Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S.>C. Fhe 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 30, 1902. #1.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. Event, that Have Taken Place from One End of the State to the Other Called from Exchange, for Quick Heading by Score. of llu.y People. Capt. E. B. Chase, one of the most popular conductors the Southern ever had, has been appointed day station master at the Columbia union depot. Caleb Weathers, colored, shot him self accidentally last week at Wedge- field while cleaning a gun. His nose, one eye and a part of his skull were .short oil. Mr. Ben Perry, formerly of Green ville, was arrested in Columbia Friday night by Constable Bateman on the charge of illegally transporting con traband liquors. In a row in Charleston Thursday between Louis James and Bill Jen kins, both colored, the former receiv ed a pistol ball in the stomach that may result in his death. Palmer Willingham, a six-year-old son of A. J. Willingham of PeJzer, fell into a well 40 feet deep last Wed nesday. The well was six feet deep in water. With the exception of a few bruises he *as not hurt. Plans for the new Hotel Jerome, to replace the building which was des troyed by fire two years ago in Co lumbia, have been prepared and the contract is to be awarded in a few weeks. It is to be completed by Sept. 1, 1903. The store of Nasseof Rahal, a fruit erer of Beaufort, was broken into be tween 2 and 3 o’clock Friday morning and the sum of $150 in cash stolon from the till. The police are on the lookout for the thieves. An entrance was effected by cutting a hole through a large glass window. .An unusual case was tried in the circuit court at Anderson last week. Walter Gilmer, a little white boy about eleven years old, was tried for assault and battery with intent to kill. Ho and Waddy Murray, the same age, had gotten into a fight and the parents took up the fuss. Wal ter was acquitted. Thu^day morning Charles Bruce, the ni JR storekeeper of the Seaboard Air Line at Abbeville, and policeman, in an altercation with Lewis Sanders, an emnloyee, shot him, the ball pass ing through his body. Sunders died next morning. Bruce is in custody. He is a trustworthy young man. Sanders is said to be a vicious negro. Coi. John T. Sloan, the newly elec- ted lieutenant governor, luis announ ced two of his appointments. Mr. Tillman Bunch of Spartanburg, a nephew of the late George 1) Till man, has been appointed journal clerk of the senate, and Mr. H. 1). Sutler bill clerk. Mr. Butler occupied this position under the retiring lieu tenant governor. Toe price of hard coal now in Charles ton is $10 a tun, and the quantity is small. A few davs ago a Charles ton firm was as'ked by Nt.w York par ties if it had any hard coal in stuck, and upon r<*piy that it had ub>.Qt 300 tons, an immediate telegraphic re sponse came that the New York firm would take 200 tons at whatever price the Charleston dealers would name. The Charleston firm refused to sell. A colored workman named John Dreher was seriously injured at the government quarry in Lexington county Saturday morning. A large “sprawl pan’’ used for conveying large pieces of crushed rock fell upon him in some manner and pinned ban to the ground, breaking the right leg about four inches above the knee. He was also badly bruised internally. Dreher was taken to the Taylor Lane hospital in Columbia and Saturday night was in quite a serious condi tion. The Southern is finishing a new depot at “East Spartanburg,” a sta tion about two miles east of Spartan burg on the Spartanburg, Union and Columbia road. The depot has been put up at the point where the street car company has built its barns and switches have been put in permitting freight to be transferred to the tracks of the trolley line and thence to Glendale. This will also be the sta tion for Cedar Springs, the State in stitution for the deaf, dumb and blind. D. D. Dickson, overseer for Blalock of Goldville, Laurens county, who was committed to jail charged with the shooting of Tom Kinard, colored, a week ago, Saturday gave bond for bis appearance at the next term of court. He denies shooting Kinard. He was appealed to by the negroes to quell a general negro row on the place about 10 o’clock at night and on approach ing the scene of trouble, Kinard was met running away. Mr. Dickson ar rested him and discovered he had been shot. Kinard said a negro shot him at the house. He died Tuesday. The coroner’s jury implicated Dickson, hence his arrest. Sunday, 21st inst., there died in Laurens an old negrress, Hannah Mil ner, whose claim to longevity is be yond doubt unparalleled in that sec tion. According to her reckoning she was three years old when the im mortal paper, the Declaration of In dependence, was promulgated,a “gal” of 10 when George Washington be came president, or, in other words, she was born the last of October, 1773, and therefore had she survived six weeks longer she would have at tained the great age of 129. She claimed to have