The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 25, 1902, Image 1
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PALMETTO STATE.
items of Interest of Passing
Events.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
ftventit that Have Taken I’lace from One
JEnri of the State to the Other Called from
KxchaiiKeH for (Juick Reading by Score*
of linxy I’eople.
The new $00 000 government build
ing for Spartanburg will be located on
the site offered by John B. Cleveland
on the corner of North Church and
Walnut streets.
Sunday morning the machine shop
of F. M. Pooser it Sons, of Bamberg,
was totally destroyed by fire. Nothing
was saved. Building and machinery
valued at $3,000, with $1,000 insur
ance. This is the property formerly
known as the Dixon Iron works.
Mr. Whit Conner, of Cokesbury,
accidentally shot Mr. Roy Calder in
the foot while out hunting yaturday
inflicting a painful, though not dan
gerous wound. The fellow over the
creek says. “You see, Whit has
bought one of these everlasting six
teen to one guns and it takes every
thing in sight.”
An important case is ponding in
Spartanburg against Lawson Parker,
colored, who has been running a small
farm near Glendale. Parker is charged
with housebreaking, with stealing 1,-
000 pounds of cotton and with selling
a crop under lien. The latter charge
is preferred by T. L. Bryant Co,,
and the others by Geo. W. Warren.
The stockholders of the Blue Ridge
hosiery mills, which enterprise is lo
cated at Landrum, held a meeting in
the law office of Simpson it Bomar in
Spartanburg Friday morning. It was
decided at this meeting to increase
the capital stock of the plant from
^20,0'J0 to $10,000. This mill has
been in successful operation for
several years past, and.Mr. Joseph
Lee is its president and treasurer.
A considerable sensation has been
created by the elopement of Dr. A. H
Montgomery, a prominent physician
and corporation physician for the
Pacolet mills, with Mrs. Goss, wife of
a merchant. Both ire married and
had families. Dr. Montgomery hur
riedly disposed of his drug store and
met Mrs. Goss at the depot, taking a
northbound train. It has since been
learned that they hud tickets to Wash
ington, D. C.
Ned Kendrick, a negro, attempted
to force his way into the room of Mrs.
Mary E. Pjlliott, a highly respected,
hardworking white woman of about
45 years who lives with her sou, a 1!)
years old lad, about four miles from
Blaney and 12 miles from Camden in
West Wateree. The negro reaped the
due reward for his criminal intent, as
Mrs. Elliott with undaunted courage
that would have done honor to any,
killed him, at her door step.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
Thursday night to burglarize the
Bank at Liberty. The would-be burg-
larsmade an entrance into the bank
building and blew open the vault
with nitro glycerine, but could not
get into the safe which was made by
Mosler and has the screw door. The
vault was practically wrecked. The
burglars left absolutely no clue. Blood
hounds were secured from Clemson
college but they did not accomplish
anything and so far no clues have
been secured.
Laurence Randall, who shot and
killed Arthur Weathersbee, has given
himself up and is now in the Aiken
jail. He has retained the Hon D. 8.
Henderson as his counsel. Randall
! is the father of Alfred Randall whc
f had a difficulty with Weathersbee.
J Both Randall and Weathersbee mar
ried sisters, so the dead man was an
uncle to Alfred.lt is said that Weath
ersbee had hold of the gun when it
was fired. Weathesrbee leaves two
brothers who are very much exercised
over the tragedy.
Through freight No. 72 collided with
a mule and buggy two miles south of
Hodges Friday night. The collision
resulted in the total annihilation of
the mule and buggy and some injuries
to the occupants of the buggy, two
negro women. One of the women,
Annie Lomax, had her leg broken
while the other woman was seriously
bruised. The engineer did not see
them until too late to stop bis train,
which was going very fast. It is sup
posed that the women tried to cross
aud that the mule got obstinate.
The governor Saturday morning re
ceived the following dispatch from A.
