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THE LAHGtST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Kitth Congressional District of S. C. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AMD FBIDAY. Vvt GUARANTEE ne Rrliability of Every Advr . tiaer Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C., FBIDAY, NOVEMBER !21, 1908. 81.00 A YEAR* THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. • ■ ■ 1 ■ ■ — items of Interest of Passing Eyents. ALL OVER THE STATE. that Have Taken Place from One Bad of the State to the Other Called from Exchange, for Quick Reading by Scores of Bnsy People. Abbeville is to htve a 130,000 hotel. The work baa begun. Union is to have a new Presbyterian church to cost $10,000 Andersno’s cotton receipts are doable wnat th-'j were at the same date last year. Secretary of the Navy IVIoody has just paid a visit to Charleston and Port Royal. The State convention of the United Daughters of the Confeder^cv will meet in Anderson the 25 n 26th and 27th instant. The case against the Charleston defendants charged with primary elec tion frauds was postponed to the next court by the solicitor M. 8. Dicken of Aoderson sold two bogs to a butcher a few days ago, one weighing 567 pounds, the other 406. He realized $67 76 for them. The State says: “Out of the 550 and odd miles of public roads in Rich land county only about 100 miles re main to be put in first-class condi tion.” Assistant Attorney General Gunter decides that pension agents are not officers under the constitution so ai to be debarred from bolding another office. It is said that the football enthusi- asts of the University of Alabama have offered J. W. Heisman, the Clemson trainer, $2 500. He is now getting $1 200 W. C. Whitney’s fine race horses have arrived at Aiken for the winter. They were ehipped by express and were accompanied by fifty trainers and stable boys. The South Carolina Mormons are holding their annual convention in Charleston. The News aud Courier says there are 1,200 convert* to thst faith in this state. Thomas Odom, a young man, died on Saturday of typhoid fever io Miss Mattie Perry's “Faith Cure School” in Marion. Th )se in control refused to call io a physician. Two white boys of good families in Greenwood have run away from home. They are Fred Hancock, 16, and Hugh Cummings, 14. It is the second of fense of oue of the boys. The State Railroad Commissioner has taken up the matter of congested freight at the Spartanburg junction Io accordance with a suggestion of the Spartanburg Cbamber of Commerce. A Savings and Trust Co., with a capital of $50,000. nave been organi zed at Westminister. W. P Anderson is president and treasurer and J. P. Stnbliug is vice president. Sam Morgan, a young white man, attempted suicide on Saturday near Ridgeway by shooting himself with a 88-calibre pistol in the left breast. He is stiii living, but will hardly survive. Governor McSweeney has reiused to pardon Lee Allison of Cherokee coun ty. who was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill aud sen tenced to six months on the chain- gang- A rock was thrown into the South ern train on Saturday night between Piedmont and Williamston crashing the glass and slightly wounding two passengers. The train was ruuuiug 85 miles an hour. The next genersl convention of the Daughters of the Confederacy will ne held io Cbarlestoo in 1903. Twenty states send delegates to these conven tions and tbe one just closed in New Orleans was tbe most successful m years. A case of considerable Interest Is expected to come up at United States court In Cbarlestoo next week. About a year ago a mao named Castle^yrry was killed while engaged in the ooo- ■traction of a bridge about a mile be low Columbia, and tbe family brought ■alt against the Phoenix Bridge com pany for $20,000 John Graham, a negro who is want ed at Newberry for assault and battery with intent to kill, was arrested in Spartanburg on Monday night by Chief Dean and Officer West . One day daring the past summer Graham be came involved in a street fight in New berry. and shot tbe arm of bla assail ant off He then made ble escape. State Liquor Commissiouer Crum bat returned from Waabington where tie hss been in reference to a hearing as to tbe contr ition that tbe state does not have, under