Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. 1HE LEDGER. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. Wc 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, OCTOBER 21, 1902. #1.00 A YEAR. [HROUGMT THE PHLMETTO STATE. items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. fcventM that Have Taken Place from One Kml of the State to the Other Called from Exchange, for Quick Heading by Score. of liuMy People. The South Carolina synod con venes in Columbia to-day (Tuesday.) W. W. Graham, magistrate at Co ward’s, Florence county, fell dead on a street in Florence one night last week. The Winnsboro granite quarry has secured a contract to furnish stone for the Pennsylvania State Capitol and the contract will give employment to a large number of men for three years. Ed. Justice, a white man from Tryon, N. C.. was run over and killed by a Southern Railway freight train at the Spartanburg Junction about midnight Thursday night. The governor has offered a reward of $50 for the apprehension and con viction of Willis Barnhill, who on September 26 last killed one Bob Lind say, and has fled to Darts unknown. A sow belonging to Alfred McKen na, a colored citizen near Lancaster, gave birth last Wednesday night to a pig with two natural sized neads. Each head had its full complement of eyes, but one head was short an ear. The pig died the next day. A hotel waiters’ strike in Sumter was settled by getting waiters from Columbia where there is always an abundance of such labor. The Sum ter hotel man is, however, to make quite an innovation in this State. He is going to endeavor to employ white girl waiters. The citizens of the Dutch Fork sec tion of Lexington county have gone to work in earnest toward annexing themselves with Richland county. A call signed by fifteen of the leading citizens of the section has been issued for a meeting to be held at Chapin on Monday, October 27th. Mr. A. B. Groce, a prominent and influential citizen of Duncans, has purchased the Van Patton -Shoals, one of the finest water powers of Spartanburg county, situated on the Enoree river, six miles above Wood ruff. The amount of power at low water is 1,200 horses. ItyJohn Memminger, colored, was killed at the Ashepoo Phosphate Works in Charleston Friday by a heavy iron trap door to one of the bins falling on him and smashing his head into a jelly. Magistrate Manigault held an inquest and a verdict of acci dental killing was returned. There are ten negro murderers at large from York county, all of them having committed their crimes and fled within the past six years. Two of them killed victims near Yorkville; two near Rock Hill; one in Bethesda township, and three in the vicinity of Catawba Power Company. Al though rewards were offered for each of them, there is uo information as to their whereabouts. The people of Chester are arranging for a big veterans’ rally to be held, on Nov. 4th next. The idea is to have Confederate veterans attended from points in both this state and North Carolina within a radius of 100 miles of Chester. The Governor of North Carolina will be invited and it is ex pected that he will attend. The Gover nor of South Carolina )will also be urged to be there. A collision, resulting in the wreck age of a number of cars, occurred Fri day morning, about 3 30 o’clock, on the Southern railway, near the Caro lina mills in Greenville. The incom ing Columbia freight train ran into a number of empty freight cars standing on the main switch, causing the de molition of the engine, tender and a coal car of the freight train, also of several of the empty cars. No one was injured. The body of a man was found Fri day in a marsh near the drawbridge of the Ashley river just above Charles ton. The verdict of the coroner’s jury was death by drowning. The body had been in the river for some time, probably several weeks, and It was in a badly decomposed state. There was no flesh on the skull and the stomach had been eaten by crabs. It could not be determined whether the body was that of a white man or negro. The widow and children of the late Scott Wilson, through Hon. Stan- yarne Wilson, attorney, have brought suit against the city council of Spar tanburg for $20,000 damages on ac count of tbs death of Scott Wilson In the station house In that city last winter. Mr. Wilson was locked up In a cell one coldjnight in an intoxica ted condition, and next morning was found dead. His relatives claim that his death was due to neglect on the part of the officers in charge of the station bouse. The militia force of South Carolina has been without a brigadier general for some years. It was announced from the office of the adjutant general Thursday that the state has three full regiments of infantry, enough for a regular brigade, and it is understood the governor will in a few days issue an order establishine the brigade and appointing a brigaaier general to com mand it. It is thought that Colonel Wilie Jones, who commanded the Sec ond South Carolina regiment in the Spanish war will receive the appoint ment. In July, 1900, Daniel T. Gunnels, the town marshal of Bamberg, was convicted of manslaughter in his county. The sentence imposed was five years in the State prison. In August, 1901, the governor received an earnest petition for the pardon of Gunnels, but refused to grant it. Friday another petition reached the governor, together with a letter from the Penitentiary physician, who states that Gunnels is quite ill with tuber culosis, which he some time ago dev eloped, and is apparently doomed The physician and the prison officials asked that a pardon be granted in the circumstances. In view of these statements the governor Friday grant ed a pardon to Gunnels. