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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. 'v t ^ KAN ne Reltab'o y of Every tiser Wn. Uses th. |. 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, 1864. OAFFNEY. S. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1902. $1.00 A YEAR. TMGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. M£«r*ate that Have Taken Place from One End of the State to the Other Called from Exthanfe. for {|ulck Keadiac by Score, of Ho«y Peojrie. Spartanburg is to have a fine new building which will not only be a post office but a court-house as well. The Mill Operatives Sick and Acci dent Frateruil Union of America, of Laurens, was given a commission Sat urday. The corporators are J. P. Mahon, B. P. Estes und J. G. Welling Jr., The secretary of state issued a commission to the Union Drug com pany of Union, which is to do a whole sale and retail drug business upon a capital stock of $6,000. The corpora tors are H. K. and E. H. Smith. The secretary of state Saturday is sued a commission to the People’s Bank of Beaufort which is to do a general banking business upon a capi tal stock of $25,000. The corporators are F. W. and H. E. Scheper, George F. Holmes and W. F. Marscher. The selection made by the board of trustees meets with universal ap proval. For the friends of Furman this was the important event of the recent Baptist convention held in Greenville. It is hoped that Mr. Roper will assume his duties in early spring. The secretary of state Saturday granted a charter to the Domestic ..uildiogand Loan company of Co lumbia, which is capitalized at $400,- 000. The officers are Willie Jones, president; M. McSweeney, vice president, and J. M. Bell, secretary and treasurer. Friday afternoon in the Darlington street, Florence, Press and Sam Robertson, two negroes of the same name, but no relation, bad a dispute over a woman. The result was that Press shot Sam with a pistol in the abdomen. Press claims it was acci dental, while others say it was not. Some days ago Sergt, E. J. Jones, of the headquarters stuff of the police department of Columbia met with a painful accident. Sergt. Jones was in his rose garden pruning some of the flowers whin the knife slipped and cut bis knee to the bone. Four stitches were required to close the wound. ' The board cf directors of the Mol- Johon Manufacturing Company of Newberry have decided to increase the capital stock of the Mollohon Cotton Mill from $200,000 to $500,- 000. The building will be enlarged r,o twice the present size and the number of spindles will be increased to 28,000. Belton Stokes shot and killed John Galloway Friday night three miles from Bishopville. There were four men in the crowd and they had been drinking all day. Stokes escaped but was captured in Sumter Saturday morning. Corone. Watson sum moned a jury of inquiry and found a verdict in accordance with the above facts. Mr. David A. Layton, an old Flor entine, who, for several years past, has lived at Catfish, Marion county, will soon ooen a large builders’ depot at Florence. He has purchased the Lambert planing mill, near the Coast Line station, and is having the plant refitted and furnished through out. This is an enterprise that has long ago been a necessity there. Some days ago young Sam Ligbtsey disappeared as completely from bis home near Fairfax as if the earth hac opened and swallowed him up. A1 searches and efforts to gain informa tion as to what bad become of him failed. Saturday, however, a party of young men out hunting while pass ing through some thick woodlaoc near the young man’s homestumblec over his dead body. He had been foully murdered, and the body bidden away in the woods. At Earley’s Cross Roads, about five miles from Darlington, the barns a3( stables of Dr. R. E. Lee were destroy ed by fire Saturday morning about o'clock. Four mules, two horses, about five hundred bushels of corn,be tides forage, wagon, etc., were lost, ▲bout fifty bales of oottou which wars piled near the barn came near being burned, but were moved after ' slight damage. The origin of the fire Is unknown, but all tbs circumstan ces indicate Incendiarism. Mr. Goo. E. Budd, ao attorney of Bt. Paul, Miun., has written tbs sec retary of state asking on behalf of one of bis clients as to exemptions for