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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. Ledger PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FBIDAY. We GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver > tiser Who Uses the Co 1 - 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, OCTOBER 14, L903. #1.00 A YEAR. rHROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE, items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. —r Events that Have Taken Place from One End of the .State to the Other Called from EscliaiiKert for tjulck Heading by Scores u.sy People. » Miss Kate Hazard Barnwell was burned to death by the explosion of an.oil stove in Charleston last week. • /The governor has appointed five gentlemen to represent this state at ' the unveiling of a monument to the Confederate dead by the Philadelphia Daughters of Confederacy at Philadel phia Oct. 25. . The Columbia electric railway com- *pany is preparing to comply with the act of the general assembly passed at ' the last session requiring vestibules on the trolley cars tor the protection of motormen and conductors from the weather. V Governor McSweeny has appointed J. Baxter WestbrooK to be judge of probate for the county of Chester, to fill the unexpired term of the late John 8. Wilson. Mr. Westbrook is the Democratic primary nominee for the office for the coming term, and will be elected in the general election to be held next month. Mr. John M. Spratt, of Fort Mill, was in Yorkville Thursday. He had with him a satchel full of legal papers consisting of notes, mortgages, deeds, etc., which had been placed in the vault of the Fort Mill bank, which was recently blown open by burglars. .The papers are badly torn and present the appearance of a huge rat nest. Under the direction of the court of common pleas the master for Rich land county has commenced the tak ing of testimony in the numerous suits against the Seaboard Air Line pending in Columbia, growing out of cutting through Lincoln street in that city. The cases are being divided into classes and are being taken up one after another. An invitation has been received by Converse college, .Spartanburg, to have a representative at the inaugu ration of Dr. Woodrow Wilson as president of Princeton university on Saturday Oct. 25. As none of the present faculty of Converse college can be present at Princeton on that date, they have unanimously request ed Rev. Dr. B. F. Wilson to be there on the occasion and represent Con verse college, bearing greetings to the new president and to the corporation. There was a negro cutting scrape Thursday night on Mr. R. A. Chand ler’s farm near Mayesville. It seems that a colored boy named Julius John son bad possession of a banjo and Robert Moore wanted it, and one word led to another until knives were drawn and Moare cut Johnson’s arm, sever ing a large vein. He was immediate ly taken to a doctor, but he lost sev eral quarts of blood which came very near costing him his life. Next time he will probably give the banjo a wide berth. Thursday night Ninety Six was visited by a disastrous fire which is thought to have started in the build ing in which the K. of P. have their hall. About 1 o’clock in the morning an alarm was given and it was found Tthat the two-story brick store of A. 8. Osborne was on fire. That was quickly consumed, as was also the two-story brick store of H. P. Galphin adjoining. A number of business places were destroyed, and the entire loss was about $15,000, nearly half covered by insurance. Joe Mack, alias Willis Henderson, the country negro committed to jail in Laurens Wednesday evening for attempting to get a check cashed at the People’s Loan and Exchange bank of that place with the name of Dr. Frank G. Fuller forged, has confessed and says he had an accomplice. He names Tom Jones, a negro preacher of Cross Hill township,Laurens coun tv. Henderson claims that Jones came to him in the field, told him •what ho wanted and offered him $500 \f he, Henderson, succeeded in carry ing out the scheme. There was somewhat of a sensation created at Greeleyville, Williamsburg county, Thursday by the discovery of a dead negro buried in cotton seed in a house on the farm of the Mallard Lumber company. The dead negro, Luther McKnight, an employe of the above company, was last seen Sunday afternoon. An examination of the body disclosed the fact that the skull had been battered in, the eyes muti lated, the neck broken, and the face badly disfigured by the heat of the cotton seed. The body was discover- •d by a wagon driver who bad gone fto the building to unload seed, and the facts were thus disclosed. There is no clue as to the perpetrator of the crime. Friday as the northbound passenger train of the South Carolina and Geor gia road was crossing the trestle just beyond the fertilizer works in Blacks burg, some children were coming meeting the train, walking on the trestle. One of them, the 9-year-old daughter of Henry Black, colored, of Blacksburg, was knocked off the trestle by the engine and almost in stantly