The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, January 09, 1903, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY s>, 1903. $1.00 A YEAR.
THROUGHOUT THE
PALMETTO STATE.
items of Interest of Passing
Events.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
ftYentN that Have Taken Place from One
Kb<! of tbe State to the Other Called from
Kachangea for Quick Reading by Score,
of BuNy People.
Governor McSweeney will retire
from the governor’s office about the
20th inet.
M. M. Harley, a white farmer, dis
appeared on Friday evening from his
home near Columbia and has not been
heard of since.
Tom Ballenger, th * negro who
killed Simpson Foster, another negro,
at a frolic near Welford on last Fri
day night is still at large.
W. H. Squier, for several years au
ditor of Richland county, was found
dead by the side of the railroad track
in Columbia on Saturday night. He
was 55 years old.
The general assembly will meet
Tuesday, January 18th. Already tbe
new members are cutting out and
shaping enough work to keep them
the full forty days.
The president has nominated J.
Duncan Adams, of Greenville, to be
marshal of the United States court
for South Carolina. This is one of
tbe best offices in tbe State.
Frank Frye, a young white man of
about 23 years of age, was arrested in
Newberry Saturday night charged
with having shot Will Gunter, at Ar
lington, in Spartanburg county, about
the middle of December.
At a meeting of the standing com
mittee of Newberry College held Sat
urday definite action was taken look
ing towards the erection of a new
building for the college and President
Cromer was directed to make a can
vass for $25,000 to be used for this
purpose.
Two negro children living near Con
verse, in Spartanburg county, were
playing wit'i a pistol Tuesday when
the weapon was discharged and the
younger one was shot through the
heart. The parents were away from
home at the time. Go account of the
youth of the other boy nothing was
done with him.
Dr. Augustus Corley, a young den
tist of Edgefield, was doing some
work recently when his patient’s pis
tol, a sort of Edgrfield toy, fell from
his pocket amt was discharged. The
ball made for the doctor’s diaphragm
but, striking a silver dollar, the ball
was deflected and did no damage
except to the clothing.
Two colored women were arrested
in Newberry Saturday for forgery.
One of them had sent a telegram to a
Laurens bank in the name of another
woman who had a deposit there, ask
ing for $10 00. The bank sent a let
ter containing a check, but it was in
tercepted by tbe Newberry police,
and the women were sent to Laurens
jail.
The State constabulary is particu
larly active just now. On Monday
Chief Bateman and several of his as
sistants captured 150 gallons of corn
liquor in kegs of five gallons each at
the Southern freight depot in Colum
bia. As the liquor was all sent to
recipients under fictitious names it
was impossible to locate the owners.
The whisky came from Salisbury,
N. 0.
January 1st the State dispensary
paid into the State treasury on ac
count of the amount due the general
school fund $60,000. This payment
is to be credited to the $600,000 due
by the dispensary to the school fund
and now largely represented in thb
stock on hand at the State and county
dispensaries. This fund is available
only for the common schools of the
State. '•
A few nights ago the depot at Lex
ington was Bred and robbed. The
plunder was hidden under a nearby
house. Believing tbe burglar would
return, a shotgun was rigged up with
a string attached to a box of goods.
Late in the night the gun was beard
to go off, the sound accompanied by
a cry of pain, but no one could be
found. Later, Tom Rowan, a negro,
was arrested in Columbia with a
wounded arm, a*nd he proved to be
the thief.
Geo. W. Williams, secretary and
president of the Carolina Savings
bank and widely known as one of the
wealthiest men in South Carolina,
died of heart failure at his Meeting
street residence in Charleston at 8
o’clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Wil
liams was 83 years of age and had
not been in good health for some
time though he wae in hie office ae
usual Mouday. Tbe fortune that be
leaves is variously estimated at from
t*o to three million dollars.
Tbe secretary of state Tuesday
granted a charter to tbe Home Bank
of Lexington, capitalized at $30,000.
