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THE LARGEST Circulation-cf Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. Wc GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Advei • tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. \ 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., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1902. 81.00 A YEAB. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE, items oi‘ Interest Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. *;vent8 that Have T«i en Plat* from One Bnttof theHiate to Uie Otherfrom KzeliaugeH for (Jnicib iteaillot by Scores of Uu-ny People. Civil service examinations for can didates for the postal servic-c will be held in Columbia beginning October i9th. The secretary of State Tuesday re ceived notice of an increase in the capital of the Argyle Hotel Ott.npany, of Charleston, f rotJQ ^.'O.OOU U) .'j'100,- 000. The Way of Faith, a religiouc news paper published in Columbia, vs hav ing an attactive two-story brick build ing erected on Tuylor etreet iu that city. The widew of It. S. I ringle, who lost his lifetby falling into a sewer excavation to Columbia, has sued the contractors, iCiuild «i Co,, for $50/ '00 damages. The Charleston Electrical con struction company erf Charleston Las filed notice with the secretary of state of the increase of its capital stock frstn $7/ii;X) to 4-5,00C. Editor A. B. Jordon, of tke Dillon Heral, who was indicted far libei for something he published in his ! ( paper about the primary, htw been j i bound over to the sessions court for j . trial. A charter wag panted Tuesday to rthe Southern Engi-ceeriqg and Con- itrading Ooaapany^ of Charleston, \which will have a capital r.f $100\ >00. 'The purpose of the company is to ihuy, sell end lease real estate. ,Dock Jones, colored, changed with 'Stealing valuable jewelry at Hender sonville, N. C.., ceveral weeks.ago, wes arrested in Spartanburg Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff White and lodged ic jail. The Hendersonville authorities have been notified. < George Woodruff, the er-pocter at the iSpartan Ion in Spartanburg, whose mind became deranged on the subject of religion and who was -cent to the asylum a few months ago, has returned to his home. He is recov ered in .mind and badjr. A negro man whose, name wee not ascertained, was killed on the Coas£ Line road at Eastover below Colum bia Tuesday morning. He is said to have jumped on the train while moving and fell or was struck by .something which billed him. Columbus Norman, convicted of violation of the dispensary law in Spartanburg county and sentenced to five months or a fine of $150, was par doned on the request of Solicitor Seace, who states that the maa was shot in the shoulder some time ago and La unable to work. Sid. H. Nealy, special agent from the treasury department of the Uni ted States, arrived in Spartanburg Tuesday night and is stopping at the Spartan Inn. He has come for the purpose of determining the site of the new$00,000 United States post- office and revenue office building whieh is to be built in that city. A gentleman of Sumter has un earthed a copy of Vol. 1, No. 5 of the Phoenix, published at Columbia, March 30, 1865, by Julian A. Selby. As the date shows, it was printed just after the capture, sacking and burn ing of Columbia. It is a small sheet of six pages, 10x12, three columns to the page. It contains the latest war news and incidents of the day. John Hobbs, of Georgetown, found guilty in 1900 of highway robbery and larceny and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, on the recommenda tion of Solicitor Wilson was com muted to three years by the governor Tuesday. There was another negro implicated in the robbery who has never been caught, and the solicitor thinks that Hobbs will have been punished enough with a three-year sentence. Yank Dooly, a colored boy, was wantonly shot Saturday by a negro train hand on a Spartanburg & Ashe ville freight train. Dooly was walk ing along the track when the negro without any provocation fired from the train hitting the boy in the ab domen. The wounded boy was brought to Spartanburg where he died Monday. The negro who did the shooting escaped before the train reached Spartanburg. Laurens Is to hare another cotton mill. The money has been raised, tbs site selected and it only remaine for work to begin. Preeldent W. E. Local of the Laurene Cotton Mills Is at the head of the enterprise. About two months ago the project was first mooted, a committee was formed and in a few days $7t,000 was raised among business men in Laurens. This insured the building of a mill with $200,000 capital stock. Mrs. Jane Mairs. an aged and in firm lady and a life-long resident of Laurens, was found dead in her apart ments at 5 o’clock Monday morning by the servant, Frances Mairs, who left her at 10 o’clock. The body was lyin^ on the floor near the door and life ’had been extinct for several hours. She complained some the day before and a physician saw her in the afternoon. Sbe evidently had a severe attack and got out of