taxation In this State of new manu facturing enterprises, and adding. “If the business should be located in your State it would be the largest enter prise of its kind in the south and one >f the largest in the United States or in the world.” No information is giveo as to the kind of interprise Mr. ludd's client wishes to establish. Late Saturday afternoon the jury n the case of Fails & Jenains, ma chinery manufacturers, of Pawtucket, i. I., vs. Messrs. J. 8. and W. C. Ilalock, and Mrs. M. E. Browning, i ;ave the plaintiff company a verdict or $5,314.70 against Mrs. Browning. This amount is the balance duj with interest on a certain contract for ma chinery used in the Goldville Manu facturing company cotton mills, the payment of which was guaranteed by VIrs. Browning, daughter of Mr. J. S. Blalock. The dispensary constables are very active just now and are seizing a great deal of whiskey imported for Christmas purposes. There are about 3,000 gallons of contraband on band, which has been captured during the last month, and more is coming in daily. While much is coming in, a great deal more is being sent out to the various dispensers in the State. Motion has been made of the rob beries suffered by the dispensary while goods are in transit, and the Christmas season is a favorite time for such occurrences. Only one or two small losses have been reported so far. The expert bookkeepers who annually go over the books of the dispensary and make a report to the Legislature began work Monday. About 9 :H0 o’clock Monday Mrs. J. B. L. Hall, who lived near Carswell Institute, several miles below Ander son, was at her well drawing a bucket of water, when the rotten floor gave way and she fell into the well. Her husband was near, and seeing her fall or bearing the noise made by the fall, he rushed to let himself down into the well by means of the rope; he then tried to climb out the same way holding Mrs. Hall in bis arms, but found it impossible; so bolding his wife up above the water, which was several feet deep, he cried for help, but it was probably an hour before he got assistance and was drawn out Mrs. Hall was found to be seriously injured, both externally and internal ly, but wasconcious for a while after the accident. She died at 5:20 o’clock in the afternoon^ She was about 20 years of age, and leaves a husband and several small children. Ao Knjoyiilile Event. (Correspondence of The Ledger.; King’s Crekk, Dec. 13 —One of the most enjoyable events of the sea son was a pound party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Mitchell on Thursday evening, Dec. 11. Ere the silver moon shed her soft light the parlor was filled to overflowing with the happy faces of fair maidens and stately young men. The table was loaded with ali that one could wish. Among those present were Misses Bessie Caldwell, Nellie Mitchell, Lena Love, Made Mitchell, Anna Whitesides, Aggie Wbisonant, Hica- ory; Mabel Castles, Ella McKown, Blacksburg; Inez Smith. Bessie Mc Gill, Hickory Grove; Belle Flaxico, Eunice Quinn, Mattie Flaxico, Lola Love, Vorkville; Mary Quinn, Eva Castles, Belle Quinn, Mamie Jackson, Vorkville; Lula Borders. Mattie Big- gers, Bessie Mitchel 1 , Cynthia Big- gers. Messrs. Broadus Love, Minor Biggers, Jim Burns, Jim Carroll, John Biggers, Wiil McKnight, Luther Thompson, Walter Love, Joan Mc Knight, Clarence Borders, Boyce Mc Gill, Charley Bird, George McKow , Emmet Love, Victor Flaxico, Robert Quinn, Audley Gold, Blacksburg: Walter Quinn, Bonner Hague. Carl Pursley, Bethany; Newman Rober son, John Love, W. C. Wilburn, John McKown, Hickory Grove; John Worth, Charleston; Will Sandifer, Vorkville ; Beaufort Matthews, Worth McKnight, Will Matthews, Bethany; Clarence McKnight, Sam Mitchell, Dr. Ben Miller, Symnra; Ed White- sides, Pinckney Caldwell, Brown Whitesides, Lesler Whitesides. When the clock sounded eleven all prepared to leave, thanking their kind host and hostess ana carrying with them pleasant memories imt Boon to be forgotten. Notice to Our Futrona. Those who will be obliged to have any kind of job printing done before Christmas will please bring it in at once that we may not be rushed at the last minute. Oet The Beat For Vour Money. Did your grocer ever tell you when you ordered “Clifton flour that he had “something just as good”? Do you know why be tells you this? It is because be buys some inferior flour for less money and is trying to work this oft on you and get a few cents more profit on it. This is s perfectly legitiment thing for the grocer to do, but yon ought to see that yet get the best value for your money. Aod to do this Insist upon bis sending you “Clifton”, the finest patent flour. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Rain Makea the Roada Almoat Impaaaable —Uoean’t Like the Present Day Faablona —The ttreat Need of (Tains the Old Bine Back Hpelllng Book In Our Schoola. (Correspondence of Tbe Ledger.) Etta Jane, Dec. 18—Yesterday was a rough day for out door work. Tbe rain has put the newly worked roads io an impassable condition in many places. Yesterday's Ledger quotes us say ing William Gilmore Simmons in stead of Simms. Mr. S. F. Estes bad a fine porker to break its leg someway yesterday and he had it butchered at once. It seems that hogs kept in pens and fed will have very small bones. Mr. John R. McCulloch is working his roads from the Tolleson place to Wilkinsville. Mr. James George is teaching the Lawn school. He began last Mon day. Reports say that there is mumps in that neighborhood and he has not had a full school yet. We met our old comrade, Jeff Parks at Gaffney yesterday. Jeff was a member of the old Seventh. Messrs. Webber and Jefferies, contractors, will finish the Owens’ ford bridge next week if nothing hap pens. We regret to learn that Miss Mar garet Pridmore. of Sarratts, is lyl-g dangerously ill at this time. The fall in the price of cotton doesn’t stop its rush to market. People will sell faster and more eagerly on a decline than on advance in tbe price. We don’t like to criticize or find fault, especially with the good ladies, but if they will kindly excuse us we will say that some of the fashions of the present day are simply ridiculous. We like to see them dress neat and tidy—nothing is better. But to see one strutting along stooped over as if she was trying to walk in front of herself, we are disposed to think that if Providence had so disfigured her person she would be an object of pity. Fashions are contagious somewhat like smallpox—every lady is likely to catch it, and before it disappears its most ardent admirers become utterly disgusted. In this day of progressiveness there is nothing engaging tbe attention of educators and those interested in tbe couse of education more than tbe subject of spelling. A leading educa tor up in Chicago sprung this matter last year when he said, “We must go back to the old blue-back spelling book before we get out of this diffi culty ” There is a good deal more he might have said with equal pro priety but perhaps he left that for others to do. Certain it is that some of our best educated men see the matter in its proper light. Geo. W. S Hart, Esq., a promi nent member of the Vorkville bar, who generally says the right thing in tbe right way and at the proper time, in commenting* upon the subject writes the Vorkville Enquire as fol lows : “Editor of Tbe Enquirer:—‘I en close herewith an editorial that ap peared in the Washington Post about ten days ago. It refers to a matter upon which I have been for some time convinced—that tbe new me thod of not teaching a child tbe al phabet, but forcing it ‘to catch a word by its sound,’ is a very unsound method of teaching a child to spell. And I have been more than ooce an noyed by tbe fact that tbe teachers themselves needed to learn to spell, and that few of them taught tbe children under them what was meant by the syllabic divission of a word. Whatever the cause, there has cer tainly been a ‘decline in spelling.’” Geo W. 8. Hart. Vorkville, Dec. 8th, 1902 the deAjnk in spelling. “A professor in a well known col lege recently advocated the establish ment of a national language for America. It was not to be Volapuk or phonetics, or anything of that sort. It was just to be an Improvement on tbe good old English language, and everybody would be furnished with a short oat to Intellectual development. Spelling would be so much easier un der bis method, be said. “This is an eioelleot Idea—that of making spelling easy. If we are not mistaken that le what they are try ing to do In all onr public schools, and, fnrtbsr, it Is not bard to find In this same educational trend