The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, January 06, 1903, Image 1

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THE LARGEST 'Oiroalation-of -Any Howspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. THE LEDGER- SEW-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AHD FBIDAY. Wt GUARAN I t ‘ he Reliability of Every Advoi. tiser Who Uses the Col- umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. EST&BI/ISHED FEB. 16. 1894. GAFFNEY. S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1903. $1.00 A YEAB. THROUGHOUT THE sterns of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. ittvents tlut Have Taken Place from One Cad of the State to the Other Called from Exchanges for Quick Reading by Scores of Bnsy People. The Farmers and Merchants Bank, 'Orangeburg’s fourth bank, opened its doors for business Friday morning. The officers are, I. 8. Harley, presi dent.; W. B. Thompson, cashier, and jDavid Wolfe, assistant. An amendment of charter was granted changing the name of the .Norris-Cooner-King Company to the Norris-Cooner Company. This is one of Columbia’s leading wholesale gro cery concerns capitalized at $100,000. Friday night at a dance near Wei- lord Tom Ballenger and Simpson Fos ter, two negroes, engaged in a fuss which ended in Ballenger shooting Foster through the heart, killing him instantly. Ballenger made bis escape. Seven boys, two white and one colored, have died in Charleston of lockjaw since Christmas day. Their injuries were received from toy pistols and the situation is considered seri ous, as other children are ill with the disease. It is learned that the organization of the Independent Cotton Oil Com pany, capitalized at $1,000,000, was perfected in Darlington last Friday with M. Israel, of Charleston, presi dent, Bright Williamson, of Darling ton, vice-president, R. K. Dargan, general manager. A commission was issued Friday to the Southern Mutual Insurance Com pany, of Spartanburg, which is to do and industrial, accident, sick benefit an indemnity insurance business on a capital stock of $10,000. The cor porators are, Wm. Magness, H. M. Cleveland and C. H. Barber. Brakeman Harper Glenn, of the Greenville switching crew of the Southern road, narrowly escaped death Saturday morning between Greenville and Piedmont by being hurled to the ground from a cab that was overturned while going at the rate of about 130 miles an hour. The New Year starts out with a new bank—the bank of Fountain Inn, Greenville county. It is to have a capital stock of $15,000. The corpor ators are, D. M. Garrett, J. F. Sloan and H. L. Shaw, of Fountain Inn, G. A. Norwood and H. J. Haynesworth, of Greenville, and R. W. Davis, of Laurens. The first new,cotton mill projected this year got its commission from the secretary of State Saturday. It is to bear the name “Gluck Mills” and will be located near Anderson, having a capital of half a million dollars. The corporators are, R. 8 Hill, N. B. Sullivan, Robert E. Ligon and Jos. N. Brown. J. S. Drakeford, of Yorkville, through his attorney, Frank P. Mc Cain, Esq., Saturday procured an order from Judge Gage, at Chester, ap pointing Paul T. McNeel receiver of the Drakeford Newspaper Company, publishers of the Yorkville Yeoman. It is thought the creditors will be paid in full. On December flSth, a white man giving as his name Jake Spencer, hired a horse and buggy from E. L. Wilson’s livery stables in Spartan burg, stating that he wished to go to Clifton and return. Mr. Wilson has not since seen the man nor bis horse and boggy. Efforts have been made to trace and locate the man and team, but so far these have been ineffectual. The turnont was traced to Henrietta, N. C., but nothing further has Mr. Wilson heard on the subject. Saturday morning about 10 o’clock a fatal shooting affray occurred be tween two white men, a mile or two from Cayce’s in Lexington county. From what was learned the men were named Charles Hutton and West Spelrs and the former was killed, havi ng had a double load of buckshot fired into his body. The men had been unfriendly for some time, a wo man being the cause of their enmity, it is said. Evidently each had expec ted violence on the part of the other and both were prepared for it. Spelrs was arrested and taken to jail