J. Bennett of Martin’s, station near
Allendale. “Some unknown parties
robbed me of $J ,400 lasf night. Please
assist me by sending bloodhounds
and a man to manage them to Allen
dale, over Southern road. Will meet
them there on first train. Also offer
a liberal reward. Will write full par
ticulars later.” The governor wired
Mr. Bennett that there were no dogs
to be had in Columbia, and advised
Mr. Bennett to wire the sheriff of
Orangeburg county.
On Wednesday evening last some
daring thief entered the home of Mr.
Thomas Johnston, an aged and highly
respected citixen of Spartanburg, who
lives on his farm between Cashville
and Reidville. A niece of Mr. John
ston was the only person at the house
at the time. She ran out to call Mr.
Johnston from the field and when the
two reached the house it was discov
ered that the burglar had found where
Mr. Johnston kept his money and
had taken all of it. The exact sum is
not known, but as Mr. Johnston is a
thrifty, well-to-do man, it must have
been at least $100 that the thief se
cured. The burglar has not been ap
prehended.
Deputy Collector A. E. Aiken and
Deputy Marshal Corbin returned to
Walhalla Saturday at noon from
Mountain Rest, where they found an
illicit distillery in operation. They
captured and brought with them John
C. Rogers but the other operator of
the distillery made his escape after a
most exciting chase. Mr. Aiken has
recently been elected to the legislature
from Transylvania county, N. C. He
is a Republican and a warm friend of
Senator Pritchard. He was a member
of the legislature that elected the
senator. In fact his vote was the one
that elected him. Mr. Aiken is as
popular in upper South Carolina as
he is at his home in the Old North
State.
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS.
Come in and subscrbe for The Led
ger.
Forest City, in North Carolina, has
a Ben Tillman.
Mrs. J. W. Smith, on North Lime
stone street, has ripe raspberries of
the second crop.
Rev. L. R. Gaines has a gourd vine
that has one hundred and eight ma
tured gourds on it.
The county chaingang is building a
bridge over Little Thfckety. Capt.
Camp has twenty on his force now,
but a casual look out on the street
will convince anyone that others will
be with him soon.
Mr. John Millwood presented us
yesterday with some nearly grown ap
ples of the second crop of a tree, that
matures the first of August. The tree
has nearly a full crop on it and many
of the branches are full of hlooms.
Rev. W. T. Thompson preached at
Brown’s Chapel Sunday. The ser
vice was a Thanksgiving one, was
well attended and heartily entered
into by the congregation. After the
service a liberal thanks offering was
given.
The county supervisor of Union
county has bought twenty-six acres
of land in the county and is building
permanent barracks for the county
chaingang on it. Will Cherokee pro
fit by our progressive neigbor’s ex
ample?
R. S. Lipscomb and N. H. Little
john have bought out the entire
stock of T. G. McCraw ifc Son and will
continau the shoo business at the old
stand. They are enterprising and
will doubtless make a success of the
business.
While down town last Friday after
noon Mrs. Ed H. DeCamp had the
misfortune to lose her watch. It was
a double case gold watch with a pic
ture on the inside lid. Anyone find
ing same will be suitably rewarded
by returning to The Ledger office.
Mr. J. A. Graves, of Bullock’s
Creek, York county, moved to the
city Thursday. He and his faniily
will for the present occupy the Sam
B. Turner cottage in the Northwest
ern part of the city. We welcome
Mr. Graves and his family to the city.
The Broughton services for chil
dren Saturday afternoon was attend
ed by six hundred children. After
the services we were pleased to re
ceive a visit from four or five hundred
of them who came in to see The Led
ger presses work. Come again, chil
dren.
Mrs. Essie I’etty has secured a
place for her two boys and little
brother in the Catholic training
school at Raleigh, N. C., which is
conducted by the Sisters of Mercy.
The boys left Monday, the J7th inst ,
to spend part of their future at Ral
eigh. Mrs. Petty expects to take a
situation there and make it her home
sometime in the future.
The midnight train going South
Sunday night on the Southern Rail
way was wrecked by running into
some freight cars that had gotten out
of a siding at Beaumont Mills. The
engine, express car and one coach
were broken up. The negro fireman
was killed. Engineer Solomons was
seriously hurt, as were Joe Mitchell,
the baggage master, three white pas
sengers and one negro woman.