tbe rea son why children of today spell so mnch more poorly than did those of forty or fifty years ago. ‘‘There is no royal road to profic iency in spelling. It simply takes good hard work and plenty of it. The public schools of today, or rather those who are at tbe head, are im bued with the epirit of innovation and experiment. Tjo much time is spent in hunting (or new and easy methods for imparting knowledge. It may be all right to try tbe power of suggestion and comparison in cer tain lines of work. We do not dis pute that there is a sort of juvenile psychology that may be fathomed by the pedagogue whereby history, hot' any, and even grammar may be taught with the minimum of effort on tbe part of both teacher and pu pil. But there is serious reason to doubt if any improvement can be made on the old style of learning to spell. “Certainly tbe parent who hears his 12-year-old boy mutilate a word of two syllables Will have his suspi cions concerning the new systems of orthography in the public schools Spelling is a subject for the memory, and the memory alone. The child should not be forced to catch a word by its sound, and then be expected to recognize it when he sees it in print. “A return to the old method is in order and it cannot come too soon.” Some teachers holding first grade certificates are notoriously behind in spelling. Only a good speller can make a good reader, that is certain, and only those who can read well themselves are fit to teach others bow to read. The work of repairing Salem church is going on very well. With good weather next week, and no other hinderance it will be finished all except the painting, which will be put on next summer. Mr. Lum Roberts, of Shelby, N. C., is visiting his brother, Martin Roberts, of this section. From tbe amount of travel going on now we may expect our roads to become impassible soon. In many places it takes a pretty fair team to pull an empty wagon. Matt Sizemore, colored, mail car rier between Gaffney and this place, always makes bis trip on schedule time notwithstanding tbe bad roads. Mr. Vernon Millwood, is miller at Thomson’s mill. He grinds every day. The next thing to do after tbe com pletion of the Owens’ ford bridge is to repair the approaches and cover the bridge and then the public will have something for the grandchildren to use. Governor McSweeney can always be depended upon to do his duty. His prompt action in tbe Rock Hill bull fight shows that be is no sardine. We hope those who find pleasure or profit in such cruelty will find more congenial employment in other fields of pleasure. South Carolina must not be made tbeir dumping ground. J. L. s. Show Your Fridt*. Gaffney, Dec. 15.—Mr. Editor: No man takes more pride io tbe growth and progress of our city than I do. Now that we are to have an up-to- date postoffice outfit, I want to ask tbe co-operation of the public in making it a place fit for the work de signed. Instead of making it a place of deposit for waste paper, old tobacco chews and juice; reuderiog the place unfit for ladies to visit, let all en deavor to manifest their pride in keeping it clean. I am a servant of tbe postoffice department and public; as it were,be tween two fires; tbe law saying I must do while tbe people through want of a little forethought and con sideration, hinder my doing it. I hope all will see tbe point I want to make, and will aid in making our postoffice a thing to be proud of. • Very respectfully, A. R. N. Folger, Postmaster. Wmuc We would like to ask, through tbe columns of your paper, if there is any person who has used Green’s August Flower for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and Liver Trouble that has not been cured—and we also mean tbeir results such as sour stomach, fermentation of food, habitual cos tiveness, nervous dyspepsia, head aches, despondent feelings, sls^psss- ness—In fact, any trouble coooscted with tbe stomach or liver? This medicine has been sold for many years In all civilised countries, and we wish to correspond with you and •end you one of our books free of ooet. If you never tried August Flower, try a 25 cent bottle fitst. We have never known of its falling. If so, something more eericue le tbe matter with you. Tbe 25 cent else has just been Introduoed this yeer. Regular else 75 cents. At all drug