The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 18, 1902, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894.
GAFFNEY. 8. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1*, 1902.
.OO A YEAR.
THROUGHOUT THE
PALMETTO STRTE.
items of Interest of Passing
Events.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
l£v*<ntM that Have Taken Place from One
fiml of the Stat^to the Other Called from
KichaiigcH for {inlck Beading by Scores
of Busy People.
The Abbeville furniture factory is
to be enlarged. It is doing a fine
business.
Rev. L. C. Loyal, a retired Method
ist minister, di°fl at bis home in
Georgetown on Friday, aged 80 years.
Col. William Wallace, a brave Con
federate soldier, died at bis home in
Columbia on Wednesday, aged 72
years.
The safe of Taylor »fc Bull at Cam
eron, Orangeburg county, was blown
open a few nights ago and $800 stolen
from it.
The Catholics in Columbia are
going to rebuild their church—St.
Peter’s. The new church will cost
$40,000.
• It is probable that the Columbia
and Georgetown Boat Company will
have at least two steamers in opera
tion by Jan. I.
The governor has appointed Jas. P.
Carey of the Pickens bar to preside at
a special term of court to be held in
Laurens from Dec. 1 to 20.
Fine kaolin beds have been found
in Richland county, just 14 miles
south of Columbia, ana a joint stock
company is forming for working the
beds.
Another runaway marriage took
place in Bennettsville on Monday,
Sydney Hubbard, a livery stable man,
and Miss Ella Moore, a graded school
girl, were the happy couple.
The State has looked over the re
cords of charters and finds that the
new mills projected so far during the
year about to close are to have a com
bined capital of $2,9o0,000.
After a wait of several months the
Southern authorities have begun to
rebuild the depot at St. Matthews and
the contractor is making satisfactory
headway. In the meantime a long-
shflering public will continue to suf
fer.
There is talk in Chester of a
through passenger train being put on
at an early date between Charlotte
and Lancaster, over the trucks of the
Southern Railway and the Lancaster
and Chester. This will be a great
convenience to the traveling public.
The Columbia correspondent of thu
News and Courier says there are 10 or
12 prominent lawyers in the state
electioneering among the legislators
for a place on the supreme bench.
Chief Justice Melver expects to re
sign, and Justice I’opo expected to be
elected in his place.
J. Hampton Earle, a well-known
citizen of the Savannah side of Ander
son county, met with a peculiar acci
dent recently. He was at tbe wood
pile cutting some kindling when the
axe handle struck his pistol, which
was in bis pocket, and tbe weapon
was discharged. The ball lodged in
his thigh, making a painful though
oot a serious wound.
There was quite a row in the lower
part of Yorkvilie, near the Tavora
Cotton mill Friday night. It seems
that several of the male operatives of
that mill and some negroes were dis
cussing about the color of a dog that
Chief of Police Love had taken up a
few days previously. One party
claimed it was a certain color and the
other party said it was a different col
or. The lie was passed, then hostili
ties began. Edward Rector, a mill
man, was severely cut in the side with
a knife, the intestines protruding. A
negro named Burt was thought to
have done the cutting. Then a rock
battle ensued. Chief Love went down
to arrest Burt but he could not be
found. Dr. J. D. McDowell attended
Rector and says there is no immediate
danger unless peritonitis sets in.
Last Saturday afternoon In the su
burbs of Greenville Samuel Willimon,
a white man, was fatally shot by a
negro whose name is unknown. Tbe
negro was a stranger in the neighbor
hood, and broke into a dwelling house.
He was pursued by a party of white
men, including'Willimon.who arrested
him and was bringing him to the city.
Accounts differ as to what took place
on the road, and as there were no eye
witnesses the facts may never Be
known with certainty. However, the
negro either had or ^ot Willlmon's pis
tol from him and'sbot Wiliimon who
died Instantly. Sheriff Gilreath re
ceived the information by ’phone
from the vicinity of tbe killing and
started at once with a posse to catch
the negro. Tbe last information was'
that they had the negro surrounded
in a swamp.