distinctly remember ed George Washington as a general during the Revolutionary war and as president. A short time ago report was made to the governor that Magistrate Boy kin, at Lamar, in Darlington county, had performed a marriage ceremony for a white man and a mulatto girl. The magistrate was called upon for an explanation. He says it all oc curred at night, that the light was bad and be did not notice that the girl was a mulatto. The communications re ceived by the governor intimated to the contrary, and the governor has sent ail the papers in the case to the clerk of court of Darlington county to be presented to the grand jury, instructing the solicitor to see that a thorough investigation is made. The punishment provided by the law for such an offense is heavy. THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY. It* Exhibit at the Fall KeMtival Admired by Thousand*. The management of the Southern Railway is always alive to the situat ion. The work it is doing, looking for the development of the country its line serves, is manifested on every hand. The exhibit made by the Southern Railway at the Fall Festival which is held in the Exposition Building in Cincinnati, and continues for two weeks beginning September 15th, is attracting the attention of thousands of people. The exhibit occupies two thousand square feet of floor space and is made up of samplesjand specimens of various woods and minerals, grasses, grains, fruits, and vegetables raised in the States of Virginia, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi,Kentucky, and Ten nessee. The display of fresh fruitit, es pecially apples, from the South is a wonder to the Northern people, and visitors to the exhibit generally ex press surprise that sucli magnificent apples are grown in the South. Not less than twenty-five varieties from Western North Carolina alone are on display. As the result of this exhibit the at tention of thousands of ueople is di rected to the Southern country, and it is not uncommon to hear said: “ This exhibit convinces me that the South must be a wonderful country I expect some day to investigate ii with the view of locating.” The repre sentatives of the Land and.Industrial Department of the Southern Railway Company are in attendance for the purpose of giving specific ami reliable information to visitors concerning lands, mines, factory sites, etc. Tim Southern Railway Co., through i's Land and Industrial Department, is making several such exhibits in the North. Great cure and large expeii- noce is requisite in repairing an exhib it such as the Southern is making at Cincinnati. Local Cotton market. The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market today: Good middling 8:60 Middling 8 :50 Cunty. 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 i hygienical!)’ 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. “Clifton” flour is guaranteed strictly pure wheat flour, and is sold at a reasonable price. “Clifton” has □o rival. There is no better flour sold at any price. Bb\nsforu Mills. Owensboro, Ky. Any woman who regards beanty as superfluous has never tried It. 'FRISCO WILL SOON TALK WjTHHONOLULA By December Pacific Cable Will Connect Them. STATEMENT MADE BY MR. DAY. From Honolulu the Cable Will Run to Gaum and End at Manila—Cost of Project Will Be $12,500,000 or More. San Francisco, Sept. 25.—'"Within 80 days messages will pass over the Pacific cable between San Francisco and Honolulu.’’ This positive statement was mado by Richard W. Dey, the local represen tative of Clarence H. Mackay, son of the late John W. Mackay. “The steamer Silverton, with the cable on board,” continued Mr. Dey, "'is due at this port in 60 days. There will be no delay here, for the vessel will steam out to the ocean beach and in a few hours the cable will bo brought ashore and safely anchored or fastened at the station. Once the American end of the line is made se< cure, the steamer will sail for Hono lulu. Fourteen days are allowed for the trip, so that the other end of the cable may be carried ashore at the Hawaiian capital and dispatches passed over it early in December. The remainder of the cable will be laid as expeditiously as possible. The cable will touch at Guam and end at Manila, The cost of the project is al>out $12,- 500.000.” Clarence Mackay left yesterday for London via New York, but soon will return and establish a home here, a large iwut of his father's estate being located in this city and state. B4ELLEVUE PHYSICIANS PUZZLED. Patient at Hospital Who Seems to Un derstand No Language. New York, Sept. 25.