GREAT INTEREST IS
BEING MANIFESTED
The Union Services Continue
With Increasing Intest.
HOUSE FILLED TO UTMOST
A Special Sermon to Children Saturday
Afternoon—Three Soul Stirring Sermon*
Sunday—Synop*ls of the Masterly Sunday
Morning Sermon.
The union revival services at the
Star Theatre continues with increas
ing interest. At the Friday night
service quite a number repaired to
the enquiry room and every time the
invitation has been extended since
then the number of enquirers has
increased.
Saturday afternoon Dr. Broughton
conducted a service for the children,
entitled: “The gospel in lead pen
cils.” The lower part of the house
was crowded with little folks and the
preacher succeeded most admirably
in entertaining and instructing his
Lilliputian audience.
The house was again crowded Sat
urday night and many repaired to the
enquiry room at the close of the ser
vice.
At the Sunday morning service the
meeting place was filled to its utmost
capacity. There was not a particle
of available room either down stairs
or in the gallery and many people
stood. The half hour song service
was an inspiration. The space on
the stage alloted to the choir was
filled to overflowing and everybody
seemed in a singing mood. Prof.
Tillman was in a happy frame of
mind and got all out of the song ser
vice it was possible to get.
Rev. VV. R. Potter offered a fervent
and earnest supplication to the Deity
and prayed for a realizing sensb of
the presence of the spirit on the
meeting.
Before commencing his regular
discourse Dr. Broughton discussed
theatrical matters. He declared the
theatre building in which he preached
was too nice a building to be used for
theatrical purposes, and further de
clared that no theatre run on a moral
basis could succeed. He said Henry
Irvine, the world’s greatest actor,had
tried to run a moral theatre in Lon
don and failed,and that Edwin Booth,
America’s greatest actor had tried
the same thing in New York and had
failed. Booth became so disgus
ted with the theatre that he
would not allow his own daughters to
attend them. He had no word of re
proach for the men who put their
money in the building because he be
lieved them all good and sincere men,
but if they tried to run the theatre
on a moral basis they would lose
money. He suggested that a Y. M.
C. A. be formed, that the building be
turned over to the Y. M. C. A. and
that a course of moral entertain
ments be provided under the aus
pices of the Y. M. C. A.
For the Sunday morning service
Dr. Broughton chose as his text
Genesis 5:24: “Enoch walked with
God.”
Dr. Broughton said in part: I
have of late years been very much
interested in the study of biography.
The study of men has been more in
teresting to me than books. The first
book that I ever read in the way of
a biography was the life of Dr. Martin
Luther. Then he spoke of how he
was impressed with the passage of
Luther’s “Diet of Worms,” when
Luther said that he would go to the
diet were there as many devils at
Worms as tiles on the roof of the
house yet would he go, or every
shingle on the house would be turned
to a devil. But in all my biographi
cal reading nothing has been more
interesting than the reading of biog*
raphihies of good men. The most
interesting history we can read today
is the history of the Bible. Just take
the history of Job and Ruth. Then
taking up the history of the New Tes
tament,take the history of Mary Mag
dalene. Then the history of Enoch.
Just think what is contained in one
inch of this biography. There isn’t
one thing said about Mrs Enoch. If
any one were to write my biography,
certainly they would say something
about my wife, but nothing is said
about Enoch’sjwife. From what is
said about Enoch we know that he
had the best wife on all the universe.
The fact that Enoch walked with
God 300 years is the best proof that
he had the best wife on .the earth.