A tragic shooting affair took place
Saturday morning at the Air Line
station in Greenville,which has created
a sensation on account of the circum
stances preceding it. Mr B. F. Rush,
a merchant of that city, who was
elected an alderman last year, mortal
ly wounded JohnT. Stevens, a freight
conductor on the Southern railway, at
8 o’clock Saturday morning shooting
him at close range r through the head
and also through the neck. The an
tecedent facts are that Stevens was
attentive to Rush’s wife, and a couple
of months ago Rush found him one
night at his residence when it was
thought Rush was out of town. He
ordered Stevens out of the house, and
also left his home the next day, placed
his brother in charge of the store and
went to California, where he remained
several weeks, and returned there a
week or two ago. Rush was about to
take the trolley car when Stevens ac
costed him. Rush told him that he
did not wish to have any conversation
with him, but Stevens persisted and
Rush again declined to talk with Stev
ens, who made a movement as if to
draw a pistol when Rush quickly fired
upon him and wounded him twice as
already stated. Rush immediately
left the vicinity of the station and
went to another building where he
was arrested soon afterward by Police
man Tucker. It is said that Rush left
the scene of tbe shooting for fear that
Stevens’ railroad friends might do
him injury, but there was no evidence
of such intention.
MISS TURNER LEFT HOME.
Disappeared From Clifton on Thursday
About Noon.
{Spartanburg Herald, Friday 14.1
Miss Lola Turner, aged nineteen
years, a comely featured young giri
of the blonde type, and a refined, edu
cated young woman, left the home of
her father at Clifton on Thursday
shortly before noon, coming to this
city. Her parent has not since seen
nor heard of her. The case is one of
domestic (unhappiness and di-agree
ment.
Mr. C. A. Turner came to this city
Thursday, aod returned to Clifton
gbout noon. He soon discovered that
his daughter was not at home, and
began to make inquiries for her This
did not result in her appearance, and
the man became alarmed. Mrs. Wal
ker, a lady who resides at Clifton,
told Mr. Turner that she saw his
daughter, Lola, board the trolley cur
at Clifton, bound for Spartanburg,
and that the girl said she was rot go
ing to return home again Mr. Turner
came at once to this city in search
of the missing one. While on the
street car he was told that his daugh
ter alighted in front of Mr. G. E. Lad-
shaw’a residence on Pine street. He
went there to inquire for her. His
daughter, a former Converse college
student, was a friend of Miss Lucy
Ladshaw, who also attended the ses
sions of Converse college, Mr. Turn
er was informed that his daughter
had called at Mr. Ladshaw’« but* h^r
visit was a brief one, and she left not
stating where she was going.
Mr. Turner then informed the au
thorities, and a search for his daugh
ter in and about the city was institu
ted. This search is still in progress,
with no material developments. The
anxious and distressed father was in
the city this morning, and is very
much excited over tbe disappearance
of his child. He cannot account for
her strange actions, as he states that
she loved him dearly, and had nursed
and watch over him during spells of
sickness. He also said that he had
indulged her in her wants and wishes
with money and other things. Miss
Turner entertained an idea of
going out in the world to work for
her living, bat be would dissuade her
from the idea, telling her that be had
plenty to satisfy her. Mr. Turner en
tertained the idea yesterday that his
daughter might have gone to Phila
delphia, and also surmised that she
might have eloped with some young
man. This is hardly possible. The
girl did not have any large amount of
money at the time of her departure,
according to his statement.
Mr. Turner is a middle aged man,
who has lived in end about Clifton
for a number of years, conducting a
general merchandise business; he has
made a considerable amount of
money. He has been in wretched
health mentally and physically at
times in the past. He has bad fits
or spells of mental wanderings, ana
may have acted nnparental towards
his daughter during these times.
Certainly it most have been some
thing very unnsual that would occa
sion a yonng girl to leave her home.
Mr. Turner has offered a liberal re
ward for any assistance looking to
wards tbe recovery of hie daughter.