—Physicians at Bellevue hospital and officials of the Outdoor Poor department are greatly mystified over the conduct of a man who was taken to the hospital an La bor Day, suffering from malaria. He has not spoken a word since arriving there. It ia assumed the i>atlont was a for eigner and effort was made to hit up on some language ho could understand. One after another was tried without success. Fifteen different tongues were turned on him without effect. Finally the sign language of deaf mutes was brought into play, but the man evidently understood what was be ing done and merely shook his head. The Illness passed away and some disposition had to be made of the pa tient. so he was turned over to the poor department. Here an effort was made to put him to work. A pail and .scrubbing brush were placed in his hands and signs were made that he should clean the floor. He shrug ged his shoulders wearily, laid the ar ticles on the floor and resumed his seat. Efforts are being made to find Ko reans and Eskimos in the hope of get ting him to talk to them, as nearly everything else has been tried. Evidently the man Is a recent ar rival in (he country and how he got part the immigration officials is a mys. tery. * • STONE’S FORMAL ORDER Placing Troops on Duty In Lackawan na and Lebanon Counties. Harrisburg, Sept. 25.—The formal order issued by Governor Stone plac ing troops on duty in Lackawanna and Lebanon counties was made public to day at the headquarters of the Nation- al guard. The order follows: “1. The sheriffs of Lackawanna county and of Lebanon county, re spectively, having advised the gover nor of their inability to preserve the peace, maintain order, secure obedi ence to laws, and protect life and prop erty and secure to the citizens of the commonwealth their rights, privileges and safety, under the laws, and tho governor being satisfied upon Investi gation, that tumult, riot and mob vio lence does exist in those counties to an extent that cannot be controlled by the civil authorities, the major general commanding the National guard of Pennsylvania will make such disposition of the tropos now on duty as may, in his Judgment, be necessary to properly assist the sheriff of Lackawanna coun ty and the sheriff of I^ehanon county In restoring and maintaining peace anl order. "2. The major general commanding the division will report fully to the headquarters the action taken in com pliance with this general order. By order of William A. Stone, Governor Mid Commander-In-Chief.” —Oysters Served In soy style, and for sale at Johoson’s. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN lOWERCHEROKEE. From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Tlie New PiMtol Law a Good Thing—A New*|>aper for the Kenellt of the “Neigh borhood GoMHip" 1* lining Thought of—An Article from Kev. Creech—Other Items. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, 8ept. 27.—We took occasion to say in one of our letters to The Ledger this week that we hadn’t heard of a single election killing in the whole State, or any thing like it. Now, we are-convinced more than ever that the new pistol law had much to do with bringing about this better state of affairs. There was no lack of campaign whis key to bring out all the latent powers of bad blood. The fact that the ever ready pistol couldn’t be so conveni ently brought into use without expo sing the owner to rough handling has, we must admit, bad much to do with it, and will, we trust, do more. When the evactment of the present law was first suggested some news papers aud even good men who de test the protection of carrying con cealed weapons were outspoken intheir views regarding such a iaw—that it would be a failure—a dead letter. But we are glad to say it is neither, in so for as we have seen its working, and, if people will only be true to themselves and each other “toting” pistols will soon he a thing of tne past. Every self-respecting, law abiding citizen has already quit the practice of carrying them and its right for the others to do likewise. Mrs. Robert Blackwell died uay beiore yesterday at Union aud was buried at Mesopotamia yesterday. One of our neighbors who is more or less journalistically inclined speaks of starting a paper for the benefit of the neighborhood gossip. It will be called "The Lying Reporter.” No doubt it will have the liberal patro nage of its main admirers from tne start. Who will be the editor-in- chief has not yet been fully decided upon. , It will, no doubt, be a great con venience to the tattling fraternity to whom wo most cordially commend it. Uouid the departed spirits of Ananias and Sapphira return to this terres trial sphere and commune with their (iisc'nles in Uk flesh, they would blush at the wonuertul ignorance they displayed which caused their nun. If the coek-a-doodlt-doo which reminded i’eter of his sin, was repeated every time a lie is told we couldn’t hear the liens cackle. Mr. B. Frank Webber, of Jones- ville, was iu this section last Thurs day looking for walnut timber. He wants to purchase three car loads, each piece of which will square at least twelve inches, and win take it from the stump. We regret to learn that Mrs. Wade J. 1’ridmore and child, of Surratts, are botn still very unwell. The church choir met at the homo of Mr. T. J. Estes, on Wednesday night, to practice for the convention occasion: Mr. “Mike” Sellers is pulling and hauling his corn from Egypt. He has been well rewarded for his labor