at Lex ington. Almost GOO poor children sat down to the big feast which bad been pre pared for them by the charitable peo ple of Charleston at the Masonic tem ple Friday. The dinner was given under the suspioes of the King’s Daughters. It was a feast which brought good cheer to the little chil dren and they dined happily and well. A band of music was In attendance to brighten the occasion and the hall was beautifully decorated for the dinner.. The prayer and address was delivered by Rev. C. S. Vedder, of the Huguenot church. All the children were given bags of candy to take home. The Charleston football team re turned Friday morning from Savan nah, braised and battered, as a re sult of their game in Savannah Thurs day. The young men brought back a story of the outrageous treatment to which they were eubjected by the Savannah team and abou-400 spec tators who crowded into the field and assaulted them, when they had the Savannahians hard pressed. Imme diately upon the beginning of the game sticks and stones were used and cases were cited where Charleston men were held while they were plied with a horsewhip in the general scheme of disabling them. All the men were severely handled and the outs and bruises evidence their hard treatment. While the banqueters in George town were celebrating vVednesoay evening, the occasion was somewhat disturbed at 8 o’clock by the inces sant ringing of the fire bell. Upon examination a big blaze was discover ed in the boiler room of the Gardner A Lacy Lumber Company. There was a rush for the boats and the crowd began crossing the river. The tug boats were soon on the scene and in lees than twenty minutes the tugs Congdon and Fearless had towed the fire engines of the city across on lighters and through the efforts of the firemen the only damage was the destruction of the planing mill, invol ving a loss of about $7,500, fully covered by insuaance. The building will be replaced at once. Sacred Concert Friday Evening. On Friday evening the choir under the direction of Mr. Maxim will give a sacred concert at the First Baptist church. This is the first in a series of “Social EveDings”{that are planned for the New Year with a view to the development of the social life of the congregation. Everybody is cordially invited. There will be no entrance charge, but an opportunity will be given to contribute to the music fund of the church. The program will commence at 7:30 p. m. Everybody is invited and all are welcome. After the concert the rest of the evening will be spent in social greetings and conversation. The following is the program : Grand March from “Lenorc” Raff Ave Maria ) Whiting Kusignation f Reverie Pastorale op 7. No. 1 Store Adagio from First Symphony Widor Prelude I Intermezzo f Pater Noster I Foote Meditation f Grand March from "Aida” Verdi Improvisation on a Familiar Hymn Tune Mrs. Maxim. Lo, ’tis Night” Bethoven-Custance Choir. “Lead Kindly Ligiit....” Dykes M r. SwotTord. ;.J9B "Lord of All Being” Littlejohn Choir. Christmas Song Adam Mrs. Byers. Sanctus Gounod Mrs. Byers, Mr. Osborne and Choir. “Come Unto me" Tenney Male Quartet. “With Thee, Dear Lord” Nevin Mr. Osborne. “Gently. Lord, Oh Gently Lead Us" — Nevin Choir. “Entreat Me Not to Leave Thee" Gounod Mr. Richardson. The Choir Invisible Jones Mrs. Campbell and Choir. America Tbe Congregation. Pastlude. A New Year’s Diaper. Mrs. J. C. Jefferies entertained several of her friends at a New Year dinner last Thursday. The beautiful home on Granard street was taste fully decorated for the occassion. Those present were, Mrs. B. R. Brown, Mrs W. C. Garpenter, Mrs. J. A. Carroll, Mrs. R. M. Gaffney, Mrs. J. F. Garrett, Mrs. 8. S. Ross, Mrs. H. D. Wheat and Mrs. O. E. Wilkins. A pretty souvenir of the occasion was the menu cards The dinner was an elaborate affair and Mrs. Jefferies sustained her reputa tion as a hostess. Tbe menu was as follows: Menu Curd New Year’s Dinner, IWW Oyster Houp Crackers Quail on Toast Chicken Salad Ham Said witches Saratoga Chips Rico Maccaroni Turkey 'Possum Sausage Dressing Potatoe Salad Celery Olives Mixed Pickets Cranberry Sauce Suited Almond Salted Peanuts Egg Nog Grape Gelatine, flavored with cocoanut and lemon Christmas Dessert, flavored with pineapple and sherry Fruit Cake Choualate Cake Pound Cake Lemon Cake Pineapple Sberbert Sweet Catawba Wine Imported Sherry Wine Assorted Cakes Assorted Nuts Dried Figs Coffee Tea Cheese Crackers. HEWS OF THE WEEK IHIQWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. The Goforths Have a Gran<| Family Reun ion, and the Young FeofteiM* the Visi tors a Royal Reaction—Math Constables After Dispensary Law Violators. (Corrsspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Jan. 8.