The officers are F. W. Jswald, of
Barr’s, president; A. J. Fox, cashier,
and G. B. Timmerman, vice-president
and attorney. A charter was also
granted the Fedee Hardware and
Furniture company of Mullins, capi
talized at $10,000. The officers are
J. W. King, president; W. A. Bliz
zard, vice-president, and H. M. Fel
der, secretary and treasurer.
A very sad and sudden death oc
curred at Chester Sunday just as tbe
services in the churches were begin
ning. Mr. Donald McCaulay remained
at home with his older son while Mrs.
McCaulay and the younger son at
tended church. They had hardly
reached their pew before they were
summoned home. Mr. McCaulay had
taken a heary breakfast that morning
and was seemingly in his usual good
health. He was standing in front of
a cheerful log fire pleasantly convers
ing with his son when, without a
moment’s warning and in one short,
quick breata, he fell to the floor, dy
ing instantly from a stroke of ap-
poplexy.
News reached Chester Tuesday of a
most brutal murder near the home of
Col. T. J. Cunningham, some nine
miles from that city. The body of
Jobey Williams, colored, was found
within s few yards from his humble
hut. His throat was cut, the jugular
vein and windpipe being entirely sev
ered. The spinal column was broken
and tbe bead was fractured iu several
places, being terribly beaten and
mangled. William Sterling, a colored
neighbor of Sobey, found the dead
body behind a tree that Jobey had
hewn down. A bloody axe lay near
by. William Sterling and Carrie
Williams, wife of the deceased, have
been arrested for the crime.
Postoffice Inspectors Gregory and
Falsifier have arrested Tom Nolan,
Cbas. Howard, Edward Duggan and
Wm McKinley on the charge of
breaking into the postoffices at Cam
eron, Enoree, Rowesville, Hartsville,
Hineman, Mount Morenci, Batesburg
and Reno, breaking into tbe safes
and robbing them of money and
stamps. The arrests were made in
Columbia in tbe tenderloin district.
All tbe parties are white and have
been living fast and recklessly in that
city for some time. The arrests cre
ated considerable excitement in Co
lumbia. The parties have all been
committed in default of $20,000 bond
each.
The Secret of Lonf; Life.
Consists in keeping all the main or
gans of the body in healthy, regular
action, and iu quickly destroying
deadly disease germs. Electric Bit
ters regulate Stomach, Liver and Kid
neys. purify the blood, and give a
splendid appetite. They work wonders
in curing Kidney Troubles, Female
Complaints, Nervous Diseases, Con
stipation, Dyspepsia, and Malaria.
Vigorous health and strength always
follow their use. Only 50c, guaran
teed by Cherokee Drug Co.
Unhappily there seems to be no
fixed relation between the sum total
of tragedy iu life and the number of
thofe whom a look of settled sorrow
really becomes.
A New Remedy.
The old friends of Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy will be pleased to
know that the manufacturers of that
preparation have gotten out a new
remedy called Chamberlain’s Stom
ach and Liver Tablets, and that it is
meeting with much success in the
treatment of constipation, bilious
ness, sick headaches, impaired diges
tion and like disorders’. The Tablets
are easier to take and more pleasant
in effect than pills, then they not
only move the bowels, but improve
the bowels and correct any disorders
of tbe stomach and liver. For sale
by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L.
D. Allison, Cowpens.
If a man will only let doctors fool
with him long enough he can go on
being sick for the rest of bis life.
UnconHclons from Croup.
“During a sudden and terrible at
tack of croup our little girl was un
conscious from strangulation,” says
A. L. Spafford, postmaster, Chester,
Mich., ‘and a dose of One Minute
Cough Cure was administered and re-'
peated often. It reduced the swell
ing and inflammation, cut the mucus
and shortly the child was resting
easy and speedily recovered.” It
cures Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, and
all Throat and Lung troubles. One
Minute Cough Cure lingers in the
throat and chest and enables the
lungs to contribute pure, health-giv
ing oxygen to the blood! Cherokee
Drug Co. ^
He who serves well need not be
afraid to ask his wages.
Foyley’s Honey and Tar positively
cures all throat aud lung diseases.
Refuse substitutes. Cherokee Drug
Co.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
IN LOWER CHEROKEE
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From Our Correspondent at
Etta Jane.