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Come in and subscribe for The Led ger. The slaters began putting the roof on the new city hall Friday. Roland Gaines has accepted a posi tion at the city power house. While cotton was off some Satur day, quite a lot of it was brought in and sold. Adelaide Thurston will be in the city in “At Cozy Corners” on the 2Sth inst. Mr. Ed. Thomason has moved into L. Baker’s handsome new building on Granard street. The United States court con vened in Greenville Monday, Judge Brawley presiding. Several of our local attorneys went to Greenville Monday on business in the United States court. A city engineer greatly improves the quality and quantity of tne work done by the street forces. Young ladies are still coming to Limestone College and several others are expected to arrive in a few days. Farmers are buying a good deal of finished lumber for building new dwellings and other farm buildings. A well filled emigrant train passed here Friday going south. A large propotion of the emigrants were babies. Rev. C. F. Felmet has resigned the pastorate of the Draytonville Baptist church, to take effect the first of January. Mr. Caldwell, Contractor Itner’s manager, is pushing the work on the finishing plant of the Gaffney Manu facturing Co. Some farmers are digging sweet potatoes. They are being offered freely on the markets and are bring ing good prices. The many friends of H. L. Spears are glad to see him on the streets again after quite a severe spell of sickness of some weeks. Over two hundred tickets were sold by the Southern agent here Friday for Spartanburg, to people whose only business was to see the circus. Mrs. Mary Lockhart, mother of Chief of Police Thos. H. Lockhart and Officer Henry Lockhart, is occu pying the Thomason cottage on Bu ford street. Our young friend Hardy Perry, who has been at work some time in Prosperity, came home yesterday to attend the marriage of .his brother, Mr. M. Ca'lie Perry. There was a real business crowd In the city yesterday and every one in it seemed to be attending to business. Our merchants sold big stacks of goods from their large stocks. J. C. Roberts, a pronoinent jeweler of Chester, will have a fine line of diamoads, watches and sterling sil verware on exhibition at the Chero kee Crug Co.’s store tomorrow. The Gaffney crowd that went to the circus at Spartanburg Friday all got back safe, but one of them was minus $22 be bad been relieved of by a member of the light fingered gang. The first story of the Smith Hard ware Company's block of three brick ■tores on corner of Graoard and Fred erick streets Is up, and the timberi for the second floor are being placed. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Negro Kowdiea Coming from Church Uap- ti/.e a lirother in the Creek-Mowing Ma- c-hineH and Scythes Moving-Sweet Potato Crop Good-Other Itema. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Oct. 18.—Messrs. Terry Estes and Asa Blackwell struck out towards Cross Keys yesterday “diked up” as if they meant business of some kind. Perhaps their best girls know. Word came Thursday that Mrs. Dursie Brown (nee Miss Dursie Go forth) was lying dangerously ill at her home on Brown’s creek, in Union county. Mrs. Brown is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Goforth, of Sunnyside, and with her and her fam ily we sympathize. Mr. John Foster, of Union, who visited friends and relatives in York county this «eek, returned home yes terday. Mr. Banks Jones, of Hickory Grove, went with him. Mr. H. B. McDaniel, of Hickory Grove, is running a mowing machine on this side of the river cutting pea- vine hay. We understand that one night this week while going home from church some darkies who were drinking con cluded that one of their number needed spiritual rejuvenation and they informally baptized him in the creek It does seem that some of the colored people, whose sincerity we have no reason to dispute, are being grossly imposed upon in their church worship by drunken rowdies whom they ought to prosecute or learn to stay away, or behave themselves. It is a constant complaint with some of them, and yet no attention is paid to them. Any of the magistrates will attend to this class of law-breakers if complaifct is made to them, and we think the officers are derelict in their duty to allow such to pass unnoticed, We have never heard of Rev. Col lier having such “cuuing up” around his churches as some of them do. He just won’t stand it and they know it, and that ends the trouble before it begins. Jf some of these drunken, boisterous rowdies were sent to Capfc. Clayton Camp’s school for one session it would do them good. At $1.25 a rod, how much less will it take to fence ten (10) acres of land in a square than if the same were in the form of a rectangle twice as long and half as wide? Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes and fam ily are visiting relatives at Sharon. We regret to learn that Miss Annie Comer has typhoid fever. Mr. T. A. McKeown, in writing from Detroit, Texas, Get. 12th, says: “In your communication this week you describe Wm. Wilkerson’s sor ghum business as having made 1,000 gallons. We beat that by 2,000 gal lons. We raise the ribbon cane and will make 30 or 40 barrels this season of our own crop. Come over in next month and we will sweeten you all over. We get fifty cents for our mo lasses at the mill. The yield is 300 gallons per acre.” But, Thorn, you must remember that you are living in a molasses and sugar making country where you oau cultivate nothing else profitably, and where nothing enjoys good health but alligators and mosquitoes, and that makes the difference in “Billy” Wilkerson’s favor. However, we are glad to know that you realize so much from so small a piece of land. But you haven’t got any such water to drink as you got while in York county, and especially from old “Granny” 1 urner's or Lige Aiken’s spring, where the sand still boils up almost as white as snow. But it’s all in getting used to It. as the Irishman said about hanging. We know that after all you live in the greatest State of this union, taking all of its re sources Into consideration. On account of sickness in bis fara- ily, y our correspondent will not get to attend the meeting of the synod In Columbia next week, where he has a kind invitation from some friends to spend his sojourn in that city with them. Thank you, kind friends, we hope to see you later and will make our visit at the first favorable oppor tunity. ft r. and Mrs. S. F. Estes visited friends and relatives in York county this week. Mowing machines and scythe blades are moving now since Jack Irost has been threatening the forage crop. We hear nothing else about the sweet potato crop but that It is good this season. What say our legislators (elect) about a.inaarrlage license law? It's time the people were thinking about what they wanted and now is the time to talk about it and post their representatives. We know of no gen eral law more needed than a marriage license law. Some people claim it would necessitate the enactment cf a divorce law. That is all stuff; the two have no more connection than living faith and dead reason have. Every year and almost every month add additional reasons why we should have this law. The lives and fortunes of too many young people have been wrecked by the inaction of older ones and those who ought to hold their welfare dear to their hearts. Mrs, Laura T. Estes has been com plaining for a few days. Miss Ollie and Bessie Smoak, of Felbut, both deaf mutes, are visiting Miss Bessie Edwards, of this place. These young ladies are school mates—having attended the Cedar Springs school together. They will spend a few days in this community. They are enjoying themselves finely. They visited ycur correspondent Fri day. Next Monday, 20th inst.. is the day set for a cotton picking contest to come off at Kelton. The contestants are Newton Burris, of Sarratts, who is one of The Ledger’s most reliable colored patrons, and Ben Littlejohn,of Jonesville We don’t know yet'what the prize is, but it will be worth work ing for. If we were a betting man of course we would bet on our Cherokee county man. They are to begin at ten o’clock and pick six hours Messrs G. L. Inman, of Mt. Joy, anr Geo. M. Fowler, of Jonesville, are at the head of the contest and no doubt there will be lots of money change hands. Those who missed seeing the moon in eclipse last Ibursday night missec a great sight. It is seldom we see such a complete eclipse as it was. Across its disk, running from east to west, was a dark zone, while north and south of it the moon assumed a blue-red color. While looking at this sublime spectacle our thoughts went hack to the time when the Revelator, in his spiritual vision, saw the sixth seal opened. j. l. s. ADELAIDE THURSTON. The Clever Little Star of ‘‘At Cozy Cornent Has a Fast Record of Continued SueceHS, The career of little Miss Thurston, who is familiar to the great majority of play-goers as the popular Lady Babbie in “The Little Minister,” and who is to be seen here Tuesday night, October 28th, in a new play, “At Cozy Corners,” reads more smoothly than the majority of young women who achieve prominence on the stage. She made her debut five years ago as Carey Preston in “Alabama” and subsequently appeared with consider able success as Bossie in “A Texas Steer.” Then followed a year with the stock company at the Grand Opera House, Pittsburg, and