killed. The engineer was Mr. J. 8. Phelps, and on account of the sharp curve at that point of the road it was impossible for him to see the children until his engine was almost upon them. Thursday night in Greenwood a negro employed as a lineman by the Western Union Telegraph company went down to the depot to take the night train, which passes that place about midnight. He had been drink ing and when be got to the platform he put down the sack containing his implements for climbing poles, etc., and went to sleep. He did not wane up until the train arrived and then he jumped up in a great hurry, picking up his sack as he thought, but which proved to be the mail pouch. He carried the pouch on with him, leav ing his sack of tools on the platform. He was no doubt a scared negro when he came to himself and found that he was unintentionally a mail robber. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. A Hatch of Newsy Items Concerning Our Neighbors. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Blacksburg, Oct. 13.—Mrs. O. A. Osborne returned home Thursday af ter a very delightful visit of several months to relatives in St. Louis. Major Jno. F. Jones returned home Wednesday from Springfield, Mass. Mr. R. R. Brown, of Oowpens, was in the city Wednesday on business. Miss Catherine Deal returned home Saturday from Rock Hill, where she has been visiting friends for the past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. ?»Iarvin II. Morrow spent Sunday with relatives at Ruth- erfordton. Mr. E. K. Belue returned home Thursday from a business trip to New York city. The series of meetings which were to have been bejun last Sunday at the Baptist church were postponed until next Sunday on account of the pastor not being able to secure help before that date. Thursday evening the northbound passenger train on the Charleston di vision ran over and instantly killed the five-year-old child of Henry Black, colored. A crowd of little darkies were returning home in the evening from the cotton fields and when nearly half way over the trestle just outside the incorporate limits the northbound passenger train turned the curve just above the trestle. Seeing the train, the chil dren all ran to get off the trestle, but this little girl, being much younger than the rest, could not run so fast and was struck by the engine before she got to the end of the trestle. Itiackshurg Again “In Evidence.” Blacksburg, Oct. 11 —In my last letter I referred to what looked like a contest over the office of magistrate at this place It is now said that since the publi cation of this piece there has been a paper of some kind afloat at the dif ferent prpcincts and perhaps else where. Your correspondent does not care, just at present, to state the ex act nature of the paper, its real au thor. nor the one whom it is supposed to benefit. From what the friends of the con testants say there ia reason to believe that the whole naatter will in some way be investigated, and, it is inti mated, that more serious irregulari ties than the voting of republicans and negroes occurred at this box. And so Blacksburg is to be again “in evidence.” This time before the legislative delegation—perhaps before the governor. Her washing of dirty linen in the courts has heretofore proved beneficial to tie place and edifying to the public. Keep your eye on us, we are interesting—in a way. k. a. t. Don’t Imagine that all floors are alike. There is a difference, a big difference. So much depends upon having pure, white and nutritious flour that the subject is worthy your careful inves tigation and consideration. You will be better satisfied in se lecting “Clifton” flour, a fact that everyone who knows anything about flour will tell you. In purity, white ness and quality, “Clifton” flour ex cels all other flours. Don’t imagine that because “Clif ton” flour is a high grade flour that the price is high, for the price is low; in reach of all housekeepers. Cheap flour is dear at any price, while “Clif ton” is the least expensive, and is the very best you can buy. Bransfobd Mills, Owensboro, Ky. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. York County Cotton Coming to tlaffney—A VUit to Hickory Grove—Illicit Liquor Truffle Hoomlng—Sad Sight at Foster'* Chapel—Other Matters. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Oct. 11.