Meantime Miss Lola Turner is still
missing.
All In Mm» Asking.
Ask for a sack of flonr and you get
the flour that best suits your dealer.
He may care more for bis profit than
your health. Ask for M 01iftoo” and
you get the best aud purest flour sold
in the south.
DR. LEN BROUGHTON'
OF ATLANTA, GA.
Great as a Preacher, as a Buil
der and a Business Man.
TO PREACH IN GAFFNEY.
Some Interesting Farts Concerning the
Noted Divine Who Is to Conduct a Tun
Day’s Union Revival Service at the Star
Theatre, Beginning Tomorrow Night.
The Gaffney people are uo doubt
interested in Dr. Len G. Broughton,
of Atlanta, who is to open a ten day’s
meeting at the Star Theatre tomor
row night, therefore the following
concerning the distinguished divine
will doubtless prove interesting
reading:
How many ministers would refuse
a salary of $8,000 a year from a great
New York church to stay in an At
lanta church at $2,")00 a year where
he had been maligned, misrepresen
ted, misunderstood and even car
tooned by the papers.
The people are rapidly waking to
the fact that there is a g r eat man in
Atlanta—great as a builder—having
built out of nothing tbe largest
church in the South; great as a
spiritual leader—making his church
the center of the unusual spiritual
awakening of tbe South; great as a
business man, conducting his church
institutions with the methods of
large modern cuiporatious ; great as a
magnetic orator, having now a regular
Sunday night audience of from four
to five thousand; great with a Daniel
bravery, fearing nothing but wrong.
Such is Dr. Broughton, strong enough
in any of these lines of power to reach
national reputation in any one.
Combined as they are in an educa
tional, cultured, aggressive charac
ter, and a winning personality that
makes friends with all who hear him,
we may safely expect Dr. Broughton
to become one of the greatest minis
ters of this generation. In fact he is
already recognized outside of the
South as one of iho three or four
ablest ministers in the United States
An idea of his power can he gained
in this way, with the spiritual
power and simplicity of Moodv,
th# faith of George Muller, all
of the bravery and much of the
wit of Sam Jones without his coarse
ness, and add to that a persona 1 mag
netism, an organizing ability and a
power of oratory his own, one can
have a conception of the most agres-
■ive aud growing mau in the South
ern pulpit.
He has become great because he is
not ambitious or selfish; but com
pletely giving bis life for tbe service
of Christ in the twentieth century
here, Su tbe South, rather than
preaohllog of Palistine^tbrougb terms
of the seventeeth century.
Dr. Broughton is not like many
famous preachers in luring platform
work. The Alkafiest System made
the advance in this, feeling that he
could do great good by giving part of
his time to lecturing. He only con
sented to it on the condition that all
money made in lecturing should go
to building his Bible Institute where
he will maintain a regular school for
the training of Christian workers and
mi•■sionaries similar to the Moody
Schorl of Chicago.
The success of his work in Atlanta
has be. o wonderful.
Three years ago some 250 members
of a very poor unknown church in a
section of the city composed of labor
ing people, went with Dr. Broughtc '
and bo . ght a large lot near the cente.
of rhe city and begun building a
tahernace with a seating capacity of
3500, costing $20,000. The whole
public laughed at the man for at
tempting this impossible. Now,
three years later there are over 1000
members. During lost summer when
Dr. Broughton was away in Europe,
the congregation built the tabernacle
walls with brick and stone, aud now
nearly all the vast debt is paid. Be
sides this the church pavs annually
some $12,000 for Christian work, and
the average of the membership is the
poorest of any church in Atlanta
The following are a few of the com
ments concerning Dr. Broughton:
“Dr. Broughton inspires all as *»
man of striking personality. He will
allow neither man nor church to build
a wall of conservatism around him.’’—
London England Christian.
“Broughton weighs 140 ibs. 135 lbs.
of this is backbone and 5 Ibs. hair.’’^—
Sam P. Jones.