Man could not walk with God 300
minutes with some women of today
as his wife. Womon is made of
better material than man. Women
should always take the lead in every
good thing. What is said about
Enoch is so good. This life of Enoch
denotes good progression. He then
spoke about people bolding down the
gospel like Squatter-Sovereignty—
just setting down and not expanding
the gospel. There is one thing that
makes a man interesting to me and
that is for him to be always expan
ding something—furtermore expand
something that is good. The thing
that inspires the world is life. Then
he related the account of young phy
sicians in a dissecting room, how
rough they were—using tobacco,
drinking whiskey, cursing, and every
thing so as to lose sight of what they
are doing, but suddenly they came to
a little child and when dissecting it
they found the blood oozing out of the
flesh; the moment that the blood was
discovered and signs of life there was
respect and honor. The reason the
church hasn’t got more power today
is because she doesn’t put the re
spect to it. Let us see what is en-
volved in this walk with God. Until
the church desires to walk with God
there is no use to discuss it.
There are but two roads, one leads
upwards and one leads downward.
The church of today has the spirit of
worldliness and that is the reason we
haven’t a better people. When
members of my church asks me if it is
wrong to go to the theatre I axk them
two questions. The first question
that I ask is this: What is the ten
dency of the theatre? Is the ten
dency upward or downward? It is
not the play so much as the players
(they not being what they shouldbe—
by their dress, actions, and general
appearance—all have a tendency to
evil). When I see a troop of girls
who belong to a theatrical troop riding
on the train going from one city to
another I think not of the girls but
of their mother. Now, when you
have discovered the tendency of the
theatre then answer the question—do
you desire to walk with God? If you
desire to walk with Goa, then if you
know that the theatre is downward
then you can’t afford to attend the
theatre. We talk about dead
churches—why are our churches dead
because the tendency of the people is
dead. Then he spoke about the evi^s
of card playing. What is the ten
dency of card playing? Girls are to
be blamed for entertaining their
sweethearts with cards. You must
consider the tendency, not only for
the harm per se, but for the tendency
upward or downward. Oh, if the
church would get high enough to
argue these questions with its mem
bers. Now then another thought en-
volved in this walk with God is a life
of mutual trust. Then he spoke of
the harmony of the people trusting
each other. This is also true of
Enoch and God. They never disagreed
with each other. When the Lord
would tell Enoch the road to go, he
would go that way regardless of the
way that he would choose to go.
This is the way we should always do.
Then he said, have you found many
hardships in your life?
If you have it is because you have
nit been walking in the way that God
would have you to go. You should
never see the day when you haven’t
got faith in God. You must believe
in the God of penticost, the God of the
Savior of the world. I can trust God,
but God can’t trust me. Why? Be
cause God knows me too well. He
knows what I am and knows that I
cannot be trusted. Now, just one
more thought—to walk with God, to
trust God, brings God’s blessings
upon us. Then he said that he also
liked the book of Daniel. Daniel is
my favorite. When he was told to
eat meat in the king's court he pre
ferred to be cast into the lion's den.
Tom Brumby was one of the greatest
heroes of the Spanish-Americun war.
Tom Brumby at a banquet in Atlanta
said that he desired water instead of
wine. It means something today for
a man to stand out facing all the
environments and refrain from these
things. When Daniel was urged to
obey the king, to drink the wine and
eat the meat, he still refused. Then
the king ordered him to be cast in
the lion’s den, but God first went to
the lion’s den and told the lions about
Daniel being thrown into the lion’s
den, and said when Daniel comes I
want you not to be ferocious and
angry and growl, but I want you to
put your arms around bis neck and
take good care of him—not hurt him
in any way. After thowing Daniel in
the lion’s den his persecutors went
back away to hear the lions crashing
the bones of Daniel and eating him
up. After awhile they came back to
see what had become of Daniel, to see
if there was a bone of him left; but
when they came they found the lions
and Daniel asleep with Daniel’s head
pillowed on the shaggy mane of a
lion. This shows that if you will
stand by God He will stand by you,
no matter what comes along.
There can be no question but what
this sermon was the best effort of Dr.
Broughton. One could see and feel
his intense earnestness. He alter
nated from the sublime to the red!-
culous at will but, the greater part of
bis discourse consisted of the sub
lime. Dr. Broughton has no time for
the pessimist. He is an optimist of
the broadest type and is forever look
ing on the bright side. When be
would rise to the highest tension bis
audience was held spell-bound. Dr.