—Thursday and Thursday night, yesterday and last night the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Goforth has been tbe centre of do mestic happiness. The occasion was that of a family reunion. Mr. H. Scott, of Fooles, the father, grand father and great-grandfather was there. So was Mr. W. Capers Scott, his son, of Ada, Indian Territory. Mr. H. T. Scott, until a few years ago, lived in this section, when he moved to bis present home in Spar tanburg county. Mr. W. Capers Scott went west twenty-one years ago. On Thursday night the young people of this community gave these esti mable visitors a royal ovation, and well did they perform their work. One of the most pleasant features of tbe occasion was the music—vocal and instrumental. The young peo ples’ cup of pleasure ran full at being led in song by this good old father in Israel, whose favorites, of course, were such grand old soul-stirring pieces as Rock of Ages, Devotion, Mear, Ortonville, Fisgab, Primrose, Home, Sweet Home, Land of Beulah and others whose devotional fragance has perfumed the Christian pathway of our forefathers and which will serve ages to come. We are glad that the youg people were so thoughtful as to try to make tbe Messrs. Scotts’ visit to their old home so pleasant with reminiscences of such a pleas urable character. It was very thoughtful on their part, and we com mend them for carrying it out. Mr. and Mrs. Goforth are some of our very best people and for them and their household we trust they will be spared to witness many such fam ily reunions as they too pass along down life’s pathway. The rain yesterday caused a rise on the river and it can’t be crossed for a day or two—maybe longer. State Constable Robbins was in this section this week looking after alleged violations of the dispensary law. It’s a noted fact that these vio lations have been going on uninter ruptedly for some time and now the State is forced to call a halt. Our opinion is that the law is going to be enforced as it never has been in this and adjoining counties. Peace able citizens, if they can help it, don’t propose to be annoyed by irre sponsible drunken midnight maraud ers firing guns and pistols along the public highways to the terror of de fenseless people. If all the men of this country were what they ought to be this matter would stop, and stop at once. The young people have been enjoy ing themselves in many ways since the holidays set in. The boys have had several rabbit and bird bunts, and the fox hunters have tried to get up a race, too. For good attendance during the last quarter tbe following members of the infant class in the Salem Sunday school have had their names placed on the roll of honor and have been presented with small testaments, to- wit: Edgar Blackwell, Kate Comer, Fred Comer, Walker Edwards, Frank Estes Hemphill Estes, Henry Fow ler, Robert Fowler, Johnnie Fowler, Mamie Fowler Minnie Fowler, Doug lass Wright and May Wright. We learn that Mrs Vassey has re signed as teacher of the Sunnyside school and that that school is now without a teacher. The legislature will soon meet in Columbia and it’s time people were getting the business they expect to bring before it in shape so as to avoid delay. We hope they Mill pass a marriage license law for one thing. The fee need not be excessively high, but sufficient to allow a permanent record to he made of it. We don’t suppose it will be the duty of this Correspondent to use so much space in The Ledger columns this ^fear as heretofore, as we expect one of our juvenile correspondents to to keep its readers posted on all news of a local interest, and, besides, we favor giving the young people a chance. Miss Wilmer McDaniel, of Hickory Grove, has been spending a few days on this side of tbe river with friends. Misses Bettie, Maude and Nancy Mitchell, some of Hickory