Tbe services of such a man as Dr
Broughton cannot be over estimated
In any communitv. His sermons are
after thejorder of tbe great evangelists
Chas. G. Finney and Jonathan Ed
wards. He is as humble as a child
and as fearless as a lion, honoring
God exclusively and hating sin only.
—Durham (N. C ) World;
The regular church choirs of the
town together with those singers who
have been invited are requested to
meet in the Star Theatre tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o’clock, when Prof.
Chas. D. Till: an of Georgia will
organize the chorus.'
Women And .Jewels.
Jewels, candy, flowers, man—that
is tiie order of a woman’s preferences.
Jewels form a magnet of mighty pow
er to the average woman. Even that
greatest of all jewels, health, is of
ten ruined in the strenuous efforts to
make or save tbe money to purchase
them. If a woman will risk her
health to get a coveted gem, then let
her fortify herself against the in-
siduous consequences of coughs,
colds aod bronchial affections by the
regular use of Dr. Boschee’s German
Syrup. It will promptly arrest con
sumption in its early stages and heal
the affected lungs and bronchial tubes
and drive the dread disease from the
system. It is not a cure-all, but it is
a certain cure for cougha, colds, aod
all bronchial troubles. You can get
this reliable remedy at Cherokee Drug
Co. Get Green’s Special Almanac.
—Watch Carroll, Carpenter A By
ers’ ad. next Friday if you are inter-
ested lo silks or velveteens and appre
ciate value*.
Be lx Ourx.
We take the following from the
Columbia State of Sunday :
“In this week’s issue of the Bap
tist Courier, the Rev. Dr. C. C.
Brown, of Sumter, nominates for
president of Furman University Dr.
Leo Davis Lodge, who at present is
president of Limestone College, the
Baptist school for women located at
Gaffney. In the course of his article,
which is a characteristic C. C. Brown
production, the Baptist bishop of
Sumter says:
“ ‘I am inclintd to believe the com-
•nittee appointed by the trustees to
nominate a man are making a mis
take in deferring the matter. Time
heals some trouble, but it does not
elect college presidents. We need a
man at the head of the university as
iresident, and we need him there all
he time—a man who can go abroad
to represent the school, a mau who
can tnnke flue speeches, a man with
b tsiuesH sense and religion, a man
whom the boys will come to admire
ard respect, a man who will run the
school, and keep his hands off the
board of trusters, it being understood
that they are to control him, and be
is not to control them, nor have any-
tbii g to do wiiti their nomination
and uppointmm.t. The man known
to ni« v, ho cmiies nearest to filling
the bill is l > r* sid'-r » Lee Davis Lodge,
now Ht the bend of Limestone College,
ana J nominate him for tbe position
witho it being asked to do so by any
see things as I do, then I hereby
promise to stand by and sustain tbe
man who is elected.’
"Dr. Lodge has been at Limestone
only a few years but has made a fine
record there for success aod progress.
He was formerly a professor in Col
umbian University, Washington, D.
0., and is a cultured and able educa
tor, with plenty of tact and energy.’’
Every one of the fine things that
Dr. Brown says of Dr. Lodge are trne,
but Dr. Lodge is doing a grander
work at Limestone College than can
be opened to him at Furman. Lime
stone College wants to keep him,
Gaffney wants to keep him, Cherokee
county wants to keep him. All of us
appreciate his high qualities that Dr.
Brown mentions and cannot part
with him. His grand work at Lime
stone College has jus tbegun. Winnie
Davis Hall of History is nearing com
pletion and the next few years will
develop success and plans at Lime
stone College that have scarcely been
thought of In female education in
South Carolina before.
Towel* Without Coat.
Every forty-eight pound sack in
which‘ Clifton” flour le packed will
make two good towels, the regular
toweling goods being made in tbe
manufacture of tbe sacks. Ask your
grocer to send you a forty-eight
pound sack.
—Tbe latest things for waists and
dresses in ellke and velveteena will be
slaughtered at Carroll, Carpenter A
Byers’ Tuesday, Nov. 25th. Both
■tores.