Broughton Is not flowery or what
might even be termed eloquent, but
be is intensely plain and outspoken.
He is not harsh, neither is he sensa
tional—at least nothing sensational
has yet developed.
At the conclusion of the masterly
sermon Dr. Broughton asked all to
bow their heads in prayer. While
the vast audience was bowed he asked
ail who felt that they were not doing
right and desired to do right to indi
cate it by standing up. Fully one
tnird of the audience stood up. He
declared that this invitation was no
clap-trap, that Moses was the first
man to call for mourners when he
said: “Come out on the Lord’s
side.”
On Sunday afternoon the largest
congregation of men ever seen in
Gaffney assembled to hear Dr.
Broughton lecture on “Devil Traps
for Men.” It was an exceptionally
clean sermon for men only and was
utterly devoid of sensationalism.
Sunday night the place of meeting
was again crowded to its utmost ca
pacity. Every particle of available
space was occupied and many people
were turned a^ay. Dr. Broughton
spoke on “The prophecies of the
second coming of Christ ” He had
been termed a crank for preaching on
this subject but it was a sweet conso
lation to him that he had God’s word
for all he said on the subject. The
Bible prophecies were enough for
him. No man knew the day nor the
hour of the second coming of Christ.
He was liable to come at any time—
this very night—therefore all people
should be prepared for His coming.
Some one had said He would come in
IU04 and some one else had said He
would come in 1!)20. These men were
cranks that turned backwark, for no
man knows when He will come.
Dr. Broughton quoted more scrip
ture in support of his discourse on
this theme than on any occasion yet,
and this effort was pronounced by
many to be the best.
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Funeral of Mr. 1.. <;. Uyars.
The funeral services and burial of
Mr. Luther G. Byars last Saturday
perhaps had the largest attendance
of any similar occasion in the city
for months. The remains were ac
companied from his late residence by
a long train of relatives and frier.'!*
in carriages, and by Granard Lodge of
Ancient Free Masons in a body to
the First Baptist church, where the
funeral services were conducted by
the Rev. Arch C. Cree and the Rev.
Mr. I’otter, of the Limestone Street
Presbyterian church, and Rev. Mr.
Hodges, of the Buford Street Method
ist church. Mr. Cree preached the
sermon. After the services at the
church the procession was joined by
the graded school children of the city
at the First Graded School building.
They wished in this way to manifest
the high regard they had for Mr. By
ars, who was president of the board
of trustees of the city schools.
After the religious services at the
grave were concluded the Masons
took charge of the remains of their
deceased brother and with the beau
tiful and impressive ceremonies of
their ancient and honorable order
they laid the mortal remains of their
beloved brother in their last resting
place to await the resurrection morn.
DUliM-ateil Her Arm.
Last night as the family was start
ing to church Myrtle, a little daugh
ter of County Treasurer and Mrs. T.
H. Littlejohn, ran against a baby
carriage that had been left in the
walk in the yard, and fell and dislo
cated one of her arms. Drs. Griffith
and Littlejohn were summoned and
set the arm and soon had the little
sufferer as comfortable as possible
under the circumstances. We are
glad she is doing well this morning
and hope for her speedy recovery.
Mr. K. M. Woolly Movt-il to (ireemvootl.
R. M. Woody, who has had charge
of the weaving department of Lime
stone Mills ever since it was built, has
resigned that position and accepted a
similar one with the Grendal Mills at
Greenwood. The many friends in
Gaffney of Mr. Woody and his family
regret his change, but hope and be
speak for him the same success in
Greenwood that be has had in Gaff
ney. He and family will leave for
their new home to-morrow.
Women Ami .Jewel*.
Jewels, candy, flowers, maa—that
is the 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 the 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 and 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 coughs, colds, and
all bronchial troubles. You can get
tbla reliable remedy atUherokeeDrug
Co. Get Green’s Special Almanac.
THROUGHOUT THE
TAB HEEL STATE.