Grove’s most beautiful young ladies, came over to spend part of their Christmas holidays with the young people on this side. A few of the young men came too. Miss Lizzie Edwards is spending a few days with the Misses Smoak at Filbert. Mr. Will Comer has found some at tractive magnet on the York side. What’s up. Will? Mr. Johnnie Estes, of Sedalla, who has been spending a few days with friends and relatives in this commun ity, returned home last Wednesday. Mr. Hundley Westmoreland, of Hickory Grove, is now tbe mail car rier on that route. He is the son of our old veteran, Mr. Bob Westmore land. Mr. J. J. Robinson, one of our neighbors, amuses his friends by playing bis violin over tbe phone. That is, he sends the music over the phone to them as he would any other message. j. l. s. GAY BLACKSBURG. The Nineteenth Century Club's Banquet and Other Social News. Blacksburg, Jan. 5 —The ladies of the Nineteenth Century Club en tertained their husbands at their annual banquet Wednesday evening December 81st, at the residence of Mrs. P. H. Freeman on Shelby street. The meeting was called to order by the president of the club, Mrs. 0. A. Osborne. Secretary, Mrs. T. L. Black, then called the roll, the ladies answering their names with a quotation on “Man” while the gen tlemen responded to their names with quotations on “Woman.” After the minutes of tbe last meeting were read and approved, a most delightful pro- grafn was rendered wich was as fol lows : Address of welcome, by Mrs. Dr. William Anderson. Industrial duett, “Aux Flambeaux,” by Mrs. B. G. Gaden and Mrs. Dr. Caldwell. Read ing, “Ezekiel” by Mrs. Frank Mooie. Industrial duett, Belles of New York, by Mrs. P. H. Freeman and Mrs. Allie Osborne. Reading, “Turning over a newjleaf,” by. Mrs. Dr. William Anderson. Solo, “In tbe good old summer time,” by Mrs. O. A. Os borne, with the entire club joining in singing the chorus. After this delightful program, all of which was delightfully rendered, the doors to the spacious dining room were thrown open and tbe numerous guests took positions around the fes tive board which was burdened with good things for the inner man. Then followed as pleasant and jovial an hour as was ever spent in Blacks burg. The program called for no toasts, but the occasion was such an enjoy able one that it had to be rounded off with just a few impromptus to make it a complete banquet in every re spect. The 19th Century Club was organ ized some four or five years ago and is one of Blacksburg’s leading social clubs. The officers are: Mrs. O. A. Osborne, president; Mrs. T L. Black, secretary, and Mrs. Dr. Wm. Ander son, treasurer. The program rendered on this oc casion proved that the club cau just ly boast of much talent of a high or der. At a very late hour the guests, af ter wishing the host and hostess a very happy new year and thanking them for such a delightful evening, departed for their several homes. Messrs. Will Anderson and Hugh Davidson have returned to Clemson College after spending the holidays with their parents. The many friends of Mr. 0. A. Os borne will regret to learn be is on the sick list this week. Miss Lucy Thompson has returned home after spending several days with Miss Nell Carpenter at Spartan burg. Mr. John McAllister, of Gaffney, was in tbe city Sunday. Mr. John Boyce, wh o is attending Davidson College, at Davidson, N.C., is at home for a few days. Tbe dance given at the Cherokee Inn Friday evening was quite a suc cess. Mrs. Jno. F. Jones entertained the Maids and Matrons club Monday af ternoon. Police Offlcera Capture a Tiger. Chief Lockhart and Officers Henry Lockhart and Moore made a grand swoop Saturday night and lit on three or four gallons of new liquor, mostly in pint bottles ready for the Sunday trade, and Will Grubb, a white mun, whom tbe finger of suspicion has been pointing at for some time. Grubb and his liquor occupied different cells in jail Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night and yesterday morning the mayor made a temporary disposi tion of,Grubb’B case by requiring him to take a thirty day’s course in the cinnty’s good roads class. This was a fin 1 * piece of work of the cFy officers and it receives tbe hearty well done of every good citizen. Nearly everybody likes to have people think that