUlng ’Ponsums—Peo ple Returning to the Faring from Cotton M11U—Other IteniH. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Sept. 20.—Miss Anna Homes, of Home P. O., has furnished Progress, of Union, with a roll of Co. B, 18th S. C. V. She is the efficient secretary of the John I l ames Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy and asks all veterans whose names are omitted to inform her at once. This is a move in the right direction and if other young ladies would take the same interest in the work that Miss Anna does we would soon have complete rolls of all our Confederate soldiers, both dead aud living. In the list furnished by Miss Anna we find the names of men who had long since passed out of me.oory, but now they are as fresh as ever. The equinoctial gale came on schedule time. The showers caught u good deal of fodder down and cot ton in the patch The cotton pickers have been hard at work and as a result a lot of the staple has been marketed already. We can assure the cotton dealer that this kind of fun won’t last long in this section, for most of the crop is already open and a lot of it picked out and marketed. The most experi enced farmers put the crop down at one half, some t v- •• fall below that, while a few claim 60 per cent. We notice that corn, especially old corn, where it has been well worked, is very good. Some of the poorest land between here and Gaffney has fine corn on it. We hardly think there will be any great amount of Western corn sol4 in Cherokee county next year. For the first time in many years we find good corn on both bot tom and uplands. This is where both were planted early and well worked. In all our election news we haven’t heard of a single killing in the State. Seemingly times and people are both getting better. It’s right tunny to hear some people tell what kind of neighbors they have. A lady (No. 1) loaned one of her neighbors (No. 2) a cup of coffee. When No. 2 sent it home No. 1 thought it wasn’t all there and she set it away in the cupboard. Not long afterwards No. 2 sent to get an other cup of coffee and No. 1 sent.her the same one she had sent home. When it was returned again No. 1 set it away as before and No. 2 sent again to borrow and so No. 1 kept loaning the same cup until there was nothing left to return. The boys at their debate Thursday night made a mistrial. The judges, John Estes, Will Comer and Will Blackwell, couldn't get their consent to say which was right or which side offered the best argument. The sub ject was: ‘‘Is emigration an advant age or a disadvantage to this coun try?” The next subject is”! ‘‘Who was the greatest general, Robert E. Lee or Stonewall Jackson?” Mr. Sam Lee has a whole family of ’possums in his possession and at last account they were doing well.He pro poses to keep and fatten them. ’Pos sum eaters ought to make friends with Sam at once. Mr. John A. M. Estes has sent us some of his fine homemade molasses. It is from the Amber cane and is specially fine, both in color and taste. Tonight the young people have a sociable at the residence of Capt. and Mrs. Jos. T. Moorebead. Mr. and Mrs. Moorehead are friends of the young people and are always glad to see them and welcome them to their home to enjoy themselves with Inno cent pleasures. Wo learn that some of our neigh bors who moved off to the cotton mills several years ago expect to return and resume their labors on the farm next year. We need more and better tillers of the soil in order to keep up farming operations ho as to meet the exigencies of a growing, prosperous and happy country. But it must be borne in mind that the cultivation of cotton to the exclusion of other crops will never accomplish anything but the financial ruin of its devotees. We need gardeners, corn, wheat, oats, pea, bay and sugar cane raisers, to gether with bogs, cattle and other stock which will find ready sale in the market or supply the home demand. i. L. 8. Fear may influence action, but it cannot change character. * ■ ^r*"**^ - i -