bed in the endeavor to give the alarm but fell and expired at the door. Ed. Adams, a young white man 27 years of age, was brutally murdered at bis home in Newberry county early Tuesday morning by Geo. Caughman, a negro. It seems that the negro, who lived on Mr. Adams’ place, had been boating his wife, who complained to tbe overseer. Mr. Adams there upon upbraided the negro for his con duct and warned him to desist from such again. This enraged tbe negro who followed him to the Held. Calling Mr. Adams to the roadside, be shot him three times, death resulting in stantly. The negro then escaped, threatening to kill anyone that at tempted to stop him. Bloodhounds were gotten from Columbia and put on the negro’s track, but up to last account he bad not been captured. A JUuy * Wild Hide for Idfe. With family around expecting him to die, and a son riding for life I# 18 miles, to get Dr. King’s New Discov ery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, W. H. iBrown, of Leesville, Ind., endured death’s agonies from ‘asthma, but this wonderful medicine gave instant relief and soon cured fcim. He writes: “I now sleep soundly every night.” Like marvel ous cures of Consumption, Pneu monia, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and Gi4p prove its matchless merit for all Throat and Lung troubles. Guaran- tee«i bottles 50c. and.^l.OO. Trial bot tles free at Cherokee Drug Co. drug store. _ As many of the Paris hospitals are not up to modern requirements it is proposed to pull them down and build new o&es. The cost will be $15,000,* 000. Ikike Care of (be Stomacli. The man or woman whose digestion ic perfect and whose stomach per forms its eo 7 ery function is never sick. Kodol cleanses, purifies and sweetens the stomach.and cures positively and permanently all stomach troubles, indigestion acd dyspepsia. It i.s the wonderful reconstructive tonie that is making so many sick people well and weak people strong by convey ing to their bodies ail of tbe nourish ment in the food they eat. Bev. J. fcL Hoiladay, of Holladay, Miss., writes: “Kodol Las cured me. I consider it tbe best remedy I ever used for dyspepsia and stomach troubles. I was given up by physi cians. Kodol saved my life.” Take it after meals. Cherokee Drug Co. What was probably the first public library in the United States was start ed in Charleston, 8. C., in 1719. Parity. Purity in flouer ought to be an im portant consideration in every family. In making “Clifton” fiour, every grain of wheat is thoroughly cleaned before grinding, and is converted into fiour in a hygienically clean, modern mill. The fiour 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 tCst is in the baking. That’s where “Clifton” fiour excels by every test—excels in purity and perfection ; in tbe quality and richness of the bread. Pure flour really does not cost any more than flour that is not strictly pure. “Clifton” flour is guaranteed strictly pure wheat flour, and is sold at a reasonable price. “Clifton” has no rival. There is no better flour •old at any price. Bbansfoed Mills. Owensboro, Ky. The man who gives to advertise his charity has no charity worth ad vertising. Water Cure fur Chruulc ConutlpMUoD. Take two cups of hot water half an hour before each meal and just before going to bed, also a drink of water, hot or cold, about two hours after each meal. Take lots of out door exercise—walk, ride, drive. Make a regular habit of this and Id many cases ebrouio constipation may be cured without tbe use of any med icine. When a purgative la required take eometblug mild and gentle like Chamberlain’e Stomach and Liver Tablete. For eale by Cherokee Drug Co. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWERCHEROKEE. From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Uinniiif; In the County—Tobitoeo Manufac turing Plant .»t Grover—The Skull ShoaU flrhlge Neetilug Kepairs -Illiterate Chil dren in the State. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jaxe, Sept. 24.—Mr. J. G. Kendrick will start out with his gin next week. Sam Strain has received samples of tobacco manufactured by Messrs. F. H. Dover & Son, of Grover. While we don't use the weed ourself yet to us it seems to be put up in the most improved style, and will no doubt give entire satisfaction to the trade. The Messrs. Dover have put themselves to no little expense to get the machinery necessary to manu facture a salable article upoo which : they can always depend to hold tbe trade, and as it is a borne enterprise we commend them to the public and hope to see them succeed in business. They are worthy men and citizens of Cherokee county. To Bev. Sam T. Creech we are in debted for the loan of a book,“Travel in Dixie”,which we find very interest ing both as a historical and humor ous production. It’s well worth the time it takes to read it. Many of its pages were written arouad the Con federate camp fires and tell of real army life as any rustic soldier would relate it. It is not confined alto gether to tbe activities of the field, but the march., the prison, peace and the hospital all come in for a share