a short time with the stock company at the Star Theatre, Buffalo, N. Y. In both of these cities she became a great favorite with-theatre goers, and the fine quality of her performances at tracted a very great deal of attention. When Charles Frohman desired to send “The Little Minister” on the road, he was put to considerable trouble to find a suitable actress to succeed Miss Maud Adams. His choice fell upon Miss Thurston. That she gave abundant satisfaction in “The Little Minister” is evidenced by the fact that the business of the company which she beaded was of huge proportions in every city where she appeared. The following season Miss Thurston was the Madge Chiselhurst with Mrs. Le Moyne in “The Greatest Thing in the World.” Farmer* .Sowing Grain. A good many have sowed rye and fall oats and are preparing their lands to sow wheat, and If the fine weather continues much of it will be sowed this month. Some few speak of fine hogs, but from what we can learn there are not so many bogs in the county as last fall. The hay crop has been pretty well gathered. It is not so abundant as last fall but most of it was gathered and housed in good condition. liou’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 la high, for the price ii low; in reach of all housekeepers. Cheap flour is dear at any price, while “Clif ton” la the least expensive, and Is the ▼ery best you can buy. Bkansford Mills, Owensboro, Ky. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea.' NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Interesting Items Concerning Our Neigh bors Heyoinl the Line Which May Prove Kutertainlng Heading for Hundreds of Ledger Headers, The oldest inmate of the Soldiers’ Home in Raleigh is George W. Bunn, of Wake county. He is 94 years of age and was in the Forty-seventh Reg iment, in which were also four of his sons. He is quite active for his age. On the pilot of the engine which pulled the train to Greensboro from Mt Airy Saturday at noon was fas tened a large buzzard, which in some way was caught on the road between Mount Airy and that city. When the train stopped the buzzard was libera ted and soon disappeared. The little two year old child of Mr. Rush Folger, of Dobson, Surry county, was burned to death Friday, October 10th, by its dress igniting while it was standing before an open fire place. The mother had just stepped out of the room when she heard vhe screams of the child. She hurried to it and did all she could for the dying child, but to no avail. While Mrs. C. Y. Scott, of Greens boro, was up town Saturday morning a iheif broke into her hona» «r 210 Fmet'evnl.-street and ji >.- ^ l-.iy - qaaiitity of provisions fruu. ..,u try, a gold chain and charm and a pistol from the bureau. Entrance was effected through the back door, which was left open by the culprit. There is no clue to the pilferer, whose boldness is astonishing Samuel Vich, of Wilson, now the only negro postmaster in North Caro lina, was nominated by a negro con vention at Weldon for congress. This convention also denounced the lily white republicans, especially Senator Pritchard. Ex-Congressman Cheat ham, who was formerly recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia, and ex-Congressman George H. White were the main speakers. Mrs. Logan, wife of Judge G. W. Logan, deceased, died at her home, Chimney Rock Hotel, at Rutherford- ton Friday, after a lingering illness of several weeks. Friday morning an operation was performed, and it was believed that a satisfactory result would follow but on account of her age and very weak condition it was soon apparent that she would not survive the shock, and she died about 5 o’clock p. m. Mrs. Logan was 72 years old. It seems that the gold fever has struck Montgomery county in ear nest. Gold is being hunted now in places where it was never thought to be until recently. The section of the Iota mine is being searched thor oughly, and pits are being sunk in the Pekin section with the hope of unearthing some of the yellow metal. Montgomery county has always been noted for her gold, and she promises to keep up her reputation in this line. The lola mine is said to be paying handsomely. The store of Conrad Bros., between Centreville and Waugbtown.in Frank lin county, with their large stock of goods, was totally destroyed by fire Saturday morning about 1 o’clock. The origin of the Are is not known. Had it not been for the splendid work of the fire company of Spach Bros., their large wagon works and probably other building would have been burn ed. Conrad Bros, carried $400 in surance on the store house and $1,500 on their largo wagon works. The firm reports their loss at about $800 above insurance. The news that the Raleigh & West ern Railroad by building from Cum nock into Greensboro will give the Seaboard Air Line its long-coveted entrance into the progressive town is of interest. At one time it was thought that a road from Carthage would be built to Greensboro, and that the Seaboard Air Line would get in that way, using the Carthage Railroad, but the line was