PERSONALS AND LOCALS.
Kxcttement In the Community Over the
Subject of Spiritualism Which la Gaining
a Foothold 1c the Minds of Many—Bad
Roads In Lower Portion of County.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Etta Jane, Jan. 7.—The death of
General George Moorman, adjutant
general U. C. veterans, which took
place at New Orleans on the 15th of
last month, has caused a vacancy in
that organization which will be hard
to fill. To his efforts more than any
other one is due the successful man
agement of that great organization—
the United Confederate Veterans.
For fourteen years he has been prac
tically at its head and has made a
a safe and vigilant officer.
The rain raised Broad river so that
there was no crossing for two days.
A portion of our community is now
somewhat excited over the subject of
spiritualism, whi^h at last seems to
have gained a foothold iu the minds
and hearts of some good people whom
we thought it would never have af
fected. We are .sorry that such is
the case on, account of the barm it
will do to others who fall victims to
its teachings. It finds its victims
principally among the weak-minded
—the very class who are less prepared
to resist it.
Miss Annie Miller will return to
her school today after a two weeks
vacation.
Rev. W. H. White did not preach
at Salem last Sabbath on account of
the river, but that night he held ser
vices at the home of Mr. S. F. Estes,
where a good many of the neighbors
gathered iu.
Coi. W\ D. Camp, auditor, is mak
ing his annual round taking assess
ments of property.
The Sunnyside school we learn is
vacant, Prof. Vassey having resigned
»s teacher. Those people are desir
ous of getting another teacher to
carry on the school at that place.
Mr. L. M. Hartford came over to
see us on yesterday. “Tillet” is one
of our best neighbors. He is kind to
his invalid old mother. This is the
very best type of a man. Give us a man
who will t»ke care of his mother and
sisters (if he has any) and we will
vouch for him anywhere. The man
or boy who is unkind to, or neglect
ful of t.is parents can afford to do
anything else that is mean and low
down. Mrs. Hartford has been a
helpless invalid for several years.
Mr. Sam W. Mitchell, of Hickory
Grove, is on this side of the river de
livering books he has sold.
His many friends will regret to
learn,'that our old friend and army
comrade, Dr A. E. Fant, of Meador,
Union county, is an helpless invalid.
He lost his hearing several years ago
as the result of a bomb shell burst
ing near his head at Fcrt Harrison,
Va., during the war and his infirmi
ties have been increasing somewhat
ever since Yintil now he is nearly
helpless. He was a good soldier and
has served his country faithfully
and] efficiently as a physician and
surgeon too since the eventful days
of the sixties. At one time we <lare
say their wasn't a finer specimen of
manhood in Gary’s brigade than Dolph
Fant.
Tbe roads are in a very bad condi
tion since the rains set in. In many
places they are wellnigh impassable.
By a private letter we learn that
Mr. J. Wesley Smith, brother of Dr.
M. W. Smith, of Gaffney, is now
living in Atlanta, Ga., and has gen
eral supervision of a large manufac
turing establishment.
Uutil tbe present cold snap set in
wheat was looking fine—generally
good stands were reported from our
neighbors.
The rabbit hunters have been
making things lively for tbe past few
days—during which time they have
caught and killed quite a number of
them.
We think the sentiment iu favor
of a general marriage licence law is
popular and still growing in public
favor. We heard a p.eminent min
ister of the gospel give it a cordial
endorsement not long ago. Should
the press and pulpit move forward in
this matter public sentiment would
follow.
We ‘bad tbe pleasure of meeting
quite a number of our friends and
acquaintances at Gaffney last Mon
day. All parts of the county were
fairly represented and the merchants
aud clerks were generally busy. The
Ledger office, as usual, was a scene of
activity—each attache was at his
post and making the types rattle,
but tbe boys were not too busy to
give a cordial baudsbake and make
their visitors feel quite a r home when
they went in.
For the size of the crowd we never
saw less drinking. Every body seem
ed to have some otht-r business and
was attending to it The horse swap
pers were on the ground in full force
and all seemed to be going merry as
a marriage bell j. l. S.
Head» should Never Ache.