in its makeup. It’s right amusing to hear some people talk of subjects of which they know eompartirely nothing. One says, “I believe thus and so,’’another says,“I don't believe so and so,” when tbe fact is they, neither of them, know what to believe or disbelieve. They have never tried to inform themselves “where ignorance is bliss ■’tis folly to be wise.” Mr. Leroy Sherrer and Miss Mary Smart were married last Sabbath night by Rev. P. B. Ingram. We wish them a long, happy and pros perous life. News from Adona, Perry county, Arkansas, says that LV.r. W. C. D. Estes and family, formerly of this section, are sick with chills and fever. Your correspondent has made two trips over on Pea Ridge since his last letter to The Ledger. The people of that now progressive section are going ahead with their work any they have fine crops of corn, potatoes etc., but like, our own, their cotton crop is very short—not over a. half crop, if that much. We regret to state that Mrs. Wade J. Pridraore, of Sarratts, is quite sick, as is also one of her children. Rev and Mrs. Sam T. Creech and children, oftheKeitofl circuit,attend ed preaching service at Lockhart Mills last Sabbath. Miss Avelona Webber, we regret to learn,is uo better than when we spoke of her a few days ago. The sand in Broad river at Howell’s ferry has accumulated so that the fiat can’t run at times, but the river at that place can be forded safely on horseback. On Monday morning about sunrise some of our York county neighbors fired a big gun, tbe report of which reverberated loud and long among our Cherokee hills. It was no doubt a signal for grand news for somebody. The young people had a nice time at the home of Cupt. and Mrs. Jas. T. Moorehead, last Saturday night, where they enjoyed themselves until just time enough to get home before midnight. Miss Annie Comer, who is working in the knitting mill at Jonesvilie, came home last Saturday evening and returned on Monday morning. The communnion meeting will be gin at Salem on Saturday Oct. 5th, at 11 a. m. Rev. Sam T. Creech, who is booked for a sermon at the North Pacolet Sunday School Convention, will not be able to attend as he is called upon to help Rev. Mr. James In a meeting to begin at Union next Sabbath at 11 a. m. Eider C.W. Whlsonant is Salem’s delegate to Enoree Presbytery which meets at Greera on the 30th Inst. Several of our neighbors attended services at Skull Shoals church last Sabbath. Iwo converts were baptized by Rev. Mr. Humphries, pastor of the church. Capt. Clayton Camp with tbe county ebaingang was at work near tbe Lockhart place last week. Cher okee oouoty has better roads than any of her neighbors,so tor aewe have seen or traveled over. Mn. J. T. Blgbam, of Sharon, and her sister, Mrs. Simpson, of Chester county, are visiting the family of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes. We would be glad to call the atten tion of the county authorities of both Union and Cherokee to the fact that the banistering of the Skull Shoals bridge is needing repairs. Some of tbe timbers are rotten and should be replaced with better material. Now that the election is practically over our legislators should begin to map out their work for the “dear peo ple” and have everything in shape when they go to Columbia. Accor ding to the U. S. Census bulletins the number of children between the ages of ten and fourteen years who are unable to read and write is not very pleasant reading for some of us. It shows that in 1900 more than ninety-eight per cent of the children of the indicated ages in twenty-seven states, and from ninety to ninety- eight per cent in ten more itite«, were able to read and write. On the other hand this is what a contem porary has to say about the condi tion of our own people, which is well worth considering at present: “The most discouraging feature of the exhibit is tbe fact that the four states which were at the bottom of the list in 1890 are still at the bottom in 1900, and in exactly the same order, namely : Louisiana at the very foot, then South Carolina, then Ala bama and then Georgia. It is true that the ratio of illiteracy was not quite so high in 1900 as in 1890, but the improvemnt was not sufficient to raise the relative rank of any of the states. In Louisiana,at the last census of every 100 children between tbe ages of ten and fourteen, thirty-three could not read or write; in South Car olina, the illiterate children of these ages numbered thirty, in Alabama twenty-nine and in Georgia twenty- three in every 100. This is a distress ing exhibit; and it ought to stir all public-spirited citizens in the states named to energetic and persistent efforts to improve the public schools of their states ” j. l 8. A PitrHoir* Noble Act. “1 want all the world to know,” writes Rev. C. J. Budlong, of Asha way. R I., “what a thoroughly good and reliable medicine 1 found in Electric Bitters. They cured me of jaundice and liver troubles that had caused me great suffering for many years. For a genuine, all-round cure they excel anything I ever saw.” Electric Bitters are the surprise of ail for their