From the Mountains to The
Sea.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
IntereHting Item* Concerning Our Neigh
bor* Heyoml the Line Which M»y Prove
Entertaining Heading for Hundred* of
Ledger Header*.
The International Harvester Com
pany of America Saturday “domes
ticated” itself in North Carolina, its
capital being $1,000,000.
Saturday evening a lodge of Odd
Fellows was formed at Allenboro.
There are petitions for three other
new lodges—at Cooleemee, Ruther-
fordton and Albemarle.
Fire at 2 o’clock Friday morning
gutted the combination wood and
brick building occupied by the Atlan
tic Coast Line ticket office, purchas
ing agent’s and general storekeeper’s
offices in Wilmington. The loss will
probably reach $50,000.
A peculiar and serious accident oc
curred Sunday morning about 11
o’clock on the side of Beaucatcher
Mountian, one mile east of Asheville.
A man named Jerrett walking along
the path on the side of the mountain
slipped and fell down the steep moun
tain side, striking his head against a
rock and infleting a deep and danger
ous wound, Jarrett was found by a
passer-by soon after the accident and
was taken to the Mission Hospital in
an unconscious condition. It is not
tiiought that Jarrett’s injuries will
prove fatal.
After four days of careful investi
gation of the Wilcox sentiment as it
exists in adjoining counties, Judge
Fred Moore'Saturday ordered that the
trial he carried to Hartford, Perqui
mans county. The Judge said: “I
find the people of Perquimans opposed
to capital punishment. This will be
in favor of the defendant.” The opin-
mn of the prisoner’s family in adverse
to the removal, they regret having
asked it, knowing that bitter anti-
Wilcox feeling now exists in Hert
ford. There are some who think the
defense has made a great error
John and Lester McMahon, sons of
a well-known Baptist preacher of
Rutherford county, have been on
trial there the past three days for the
seduction of Florence and Daisy Mc
Arthur, daughtera of a well-to-do and
respected farmer living in the lower
part of the county. Both l}oys were
found guilty and Saturday morning
Judge Hoke sentenced each to the
penitentiary for 15 months. It is
generally reported that the case
could have been compromised for less
than has been paid for lawyers’ fees,
and the wonder is that the boys took
such a chance.
At 2 o’clock Sunday morning Mr.
C. E. Hopper, of Charlotte, one of
the proprietors of the Central Hotel,
who has a room in the annex, heard
some one creep soltly up the annex
stairs, fumble at the knobs on one or
two doors and then enter a room Mr.
Hooper ran into the room and found
what he expected to find—a man who
sought to get a night’s lodging free
of charge. No words of any conse
quence were exchanged, but Mr.
Hooper caught the stranger at the
back of the neck and slowly but em
phatically kicked him all the way
down the steps aud into the streets.
An organization of the Wilmington
Tobacco Warehouse Company, re
cently chartered by the Secretary of
State with an authorized capital stock
of $100,000, was effected Friday by
the election of W. E. Worth, presi
dent; George O Gaylord, vice presi
dent; James Kyle, secretary and
treasurer, and George O Gaylord. W.
E. Worth. W. B. Cooper, S. I*. Mc
Nair, H. L Yallers, M W. Jacobi, R.
R Stone and Frank Andrews, direc
tors. The object of the company is
the establishment of a market in Wil
mington and ultimately to build up
an export trade from that point, also
to encourage the cultivation of tobac
co in eastern North Carolina.
Mr. H. Abrams, a contractor of
Winston-Salem, received a letter Sat
urday that made him happy. He was
notified that he had won a suit that
has been pending in the courts for
five years. Mr. Abrams built a $.')(),-
000 business house for a wealthy firm
in Georgia. The contract called for
completion in six months and he was
to forfeit $50 a day for every day after
this limit. The firm began putting
goods in the basement before the six
months expired and this prevented
Mr. Abrams from laying the floor in
time. The company refused to pay
him and a suit was instituted. The
case went to the Supreme Court and
Mr. Abrams won, getting judgment
for $2,000 and cost.
We conld all resist temptation if it
was to do right.