the constitution, to pay the United States revenue li cense. A great deal of testimony was rskt-n. but no decision was rendered, but Mr. Crum expressed much con fidence that, tbe state will win. John Kelly, tbe negro who killed Sam Willimon Saturday near hie home on the Anderson road, near GreeLville. was captured Tuesday night about 8 o’clock near Santuo. ten miles from Union, by two men whose surnames are Johns and Jeter. The negro has confessed, leaving no doubt as to his identity. He is being closely guarded in the Union jail awaiting the return to Union of Sher iff Gilreath. Tbe governor Wednesday granted a pardon in tbe case of three farm ne groes, Newton Jones, Henry Kearns and LucasHunter. convicted in Green ville county recently of the violation of tbe dispensary law and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or serve 80 days on the gaog each by Magistrate Me Bee. Mr. John M Cureton, the farmer for whom the men worked, wrote the governor that these men oved to take an occasional diink; that they had gone to town and bought a supply and were returning home when held up by tbe constables; that they have never been known to sell liquor and that be was satisfied they had no intention of selling liquor in this instance. Greenville’s county officers, members of tbe general as sembly and others signed and urged the granting of the petition. A Startling Surprise. Very few could believe in looking at A T. Hoadley, a healthy, robust blacksmith of Tilden, Ind , that for teu years be suffered such tortures from Rheumatism as few could en dure and live. But a wonderful change followed bis taking Electric Bitters. “Two bottles wholly cured me,” he writes, “and 1 have not felt a twinge in over a year.” They regu late tbe Kidneys, purify the blood and cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Nervousness, improve digestion and give perfect health. Try them. Only 50c at Cherokee Drug store. Indian corn was once called Tutkey corn, un.ler'h-< belief that it oamev from tbe Turks. Id Europe It is row known by its Indian name, maize. In 8p amab-America it is known by no other name. Jumped on a Ten Penny Nail. The little daughter of Mr J. N. Powell jumped on an Inverted rake made of ten penny nails, and thrust one nail entirely through her foot and a second one half way through Cham berlain’s Pain Balm was promptly ap plied and five minutes later the oain had disappeared and no more suff ring was experienced. In three days tbe child was wearing her shoe as usual and with absolutely no discomfort. Mr. Powell is a well known merchant of Forklaud, a Va. Pain Balm|is an anti septic and heals such injuries without maturation and in one-third the time required by tbe usual treatment. For oale by Cherokee Drug Co. Tbe new office boy knows more about running a business at the end of his first week than bis boss will ever know Cured of Pile* After 40 Tear*. Mr C. Haney of Geneva, Ohio, had the piles for forty years Doctors aud dollars could do him no lasting good DeWitt’s Witch Haz*-! *alve cured him permaoeotly. I>.valuable for nuts, burns, bruises sorain-, larcera- tions, eczema, t-tter salt rheum and all other skin disease* Look for the name DeWitt on the package—all others are cheap, worthless counter feits. Cherokee Drug Co When an American heiress refuses to wed a nobleman it may be that she considers herself a little too neb for bis blood. Cut this out and take it to Chero kee Drug store and get a free earn pie of Cbamberlian’s stomach and Liver Tablets, the best physic! They cleanse and invigorate tbe stomach, improve that appetite and regulate the bowels. Regular size, 25c. per box. Old Noab was a great ball player. He pitched tbe ark without and with in aud later io the game he put the dove out ou a fly. - -r A Good Towel. Is always in demand, whether It comes around forty-eight pounds of the best patent flour, or Is bought at five cents a yard. A good many peo ple would rather get a. sixty Inch towel out of tbe sack their flour comes lu than to buy it at tbe dry goods store, and that is why every forty-eight pound sack of the “Clif ton” Is packed in tbe regular towel- log. Ask your grocer for “Clifton” in tbe towel sack. Bkanskokd Mills, Owensboro, Ky. For sale by R. M. Wilkins A Co., Gaffney, 8. C. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Corpse Hauled In Wagon Covered With Strew—Owen* Ford Bridge Falls In With Wagon end Team—Sand Bar Forming In River at Howell’s Ferry—Other Notes. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Nov. 17—On Monday night we bad a rain that stopped tbe wheat sowing which was getting ou finely. Much of it has and will be sown this season, and most or all of it is being put in in good order. Tbe ferrymao says that a sand bar Is forming on the Cherokee side of tbe river at Howell’s ferry—some thing never known before. It is hoped, however, it will not seriously impede travel. Last Monday Township Commis sioners E P. Macomson and W. G. Fowler met and located a new road* bed on part of tbe road between tbe Davidson place and tbe Hoey ford on Gilkey’s creek so as to avoid an im passable rocky hill. It will be a great advantage to tbe traveling pub lic. Yesterday some colored people passed here with a corpse carried in rather a novel way for times of peact. It was a colored boy who bad died suddenly in Gaffney. Why be was not provided with a coffin we were not informed. Tbe corpse was cov ered with straw in a wagon which was being driven along just as if loaded with any other kind of freight. We don’t know, but we think if the aiatter ^ad been brought to tbe attention of the county or city authorities at Gaffney a coffin would have been furnished, in oase tbe de ceased bad no relatives or friends to provlff? lt. We are not heathens yet. Last Saturday the Owen’s ford bridge fell in with the wagon and team which was hauling rock with which to build tbe pillows upon which to put tbe new bridge. Fortunately, however, no serious damage was done, though it was a narrow escape for mules an driver. Last Monday Enoch Littlejohn, colored, was caught in the belting at Mr. Jack G. Kendrick's saw mill and considerably shaken up but not seri ously hurt, we hope. Several of our ueignbors have gone to market with cotton today. We have received an order from Mr. I. Peelen, of Centre, Miss , for a copy of tbe story of Stonewall Jack- son, which we send him by mail. Mr. Peeler was formerly a citizen of this section. He was born near the head of Gilkey’s er*-* k and went west many years ago. He takes Tne Ledger. Y>>ur correspondent made a hurried trip through the Timber Ridge sec tion of the county yesterday and was fairly encouraged in his work. He thinks that section will liberally pat ronize ‘ The Story of Stonewall Jack- son ” Tlit people are in as good or better shaoe than they are in many other sections They have made fairly good crops of both corn and i.-otton This is one of the best farm ing sections south of the Southern Rail wav in Ctierokee county. We are glad to know that Mrs. Wm. Jefferies, whose long spell of sickness nas already been reported in these columns, is getting better She is now able to set up, but is very weak yet Recently we met a very intelligent old mother in Israel who said : “Peo ple have so many papers and books to read that I fear they often forget or neglect to read their Bibles, and they ought not to do that ” Contin uing, she said: “I can’t help but read Tbe Ledger, for it’s our county paper, and it’s a good one too.” “Yes,” we said, “everybody ought to take and read their county paper— they just oau’t get along well without it.” We regret to learo that Mr. Wm. C. D. Estes, formerly of this county, but uow of Adena, Arkansas, is sick with typhoid f ver. and has been con fined to bis b»-d for a long nme. The ooun’v commissi nera have engaged Mr Vaney C. O'ttner to oper ate the free terry at Howell’a next year Mrs. “J L. H.”h«e a fine lot of turkeys wl.'ch she is selling off -ince people have h»gun sowing wheat. She eaye she don’t intend for them to trespass ou her neighbors crops. There are but few peoplt who take tbie view of tbe matter from tbe number of <• *tt<>, hogs, horses, etc., which we e running at large. Mr. at •> Mrs R. A Foster have a new comer at their borne. Our friend. Mr. Rufus Phillips, is ■till ouralng a sore band. We regret to learn that our old army comrade, Greeu Brown, of Ra venna, is lying very low with a spell of sickness at this time. Our versatile pencil pusher, “Ran,” passed here laet Saturday on ble wav borne from Hickory Grove, where he has been sick fur a