wonderful work in Liver, Kidney and Stomach troubles. Don’t fail to try them. Only 50 cts. Sat isfaction is guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co. Fines of half a crown for keeping pet kangaroos have been imposed on the residents of Yarram, Victoria. Citucer Cured by Itlood Italm. All Skin and Blood I>lrt«-aH<-H Cured. Mrs. M. L. Adams, Fredonia, Ala., took Botanic Blood Balm which ef fectually cured an eating cancer of the nose and face. The sores healed up perfectly. Many doctors had given up her case as hopeless. Hun dreds of cases of cancer, eating sores, supperating swellings, etc., have been cured by Blood Balm. Among others, Mrs. B. M. Guerney, Warrior Stand, Ala. Her nose and lip were as raw as beef, with offensive dis charge from the eating sore. Doctors advised cutting, but it failed. Blood Balm healed the sores, and Mrs. Guerney is as well as ever. Botanic Blood Balm also cures eczema, itch ing humors, scabs and scales, bone pains, ulcers, offensive pimples, blood poison, carbuncles, scrofula, risings and bumps on the skin and all blood troubles Druggists, $1 per large bottle. Sample of Botanic Blood Balm free and prepaid by writ ing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and special medical advice sent in sealed letter. It is certainly worth while investigating such a remarkable remedy, as Blood Balm cures tho most awful, worst and most deep-seated blood diseases. Owing to tbe fall of the Campanile the pigeons of Venice have flown away—no one knows whither. Beware of the Knife. No profebblon has advanced more rapidly of late than surgery, but it should not be used except where ab solutely necessary. In cases of piles, for example, it is seldom needed. DeWitt’i Witch Hazel Salve cures quickly and permanently. Une qualed for cute, burns, bruises, wounds, skin diseases. Accept no counterfeits. “I was so troubled with bleeding piles that I loat much blood and strength,” says J. C. Phil- lids, Paris, III. “DeWitt’a Witch Hazel Salve cured me lu a short time.” Soothes and heals. Chero kee Drug Co. There are 36,630 Wealeyaua in tbe Brltiah army and navy. For a bad taate lu the mouth take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. THROUGHOUT THE TIB HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Intert-Htlng IteruiH Conct-riilng Our Neigh bor* Beyond the Line Which May Prove Kntertaliiing Beading for Hundred* of Ledger Beadem, Dr. R. L. Holloway, of Durham, h is an eight-acre field of tomatoes, and it is his intention to make wine from the entire crop. The Charlotte police have killed sixty-five dogs since the city council passed an ordinance dooming to death all tugless canines found on the streets of that city. It is found that the ages of the two oak trees cut down in the capital square at Raleigh last week because they had died, were 160 and 170 years. Oaks of a more suitable species are to be set out in tne square. Mr. C. Graham, an employee of the Highland Park Manufacturing Com pany in Charlotte, received painful injuries Wednesday by the falling of an elevator in the mill. His ankle was sprained and be was badly shaken up. The elevator fell about ten feet. The cause of the accident was due to tbe rope pulling loose. Advices from the North Carolina coast bring tbe startling intelligence that the oyster beds of tbe State are about to give out, Tbe State has culling laws but they cannot be en forced without some sort of an oyster navy. That it will pay to properly protect this interest is shown by the handsome revenue derived by Virginia from her oyster beds. There was a railroad accident in Monroe Tuesday night in winch two women were injured. The accident was the result of carelessness in a railroad employee in leaving a switch open, which caused the passenger train from Atlanta to dash in on the side-track and into an engine stand ing there. The engineer of the pas senger train stuck to his post and it was a miracle how he escaped with out injury. Mrs. Folwell, wife of Mr. T. S. Fol- well, died at her home in Arcbdale, near High Point, Saturday night, after a lingering illness. Mrs. Fol well was in Ford’s theatre in Wash ington when John Wilkes Booth as sassinated Abraham Lincoln and saw tbe fatal attack upon the President. At the request of friends she often re lated the story of the tragedy, which was most interesting and tragic in every detail. The joint debate Wednesday be tween Senator Pritchard and Mr. Craig, which took place at Fayette ville in the court bouse, ended in an overwhelming victory for the Demo cratic champion. Eight hundred peo ple crowded in the court house, six hundred of whom applauded the tell ing utterances of Craig, who prodded Pritchard about appointing negroes to office in the State and again in re gard to his refusal to say whether his party accepted the constitutional amendment as a final disposition of the question. Mr. Shepherd, of Rowan county, was in Concord Tuesday exhibiting a collection of Indian relics, arrows, heads and spear points, which he un earthed at Dunn’s Mountain, about three miles from Salisbury, digging