too cir- cuitious. The distance over the Ral- eigh-Coion-Cumnock route is 100 miles. Of this eight miles is built and fifteen graded. A bigamist was made to leave the Soldiers’ Home in Raleigh Saturday. His name Is John Gotten and he has a wife in Wayne and one in Wake county. His wife In Wayne, Nancy Cotton, wrote to Raleigh and made nquiry about him. He denied that she was alive, but said he had mar ried a widow named Shore in Wake county. They have one child. Cot- tan has also ruined the wife of a man who llfsi osar the Home. Saturday be admitted the existence of two wives, and said be did not know what would be done to him when he return ed to Wayne. He was told he must leave the Home at once, and did so. He left for Goldsboro, saying he was on his way back to his first wife. A soldier from Fort Caswell tried to commit suicide in Wilmington late Thursday afternoon, but interference by outsiders prevented him from tak ing his life. The man made two at tempts to kill himself. He first threw himself across the dummy track near Castle street, but the engineer saw him and stopped the engine and pulled the man off the track, telling him that he couldn’t well run over him. His plans frustrated in that instance, he decided upon another horrible death. He went to the gas works and attempted to jump into a a bed of hot coke, but employes about the plant stopped him, saying that they had already had enough trouble with their gas and didn’t care to have him in the retort. Disgusted at his fruitless attempts at self destruction, the soldier decided to abandon the idea, for the present at least. Elleuboro, Rutherford county, can truthfully boast of one of the most wonderful freaks of nature in the per sonage of George Randall, a white boy six years old. He weighs sixty- five pounds. His body and legs weigh only fifteen pounds, Ever since he arrived at the age of twelve months bis head has been rapidly outgrowing his body, and his parents say that bis body has not increased a particle in size and weight during the past four years. He is really nothing but skiu and bones. He is very fond of meats and does not eat much of other foods. Now and then he drinks coffee and milk. While he is in perfect health to all appearance, and has been so, with the exceptiqn of one illness two years ago, he dues nut appear to grow and thrive, and his parents do not believe that he will live long. Often he cannot hold up his head and most of the time he prefers lying in bed. because his head is so heavy. MUSIC IN GROVER. Frof. GHrdner'M Vocal CIhhh Give Public DeiuouHtratlou of Their Power*. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Grover, Oct. 20.—As an appropri ate termination to an unusually suc cessful and pleasant term, Prof. C. P. Gardner’s class in vocal music gave a public musical entertainment’ in the Grover Baptist church on the night of Oct. 18th to a delighted and appre ciative audience. A portion of the program rendered is herewith given: Opening prayer—Rev. J. D. Bailey. Selection—Class. Solo, In the presence of the King— Miss Bessie Turner. (Quartette, Come unto Me—Miss Ellen Beam, soprano; Mrs V. Mul- linax alto; Mr. Rufus Randall, ten or; Mr. Will Bookout, Mr. Ben Price, bass. Solo, My Old Kentucky Home, and full chorus—Miss Alice Herndon. Qiartette, Hosanna — Miss Alice Herdon, Miss Lena Turner, soprano; Miss Sallie Herndon, Mrs. Vic Mul- linax, alto; Rufus Randall, Lester Wells, tenor; Prof. R. L. Howell, Mr. Ben Price, bass. Jubilee song. Wake Nicodemus— Prof. C. P. Gardner. Trio and full chorus, Nothing but Leaves—Miss Ellijoy Herndon, so prano; Miss Sallie Herndon, alto; Mr. Lester Wells, tenor. Male quartette, Farewell to my Na tive Land—Prof. 0. P. Gardner, 1st tenor; M. R. Randall, 2nd tenor; Prof. R. L. Howell, 1st bass; G. N. Logan, 2nd bass. Duet, Whispering Hope—Miss Alice Herndon, soprano; Miss Sallie Herndon, alto. Solo, jubilee song, Angel Gabriel— Miss Bessie Turner. Solo, Pilgrim Bird—Miss Virgie Turner. Solo, jubilee song. Babylon is Fallen—Miss Ellijoy Herndon. Duet. Jesus will take you in—Miss Bessie Turner, soprano; Miss Sallie Herndon, alto. Organ—Prof. C. P. Gardner, Miss Bessie Turner, Miss Edna Ballard. The exercises were very fine and the music delightfully rendered, Mr. Rush Dover, with his cornet, being a decided and agreeable acquisition. Prof. Gardner and bis class are to be congratulated on •their success, and we hope to have him with us soon again. The girls sang sweetly and looked lovely, and the entertain ment was fitly concluded with prayer by Rev. T. H. Mullinax. A large number of both class and audience are Ledger readers, so we send this communication that you may congratulate yourself on the class of readers The Ledger circulates among. Bckihe. Qimterly Conference Saturday. The last quarterly conference of the Gaffney circuit met in the Bu ford Street Methodist church Satur day and was well attended by the official members of the circuit. The meeting was continued .through Sun day, when Presiding Elder Meadows preached an able and Instructive ser mon.