he knows a great deal more than he cares to tell. THROUGHOUT THE TARJjEEl 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 Hundreds of Ledger Readers. Winston-Salem manufacturers sold 23,288, 892| pounds of tobacco during 1902 The stamp sales aggregated $1 837 449 15—and yet Winston-Sal em has no government building. Emancipation day was celebrated by the negro population of Raleigh Saturday and was made the occasion for tbe adoption of resolutious com plimentary to President Roosevelt. Rufus Chavis was killed near Red Banks, in Robeson county, recently by the westbound passenger treio on the Seaboard Air Line. It is said that he was drunk and down on the track. Isaac N. Ebbs, a lawyer of Marsh all, Madison county, has been arrest ed on a charge of presenting a false claim for expenses to the Interior De partment at Washington. Ebbs was state senator from Buncombe and Madison in 189G-97. The amount of gold bullion shipped from the United States office in Char lotte, Mecklenburg county, for the past year was $287 933 42 The amount for the month of December was $14 405 18, a decrease of $1,774 85 from December of the previous year. Wester Caudle, the 18-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. 'A. R. Caudle, who live at 911 East Traae street, Char lotte, died Friday morning at 10:80 o’clock of lockjaw, which resulted from a wound received Christmas day by the discharge of a blank cartridge in a toy pistol. A special car carrying about fifty negroes from Charlotte and vicinity left Saturday night via the Southern for the coal fields of tt est Virginia. Two other cars containing from 75 to 100 negroes from stations below Char lotte, also passed through for the same destination. Philip Barton, a Croatan, about 21 years of age, was killed a few days ago in Smith’s township a few miles from Red Springs, Robeson county, and John Hail, as principal, with Pink Wood, Ned Chavis and Enoch Chavis, as accessories, are in jail charged with the crime. Mr. J. R. Kluttz, of Ness City, Kan., Saturday brought suit against the Southern Railway company for $400 damages for unnecessary deten tion of a car of horses which be had shipoed from his home to Albemarle a few days before Christmas. The horses were on the road eleven days when the car should have made the trip in seven. Lon Oakley, colored, who was shot at Cleveland Christmas day by Lum Cowan, also colored, died Thursday in an emergency room of the White- bead-Stokes sanitarium at Salisbury, to which he was taken immediately after the shooting. According to the prevailing report Cowan had very lit tle provocation for tbe shooting. He is now in jail at Salisbury. R. F. Madden, a clerk at the Cen tral Hotel, Charlotte, committed sui cide Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock by shooting himself through the bead with a revolver. He was at his room in tbe hotel when he fired the fatal shot. The remains were sent to Pem berton, Va., Friday night for inter ment. Madden was an orphan and bad no relatives No cause is assigned for tbe suicide. The biennial report of tbe State penitentiary, made to Governor Ay- cock Friday, shows that two years ago the legislature appropriated $100,000 to pay penitentiary debts contracted under previous fusion ad ministration. Of this amount $80,- 000 was expended. The penitentiary now has this balance of $20,000 in cash and other net assets which makes the total over $50,000 for the two yeara. James LeGrand, a young man of Rockingham, was accidentally killed Saturday by Henry Dockery, Jr., while returning from a bird hui.t. The young men were standing talking at the time when in some way Dock ery tripped backward, and in his ef fort to balance himself, it is thought he clutched the trigger of his gun, both barrels of which were dis charged. Young Dockery is over whelmed with grief. Bud Daniels and Will Davis, two young white boys, went out rabbit hunting near Durham Friday. In the afternoon Daniels was walking in front of bis companion and by some means had left both barrels of bis gnn cocked. Tbe gun wse discharged and the entire load entered the breast of Davis, killing him iasikiitly. The >oung men were the best of friends and there is no intimation that there was anything of a foul nature. Dan iels is almost