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., KSRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1908. $1.00 A YEAR. milCHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. Event. Unit Hwve Taken IMnee from One ‘ Enel of the State to the Other Called from Exchange, for Heading by Score, of Bn.y People. Goveroor McSweeney baa pardoned Robert Lee, a white man., convicted in Spartanburg county of entering a dwelling house and stealing in two cases, in each of which a sentence of six months in the penitentiary was imposed upon a plea of guilty being entered. A man giving his name as C. W. Johnson, white., who was arrested for the larceny of a watch from Jno. Halt of Spartanburg Tuesday, is now held on a charge of having stolen a large quantity of paint from the Mor* gan Iron Works of that city some months ago. United States District Attorney John G. Capers has received instruct* ions from Washington directing him to make a thorough investigation of the titles, ete M of the property at Florence, which has been selected as the site for the new United States government building to be erected do that city. Some of the finest racing stook ever seen in this part of the country will be brought to Colombia during fair week this year. Not ooly have the prizes attracted the owners, but the climate is such that many of them will spend the winter tbege and wiil have their horses trained for the next season on the Columbia track, which is one of the best in the South. A negro convict from Rock Hill es* caped from the county ehaingaug Sunday. He was a “trusty” and was sent to slop the hogs when be kept going. As sooa as his escane was discovered a bloodhound was put on his track and he was chased into Bethel township, but was finally lost at a negro camp meeting. The other negroes would not give him away. J. R. Harrison, of Barnwell, has recently invented an “oil comb” which has already made him both famous and rich. A company in New York, impressed with the merit of the invention, has purchased from Mr. Harrison a one-half interest, paying for same $50 000, it is said, and will manufacture the article in New York city. Mr. Harrison will go on to New York to superintend the manufact ure. R. D. Harbin, who lives seven or eight miles north of Easley, was standing too near the railroad track last Saturday afternoon and was struck by the northbound vestibule, No. 38. He now lies in the Msunt- ein View Hotel and is attended by Dr. Russel. Probably no bones were broken, but bis right shoulder is in a serious condition. Mr. Harbin met with a similar accident on a previous occasion. Jim Pettus, colored, an employee of the Catawba Power Co., was killed Monday while at work In the quarry across the river in Fort Mill. A rock, weighing perhaps fifty pounds, fell from an embankment and struck him on the back of the bead, wounding him so seriously that he died in an hour. Pettus is the first person to have been killed while at work at the dam since operations began there nearly two years ago. Two young white men were arrested in Spartanburg Tuesday morning by the police for beating their way on a Southern railway train. Later it was found that the parties arreeted had in their possession four boxes of pocket knives suspenders, collar buttons and numerous other articles. The men said ubat the goods were given them by a stranger. They stat ed that they were from Gastonia, and stoutly maintained their innoncence of any robbery. There was a meeting of long-lost brothers at Fort Mill last Monday. It was between Mr. Porter K. Mull, for twenty years a resident of Fort Mill and Mr. Marion Mull, of San Fran cisco, Cal. The brothers parted at the close of the war. One returned to bia home in the South; the other went West, and since that time neith er has beard from the’ other. Mr. Marion Mull recently went to New York city on business and made up bis mind to stop in Carolina on his return and search for his brother if he could get tidings that be wss still living. He found him at Fort Mill. Mr. P. K. Mull did not know bis brother when they were first brought together and when informed of bis Identity tbs scene was very affecting. 'Tbs pile of mutilated greenback bills wblob were scattered over tbs ae loss—$3,000. The American ankers’ Association, New York, in L ! a L 4. L Onmaa-tsvci T7 v» l.* - NEWSSFTK£ WEEK IN IflWEB CHEROKEE From Ocr Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. FruHt la tltetCuunty^'f odder ah<1 H»y to be UHtli«red-<Clierokec Dirt a Go*<t fnvettt- ment—MeeMug of Veteraue Called ia Ua ffacy —*> tfc e r 1 tooss. (Correspondence'of The Ledger.) Em Ja^e, Oct. 15.