—Uncle Syl Es tes says that of twenty bales of cot ton which had passed his house up till last Thursday noon, going to the Gaffney market, thirteen of them came from York county. This proves that we were not mistaken when we said over two years ago that a free ferry at Howell’s would be more com mercial advantage to Gaffney than any other town in South Carolina. In speaking of our York county trip in one of last week’s papers wo omitted to say that while at Hickory Grove we took dinner wibh our old friend and former Cherokeean, Mr. Walter J. Moorehead, who ( is one of the leading merchants of (that town. Mr. and Mrs. Moorehead have an in teresting family of goo;i looking and intelligent children. and he is making every effort to ediieate them. In their late school election Mr. Moorehead worked for /the graded school, as did most of th/b others who put a proper estimate op the value of education. Mr. and Mrs. Moorehead both have a large circle' of friends in this and adjoining countties who with great pleasure will note Ithe fact that they are recognized as soW of west ern York’s most estimikble people. Mr. C. 8. Moorehead, hiA brother, is a chip off the same block. He and his good wife are among some of the best people of that town and tlrey are good friends of The Ledge'r, too. Mr. S. W. Mitchell, of Hickory Grove, who has an extensive book agency, is now canvas'ding Cherokee county with some choice books which we have no hesitancy in re commending to our reader^. We congratulate Bro. Jacobs, of Clinton, in having such a distin guished subscribeo to their paper, Our Monthly,as President Roosttveit. He subscribed for a copy of th^ paner for each of his two boys. Th^ Monthly organ of the Thornwell Orphanage and we are glad to know it has such a wide-spread circulation, instead of having the President’s che^-k for the subscription price of the paper ($2) cashed, Messrs. Jacobs hjave had it framed and are keeping it 31s a souve nir. The Thornwell Orphanage is a worthy institution and is doing a great work for those in its : care. Dr. Jacobs is a most excellent} Christian gentleman and has managed it with great skill and energy, an0 we think that many children who home under his charge are really fortunate beings. We Understand that ohe evening this week Mr. Martin Rcfberts acci dently shot a colored man Pear Union Grove church. We bave{ heard con flicting reports of the affair. At first it was reported that th^ wounded man couldn’t live, but we were glad to learn he was doing very well night before last with hopes of Recovery. Miss Avelona Webber, who has been in bad health for some time, visited her uncle, Mr., Jonn Lowry, this week, and we hope soon to see her enjoying fine health. She is an excellent young lady—the only daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. (P. S. Webber, who we are glad to| count among Cherokee county’sjmosft excellent citi zens, and they have j our heartfelt sympathy for any afl/iction iu their family. If we are rightly ini/ormed by those in position to know.tbye U. S. revenue officials and State tybnstabfes have liquor tramc wmen s| These moonshiners some extent the way is open for the worst to do their work too. A stop to all is the safest way. From these moonshiners minors, idiots and all classes and conditions get what liquor they want. Even good people (so-called) will not come out and openly condemn the practice. If they say anything at all of a condemnatory nature it is guerded with a “don’t say that I said anything about it.” May the Lord have mercy on such patriots as these. At Foster’s Chapel last Wednesday a very solemn sight was witnessed— one which is almost if not altogether a parallel. Two of Mr. James L. Evans’ grandchildren, Grace Wood and Fleta May Williams, who had died with whooping-cough, were both buried in the same coffin Rev. Sam T. Creech performed the funeral rites. To the parents and grand parents of these dear little ones our heart goes out in tender sympathy. Messrs. Bently Morris and “Bud” Robinson are running a public gin in this neighborhood and doing very good work. Mr. W. S. Wllkerson, whom our observant Ledger readers know either personally or by reputation,says this is the year to sow wheat and oats with the prospect of getting a good crop. He says that a dry year is almost always followed by a good crop of small grain if it is sowed early and put in good order. The wet season leaches the land and robs it of its plant food so that it cannot produce as well as if it were other wise. He cites the year, 1881-02 as instances which every farmer who was old enough at that time can re member. We hope our farming friends will nor, forget what he says and test his theory thorougnly this and next year. Mr. W. is not a man who talks merely for the fun of talking, but for the sake of the information he can get or give. Try him. j. l. s. CASES IN COURT. Verdict in Littlejolin-LlpHconih CTittc —Mis trial in McCraw v*. Clary. Court convened at the usual hour Friday morning, and the sealed ver dict which had been found Thursday night by the jury in the case of Mor ris vs. Littlejohn, was opened and was in favor of the defendant. The consideration of the case of Littlejohn vs. Lipscomb was then resumed, the evidence all being in, the arguments were the first pro ceedings in order, Messrs. Wilson, Jefferies and Hydrick for the defen dant and Mefsrs. Hall, Osborne and Butler for the plaintiff. All address ed the jury in a manner that elici ted praise from all quarters.. These arguments occupied the whole day and are considered among the strong est legal efforts ever made in the court Louse. Judge Aldrich delivered an able, fair and important charge to the jury and the case was given to it about 7 p. m. It went to the jury room and the court adjourned. i