THROUGHOUT THE
TIR HEEL STATE,
From the Mountains to The
Sea.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Interesting Item* Concerning Our Neigh
bor* Beyond the Line W'hlch May Prove
Entertaining Beading for Hundreds of
Ledger Reader*.
The State authorizes the increase
of the Leak, Wall A McRae Cotton
Mill Company, of Rockingham, from
$100,000 to $150,000.
Adjutant General Royster says the
State Guard now lacks only three
companies of being full to the limits,
and that there are 12 applications for
entrance on file. The present strength
is 1,800.
Dr. L. Harrill, of Statesville, re
turned Saturday evening from a visit
to Cherokee, Graham and Swain coun
ties, where he went to investigate the
smallpox which is now so prevalent
in that section. He reports a serious
condition of the disease there.
The State board of examiners of
public institutions is hard at work on
its report, which it will next week
place in Governor Aycock’s hands.
Its chairman says it found all the 35
institutions examined in good state,
nothing crooked and the manage
ment good.
President Venable, of the Univer-
sity In Raleigh, says that there are
5<4 students. Principal Goodwin says
that at the School for Deaf Mutes
tbere.are 235, which is the largest num
ber ever there. He says there is not
a case of sickness and that in twelvd
months tho infirmary has not been
opened to receive a patient.
County Superintendent Clements,
of Wake, said in his speech to the
Superintendent’ Association recntly;
‘L nless a mild compulsory school law
is adopted in North Carolina, the day
is not far distant when illiteracy will
increase more rapidly in cities under
the shadow of magnificient schools
than it will in the rural districts.”
A son of Charley Long, deceased, a
baroer in Greensboro for many years,
is under arrest in Troy, N. Y.. charg
ed with killing a man. Young Long
was a student at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College in Greenville and
when a boy was in andustrious boot-
black and so far as known was a quiet
and industrious fellow. His mother
yet lives at Greensboro.
Macon county at the recent elec
tion voted out the dispensary by a
majority of (523 and voted in pro
hibition. Prohibition carried also in
Cumberland, by a very large majority,
ihe county had had the dispensary,
following the license srstern These
are noted a* matterr; of * umau
..vat. There seem;, tj oj a drift
in North Carolina towards local pro
hibition.
Greensboro is moving for the estab
lishment of a $50,000 public hospital
to supplement the four private hos
pitals and sanitariums there. At a
citizens meeting Friday night, held in
tbe court-house. J. A. Odell presi
ding, and W. E. Allen, secretary, a
committee of five previously appoint
ed reported subscriptions, including
donation of site, amounting in tbe
egffP©gete to $18 000. A canvassing
committee was appointed by the
chairman.
Saturday afternoon Carey, tbe lit
tle son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bob-
hamer, of Statesville, fell backward
out of a wagon on West End avenue,
the back of bis head striking tbe hard
ground and be sustained injuries
which for a time were considered very
serious. After tbe fall he was con
veyed to the cornor near bis home. He
walked from the corner home where
be fell unconscious a few minutes af
ter bis arrival and physicians were
summoned, who stated that be had
suffered concussion of tbe brain. His
recovery seemed to be in doubt for a
time. He remained in a comatose
condition until a late hour, when he
revived and his condition Saturday is
reported favorable.
J. A. Jenkins has received notice
from tbe Commissioner of Inventions
that a patent has been granted for hie
rotary engine, Mr. Jenkine is
in partnership with hie father-
in-law, J. F. Ford, in receiving tbe
patent. They received notice Tues
day. There are many advantages in
a rotary engine over the reciprocating
engine. Mr. Jenkins’ patent is the
only one that has what is known as
expansion in creating power. There
ie no back motion, no dead motion. It
takee lees steam to run it than It does
the old reciprocating motion cylinder,
or a turbine engine. Any engine can
be made on this plan. Tbe rotary en
gine is neat aod takes up very little
space. There Is less danger than in a
cylinder.
one Ibis, too, i* religious liberty,
and if th** trustees or others do not
DR. LEN G. BROUGHTON