—A small “‘skiff” of frost made its appearance this morning on tbe dry straw. Some fodder is yet to puli: and hay r to cut if peaple would save it. It •□nay be too late now. Tbe recent rain raised the water io the river so 'that tbe float iruns all slight now. Mr. and Mrs. H. £3. McDaniel, of tKickory Grove, have a child sick with bEious fever. Messrs. Monte ,<£ iRobinsoc have mtved their ginning outfit >to the Star Farm neighborhood, where they are at work oow. Mrs. “J. L. £/’is spending a few day* on the York side of the river with her sick grandchild, WilmerMc- Fort Mill bank by the blowing up of the safe, were on Saturday shipped to the treasury department at Washing ton. The money was so badly torn up that it was impossible to tell tbe amount, and the exact ioss of tbe bank by the robbery will not be known until the treasury department is beard from. However, there is i.ctle reason to believe there will be any change in last week’s estimate of bolds membership, has sent to that place a special detective who for the past week has been investigating the robbery and is making strenuous efforts to ascertain, if possible, the identity of the robbers. Mr. George R. Wallace, who lives about five miles northeast of York- ville, shot and wounded Green Garri son last Saturday afternoon. The shooting was the development of a difficulty that commenced on the Thursday previous. Garrison vented land from Mr. Wallace, and had a dispute about a settlement. Tbe dis pute resulted in a fight, during which tbe negro used a knife, cutting che sleeve of Mr. Wallace’s coat. After the difficulty the negro left. On Sat urday afternoon, Mr. Wallace came upon the negro at Mr. John F. 'Gor don’s ginnery, and shot him with a revolver. The bullet entered 'Garri son’s back on a line with the liver. At first it was thought that the man would die; but investigation lead io the belief that the bullet was proba bly deflected by a rib and that no serious result would follow. this season may be prevented by cleansing the system with DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. These famous little pills da not gripe. They move the bowels gently, but copiously., and by reason of the tonic properties, give tone and strength to thp glaude. Cherokee Drug Co. Be independent. Do not lean oa others to do your thinking or to con quer your difficulties. A Typical Mowtii African Store. <J. R. Larson, of Bay Villa. Sundays River, Cape Colony, conducts a store typical of South Africa, at which can be purchased anything from the pro verbial “needle to an anchor.” This store is situated in a valley nine miles from the nearest railway station and about twenty-five miles from the near est town. Mr. Larson says: “I am favored with tbe custom of farmers within a radius of thirty miles, to many of whom I have supplied Cham berlain’s remedies. Ail testify to tbeir value in a household where a doctor’s advice is almost out of tbe question. Within one mi e of my store the population is perhaps sixty. Of these, within the past twelve months, no less than fourteen have been absolutely cured by Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. This must surely be a record.” For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. It is impossible to gain a victory by running away from tbe fight. Dou't Imagine that all flours 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 ’aw; in reach of all housekeepers. Cheap flqur is dear at any price, while “Clif ton” is tbe least expensive, and is the very best you can buy. Bkawaford Mills, Owensboro, Ky. Spent More Thitn SI.OOO, W. W. Baker, of Plalnview, Neb., writes: “My wife suffered from lung trouble for fifteen years. She tried a number of doctors and spent over $1,000 without relief. She be came very low and lost all hope. A friend recommended Foley’a Honey and Tar and, thanks to this great remedy, it saved her life. She en joys better health than she has known in ten years.” Refuse sub stitutes. Cherokee Drug Co. Fortunate are they who learn wis dom from tbe folly of others. Daojtvr in Fall Colda. Fall colds are liable to hang on all winter leavlog tbe seeds of pneumo nia, bronchitis or oonsnmptlon. Fo ley’s Honey and Tar cores quickly and prsvsnts serious results. It Is old and reliable, tried and tested, safe and surs, contains no opiates and will not constipate. Cbsrokss Drug Oo. .night. On account of “bad co'dtf’’ eome did not get to go—they were greatlydisappointed., however. The rain has made the roads very muddy wad travel is difficult, espec ially with loaded vehicles. The county supervisor has adver tised tbe letting out for repairs the Owen’s Ford bridge on the 24th inst. Bee tdat it is done right this time, Mr. Wbelcbel. To eee so much land advertised for sale in the county is not considered the beet evidence that we are getting along as we should. But people must consider that it is a great mis take made by laud-holders in owning more land than they can manage rightly. Had they long ago cut up their lauds into smaller tracts and sold them to enterprising, industrious people (both white and colored) who could have paid for and owned homes of-tbeir own, the country would have been in a much better condition today than it is. it has taken over thirty years for this secret to be found out. As it is we don’t think there is a bet ter investment a man can make of his money than Cherokee county dirt, and purchasers can get any kind or quantity of land they want and at almost any