long time. He is getting better, wtf are glad to say, and hope our Ledger readers will eooo here from him again. “Ran” ia a first-rate fellow. Success to Tbe Ledger. Tbe Christian Endeavor Society met at the borne of Mr. W. G. Fowler last Sabbath evening. It was tbe monthly consecration meeting and a very good number of tbe members were present. Mr. Mike Sellers moved bfs family to Jouesville Monday, where they ex- nect to make their future borne. He has built a nice cottage there. But Mike won’t be couteuted. We expect him to come back. In fact, be told tbe writer some time ago that if be got dissatisfied be was going to come back and put him up a tent in Egypt and go to farming again. And Mike will do just as he eays if he feels like it. J L s. Lack In Thirteen. By sending 13 miles Wm. Spirey, of Walton Furnace, Vt., got a box of Bucklen’e Arnica Salve, that wholly cured a horrible Fever Sore on his leg. Nothing else could. Positively cures Bruises, Felons, Ulcers, Eruptions, Boils, Burns, Corns and Piles. Only 25c. Guaranteed bv Cherokee Drug Co., druggists. Chronic fault finders would soon tire of tnis old world if there were □otblng to kick about. Cares Blood and Hkln Diseases, Itching Hu mors, Eczema, Scrofula, Etc. Send no money—simply write and try Botanic Blood Balm at our ex pense, A personal trial of Blood Balm is better than a thousand prin ted testimonials, so don’t hesitate to write for a fret* sample. If you suffer from ulcers, eczema, scrofula, Blood Poison, cancer, eat ing sores, itching skin, pimples, boils, bone pains, swellings, rheumatism, catarrh, or any blood or skin disease, we advise you to take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B B) Especially recom mended for old, obstinate, deep-seau-<i cases of malignant blood or Ain dis eases, because Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B ) kills tbe poison in tbe blood, cures where all else fails, heals every sore, makes tbe blood pure aud rich, gives tbe skio tbe rich glow of health. B. B. B., tbe most perfect blood puri fier made. Thoroughly tested for 30 years. Costs $1. per large bottle at drug stores. To prove It cures, sam ple of Blood Balm sent free by writ ing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta Ga. Describe trouble and free medical ad vice sent in sealed letter. ^^’Tbis is an honest offer—medicine sent at once, prepaid. Hntln-Food Nonsense. Another ridiculous food fan has been branded by tbe most competent authorities They have dispelled the silly notion that one kind of food is needed for brain, another for muscles, and still another for bones. A cor rect diet will not only nourish a par ticular part of the body, but it. will sustah) every other part. Yec, how ever good your food may he, its nutri ment is destroyed by ind'gestinn or dyapepsia. You must prepare for their appearance or prevent their coming by taking regu) *r doses of Green’s August Flower, the favorite medicine of the healthy tuiliions. A few dosi'g aids digestiou. stimulates the liver to healthy action, purifi°* the blood, and makes you feel buoyai.r and vigorous. You can get this relia ble remedy at Cherokee Drug Co. Get Green's Special Almanac. When a girl giggles at every fo >1 remark a man makes abe either bae pretty teeth or an empty head. To the PuMle. Allow me to say a few words in praise of Chamberlain's Cough Reme dy. I bad a very severe cough and cold and feared I would get pneumon ia, but after taking the second doee of this medicine I felt better; three bottles of it cured my cold aud tbe pains Io my chest disappeared entire ly. I am most respectfully yours for health, Ralph S. Meyers, 64 Thirty- seventh St., Wheeling, W. Va. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Ao Income tax is the price of ad mission to a theatre A Liberal Offsr Tbe undertigned will give a free •ample of Cbamberlaib’e Stomach and Liver Tablets to any one wanting a reliable remedy for dieorderi of the etomaoh, biliousness or constipation. This is a new remedy and a good one. Cherokee Drug Co. Flattery has bought more eoule than gold. Rbeumaolde Is a positive cure for rheumatism Id every form. Doee not injure tbe digestive organs. Tbe best laxative and blood purifier. Ask your druggist for It. thuoumit the . Tumi STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Interesting Items Concerning Oar Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Reading for Handreds of Ledger Readers. There are 18 cases of smallpox at tbe pest bouse in Charlotte. Two of these—both colored—are expected to die. _ m Id tbe criminal court held at Fayetteville Tuesday, Jud^o O H. Allen presiding, E L. U f 'ey ws" ar raigned for killing T. B. Hollings worth, and tbe case was c mtinoed until the January term by request of his counsel. Ground wae broken Monday morn ing for tbe new Elks’ borne and audi torium, to be built at th® corner of Liberty and Fifth streets in Winston- Salem. If tbe weather is favorable, the contractors expect to have tbe building completed by spring William McKee, night watchman at tbe Williams Whittam textile plant, on tbe French Broad river, five miles below Asheville, was accident ally shot and instantly killed Sunday □igbt by William Bearwood, a young Englishman. Tbe shooting was ac cidental. Twenty-five Charlotte boys, graded school {mpils aud others have banded together to organize a brass band, and they are going to tax tbe generoeity of the public for tbe money with which to purchase the ins’rumeots ' Mr. R. L. Kcesler, director «1 the musical department in the graded school, will be the direcor of the new band. Mecklenburg is to have a complete rural free delivery serv.ee The Post office Department has decided to cover the entire oounry with trie which wili r-quirr oior- r^n 20 routes, so that practically ev.ry re-i dent in the county can get mail at his home, or as near thereto as passes a public road every day in the year, Sunday alone excepted. It is said that the Asheville bank oases, which came up for trial in tbe District Court Thursday morning, in that city, have cost more money than any other action that has ever been tried in North Carolina. Al ready they have cost tbe government over $60,000. The United States government is prosecuting in the cases. The defendants are William E Breese, who was president of tbe Fist National Bank of Asheville; J E. Dickerson, a director in the batik, and W. H. Peniand, the cashier The Davis School buildings of Win ston-Salem. which were burned Saiur day night, belonged to the Bank of Way ne, at Goldsboro, but Capt. D P. Mast has been in charge as trustee for several years Tbere was only $i 000 insurance and this was on tbe hospital building Tbe main build ing being unoccupied, no insurance could be secured on it. It is under stood that the main building cost $9 • 000 and the hospital $3 500. Ao interesting English visitor, who has been in Durham for several days, has gone to Wilmington, wht-re be will onoprt tvSOp, n-’-n"' l j P HthflTird who i** Ameucan nir-c or of the Anrhological Society, syd csine here soliciting memb-rs i’nis soct’- y is very select and a large fee it re quired to become a member and only a nertain number can get in. It it under the direction of the British Museum aod the members are entitled to every courtesy of this institution. Mr Stafford is a very interesting con versationalist and a high-toned gen tleman. He has been in this country some three weeks and will reinsiii there fbout two aoa one-half months before returning to bis home in Eng land. A spe tial to the Charlotte Obser ver from Elizabeth City, N. C., says: James Wilcox, the alleged murderer of Nellie Cropsey, who wae .convicted of that crime some months ago and sentenced to be hanged, and later granted a new trial by the Supreme- Court, was arraigned in the Superior Court io Elizabeth City Monday af ternoon at 3 :50 o’clock for the second trial. Tbe prisoner’s demeanor whs cool and self-possessed. He was neatly dressed and he entered the Court room with a smile on hie face and his appearance was none the worse for bla long confinement. His attorney, E. F. Aydlett, said that Wilcox was not ready for trial, and that be would present ao affidavit in support of apetltion for a removal of tbe oaee. Solicitor Ward said that tbe present was tbe time to make tbe motion, as he bad counter affidavits to present. Tbe question whether tbe case will be tried tbere at that or a later ee-eioo of tbe Court or moved to another county was argued before Judge Moore Tuesday and a removal granted.” Dr. E. Fulp, postmaster at Fulp, □ear Walnut Grove, aud