bis case was the longest ever tried in the county. The jury sat four days in the box and spent one day in the country looking over the grounds of contention. Saturday morning when court con vened, the jury in the Littlejohn-Lip- scomb case having found a verdict during the night, presented it sealed. It was opened and read and gave the plaintiff, Littlejohn, $500 damages. The next case taken up was Mc Craw vs. Clary. The contention being for a tract of land in Morgan township. Hall & Willis represented the plaintiff and Butler & Osborne the defendant. The case was given to the jury about the middle of the afternoon. It remained in the room until about 7 o’clock and reported that It could not agree upon a verdict. The judge ordered a mistrial. While the jury was out the judge beard arguments in some other cases and passed some orders. The court then adjourned sine die. Judge Aldrich started for bis home on the midnight train Saturday night Communion services at the Presby terian church next Sabbath. Prepar atory services Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. A Sad Minfortaue. We learn that Earnest Smith, the young negro man who was accidental ly shot by Mr. Martin Roberts last week in the lower part of the county, died at his home in York county Sunday. This is one of the saddest occur rences of many days in the county, and is|greatly regrettedjby the friends of the dead and the living. We learn that Mr. Roberts is almost irreconci lable. Mr*. Nallle Green Dead. Mrs. Sailie Green, who sold her property two miles southeast of the city a few months ago, and moved to North Carolina, died at her new home of typhoid fever on Sunday. Her remains arrived in the oity yesterday and were baried in Oakland cemetery in the afternoon. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. IntereHtinj; Items Concerning Our Neigh bors Beyond the Line Whleh May I’rovt Entertaining Read lug for Hundreds of Ledger Readers. Fred B. Warren, a local newspaper correspondent, had a narrow escape from death at Washington Saturday morning. In getting off a train he was thrown violently to the ground and had a close cull in escaping from the car wheels. The Talcum Puff company is a new enterprise just launedhed in Asheville which will engage in the manufacture of velvet talcum pow der and other toilet articles. - The incorporators are Messrs John F. RiwlandandG D. Hull and Judge Henry B. Stevens. Capital stock $15,000. Four moonshine distilleries were captured in Beauford county Thurs day. Collector Babbitt, of Newbern, captured three of them on the farm of Stephen Tuteo. near Idalia, and Marshals Potter and Phelps scooped in another one seven miles from Washington. At the latter the rev enue men found 270 pounds of mash, which was destroyed. Mr. F. A. Vanderlip of N< w V >rk vice presideu 1 it rn>; National G;tj Bank, who has consented to visit Wilmington aud make a speech be fore the Chamber of Commerce, has fixed October 31st, Friday even ing, as the date for his visit. His subject will be announced later. The Executive Committee of the Chamber is perfecting plans for a big occasion. Mr. John Miller, contractor, of Charlotte, is short $170 and a gold watch. On retiring Friday night Mr. Miller threw his trousers across a trunk that was iu front of a window. Some time after 2 o’clock in the morning, a burglar raised the win dow and reached inside, took the money and watch out and then placed the trousers where he found them. Ihe thief has not yet been caught. In the case of Durant Helton against the Southern (the Atlantic & Charlotte Railway Company), in Charlotte a Superior Court jury Sat urday awarded the plaintiff a verdict for $1,500 damages. Helton, a lad of 14 years, had sued, through his attor neys,JMaxwell & Keerans, for$80,000. On September 7th, 1900, he had been run over by an engine of the defen dant company and both his legs were crushed off. Mr. S. E. Todd, of Charlotte, com menced Saturday a suit in the Su perior Court against the Seaboard Air Line Railway company to recov er $50,000 damages. Mr Todd bad been for a number of years car in spector for the Seabord Air Line, and on the Kith of January, of this year, he was run over by an engine at the Seaboard passenger depot Jn Char lotte and was injured so that both of bis legs had to be amputated above the knee. The good people of the Old North State and all the residents^of Greens- boio are looking forward with inter est to October 21st, as that is the opening day in Greensboro of one of the best fairs in North Carolina. One of the most interesting features of this fair will be a race which will come off each day between a large ostrich and a race hi-rse. Not just any old horse, but a borse that has a good record, which will make the race ail the mure exciting. The rare and succulent dish of baked wife was tried by a negro in the vicinity of Five Points in New- bern Friday afternoon and her screams and resistance brought the timely help of) Policeman Montague who was in the neighborhood, or there might have been a tragedy. He was in the act