kind of prices. Some cruel wag. in speaking of hen-pecked husbands, says: “Many men can be managed who can’t well be bossed.” Yes, and lots of them need somebody to manage them, too. Several people are moving this year. Mr. Will Howel has moved to the old Gordon Moore bouse and Mr. Quit Parks comes to the old ferry place. Mr. Bud. Comer moved to Jonesvllle this week, where his chil dren will work in tbe knitting mill. We regret to 16arn that his oldest daughter, Miss Aonie, has typhoid fever. Yesterday morning while a flock of wild ducks were fiyiog down tbe river one of them struck the wire rope and fell heels over head into the river. Tbe feathers flew lo every direction but tbe stunned bird made its escape “Pet,” you made a very good stag ger at the answer to tbe problem given some time ago, to-wit: “A tradesman proposes to retail his goods at ten. per cent, profit, but adulter ates them by adding one-quarter of their weight of ao inferior article which cost him four-fifths of tbe price of the better. What profit per cent, does be make? and in what pro portion must he mix the two kinds of goods to give 20 per cent? You ooly got the per ceot. of the mixture, one to five. Four men are employed to mow a field of grass and after working five days they have cut ten acres; two more are then pat on who work at the same rate and the whole Is fin ished in three days more. How many acres are in the field? “Uncle Jimmy” baa our thanks for a copy of the Midland Virginian, pub lished at Palmyra, Va., every Thurs day. He la a firm friend of The Led ger. Mr. T. Jeff Hughes spent the night with us recently. He Is peddling oo oblckena and eggs, for which he gives the highest market price. He hopes by fair treatment to build up a good trade In bia Hoe of business. Jimmy and Pat, two aoni of Erin, were overheard in tbe following con versation . Jimmy—“Bbtop kickin’ about yaz bard look, mon. Soma morning ye’ll wake up and find yerself fam ous.” Pat—“Faith, Ol’ll bet ye when thot mornin’ comes ’twill be my luck te overslape mesilf.” A traveler in one of our neighbor ing States tells about stopping in a large city where they have plenty to drh»k at all hours. In great big let ters over-one of the saloon doors is this sign “Open all night ” Next to it is a restaurant with this sign over it in bold letters, “ We never olose.” Nest to this, in a tumbledown shanty, is a-Chinese laundry with this sign in great, serawling letters, “Me wakee too/’ Every time we cherish enmity in the heart we nourish an enemy there. Rev. Sana T. Creecii did not preach at Mesopotamia last Sabbath. He attended-quarterly meeting at Fos ter's Chapel that day. Tbe praise of religion is very dilffer- eot In many cases frooc tbe practice ®f it. We regret that Cherokee county has dome so Lttle yet in getting -up the rolls of the men it sent to the wair. Little -did these brave meo think when they volunteered that they were so soon to be ■forgotten or tbetr sacrifices so little appreciated. To do tbtis work property requires more than metre talk. The wind work has keen dine over aod over and it’s time for the ether to begin. Can’t we get together enough of interested men from t&e various sections (town ships) of Cherokee county and formu late a plan by which to accomplish this very important work? It can be done if ail who ought tc feel an inter est in it will spend a little time and labor. Suppose* then,, we say that on Thursday, October 30th, at 11 a. m. all who are willing to do what they can visit the court house at Gaffney and see what has been done already adkl adopt means to finish up tbe work. The time is at hand and if we don’t do something now we will never do anything. Some of the commit tees, we understand, have done very little, if anything, and others only a very little work. We hope to hear from you, comrades, through Tha Ledger and let everybody feel an inter est and help in getting these rolls complete. This can be done if those who are in favor of the work will do what they can and those who are not will stand off and say nothing. We guarantee that nobody will do more than The Ledger to set this work in order. It circulates more or less in every locality within tbe bounds of tbe late Southern Confederacy ae well as many places outside of it, and a call through its columns for the name, age, company, regiment, bri gade, together with a list of casual ties, such as kil'ed at, captured at, wounded at, died of wounds at, died of disease at, discharged, transferred, absent with or without leave, will bring lists from those whom it will be impossible to reach otherwise. What say you to this meeting on tbe 30tb inst., comrades? Rev. A D. Davidson preached at Shiloh church, in York county, on the first Sabbath—his regular ap pointment. J. L. s. Ills Life in Peril. “I just seemed to have gone all to pieces,” writes Alfred Bee, of Welfare, Tex., “biliousness and a lame back bad made life a burden. I couldn’t eat or sleep and felt almost too warn out to work when I began to use Elec tric Bitters, but they worked won ders. Now I sleep like a top, can eat anything, have gained in strength and enjoy hard work.” They give vigor ous health and new life to weak, aick- ly, run-down people. Try them. Only 50c at Cherokee Drug Co. A woman’s idea of a bargain is something she can’t afford when she needk it and which is offered at a re duction when she has no use for it. Stricken With Paraljral*. Henderson Grimett, of this place, was stricken with partial paralysis and completely lost tbe use of one arm and side. After being treated by an eminent physician for quite a while without relief, my wife recom mended Chamberlain’s Fain Balm, and after using two bottles of it be is almost entirely cured.