Samuel Stewart, postmaster at Daisy, Forsyth county, have been indicted ou the charge of making false returns to tbe Auditor of tbe Postoffice Department in their statements as to tbe cancel- lation of stamps, “for the purpose of increasing the compensation of tbe postmaster.” Tbe hearing was set for Monday before United States Com missioner Beckerdite. By request, the case of Dr. Fulp was continued until Friday of last week. Postmas ter Stewart and bis counsel, Major Alexander, appeared before Commis sioner Beckerdite Monday morning and waived examination. Tbe defen dant was required to give a $200 bond for bis appearance at tbe April term of the Federal Court at Greeoeboro. It is understood that Dr. Fuip will take similar action on Friday—waive examination and give bond for his appearance at tbe higher court. The two postmasters claim that an injus tice has been done them and that an investigation will prove them inno cent. In their opinion a mistake has been made in the dates of cancella tion of stamps, and that if tbe error was committed by tbe postmasters it was unintentional, their reports be ing made in good faith. Tbe two postoffices are small ones and the re muneration received by tbe two post masters, who are well known, is very small. The friends of Dr. Fulp aod Mr. Stewart are cotfident that they will be able to prove themselves luuo- cent. Asleep Amid Flames. Brenking into a blazing home, some fireman lately dragged tbe sleeping in- mat< * from death. Fancied security, and death near. It’s that way when you neglect coughs and colds. Don’t do it. Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption gives perfect protection against all Throat. Cnest aod Lung Troubles. Keep it near, and avoid suffering, death, and doctor’s bills. A teaspoonful stops a late cough, per sistent use tbe most stubborn. Harmless and nice t -«Mng, it’s guar- ant**eri to eati-fv h- <-herokee Drug A' i Price oOcAo.t $1 IH). Trial bot- tne free. Spain bolds tbe record for cheap working of her railways. Only 48 per cent, of tbe gross earnings are spent io management. A Violent Attack of Croup Cured. “Last wintei an infant child of mine bad croup in » violent form,” eays Elder John W. Rogers, a Christian Evangelist, of Filley, Mo. “J gave her a few doses of Cbamberlaio’s Cough Remedy end io a short time all danger was past and tbe child recov ered.” This remedy not only cures croup, but when given as soon as tne first symptoms appear, will prevent the attack. It contains no opium or other harmful substance aud mav be giv-r as confidently to a baby as to an adult. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. A cold is a good deal like a street oar. A man can always catch it when be doesn’t want it. One Mlnnte Cough Core Is tbe only harmless cough cure that gives quick relief. Curee Coughs, Colds. Broucbitis, Whooping Cough, Pneumonia, Asthma, LaGrippe and all Throat, Chest and Lung troubles. “1 got soaked by raiu,” says Ger trude E. Feober, Muncie, Ind., and ''-Ttrac^f’d n s r vrr' cold and cough. 1 failed rapidiy ; Iom 48 oounds. My druggist recoinmendt d Oue Minute Cough Cure. The first b ittle brought relief; several cured me. lam back to my old weight, 148 lbs.” Cue Minute Cougb Cure cuts tbe phlegm, relieves tbe cougb at once, draws out inflammation, cures croup. Au ideal remedy for children. Cherokee Drug Co. Charity even on tbe iostallmeot plan doesn’t appeal to the average man. He Could Hardly Uet Up. P. H. Duffy of Ashley, 111., write*, “This is to certify that I have taken two bottles of Foley’s Kidney Cure aud it has helped me more than any other mediciue. I tried many adver tised remedies, but none of them gave me any relief. My druggist recom mended Foley’s Kidney Cure aod it has cured me. Before oommenciog its use I was io such a shape that I could hardly get up when once down.” For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. If we could see ourselves as others see us mirrors would be a drug oo tbe market. Dickey’s Blood Cure eradicates all poisou and impurities from tbe blood. It cures scrofula, rheumatism, sypb- lllls, old sores, tetter pimples, aud all diseases arising from impure blood. 8. B. Crawley A Co. It’s enough to make a strong man tremble to think of a poor shad with rheumatism in all of Its bones.