Never endure this trouble. Use at
once the remedy that stopped it for
Mrs. N A. Webster, of Winnie, Va.,
she writes “Dr. King’s New Life Pills
wholly cured me of sick headaches I
had suffered from for two years ”
Cure Headache, Constipation, Bil
iousness, 25c at Cherokee Drug Co.
Some women grow weary trying to
lock young, but they do not tire
themselves half as much as they tire
others.
WALDKN’S HUSINKsS COLLKUK.
A School of Bookkeeping, Penmanship,
Shorthand, Typewriting, Etc,
Prof. R. E. Walden, of Austin,
Texas, an experienced Business Col
lege man is in Gaffney to organize
classes in above branches.
He offers to our young men and
women a high grade course in book
keeping, penmanship, shorthand,
typewriting, etc.
By taking this course at home you
save board bills, railroad fare, inci
dental expenses and hold your posi
tion. There will be a day and night
session.
The professor brings endorsements
of tbe highest character and all who
are interested in these important
branches shou'd see him at once, as
the class will he limited.
Some convenient location will be
secured in the business center of the
city. The location will be announced
as soon as suitable quarters can be
secured.
Anyone who desires further infor
mation can call at the Commercial
Hotel or telephone Prof Walden and
he will call in person and see them.
This is an opportunity to prepare for
business which is not offered to the
young men and ladies of Gaffney
every day.
Give most men a good listener and
most women enough note paper and
the/ tell all they know.
Currs Blood and skin DlftraMeH, Itching
Humors. 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 print
ed testimonials, so don’t hesitate to
write for a free sample.
If you suffer from ulcers, ezema,
scrofula, blood poisou, cancer, eating
sores, itching skin, pimples, noils,
bone pains, swellings, rheumatism,
catarrh, or any blood or skin disease,
we advise you to take Botanic Blood
Balm (B. B. B ). Especially fecom-
mended for Cid, obstinate, deep-seat
ed cases of malignant blood or skin
diseases, because Botanic Blood Balm
(B. B B.) kille the poison in the
blood, cures where all others fails,
heals every sore, makes the blood
pure and rich, gives the skin the rich
glow of health. B. B. B., the most
perfect blood purifier made. Thnrugh-
ly tested for 80 years. Costs $1 per
large bottle at drugstores. To prove
it cures, samples of Blood Balm sent
free by writing Blood Balm Co., At
lanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free
medical advice sent in sealed letter.
^^"Tbis is an honest offer—medi
cine sent at once, prepaid.
When a bachelor speaks concern
ing woman, the world naturally
stops and listens. His being a bach
elor is certainly an earnest that he
knows what he is talking about.
One Hundred Dollant a Box
Is the value H. A. Tisdale, Bummer-
ton, B. C., places on DeWitt’s Witch
Balve. He says: “I Had the piles
for twenty years. I tried many doc
tors and medicines, but all failed ex
cept DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Balve. It
cured me.” It is a combination of
the healing properties of Witch Hazel
with antiseptics and emollients; re
lieves and permanently cures blind,
bleeding, itching and protruding
piles, sores, cuts, bruises, exzema,
salt rheum and all skin diseases.
Cherokee Drug Co.
It is a brave man who would get
ouj; of bed with the mercury below
zero to see if there were burglars down
stairs.
If you have catarrh, rheumatism,
kidney troubh, or any disease caused
by impurities in the blood, take Rheu-
macide. This wonderful remedy de
stroys the root of the disease. At
Druggists.
Hard words breaks no bones, but
they do break hearts.
Dickey’s Blood Cure eradicates all
poison and impurities from the blood.
It cures scrofula, rheumatism, sypb-
lllis, old sores, tetter pimples, and
all diseases arising from impure blood.
S. B. Crawley <&Co.
THROUGHOUT THE
TUB HEEL STATE.
From the Mountains to The
Sea.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
IntereKtlng Items Concerning Oar Neigh
bors Beyond the Line Which May Prove
Entertaining Reading for Hundreds of
Ledger Readers.
Gastonia’s small-pox expenses for
1902 amounted to $638.86.