—Geo. R. Mc Donald, Men, Logan county, W. Va. Several other very remarkable cures' of partial paralysis have been effected by tbe use of this liniment. It is most widely known, however, as a cure for rheumatism, sprains and bruises. Sole by Cherokee Drug Co. Tbe average mao can love a woman as long as she can keep him from finding her out. A Dozen Time* a Night. Mr. Owen Duou, of Benton Ferry, W. Va., writes: “I have bad kidney and bladder trouble for years, and it became so bad that I was obliged to et up at least a dozen times a night, never received any permanent bene fit from any medicine until I took Foley’e Kidney Core. After using two bottles, I am cured. ” Cherokee Drag Co. S-ookont for Fever. Biliousness and liver disordere at Daniel. Mias Mary Robinson,just across the #j river. £ave her friends a sociable last THE TAR HEEL STATE, From tbe Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Intercstlttg; IteoiM Concerning Our Neigh- bon* Iteyond the Line Which May Prove Enter tailing Keatliug for Hundred), of Ledger Keadere. Nort h Carolina day in the public schools of the State will be celebrated this year Wednesday, November 26th. Col. Fra^k Cox, owner of the Bat tery Park hotel in Asheville, has paid the estate of the late E P. Mc- Kissick $10*000 for the surrender of the lease of the Battery Park hotel in that city. The jury in the case of R W. Hig- | don vs. the Western Union Telegraph : -Company in Charlotte returned a ver dict of $1,000 in favor of Higdon. ; The jury was out ail night and early 1 Wednesday morning an agreement was reached. •Conductor Anderson, of the Illinois Central railroad, suicided by shooting at Littleton, Halifax county, Wednes day. He was from Holly Springs, Miss. He reached Littleton to find hie bethrotbed would wed another, so he suicided. Aged 29 A most deplorable accident hap pened at Sadler’s gin, near Sand'fer, in Mecklenburg countv, Tnes^ev Mr Krlty B h’t, m you j. ,ii „ > i. ii' ployeu at the giu. w«s caught*ui the machinery and had one arm so badly torn up that it had to be amputated. There was a wreck on the Carolina Central Tuesday morning near where the road crosses Briar Creek, about three milts from Charlotte. The trouble was due to tbe breaking of an axle on a freight car. The car drop ped on tbe track, causing tbe track to be blocked for several hours. Tuesday the Southern’s north- boun i fast mail No. 36, running at the rate of forty miles an hour down a steep grade three blocks north of the station at Greensboro, jumped the track, bumping on the crossties around a sharp curve, over a steel trestle and high embankment for two hundred yards. Very little damage was done and no one was hurt. Saturday evening in South Rocky Mount, Edgecombe county, a white man named Ben Jones had his head cut off by a passing train. It is pre sumed that be was under the influ ence of liquor and stumbled just as tbe train was about to pass, his bead falling upon the rail. It was cut di agonally. Part of the head above one ear remained with tbe body. In tbe office of Chief Police Irvin, of Charlotte, hangs a flaming circu lar offering about $2,500 reward for several of tbe boodle aldermen of St. Louis. A reward of $1,800 is offered for Chas. F. Kelly, $300 for Julius Lehmann and $300 for Adolph Mad- ern. Ail three of these men are charged with perjury and with using their position as aldermen of the city of St. Louis for their own personal gain. Tbe grand jury of the Federal court in Greensboro Wednesday found an indictment against one man for fraud against the government by false, padded returns of receipts of tbe third and fourth class postoffices by means of which allowances have been improperly made to fifty-two such offices in the Western North Carolina district alone of one hundred dollars each for extra clerk hire. The case promises to rival the famous cherry tree swindle and the chief promoter of the fraud is indicted for forgery. Mr. Isaac Hobson, who was em ployed at tbe steam distillery of Car- roll Davis, at Conrad’s, Yadkin coun ty, was fatally scalded on Friday. He died on Saturday and was buried Sunday at Forbusb, same county. It is learned that Hobson went to shut off steam when the still burst, throw ing boiling water all over him. He suffered intense pain and was in great agony until be died. Mr. I. T. Car ter, storekeeper at the distillery, who was standing near Mr. Hobson, was