gist. G. G. Green, Woodbury, N. J. THE T>B HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. InterestlDff Item* Concerning Onr Neigh bor* Beyond the Line Which Hay Frovc Entertaining Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Readers. Concord Fo indry & Machine Co., will enlarge its plant. W.J. Brent, of Portsmouth, Va., will organize company to develop a gold mine near Lexington. A charter is granted to tbe Houston- Lee Supply Co., of Monroe, capital stock $25,000, by D. A. Houston, W. A. Lane and Winston Lee. A charter is granted to the Han over Iron Works Co ; of Wilmington capitalized at $50 000 by 8. W. Skin ner. W. E King and Iredell Mears. Hackney & Moale Co., of Asheville, has been incorporated with a capital of $30 OOOJto conduct a printing plant, etc. ; Geo. L Hackney, Philip R. Moal and others, incorporators. A charter is granted to the Shal- lotte TransporfHtjMn Co., of Shallotte, capital stock $50 000, bv Frank P. White. S. K Mints. G. F B »wen and others, for operating steamboats. Thomas A Scott and Reuben Bar ton, of Richmond. Va.. have secured franchise for ligh'i*'- a* '"■ rtenrd, and will erect MM ar • . It ct" 'C,-ot electric plant; also wid build 25 ton ice factory. Charles F Wadsworth, George P. Wadsworth and associates, of Char lotte,have chartered J. W Wadsworth Company, with a capital stock of $100,000 to conduct a machine shop and saw-mill. Seven men escaped from jail at Marshall at midnight Friday by saw ing out tbe steel bars in the cell win dows |The escaped prisoners included Henry Murray and Rice Hagan, both of whom are under charge of murder. There is no trace of the men. Secretary of States Grimes has a letter from Geo. W. Morse, of Boston, stating that he has a gold pin found on a battle field of tbe civil War and would like to return it. The pin has on it, “Monadelphian,” “Nous nous portous.” “1800,” “W. H. Ballard. N. C.” J. H- Exum Friday rejoicingly turned his back on the gloomy walls of the Cumberland count; jail, and shook the dust of the place from his feet, as he started for home, having served out his term of imprisonment for embezzlement of government funds from the postoffice at Four Oaks. Two escaped convicts from Robeson county were apprehended at Southern Pines Saturday aud at the instance of Officer Baswett, of Pineburst, Rube Buchan, captured one after a clever foot-race. He was taken to Carthage and now Mr. Buchan will claim the $20 reward. The other man is at large. A shooting affray, followed by a nuraberof arrests occurred Saturday in the centre of the business section of Asheville. Two negroes walked into a white restaurant and were at once ordered to remove tbeir hats. One of the negroes reached for his gun, whereupon tbe proprietor and two white patrons began shooting. One of the negroes was shot four times; not, however, fatally. Tbe Middenite Granite Company, of Salisbury, was incorporated Satur day with a capital stock of $b,U00, and tbe right to increase tbe same to $100,000. The object of tbe company is to buy, deal in and work lands in Alexander county in tbe Hiddenite section Among tbe incorporators are N. U. McCanie, D. R. Julian, P. H. Thompson, A. M. Boyden, T. C, Linn, Kerr Craige and others. Geo. W. Pickett, foreman of the street cleaning department of the city, was stricken with paralysis on the streets of Wilmington Saturday and died two hours later in the hospit al. Persons saw the man stagger and almost fall in tbe street, but thinking he was under the influence of liquor, they paid no attention to him. A ne gro finally came to bis rescue aod as sisted him to the city ball, whence be was sent to the hospital. Mrs. Lawrence Pul liana, wife of the man who is charged with embezzling $7,000 of tbe funds of tbe late First National Bank of Asheville while he held the position of cashier of that in stitution, was an Imuortant witness io tbe trial of tbe caae Friday aod Saturday. Tba defense will endeavor to show that at tbe time of tbe al leged embezzlement, Pullman, was not in bis right mind. In other words, insanity will be tbe plea. It was for the purpose of strengthening this plea that tbe accuaed man’s wife was called on to testify. G. W. Taylor, of Durham, came near losing bis life by an accident Sat urday morning between 10 and II o’clock While cleaning a pistol he