this year, though this is the firet full crop he has gathered there iu several years. “Mike” is one of our best farmers as well as out of our very best public-spirited citizens. His presence and talk will cure any curable ease of blues in ten minutes, beyond doubt. During, a recent trip to Gaffney your correspondent had the pleasure of forming the acquaintance of Mr. J. O. Ratliff, proprietor of “The Bat tery,” whom lie found to be u whole- souled fellow and a goodjudge of the value of printers’ ink as shown by his ads. Your correspondent called to see Mr. Charlie Garner last Monday when ho was on I’ea Ridge. Mr. Garner has been confined to his bed for eleven years with paralysis. He says he is not sick at tho mouth. He has a good appetite and with the exception of rheumatic pains now and then suffers very little. He was a Confederate soldier and a man of great physical strength and courage. In fact it belongs to the family. “Old Bully”. Garnar was bis father. “Bul ly” was a great man in his days and before “Gaffney’s Old Field” had ever been dreamed of as having the flourishing town it now has, he with other sports and horse racers met there annually for their special amusements. He kept good horses and trained his boys for riders. With the exception of Messrs. Jesse J. Mabry and Andy McNease, all the old men have passed over the river and the place where they spent many happy hours (as well as carousals), 's now the center of one of South Carolina’s most modest and well regulated towns—Gaffney city. There is some talk of moving the Sunny Side school house to a more central place, which we understand is located at or near the forks of the road where Mr. John J. Inman lives. We haven’t yet learned who will teach that school this winter. Mr. and Mrs. "Bud” Comer re ceived word that a relative’s, John S. Gault, child was very sick on the “Ridge.” Mrs. Comer went but the little fellow was dead. Mrs. “J.L. S.”and family desire to thank "Uncle Syl” and Mr. Roberts, of Hickory, for a bountiful supply of corn-field beans which we all enjoyed very much. Cotton is still opening very fast and most people think it will all be gathered in another month, or less time. Mr. Vaney C. Comer, our efficient and accommodating ferryman,reports the river flush this morning and the flat runs all right. We understand that a change will take place in the supervision of the chaingang. Capt. Clayton Camp will be superceded by Capt. R. M. Jolly after June 1st. We hear a good story told of an egotistical-self, conceited young preacher whose name we must with hold for personal reasons. After service he asked one of his deacons, a grizzled, plain-spoken old man, what he thought of his effort. "Wall,” says the old man slowly, “I’ll tell ye; in a kind o’parable.” "It reminded me of Sam Peck’s fust deer hunt, when be was green at the biz- ziness. He followed the deer’s tracks all right all day, but in wrong direction.” That settled it with that young peacher at that place. Every time jou make an enemy you lose a friend, is a maxim all wili do well to remember. There will be communnion acSalem next Sabbath, October 5th, at 11 o’clock a m. Preselling begins the day before ut 11 a. m.. ami again at night. Bully for Mr. W A. Young who sends the first correct answer to the ten acre problem. Go up head and get thy reward, brother. Rev. Sam T. Creech writes a very sensible article which we clip from the Union Times of yesterday and commend it to our Ledger readers in hopes that it will be adopted by them Mr. Creech is one of The Ledger’s most devoted admirers. The following is what he says: “Do you think it best to do away with debating societies?” This was a question asked me some time hack and in order to reach as many young people as .possible, I ask permission to answer through the columns of The Times. Of course like many other subjects I have given this one very little thought, and will ask you, kind reader, to occasionally think for your self and the many good thoughts that I leave out you will please add for vourself. Theory at times and in some things is very good, but prac tice is always better. The child in learning to walk, talk and write must have practice, just so with our bash ful young men, they need and must have some means by which their dif- f< rent talents may be developed ami to my mind if instrucled and prac ticed in such and kindred socities, many boys yet unknown will write their names in undying letters high upon the pages of history. The renowned Clary, I believe it is said, failed to speak u word at his first tlTort, yet died with his temples overshadowed by fljwers of golden oratory. Andrew Jackson, once a ragged boy, but afterwards a statesman, a governor, a president, would, it is said when but a iad, walk for miles to debate ot.d then make a complete failure. Thus by constant toil with undeviating energy he was placed conspicuously io the political arena of mortal life, high up on the top most round of oratorical fame. I mention these to arouse the lat ent