prostrated with grief. Thursday night in Asheville John Seay, aged 15, accidentally shot Will Bishop, a young man from South Car olina, who was visiting the family. Bishop died Saturday morning at one o clcock from tbe effects of the wound. Two hours after Bishop’s death the mother who was ill with fever died as a result of the shock. A brother of the slayer of Bishop, who is also sick, is expected to live but a few hours. As a result of tbe cloud of misfortune that has overtaken him John Seay has lost his reason. Bernice, the small daughter of Mr Lester Morris, of Crab Orchard townl ship, Mecklenburg county, had her skull fractured Saturday afternoon while playing with the windlass of a well. She was trying to let the bucket down in the*well as she bad seen her elders do. She managed to get the bucket off the curbing but it was heavy beyond her strength and the fast-flying iron handle struck her on the left side of the head, making an ugly wound. A physician was ►summoned from Charlotte, and he pronounced the wound not necessarily fatal. Being despondent over the deatn of his father and sister, Mr. James G. Alexander, a farmer, cut his throat with a razor at his home in Mallard Creek, Mecklenburg county, Thurs day. He bled a great deal and the physicians had great difficulty in stopping the flow of blood. It is thought he will recover. Alexander, who is about 41 years of age, had re cently returned from the hospital at Morganton. The death of his father, Mr. Cyrenius Alexander, and bis sis ter. Mrs. N. H. Earnhardt, of Char lotte, weighed heavily upon him and probably unhinged his mind. For several days be had been guarded closely and his relatives, fearing he might do hurt to himself, bad taken from him bis knife and all other ar ticles with which he might have in flicted persona! injury. Alexander found an old, rusty razor and, going to an empty room, drew the blade across his throat. Mr. Green Brown Dead. Mr. Green B. Brown, one of t’le oldest men in the county and one of its most worthy and highly respected citizens, died at his home near Ra venna qn the 1st inst ,and was buried at Brown’s Chapel on the 3rd, in the presence of a large concourse of rel atives and friends whom his long and exemplary lifehad endeared him to. The funeral services were conducted by his pastor Rev. W. T. Thompson. Had Mr. Brown lived one month and nine days longer, he would have been eighty-one years old, and with the exception of a few years spent in Mississippi, and while he was in the Confederate army, he had spent his whole life in the neighborhood where he died and is buried. He was a con sistent member,of the Baptist church, was a gallant fighting Confederate soldier of the 5th South CaroMna Cavalry, and was a citizen of a high order. He was an old time South Carolina gentleman. He leaves a wife and two daughters, Mrs. B. G L. Pettit and Mrs. R D. Hammett, who have the sincere sym pathy of thair many friends in this time of their sorest trouble. “Billy” Allen Leave* Gaffney. The many friends of Mr. Will Al len, tbe superintendent of the carpet mill, will regret that he has resigned his position to accept a similar one in Greensboro, N C. Mr. Allen came here from Philadelphia when the car pet mill began work >.nd by bis gentle and upright demeanor, has endeared himself and family to all. We regret to have him leave, but he carries our best wishes. . Caution! This is not a gentle word—but wl en you think how liable you are not to purchase the only remedy univer sally known and a remedy that has had the largest sale of any medicine in the world since 1808 for the cure and treatment of Consumption and Throat and Lung troubles without losing its great popularity all these years, you will be thankful we called your attention to Boscbee’s German Syrup There are so many ordinary cough remedies made by druggists and others that are cheap and good for light colds perhaps, but for severe Coughs, Bronchitis, Croup—and es pecially for Consumption, where there is difficult expectoration and cough ing during the nights and mornings, there Is nothing like German Syrup. The 25 cent size has just been intro duced this yeftr. Regular size 7Z cents. At all druggist. G. G. Green, Woodbury. N. J. Ask Flaw Picker about “Fewer gallons; wears longer.”