Grigg Manufacturing Company of
Lincolnton was incorporated Tuesday
with $10,000 capital and the right to
increase to $30 000. The object of
the company is the manuf^ci urer of
lumber, bobbins, loom leavers and
other mill articles The incorporators
are A. B Denevan, J C. Marsh, W. E.
Grigg and B F. Grigg.
Miss Zintka Lanuni, an Indian girl,
aged 12 years, arrived in Winston
Tuesday morning from the home of
General and Mrs Colby, of Nebraska
with whom she had lived for nearly 12
years. Miss Zintka comes to enter
the Salem Academy as a pupil. She
will probably remain at the institu
tion until she graduates.
The strike of the electrical workers
against the Asheville Telephone Com
pany, which has been in progress
since January 1st, ended Tuesday in
a victory for the strikers. The men
demanded increased pay and recogni
tion of their union, which the tele
phone company conc-i'i -- The onk-
ers returned to wotk A *il!o--a;iy.
Burglars visited five business houses
in Charlotte Tuesday night, and got
away with a net profit of $8 One safe
was battered to pieces, another was
badly broken up as a result of an un
successful effort to get inside. The
key of another was carried away.
From a fourth, which was unlocked,
tbe burglars got tbe only money they
were lucky enough to find.
News reached Greensboro Tuesday
afternoon that Haw River was visited
by a gang of burglars the night before
and several safes were cracked in the
same manner as those broken open
Saturday night in Greensboro. No
particulars were obtained and the
police of Greensborouthink the robbers
are the ones who made such a bold-
series of visitations in that city.
A most remarkable story comes
from Fayetteville that the insurance
company with which Utley has a
policy has compromised by paying
him $500 on the $10 000. Utley is on
trial for his life for the murder of
Hotel clerk Hollingsworth, iu Fay
etteville. The trial was continued at
the last term of court. Utley’s piea
will be insanity and he has able
counsel.
“Bud” Brower and his brother,
Walter, bad an altercation Monday
night at Ledbetter’s sawmill, about
six miles from Troy, Montgomery
county, Walter using a knife and
Bud a pistol. vValter was shot dead,
a pistol ball going through his brain.
Bud went to town next morning and
surrendered o the sheriff claiming
the shooting was done in self-defense,
and is now in jaii awaiting an investi
gation.
Monday night Bam Walters, who
lives in Person county, was returning
home from Durham, when his team
was struck by the passenger train on
tbe Norfolk «fc Western road One
horse was killed and the wagon demol
ished. The accident occurred some
three or four miles from Durham.
Walters was not hurt, althongh he
was knocked off the track and lay all
night in his wagon bed. One horse
broke loose aud went back to town.
Art Carrier, an old time slave negro,
well-known throughout the country
and well treated by the white people,
died at his home ia Rutherfordton
last week. He was a remarkable old
negro and his death was of a strange
nature. He had often said he was
past the ninety mark; had been mar
ried four timtfs and was the father of
thirty-eight children, all of whom
were living a short time ago. It is
said three of his wives are still living.
Clifford Btewart, the 14-year-old son
of Mr. John Stewart, of Matthews,
Mecklenburg county, was accident
ally shot in the left hand Tuesday,
while out hunting. The entire load
ei.tered the hand just below the wrist
and the member was so badly lacerat
ed that amputation was found neces
sary. Young Btewart shot at a covey
of partridges, and tbe barrel of the
gun burst at the spot where he gripped
it, causing the entire load to go
through his hand.
The two-story brick building cor
ner Fourth and Elm streets in Lum-
berton was almost gutted Tuesday
night by fire and water. Tbe build
ing was tbe property of Mr. B God
win and was occupied as a store by
Mr. W. J. Prevatt. The loss on build
ing is several thousand dotlars. Mr.
Prevatt’s stock of goods was valo*4
at $12 000 with $6,500 insuranc*.
Only by the efficient work of the fir®
department did the town et-cape a
destructive fire Tbe fire was discow*
ered at 12 ©’'dock and was supposed
to be of incendiary origin
Lee Sol, a demented boy. aged 14
years, of Caswell county, was missed
Friday evening from his home and
fearing that be might have wandered
off and become lost a searching party
was at once organized and started.