was accidentally shot through tbe head, a painful but not fatal wound being inflicted The ball entered be low bia chin and came out on tbe side of bis bead. A physician was sum moned and dressed tbe wound and a short while after tbe accident Tavlor was able to come out on tbe streets. The Southern Railway’s fast pas senger train No. 39 ran into ao open switch at High Point Friday morning and collided witl) tbe engine of a freight train. Both engines were wrecked. The tender of tbe passen ger engine crashed through the bag gage car. Two passengers were in jured slightly. Engineer Rouzlt. of tbe passenger train, had a leg broken and ankle so badly crushed that am putation may be necessary. Engi neer Sweeney, of the freight, also had a leg broken. The two firemen were severely bruised and gashed. Mr. Charlie Morrow, of Gastonia, who was recently run over by a South ern railway train and both legs were cut off,has instituted suit against thp Southern for $30 000 damages. It will be recalled that tbe accident oc curred at the station at Gastonia Mr. Morrow went to the depot to see his sister off. He was on the cars when the engineer pulled out, and in jump ing from the train be struck some mail sacks that threw him under the moving train. Mr. Morrow will con tend that tbe train did not stop long enough for him to place his choarge nafely on board; l>-,r the train start ed off by jerks auu tuat the defendant company negligently left a mail sack where it not only interfered with his safe landing, but caused him to fall and be thrown under tbe moving cars. AMERICA’S MARTYR SPY. Monuments to tbe Memory of Nathan Hale Being Erected All Oier tbe Union. The day is fast coming when there will be a monument to Natbao Hale America’s first martyr spy patriot, in every State in the Union and in most of the capital cities. There are some fifteen or more statues of him now, most of them placed within the last tec years. William Ordway Par tridge, the sculptor who made the Nathan Hale statue on tbe Vale Cam pus, New Haven, Conn., has written one of the finest appreciations of him and his fine statue, a work of art. was a work of love. Tbe last four years have given volumes to Hale’s mem ory, and intereat and enthusiasm to day are boundless over the young, handsome hero who gave up his life with those immortal words on his lips: “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” It was inevitable that the life of thisone of the first American patriots, which was so full of romance, should attract dramatists to its possibilities as a sub ject for a play, and it could not nave attracted a more appreciative and competent one than Mr. Clyde Fitch. Inspired with the subject he created a play that is likely to hold the stage as long as American Independence is remembered. And this will be seen at the Star Theatre, Saturday, Dec. 20. Such plays are healthful and exalt ing and give-the Theatre a firmer footing. “Nathan Hale” is a play that teaches the best lesson and gives the beet of entertainment. The titu lar role is interpreted by Howard Kyle, a popular young actor, who has played many parts and established himeJf as an actor of merit. This is hia third year as Nathan Hale which he has played in nearly every imuor tant city of the country, to enthusi astic audiences, and received critical praise. His return engagements of which he has played many through the solicitation of local manxgers, have invariably been to overflowing attendance, supporting him sre pret ty Florence Smyth Miss Josephine Hoyt, Mr.J. W. Bramwell, Mr. Her bert Curtia and many others The same elaborate scenic investiture used in the Knickerbocker Theatre New York, will be aeen in the presentation here. Seats ou sale at The Ledger office Tburedav Eleetlou of MjmomL- OlHeerit. The aojual election of officers for Granard Lodge. No. 180 F A M., was held at their regular meeting Saturday night Dee 18th, and re sulted as follows: K. M Gaffoev W. M ; W H Ross, H W ; P V (isff- ney, J. W.; 0.0 Harris treasurer, and J. Kb Jefferies, s-cretary. Mr K VI. Muoro was sppointed H D and Gus Abernathy tyjer The appoint merits of tbs other officers have not yet be n made. Toe installation cere monies will be had on risturdav nig t, Dec 27th at 7 o’clock sharp A full attsndance of the members is ear- oestly requested.