energy that no doubt slumbers todap iu the bosom of rugged boys, who if properly developed will make shining lights to mark the century- in which they live. It must continue as it has been— that is—the children of common folkf- will have to govern the world, both in a spiritual and temporal sense; then why not have a debating society in every community, a young man’s prayer-meeting in every church? All, of course, cannot make preach ers, statesmen and lawyers, yet It will enable each to know his strength in speaking, praying and singing, and though roughly bandied at first, such will prove helpful in after days j. l s Between 7,000 and 8 000 packages of home grown tigs are now being dispatched every week from Worth ing, which is the center of the Eng lish fig-growing industry. —Oysters Herved in any style, and for sale at Johnson’s. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Interesting Iterm* Concerning Our Neigh bor* Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Reading for Hundred* of Ledger Reader*. The latest planned industry for Asheville is a $50,000 furniture fac tory. A public school in Raleigh has been named for a negro, probably the only one in the State. The negro’s name is “John Davis,” who has done much for education among his race. Mr. James B. Lanier, of Salisbury,- is dangerously ill as the result of drinking a large quantity of coffee from the pot. The coffee seems to have had a poisonous effect and he was immediately taken ill. His re covery seems to be somewhat doubt ful. There was a little lost child at Mr. D. S. McCord’s, 638 South Church street Charlotte Saturday. The child said that her name was Minnie Lottie Delmore and that she had an aunt Daisy. She had started to carry din ner to her father, but lost her way, and was uoable to tell either where he lived or where her father worked. Lorenzo Morris, the young white man who murdered old Mrs. Mahatey White iu Wake county last July with an ax, plead guilty to murder iu the second degree and was sentenced in Raleigh Friday to the penitentiary ♦or thirty years. Solicitor Jones agreed to this course because Morris is not bright. He is almost 24 years old. “I have captured one of the prison ers who broke juii aod will have the other three before a week,” said Sheriff Grandy of Elizabeth city, to a correspondent Saturday. Grandy further said: “I have the material for a good newspaper story, but will wait for futner developments. You may expect something bordering on the sensational.” Frank Alexander, a negro employ ed by Garibaldi & Burns, jewelers of Charlotte, was arrested Friday night for stealing money and jewelry from the firm. The stealing haa been going on for about six months, but not until Friday was conclusive . evi dence found against the thief. Alex ander was drunk when arrested and confessed his guilt. A convention of the Appalachain National i’ark Association has just been called to meet in Asheville (Sat urday, October 25 The convention is for the promotion of the scheme to have Congress appropriate funds suf ficient to purchtso about 10 UUO/JOO acres of mountain timber lands in the Appalachian range in North Carolina, eastern Tennessee and Georgia for national forest reserve. Mr. John Drew, of Gold Hill, at tempted to commit suicide Friday and nearly sucoeeded. He remarked that he was tiled of life, and slashed his throat with a razor, making a long and deep gash. The razor slipped from his hand, however, and before he could make another attempt the weapon was taken from him. A phy sician was called iu and dressed the wound. Mr. Drew will recover. A fight occurred in Salisbury Sat* urda) afternoon between Dr. Mona- guc, veterinarian, and George Jack- son, a saloon proprietor, of rtiat city. The fight was the result of a certain report which Monague accused Jack- son of circulating about him. Jack- son was knocked down and had* one of his finger nails torn cut Dy the roots. Tne combatants were separ ated before further damage was done. Mr. J. Schwab, a popular cotton buyer of Goldsboro, recently received a very unique present sent him by friends in the Holy Land. The pres ent came by mail and is a handsome album emhe'ished in oriental fashion. Inside the alburn are pressed flowers which were plucked from the bunk of the river Jordan. The cover of the album is made of olive wood which was gathered from the sacred spot known to Bible readers as tbe Mount of Olives. A most horrible fate befell George L. I’ettus, of 8outh Point, Gaston county, Thursday about 9 a. m. H« wan cleaning out a well wheu the rope broke and a bucket of mud to which it was attached descended to the bot- lorn, 28 feet, and strucked him full in the face, citting away the skull down past the nasal passages and breaking his jaw. He was quickly broiufet up and renaained conscious for s^ral hours, only speaking about how he might be saved. He did not want to be touched and morphine bad to be injected into him by force. No skill could save him and be died at 8 o’clock in tbe afternoon.