also badly scalded, but it is thought that he will recover. Mr. Charles Hedrick, of Salisbury, who has been running on the South ern from Spencer to Monroe, was so badly hurt Friday night near Dan ville that it is thought he will die. Mr. Hedrick was on top of a car and the train was two mlless south of Danville when the unfortunate young man was bit by an overhead bridge. He was knocked from the car and was picked up later in an unconscious condition. He was taken to a hos pital and was still in an unconscious condition Tuesday. His brother, Mr. Phillip Hedrick, of Salisbury, with whom hs hss been boarding, went to Danville to see him. He stated that tbe physicians held but little hope for his brother’s recovery. One of the most horrible affairs that has ever occurred in Cumber land county is reported from Cedar Creek. Tuesday Mr. Larkin Bedsole, an aged citizen of that township, was attacked by his wife and two sons, Amos and Jeff, and so terribly wounded that he is likely to die. Tbe wife used ao axe and tbe sons knives. When neighbors arrived on the scene and interfered, they found tbe old man had received two fearful gashes inflicted by the axe and had been stabbed five times. The family is iu dire poverty, and the cause of the trouble is said to have been over a dispute about some food. That this old man still lives is one of those re markable cases that even physicians cannot explain. In Wilmington Sunday afternoon an ugly incident characteristic of days before the late unpleasantness in 1898 came to the notice of Police man E. R. Chadwick, one of tbe best men on the force. Paul Sharpless, who is said to be an offensive “rail road nigger,” pushed a young white boy off the sidewalk at Sixth anr, Brunswick streets. Officer Chadwick saw tbe act and asked tbe negro for an explanation of his conduct, where upon he set upon the officer, scratched him badly about the neck and made his arrest extremely diffi cult. Florence Williams and Geor gia Suggs, two colored women living in the vicinity, urged the .bad negro on with their plaudits and they, too, were arrested Monday, ebarged with aiding and abetting the negro in re-< sisting the officer. Uoeii Like Hot Cakes. •The fastest sellir g article I have in my store,” writes druggist C. T. Smith, of Davis. Ky., “is Dr. King’s New Discovery for Comsumption, Coughs and Colds, because it always cures. In my six years of sales it has never failed. I have known it to save sufferers from Throat and Lung dis eases, who could get no help from doctors or any other remedy.” Mothers rely on it, best physicians prescribe it, and guarantee satisfac tion or refund price. Trial bottle free. Reg. sizes, 50c and $1. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co, What a shock it would be to most people if they could see us as we see ourselves. Cure), KheumatUm and Catarrh—Medicine sent Free. Send no money—simply write and try Botanic Blood Balm at our ex pense. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.> kills or destroys the poison in the blood whi;h causes the awful aches in the back and shoulder blades, shifting pains, difficulty in moving fingers, toes or legs, bone pains, swollen muscles and joints of rheu matism, or the foul breath, hawking, spitting, droppings in throat, bad bearing, specks flying before the eyes, all played out feeling of catarrh. Bo tanic Blood Balm has cured hundreds of cases of 30 or 40 years standing after doctors, hot springs and patent medicines had all failed. Most of these cured patients had taken Blood Balm as a last resort. It is espe cially advised for chronic, deep seated cases. Impossible for any one to suffer tbe agonies or symptoms of rheumatism or catarrh while or after taking Blood Balm. It makes the blood pure and rich, thereby giving a healthy blood supply. Cures or per manent and not a patching np. Bold at drag stores, $1 per large bottle. Sample medical advice by describing your trouble and writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. A personal trial of Blood Balm is better than a thousand printed testimonials, so write at once. Poor reputations are due to the fact that good intentions are seldom credited. A Communication. Mu. Editor—Allow me to speak a few words in favor of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. I suffered for three years with tbe bronebitis and could not sleep at night. I tried several doctors and various patent medicines, but could get nothing to give me any relief until my wife got a bottle of this valuable medicine, which has completely relieved me. —W. 8. Brockman, Bagnell, Mo. This rem edy is for sale by Cherokee Drug Co. In chasing the ideal one often suc ceeds in catching up with the mate rial. (Stop* the Conch and Works off tbe Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure, no pay. Price 25 cents. Women load and unload vessels in the porta of Japan. “Watch The Kldnejre.’ “When they are effected, life la In danger,” bays Dr. Abernathy, the great English physician. Foley’* Kidney Care makes aound kldneyi. Cherokee Drag Co.