The search was fruitless until Sunday
morning, when the boy was found
nearly frozen and his lower lim bB
black, as if ha had been beaten Th®
affair created a great excitement, buk
it is not thought there was foul play.
The last reports were to the eff-ct that
although not dead, the boy could not
possibly live.
A bloody battle took place between
two negro men near the old freight
depot in Salisbury, Tuesday afternoon
at 4 80 o’clock The combaiants wer®
Frank Harris and Henrv Low and
Harris got in the knockout blow with
a brick. He struck Low with such
terrific force that his head was cut
and a large artery was severed. Th®
wounded negro came near bleeding t£>
death before medical aid could be se
cured. His condition is still serious.
Harris was arrested by officers and
taken to the lockup, but was later re
manded to jail to await the oesult of
Low’s wounds
Find* Way to Live Long.
The startling announcement of ®
Discovery that will surely lengthen
life is made by O. H Downey ofChu-
rubusco Ind. ‘I wish to state,” h®
writes, ‘ that Dr. King’s New Discov-
I ery for Consumption is the most in-
fallible remedy that 1 have evet
known for Coughs, Colds and Grip.
It’s invaluable to people with weak
lungs Having this wonderful medi
cine no one need dread Pneumonia or
Consumption. Its relief is instant
and cure certain.” Cherokee Drug
Co., guarantee every 50c and $1 05
bottle, and give trial bottles free.
Naturally, the people of the tem
perate zone are tbe most active, their
climate being of such a nature as to
keep them hustling back and forth
between the summer resorts and th®
winter resorts.
Wanted.
We would like to ask, through th®
columns of your paper. U there is any
person who has used Green’s A gusl
Fiower for the cure of Indigestion,
Dyspeplfa, and Liver Trouble that
has not been cured—and we also menQ
their results such as sour stomach,
fermentation of food, habitual cot-
tivenes*, nervous dyspepsia, head
aches. despondent feelings, sleepless
ness—in fact, any trouble connected
with the stomach or liver? Thig
medicine has been sold for many
years in all civilized countries, and
we wish to correspond with you and
send you one of our books free of
cost. If you never tried Augusft
Flower, try a 25 cent bottle first. W®
have never known of its failing. If
so, something more serious is th®
matter with you. The 25 cent sizg
has just been intrnducen this yfaf.
Regular size 75 cents. At all drug
gist. G. G. Green,
Woodbury N J.
Beginning before you know whaft
to say and keeping on after you hav®
said it lands a merchant in a lawsuit
or the poorhnuse, and one’s a short
cut to the other
A J. Snell wanted to attend ®
party, but was afraid to do s > on a®-
count of pains in his stomach, which
he feared would grow worse hf®
says, ‘I was telling my troubles to ®
lady friend, who said: (’hsmbegt
Iain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea®
R-medy will put you in condition for
the party.’ I bought a bottle and
take pleasure in mating that twO
doses cured me and enabled me to
have a good time at the party.” M*.
Snell is a>esident of Bummer Hill,
N. Y. This remedy is for sale hy
Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D.
Allison, Cowpens.
”
Borne are sanguine enough to be
lieve that the lion and the lamb will
not only lie down together, but will
even use the same brand of bre ikfkst
food. t
Tbe crowned heads of every nation.
The rich men, poor men and miser*
All join In paying tribute &o
DeWitt’s Little Eirly Risers
H. Williams, Ban Antonin. Tex.,
writes: "Little Kirly Riser pills are
ihe best i ever ti*od in my family. I
unhesitatingly recommend them to
everybody ’’ They curAC<>nst’pa*ion,
Biliousness, Sick Headache. Torpid
Liver. Jaundice, Malaria and all other
liver troubles. Cheru'iee Drug Co
It is difficuits to say who do you
the most mischief, enemies with
worst Intentloas or friends with tbe
best.—Bui we/
Don’t be imposed upon by taking
substitute* offered forFdey’s Honey
and Tar. For sale by Cheroke Drug
Co. t