down four feet from tbe surface to find them. How he came to do this dig ging is as strange a story as tbe speci mens he found are interesting, and this is, that while asleep he dreamed of seeing tbe spot where these relics were buried ind also tbe relics, and believing in the dream, he went to the place and found ho bad a true revelation. Mr. Pleasant D. Wise, of Salisbury, made a earful mistake Saturday that nearly cost him his life. Mr. Wise’s stepson oied Saturday morning and tbe undertaker left a bottle of em balming fluid on the mantel, caution ing the family that it was very dan gerous. During that day Mr. Wise went to thd mantel where he had a tonic in a bottle that resembled the fluid bottle. He took the latter with out examining and drank three or four teaspoonsful. He immediately discovered his mistake and physicians were summoned. They worked with Mr. Wise for some time and succeeded in relieving him. The only case of importance which was decided in Carthage at court last week waa that of Seawell against the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in which Seawell was awarded $4,500 damage. In the campaign of 1900 H. F. Sea- well was candidate for Lieutenant Governor and after he bad delivered a ■peach at Shelby, he waa egged by aome enthusiastic Democarti while he was on the railroad premises wait ing for the train. He brought suit against the railroad for $10,000 dam age and the case was set for tral at the last term of civil court, but was postponed on account of sickness in the family of counsel for the defence. The verdict was satisfactory to Mr. Seawell’s friends. There was a probably fatal shoot ing scrape in the lower part of Cher okee county, Saturday afternoon, in which Pole Taylor was shot by a man named Deaver. Several years ago Taylor and Deaver had trouble about a distillery bond which tbe elder Deaver had given for Taylor, who is his son-in-law. At that time, the young Deaver left the county and in the meantime the people of his neigh borhood had beard nothing of him. Saturday afternoon Taylor started around his bouse for something and met Deaver, who drew his gun and shot him through the neck and then left on the run. Taylor bad been shot three times previous to this and no hope is entertained for his re covery. Sunday night, September 14th, Tom Wilcox, father of the alleged murderer, Jas. Wilcox, secured admitj tance to the Elizabeth City jail, say ing he wanted Jim’s soiled clothes for the laundry. A third party followed and sought concealment on the top of tbs steel cell near the main entrance. After .Wilcox departed the third party unlocked every cell, '.Y.ilcox’s inclos ed. Four men availed themselves of the opportunity and escaped and four remained. Wilcox was one of these. It was a prearranged plot. None oth er than his friends could have a pos sible motive for unlocking these doors. It was done that the press would say' Wilcox had the opportunity to escape. He refused, thus creating a change in sentiment. Not Doomed for Life. “1 was treated for three years by good doctors,” writes W. A. Greer, McConnelsville. O., “for Piles and Fistula, but, when all failed, Buck- len's Arnica Salve cured me in two weeks.” Cures Burns, Bruises, Cuts, Corns, Sores, Eruptions, Salt Rheum, Piles or no pay. 25c. at Cherokee Drug Co. drug store. It’s no use for your lips to be talking of grace unless your life tastes of it. A Certain Cure for Dyitentery and Diarrhoea “Some years ago I was one of a party that intended making a long bicycle trip,” says F. L. Taylor, of New Albany, Bradford couny, Pa. “I was taken suddenly with diarrhoea, and was about to give up the trip, when Editor Ward, of the Laceyviile Messenger, suggested that I take a dose of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I purchased a bo .tie and took two doses, one be fore starting and one on the route. I made the trip successfully and never felt any ill effect. Again last summer I was almost completely run down with an attack of dysentery. I bought a bottle of this same remedy and this time one bottle cured me.” Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. Some 2,000 discoveries of illicit stills were made in Ireland during the year ended March, 1901. 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 cts. Get Green’s Special Almanac. Truth does not need any proof or evidence, for the real truth is self- evident. A Sad DUappolutmeut. Ineffective liver medicine is a dis appointment, but you don’t want to purge, strain and break the glands of the stomach and bowels. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers never disappoint. They cleanse the system of all poison and putrid matter and do it so gently that one enjoys tbe pleasant effects. They are a tonic to the liver. Cure biliousness, torpid liver and prevent fever. Cherokee Drug Co. Character is tbe bat commercial asset in the world. l'*«d for Pnauiuoiila. Dr. J C. Bishop, of Agoew, Mich., ■aye: “I have used Foley’s Honey and Tar In three very severe cases of pneumonia with good results lu every case.” Refuse eubetltutee. Chero kee Drug Go.