of thrusting the woman in the oven. The would-be wife-baker fled, but was captured after a long ebase He is a desperate character and will no doubt receive severe punishment. The town of Dover, in Craven coun ty, was visited Friday night by pro fessional safe crackers and next morning Mr. Wilson, who runs a general merchandise store at that place, was 230.00 short. The fwork was done during the still hours of the night and not a resident of the town heard the report which blew tbe heavy safe door off its hinges and completely wrecked tbe massive iron safe. When tbe proprietor walked in his store hi saw ready made clothing strewn in every direction over tbe bouse covered with dust from tbe plaster paris lining of tbs safe. Tbe burglars had piled all the clothing in the house on top of the safe to pre vent a loud report when the dyna mite exploded. Friday night Deputy Sheriff Mona ghan and Officers Benton and Spears of Fayetteville captured Wynne, an Indian, who murdered his nephew in Wayne county, June 6th, and for whom the Sta^e ffers $300 reward. The officers, accompanied)by the son of the murdered man, came on Wynne under a shed at the Atlantic Coast Line passenger b "tion at Fay etteville. When he s arted across the platform the lad, 11 '•d Wynne, exclaimed, “There’sjyour man,” and tbe officers covered Wynne with re volvers. He surrendered and was handcuffed. For several weeks there has been a woman fortune teller in \ 'ashington and she has surprised mi ny people by reading accurately events in their past life and by being postid on their hobbies, bhe has forecasted he future for them. Crowds of men and women have visited her and t looked as though she would amass quite an amount of money. It was discovered Friday night that one of the local society men has been posting her from the very first day of her arrival. He has beeo seen staying around the woman regularly and Friday Light he was heard informing her of the se crets as to the past of several men and ladies of the town, who he 1 vis ited her once and had been instt acted to come back the second time. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Call in and subscribe for The Ledger. One of the greatneeds in Gaff ney is a city engiuu.r. T. F. Addis, of Jeter, called to see us yesterday and presented The Led ger with some of his fine turnips. The revival meeting at the First Baptist church is still in progress aod is attended by large congrega-. tions. The rain which fell nearly all day Saturday kept most country people out of town except those with busi ness in court. Capt. J. T. Thackston has resigned his position as foreman of the street force and has taken charge of L. Baker’s lumber yards. Lawson Spake has taken charge of the city street force. Mr. Spake is a good businessman, a judge of work and will make an efficient foreman. Prepare your land now and sow your wheat as soon as possible. It has been said that wheat sown in October seldom fails to make a good yield. The city force is making much needed repairs on the side walks in' front of the Star Theatre and the Spake & Curry block on Limestone street. The stone being used by the street force now, for curbing the side walks, is from a new quarry recently opened by Mr. Thomas Stacy on bis farm near the city. J. C. Davis has resigned his posi tion with L. Baker and has begun business for himself near his home at the west end of Brown and Fred erick streets. Tbe county sinking fund commis sion, composed of T. M. Littlejohn, A. Harris and County Supervisor Whelchel, met in the supervisor’s office yesterday. A beautiful tiling floor has been laid in front in the vestibule of tbe Star Theatre. Tbe tiling is of fine quality, and tbe work seems to have been well done. Saturday tbe rain fell just about fast enough to be absorbed as it fell and make tbe roads and streets muddy. Saturday night it cleared off beanti- ful and Sunday was indeed a fine day. Mr. M. J. Dellinger, recently of Asheville, N. C., has moved bis fami ly to tbe city and is occupying a cottage on Logan street. He will in a short time open a mercantile busi ness on Limestone street. Our farmers generally think that the cotton crop will not be much over fifty per cent, of a full crop. But several of them have told us that Mr. R. G Black will make about a full crop. It might be profitable to study Govan’s methods of prepara tion of grounds and planting and cultivating cotton. Eugene Black, a bright young man of Grassy Pond, and one of the most progressive dairymen and poultry- men in the county, paid The Ledger an appreciated visit yesterday. It is encouraging to talk to Eugene. He has well laid plans and works them out with an energy and Intelligence which assures success from the start. Jones J. Darby, ggeut for tbe Aetna Life Insurance company, has just re ceived two checks for Frank 8. Spen cer and W. N. Turner for $10 00 aud $12 50 respectively. Tbs checks art for accident claims which these gen tlemen had against Mr. Darby’s com pany and the tmonnte were paid lo eight days from tbe time the claims were sent in.